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1935–36 FAI Cup

{{Infobox football tournament season

| title = FAI Cup

| year = 1935–36

| country = Ireland

| dates = 1 January – 19 April 1936

| num_teams = 16

| defending_champions = Bohemian

| winners = Shamrock Rovers

| second = Cork

| matches = 22

| goals = 101

| prev_season = 1934-35

| next_season = 1936-37

}}

The FAI Cup 1935–36{{ref label|Free State Cup|A|}} was the fifteenth edition of Ireland's premier cup competition, The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. The tournament began on 1 January 1936 and concluded on 19 April with the final held at Dalymount Park, Dublin. An official attendance{{ref label|Official Attendance|B|}} of 30,946 people watched Shamrock Rovers claim their seventh title by defeating Cork.

First round

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
Tie no

!Home team

!Score

!Away team

!Date

1

|GSR

|1-4

|Reds United

|1 January 1936

2

|Bohemians

|7-0

|Waterford

|11 January 1936

3

|Cork

|2-2

|Bray Unknowns

|12 January 1936

replay

|Bray Unknowns

|1-6

|Cork

|15 January 1936

4

|Dolphin

|1-0{{ref label|Abandoned|C

}

|Drumcondra

|12 January 1936

|-

|refix{{ref label|Abandoned|C|a}}

|Dolphin

|3-6

|Drumcondra

|16 January 1936

|-

|5

|Dundalk

|7-1

|B&I

|12 January 1936

|-

|6

|Hospitals Trust

|2-5

|Sligo Rovers

|12 January 1936

|-

|7

|Shamrock Rovers

|1-1

|St James's Gate

|12 January 1936

|-

|replay

|St James's Gate

|1-2

|Shamrock Rovers

|15 January 1936

|-

|8

|Tramore Rookies

|1-5

|Brideville

|12 January 1936

|}

Second round

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Tie no

!Home team

!Score

!Away team

!Date

1

|Bohemians

|1-1

|Cork

|8 February 1936

replay

|Cork

|3-2

|Bohemians

|19 February 1936

2

|Dundalk

|2-1

|Reds United

|8 February 1936

3

|Drumcondra

|1-1

|Sligo Rovers

|9 February 1936

replay

|Sligo Rovers

|1-1

|Drumcondra

|12 February 1936

replay(2)

|Drumcondra

|3-2

|Sligo Rovers

|19 February 1936

4

|Shamrock Rovers

|5-1

|Brideville

|9 February 1936

Semi-finals

{{football box

|date = 1 March, 1936

|team1 = Shamrock Rovers

|score = 2–2

|report =

|team2 = Dundalk

|goals1 = Moore
Glen(pen)

|goals2 = Morgan
McCourt

|stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin}}

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{{football box

|date = 22 March, 1936

|team1 = Cork

|score = 5–2

|report =

|team2 = Drumcondra

|goals1 = Turnbull(3)
King
O'Reilly

|goals2 = Meehan
Donnelly

|stadium = The Mardyke, Cork}}

=Replay=

{{football box

|date = 4 March, 1936

|team1 = Shamrock Rovers

|score = 2–1

|report =

|team2 = Dundalk

|goals1 = Ward
Scully

|goals2 = O' Neill(pen)

|stadium = Iveagh Grounds, Crumlin, Dublin}}

Final

{{football box

|date = 19 April, 1936

|team1 = Shamrock Rovers

|score = 2–1

|report =

|team2 = Cork

|goals1 = Moore {{goal|46}}
Reid {{goal|53}}

|goals2 = Turnbull {{goal|80}}

|stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin

|referee =

|attendance = 30,946}}

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Winner of FAI Cup 1935–36
Shamrock Rovers
7th Title

Notes

A. {{note|Free State Cup}} From 1923 to 1936, the FAI Cup was known as the Free State Cup.

B. {{note|Official Attendance}} 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.

C. {{note|Abandoned}}{{note label|Abandoned|C|a}} Fixture abandoned due to encroachment of spectators. Re-Fixture played on 16 January.

References

;General

  • {{cite book|last = Terry O'Rourke |first = Sean Ryan |title = Gillette book of the FAI CUP |publisher = Irish Soccer Co-op |year = 1985}}

External links

  • [http://www.fai.ie/ FAI Website]

{{FAI Cup seasons}}

{{1935–36 in European football (UEFA)}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fai Cup 1935-36}}

1935-36

Category:1935–36 in Irish association football

FAI Cup