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2007 FAI Cup
FAI Ford Cup
Tournament details
Country	Republic of Ireland
Final positions
Champions	Cork City
Runner-up	Longford Town
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The FAI Cup 2007 was the 87th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. It was the first FAI Cup to be sponsored by Ford.

The 2007 FAI Ford Cup officially kicked off in late April, when twenty clubs from the junior and intermediate leagues battled it out for the chance to face eircom 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 early December, with the final taking place on 2 December 2007.

First round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 22 April 2007.

Phoenix 5-1 College Corinthians

Cherry Orchard 2-0 Villa F.C.

Mayfield United 0-1 St. Mochtas

Celbridge Town 1-0 Killester United

Drogheda Town 0-1 St. John Bosco

Fanad United 2-0 Bangor Celtic

Kildrum Tigers 1-2 Malahide United

Douglas Hall 2-1 Crumlin United

Salthill Devon 1-0 Avondale United

Tolka Rovers 3-1 Belgrove

Second round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 17 June 2007. The draw took place on Thursday, 31 May 2007 and was made by Emma Byrne and Paddy McCaul, and televised live on RTÉ One.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Longford Town	1-0	Celbridge Town
2	Fanad United	1-0	St. John Bosco
3	Dundalk	3-0	Athlone Town
4	Limerick 37	1-1	Wexford Youths
replay	Wexford Youths	0-1	Limerick 37
5	Phoenix	0-4	St Patrick's Athletic
6	Salthill Devon	0-4	UCD
7	Bray Wanderers	7-0	St Mochtas
8	Kildare County	0-1	Kilkenny City
9	Tolka Rovers	2-2	Waterford United
replay	Waterford United	4-1	Tolka Rovers
10	Derry City	2-0	Monaghan United
11	Galway United	2-2	Finn Harps
replay	Finn Harps	0-0	Galway United
Finn Harps won 4-2 on penalties
12	Douglas Hall	4-1	Cobh Ramblers
13	Shamrock Rovers	2-3	Sligo Rovers
14	Drogheda United	0-1	Bohemians
15	Malahide United	2-1	Cherry Orchard
16	Shelbourne	0-1	Cork City

Third round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 19 August 2007. The draw took place on Thursday, 5 July 2007 and was made by David Flood and Steve Staunton, and televised live on RTÉ One.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Finn Harps	0-1	Derry City
2	Limerick 37	1-1	Douglas Hall
replay	Douglas Hall	0-1	Limerick 37
3	Dundalk	1-2	UCD
4	Waterford United	1-1	Sligo Rovers
replay	Sligo Rovers	2-2	Waterford United
Waterford United won 4-3 on penalties
5	Bray Wanderers	1-2	St Patrick's Athletic
6	Longford Town	2-0	Fanad United
7	Malahide United	0-1	Bohemians
8	Cork City	5-1	Kilkenny City

Quarter-finals

Matches to be played weekend of Sunday, 23 September. The draw took place on Monday, 27 August 2007 and was made by David Flood and Ronnie Whelan, and televised live on RTÉ One.

24 September 2007
19:45

St Patrick's Athletic	1– 2	Bohemians
Keith Fahey 57'	(Report)	Darren Mansaram 25', 64'

Richmond Park, Dublin

Referee: Alan Kelly

21 September 2007
19:45

Derry City	0–1	UCD
	(Report)	Conor Sammon 60'

The Brandywell, Derry

Attendance: 2,450

Referee: Damien Hancock

22 September 2007
19:30

Longford Town	3–1	Limerick 37
Dessie Baker 71' David Mooney 81' Jamie Duffy 90'	(Report)	John Tierney 85'

Flancare Park, Longford

Referee: Declan Haney

22 September 2007
19:45

Waterford United	1–1	Cork City
Dave Warren 10'	(Report)	Denis Behan 49'

Regional Sports Centre, Waterford

Attendance: 1,009

Referee: Pat Whelan

Replays

25 September 2007
19:45

Cork City	4– 0	Waterford United
Denis Behan 11', 35', 84' Liam Kearney 61'	(Report)

Turner's Cross, Cork

Referee: Pat Whelan

Semi-finals

Matches to be played weekend of Sunday, 28 October. The draw took place on Wednesday, 10 October, and was made by Paddy McCaul and Kevin MacDonald and was televised live on RTÉ One.

26 October 2007
19:35