1921–22 FAI Cup

The FAI Cup 1921–22 was the first ever edition of Ireland's premier cup competition, The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. The tournament began on 14 January 1922 and concluded on 8 April with the final replay held at Dalymount Park, Dublin. An official attendance^[A] of 10,000 people watched St James's Gate complete the League and Cup Double by defeating Shamrock Rovers in a fixture marred by violence.^[1] The winning goal was scored by John "Jack" Kelly.

1921–22 FAI Cup

Tournament details
Country	Ireland
Dates	14 January–8 April 1922
Teams	11
Final positions
Champions	St James's Gate (1st title)
Runner-up	Shamrock Rovers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	48 (3.69 per match)
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First round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Dublin United	8-1	Frankfort	14 January 1922
2	Olympia	1-3	Shamrock Rovers	14 January 1922
3	St James's Gate	3-1	Jacobs	14 January 1922
4	West Ham Belfast	0-0	Shelbourne	14 January 1922
replay	Shelbourne	2-1	West Ham Belfast	21 January 1922
5	YMCA	3-4	Athlone Town	14 January 1922

Bye	Bohemians

Second round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Bohemians	7-1	Athlone Town	28 January 1922
2	Shamrock Rovers	5-1	Dublin United	28 January 1922

Bye	Shelbourne
Bye	St James's Gate

Semi-finals

St James's Gate	0–0	Shelbourne

18 February, 1922

Dalymount Park, Dublin

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Shamrock Rovers	1–0	Bohemians
Flood

25 February, 1922

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Semi-final Replay

St James's Gate	2–1	Shelbourne
Duncan Dowdall		Hamilton

4 March, 1922

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Final

St James's Gate	1–1	Shamrock Rovers
Kelly		Campbell

17 March, 1922

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Referee: M. Broderick Athlone

St James's Gate: GK Coleman FB Murphy HB Kavanagh FW McKay FW Heaney FW Carter FW Carey FW Kelly FW Duncan FW Dowdall FW Gargan

Shamrock Rovers: GK Nagle FB Kelly FB Warren HB Glen FW Byrne FW Birthistle FW Campbell FW Cowzer FW Flood FW Fullam FW Doyle

Final replay

St James's Gate	1–0	Shamrock Rovers
Kelly 43[2]

8 April, 1922

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Referee: M. Broderick Athlone

St James's Gate: GK Coleman FB Murphy HB Kavanagh FW McKay FW Heaney FW O'Shea FW Carey FW Kelly FW Duncan FW Dowdall FW Gargan

Shamrock Rovers: GK Nagle FB Kelly FB Warren HB Glen FW Byrne FW Birthistle FW Campbell FW Cowzer FW Flood FW Fullam FW Doyle

Notes

A. ^ Attendances were calculated using gate receipts which limited their accuracy as a large proportion of people, particularly children, attended football matches in Ireland throughout the 20th century for free by a number of means.

References

General

• Terry O'Rourke, Seán Ryan (2011). Ford Official book of the FAI CUP. Liberties Press.

Specific

1. Rice, Eoghan (2005). "Foundation". We Are Rovers. Nonsuch. p. 35. ISBN 1-84588-510-4. Incensed with the result, Rovers supporters invaded the pitch and scuffles broke out between supporters and the victorious St. James Gate players. The Rovers fans were soon joined by their own players who invaded the opposition changing room and engaged in a mass brawl. The scene was one of mayhem and was only halted when the brother of one of the St. James Gate players took a gun from his belt and fired into the roof.
2. "Great Game in Replayed Cup-tie". The Athletic News. Manchester. 10 April 1922. p. 8. Retrieved 22 September 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive. The only effort of any note was the goal which was recorded by Kelly, who decisively, and cleverly beat Nagle after 42 minutes of play

External links

• FAI Website