1924–25 FAI Cup

1924–25 FAI Cup
Tournament details
Country	Ireland
Dates	3 January – March 17, 1925
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Shamrock Rovers (1st title)
Runner-up	Shelbourne
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	46 (3.83 per match)
	← 1923–24 1925–26 →

The FAI Cup 1924–25^[A] was the fourth edition of Ireland's premier cup competition, The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. The tournament began on 3 January 1925 and concluded on 17 March with the final held at Dalymount Park, Dublin. An official attendance^[B] of 23,000 people packed the stadium to capacity as record holders Shamrock Rovers defeated Ringsend rivals Shelbourne to claim their first title.

First round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Bohemians	0-2	Shamrock Rovers	3 January 1925
2	Brooklyn	6-2	Jacobs	3 January 1925
3	Shelbourne	3-3	Fordsons	3 January 1925
replay	Fordsons	0-1	Shelbourne	11 January 1925
4	Athlone Town	5-3	Cork Bohemians	10 January 1925

Bye	Pioneers
Bye	Drumcondra
Bye	Bray Unknowns
Bye	St James's Gate

Second round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Bray Unknowns	4-0	Pioneers	17 January 1925
2	Brooklyn	0-4	Shelbourne	17 January 1925
3	Drumcondra	0-2	Athlone Town	17 January 1925
4	St James's Gate	0-1	Shamrock Rovers	17 January 1925

Semi-finals

14 February, 1925

Shelbourne	4–0	Athlone Town
Doran(2) Maguire Cowzer

Dalymount Park, Dublin

28 February, 1925

Shamrock Rovers	2–1	Bray Unknowns
Flood Kirkland		Newman(pen)

Shelbourne Park, Dublin

Final

17 March, 1925

Shamrock Rovers	2–1	Shelbourne
Fullam Flood		Glen(o.g.)

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Mr Howcroft (Bradford)

Winner of FAI Cup 1924–25
Shamrock Rovers 1st Title

Notes

A. ^ From 1923 to 1936, the FAI Cup was known as the Free State Cup.

B. ^ Attendances were calculated using gate receipts which limited their accuracy as a large proportion of people, particularly children, attended football matches in Ireland throughout the 20th century for free by a number of means. However, in this instance of a capacity crowd and the closure of the gates fifteen minutes before kick-off, this practice might not have been as common as usual.