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The 2019 League of Ireland Cup Final was the final match of the 2019 League of Ireland Cup, called the EA Sports Cup for sponsorship purposes, a knock-out association football competition contested annually by clubs affiliated with the League of Ireland. It took place on 14 September 2019 at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium in Derry, and was contested by Dundalk and Derry City. Dundalk won 6–5 in a penalty shoot-out, following a 2–2 draw after extra-time.

Background

The League Cup was the first trophy of the 2019 League of Ireland season. The two sides had met three times in the League already, with two draws and one win for Dundalk, while Dundalk had won a second round FAI Cup tie 3–2 after extra-time. They had last won the cup in 2017, and had reached the final by defeating St Patrick's Athletic (2–1), UCD (3–1) and Bohemians (6–1).

Derry City were the League Cup holders, and had reached the final by defeating Longford Town (3–0), Finn Harps (2–1), and Waterford (4–2).

The final was broadcast live on Eir Sport. Dundalk wore their third kit for the match, which had been introduced that season as part of a fundraising partnership between the club and Temple Street Children's University Hospital. The logo of the charity replaced that of official sponsor Fyffes on the chest of the shirt.

Match

Summary

Dundalk were the pre-match favourites, however the closeness of the previous matches between the sides was notable. Derry City took a third-minute lead through David Parkhouse, following an error by Dundalk goalkeeper Aaron McCarey. Michael Duffy equalised for Dundalk in the 38th minute with a curling strike from outside the penalty area. Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe gave Derry City the lead again six minutes after half-time, when his deflected shot wrong-footed McCarey. Subsequently, two quick yellow cards for Grant Gillespie saw Derry City reduced to 10 men, and Dundalk equalised in the 69th minute through Sean Gannon. Dundalk couldn't capitalise on their numerical advantage in the remaining time, or in extra-time, which sent the final to a penalty shoot-out. Following one missed penalty each, the shoot-out moved to sudden-death with Dundalk prevailing.

Details

Derry City	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Dundalk
Parkhouse 3' Ogedi-Uzokwe 51'	Report	Duffy 38' Gannon 69'
Penalties
McDonagh McNamee Malone McCrudden Harkin Toal Gilchrist	5–6	Hoban Duffy Cleary Jarvis Benson Hoare Shields

Derry City

Dundalk

GK 1 Peter Cherrie DF 3 Ciaran Coll DF 23 Ally Gilchrist DF 15 Eoin Toal MF 8 Gerardo Bruna  46' MF 24 Grant Gillespie MF 4 Ciaron Harkin MF 7 Jamie McDonagh MF 25 Barry McNamee (c) FW 11 Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe  100' FW 9 David Parkhouse  78' Substitutes: MF 22 Darren McCauley  46'  118' MF 29 Jack Malone  78' FW 10 Michael McCrudden  100' MF 12 Adrian Delap  118' Manager: Declan Devine

GK 20 Aaron McCarey RB 2 Sean Gannon CB 21 Daniel Cleary CB 4 Seán Hoare LB 14 Dane Massey RM 27 Daniel Kelly  67' CM 5 Chris Shields CM 11 Patrick McEleney  102' LM 7 Michael Duffy AM 10 Jamie McGrath  87' CF 9 Patrick Hoban (c) Substitutes: MF 29 Robbie Benson  67' FW 10 Georgie Kelly  87' DF 22 Dean Jarvis  102' Manager: Vinny Perth

References

1. "FIXTURES FOR 2019 LEAGUE OF IRELAND PREMIER DIVISION". www.extratime.ie. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
2. "Dundalk 2019". Extratime. 17 November 2019.
3. "DERRY CITY 2019". www.extratime.ie. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
4. McLaughlin, Gavin (28 March 2019). "DFC – Dundalk FC unveil new purple third kit which will raise funds for Temple Street Children's…". Dundalk Sport. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
5. "Derry City 2–2 Dundalk (5–6 on penalties): Lilywhites win on penalties to clinch EA Sports Cup". RTÉ Sport. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
6. "EA Sports Cup final: Dundalk beat 10-man Derry on penalties". BBC Sport. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
7. Newberry, Niall (15 September 2019). "EA Sports Cup Final Report". www.extratime.ie. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

External links

• Match highlights from Eir Sport, via You Tube

• League of Ireland Cup finals
• 2019 in Republic of Ireland association football cups
• 2019 League of Ireland
• Derry City F.C. matches
• Dundalk F.C. matches