Ireland 2006

Premier Division Final Table: 1.Shelbourne 30 18 8 4 60-27 62 Champions [*] 2.Derry City 30 18 8 4 46-20 62 3.Drogheda United 30 16 10 4 37-23 58 4.Cork City 30 15 11 4 37-15 56 5.Sligo Rovers 30 11 7 12 33-42 40 6.University College Dublin 30 9 11 10 26-26 38 7.Saint Patrick's Athletic 30 9 10 11 32-29 37 8.Longford Town 30 8 10 12 23-27 34 9.Bohemians 30 9 5 16 29-34 29 [-3] 10.Bray Wanderers 30 3 8 19 22-64 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11.Waterford United 30 2 6 22 20-58 12 Playoff ------------------------------------------------- -.Dublin City withdrew; all matches annulled; record at withdrawal: 17 4 3 10 11-24 15 [*] Shelbourne were denied a Premier Division license for 2007 due to problems paying their players (who have been sold or made free agents as per FAI rules) and may fold; Derry City replaced them in the UEFA Champions League (qualification) 2007/08. NB: Bohemians 3 points deducted for fielding suspended player (Jason McGuinness) vs Shelbourne on Aug 18; the match was subsequently annulled and ordered to be replayed Round 1 [Mar 10] Cork 1-0 Dublin [annulled] Derry 2-0 UCD Bray 2-2 Shelbourne Bohemians 0-1 Drogheda Saint Patrick's 0-0 Waterford [Mar 27] Longford 0-0 Sligo Round 2 [Mar 16] Waterford 1-1 Bray Dublin 1-0 Derry [annulled] [Mar 17] UCD 0-1 Saint Patrick's Shelbourne 0-0 Longford [Mar 18] Sligo 1-0 Bohemians Drogheda 0-0 Cork Round 3 [Mar 24] Derry 3-1 Sligo Dublin 0-1 Drogheda [annulled] Waterford 0-1 UCD Saint Patrick's 2-2 Shelbourne Cork 1-0 Bohemians [May 16] Bray 1-0 Longford Round 4 [Mar 31] UCD 0-0 Cork Drogheda 1-0 Bray Bohemians 4-2 Waterford [Apr 1] Sligo 1-1 Saint Patrick's Longford 1-1 Dublin [annulled] [Jun 6] Shelbourne 1-0 Derry Round 5 [Apr 7] Derry 1-0 Bohemians Cork 2-1 Longford Waterford 0-1 Shelbourne Saint Patrick's 0-1 Drogheda Dublin 0-0 Sligo [annulled] [Apr 8] UCD 4-1 Bray Round 6 [Apr 14] Drogheda 1-0 UCD Bray 0-0 Cork Bohemians 0-0 Saint Patrick's Shelbourne 1-0 Dublin [annulled] [Apr 15] Sligo 3-1 Waterford Longford 0-1 Derry Round 7 [Apr 19] Saint Patrick's 3-0 Bray [Apr 21] Waterford 0-0 Longford Dublin 1-2 Bohemians [annulled] [Apr 22] UCD 1-2 Shelbourne [May 2] Cork 2-0 Sligo [Oct 10] Derry 1-2 Drogheda Round 8 [Apr 28] Waterford 1-2 Derry Saint Patrick's 2-0 Cork Drogheda 1-0 Longford Bray 0-2 Dublin [annulled] Bohemians 2-1 UCD [Apr 29] Sligo 1-1 Shelbourne Round 9 [May 4] Shelbourne 2-1 Drogheda [May 5] Derry 3-0 Bray Cork 2-0 Waterford Dublin 0-2 Saint Patrick's [annulled] [May 6] Longford 3-1 Bohemians UCD 3-0 Sligo Round 10 [May 12] Waterford 0-1 Dublin [annulled] Saint Patrick's 1-1 Derry Bohemians 3-0 Bray [May 13] Sligo 0-0 Drogheda [May 15] Cork 2-1 Shelbourne [Jul 4] UCD 2-2 Longford Round 11 [May 19] Drogheda 4-0 Waterford Shelbourne 2-0 Bohemians [May 20] Derry 2-0 Cork [May 22] Dublin 2-1 UCD [annulled] [Jul 18] Bray 1-2 Sligo [Jul 19] Longford 2-0 Saint Patrick's Round 12 [Jun 2] Dublin 0-4 Cork [annulled] Drogheda 1-0 Bohemians Waterford 1-3 Saint Patrick's Shelbourne 4-1 Bray UCD 0-0 Derry [Jun 3] Sligo 3-1 Longford Round 13 [Jun 23] Bohemians 0-2 Sligo Bray 3-1 Waterford Saint Patrick's 0-0 UCD Derry 3-0 Dublin [annulled] Cork 1-0 Drogheda [Oct 10] Longford 0-0 Shelbourne Round 14 [Jun 26] Sligo 3-1 Derry UCD 2-1 Waterford Drogheda 2-2 Dublin [annulled] [Jun 27] Longford 1-0 Bray Bohemians 0-0 Cork Shelbourne 3-0 Saint Patrick's Round 15 [Jun 30] Waterford 1-3 Bohemians Dublin 0-2 Longford [annulled] Saint Patrick's 3-1 Sligo Cork 1-0 UCD [Jul 2] Bray 0-1 Drogheda [Oct 24] Derry 2-0 Shelbourne Round 16 [Jul 7] Bohemians 1-2 Derry Drogheda 2-1 Saint Patrick's Sligo 2-0 Dublin [annulled] [Jul 8] Longford 0-2 Cork [Jul 9] Bray 1-1 UCD [Jul 17] Shelbourne 5-1 Waterford Round 17 [Jul 14] Waterford 1-2 Sligo Saint Patrick's 0-1 Bohemians Dublin 1-2 Shelbourne [annulled] [Jul 16] Derry 1-0 Longford UCD 0-0 Drogheda [Sep 29] Cork 6-0 Bray NB: Dublin City announced their withdrawal from the league on Jul 19; all their matches were annulled. Round 18 [Jul 21] Shelbourne 6-0 UCD [Jul 22] Longford 3-0 Waterford [Jul 23] Bray 1-2 Saint Patrick's [Sep 12] Sligo 0-3 Cork [Nov 7] Drogheda 3-1 Derry Bohemians bye Round 19 [Jul 28] Shelbourne 3-0 Sligo [Jul 29] UCD 0-1 Bohemians [Jul 30] Longford 0-0 Drogheda Derry 4-0 Waterford [Sep 4] Cork 0-0 Saint Patrick's Bray bye Round 20 [Aug 4] Bray 2-3 Derry Drogheda 1-3 Shelbourne Sligo 0-1 UCD Bohemians 0-1 Longford [Aug 5] Waterford 0-0 Cork Saint Patrick's bye Round 21 [Aug 11] Bray 0-3 Bohemians Shelbourne 2-2 Cork [Aug 12] Longford 0-0 UCD [Aug 13] Drogheda 2-2 Sligo Derry 3-1 Saint Patrick's Waterford bye Round 22 [Aug 18] Sligo 2-0 Bray Waterford 2-3 Drogheda Saint Patrick's 0-0 Longford Cork 1-1 Derry Bohemians 2-1 Shelbourne [result annulled on Oct 30 but allowed UCD bye to stand on Nov 14] Round 23 [Sep 1] Bohemians 2-2 Drogheda Saint Patrick's 0-1 Waterford Bray 2-3 Shelbourne [Sep 3] Longford 0-2 Sligo Derry 0-0 UCD Cork bye Round 24 [Sep 8] UCD 0-0 Saint Patrick's Waterford 3-0 Bray Shelbourne 2-0 Longford Drogheda 0-0 Cork [Sep 9] Sligo 1-0 Bohemians Derry bye Round 25 [Sep 15] Bray 0-2 Longford Cork 1-0 Bohemians Saint Patrick's 1-3 Shelbourne Waterford 0-0 UCD [Oct 17] Derry 4-0 Sligo Drogheda bye Round 26 [Sep 22] UCD 1-1 Cork Drogheda 1-1 Bray Bohemians 3-1 Waterford Shelbourne 2-2 Derry [Sep 23] Sligo 3-2 Saint Patrick's Longford bye Round 27 [Oct 5] Derry 1-1 Bohemians Cork 1-1 Longford Waterford 0-1 Shelbourne Saint Patrick's 3-0 Drogheda UCD 4-0 Bray Sligo bye Round 28 [Oct 13] Bray 2-1 Cork Bohemians 0-1 Saint Patrick's [Oct 14] Drogheda 1-0 UCD Sligo 0-0 Waterford Longford 0-2 Derry Shelbourne bye Round 29 [Oct 20] Saint Patrick's 5-1 Bray Waterford 1-2 Longford UCD 0-2 Shelbourne Cork 2-0 Sligo Derry 0-0 Drogheda Bohemians bye Round 30 [Oct 27] Drogheda 2-0 Longford Bohemians 0-1 UCD [Nov 6] Saint Patrick's 0-1 Cork [Nov 7] Sligo 0-2 Shelbourne [Nov 13] Waterford 0-1 Derry Bray bye Round 31 [Nov 3] Shelbourne 2-2 Drogheda Derry 0-0 Bray Cork 4-1 Waterford UCD 1-0 Sligo [Nov 4] Longford 3-0 Bohemians Saint Patrick's bye Round 32 [Nov 10] Cork 1-0 Shelbourne Bohemians 1-1 Bray Saint Patrick's 0-1 Derry UCD 3-1 Longford [Nov 11] Sligo 2-3 Drogheda Waterford bye Round 33 [Nov 17] Bray 1-1 Sligo Derry 1-0 Cork Drogheda 1-0 Waterford Longford 0-0 Saint Patrick's Shelbourne 2-1 Bohemians Final Table: 1.Shelbourne 30 18 8 4 60-27 62 Champions [*] 2.Derry City 30 18 8 4 46-20 62 3.Drogheda United 30 16 10 4 37-23 58 4.Cork City 30 15 11 4 37-15 56 5.Sligo Rovers 30 11 7 12 33-42 40 6.University College Dublin 30 9 11 10 26-26 38 7.Saint Patrick's Athletic 30 9 10 11 32-29 37 8.Longford Town 30 8 10 12 23-27 34 9.Bohemians 30 9 5 16 29-34 29 [-3] 10.Bray Wanderers 30 3 8 19 22-64 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11.Waterford United 30 2 6 22 20-58 12 Playoff ------------------------------------------------- -.Dublin City withdrew; all matches annulled; record at withdrawal: 17 4 3 10 11-24 15 [*] Shelbourne were denied a Premier Division license for 2007 due to problems paying their players (who have been sold or made free agents as per FAI rules) and may fold; Derry City replaced them in the UEFA Champions League (qualification) 2007/08. NB: Bohemians 3 points deducted for fielding suspended player (Jason McGuinness) vs Shelbourne on Aug 18; the match was subsequently annulled and ordered to be replayed Topscorers: 15 Jason Byrne (Shelbourne) 12 Glen Crowe (Shelbourne) 11 Roy O'Donovan (Cork) 11 Declan O'Brien (Drogheda) 9 Mark Farren (Derry) 8 Ciaran Martyn (Derry) 8 Gary O'Neill (Shelbourne) 7 Andrei Georgescu (Bray) 7 Darren Mansaram (Sligo) 7 Conor Sammon (UCD) 12th/13rd Place Playoff First Leg [Nov 22] Dundalk 1-1 Waterford Second Leg [Nov 25] Waterford 1-2 Dundalk League Restructuring After the season, the league joined the FA of Ireland and was restructured (as had been announced in March 2006). To qualify for the 2007 league, the clubs' 4-year record and an off-the-field assessment were taken into account. Following this assessment, the FAI awarded Galway United rather than Dundalk a place in the 2007 top level. The 2006 playoff between Waterford and Dundalk only was to determine the overall 2006 league placings of the two clubs (first division champions Shamrock Rovers were 11th, Dundalk 12th, Waterford United 13th and Galway United (3rd in first division) 14th). Limerick have not been granted a license for the 2007 season; the FAI admitted two replacement clubs (for Dublin City and Limerick) at the second level, namely: Wexford Youths Limerick 37 (a new club named after the year (1937) in which senior football was first played in Limerick) The following ranking was published (but is not officially confirmed); clubs could obtain a maximum of 500 points in both the off-field category (in which Limerick were not rated due to their failure to obtain a license) and the on-field category (covering the last four seasons): Rk Off On Total 1.Derry City 370 460 830 2.Cork City 348 460 808 3.Bohemians 372 423 795 4.Shelbourne 278 493 771 Saint Patrick's Athletic 364 407 771 6.University College Dublin 374 370 744 7.Drogheda United 300 437 737 8.Shamrock Rovers 346 377 723 9.Longford Town 284 430 714 10.Sligo Rovers 360 343 703 11.Bray Wanderers 351 333 684 12.Galway United 389 267 656 ----------------------------------------- 13.Waterford United 296 340 636 14.Dundalk 348 247 595 15.Finn Harps 310 283 593 16.Cobh Ramblers 315 240 555 17.Monaghan United 331 173 504 18.Kildare County 265 230 495 19.Athlone Town 305 177 482 20.Kilkenny City 266 177 443 21.Limerick - 243 243 -.Dublin City - - - NB: Waterford United were readmitted to the top level after Shelbourne were denied a Premier Division licence FA of Ireland Cup First Round [Apr 23] Ashtown Villa 2-2 Wayside Celtic Athenry 0-0 Bangor Celtic Brendanville 0-1 Douglas Hall Castlebar Celtic 5-1 Fairview CYM College Corinthians 2-2 Blarney United Crumlin United 0-0 Avondale United Killester United 6-1 St. Mochtas Malahide United 1-1 Fanad United Tolka Rovers 1-3 Carrigaline United Waterford Crystal 4-1 Garda First Round Replays [Apr 30] Fanad United 0-1 Malahide United Wayside Celtic 2-2 Ashtown Villa [aet, 6-5 on pens] [May 6] Avondale United 0-1 Crumlin United [May 7] Bangor Celtic 3-2 Athenry Blarney United 2-1 College Corinthians [aet] Second Round [May 26] Athlone Town 2-1 Galway United Bohemians 3-1 Waterford Crystal Bray Wanderers 2-2 Kildare County Limerick 0-0 Drogheda United Longford Town 2-1 Cork City Waterford 5-0 Douglas Hall [May 27] Bangor Celtic 1-3 Shelbourne Blarney United 1-3 Derry City Carrigaline United 0-4 Sligo Rovers Dublin City 0-0 Monaghan United Dundalk 1-0 Cobh Ramblers Finn Harps 1-0 Crumlin United Kilkenny City 0-2 UCD [May 28] Castlebar Celtic 0-2 Shamrock Rovers Malahide United 0-2 St Patrick's Athletic Wayside Celtic 0-1 Killester United Second Round Replays [May 29] Drogheda United 0-1 Limerick Kildare County 0-1 Bray Wanderers [May 30] Monaghan United 2-4 Dublin City [aet] Third Round [Aug 25] Shamrock Rovers 1-1 Bohemians Waterford United 1-1 Longford Town [Aug 26] Finn Harps 0-0 Athlone Town Sligo Rovers 2-1 Bray Wanderers St Patrick's Athletic 2-0 Dundalk UCD 3-1 Limerick [Aug 27] Shelbourne 0-1 Derry City Killester United w/o Dublin City [Dublin City withdrew] Third Round Replays [Aug 28] Longford Town 1-0 Waterford United [Aug 29] Athlone Town 3-2 Finn Harps [aet] Bohemians 0-2 Shamrock Rovers Quarterfinals [Sep 29] St Patrick's Athletic 4-1 Longford Town [Sep 30] Athlone Town 1-2 Shamrock Rovers Sligo Rovers 0-0 Killester United [Oct 1] Derry City 2-0 UCD Quarterfinal Replay [Oct 5] Killester United 3-4 Sligo Rovers [aet] Semifinals [Oct 27] Shamrock Rovers 0-2 St Patrick's Athletic [Oct 29] Sligo Rovers 0-0 Derry City Semifinal Replay [Oct 31] Derry City 5-0 Sligo Rovers Final [Dec 3, Lansdowne Road, Dublin] St Patrick's Athletic 3-4 Derry City [aet] [Dave Mulcahy 20, Trevor Molloy 75, Sean O'Connor 103; David Forde 25, Clive Delany 85, Peter Hutton 107, Stephen Brennan 110og] League Cup 2006 First Round [Apr 3] Finn Harps 1-1 Galway United [aet, 2-1 pen] Second Round [May 2] St Patrick's 0-2 Shamrock Rovers [May 8] Dublin City 0-1 Shelbourne Dundalk 0-1 Drogheda United [May 9] Derry City 1-0 Longford Town Monaghan Utd 0-2 Bohemians Sligo 1-1 Finn Harps [aet, 4-5 pen] [May 10] Cork 0-1 Cobh Ramblers Limerick FC 1-0 Kerry League Quarterfinals [Jul 4] Bohemians 1-0 Cobh Ramblers Derry City 4-0 Drogheda United Limerick FC 1-0 Shamrock Rovers [Jul 5] Shelbourne 4-1 Finn Harps Semifinals [Aug 7] Shelbourne 1-0 Bohemians [Sep 6] Derry City 3-0 Limerick FC Final [Sep 18] Derry City 0-0 Shelbourne [aet, 3-0 pen] Second Level 2006 First Division Final Table: 1.Shamrock Rovers 36 21 12 3 53-13 72 [-3] Promoted ------------------------------------------------- 2.Dundalk 36 22 5 9 57-33 71 Playoff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Galway United 36 19 12 5 57-25 69 4.Cobh Ramblers 36 16 10 10 50-33 58 5.Limerick 36 14 5 17 38-48 47 6.Finn Harps 36 12 10 14 49-45 46 7.Kildare County 36 11 10 15 38-55 43 8.Athlone Town 36 11 9 16 29-47 42 9.Monaghan United 36 6 9 21 32-64 27 10.Kilkenny City 36 3 8 25 25-65 17 NB: Shamrock Rovers deducted 3 points for fielding suspended player (Paul Shiels) vs Dundalk on Jul 23 Round 1 [Mar 10] Shamrock 2-1 Dundalk Monaghan 0-0 Galway [Mar 11] Cobh 1-1 Kilkenny [Apr 11] Limerick 1-0 Kildare [Apr 17] Finn Harps 1-1 Athlone Round 2 [Mar 16] Athlone 0-2 Shamrock Galway 2-0 Limerick [Mar 17] Dundalk 0-1 Cobh [Mar 18] Kildare 2-5 Finn Harps Kilkenny 1-1 Monaghan Round 3 [Mar 23] Dundalk 0-1 Kildare [Mar 24] Limerick 1-0 Monaghan Shamrock 0-0 Galway [Mar 25] Cobh 0-0 Athlone Finn Harps 1-2 Kilkenny Round 4 [Mar 31] Monaghan 3-1 Cobh Galway 1-1 Finn Harps [Apr 1] Athlone 2-0 Dundalk Kildare 0-3 Shamrock [Apr 25] Kilkenny 0-1 Limerick Round 5 [Apr 6] Dundalk 1-0 Galway [Apr 7] Limerick 1-0 Cobh Shamrock 1-0 Kilkenny [Apr 8] Athlone 0-0 Kildare [May 16] Finn Harps 4-1 Monaghan Round 6 [Apr 14] Kilkenny 0-2 Dundalk Limerick 2-1 Finn Harps Galway 0-0 Athlone Monaghan 0-0 Shamrock [Apr 15] Cobh 1-2 Kildare Round 7 [Apr 20] Dundalk 4-0 Monaghan [Apr 22] Athlone 0-0 Kilkenny Kildare 0-2 Galway Finn Harps 1-1 Cobh [Oct 9] Shamrock 3-1 Limerick Round 8 [Apr 28] Limerick 2-3 Dundalk Monaghan 0-1 Athlone [Apr 29] Kilkenny 0-0 Kildare Cobh 1-1 Galway Finn Harps 0-0 Shamrock Round 9 [May 4] Dundalk 1-3 Finn Harps [May 5] Galway 1-1 Kilkenny [May 6] Athlone 0-1 Limerick Kildare 2-0 Monaghan [May 7] Shamrock 1-1 Cobh Round 10 [May 11] Dundalk 0-2 Shamrock [May 12] Galway 6-2 Monaghan Athlone 1-0 Finn Harps [May 13] Kildare 0-1 Limerick Kilkenny 1-2 Cobh Round 11 [May 19] Monaghan 1-3 Kilkenny [May 20] Cobh 3-1 Dundalk Finn Harps 2-2 Kildare [Aug 8] Limerick 1-3 Galway [Aug 15] Shamrock 2-0 Athlone Round 12 [Jun 2] Athlone 0-2 Cobh Galway 1-0 Shamrock Monaghan 0-1 Limerick [Jun 3] Kildare 0-3 Dundalk Kilkenny 1-0 Finn Harps Round 13 [Jun 21] Shamrock 2-0 Kildare [Jun 22] Dundalk 1-2 Athlone [Jun 23] Limerick 2-1 Kilkenny [Jun 24] Cobh 4-0 Monaghan Finn Harps 2-2 Galway Round 14 [Jun 27] Kilkenny 0-0 Shamrock Monaghan 0-0 Finn Harps Galway 0-0 Dundalk [Jun 28] Kildare 1-0 Athlone Cobh 2-1 Limerick Round 15 [Jun 30] Athlone 1-0 Galway Shamrock 4-0 Monaghan [Jul 1] Kildare 0-4 Cobh Finn Harps 3-2 Limerick Dundalk 2-0 Kilkenny Round 16 [Jul 7] Limerick 1-0 Shamrock Galway 1-1 Kildare Monaghan 1-3 Dundalk [Jul 8] Kilkenny 0-2 Athlone Cobh 1-2 Finn Harps Round 17 [Jul 11] Athlone 0-4 Monaghan Galway 2-1 Cobh Dundalk 3-1 Limerick Shamrock 2-0 Finn Harps [Jul 12] Kildare 1-0 Kilkenny Round 18 [Jul 14] Limerick 1-2 Athlone [Jul 15] Kilkenny 1-4 Galway Finn Harps 1-2 Dundalk Cobh 1-1 Shamrock [Jul 16] Monaghan 1-1 Kildare Round 19 [Jul 21] Limerick 1-2 Kildare Monaghan 0-1 Galway [Jul 22] Finn Harps 2-0 Athlone Cobh 2-0 Kilkenny [Jul 23] Shamrock 0-0 Dundalk Round 20 [Jul 28] Athlone 0-3 Shamrock Galway 1-0 Limerick [Jul 29] Dundalk 1-1 Cobh Kilkenny 0-4 Monaghan Kildare 1-3 Finn Harps Round 21 [Aug 3] Dundalk 2-0 Kildare Limerick 1-1 Monaghan [Aug 4] Shamrock 1-0 Galway [Aug 5] Cobh 2-0 Athlone [Aug 6] Finn Harps 2-1 Kilkenny Round 22 [Aug 11] Galway 1-1 Finn Harps Athlone 0-1 Dundalk [Aug 12] Kildare 1-1 Shamrock Kilkenny 2-2 Limerick [Aug 13] Monaghan 0-0 Cobh Round 23 [Aug 17] Dundalk 1-0 Galway [Aug 18] Athlone 1-2 Kildare Limerick 0-1 Cobh Shamrock 2-0 Kilkenny [Aug 19] Finn Harps 4-0 Monaghan Round 24 [Sep 1] Limerick 2-1 Finn Harps Monaghan 2-2 Shamrock [Sep 2] Cobh 1-1 Kildare Kilkenny 0-1 Dundalk [Sep 3] Galway 1-1 Athlone Round 25 [Sep 7] Dundalk 3-1 Monaghan [Sep 8] Athlone 3-0 Kilkenny [Sep 9] Kildare 1-2 Galway Finn Harps 1-2 Cobh [Sep 10] Shamrock 1-1 Limerick Round 26 [Aug 26] Kilkenny 1-2 Kildare [Sep 12] Limerick 1-2 Dundalk Monaghan 1-0 Athlone Cobh 0-1 Galway Finn Harps 0-1 Shamrock Round 27 [Sep 15] Dundalk 1-1 Finn Harps Athlone 0-1 Limerick Shamrock 1-0 Cobh [Sep 16] Galway 2-1 Kilkenny Kildare 4-2 Monaghan Round 28 [Sep 21] Dundalk 1-1 Shamrock [Sep 22] Athlone 2-1 Finn Harps Galway 2-0 Monaghan [Sep 23] Kildare 1-1 Limerick Kilkenny 2-3 Cobh Round 29 [Sep 29] Monaghan 2-0 Kilkenny Limerick 1-5 Galway [Sep 30] Cobh 2-3 Dundalk Finn Harps 3-1 Kildare [Oct 16] Shamrock 2-0 Athlone Round 30 [Oct 6] Athlone 2-1 Cobh Galway 1-0 Shamrock Monaghan 1-2 Limerick [Oct 7] Kildare 2-3 Dundalk Kilkenny 0-2 Finn Harps Round 31 [Oct 12] Dundalk 4-0 Athlone [Oct 13] Limerick 4-1 Kilkenny Shamrock 3-0 Kildare [Oct 14] Cobh 2-1 Monaghan Finn Harps 0-1 Galway Round 32 [Oct 20] Monaghan 0-1 Finn Harps Galway 1-3 Dundalk [Oct 21] Kildare 2-2 Athlone Cobh 1-0 Limerick [Oct 31] Kilkenny 0-1 Shamrock Round 33 [Oct 26] Dundalk 2-1 Kilkenny [Oct 28] Athlone 0-5 Galway Kildare 0-1 Cobh Finn Harps 0-0 Limerick [Nov 7] Shamrock 2-0 Monaghan Round 34 [Nov 3] Limerick 0-2 Shamrock Galway 1-1 Kildare Monaghan 1-0 Dundalk [Nov 4] Kilkenny 2-2 Athlone Cobh 3-0 Finn Harps Round 35 [Nov 9] Dundalk 1-0 Limerick [Nov 10] Athlone 2-2 Monaghan Shamrock 4-0 Finn Harps [Nov 11] Galway 1-0 Cobh Kildare 2-1 Kilkenny Round 36 [Nov 18] Limerick 0-2 Athlone Kilkenny 1-5 Galway Cobh 1-1 Shamrock Monaghan 0-2 Kildare [Nov 19] Finn Harps 0-1 Dundalk Final Table: 1.Shamrock Rovers 36 21 12 3 53-13 72 [-3] Promoted ------------------------------------------------- 2.Dundalk 36 22 5 9 57-33 71 Playoff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Galway United 36 19 12 5 57-25 69 4.Cobh Ramblers 36 16 10 10 50-33 58 5.Limerick 36 14 5 17 38-48 47 6.Finn Harps 36 12 10 14 49-45 46 7.Kildare County 36 11 10 15 38-55 43 8.Athlone Town 36 11 9 16 29-47 42 9.Monaghan United 36 6 9 21 32-64 27 10.Kilkenny City 36 3 8 25 25-65 17 NB: Shamrock Rovers deducted 3 points for fielding suspended player (Paul Shiels) vs Dundalk on Jul 23 Topscorers: 19 Phillip Hughes (Dundalk) 16 Conor Gethins (Finn Harps, 9 on loan at Galway United) 12 Tadhg Purcell (Shamrock Rovers) 11 Barry Moran (Galway United) 9 Davitt Walsh (Finn Harps) 9 Alan Murphy (Galway United) 9 Stephen Cooling (Kildare County) 9 David Lee (Monaghan United) 12th/13rd Place Playoff First Leg [Nov 22] Dundalk 1-1 Waterford Second Leg [Nov 25] Waterford 1-2 Dundalk League Restructuring After the season, the league joined the FA of Ireland and was restructured (as had been announced in March 2006). To qualify for the 2007 league, the clubs' 4-year record and an off-the-field assessment were taken into account. Following this assessment, the FAI awarded Galway United rather than Dundalk a place in the 2007 top level. The 2006 playoff between Waterford and Dundalk only was to determine the overall 2006 league placings of the two clubs (first division champions Shamrock Rovers were 11th, Dundalk 12th, Waterford United 13th and Galway United (3rd in first division) 14th). Limerick have not been granted a license for the 2007 season; the FAI admitted two replacement clubs (for Dublin City and Limerick) at the second level, namely: Wexford Youths Limerick 37 (a new club named after the year (1937) in which senior football was first played in Limerick) The following ranking was published (but is not officially confirmed); clubs could obtain a maximum of 500 points in both the off-field category (in which Limerick were not rated due to their failure to obtain a license) and the on-field category (covering the last four seasons): Rk Off On Total 1.Derry City 370 460 830 2.Cork City 348 460 808 3.Bohemians 372 423 795 4.Shelbourne 278 493 771 Saint Patrick's Athletic 364 407 771 6.University College Dublin 374 370 744 7.Drogheda United 300 437 737 8.Shamrock Rovers 346 377 723 9.Longford Town 284 430 714 10.Sligo Rovers 360 343 703 11.Bray Wanderers 351 333 684 12.Galway United 389 267 656 ----------------------------------------- 13.Waterford United 296 340 636 14.Dundalk 348 247 595 15.Finn Harps 310 283 593 16.Cobh Ramblers 315 240 555 17.Monaghan United 331 173 504 18.Kildare County 265 230 495 19.Athlone Town 305 177 482 20.Kilkenny City 266 177 443 21.Limerick - 243 243 -.Dublin City - - - NB: Waterford United were readmitted to the top level after Shelbourne were denied a Premier Division licence

2005.

2007.

list of champions.

list of final tables.

all-time table.

list of champions (2nd level).

list of final tables (2nd level).

list of cup winners.

list of league cup winners.

list of dublin city cup winners.

list of top four cup winners.

list of league of ireland shield winners.

list of topscorers.

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Prepared and maintained by Julian Canny and Sean DeLoughry the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Julian Canny (cannyjf@gmail.com) and Sean DeLoughry (seandeloughry@yahoo.co.uk)
Last updated: 26 Jun 2008