| EA Sports Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Country |  Ireland &  Northern Ireland |
| Teams | 29 |
| Defending champions | Bohemians |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Sligo Rovers |
| Runner-up | Monaghan United |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 28 |
| Goals scored | 83 (2.96 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Pádraig Amond George O'Callaghan (5 goals) |
The 2010 League of Ireland Cup, also known as the 2010 EA Sports Cup, was the 37th season of the League of Ireland knockout competition.
The competition was won by Sligo Rovers who defeated Monaghan United in the final on 25 September 2010 at the Sligo Showgrounds.[1]
A total of 29 teams competed in the 2010 competition. The ten Premier Division, twelve First Division clubs were joined by five A Championship teams plus Letterkenny Rovers, the 2009 Ulster Senior League champions, and the Kerry District League representative side. For the Preliminary, First and second rounds of the competition, all participating clubs were split into 4 regional pools with the further rounds of the competition having an open draw. Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers, Dundalk and Sporting Fingal all received automatic byes into the second round of the competition due to each club's European football participation. The 2010 competition commenced with the preliminary round in March 2010.
- ^ "Sligo Rovers 1-0 Monaghan Utd". RTÉ Sport. 2010-09-25. Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2010-09-26.