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Drogheda United manager Kevin Doherty and goalkeeper Luke Dennison

FAI Cup recap: Drogheda edge Derry on penalties

Read how it all unfolded as the cup holders advanced to the last eight of this year's competition.

The wall of Derry - Brian Maher is yet to concede in the FAI Cup this year

Cup glory no second prize for impenetrable Maher

A clean sheet for Derry City in Sunday's FAI Cup final would see the Candystripes join a select list of clubs who have won the competition without conceding a goal.

Soccer • 05 Nov 24

Ruaidhrí Higgins posing with the trophy he won in 2022

Higgins: Cup final hard-earned after tough road

Derry City manager Ruaidhrí Higgins feels that a Sports Direct Men's FAI Cup final victory would be hard-earned, after coming through a difficult route to the final unscathed.

Soccer • 04 Nov 24

Athlone's Madie Gibson has her eyes on a double

Sports Direct FAI Cup final: All You Need to Know

It's take three for Athlone Town and Shelbourne as they meet in the showpiece decider for the third season in a row and with the scores tied at 1-1.

Soccer • 19 Oct 24

Athlone's Molloy scoops player of the month award

Athlone Town's Roisin Molloy has capped off a memorable SSE Airtricity Women's Premier Division season by winning the player of the month award for October.

Soccer • 18 Oct 24

Pearl Slattery (L) and Laurie Ryan are gunning for cup glory

Preview: Athlone & Shels set for part three of trilogy

It's part three of a Sports Direct FAI Women's Cup final trilogy on Sunday as Shelbourne and Athlone Town collide once again at Tallaght Stadium.

Soccer • 20 Oct 24

Kellie Brennan: 'It's always going to be a hard battle playing against them'

Athlone's Brennan: These are games you live to play in

Athlone Town's Kellie Brennan is relishing another appearance in the Sports Direct FAI Women's Cup final as the midlanders once again square up to Shelbourne at Tallaght Stadium.

Soccer • 17 Oct 24

Athlone Town players, from left, Lauren Karabin, Dana Scheriff and Madison Gibson celebrate with the FAI Cup

Athlone's dreams built on Americans' adventure

From New Jersey to Athlone, it's been quite a journey for Madison Gibson, Dana Scheriff, Jessi Rossman and Lauren Karabin, the quartet of Americans whose college bonds led to FAI Cup glory.

Soccer • 20 Nov 23

(L to R): Ciarán Kilduff, Laurie Ryan, Pearl Slattery and Noel King

Preview: Same clubs new faces in Shels-Athlone rematch

Shelbourne and Athlone Town collide in the Sports Direct FAI Cup final once again after a tumultuous 12 months that's changed the make-up of both squads dramatically.

Soccer • 19 Nov 23

Corry warns Bohs must buck worrying trend to lift cup

Paul Corry believes there's a sense of destiny around Bohemians winning the Sports Direct FAI Cup, but he warned Declan Devine's men must buck a worrying second-half-of-the-season trend to overcome St Pat's in Sunday's final.

Soccer • 08 Nov 23

Megan Smyth-Lynch is desperate to lift the FAI Cup again this year

Megan Smyth-Lynch: It's exciting times for Shelbourne

Megan Smyth-Lynch is still only 26, but the Shelbourne winger boasts the CV of a veteran - a hugely successful player and rising international coach with a burning ambition to achieve more.

Soccer • 14 Oct 23

Keith Buckley (right) is hoping to inflict Galway's first home defeat of the season

Bohs' Buckley plots to breach Galway fortress

Bohemians captain Keith Buckley admits that his side have a huge task on their hands if they're to appear in their second Sports Direct FAI Cup final in three seasons.

Soccer • 06 Oct 23

Sports Direct FAI Cup