2015 League of Ireland Cup

EA Sports Cup

Country

Republic of Ireland

Dates

9 March - 19 September

Teams

Champions

St. Patrick's Athletic

Runners-up

Galway United

Matches played

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The 2015 League of Ireland Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2015 EA Sports Cup, is the 42nd season of the Irish football knockout competition.

Teams

Pool 1	Pool 2	Pool 3	Pool 4
Cobh Ramblers Cork City * Limerick Waterford United * Wexford Youths UCC	Cockhill Celtic * Derry City * Finn Harps Galway United Mayo League Sligo Rovers	Bray Wanderers Crumlin United Drogheda United Dundalk * St Patrick's Athletic * Shelbourne	Athlone Town Bohemians Cabinteely Longford Town * Shamrock Rovers * University College Dublin

Clubs denoted with * received a bye into Second Round

First Round

The draw for the First Round took place on 10 February 2015. ^[1] The First Round games were played on the 9th and 10th of March 2015.

9 March 2014	Galway United	3–2	Finn Harps	Eamonn Deacy Park
19:45	Padraic Cunningham 21' Gary Shanahan 36' Jake Keegan 66' (pen.)	Report	Brian McGroary 57' Keith Cowan 75'	Attendance: 250 (Est.) Referee: Robert Hennessy

9 March 2014	UCD	0–1	Cabinteely	UCD Bowl
19:45		Report	Shane O'Neill 90+3'	Attendance: 206 Referee: Ben Connolly

10 March 2014	Bohemians	3–0	Athlone Town	Dalymount Park
19:45	Marc Griffin 29' Marc Griffin 44' Jake Hyland 73'	Report		Attendance: 300 (Est.) Referee: Adriano Reale

10 March 2014	Drogheda United	0–1	Shelbourne	Hunky Dorys Park
19:45		Report	Mark Sandford 49'	Attendance: ??? Referee: Tomas Connolly

10 March 2014	Sligo Rovers	8–0	Mayo League	Showgrounds
19:45	Morten Nielsen 27' Gary Armstrong 45+1' Gary Armstrong 50' Sander Puri 56' Rafaele Cretaro 60' (pen.) Liam Flatley 64' Liam Flatley 85' Liam Flatley 89'	Report		Attendance: ??? Referee: Ray Matthews

10 March 2014	Wexford Youths	1–2	UCC	Ferrycarraig Park
19:45	Peter Higgins 86'	Report	Ian Mylod 17' Ian Mylod 22'	Attendance: ??? Referee: Brian Nolan

10 March 2014	Cobh Ramblers	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Limerick	St Colman's Park
20:00	Ronan Stanton 5' Ryan Goldsmith 95' Kynan Rocks 98'	Report	Dean Clarke 14' Paul O'Conor 105'	Attendance: 200 (Est.) Referee: Anthony Matthews

10 March 2014	Crumlin United	4–2	Bray Wanderers	Pearse Park
20:00	Kevin Dempsey 26' (pen.) James Lee 29' Greg Moorehouse 66' Greg Moorehouse 88'	Report	Ryan McEvoy 6' Graham Kelly 33'	Attendance: 100 (Est.) Referee: Paul Tuite

Second Round

The draw for the second round took place on the 18th of March. ^[2] The draw was regionalised based on geographical pools. Ties were played on Monday, April 6 & Tuesday, April 7.

6 April 2014	Waterford United	0–2	Cork City	RSC
15:00		Report	Ross Gaynor 47' (pen.) Gavan Holohan 65' Rob Lehane 78'	Attendance: 408 Referee: Sean Grant

6 April 2014	Sligo Rovers	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Derry City	Showgrounds
16:00	Daniel Ledwith 77'	Report	Seamus Sharkey 103' Mark Timlin 113'	Referee: Ray Matthews

6 April 2014	Galway United	4–2	Cockhill Celtic	Eamonn Deacy Park
15:00	Andy O'Connell 21' Ryan Connolly 41' Padraic Cunningham 58' Padraic Cunningham 66' Gary Shanahan 71'	Report	James Bradley 4' Mark Moran 90+1'	Attendance: 200 (Est.) Referee: Robert Hennessey

6 April 2014	Cabinteely	0–2	Shamrock Rovers	Stradbrook Road
19:00		Report	Sean O'Connor 58' Brandon Miele 64'	Attendance: 1,000 (Est.) Referee: Adriano Reale

7 April 2014	Dundalk	1–0	Shelbourne	Oriel Park
19:45	John Mountney 11'	Report		Attendance: 697 Referee: Rob Harvey

7 April 2014	Bohemians	3–1	Longford Town	Dalymount Park
19:45	Jason Byrne 28' James O'Brien 38' Kealan Dillon 78'	Report	Ayman Ben Mohamed 13'	Attendance: 440 Referee: David McKeon

7 April 2014	Crumlin United	1–4	St Patrick's Athletic	Richmond Park
19:45	Patrick Cannon 55'	Report	Sam Verdon 15' Ross Carrig 67' (o.g.) James Chambers 71' Sam Verdon 74'	Attendance: 487 Referee: Rob Rogers

7 April 2014	UCC	3–2	Cobh Ramblers	The Mardyke
20:00	Cian Hill 27' Cian Murphy 52' Sean O'Mahony 90+4'	Report	Robert Waters 88' Robert Waters 90+3'	Attendance: 430 (Est.) Referee: Anthony Buttimer

Quarter Finals

The draw for the quarter finals took place on Wednesday, April 15. The draw was an open draw, following on from previous draws made on a regional basis. Ties were played Monday, May 18 & Tuesday, May 19.

18 May 2015	Galway United	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Bohemians	Eamonn Deacy Park
19:45	Jake Keegan 93'	Report		Attendance: 600 (Est.) Referee: Padraig Sutton

18 May 2015	UCC	0–5	Dundalk	The Mardyke
20:00		Report	Ciaran O'Connor 3' Jake Kelly 13' Paddy Barrett 36' Paddy Barrett 55' Kurtis Byrne 78'	Attendance: 650 (Est.) Referee: David Keeler

19 May 2015	Cork City	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	St Patrick's Athletic	Turners Cross
19:45	Liam Kearney 64'	Report	Jack Bayly 60'	Attendance: 930 Referee: Sean Grant
		Penalties
	Garry Buckley Mark O'Sullivan Ross Gaynor Billy Dennehy		Killian Brennan Conan Byrne James Chambers Conor McCormack Chris Forrester

19 May 2015	Derry City	0–1	Shamrock Rovers	The Brandywell
19:45		Report	Sean O'Connor 35'	Attendance: 750 (Est.) Referee: Rob Harvey

Semi Finals

Ties were played Monday, August 3.

3 August 2015	Shamrock Rovers	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	St Patrick's Athletic	Tallaght Stadium
16:00	Ryan Brennan 120+2'	Report	Killian Brennan 82' Morgan Langley 120+2'	Attendance: 2,200 (Est.) Referee: Paul Tuite
		Penalties
	Gary McCabe Danny North Michael Drennan David O'Connor		Killian Brennan Aaron Greene Conan Byrne James Chambers Ian Morris

3 August 2015	Galway United	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Dundalk	Eamon Deacy Park
17:00	Alex Byrne 113'	Report	Ronan Finn 44' Darren Meenan 78'	Referee: Ray Matthews
		Penalties
	Stephen Walsh David O'Leary Jake Keegan Colm Horgan		Ronan Finn David McMillan Daryl Horgan John Mountney

Final

The EA Sports Cup Final was played on Saturday, 19 September. The match took place at Eamonn Deacy Park, following a coin-toss for home advantage, and was screened live on Setanta Sports. St Patrick's Athletic won the tie on penaties, following a scoreless draw.^[3]^[4]^[5]

19 September 2015	Galway United	0-0 3-4 on penalties	St Patrick's Athletic*	Eamonn Deacy Park
18.05		Report		Attendance: 3,662 Referee: Paul McLaughlin

References

↑ http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish/2015/0210/679219-euro-clubs-receive-bye-in-ea-sports-cup/
↑ http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/ireland/2015/03/18/9949242/ea-sports-cup-second-round-draw-sligo-rovers-to-host-derry
↑ "St Patrick's Athletic crowned EA Sports Cup champions after penalty drama". Irish Independent. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
↑ "Galway United 0 St Patrick's Athletic 0". Goal.com. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
↑ "St Patrick's Athletic scoop EA Sports Cup for the third time in their history after penalty shootout win over Galway United". Irish Mirror. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

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