2013 FAI Cup final

The 2013 FAI Cup Final was the final match of the 2013 FAI Cup, the national association football cup of the Republic of Ireland. The match took place on 3 November 2013 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Drogheda United and Sligo Rovers contested the match.^[1][2]

The match was shown live on RTÉ Two and RTÉ Two HD in Ireland and was refereed by Paul Tuite, assisted by Damien MacGraith and Michelle O’Neill with Derek Tomney as Fourth Official. The Referee Observer was John Duffy.^[3]

Sligo Rovers won the cup for the third time in four years. Rovers substitute Danny North proved the difference between the sides with two goals in the last 15 minutes and assisted in a third for Anthony Elding to win it deep in injury time. ^[4][5][6][7]

The match was preceded by the 2013 FAI Women's Cup Final, in which Raheny United defeated Castlebar Celtic after extra time.^{[citation needed]}

3 November 2013

15:30 GMT

Drogheda United	2 - 3	Sligo Rovers
P. O'Conor 13' R. Brennan 90+2'	Report	D. North 78', 85' A. Elding 90+4'

Aviva Stadium

Attendance: 17,573

Referee: Paul Tuite

Drogheda United

Sligo Rovers

GK 16 Micheál Schlingermann RB 20 Michael Daly CB 28 Alan Byrne  72'  90' CB 4 Derek Prendergast (c)  83'  86' CB 5 Alan McNally LB 12 Shane Grimes RM 8 Ryan Brennan 90+2' CM 15 David Cassidy  45+3'  90+3' CM 6 Paul O’Conor 13'  77' LM 11 Gavin Brennan  67' ST 9 Declan O’Brien  69' Substitutes: GK 1 Gabriel Sava LB 3 Philip Hand RM 7 Cathal Brady ST 9 Peter Hynes  90' ST 14 Graham Rusk  77' CM 22 Eric Foley LM 23 Jason Marks Manager: Mick Cooke

GK 1 Gary Rogers RB 2 Alan Keane CB 4 Gavin Peers CB 6 Jeff Henderson  65' LB 3 Iarfhlaith Davoren RM 10 Raffaele Cretaro  70' CM 23 Danny Ventre (c)  84' CM 15 Joseph Ndo LM 21 Kieran Djilali ST 20 Aaron Greene  84' ST 9 Anthony Elding 90+4' Substitutes: CB 5 Evan McMillan  65'  71' ST 7 Danny North  70' 78, 85' CM 8 David Cawley LM 11 Ross Gaynor  84' AM 16 Lee Lynch GK 19 Ciarán Kelly CM 29 Seamus Conneely Manager: Ian Baraclough