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2004 FAI Cup

{{Infobox football tournament season

| title = FAI Cup

| year = 2004

| other_titles = Carlsberg FAI Senior Cup

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| country = Ireland

| num_teams = 42

| champions = Longford Town

| runner-up = Waterford United

| matches = 64

| goals =

| top goal scorer =

| player =

| prevseason = 2003

| nextseason = 2005

}}

The FAI Cup 2004 was the 84th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or Carlsberg FAI Cup. It officially kicked off in late May, when twenty clubs from the junior and intermediate leagues battled it out for the chance to face League of Ireland opposition in the second round. The ten winners of those ties were joined in the second round by the 22 eircom League of Ireland clubs. The competition ran until October, with the final taking place on Sunday, October 24.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ier04.html|title=Ireland 2004|website=RSSSF|access-date=16 July 2016}}

First round

Fixtures played weekend May 23

Belgrove 0-1 Leeds

Carrick United 3-2 Bluebell United

Cherry Orchard 1-2 Glebe North

Drumcondra A.F.C. 1-1 Letterkenny Rovers

Fairview Rangers 0-2 Wayside Celtic

Freebooters 3-3 Portmarnock

Moyle Park College 1-1 Quay Celtic

Ringmahon Rangers 3-0 CYM Terenure

Rockmount 2-2 College Corinthians

Tullamore 1-1 Bangor Celtic

=Replays=

Bangor Celtic 0-1 Tullamore

College Corinthians 2-3 Rockmount

Letterkenny Rovers 0-2 Drumcondra A.F.C.

Portmarnock w/o Freebooters

Quay Celtic 2-1 Moyle Park College

Second round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 25 July 2004.

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Tie no

!Home team

!Score

!Away team

1

|Rockmount

|3-1

| Portmarnock

2

|Waterford United

|2-1

|Sligo Rovers

3

|Shamrock Rovers

|3-0

| Carrick United

4

|Shelbourne

|4-1

|Finn Harps

5

|St Patrick's Athletic

|4-1

|Wayside Celtic

6

|Cobh Ramblers

|3-3

|Limerick

replay

|Limerick

|2-2p

|Cobh Ramblers

7

| Leeds A.F.C.

|0-3

|Longford Town

8

|Monaghan United

|1-0

|Dublin City

9

|Bray Wanderers

|0-2

|Kilkenny City

10

|Athlone Town

|3-0

|Tullamore

11

|Galway United

|0-1

|Derry City

12

|Bohemians

|8-0

| Ringmahon Rangers

13

|Kildare County

|4-0

| Glebe North

14

|Dundalk

|0-0

|Drogheda United

replay

|Drogheda United

|3-2

|Dundalk

15

| Quay Celtic

|3-4

|Drumcondra

16

|UCD

|1-0

|Cork City

Third round

Matches played on the week of Monday, 16 August 2004.

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Tie no

!Home team

!Score

!Away team

1

|Shelbourne

|1-1

|Derry City

replay

|Derry City

|p0-0

|Shelbourne

2

|UCD

|5-0

|Drumcondra

3

|Waterford United

|7-2

|Kilkenny City

4

|Bohemians

|0-1

|Kildare County

5

|Athlone Town

|1-0

|Cobh Ramblers

6

|Drogheda United

|2-0

|St Patrick's Athletic

7

|Longford Town

|1-1

|Shamrock Rovers

replay

|Shamrock Rovers

|0-1

|Longford Town

8

|Rockmount

|2-0

|Monaghan United

Quarter-finals

{{footballbox

|date = 9 September 2004

|team1 = Derry City

|score = 1–0

|report =

|team2 = Kildare County

|goals1 = McCallion {{goal|89}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Brandywell Stadium}}

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{{footballbox

|date = 10 September 2004

|team1 = Waterford United

|score = 2–2

|report =

|team2 = Rockmount

|goals1 = O'Brien {{goal|72|og}}
Bruton{{goal|81}}

|goals2 = Hurley {{goal|48}}
Keane {{goal|51}}

|stadium = Waterford RSC}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 10 September 2004

|team1 = UCD

|score = 0–0

|report =

|team2 = Drogheda United

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Belfield Park}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 11 September 2004

|team1 = Longford Town

|score = 2–2

|report =

|team2 = Athlone Town

|goals1 = Fitzgerald {{goal|7}}
Lavine {{goal|23}}

|goals2 = Murphy {{goal|32}}
Hope {{goal|89}}

|stadium = Flancare Park}}

=Replays=

{{footballbox

|date = 13 September 2004

|team1 = Drogheda United

|score = 3–2(aet)

|report =

|team2 = UCD

|goals1 = O'Brien {{goal|73}}, {{goal|93}}
Lester {{goal|117}}

|goals2 = Martin {{goal|2}}
McAuley {{goal|114}}

|stadium = United Park}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 13 September 2004

|team1 = Athlone Town

|score = 0–3

|report =

|team2 = Longford Town

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Barrett {{goal|21}}
Murphy {{goal|77}}
Keogh {{goal|80}}

|stadium = St Mel's Park}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 15 September 2004

|team1 = Rockmount

|score = 1–2

|report =

|team2 = Waterford United

|goals1 = Busteed {{goal|76|}}

|goals2 = Bruton {{goal|1}}, {{goal|75}}

|stadium = Turners Cross}}

Semi-finals

{{footballbox

|date = 1 October 2004

|team1 = Derry City

|score = 1–2

|report =

|team2 = Waterford United

|goals1 = Byrne {{goal|12}}

|goals2 = Murphy {{goal|8}}
Connor {{goal|40}}

|stadium = The Brandywell, Derry}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 3 October 2004

|team1 = Longford Town

|score = 0–0

|report =

|team2 = Drogheda United

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Flancare Park, Longford}}

=Replay=

{{footballbox

|date = 5 October 2004

|team1 = Drogheda United

|score = 1–2(aet)

|report =

|team2 = Longford Town

|goals1 = O'Brien {{goal|50}}

|goals2 = Martin {{goal|32}}
Dillon {{goal|114}}

|stadium = United Park, Drogheda}}

Final

{{footballbox

|date = October 24, 2004

|team1 = Waterford United

|score = 1–2

|report =

|team2 = Longford Town

|goals1 = Bruton {{goal|62}}

|goals2 = Kirby {{goal|86}}
Keegan {{goal|88}}

|stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin}}

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Winner of FAI Cup 2004

Longford Town
2nd Title

References

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