League Cup draw

**pineapple stu** · 20/03/2009, 4:08 PM

From an FAI press release -

The draw for the First and Second rounds of the 2009 EA SPORTS Cup were made today.

Pool 1
First Round Draw
Limerick v Wexford Youths Match 1
Kerry League v Cork City Match 2
FC Carlow v Cobh Ramblers Match 3

Second Round Draw
Winner of Match 3 v Waterford United
Winner of Match 2 v Winner of Match 1

Pool 2
Preliminary Round Draw
Kildrum Tigers v Finn Harps Match 1
Salthill Devon v Mervue United Match 2

First Round Draw
Galway United v Winner of Match 2 Match A
Castlebar Celtic v Winner of Match 1 Match B
Byes: Derry City & Sligo Rovers

Second Round Draw
Winner of Match A v Derry City
Sligo Rovers v Winner of Match B

Pool 3
First Round Draw
Shelbourne v Dundalk Match 1
Monaghan United v Sporting Fingal Match 2
Bray Wanderers v Drogheda United Match 3
Bye: Bohemians

Second Round Draw
Winner of Match 3 v Winner of Match 2
Bohemians v Winner of Match 1

Pool 4
First Round Draw
Athlone Town v Longford Town Match 1
Shamrock Rovers v Kildare County Match 2
Tullamore Town v U.C.D. Match 3
Bye: St. Patrick’s Athletic

Second Round Draw
St. Patrick’s Athletic v Winner of Match 2
Winner of Match 1 v Winner of Match 3

Match Dates
Preliminary Round Monday/Tuesday, 30th /31st March
First Round Monday/Tuesday, 13th /14th April
Second Round Monday/Tuesday, 4th /5th May
Quarter-Finals Monday/Tuesday, 18th /19th May
Semi-Finals Monday/Tuesday, 3rd / 4th August
Final Saturday, 26th September

**holidaysong** · 20/03/2009, 4:37 PM

I like it!

**Dodge** · 20/03/2009, 5:58 PM

Good to see the A league clubs involved.

Having a seperate sponsor may help with giving it its own brand too

**SkStu** · 20/03/2009, 6:09 PM

cant see past Derry at this stage, in fairness...

**Umberside** · 20/03/2009, 6:25 PM

I doubt Doolin will take much notice of this competition

**oldyouth** · 20/03/2009, 7:16 PM

Pool 1
First Round Draw
Limerick v Wexford Youths Match 1

I'm sure there will be a little bit of pre-match commentary to that one

**LeixlipRed** · 21/03/2009, 3:44 PM

Great draw. And when we beat Dundalk, Bohs in the next round. Sweet

**Poor Student** · 21/03/2009, 4:02 PM

Why is there a Kerry League team instead of the Dynamos?

**Dalymountrower** · 21/03/2009, 4:22 PM

Originally Posted by LeixlipRed

Great draw. And when we beat Dundalk, Bohs in the next round. Sweet

Careful now, scanner alert is.....on!

**gufc2000** · 30/03/2009, 9:28 PM

Salthill beat Mervue tonight on penalties so we'll be facing them in the next round of the League Cup

**sligoman** · 30/03/2009, 9:34 PM

Harps bet Kildrum 2-1 tonight too. They'll be away to Castlebar next.

**prince20** · 30/03/2009, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by gufc2000

Salthill beat Mervue tonight on penalties so we'll be facing them in the next round of the League Cup

Salthill advance in EA Sports Cup on penalties
Salthill Devon 2-2 Mervue Utd AET
Maranek Gaffney
Browne O'Dowd

Salthill win 4-3 on penalties

Tonight saw the first glimpses of action in the newly named EA Sports Cup(formerly the League Cup) when Mervue United travelled to Drom to take on Salthill Devon in the preliminary round of the competition.

The clubs met twice last year in the A Championship, with both recording away wins. That trend was bucked tonight as Salthill caused an upset, fighting back from behind to force extra-time and eventually win out 4-3 in a sudden-death penalty shootout.

Salthill took an early lead through Marcin Maranek but were pegged back by a goal from Rory Gaffney. David O'Dowd then gave the First Division side the lead, but a late goal from Devon's Shane Browne forced an extra half hour to be played.

Browne proved to be the hero once more as his sudden death penalty sent the Seasiders through to meet Galway United in the first round proper in two weeks time.

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