2007 Dundalk F.C. season

Dundalk
2007 season
Chairman	Padraig McGowan
Manager	John Gill
First Division	3rd
FAI Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	Second Round
	← 2006 2008 →

Last updated September 07, 2020

Season summary

Dundalk started off well in the season winning their first 4 game and went 15 unbeaten. At one stage Dundalk were 12 points clear at the top of the first division. Dundalk were then struck by a lot of injuries including some of Dundalk key players, this saw Dundalk fall from the top of the division. At the end of the season Dundalk were 11 points behind the champions Cobh. Dundalk finished 3rd and qualified for the play-offs but Dundalk had such a depleted squad Gill was forced into calling 4 plays from the youth team, Dundalk lost 2-1 to Finn Harps (Who went on to get promoted). A very disappointing season for Dundalk after such a great start.

2007 results and fixtures

Source:^[1]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
February 8th 19:45 (Friendly)	Derry City	Oriel Park	4-0 W
February 13th 19:45 (Friendly)	Shamrock Rovers	Oriel Park	0-1 L
February 17th 19:30 (Friendly)	Longford Town	Flancare Park	2-2 D
February 20th 19:45 (Jim Malone Cup)	Drogheda United	Oriel Park	1-2 L
February 25th 11:00 (Friendly)	Bray Wanderers	University Of Limerick	2-1 W
February 27th 19:45 (Friendly)	Newry Town	Oriel Park	2-3 L
March 1st 19:45 (Friendly)	Loughgall	Oriel Park	5-2 W
March 8th 19:45 (League)	Finn Harps	Oriel Park	3-2 W
March 16th 19:30 (League)	Kilkenny City	Buckley Park	1-2 W
March 23rd 20:00 (League)	Shelbourne FC	Tolk Park	0-2 W
March 29th 19:45 (League)	Athlone Town	Oriel Park	6-2 W
April 6th 20:00 (League)	Monaghan United	Kingspan Century Park	1-1 D
April 9th 20:00 (League Cup)	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park	1-0 L
April 15th 15:00 (League)	Cobh Ramblers	Oriel Park	0-0 D
April 20th 19:45 (League)	Limerick 37	Jackman Park	0-1 W
April 26th 19:45 (League)	Wexford Youths	Oriel Park	4-0 W
May 5th 19:30 (League)	Kildare County	Station Road	0-0 D
May 11th 20:00 (League)	Finn Harps	Finn Park	0-0 D
May 17th 19:45 (League)	Kilkenny City	Oriel Park	3-2 W
May 24th 19:45 (League)	Shelbourne FC	Oriel Park	3-0 W
May 28th 19:45 (League)	Athlone Town	LissyWoolen	0-2 W
May 31st 19:45 (League)	Monaghan United	Oriel Park	3-1 W
June 14th 19:45 (FAI Cup R2)	Athlone Town	Oriel Park	3-0 W
June 23rd 14:00 (League)	Cobh Ramblers	St. Colemans Park	1-0 L
June 26th 19:45 (League)	Limerick 37	Oriel Park	0-0 D
June 30th 18:30 (League)	Wexford Youths	Newcastle	0-3 W
July 5th 19:45 (League)	Kildare County	Oriel Park	2-0 W
July 12th 19:45 (League)	Finn Harps	Oriel Park	1-1 D
July 21st 19:30 (League)	Kilkenny City	Buckley Park	0-0 D
July 27th 20:00 (League)	Shelbourne FC	Tolka Park	1-0 L
July 31st 19:45 (League)	Athlone Town	Oriel Park	3-0 W
August 3rd 20:00 (League)	Monaghan United	Kingspan Century Park	2-0 L
August 12th 15:00 (League)	Cobh Ramblers	Oriel Park	0-0 D
August 16th 19:45 (FAI Cup R3)	UCD	Oriel Park	1-2 L
August 24th 19:45 (League)	Limerick 37	Jackman Park	4-1 L
August 30th 19:45 (League)	Wexford Youths	Oriel Park	2-0 W
September 8th 17:00 (League)	Kildare County	Station Road	3-1 L
September 14th 20:00 (League)	Finn Harps	Finn Park	1-0 L
September 20th 19:45 (League/FAI Cup)	Kilkenny City	Oriel Park	4-0 W
September 27th 19:45 (League)	Shelbourne FC	Oriel Park	1-0 W
October 6th 19:45 (League)	Athlone Town	Lissywoolen	1-2 W
October 11th 19:45 (League)	Monaghan United	Oriel Park	1-0 W
October 20th 14:15 (League)	Cobh Ramblers	Saint Colemans Park	2-1 L
October 25th 19:45 (League)	Limerick 37	Oriel Park	0-2 L
November 2nd 19:45 (League)	Wexford Youths	Newcastle	0-0 D
November 11th 19:45 (League)	Kildare County	Oriel Park	4-3 W

First Division Play-Off Semi-Final

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
November 16th - (Play-Off)	Finn Harps	Finn Park	2-0 L

League table

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cobh Ramblers (C)	36	22	11	3	57	17	+40	77	Premier Division / Setanta Cup play-off
2	Finn Harps	36	23	7	6	61	20	+41	76	Premier Division after play-off
3	Dundalk	36	19	9	8	56	30	+26	66	Lost promotion/relegation play-off
4	Limerick 37 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	36	14	11	11	46	41	+5	53
5	Shelbourne	36	11	10	15	46	46	0	43
6	Athlone Town	36	11	8	17	40	55	−15	41
7	Kildare County	36	9	12	15	48	62	−14	39
8	Monaghan United	36	9	11	16	38	52	−14	38
9	Wexford Youths ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	36	7	10	19	32	55	−23	31
10	Kilkenny City	36	5	11	20	33	79	−46	26

Source: ^[2]^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

↑ Limerick 37 replaced Limerick F.C. as members of League of Ireland.
↑ Wexford Youths replaced Dublin City as members of League of Ireland.

Top goal-scorers

Source:^[4]

Goalscorers	Goals
Shaun Williams	8
Phillip Hughes	8
Trevor Vaughan	7
Robbie Doyle	6
John Flanagan	5
Robbie Dunne	3
Cathal O'Connor	3
Paul Smyth	2
Christy Doran	2

2007 squad

Source:^[4]

2007-08 Kits DundalkFC2007kits.png — 2007-08 Kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SCO	Chris Bennion
—	GK	EIR	Neil Gallagher
—	DF	EIR	John Flanagan
—	DF	EIR	Shane Grimes
—	DF	EIR	Aidan Lynch (Captain)
—	DF	ENG	Paul Marney
—	DF	EIR	Ben Whelehan
—	DF	EIR	David Crawley
—	DF	EIR	Thomas McGauley
—	DF	EIR	Kevin McArdle
—	DF	EIR	Stefan McKevitt
—	DF	EIR	Stephen Quigley


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	EIR	Robbie Dunne
—	MF	EIR	Cathal O'Connor
—	MF	EIR	Keith Dunne
—	MF	EIR	Seamus McCabe
—	MF	EIR	Vinny Perth
—	MF	EIR	Shaun Williams
—	MF	EIR	Cormac McArdle
—	MF	EIR	James Hand
—	FW	EIR	Philip Hughes
—	FW	EIR	Trevor Vaughan
—	FW	EIR	Paul Smyth
—	FW	EIR	Tiernan Mulvenna
—	FW	EIR	Robbie Doyle

Players on loan

Shaun Williams (on loan from Drogheda)
Paul Smyth (on loan from Monaghan)
Seamus McCabe (on loan to Glenavon)

2007 pre-season transfers

In:

Wayne Griffin from Malahide (For free as player was out of contract)
Anthony Flood to St Patrick's Athletic (For free as player was out of contract)
Vinny Perth from Shamrock Rovers (For free as player was out of contract)
David Crawley from Shelbourne (For free as player was out of contract)
Ben Whelehan (Free transfer)
Shaun Williams from Drogheda United (On loan)
Thomas McGauley from Monaghan United (For free as player was out of contract)
Paul Smyth from Monaghan United (For free as player was out of contract)
Neil Gallagher from UCD (For free as player was out of contract)

Out:

David Hoey (Released)
Robert McAuley (Released)
Austin Skelly (Released)
Derek Griffin (Released)
Ray Scully to Waterford United (Free transfer)
Colm Kierans (Released)
Brian Kelly to Newry City (Free transfer)
Peter Hynes to Newry City (Free transfer)
Sean Finn (Released)
Simon Kelly to Ballymena United (Free transfer)
Wayne Griffin to Malahide (Free transfer)
Conor McMahon to Kilkenny City (Free transfer)

2007 mid-season transfers

In:

Cormac McArdle from Newry City FC (For free as player was out of contract)
Robbie Doyle from Macclesfield Town (For free as player was out of contract)
James Hand from Huddersfield Town (For free as player was out of contract)
Stephen Quigley from St Patrick's Athletic (Free transfer)

Out:

Anthony Flood to Shelbourne F.C. (Released after breach of discipline)
Christopher Doran (Released by mutual consent)

Notes

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References

↑ "FIXTURES FROM THE 1ST JANUARY TO THE 31ST DECEMBER 2007 FOR DUNDALK". www.extratime.ie. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
↑ "Ireland 2007". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
↑ "Ireland 2006". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
1 2 Murphy, Jim (2013). A Dundalk FC Miscellany. Ireland: Self-published. p. 321.

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[table_note_L370.33817650952292-2] Limerick 37 replaced Limerick F.C. as members of League of Ireland.

[table_note_WEX0.33817650952292-3] Wexford Youths replaced Dublin City as members of League of Ireland.

[results-1] "FIXTURES FROM THE 1ST JANUARY TO THE 31ST DECEMBER 2007 FOR DUNDALK". www.extratime.ie. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

[rsssf2007-4] "Ireland 2007". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

[rsssf2006-5] "Ireland 2006". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[squad-6] 1 2 Murphy, Jim (2013). A Dundalk FC Miscellany. Ireland: Self-published. p. 321.