The Dublin City Cup is a defunct Irish football tournament which was played for by all League of Ireland sides (and not just those from Dublin city as the name suggests). It ran from 1933 and ran uninterrupted until 1973. In the 1975–76 season it was revived and played for by sides who did not reach the League of Ireland Cup quarter-finals. In 1983–84 it was revived again but only eight teams were invited to play, the six Dublin sides (Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers, Shelbourne, St Patrick's Athletic, UCD and Home Farm) along with Drogheda United and Dundalk.
It was played in a variety of formats; from complete round robin series to straight knock out tournaments. From the 1951–52 season it was played as a knockout tournament. It was traditionally seen as the fourth most important competition for League of Ireland sides (after the League, FAI Cup and League of Ireland Shield or League Cup).
In both 1956–57 and 1959–60 Shamrock Rovers drew with Drumcondra in the final but won the trophy based on the unusual tiebreaker of having been awarded more corner kicks.
List of winners 1934-35* Dolphin 1935-36 Bohemians 1936-37 Sligo Rovers 1937-38 Dundalk 1938-39 St James's Gate 1939-40 Drumcondra 1940-41 Drumcondra 1941-42 Shelbourne 1942-43 Dundalk 1943-44 Cork United 1944-45 Shamrock Rovers 1945-46 Cork United 1946-47 Shelbourne 1947-48 Shamrock Rovers 1948-49 Dundalk 1949-50 Drumcondra 1950-51 Drumcondra 1951-52 Drumcondra 1952-53 Shamrock Rovers 1953-54 St Patrick's Athletic 1954-55 Shamrock Rovers 1955-56 St Patrick's Athletic 1956-57 Shamrock Rovers 1957-58 Shamrock Rovers 1958-59 Limerick 1959-60 Shamrock Rovers 1960-61 Drumcondra 1961-62 Cork Celtic 1962-63 Shelbourne 1963-64 Shamrock Rovers 1964-65 Shelbourne 1965-66 Cork Hibernians 1966-67 Shamrock Rovers 1967-68 Dundalk 1968-69 Dundalk 1969-70 Limerick 1970-71 Cork Hibernians 1971-72 Finn Harps 1972-73 Cork Hibernians 1975-76 St Patrick's Athletic 1983-84 Shamrock Rovers
See also League of Ireland FAI Cup League of Ireland Cup League of Ireland Shield
External links Dublin City Cup on rsssf.com