(Republic of) Ireland League Tables - Second Level


The second division in Ireland was formed in 1985-86 - 6 new clubs 
(Bray Wanderers, Derry City, Cobh Ramblers, Newcastle United, Monaghan United 
and EMFA) were elected to the league that year and formed a 10-team division with 
the bottom 4 (Sligo Rovers, Longford Town, Drogheda United and Finn Harps)
of the 1984-85 championship. 

1985-86

 1.Bray Wanderers      18 11  6  1 30 10 28 - Promoted
 2.Sligo Rovers        18 11  5  2 32 13 27 - Promoted 
 3.Longford Town       18 10  5  3 29 23 25 
 4.Derry City          18  8  6  4 31 18 22 
 5.Drogheda United     18  5  8  5 20 18 18 
 6.Cobh Ramblers       18  5  5  8 14 25 15 
 7.Finn Harps          18  3  7  8 23 31 13 
 8.Newcastle United    18  5  3 10 21 33 13 
 9.Monaghan United     18  4  3 11 19 32 11 
10.EMFA                18  1  6 11 21 37  8 

1986-87 

 1.Derry City          18 16  1  1 45 14 33 - Promoted
 2.Shelbourne          18 12  3  3 39 20 27 - Promoted
 3.Drogheda United     18 10  4  4 41 22 24 
 4.Finn Harps          18 10  2  6 32 24 22 
 5.Univ.College Dublin 18  8  3  7 22 22 19 
 6.Cobh Ramblers       18  5  5  8 31 32 15 
 7.Newcastlewest       18  4  4 10 17 32 12 
 8.Monaghan United     18  3  5 10 20 34 11 
 9.EMFA                18  3  4 11 17 31 10 
10.Longford Town       18  2  3 13 16 49  7 

NB: Newcastle United changed name to Newcastlewest

1987-88 

 1.Athlone Town        27 19  1  7 42 22 39 - Promoted
 2.Cobh Ramblers       27 17  4  6 41 24 38 - Promoted
 3.Finn Harps          27 13  7  7 45 33 33 
 4.Home Farm           27 12  5 10 50 42 29 
 5.Univ.College Dublin 27  9  7 11 37 36 25 
 6.Drogheda United     27 12  0 15 38 48 24 
 7.Longford Town       27  8  7 12 23 35 23 
 8.Monaghan United     27  7  7 13 34 43 21 
 9.Newcastlewest       27  7  5 15 36 42 19 
10.EMFA                27  7  5 15 34 55 19 

1988-89 

 1.Drogheda United     27 16  7  4 38 22 39 - Promoted
 2.Univ.College Dublin 27 11 12  4 36 16 34 - Promoted
 3.Bray Wanderers      27 13  8  6 41 25 34 
 4.Finn Harps          27 12  8  7 30 19 32 
 5.Home Farm           27  9 10  8 38 28 28 
 6.Newcastlewest       27  7 13  7 33 37 27 
 7.Monaghan United     27  6 11 10 28 42 23 
 8.Longford Town       27  9  5 13 25 43 23 
 9.EMFA                27  4  8 15 18 41 16 
10.Sligo Rovers        27  4  6 17 23 37 14 

1989-90 

 1.Waterford United    27 16  5  6 58 28 37 - Promoted
 2.Sligo Rovers        27 13 11  3 30 12 37 - Promoted
 3.Bray Wanderers      27 15  5  7 41 23 35 
 4.Kilkenny City       27 14  7  6 40 24 35 
 5.Home Farm           27 12  5 10 27 16 29 
 6.Finn Harps          27 11  5 11 32 30 27 
 7.Cobh Ramblers       27 10  5 12 33 31 25 
 8.Longford Town       27  4  9 14 15 46 17 
 9.Newcastlewest       27  5  4 18 23 51 14 
10.Monaghan United     27  5  4 18 23 61 14 

NB: EMFA changed their name to Kilkenny City 

Waterford United won championship on a playoff. 

1990-91 

 1.Drogheda United     27 15 11  1 38 14 41 - Promoted
 2.Bray Wanderers      27 16  6  5 40 17 38 - Promoted 
 3.Cobh Ramblers       27 12  8  7 31 20 32 
 4.Finn Harps          27 14  4  9 40 30 32 
 5.St.James's Gate     27 13  3 11 37 38 29 
 6.Univ.College Dublin 27 11  5 11 32 25 27 
 7.Kilkenny City       27  7 11  9 29 32 25 
 8.Home Farm           27  5  7 15 26 46 17 
 9.Longford Town       27  5  7 15 20 44 17 
10.Monaghan United     27  4  4 19 27 54 12 

NB: Newcastlewest were replaced by St. James's Gate

1991-92 

 1.Limerick City       27 14 10  3 47 27 38 - Promoted
 2.Waterford United    27 11 11  5 39 25 33 - Promoted
 3.Cobh Ramblers       27 10 12  5 29 22 32 
 4.Univ.College Dublin 27 11  8  8 37 25 30 
 5.St.James's Gate     27  9  7 11 23 32 25 
 6.Finn Harps          27  8  8 11 36 42 24 
 7.Monaghan United     27  6 12  9 32 39 24 
 8.Kilkenny City       27  7  8 12 35 44 22 
 9.Home Farm           27  5 11 11 26 33 21 
10.Longford Town       27  7  7 13 26 41 21 

1992-93 

 1.Galway United       27 16  6  5 56 27 38 - Promoted
 2.Cobh Ramblers       27 10 12  5 33 23 32 - Promoted
 3.Monaghan United     27 11 10  6 38 31 32 - Playoff
 4.Univ.College Dublin 27 10 10  7 36 26 30 
 5.Longford Town       27 10  9  8 41 39 29 
 6.Athlone Town        27  8  9 10 33 34 25 
 7.Finn Harps          27  8  9 10 34 40 25 
 8.Home Farm           27  6 10 11 28 29 22 
 9.Kilkenny City       27  5 11 11 27 43 21 
10.St.James's Gate     27  4  8 15 16 50 16 

Promotion/Relegation Playoff: 
First leg: 
Waterford United 2 Monaghan United 2 
Second leg: 
Monaghan United 3 Waterford United 0 
Monaghan United win 5-2 on aggregate 

1993-94 

 1.Sligo Rovers        27 14  8  5 42 19 50 - Promoted
 2.Athlone Town        27 11 13  3 34 22 46 - Promoted
 3.Finn Harps          27 11  9  7 35 35 42 - Playoff
 4.Univ.College Dublin 27 10 10  7 37 23 40
 5.Longford Town       27  9  7 11 35 39 34
 6.Home Farm           27  7 11  9 34 39 32
 7.Waterford United    27  6 13  8 32 33 31
 8.Kilkenny City       27  5 15  7 31 42 30
 9.Bray Wanderers      27  4 15  8 17 27 27
10.St.James's Gate     27  1 13 13 23 41 16

Promotion/Relegation Playoff: 
First leg: 
Finn Harps 1 Cobh Ramblers 0 
Second leg: 
Cobh Ramblers 3 Finn Harps 0 
Cobh Ramblers win 3-1 on aggregate 

1994-95 

1.  Univ.College Dublin 27 20  4  3 56 12 64 - Promoted
2.  Drogheda United     27 16  8  3 48 23 56 - Promoted
3.  Finn Harps          27 12  7  8 44 30 43 - Playoff
4.  Limerick FC         27 11 10  6 30 22 43 
5.  Waterford United    27 11  8  8 31 24 41 
6.  Home Farm           27  9  6 12 43 47 33 
7.  Longford Town       27  8  9 10 26 39 33 
8.  Bray Wanderers      27  8  8 11 33 31 32 
9.  St.James's Gate     27  4 10 13 35 49 22 
10. Kilkenny City       27  0  2 25 14 83  2 

Promotion/Relegation Playoff: 
First leg: 
Finn Harps 0 Athlone Town 0 
Second leg: 
Athlone Town 0 Finn Harps 0 a.e.t. 
Athlone Town win 5-3 on penalties 

1995-96 

 1.Bray Wanderers      27 16  7  4 53 21 55 - Promoted
 2.Finn Harps          27 14  7  6 50 25 49 - Promoted
 3.Home Farm Everton   27 14  4  9 43 34 46 - Playoff
 4.Cobh Ramblers       27 10 13  4 30 15 43
 5.St.James's Gate     27  9 11  7 35 30 38
 6.Limerick FC         27 10  6 11 36 34 36
 7.Kilkenny City       27  9  8 10 33 38 35
 8.Waterford United    27  9  7 11 37 40 34
 9.Longford Town       27  5  6 16 26 46 21
10.Monaghan United     27  2  5 20 10 70 11

Home Farm changed name to Home Farm Everton 
as sponsored by Everton FC (England)

Promotion/Relegation Playoff: 
First leg: 
Home Farm Everton 2 Athlone Town 0 
Second leg: 
Athlone Town 2 Home Farm Everton 0 a.e.t.
Home Farm Everton win 4-3 on penalties 

1996-97 

 1.Kilkenny City       27 15 10  2 47 20 55 - Promoted
 2.Drogheda United     27 12  8  7 44 27 44 - Promoted
 3.Waterford United    27 12  8  7 41 28 44 - Playoff
 4.Athlone Town        27 10  7 10 40 39 37
 5.Cobh Ramblers       27  9  8 10 34 28 35
 6.Galway United       27  9  8 10 33 38 35
 7.Longford Town       27  7 13  7 31 38 34
 8.Monaghan United     27  7  9 11 30 46 30
 9.St.Francis          27  7  7 13 29 33 28
10.Limerick FC         27  4  8 15 23 55 20

NB: St. James's Gate were replaced by St. Francis

Promotion/Relegation Playoff: 
First leg: 
Dundalk 3 Waterford United 0 
Second leg: 
Waterford United 1 Dundalk 0 
Dundalk win 3-1 on aggregate 

1997-98 

 1.Waterford United    27 18  6  3 35 17 60 - Promoted
 2.Bray Wanderers      27 17  3  7 51 21 54 - Promoted
 3.Limerick FC         27 14  8  5 41 25 50 - Playoff
 4.Galway United       27 13  4 10 38 29 43
 5.Home Farm Everton   27  9 11  7 28 22 38
 6.Cobh Ramblers       27 10  5 12 32 41 35
 7.Athlone Town        27  8  7 12 31 37 31
 8.St.Francis          27  7  8 12 29 40 29
 9.Monaghan United     27  6  4 17 26 44 22
10.Longford Town       27  2  6 19 12 47 12

Promotion/Relegation Playoff: 
First leg: 
University College Dublin 2 Limerick FC 1 
Second leg: 
Limerick FC 1 University College Dublin 3 
University College Dublin win 5-2 on aggregate 

1998-99 

 1.Drogheda United     36 17 13  6 57 32 64 - Promoted
 2.Galway United       36 16 16  4 53 34 64 - Promoted
 3.Cobh Ramblers       36 17  7 12 55 43 58 - Playoff
 4.Longford Town       36 15  9 12 41 33 54
 5.Kilkenny City       36 14 11 11 49 46 53
 6.Limerick FC         36 13 13 10 39 35 52
 7.Monaghan United     36 10 14 12 44 44 44
 8.Athlone Town        36 10 10 16 45 61 40
 9.Home Farm Everton   36 11  5 20 42 54 38
10.St.Francis          36  2 12 22 25 68 18

Promotion/Relegation Playoff: 
First leg:
Cobh Ramblers 0 Bohemians 5 
Second leg:
Bohemians 2 Cobh Ramblers 0 
Bohemians win 7-0 on aggregate 

1999-00 

 1.Bray Wanderers      36 21  9  6 69 38 72 - Promoted
 2.Longford Town       36 21  7  8 71 40 70 - Promoted
 3.Kilkenny City       36 20  7  9 67 36 67 - Playoff
 4.Dundalk             36 20  6 10 50 31 66
 5.Cobh Ramblers       36 15  7 14 50 57 52
 6.Athlone Town        36  8 14 14 31 42 38
 7.Home Farm Fingal    36  8 11 17 43 60 35
 8.St.Francis          36  6 14 16 27 54 32
 9.Monaghan United     36  6 12 18 46 73 30
10.Limerick FC         36  6 11 19 37 60 29

NB: replayed match Kilkenny vs Limerick counted as 3-2 (original score;
    ordered replay finished 1-0 but was later ruled void by civil judge)
Home Farm Everton changed name to Home Farm Fingal as sponsorship with
Everton FC was terminated. 

Promotion/Relegation Playoff: 
First leg:
Kilkenny City 1 Waterford United 0 
Second leg:
Waterford United 0 Kilkenny City 1 
Kilkenny City win 2-0 on aggregate
2000-01

 1.Dundalk 		36 20  9  7 65-38 69 - Promoted
 2.Monaghan United 	36 18 11  7 59-40 65 - Promoted
 3.Athlone Town 	36 18 10  8 53-37 64 - Playoff
 4.Sligo Rovers 	36 19  5 12 61-48 62
 5.Waterford United 	36 16 13  7 56-30 61
 6.Limerick FC 		36 13 11 12 40-39 50
 7.Home Farm Fingal 	36 10 13 13 43-58 43
 8.Cobh Ramblers 	36 10  6 20 43-60 36
 9.Drogheda United 	36  4  9 23 27-62 21
10.St.Francis 	        36  3 11 22 29-64 20

Promotion/Relegation Playoff: 
First leg: 15/05/01
Athlone Town 2 University College Dublin 1 
Second leg: 18/05/01
University College Dublin 2 Athlone Town 1 a.e.t.
University College Dublin win 4-2 on penalties
2001-02
 1.Drogheda United     32 14 16  2 52-28 58 - Promoted
 2.Finn Harps          32 15  9  8 51-47 54 - Playoff
 3.Dublin City #       32 15  8  9 55-45 53
 4.Waterford United*   32 13 12  7 47-35 48
 5.Kilkenny City       32 12  9 11 47-39 45
 6.Sligo Rovers        32  8  9 15 35-48 33
 7.Athlone Town        32  7 11 14 40-53 32
 8.Cobh Ramblers       32  8  7 17 32-42 31
 9.Limerick FC         32  8  7 17 32-54 31
St Francis withdrew from league during the season all matches declared null.
* Waterford deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.
# Home Farm Fingal renamed Dublin City at the start of the season.
Promotion/Relegation Playoff: 
First leg: 20/04/02
Longford Town 1 Finn Harps 0 
Second leg: 23/04/02
Finn Harps 3 Longford Town 2 a.e.t.
Longford Town win 6-5 on penalties
2002-03
 1.Waterford United     22 13  7  2 37-25 46 - Promoted
 2.Finn Harps           22 12  5  5 41-22 41 - Playoff
 3.Galway United        22 10  6  6 34-21 36 - Playoff
 4.Cobh Ramblers        22 10  5  7 39-38 35 - Playoff
 5.Kildare County       22  9  6  7 32-31 33
 6.Sligo Rovers         22  8  6  8 28-27 30
 7.Dublin City          22  8  4 10 36-35 28
 8.Monaghan United      22  5 11  6 26-27 26
 9.Dundalk              22  5  8  9 28-36 23
10.Limerick FC          22  6  5 11 26-36 23
11.Athlone Town         22  5  6 11 26-40 21
12.Kilkenny City        22  3  7 12 23-38 16

Kildare County elected to the league.

Promotion/Relegation Playoffs: 
1st Semi Final - First leg: 29/01/03
Galway United 2 Finn Harps 0

1st Semi Final - Second leg: 01/02/03
Finn Harps 1 Galway United 0
Galway United win 2-1 on aggregate

2nd Semi Final - First leg: 29/01/03
Cobh Ramblers 2 Drogheda United 2

2nd Semi Final - Second leg: 01/02/03
Drogheda United 2 Cobh Ramblers 0
Drogheda United win 4-2 on aggregate

Final First leg: 05/02/03
Galway United 2 Drogheda United 0

Final Second leg: 08/02/03
Drogheda United 3 Galway United 0
Drogheda United win 3-2 on aggregate

2003
 1.Dublin City          33 19 10  4 44-26 67 - Promoted
 2.Bray Wanderers       33 18 10  5 59-35 64 - Playoff
 3.Finn Harps           33 17 11  5 52-24 62 - Playoff
 4.Limerick FC          33 16  9  8 55-38 57 - Playoff 
 5.Kildare County       33 15 10  8 50-39 55
 6.Sligo Rovers         33 11 13  9 39-39 46
 7.Galway United        33 10 13 10 48-53 43
 8.Cobh Ramblers        33  9 11 13 33-45 38
 9.Athlone Town         33  9 10 14 37-42 37
10.Dundalk              33  6 14 13 36-40 32
11.Monaghan United*     33  3  9 21 28-60 15
12.Kilkenny City        33  2  6 25 25-65 12

* Monaghan United deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible players

Promotion/Relegation Playoffs:
1st Semi Final - First leg: 03/12/03
Limerick FC 0 Derry City 0

1st Semi Final - Second leg: 06/12/03
Derry City 4 Limerick FC 0
Derry City win 4-0 on aggregate

2nd Semi Final - First leg: 03/12/03
Finn Harps 1 Bray Wanderers 0

2nd Semi Final - Second leg: 06/12/03
Bray Wanderers 1 Finn Harps 2
Finn Harps win 3-1 on aggregate

Final First leg:10/12/03
Finn Harps 0 Derry City 0

Final Second leg: 13/12/03
Derry City 2 Finn Harps 1  a.e.t.
Derry City win 2-1 on aggregate
2004
 1.Finn Harps		33 23  7  3 61-20 76 Champions
 2.Univ.College Dublin	33 22  9  2 63-21 75 Promoted
 3.Bray Wanderers	33 19  8  6 62-29 65 Promoted
 4.Kildare County	33 18  8  7 54-32 62
 5.Galway United	33 14 10  9 55-49 52
 6.Dundalk		33 14  4 15 46-57 46
 7.Sligo Rovers		33 11  5 17 46-50 38
 8.Cobh Ramblers	33  7 11 15 47-53 32
 9.Kilkenny City	33  6  9 18 31-54 27
10.Athlone Town *	33  9  2 22 42-68 26
11.Monaghan United *	33  8  5 20 28-65 26
12.Limerick		33  4  8 21 18-55 20
* Monaghan United & Athlone Town both deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.
League 1 changes to 10 teams for 2005 3 promoted 1 relegated from Premier Division.
2005
 1.Sligo Rovers	       36 15 16  5 45-27 61  Champions
 2.Dublin City         36 15 14  7 57-34 59  Promoted after Playoff with Shamrock Rovers
 3.Cobh Ramblers       36 15 11 10 49-40 56
 4.Kilkenny City       36 15  8 13 46-35 53
 5.Galway United       36 14 11 11 46-43 53
 6.Dundalk             36 12 13 11 44-40 49 
 7.Limerick            36 13  9 14 44-49 48
 8.Kildare County      36 10 11 15 33-42 41
 9.Monaghan United     36  9  9 18 36-66 36
10.Athlone Town        36  6 10 20 28-52 28
Promotion/Relegation Playoff: 
First leg: 22/11/2005
Shamrock Rovers 1-2 Dublin City
Second leg: 25/11/2005
Dublin City 1-1 Shamrock Rovers
Dublin City win 3-2 on aggregate
2006
 1.Shamrock Rovers *   36 21 12  3 53-13 72  Promoted
 2.Dundalk             36 22  5  9 57-33 71  Promoted after Playoff with Waterford United
 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
* Shamrock Rovers deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.
Promotion/Relegation Playoff: 
First leg: 22/11/2006
Dundalk 1-1 Waterford United
Second leg: 25/11/2005
Waterford United 1-2 Dundalk
Dundalk win 3-2 on aggregate

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