The 2019 FAI Women's Cup Final, known as the 2019 Só Hotels FAI Women's Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, was the final match of the 2019 FAI Women's Cup, the national association football Cup of the Republic of Ireland. The match took place on 3 November 2019 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Peamount United and Wexford Youths contested the match.
| Event | 2019 FAI Women's Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 3 November 2019 | ||||||
| Venue | Aviva Stadium, Dublin | ||||||
| Player of the Match | Lauren Kelly (Wexford Youths)[1][2] | ||||||
| Referee | Sarah Dyas (Louth)[3] | ||||||
| Attendance | 2,000[4] | ||||||
The match was shown live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ2 HD in Ireland, and via the RTÉ Player worldwide with commentary from Ger Canning and Lisa Fallon. It was refereed by Sarah Dyas, assisted by Michelle O'Neill and Katie Hall with Emma Cleary as Fourth Official.[5]
Underdogs Wexford Youths won the Cup to retain the trophy they won for a second time in 2018. League champions Peamount United were unable to emulate their only previous Cup win in 2010 and were denied a "double".[6][7]
Match edit
Summary edit
Wexford Youths took the lead after three minutes, when Lauren Kelly dribbled through the Peamount defence and shot low past a surprised Niamh Reid Burke. Karen Duggan scored a long-range equaliser for Peamount on 32 minutes, only for Kelly to reinstate Wexford's lead two minutes later.[8][9]
Seven minutes into the second half, Eleanor Ryan-Doyle brought the score back to 2–2 with another long range-goal from outside the penalty area. Wexford captain Kylie Murphy scored what proved to be the winning goal on 64 minutes, when she was assisted by Rianna Jarrett and curled a composed shot past Reid Burke from 12 yards (11m).[10][11]
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| Peamount United | 2–3 | Wexford Youths |
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Duggan  32'Ryan-Doyle 52' |
Report | Kelly 3', 34' Murphy 64' |
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References edit
- ^ Kelly, David (3 November 2019). "Lauren Kelly brace sets Wexford Youths up for back-to-back FAI Cups as Peamount fall short in double bid". Irish Independent. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Fallon, John (3 November 2019). "Lauren Kelly steals the show as Wexford retain FAI Cup". Irish Times. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Cavaroli, Marcus (2 November 2019). "It's official: Dyas is heading for the top". Drogheda Independent. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Szczuka, Mark (5 November 2019). "Wexford Youths retained the Women's FAI Cup in Dublin". Prost International. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Duffy, Emma (3 November 2019). "As it happened: Peamount United v Wexford Youths, 2019 Women's FAI Cup final". The42.ie. TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Wexford Youths retain Só Hotels FAI Women's Cup". Football Association of Ireland. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ McCarthy, Ronan (4 November 2019). "Wexford Youths Women defeat Peamount United in the 2019 Women's FAI Cup Final". Wexford F.C. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Dempsey, Andrew (3 November 2019). "WFAI Cup Final Report: Peamount United 2 - 3 Wexford Youths". Extratime.com. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Fallon, John (3 November 2019). "Wexford Youths retain FAI Women's Cup". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Duffy, Emma (3 November 2019). "Kelly inspires Wexford Youths to FAI Cup title defence in five-goal thriller at the Aviva". The42.ie. TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Leahy, Ed (3 November 2019). "Wexford Youths swing five-goal thriller to win FAI Cup". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 13 December 2022.