2008 League of Ireland First Division

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League of Ireland First Division
Season2008
Champions Dundalk
Top goalscorer Robbie Doyle: 16
(Sporting Fingal) [1]
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The 2008 League of Ireland First Division season was the 24th season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by 10 teams and Dundalk won the division.

Contents

Club information

TeamBaseManagerMain sponsorKit supplierStadiumCapacity
Athlone Town Athlone Flag of Ireland.svg Brendan Place Ganly's Hardware O'Neills Athlone Town Stadium 2,000
Dundalk Dundalk Flag of Ireland.svg John GillIJM Umbro Oriel Park 6,000
Kildare County Newbridge Flag of Ireland.svg Joe SomervilleCill Dara Betting O'Neills Station Road 2,500
Limerick 37 Limerick Flag of Ireland.svg Michael Kerley Limerick's Live 95FM Jako Jackman Park 8,000
Longford Town Longford Flag of Ireland.svg Alan Gough Flancare Umbro Flancare Park 4,500
Monaghan United Monaghan Flag of Ireland.svg Mick Cooke The Squeeling Pig Nike Century Homes Park 3,000
Shelbourne Drumcondra Flag of Ireland.svg Dermot Keely Cab 2000 Umbro Tolka Park 9,700
Sporting Fingal Fingal Flag of Ireland.svg Liam Buckley Keelings O'Neills Morton Stadium 10,000
Waterford United Waterford Flag of Ireland.svg Gareth Cronin Hutchison 3G Azzurri Waterford RSC 8,000
Wexford Youths Crossabeg Flag of Ireland.svg Mick Wallace Wallace Construction O'Neills Ferrycarraig Park 5,000

Overview

The regular season began on 7 March and concluded on 15 November. Each team played the other teams four times, totaling 36 games. Only the champions, Dundalk, were automatically promoted and there was no promotion/relegation play-off between Premier Division and First Division teams. This was because the 2009 Premier Division would be reduced to 10 clubs. [2]

Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Dundalk (C)3621876930+3971 Premier Division
2 Shelbourne 36201065525+3070
3 Waterford United 3618995535+2063
4 Sporting Fingal [lower-alpha 1] 36171185332+2162
5 Limerick 37 36157144945+452
6 Monaghan United 36138153851−1347
7 Wexford Youths 36107193651−1537
8 Longford Town 3698193655−1935
9 Athlone Town 36614162351−2832
10 Kildare County [lower-alpha 2] 3668223473−3926Lost promotion/relegation play-off
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ↑ Sporting Fingal replaced Kilkenny City who withdrew from the league before the season started.
  2. ↑ Kildare County were initially relegated to the A Championship after losing a promotion/relegation play-off. However they subsequently gained a reprieve after Cobh Ramblers were refused a First Division licence and were relegated directly from the Premier Division to the A Championship .

Results

Matches 1 to 18

Home \ Away ATH DUN KIL L37 LON MON SHE SFI WAT WEX
Athlone Town 0–31–12–21–00–00–10–30–03–1
Dundalk 1–06–00–20–03–01–33–21–02–1
Kildare County 1–11–21–20–14–01–30–21–22–0
Limerick 37 0–01–24–02–12–20–31–30–32–0
Longford Town 3–01–20–01–23–02–05–10–20–1
Monaghan United 1–20–00–01–01–01–01–00–00–2
Shelbourne 2–00–05–00–22–02–01–12–01–0
Sporting Fingal 2–01–12–21–01–14–00–03–12–0
Waterford United 1–11–03–23–11–15–01–12–01–0
Wexford Youths 2–00–51–11–01–11–22–20–11–2
Source: www.rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 19 and 36

Home \ Away ATH DUN KIL L37 LON MON SHE SFI WAT WEX
Athlone Town 2–23–00–30–01–00–10–11–11–0
Dundalk 7–04–10–11–23–02–12–12–11–0
Kildare County 1–01–60–20–21–21–21–11–21–2
Limerick 37 0–02–01–21–32–11–21–15–11–1
Longford Town 1–10–30–11–21–31–20–30–32–4
Monaghan United 3–02–23–30–25–12–00–22–01–2
Shelbourne 3–30–03–11–15–01–00–00–01–0
Sporting Fingal 1–00–02–02–00–00–12–13–12–3
Waterford United 3–00–13–13–14–01–10–12–11–0
Wexford Youths 0–03–10–13–00–21–30–32–21–1
Source: www.rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/Relegation play-offs

Kildare County and Mervue United, the highest ranked non-reserve team from the 2008 A Championship, played off to see who would play in the 2009 First Division.

18 November 2008 Mervue United 2 – 2 Kildare County Fahy's Field
20:00Keogh Soccerball shade.svg10'
Goldbey Soccerball shade.svg28'		 Report Hughes Soccerball shade.svg54'Soccerball shade.svg76'Referee: Pádraig Sutton (Clare)
21 November 2008 Kildare County 0 – 3 Mervue United Station Road
19:45 Report O'Brien Soccerball shade.svg15'
Goldbey Soccerball shade.svg64'Soccerball shade.svg81'		Referee: Sean Grant (Wexford)

Mervue United won 5–2 on aggregate and were promoted to the First Division. [2]

Top scorers

GoalscorersGoalsTeam
Flag of Ireland.svg Robbie Doyle 16 Sporting Fingal [1]
Flag of Ireland.svg Anthony Flood 15 Shelbourne
Flag of Ireland.svg Darren McKenna13 Longford Town
Flag of Ireland.svg Robbie Farrell11 Dundalk
Flag of Ireland.svg Vinny Sullivan 11 Waterford United

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ireland 2008". RSSSF . Retrieved 25 July 2016.
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