1929–30 FAI Cup

The FAI Cup 1929–30^[A] was the ninth edition of Ireland's premier cup competition, The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. The tournament began on 4 January 1930 and concluded on 17 March with the final held at Dalymount Park, Dublin. An official attendance^[B] of 17,000 people watched Shamrock Rovers claim the second of five FAI Cup titles in a row by defeating Brideville with a controversial late goal.

First round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Bray Unknowns	0-1^[C]	Bohemians	4 January 1930
refix^[C]	Bray Unknowns	3-7	Bohemians	8 January 1930
2	Shamrock Rovers	1-1	Shelbourne	4 January 1930
replay	Shelbourne	0-0	Shamrock Rovers	8 January 1930
replay(2)	Shamrock Rovers	3-1	Shelbourne	15 January 1930
3	Brideville	1-0	Waterford Celtic	5 January 1930
4	Cork Bohemians	1-2	Dundalk	5 January 1930
5	Dolphin	5-1	Mullingar Celtic	5 January 1930
6	Drumcondra	3-3	Fordsons	5 January 1930
replay	Fordsons	3-1	Drumcondra	8 January 1930
7	Glasnevin	2-1	Cahir Park	5 January 1930
8	Jacobs	3-4	St James's Gate	5 January 1930

Second round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Shamrock Rovers	4-2	St James's Gate	18 January 1930
2	Brideville	1-1	Dolphin	19 January 1930
replay	Dolphin	2-2	Brideville	22 January 1930
replay(2)	Brideville	5-1	Dolphin	29 January 1930
3	Dundalk	5-0	Glasnevin	19 January 1930
4	Fordsons	1-0	Bohemians	19 January 1930

Semi-finals

Brideville v Dundalk

1 February, 1930

Brideville	2–1	Dundalk
Gaskins Patton(o.g.)		Patton

Shelbourne Park, Dublin

Fordsons v Shamrock Rovers

16 February, 1930

Fordsons	2–2	Shamrock Rovers
T. Dickson(2)		Byrne Fullam

The Mardyke, Cork

Replay

Shamrock Rovers v Fordsons

2 March, 1930

Shamrock Rovers	3–0	Fordsons
Flood Golding Sloan

Iveagh Grounds, Crumlin, Dublin

Final

Shamrock Rovers v Brideville

17 March, 1930

Shamrock Rovers	1–0	Brideville
Byrne 90'

Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 17,000

Winner of FAI Cup 1929–30
Shamrock Rovers 3rd 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.

C. ^ ^a Fixture abandoned due to bad weather. Re-Fixture played on 8 January.

References

General

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

External links

FAI Website

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