2006 FAI Cup

The FAI Cup 2006 was the 83rd staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. This season's competition was the last to be sponsored by Carlsberg. It officially kicked-off in late April, when twenty clubs from the junior and intermediate leagues battled it out for the chance to face League of Ireland opposition in the Second Round. The ten winners of those ties were joined in the Second Round by the 22 League of Ireland clubs. The competition ran until early December, with the final taking place on Sunday, December 3.

First round

Fixtures played weekend April 23

Waterford Crystal 4-1 Garda AFC

Castlebar Celtic 5-1 Fairview CYM

Ashtown Villa 2-2 Wayside Celtic

Tolka Rovers 1-3 Carrigaline United

College Corinthians 2-2 Blarney United

Brendanville 0-1 Douglas Hall

Malahide United 1-1 Fanad United

Athenry 0-0 Bangor Celtic

Killester United 6-1 St Mochtas

Crumlin United 0-0 Avondale United

Second round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 28 May 2006.

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Longford Town 2-1 Cork City
2 Athlone Town 2-1 Galway United
3 Bohemians 3-1 Waterford Crystal
4 Bray Wanderers 2-2 Kildare County
replay Kildare County 0-1 Bray Wanderers
5 Waterford United 5-0 Douglas Hall
6 Limerick 0-0 Drogheda United
replay Drogheda United 0-1 Limerick
7 Dundalk 1-0 Cobh Ramblers
8 Blarney United 1-3 Derry City
9 Bangor Celtic 1-3 Shelbourne
10 Carrigaline United 0-4 Sligo Rovers
11 Kilkenny City 0-2 UCD
12 Dublin City 0-0 Monaghan United
replay Monaghan United 2-4 Dublin City
13 Finn Harps 1-0 Crumlin United
14 Castlebar Celtic 0-2 Shamrock Rovers
15 Malahide United 0-2 St Patrick's Athletic
16 Wayside Celtic 0-1 Killester United

Third round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 27 August 2006.

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Shamrock Rovers 1-1 Bohemians
replay Bohemians 0-2 Shamrock Rovers
2 Waterford United 1-1 Longford Town
replay Longford Town 1-0 Waterford United
3 UCD 3-1 Limerick
4 St Patrick's Athletic 2-0 Dundalk
5 Finn Harps 0-0 Athlone Town
replay Athlone Town 3-2 Finn Harps
6 Sligo Rovers 2-1 Bray Wanderers
7 Shelbourne 0-1 Derry City
8 Killester United w/o Dublin City

Quarter-finals

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 1 October.


30 September 2006
Athlone Town 12 Shamrock Rovers
Sheridan  38' Rowe  82'
Clarke  90'
St. Mel's Park, Athlone

30 September 2006
Sligo Rovers 00 Killester United
The Showgrounds, Sligo

1 October 2006
Derry City 20 UCD
Farren  65' pen
McHugh  67'
The Brandywell, Derry

Replay


Killester United 34
aet
Sligo Rovers
Keogh  19',  77'
Lacey  51'
Bellew  11'
Hughes  44'
Peers  67'
McTiernan  102'

Semi-finals


29 October 2006
Sligo Rovers 00 Derry City
The Showgrounds, Sligo

Replay

31 October 2006
Derry City 50 Sligo Rovers
McCourt  33', Farren  39'(pen), 46', Martyn  42',  91'
The Brandywell, Derry

Final

The 2006 FAI Cup Final was the last at the old Lansdowne Road.

December 3, 2006
Derry City 4-3 (AET) St Patrick's Athletic
M. Farren  25'
C. Delaney  84'
P. Hutton  106'
S. Brennan (OG)  109'
FAI Cup final 2006 Match Report D. Mulcahy  19'
T. Molloy (pen)  74'
S. O'Connor  103'
15.15 - Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 16,022
Referee: Damien Hancock


Winner of FAI Cup 2006

Derry City
4th Title

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