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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=November 2021}} {{Use Irish English\|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox football match \| title = 1958 FAI Cup Final \| event = 1957–58 FAI Cup \| image = 1958 FAI Cup Final Official Programme Cover.png \| team1 = [[Dundalk F.C.\|Dundalk]] \| team1score = 1 Line 18 ⟶ 21: }} The '''1958 FAI Cup Final''' was the final match of the [[1957–58 [[FAI Cup]], ~~the~~a ~~national~~knock-out [[association football]] ~~cup~~competition ofcontested annually by clubs affiliated with the ~~Republic~~[[Football Association of Ireland]]. ~~The match~~It took place on Sunday 20 April 1958 at [[Dalymount Park]] in [[Dublin]], and was contested by [[Dundalk F.C.\|Dundalk]] and [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.\|Shamrock Rovers]]. ~~It was played after Shamrock Rovers had finished as runners-up in the [[League of Ireland]], and had already~~Dundalk won ~~that~~1–0 ~~season's~~to ~~[[League of Ireland Shield\|Shield]]. Dundalk had finished eighth in the League, and were playing in~~win their ~~seventh~~fourth [[FAI Cup~~]] final, having won the previous three - most recently in 1952, which was also the last time they had won a trophy to that point~~. ==Background== The two sides' four previous meetings that season had seen two heavy defeats for Dundalk, followed by two victories. Shamrock Rovers had finished as runners-up in the [[1957–58 League of Ireland]], and had already won that season's [[League of Ireland Shield\|Shield]], [[Dublin City Cup]] and [[Leinster Senior Cup (association football)\|Leinster Senior Cup]]. Rovers were already dominating the Cup's "roll of honour", having won 13 finals to that point – most recently two years earlier. On their way to the final they had defeated non-League Chapelizod (4–1), [[Sligo Rovers F.C.\|Sligo Rovers]] (3–2 in a replay), and [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.\|St Patrick's Athletic]] (1–0).<ref>{{cite book \|last1=MacSweeney \|first1=Niall \|title=A Record of League of Ireland Football 1921/2 - 1984/5\|publisher=Association of Football Statisticians \|year=1985 \|asin=B008H2CBJQ}}</ref> Dundalk had finished eighth in the League and seventh in the Shield, during what was a lean time in the club's history.<ref>{{cite book \|first1=Jim \|last1=Murphy \|title=The History of Dundalk F.C.: The First 100 Years \|publisher=Dundalgan Press \|year=2003 \|page=202 \|asin=B0042SO3R2}}</ref> They were playing in their seventh FAI Cup final, having won the previous three - most recently in 1952, which was also the last time they had won a trophy to that point. To reach the final they had defeated [[Cork Hibernians F.C.\|Cork Hibernians]] (1–0), [[Limerick F.C.\|Limerick]] in the next round (3–0 in a replay following a 0–0 draw), and [[Shelbourne F.C.\|Shelbourne]] in the semi-final (1–0).<ref>{{cite book \|first1=Jim \|last1=Murphy \|title=The History of Dundalk F.C.: The First 100 Years \|publisher=Dundalgan Press \|year=2003 \|page=201 \|asin=B0042SO3R2}}</ref> ==Match== ===Summary=== Shamrock Rovers were heavy favourites heading into the final, ~~while~~although some pundits felt Dundalk's recent victories had unsettled Rovers, and noted how Dundalk had belied their poor league form by making their way to the final without conceding a goal in any of the previous rounds.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Egan \|first1=Sean \|title=Dundalk For Me \|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=SIN%2F1958%2F04%2F20&id=Ar01202&sk=EC19CC5D \|accessdate=18 December 2019 \|work=Sunday Independent \|date=20 April 1958}}</ref> The match itself was evenly contested, although Rovers hit the woodwork once in each half. But they looked vulnerable from long balls up the middle of the pitch, and it was from one of these that inside-right Hubie Gannon benefited. The former Rovers player raced between the two Rovers centre backs and reached the ball before the advancing Rovers keeper, Christy O'Callaghan, to head home. Within minutes Rovers won a penalty, but Liam Hennessy missed the spot-kick, and the Rovers challenge faded. The surprise outcome of the match was summed up by the ''Irish Press'' headline, "The team that did not have an earthly chance wins the F.A.I. Cup Final".<ref name="att">{{cite news \|last1=Cryan \|first1=Tom \|title=Gannon Rebounds On Hoops \|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IPR%2F1958%2F04%2F21&id=Ar00901&sk=904C42BA \|access-date=29 October 2019 \|work=[[Irish Press]] \|date=21 April 1958}}</ref> In the process of scoring what turned out to be the winner, Gannon broke his jaw and missed the celebrations, having to spend a week in hospital.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IPR%2F1958%2F04%2F22&id=Ar00714&sk=C0B858CC \|title=Gannon Still In Hospital \|first=Tom \|last=Cryan \|work=[[Irish Press]] \|date=22 April 1958 \|access-date=29 October 2019 \|via=Irish Newspaper Archives}}</ref> ===Details=== Line 29 ⟶ 37: \|time=15:30 \|team1=[[Dundalk F.C.\|Dundalk]] \|score=1–0<ref>{{cite web \|title=Ireland FAI Cup (1921-1994) \|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iercuphistfull.html \|website=[[RSSSF]] \|access-date=21 October 2019}}</ref> ~~\|score=1–0~~ \|report=[https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IPR%2F1958%2F04%2F21&id=Ar00901&sk=904C42BA Report] \|team2=[[Shamrock Rovers F.C.\|Shamrock Rovers]] Line 120 ⟶ 128: ==References== ;Bibliography {{reflist\|2}}▼ {{cite book \|first1=Jim \|last1=Murphy \|title=The History of Dundalk F.C.: The First 100 Years \|publisher=Dundalgan Press \|year=2003 \|asin=B0042SO3R2}} {{cite book \|last1=MacSweeney \|first1=Niall \|title=A Record of League of Ireland Football 1921/2 - 1984/5\|publisher=Association of Football Statisticians \|year=1985 \|asin=B008H2CBJQ}} ~~==See also==~~ {{cite book \|last1=Ryan \|first1=Sean \|last2=Dunne \|first2=Noel\|title=The Bass Book of Irish Soccer \|date=24 October 1975 \|publisher=Mercier Press \|isbn=9780853424505}} [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.]] ;Citations * [[List of Shamrock Rovers F.C. seasons]] ▲{{reflist\|2}} * [[Dundalk F.C.]] * [[History of Dundalk F.C.]] * [[List of Dundalk F.C. seasons]] * [[List of Dundalk F.C. records and statistics]] {{FAI Cup seasons}} Line 135 ⟶ 140: [[Category:FAI Cup finals]] [[Category:Shamrock Rovers F.C. matches\|Fai Cup Final 1958]] [[Category:Dundalk F.C. matches\|Fai Cup Final 1958]] [[Category:1950s in Dublin (city)\|FAI Cup Final, 1958]] [[Category:April 1958 sports events\|FAI Cup Final]]