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The 2011 League of Ireland Cup Final also known as the 2011 EA Sports Cup Final was the final match of the 2011 League of Ireland Cup, the 38th 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 match was contested by Cork City and Derry City, at Turners Cross in Cork on 24 September 2011. It was broadcast live on Setanta Sports.

Route to the final

Cork City

25 April 2011 Second Round	Wexford Youths	0–1	Cork City	Ferrycarrig Park
18:00		Report	Stephen Mulcahy 55' Danny Murphy  87'	Attendance: 200

6 June 2011 Quarter-Finals	Cork City	2–1	St. Patrick's Athletic	Turners Cross
15:00	Derek O'Brien 19' Graham Cummins 71'	Report	Neil Harney 57'	Attendance: 1077

8 August 2011 Semi-Final	Cork City	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Limerick	Turners Cross
19:45	Davin O'Neill 28' (pen.) Vincent Escudé-Candau 103' (pen.) Graham Cummins 118'	Report	Peter Hynes 13'	Attendance: 2059

Derry City

28 March 2011 First Round	Salthill Devon	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Derry City	Drom Clubhouse
19:45	Etanda Nkololo 35' Victor Collins 59'	Report	James McClean 55' Emmet Friars 75' Ryan McBride 112' Gareth McGlynn 114'

25 April 2011 Second Round	Derry City	2–1	Mervue United	Brandywell Stadium
15:00	David McDaid 7' Michael McCrudden 56'	Report	Alex Lee 92'

27 June 2011 Quarter-Finals	UCD	0–3	Derry City	UCD Bowl
19:45	Sean Harding  74'	Report	Stephen McLaughlin 48' Ruairí Harkin 58' Michael McCrudden 62'	Attendance: 200

23 August 2011 Semi-Final	Derry City	3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Sligo Rovers	Brandywell Stadium
	Daniel Lafferty 33',  90' Stephen McLaughlin 76' (93)	Report	Danny Ventre 45' Eoin Doyle 80' (108)	Attendance: 1200
	Penalties
	Emmet Friars Ruaidhri Higgins Owen Morrison Ruairí Harkin Stephen McLaughlin		Joseph Ndo Eoin Doyle Richie Ryan Alan Kirby

Final

Summary

The final was played on 24 September 2011 at Cork's Turners Cross. Derry City defeated Cork City 1-0, thanks to a penalty scored by Éamon Zayed. This was Derry City's record 10th League of Ireland Cup.

Details

Cork City	0–1	Derry City
	Report	Éamon Zayed 67' (pen.) Shane McEleney  92'

Cork City

Derry City

CORK CITY: GK 1 Mark McNulty RB 21 Gavin Kavanagh CB 22 Neal Horgan  84' CB 3 Danny Murphy LB 18 Kalen Spillane RM 6 Gearóid Morrissey CM 8 Shane Duggan CM 11 Derek O’Brien  77' LM 2 Ian Turner  77' CF 9 Graham Cummins CF 7 Davin O'Neill Substitutes: GK 16 James McCarthy DF 14 Craig Burns MF 24 Vincent Escudé-Candau  77' FW 10 Vinny Sullivan  77' FW 15 Danny Morrissey  84' FW 19 Cathal Lordan FW 20 Jamie Murphy Manager: Tommy Dunne

DERRY CITY: GK 1 Gerard Doherty RB 3 Emmet Friars CB 5 Stewart Greacen LB 12 Ryan McBride RM 8 Kevin Deery CM 16 Ruaidhri Higgins CM 14 Gareth McGlynn LM 4 Barry Molloy CF 15 Stephen McLaughlin CF 17 Éamon Zayed CF 9 David McDaid  54' Substitutes: GK 22 Eugene Ferry DF 6 Shane McEleney DF 26 Thomas McMonagle MF 7 Ruairí Harkin MF 25 James Henry FW 10 Patrick McEleney  54' FW 18 Mark Farren Manager: Stephen Kenny

References

1. "City into EA Sports Cup Final - Sport - Cork Independent". Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
2. "Turner's Cross to host EA Sports Cup final". Irish Examiner. 24 August 2011.
3. "EA Sports Cup". 20 July 2013. Archived from the original on 20 July 2013.
4. "Ea Sports Cup Final: Cork City 0 Derry 1". Irish Times. 26 September 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

• 2011 League of Ireland
• League of Ireland Cup finals
• 2011 in Republic of Ireland association football cups
• Derry City F.C. matches
• Cork City F.C. matches
• September 2011 sports events in Europe