Football League of Ireland Cup 2008

The eircom League of Ireland Cup 2008 was the 35th staging of the Football League of Ireland Cup which was won by Derry City.

24 four clubs participated in the 2008 competition. 22 Eircom League clubs were joined by Donegal intermediate side Kildrum Tigers and the Kerry League representative side who both entered in the First Round of the competition. For both the First and Second rounds of the competition, all participating clubs were split into 4 regional pools with the further rounds of the competition having an open draw.

The 2008 eircom League of Ireland Cup officially kicked off on the Bank Holiday weekend of Monday March 24 2008 when 14 eircom league clubs were joined by Kildrum Tigers and the Kerry League in the First Round. Bohemians, Cork City, Drogheda United and St. Patrick's Athletic all received byes into the Second Round of the competition due to their future participation in European competitions. Four more clubs received byes into the Second Round as a result of an open draw, these clubs were Derry City, Finn Harps, Limerick 37 and UCD.

The competition ran until late September, with the final taking place on Saturday, September 27 2008 at Ferrycarrig Park, Wexford [ [http://www.eircomloi.ie/news-centre/news-1/august-2008/news-63/index.xml League Cup Final set for Wexford] → www.eircomloi.ie] where Derry City delivered a spectacular performance to defeat hosts Wexford Youths 6-1 [ [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0927/wexford_derry.html Wexford Youths 1-6 Derry City] → www.rte.ie] .

First Round

Pool A

Pool D

Pool C

emi-Finals

footballbox
date = August 4, 2008
19.45 IST
team1 = Galway United
score = 0 - 2
report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0804/galway_derry.html Report]
team2 = Derry City
goals1 =
goals2 = Sammy Morrow goal|72 (pen.)
Niall McGinn goal|82
stadium = Terryland Park, Galway
attendance =
referee = M. Gough----footballbox
date = August 25, 2008
19.45 IST
team1 = Cork City
score = 0 - 1
report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0825/cork_wexfordyouths.html Report]
team2 = Wexford Youths
goals1 =
goals2 = Paul Murphy goal|24
stadium = Turners Cross, Cork
attendance = 1,647
referee = D. Tomney

Final

footballbox
date = September 27, 2008
19.30 IST
team1 = Wexford Youths
score = 1 - 6
report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0927/wexford_derry.html Report]
team2 = Derry City
goals1 = Danny Furlong goal|25
goals2 = Sammy Morrow goal|15 goal|28 goal|70
Niall McGinn goal|19 goal|30
Kevin Deery goal|27
stadium = Ferrycarrig Park, Wexford
attendance =
referee = R. Winter

References

External links

* [http://www.fai.ie/ FAI Website]