FAI Cup 2014

[Candystripe]

Don't get me started on Linfieldifa fc

So Derry"are" the only club ever to have won the league, lc and FAI cup in the same season.

Thank you I rest my case.

[brendy_éire]

So Derry"are" the only club ever to have won the league, lc and FAI cup in the same season.

Thank you I rest my case.

Spot on. No need for people to start bringing stats and history and the like into this.

[PartySaint]

5-0 Derry last night

[brendy_éire]

Handy enough for us in the end last night. Always thought if we got the second, the game would be over. Drogs seemed content enough to keep it at 1-0 until late on.
Good to see Patterson back scoring, even if his third had more than a hint of an OG about it.

Off to Finn Park tonight to check out our semi-final opponents then.

[Mr A]

Harps through 4-1.

Harps Derry, Pats Rovers Aviva Stadium Double Header.

[oriel]

Congratulations to Harps, be great to see two derby semi finals. This was mentioned last year about a double header but I still think it will toss of the coin as usual for home advantage.

It could be a big September for Donegal !

[nigel-harps1954]

Could have been much more than four tonight. Delighted though to be honest. Big semi final on our 60th year and 40 since our last cup win.

[Charlie Darwin]

Harps through 4-1.

Harps Derry, Pats Rovers Aviva Stadium Double Header.

Are you joking or serious? There'd be good marketing potential in a double header if Harps and Derry were drawn away to Dublin teams, but even then the FAI wouldn't be bothered.

[Candystripe]

Naw a DerryvHarps and PatsvShams double header would be some craic in the Aviva but that'll never happen!!!!

[nigel-harps1954]

Naw a DerryvHarps and PatsvShams double header would be some craic in the Aviva but that'll never happen!!!!

It'll certainly happen though. Harps v Derry in Finn Park and Shams v Pats in Tallaght is the likely draw outcome, two games on tv, packed out grounds and it wouldn't cost the FAI a cent. Financially better for the clubs too.

[Mr A]

Are you joking or serious? There'd be good marketing potential in a double header if Harps and Derry were drawn away to Dublin teams, but even then the FAI wouldn't be bothered.

Joking but at the same time I think it'd be a great idea if the draw fell that way.

[Duffman]

Joking but at the same time I think it'd be a great idea if the draw fell that way.

It'd also better the Lansdowne attendance for Oman by a long way.

[Sam_Heggy]

Both semi's confirmed for Sunday 5th October and the draw is moved from Cork to Dublin on Monday at 5pm.

[desaintsno.12]

Both semi's confirmed for Sunday 5th October and the draw is moved from Cork to Dublin on Monday at 5pm.

Anti cork bias again !!

[Sam_Heggy]

Anti cork bias again !!

Yeah, also what's wrong with having it in Monaghan for a change?

The FAI have no regard for football in this country.

[razor]

Both semi's confirmed for Sunday 5th October and the draw is moved from Cork to Dublin on Monday at 5pm.

It was set for Cork?
They must have been pretty confident of Avondale progressing then.

Anti cork bias again !!

Our referees more than make up for this.

[Mr A]

It was Cork because of Ford's HQ I think.

[TonyD]

Harps through 4-1.

Harps Derry, Pats Rovers Aviva Stadium Double Header.

In some ways I think a double header semi in the Aviva would be a great idea. On the downside I think going to the Aviva for the final is quite special, and it might dilute that if the semis were there too.

[The Donie Forde]

Derry v Harps, Rovers v Pats

[Dodge]

There's going to be an awful lot of people saying "I knew it was fixed" when these derbies are drawn out