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EA Sports Cup Draw Mervue Utd were given a home draw in the first round of the 2010 EA Sports Cup when the draw took place on Thursday in Abbotstown. The winners of this Pool 2 tie will then travel to take on Sligo Rovers in the second round. The draw for the first three rounds of the 2010 EA SPORTS Cup was made yesterday, with the tournament set to commence with the Preliminary Round on March 29th and 30th.
A record number of 29 teams will take part in this season’s EA SPORTS Cup. Six clubs were awarded byes until the Second Round as a result of having qualified for European competition or their participation in the Setanta Sports Cup, with the remaining clubs entering the draw for the preliminary and first rounds of the tournament.
The full draw is as follows: Pool 1
| | | First Round
| | | Kerry League
| V
| Waterford Utd
| Limerick
| V
| Cobh Ramblers
| Wexford Youths
| V
| Cork City Foras
| Bye: Tralee Dynamos
| | | Second Round
| | | Wexford Youths/Cork City Foras
| V
| Limerick/Cobh Ramblers
| Kerry League/Waterford Utd
| V
| Tralee Dynamos
| | | | | Pool 2
| | | Preliminary Round
| | | Castlebar Celtic
| V
| Salthill Devon
| First Round
| | | Derry City
| V
| Galway Utd
| Castlebar Celtic/Salthill Devon
| V
| Finn Harps
| Mervue Utd
| V
| Letterkenny Rovers
| Bye: Sligo Rovers
| | | Second Round
| | | Sligo Rovers
| V | Mervue Utd/Letterkenny
| Derry City/Galway Utd
| V | Castlebar/Salthill/Finn Harps
| | | | | Pool 3
| | | Preliminary Round
| | | Athlone Town
| V
| Longford
| First Round
| | | UCD
| V
| Athlone/Longford
| Drogheda Utd
| V
| Bray Wanderers
| Bye: Shamrock Rovers / St Pats
| | | Second Round
| | | St Pats
| V
| Drogheda/ Bray
| UCD/Athlone/Longford
| V | Shamrock Rovers
| | | | | Pool 4
| | | Preliminary Round
| | | Monaghan utd
| V
| Shelbourne
| Tullamore Town
| V
| FC Carlow
| First Round
| | | Monaghan/Shelbourne
| V
| Tullamore/Carlow (match A)
| Second Round
| | | Winner Match A
| V
| Bohemians
| Dundalk
| V
| Sporting Fingal
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Fixture schedule:
Preliminary Round: Monday 29th / Tuesday 30th March
First Round: Monday 12th / Tuesday 13th April
Second Round: Monday 10th / Tuesday 11th May
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