2012 League of Ireland Cup final

The 2012 League of Ireland Cup Final also known as the 2012 EA Sports Cup Final was the final match of the 2012 League of Ireland Cup, the 39th season of the League of Ireland Cup, a football competition for the 27 teams from the Premier Division, First Division, A Championship and the Ulster Senior League.

The final was played on Saturday, 22 September 2012 in Tallaght Stadium, Dublin.^[1] The match was televised live by Setanta Sports. If the scores were level after 90 minutes of play, then extra-time of 30 minutes duration would have been played, followed by a penalty shoot-out, if required to determine the winners of the cup.

The match was won 3-1 by Drogheda.^[2]

22 September 2012

17.45

Drogheda United	3–1	Shamrock Rovers
D.O'Brien 33' K.Gilbert 43' (o.g.) E.Foley 61'	Report

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

Attendance: 3,120

Referee: Tom Connolly

Drogheda United

Shamrock Rovers

GK 1 Gabriel Sava RB 17 Brian Gannon CB 5 Alan McNally  73' CB 4 Derek Prendergast  83' LB 3 Philip Hand RM 8 Ryan Brennan CM 22 Eric Foley 61' CM ? Paul Crowley (c) LM 11 Gavin Brennan ST 15 Peter Hynes  21'  89' ST 19 Declan O'Brien 33'  90+2' Substitutes: RB 2 Stephen Quigley CM 7 Cathal Brady ST 9 Tiernan Mulvenna  89' CM 10 Sean Brennan  90+2' CB 28 Alan Byrne GK 40 Shane Finnegan RB 42 Conor O’Keeffe Manager: Mick Cooke

GK 1 Oscar Jansson RB 2 Kerrea Gilbert (o.g.) CB 23 Colin Hawkins CB 4 Craig Sives LB 3 Conor Powell RM 21 Ronan Finn CM 15 Killian Brennan 59' CM 6 Stephen Rice (c)  45+4' LM 7 Gary McCabe  60' ST 11 Ciarán Kilduff  23'  65' ST 24 Thomas Stewart  60' Substitutes: CM 8 Stephen O'Donnell ST 9 Gary Twigg  65' ST 10 Gary O’Neill ST 14 Aaron Greene ST 16 Daryl Kavanagh  60' LM 20 Billy Dennehy  60' GK 30 Reyaad Pieterse Manager: Trevor Croly