Ireland League Cup 2000/01


NB: four non-league teams invited:
      Swilly Rovers (Ulster) 
      Mervue United (Connacht) 
      Rockmount (Munster) 
      Bluebell United (Leinster) 

First Round

Group A

[Sep 19]
Shamrock Rovers 3-0 Monaghan United 
  [Grant 19, 27, Woods 45] 
[Sep 24]
Monaghan United 0-1 Bray Wanderers
  [Long 43]
[Sep 26]
Bray Wanderers  1-2 Shamrock Rovers
  [J Ryan 33; Byrne 30, Woods 62]

 1.Shamrock Rovers  2  2  0  0  5- 1  6  Qualified
 2.Bray Wanderers   2  1  0  1  2- 2  3
 3.Monaghan United  2  0  0  2  0- 4  0

Group B 

[Sep 20]
Bluebell United 0-3 Drogheda United 
  [Farrell 8, (pen) 36, (pen) 66]
[Sep 22]
Drogheda United 0-1 UCD 
  [Grogan 82]
[Sep 26]
UCD             7-0 Bluebell United
  [Bennis 9, Kilmurray 15, 43, 56, O'Donnell (pen) 19, Quinn 73, Grogan (pen) 88]

 1.UCD              2  2  0  0  8- 0  6  Qualified
 2.Drogheda United  2  1  0  1  3- 1  3
 3.Bluebell United  2  0  0  2  0-10  0

Group C
[Sep 20]
Home Farm       2-0 Dundalk
  [Doyle 16, Honan 26]
[Sep 25]
Dundalk         1-2 Bohemians
  [A Reilly 61; Crowe 4, 79]
[Oct 4]
Bohemians       4-0 Home Farm
  [O'Neill 16, 56, Crowe 39, O'Connor 62]

 1.Bohemians        2  2  0  0  6- 1  6  Qualified
 2.Home Farm        2  1  0  1  2- 4  3
 3.Dundalk          2  0  0  2  1- 4  0

Group D 

[Sep 20]
St. Francis     1-3 St. Patrick's Athletic 
  [Hughes 48; Foley 3, McCarthy 67, L Kelly 78] 
[Sep 22]
Shelbourne      5-0 St. Francis 
  [R Baker 32, D Baker 36, 67, 78, S Geoghegan 90]
[Sep 26]
St. Pat's Athl. 4-3 Shelbourne
  [Foley 35, McCarthy 63, 81, Griffin (pen) 75; Byrne 17, R Baker 26, Fenlon 80]

 1.St. Pat's Athl.  2  2  0  0  7- 4  6  Qualified
 2.Shelbourne       2  1  0  1  8- 4  3
 3.Saint Francis    2  0  0  2  1- 8  0 

Group E 

[Sep 19]
Longford Town   2-0 Athlone Town  
  [Frawley (og) 69, Gavin 87]
[Sep 23]
Kilkenny City   2-3 Longford Town
  [Mulcahy 23, 49; Kelly (pen) 22, Zellor 46, E Kenny 63]
[Sep 26]
Athlone Town    1-4 Kilkenny City
  [Carberry 80; Parkes 11, Jordan 35, Fitzell (og) 51, Brunton 67]

 1.Longford Town    2  2  0  0  5- 2  6  Qualified
 2.Kilkenny City    2  1  0  1  6- 4  3
 3.Athlone Town     2  0  0  2  1- 6  0

Group F 

[Sep 19]
Mervue United   0-1 Limerick FC 
  [Tobin 54] 
[Sep 22]
Limerick FC     2-0 Galway United 
  [McCarthy 37, Tobin 71]
[Sep 27]
Galway United   3-0 Mervue United
  [Foley 25, Morgan 53, Keogh 71]

 1.Limerick FC      2  2  0  0  3- 0  6  Qualified
 2.Galway United    2  1  0  1  3- 2  3
 3.Mervue United    2  0  0  2  0- 4  0

Group G 

[Sep 20]
Cobh Ramblers   0-1 Cork City  
  [Herrick 42]
Rockmount       0-0 Waterford United
[Sep 22]
Waterford Utd   3-1 Cobh Ramblers  
  [Richardson 31, Cashin 63, Watson 83; Kenneally 90]
[Sep 24]
Cork City       3-0 Rockmount 
  [Napier 53, Caulfield 65, Morley 90] 
[Sep 269
Cobh Ramblers   1-0 Rockmount
  [Keane 60]
Waterford Utd   1-0 Cork City
  [Scully 10]

 1.Waterford United 3  2  1  0  4- 1  7  Qualified
 2.Cork City        3  2  0  1  4- 1  6
 3.Cobh Ramblers    3  1  0  2  2- 4  3
 4.Rockmount        3  0  1  2  0- 4  1
   
Group H 

[Sep 19]
Sligo Rovers    1-3 Finn Harps 
  [Moran (pen) 71; Avdiu 56, Bradley 64, McGrenaghan 80]
[Sep 20]
Derry City      3-0 Swilly Rovers 
  [McCaul 22, Garnon 90, McCready (pen) 90] 
[Sep 23]
Finn Harps      1-0 Derry City  
  [Nesovic 27] 
[Sep 24]
Swilly Rovers   0-3 Sligo Rovers 
  [McNamara 22, Moran 41, Flannery 59] 
[Sep 26]
Finn Harps      3-1 Swilly Rovers
  [Avdiu 25, Bradley 51, Kelly 66; Heaney 14]
[Sep 27]
Sligo Rovers    2-2 Derry City
  [Rossiter 23, Birks 66; Rossiter (og) 11, Quigley 78]

 1.Finn Harps       3  3  0  0  7- 2  9  Qualified
 2.Derry City       3  1  1  1  5- 3  4
 3.Sligo Rovers     3  1  1  1  6- 5  4
 4.Swilly Rovers    3  0  0  3  2- 9  0

Quarterfinals
[Nov 5]
Shamrock Rovers 3-5 Limerick FC
  [Grant 17, Cousins 65, Francis 76; McCarthy 14, 18, Hughes 23, Purcell 52, Finnin 70]
[Nov 7]
Longford Town   0-2 Finn Harps
  [McGrenaghan 51, McHugh 90]
[Nov 8]
Waterford Utd   0-1 Saint Patrick's Athletic
  [Harris 59]
[Nov 14]
UCD             2-0 Bohemians
  [Kavanagh 17, Martyn 24]

Semifinals [Nov 28]
St. Pat's Athl. 2-1 Finn Harps
  [Foley 36, McCarthy 45; McHugh 64]
UCD             4-0 Limerick FC
  [Delaney 5, Kavanagh 36, O'Byrne 38, McAuley 85]

Final

First Leg [Jan 24]
St. Pat's Athl. 3-1 University College Dublin
  [McCarthy (2), Foley; Martyn]

Second Leg [Feb 12]
UCD             2-2 Saint Patrick's Athletic
  [McLoughlin 83, Swabn 85; Foley 8, Maguire 44]

Saint Patrick's win 5-3 on aggregate


1999/00.

list of champions.

list of cup winners.

list of league cup winners.
About this document

Prepared and maintained by Julian Canny the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Julian Canny (cannyjf@maths.tcd.ie)
Last updated: 14 Feb 2001