2010 FAI Cup final

Football match

2010 FAI Cup Final

Event

2010 FAI Cup

Sligo Rovers	Shamrock Rovers

0	0

After extra time
Sligo won 2–0 on penalties

Date

14 November 2010

Venue

Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Man of the Match

Joseph Ndo (Sligo Rovers)

Referee

Tomás Connolly (Dublin)

Attendance

36,101

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The 2010 FAI Cup Final was the final match of the 2010 FAI Cup competition and was contested by Sligo Rovers and Shamrock Rovers at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on 14 November 2010. Shamrock Rovers were looking to complete the double of League and cup after winning the 2010 League of Ireland.^[1]^[2] Sligo Rovers won the cup 2–0 on penalties.^[3]^[4]

The final was the first to be staged at the new Aviva Stadium. The match was shown live on RTÉ television and online worldwide.^[5]

Ticketing

On 22 October 2010, the Football Association of Ireland announced that tickets for the final would go on sale to supporters at the discounted rates of €10 and €5 to mark the first FAI Ford Cup final at the Aviva Stadium.^[6]

Match summary

Before the biggest attendance at a cup final since 1968, 36,101, both teams cancelled each other out over 120 minutes leaving the final to be decided by spot kicks for the second time in three years. Eoin Doyle converted the first Sligo penalty in the shoot-out but the next five penalties were all missed. Gary McCabe made it 2–0 with Sligo's fourth only for Paddy Kavanagh to have his attempt saved by Sligo keeper Ciaran Kelly. Kelly saved all four Shamrock Rovers spot-kicks in the penalty shoot-out. Shamrock Rovers had finished the game with ten men, through the dismissal of Stephen Bradley, who later claimed his team had battered their opponents, ten minutes from the finish of extra time for a second yellow card, while Sligo's Joseph Ndo was named man of the match.^{[citation needed]}

Match details

14 November 2010

15.30 IST

Sligo Rovers	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Shamrock Rovers
	Report
Penalties
Doyle Keane O'Grady McCabe	2–0	Twigg Flynn Turner Kavanagh

Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Attendance: 36,101^[7]

Referee: Tomás Connolly (Dublin)

Sligo Rovers

Shamrock Rovers

References

^ "O'Neill targets double for the Hoops". RTÉ Sport. 2 December 2010. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
^ "FAI Ford Cup final preview". RTÉ Sport. 13 November 2010. Archived from the original on 17 November 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
^ "Redemption day for heroic Kelly". Irish Independent. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
^ "Kelly spot on as Sligo take cup". Irish Times. 15 November 2010. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
^ "FAI confirm Cup final suspensions". RTÉ Sport. 3 December 2010. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
^ "Discount ticket prices for FAI Cup final". RTÉ Sport. 22 October 2010. Archived from the original on 12 November 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
^ "Sligo Rovers are FAI Cup Champions". Extratime.ie. 14 October 2010.