2004 FAI Cup

2004 FAI Cup

Carlsberg FAI Senior Cup
Tournament details
Country	Republic of Ireland
Teams	42
Final positions
Champions	Longford Town
Runner-up	Waterford United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64

The FAI Cup 2004 was the 84th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or Carlsberg FAI Cup. It officially kicked off in late May, 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 eircom League of Ireland clubs. The competition ran until October, with the final taking place on Sunday, October 24.

First round

Fixtures played weekend May 23

Belgrove 0-1 Leeds

Carrick United 3-2 Bluebell United

Cherry Orchard 1-2 Glebe North

Drumcondra A.F.C. 1-1 Letterkenny Rovers

Fairview Rangers 0-2 Wayside Celtic

Freebooters 3-3 Portmarnock

Moyle Park College 1-1 Quay Celtic

Ringmahon Rangers 3-0 CYM Terenure

Rockmount 2-2 College Corinthians

Tullamore 1-1 Bangor Celtic

Replays

Bangor Celtic 0-1 Tullamore

College Corinthians 2-3 Rockmount

Letterkenny Rovers 0-2 Drumcondra A.F.C.

Portmarnock w/o Freebooters

Quay Celtic 2-1 Moyle Park College

Second round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 25 July 2004.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Rockmount	3-1	Portmarnock
2	Waterford United	2-1	Sligo Rovers
3	Shamrock Rovers	3-0	Carrick United
4	Shelbourne	4-1	Finn Harps
5	St Patrick's Athletic	4-1	Wayside Celtic
6	Cobh Ramblers	3-3	Limerick
replay	Limerick	2-2p	Cobh Ramblers
7	Leeds A.F.C.	0-3	Longford Town
8	Monaghan United	1-0	Dublin City
9	Bray Wanderers	0-2	Kilkenny City
10	Athlone Town	3-0	Tullamore
11	Galway United	0-1	Derry City
12	Bohemians	8-0	Ringmahon Rangers
13	Kildare County	4-0	Glebe North
14	Dundalk	0-0	Drogheda United
replay	Drogheda United	3-2	Dundalk
15	Quay Celtic	3-4	Drumcondra
16	UCD	1-0	Cork City

Third round

Matches played on the week of Monday, 16 August 2004.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Shelbourne	1-1	Derry City
replay	Derry City	p0-0	Shelbourne
2	UCD	5-0	Drumcondra
3	Waterford United	7-2	Kilkenny City
4	Bohemians	0-1	Kildare County
5	Athlone Town	1-0	Cobh Ramblers
6	Drogheda United	2-0	St Patrick's Athletic
7	Longford Town	1-1	Shamrock Rovers
replay	Shamrock Rovers	0-1	Longford Town
8	Rockmount	2-0	Monaghan United

Quarter-finals

9 September 2004

Derry City	1–0	Kildare County
McCallion 89'

Brandywell Stadium

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10 September 2004

Waterford United	2–2	Rockmount
O'Brien 72' (o.g.) Bruton 81'		Hurley 48' Keane 51'

Waterford RSC

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10 September 2004

UCD	0–0	Drogheda United

Belfield Park

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11 September 2004

Longford Town	2–2	Athlone Town
Fitzgerald 7' Lavine 23'		Murphy 32' Hope 89'

Flancare Park

Replays

13 September 2004

Drogheda United	3–2(aet)	UCD
O'Brien 73', 93' Lester 117'		Martin 2' McAuley 114'

United Park

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13 September 2004

Athlone Town	0–3	Longford Town
		Barrett 21' Murphy 77' Keogh 80'

St Mel's Park

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15 September 2004

Rockmount	1–2	Waterford United
Busteed 76'		Bruton 1', 75'

Turners Cross

Semi-finals

1 October 2004

Derry City	1–2	Waterford United
Byrne 12'		Murphy 8' Connor 40'

The Brandywell, Derry

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3 October 2004

Longford Town	0–0	Drogheda United

Flancare Park, Longford

Replay

5 October 2004

Drogheda United	1–2(aet)	Longford Town
O'Brien 50'		Martin 32' Dillon 114'

United Park, Drogheda

Final

October 24, 2004

Waterford United	1–2	Longford Town
Bruton 62'		Kirby 86' Keegan 88'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Winner of FAI Cup 2004
Longford Town 2nd Title