Dublin City Cup

{{Short description|Irish football tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} The '''Dublin City Cup''' is a defunct [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[football (soccer)|football]] tournament which was played for by all [[League of Ireland]] sides (and not just those from [[Dublin]] city as the name suggests). It ran from 1933 and ran uninterrupted until 1973. In the 1975–76 season it was revived and played for by sides who did not reach the [[League of Ireland Cup]] quarter-finals. In 1983–84 it was revived again but only eight teams were invited to play, the six [[Dublin]] sides ([[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemians]], [[Shamrock Rovers]], [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]], [[St Patrick's Athletic]], [[UCD FC|UCD]] and [[Home Farm F.C.|Home Farm]]) along with [[Drogheda United]] and [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]].

It was played in a variety of formats; from complete round robin series to straight knock out tournaments. From the 1951–52 season it was played as a knockout tournament. It was traditionally seen as the fourth most important competition for League of Ireland sides (after the [[League of Ireland|League]], [[FAI Cup]] and [[League of Ireland Shield]] or [[League of Ireland Cup|League Cup]]).

In both 1956–57 and 1959–60 Shamrock Rovers drew with Drumcondra in the final but won the trophy based on the unusual tiebreaker of having been awarded more [[corner kick]]s.

==List of winners== * 1934-35* [[Dolphin F.C. (Dublin)|Dolphin]] * 1935-36 [[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemians]] * 1936-37 [[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]] * 1937-38 [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]] * 1938-39 [[St James's Gate F.C.|St James's Gate]] * 1939-40 [[Drumcondra F.C.|Drumcondra]] * 1940-41 [[Drumcondra F.C.|Drumcondra]] * 1941-42 [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]] * 1942-43 [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]] * 1943-44 [[Cork United F.C. (1940)|Cork United]] * 1944-45 [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]] * 1945-46 [[Cork United F.C. (1940)|Cork United]] * 1946-47 [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]] * 1947-48 [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]] * 1948-49 [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]] * 1949-50 [[Drumcondra F.C.|Drumcondra]] * 1950-51 [[Drumcondra F.C.|Drumcondra]] * 1951-52 [[Drumcondra F.C.|Drumcondra]] * 1952-53 [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]] * 1953-54 [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]] * 1954-55 [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]] * 1955-56 [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]] * 1956-57 [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]] * 1957-58 [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]] * 1958-59 [[Limerick F.C.|Limerick]] * 1959-60 [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]] * 1960-61 [[Drumcondra F.C.|Drumcondra]] * 1961-62 [[Cork Celtic F.C.|Cork Celtic]] * 1962-63 [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]] * 1963-64 [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]] * 1964-65 [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]] * 1965-66 [[Cork Hibernians F.C.|Cork Hibernians]] * 1966-67 [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]] * 1967-68 [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]] * 1968-69 [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]] * 1969-70 [[Limerick F.C.|Limerick]] * 1970-71 [[Cork Hibernians F.C.|Cork Hibernians]] * 1971-72 [[Finn Harps F.C.|Finn Harps]] * 1972-73 [[Cork Hibernians F.C.|Cork Hibernians]] * 1975-76 [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]] * 1983-84 [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]]

==See also== *[[League of Ireland]] *[[FAI Cup]] *[[League of Ireland Cup]] *[[League of Ireland Shield]]

==External links== *[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ierdublincityhist.html Dublin City Cup on rsssf.com]

[[Category:Defunct association football cup competitions in the Republic of Ireland|Dublin City Cup]] [[Category:Association football in Dublin (city)]]