The FAI Cup 2007 was the 87th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. It was the first FAI Cup to be sponsored by Ford. The 2007 FAI Ford Cup officially kicked off in late April, when twenty clubs from the junior and intermediate leagues battled it out for the chance to face eircom League of Ireland opposition in the second round. The ten winners of those ties were joined in the second round by the 22 eircom League of Ireland clubs. The competition ran until early December, with the final taking place on 2 December 2007. First round Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 22 April 2007. Phoenix 5-1 College Corinthians Cherry Orchard 2-0 Villa F.C. Mayfield United 0-1 St. Mochtas Celbridge Town 1-0 Killester United Drogheda Town 0-1 St. John Bosco Fanad United 2-0 Bangor Celtic Kildrum Tigers 1-2 Malahide United Douglas Hall 2-1 Crumlin United Salthill Devon 1-0 Avondale United Tolka Rovers 3-1 Belgrove Second round Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 17 June 2007. The draw took place on Thursday, 31 May 2007 and was made by Emma Byrne and Paddy McCaul, and televised live on RTÉ One. Third round Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 19 August 2007. The draw took place on Thursday, 5 July 2007 and was made by David Flood and Steve Staunton, and televised live on RTÉ One. Quarter-finals Matches to be played weekend of Sunday, 23 September. The draw took place on Monday, 27 August 2007 and was made by David Flood and Ronnie Whelan, and televised live on RTÉ One. Replays Semi-finals Matches to be played weekend of Sunday, 28 October. The draw took place on Wednesday, 10 October, and was made by Paddy McCaul and Kevin MacDonald and was televised live on RTÉ One. Final Player of the Round {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" !Round !Name !Position !Club |- |align="center"|1 |align="left"| John Lawlor |Defender |Malahide United |- |align="center"|2 |align="left"| Brendan Sweeney |Midfielder | Douglas Hall |- |align="center"|3 |align="left"| Daryl Kavanagh |Striker |Waterford United |- |align="center"|Quarter-Finals |align="left"| Conor Sammon |Striker |UCD |- |} References External links FAI Website 2007 2