Sports Direct FAI Cup final: All You Need to Know

SUNDAY, 20 OCTOBER

2024 Sports Direct FAI Cup final

Athlone Town v Shelbourne, Tallaght Stadium, 3pm.

TV

Live coverage on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player from 2.15pm.

RADIO

Live commentary on RTÉ Radio 1.

ONLINE

Live tracker on RTÉ.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app. Updates and match footage on RTÉ Soccer Twitter and RTÉ Sport Facebook.

WEATHER

The final is set to be played under a status yellow weather warning as Storm Ashley makes its mark. Rain heavy at first will clear northeast on Sunday morning to leave varying cloud, blustery showers and some sunshine. Highest temperatures of 13 to 15 degrees. For more, visit met.ie.

PATHS TO THE FINAL

Shelbourne

First round

Galway United 1 Shelbourne 3

Quarter-final

Shamrock Rovers 0 Shelbourne 1 (AET)

Semi-final

Shelbourne 5 Cork City 0

Athlone Town

Quarter-final

Treaty United 1 Athlone Town 2

Semi-final

Sligo Rovers 0 Athlone Town 1

TOP SCORERS

Athlone Town: Brenda Ebika Tabe, Kerryann Brown, Shauna Brennan (all 1 goal).

Shelbourne: Noelle Murray, Megan Smyth-Lynch (both 2 goals).

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STORM WARNINGS AROUND DECIDER

Strom Ashley will be making its presence felt in Tallaght during this final, but the build-up has been blown up in the air by other gusts as Athlone boss Ciaran Kilduff saw his pre-match comments end up dominating Eileen Gleeson's Republic of Ireland press conference as she announced her squad for their Euro play-off with Georgia.

In the lead up to that media briefing, Kilduff aired his views that League of Ireland players weren’t getting enough