1921–22 FAI Cup

The FAI Cup 1921–22 was the first ever edition of Ireland's premier cup competition, The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. The tournament began on 14 January 1922 and concluded on 8 April with the final replay held at Dalymount Park, Dublin. An official attendance^[A] of 10,000 people watched St James's Gate complete the League and Cup Double by defeating Shamrock Rovers in a fixture marred by violence.^[1]

First round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Dublin United	8-1	Frankfort	14 January 1922
2	Olympia	1-3	Shamrock Rovers	14 January 1922
3	St James's Gate	3-1	Jacobs	14 January 1922
4	West Ham Belfast	0-0	Shelbourne	14 January 1922
replay	Shelbourne	2-1	West Ham Belfast	21 January 1922
5	YMCA	3-4	Athlone Town	14 January 1922

Bye	Bohemians

Second round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Bohemians	7-1	Athlone Town	28 January 1922
2	Shamrock Rovers	5-1	Dublin United	28 January 1922

Bye	Shelbourne
Bye	St James's Gate

Semi-finals

St James's Gate v Shelbourne

18 February, 1922

St James's Gate	0–0	Shelbourne

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Shamrock Rovers v Bohemians

25 February, 1922

Shamrock Rovers	1–0	Bohemians
Flood

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Replay

St James's Gate v Shelbourne

4 March, 1922

St James's Gate	2–1	Shelbourne
Duncan Dowdall		Hamilton

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Final

St James's Gate v Shamrock Rovers

17 March, 1922

St James's Gate	1–1	Shamrock Rovers
Kelly		Campbell

Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 15,000

Replay

St James's Gate v Shamrock Rovers

8 April, 1922

St James's Gate	1–0	Shamrock Rovers
Kelly

Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 10,000

Winner of FAI Cup 1921–22
St James's Gate 1st Title

Notes

A. ^ 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.

Specific

↑ Rice, Eoghan (2005). "Foundation". We Are Rovers. Nonsuch. p. 35. ISBN 1-84588-510-4. Incensed with the result, Rovers supporters invaded the pitch and scuffles broke out between supporters and the victorious St. James Gate players. The Rovers fans were soon joined by their own players who invaded the opposition changing room and engaged in a mass brawl. The scene was one of mayhem and was only halted when the brother of one of the St. James Gate players took a gun from his belt and fired into the roof.

External links

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