1954–55 League of Ireland

League of Ireland

Season	1954–55
Champions	St Patrick's Athletic (2nd Title)
Matches played	132
Goals scored	550 (4.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Gauld - Waterford 30 goals
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1954/1955 season.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and St Patrick's Athletic F.C. won the championship for the second time.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St Patrick's Athletic	22	17	2	3	62	31	+31	36
2	Waterford	22	16	1	5	70	43	+27	33
3	Shamrock Rovers	22	12	4	6	63	37	+26	28
4	Shelbourne	22	13	2	7	62	41	+21	28
5	Cork Athletic	22	10	5	7	53	51	+2	25
6	Drumcondra	22	9	5	8	38	30	+8	23
7	Bohemians	22	9	1	12	41	55	−14	19
8	Limerick	22	8	1	13	32	50	−18	17
9	Sligo Rovers	22	6	3	13	34	49	−15	15
10	Transport	22	5	4	13	22	51	−29	14
11	Evergreen United	22	4	5	13	34	46	−12	13
12	Dundalk	22	5	3	14	39	66	−27	13

Source: www.rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	BOH	CAT	DRU	DUN	EVE	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	TRA	WAT
Bohemians	—	3–1	0–2	2–1	3–1	6–1	5–1	1–4	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–4
Cork Athletic	4–4	—	2–0	2–6	4–1	4–1	3–3	4–2	4–1	1–1	3–1	4–3
Drumcondra	6–2	1–2	—	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–3	0–0	0–3	1–1	0–5
Dundalk	0–2	2–2	0–6	—	3–3	3–1	1–2	1–3	4–0	0–3	3–4	1–2
Evergreen United	2–0	1–1	1–2	4–0	—	2–3	2–3	1–4	4–1	0–1	0–0	2–5
Limerick	3–1	0–1	0–5	1–2	2–1	—	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–2	5–2	4–2
Shamrock Rovers	7–0	7–1	1–3	7–3	1–4	3–0	—	2–0	3–3	2–2	6–0	2–3
Shelbourne	3–0	3–2	2–2	2–1	5–0	3–1	1–1	—	1–3	1–4	0–1	1–6
Sligo Rovers	3–1	2–1	1–2	3–4	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–4	—	1–2	3–0	1–2
St Patrick's Athletic	2–1	5–2	1–0	10–3	1–0	3–2	0–5	4–6	5–2	—	3–0	4–1
Transport	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–7	2–1	1–4	—	1–3
Waterford	5–2	2–4	2–2	6–1	2–1	5–2	2–1	1–6	4–1	2–0	3–2	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jimmy Gauld	Waterford	30
2	Shay Gibbons	St Patrick's Athletic	28
3	Rory Dwyer	Shelbourne	19
4	Dermot Curtis	Shelbourne	16
5	Paddy Ambrose	Shamrock Rovers	14
5	Johnny Armstrong	Sligo Rovers	14
7	Jack Fitzgerald	Waterford	13
8	Joe Martin	St Patrick's Athletic	12
8	Willie Moloney	Cork Athletic	12
10	Tommy Collins	Cork Athletic	11
10	Dessie Glynn	Drumcondra	11