2004 FAI Cup

The FAI Cup 2004 was the 81st staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. It officially kicked-off in late May, when twenty clubs from the junior and intermediate leagues battled it out for the chance to face eircom League of Ireland opposition in the Second Round. The ten winners of those ties were joined in the Second Round by the 22 eircom League of Ireland clubs. The competition ran until October, with the final taking place on Sunday, October 24th.

First Round

Fixtures played weekend May 23rd

Belgrove 0-1 Leeds

Carrick United 3-2 Bluebell United

Cherry Orchard 1-2 Glebe North

Drumcondra 1-1 Letterkenny Rovers

Fairview Rangers 0-2 Wayside Celtic

Freebooters 3-3 Portmarnock

Moyle Park College 1-1 Quay Celtic

Ringmahon Rangers 3-0 CYM Terenure

Rockmount 2-2 College Corinthians

Tullamore 1-1 Bangor Celtic

Replays

Bangor Celtic 0-1 Tullamore

College Corinthians 2-3 Rockmount

Letterkenny Rovers 0-2 Drumcondra

Portmarnock w/o Freebooters

Quay Celtic 2-1 Moyle Park College

Second Round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 25 July, 2004.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Rockmount	3-1	Portmarnock
2	Waterford United	2-1	Sligo Rovers
3	Shamrock Rovers	3-0	Carrick United
4	Shelbourne	4-1	Finn Harps
5	St Patrick's Athletic	4-1	Wayside Celtic
6	Cobh Ramblers	3-3	Limerick
replay	Limerick	2-2p	Cobh Ramblers
7	Leeds	0-3	Longford Town
8	Monaghan United	1-0	Dublin City
9	Bray Wanderers	0-2	Kilkenny City
10	Athlone Town	3-0	Tullamore
11	Galway United	0-1	Derry City
12	Bohemians	8-0	Ringmahon Rangers
13	Kildare County	4-0	Glebe North
14	Dundalk	0-0	Drogheda United
replay	Drogheda United	3-2	Dundalk
15	Quay Celtic	3-4	Drumcondra
16	UCD	1-0	Cork City

Third Round

Matches played on the week of Monday, 16 August, 2004.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Shelbourne	1-1	Derry City
replay	Derry City	p0-0	Shelbourne
2	UCD	5-0	Drumcondra
3	Waterford United	7-2	Kilkenny City
4	Bohemians	0-1	Kildare County
5	Athlone Town	1-0	Cobh Ramblers
6	Drogheda United	2-0	St Patrick's Athletic
7	Longford Town	1-1	Shamrock Rovers
replay	Shamrock Rovers	0-1	Longford Town
8	Rockmount	2-0	Monaghan United

Quarter-finals

9 September, 2004

Derry City File:Derrycityfc.png	1–0	File:Kildarecountyfc.jpg Kildare Countty
McEallion 89'

The Brandywell, Derry

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10 September, 2004

Waterford United File:Waterford united.gif	2–2	Rockmount
O'Brien 72' (og) Bruton 81'		Hurley 48' Keane 51'

Regional Sports Centre, Waterford

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10 September, 2004

UCD	0–0	File:Droghedaunited.PNG Drogheda United

Belfield, Dublin

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11 September, 2004

Longford Town	2–2	Athlone Town
Fitzgerald 7' Lavine 23'		Murphy 32' Hope 89'

Flancare Park, Longford

Replays

13 September, 2004

Drogheda United File:Droghedaunited.PNG	3–2(aet)	UCD
O'Brien 73', 93' Lester 117'		Martin 2' McAuley 114'

United Park, Drogheda

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13 September, 2004

Athlone Town	0–3	Longford Town
		Barrett 21' Murphy 77' Keogh 80'

St Mel's Park, Athlone

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15 September, 2004

Rockmount	1–2	File:Waterford united.gif Waterford United
Busteed 76'		Bruton 1', 75'

Turners Cross, Cork

Semi-finals

1 October, 2004

Derry City File:Derrycityfc.png	1–2	File:Waterford united.gif Waterford United
Byrne 12'		Murphy 8' Connor 40'

The Brandywell, Derry

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3 October, 2004

Longford Town	0–0	File:Droghedaunited.PNG Drogheda United

Flancare Park, Longford

Replay

5 October, 2004

Drogheda United File:Droghedaunited.PNG	1–2(aet)	Longford Town
O'Brien 50'		Martin 32' Dillon 114'

United Park, Drogheda

Final

October 24, 2004

Waterford United File:Waterford united.gif	1-2	Longford Town
Bruton 62'		Kirby 86' Keegan 88'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Winner of FAI Cup 2004
Longford Town 2nd Title

External links

• 2004 FAI Cup on rsssf.com
• Soccerbot