2010 Leinster Senior Cup

The 2010 Leinster Football Association Senior Cup, also known as the 2010 Leinster Senior Cup, was the 109th staging of the Leinster Senior Cup association football competition. The 2010 Leinster Senior Cup marked the return of the competition following a ten-year absence.[1]

2010 Leinster Senior Cup
Leinster Football Association Senior Cup
Teams20
Defending championsSt. Patrick's Athletic
ChampionsShelbourne
Runners-upBray Wanderers
Top goal scorer(s)Shane O'Neill (6 goals)
1999–00
2011

20 teams competed in the 2010 competition. The teams entered included the League of Ireland clubs affiliated to the Leinster Football Association, the top four clubs from the 2008–09 Leinster Senior League Senior Division and the two 2009 Leinster Junior Cup finalists. The 12 clubs from both the League of Ireland Premier Division and League of Ireland First Division automatically qualified for the First Round of the competition while the eight clubs from the A Championship, Leinster Senior League and the Athletic Union League entered into a Preliminary Round.

The 2010 Leinster Senior Cup kicked off with the Preliminary Round on 26 January 2010 and concluded with the Final on 2 August 2010 when Shelbourne defeated Bray Wanderers 4–0 at the Carlisle Grounds, Bray.

Preliminary round

The draw for the Premliminary round took place on 13 January 2010.[2]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Report
1Bluebell United2 0Wayside Celtic
2Tolka Rovers3 0St. Kevins Boys
3Ballymun United2 0F.C. Carlow
4Bangor Celtic1 0Tullamore Town

First round

The draw for the First Round took place on 13 January 2010.[3]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Report
1Shamrock Rovers2 1Wexford YouthsReport
2Bohemians1 0Bluebell UnitedReport
3Tolka Rovers0 2Shelbourne
4Sporting Fingal1 1
AET
Longford TownReport
Sporting Fingal won 4 2 on penalties
5Bray Wanderers2 1Athlone TownReport
6Ballymun United0 2Dundalk
7Bangor Celtic1 2
AET
UCDReport
8St. Patrick's Athletic0 1Drogheda UnitedReport

Quarter-Finals

The draw for the Quarter Finals took place on 10 March 2010.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Report
1Bray Wanderers2 2
AET
DundalkReport
Bray Wanderers won 4 3 on penalties
2Shamrock Rovers1 3ShelbourneReport
3Bohemians0 2Sporting FingalReport
4UCD2 0Drogheda UnitedReport

Semi-Finals

The draw for the Semi-Finals took place on 6 May 2010.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Report
1Shelbourne2 1
AET
Sporting FingalReport
2Bray Wanderers3 1UCDReport

Final

The draw for home advantage in the final took place on 23 July 2010.[4]

Bray Wanderers0 4Shelbourne
Report Daniel Corcoran  41'
David Cassidy  57'
Marc Hughes  73'
Mark Leech  82'
Referee: D. Hanney

References

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