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

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. 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.

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5-1

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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

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1-0 Avondale United

Tolka Rovers Tolka Rovers F.C. are an amateur Irish football club based in Glasnevin, Dublin. They play in the Leinster Senior League. They play at Frank Cooke Park and wear red shirts with white sleeves. The club's junior teams play at Johnstown Park. ...

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

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and Paddy McCaul, and televised live on

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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

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and

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, and televised live on

Quarter-finals

Matches to be played weekend of Sunday, 23 September. The draw took place on Monday, 27 August 2007 and was made by

and

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, and televised live on

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Replays

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

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Final

Player of the Round

References

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