The 2024 FAI Cup final, known as the 2024 Sports Direct FAI Cup final for sponsorship reasons, was the final match of the 2024 FAI Cup, the national association football cup of the Republic of Ireland. The match took place on Sunday 10 November 2024 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, between Drogheda United and Derry City.
Drogheda won the game 2-0 to win the FAI Cup for the second time in their history.
Route to the final
Drogheda UnitedRoundDerry CityOpponentScoreOpponentScoreDundalk2–1 (H)Second roundSt Patrick's Athletic3–0 (H)Wilton United9–0 (H)Third roundCork City1–0 (A)Athlone Town4–1 (A)Quarter-finalsShelbourne2–0 (H)Wexford3–2 (H)Semi-finalsBohemians2–0 (A)Note: In all results above, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
Match Summary In the 37th minute, Andrew Quinn put Drogheda into the lead when he scored with a low finish at the back post to the left of the net after a free-kick from the right by Shane Farrell. In the 58th minute, Conor Kane was fouled by Ronan Boyce in the penalty area and Drogheda were awarded a penalty. Douglas James-Taylor scored the penalty with a finish to the right of the net sending the goalkeepr the wrong way to make it 2-0 to Drogheda which ended up as the final score with Drogheda winning the FAI Cup for the second time in their history.
Details
GK 36 Luke DennisonRB 2 Elicha AhuiCB 4 Andrew Quinn CB 15 David WebsterCB 18 James BolgerLB 23 Conor KaneCM 17 Shane Farrell CM 19 Ryan Brennan (c) AM 7 Darragh MarkeyST 10 Douglas James-Taylor ST 9 Frantz Pierrot Substitutes:GK 1 Andrew WoganCB 5 Aaron Harper-BaileyCB 6 Jack KeaneyCM 8 Gary Deegan RW 11 Adam Foley CM 21 Luke Heeney LB 22 Aaron McNallyLW 24 Warren DavisST 25 Bridel BosakaniManager: Kevin Doherty GK 1 Brian MaherRB 2 Ronan Boyce CB 16 Shane McEleney CB 6 Mark Connolly LB 20 Andre Wisdom CM 15 Sadou DialloCM 28 Adam O'Reilly CM 10 Patrick McEleney (c) RW 12 Paul McMullan ST 21 Danny Mullen LW 7 Michael DuffySubstitutes:CM 8 Will Patching ST 9 Patrick Hoban ST 11 Colm Whelan CM 19 Jacob Davenport CB 25 Duncan IdehenGK 26 Tadhg RyanRB 29 Sean Robertson CM 34 Callum DohertyCB 39 Conor BarrManager: Ruaidhrí Higgins
References
External links Official Site