2004 League of Ireland Cup

The Football League of Ireland Cup 2004 was the 31st staging of the Football League of Ireland Cup.

The 2004 League Cup kicked-off in May. Two non-league club (Kerry League and Mayo League) joined the 24 league clubs in the competition. There was 24 clubs drawn into eight groups of three. Each team played the other two in their group. The winner of each group progressed to the quarter-finals.

Group Stage

Matches played between 3 May and 18 May, 2004.

Teams that progressed to the Quarter-Finals are indicated in bold type.

Teams eliminated from the League Cup are indicated in italics.

Group 1

Table

Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GD	GA	Pts
Cork City	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6
Cobh Ramblers	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	1
Kerry League	2	0	1	1	0	4	-4	1

Results


May 3, 2004
Cork City	4–0	Kerry League	Turners Cross
May 11, 2004
Cobh Ramblers	1–2	Cork City	St. Colman's Park
May 18, 2004
Kerry League	0–0	Cobh Ramblers	Mount Hawk Park

Group 2

Table

Team	P	D	GF	GD	Pts
Limerick	2	2	4	4	2
Kilkenny City	2	2	2	2	2
Waterford United	2	2	2	2	2

Results


May 4, 2004
Waterford United	0–0	Kilkenny City	Regional Sports Centre
May 11, 2004
Limerick	2–2	Waterford United	Hogan Park
May 18, 2004
Kilkenny City	2–2	Limerick	Buckley Park

Group 3

Table

Team

P

W

D

L

GF

GD

GA

Pts

Longford Town

2

0

6

1

+5

6

Kildare County

2

1

0

1

5

2

+3

3

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2

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Results


May 3, 2004
Kildare County	4–0	Athlone Town	Station Road
May 11, 2004
Longford Town	2–1	Kildare County	Flancare Park
May 18, 2004
Athlone Town	0–4	Longford Town	St. Mel's Park

Group 4

Table

Team	P	W	L	GF	GD	GA	Pts
Finn Harps	2	1	1	3	2	+1	3
Derry City	2	1	1	2	1	+1	3
Monaghan United	2	1	1	1	3	-2	3

Results


May 4, 2004
Derry City	2–0	Finn Harps	The Brandywell
May 11, 2004
Monaghan United	1–0	Derry City	Finn Park
May 18, 2004
Finn Harps	3–0	Monaghan United	Kingspan Century Park

Group 5

Table

Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GD	GA	Pts
Sligo Rovers	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
Galway United	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
Mayo League	2	0	1	1	1	3	-3	1

Results


May 3, 2004
Galway United	0–0	Sligo Rovers	Terryland Park
May 11, 2004
Mayo League	1–1	Galway United
May 18, 2004
Sligo Rovers	2–0	Mayo League	The Showgrounds

Group 6

Table

Team

P

W

D

L

GF

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GA

Pts

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Shamrock Rovers

2

0

1

3

-2

1

Results


May 4, 2004
Bray Wanderers	0–1	UCD	Carlisle Grounds
May 10, 2004
Shamrock Rovers	1–3	Bray Wanderers	Richmond Park
May 17, 2004
UCD	0–0	Shamrock Rovers	Belfield Park

Group 7

Table

Team	P	W	L	GF	GD	GA	Pts
Dublin City	2	2	0	5	2	+3	6
Shelbourne	2	1	1	4	4	0	3
St Patrick's Athletic	2	0	2	5	6	-1	0

Results


May 3, 2004
St Patrick's Athletic	1–3	Dublin City	Richmond Park
May 11, 2004
Shelbourne	3–2	St Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park
May 17, 2004
Dublin City	2–1	Shelbourne	Tolka Park

Group 8

Table

Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GD	GA	Pts
Bohemians	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Drogheda United	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3
Dundalk	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3	1

Results


May 4, 2004
Dundalk	0–0	Bohemians	Oriel Park
May 10, 2004
Drogheda United	4–1	Dundalk	United Park
May 17, 2004
Bohemians	3–1	Drogheda United	Dalymount Park

Quarter-finals

Matches played between 14 June and 28 June, 2004.

Tie no

Home team

Score

Away team

1

Limerick

2-0

Cork City

2

Sligo Rovers

1-5

Finn Harps

3

Longford Town

2-0

Dublin City

4

Bohemians

2-1

Semi-finals

2004-07-06

Bohemians	4 – 1	Limerick
Ward 50', 70' Crowe 60' Lynch 90'		Hartnett 9'

Dalymount Park, Dublin

2004-07-20

Finn Harps	1 – 2	Longford Town
McHugh 57'		Francis 18' Baker 55'

Finn Park, Ballybofey

Final

2004-08-30

Bohemians	1 – 2	Longford Town
Ryan 85' (pen)		Dillon 4' Prunty 81'

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Winner of FAI League Cup 2004
Longford Town 1st Title

External links

2004 Season in Ireland on rsssf website

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