1927–28 FAI Cup

The FAI Cup 1927–28^[A] was the seventh edition of Ireland's premier cup competition, The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. The tournament began on 7 January 1928 and concluded on 17 March with the final held at Dalymount Park, Dublin. An official attendance^[B] of 25,000 people watched amateur side Bohemians defeat defending champions Drumcondra to secure a quadruple of trophies.

First round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Athlone Town	3–9	Drumcondra	7 January 1928
2	Bohemians	7–0	Cobh Ramblers	7 January 1928
3	Jacobs	2–1	Strandville	7 January 1928
4	Shelbourne	2–0	Brideville	7 January 1928
5	Bray Unknowns	6–1	Bendigo	8 January 1928
6	Cork Bohemians	2–4	Fordsons	8 January 1928
7	St James's Gate	4–0	Cork City	8 January 1928
8	Shamrock Rovers	3–3	Dundalk	8 January 1928
replay	Dundalk	4–1	Shamrock Rovers	12 January 1928

Second round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Bohemians	5–0	St James's Gate	21 January 1928
2	Shelbourne	3–1	Dundalk	21 January 1928
3	Fordsons	4–0	Jacobs	22 January 1928
4	Bray Unknowns	2–2	Drumcondra	25 January 1928
replay	Drumcondra	4–1	Bray Unknowns	29 January 1928

Semi-finals

Bohemians v Shelbourne

4 February, 1928

Bohemians	1–1	Shelbourne
McMahon (pen)		McCarthy(o.g.)

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Fordsons v Drumcondra

19 February, 1928

Fordsons	0–3	Drumcondra
		McCarney Doyle(2)

Mardyke, Cork

Replay

Bohemians v Shelbourne

19 February, 1928

Bohemians	0–0	Shelbourne

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Second replay

Bohemians v Shelbourne

22 February, 1928

Bohemians	4–1	Shelbourne
Dennis Daly(o.g.) White C.Robinson		Kinsella

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Final

Bohemians v Drumcondra

17 March, 1928

Bohemians	2–1	Drumcondra
White Dennis		Keogh

Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 25,000

Winner of FAI Cup 1927–28
Bohemians 1st Title

Notes

A. ^ From 1923-1936, the FAI Cup was known as the Free State Cup.

B. ^ Attendances were calculated using gate receipts which limited their accuracy as a large proportion of people, particularly children, attended football matches in Ireland throughout the 20th century for free by a number of means.

References

General

Terry O'Rourke, Sean Ryan (1985). Gillette book of the FAI CUP. Irish Soccer Co-op.

External links

FAI Website

FAI Cup seasons

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