1929–30 FAI Cup

1929–30 FAI Cup

Tournament details
Country	Republic of Ireland
Final positions
Champions	Shamrock Rovers (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	82 (3.73 per match)

The FAI Cup 1929/30^[A] was the ninth edition of Ireland's premier cup competition, The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. The tournament began on 4 January 1930 and concluded on 17 March with the final held at Dalymount Park, Dublin. An official attendance^[B] of 17,000 people watched Shamrock Rovers claim the second of five FAI Cup titles in a row by defeating Brideville with a controversial late goal.

First round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	!Date
1	Bray Unknowns	0–1^[C]	Bohemians	4 January 1930
refix^[C]	Bray Unknowns	3–7	Bohemians	8 January 1930
2	Shamrock Rovers	1–1	Shelbourne	4 January 1930
replay	Shelbourne	0–0	Shamrock Rovers	8 January 1930
replay(2)	Shamrock Rovers	3–1	Shelbourne	15 January 1930
3	Brideville	1–0	Waterford Celtic	5 January 1930
4	Cork Bohemians	1–2	Dundalk	5 January 1930
5	Dolphin	5–1	Mullingar Celtic	5 January 1930
6	Drumcondra	3–3	Fordsons	5 January 1930
replay	Fordsons	3–1	Drumcondra	8 January 1930
7	Glasnevin	2–1	Cahir Park	5 January 1930
8	Jacobs	3–4	St James's Gate	5 January 1930

Second round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Shamrock Rovers	4–2	St James's Gate	18 January 1930
2	Brideville	1–1	Dolphin	19 January 1930
replay	Dolphin	2–2	Brideville	22 January 1930
replay(2)	Brideville	5–1	Dolphin	29 January 1930
3	Dundalk	5–0	Glasnevin	19 January 1930
4	Fordsons	1–0	Bohemians	19 January 1930

Semi-finals

1 February 1930

Brideville	2–1	Dundalk
Gaskins Patton(o.g.)		Patton

Shelbourne Park, Dublin

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16 February 1930

Fordsons	2–2	Shamrock Rovers
T. Dickson(2)		Byrne Fullam

The Mardyke, Cork

Replay

2 March 1930

Shamrock Rovers	3–0	Fordsons
Flood Golding Sloan

Iveagh Grounds, Crumlin, Dublin

Final

17 March 1930

Shamrock Rovers	1–0	Brideville
Byrne 90'

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 17,000

Winner of FAI Cup 1929–30
Shamrock Rovers 3rd Title

Notes

A. ^ From 1923 to 1936, the FAI Cup was known as the Free State Cup.

B. ^ Attendances were calculated using gate receipts which limited their accuracy as a large proportion of people, particularly children, attended football matches in Ireland throughout the 20th century for free by a number of means.

C. ^ ^a Fixture abandoned due to bad weather. Re-Fixture played on 8 January.

References

General

• Terry O'Rourke, Sean Ryan (1985). Gillette book of the FAI CUP. Irish Soccer Co-op.

External links

• FAI Website