2011 League of Ireland First Division

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League of Ireland First Division
Season2011
Champions Cork City
Promoted Shelbourne
Monaghan United
Top goalscorer Graham Cummins: 24
(Cork City) [1]
Biggest home win Limerick 6–0 Wexford Youths
Biggest away win Athlone Town 0–7 Cork City
Highest scoring Wexford Youths 3–5 Mervue United
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2012 →

The 2011 League of Ireland First Division season was the 27th season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by 11 teams and Cork City won the title.

Contents

Teams

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2011 League of Ireland First Division teams
TeamBaseStadium
Athlone Town Athlone Athlone Town Stadium
Cork City Cork Turner's Cross
Finn Harps Ballybofey Finn Park
Limerick Limerick Jackman Park
Longford Town Longford Flancare Park
Mervue United Galway Fahy's Field
Monaghan United Monaghan Kingspan Century Park
Salthill Devon Salthill Drom Soccer Park
Shelbourne Drumcondra Tolka Park
Waterford United Waterford Waterford RSC
Wexford Youths Crossabeg Ferrycarraig Park

Overview

This season the division featured 11 clubs. This was because Sporting Fingal withdrew from the Premier Division shortly before the season was due to start. Drogheda United, who were originally due to play in the 2011 First Division after being relegated from the 2010 Premier Division, were drafted in to replace Sporting Fingal in the top division. Each team played the other teams three times, totaling 30 games. Cork City finished as champions and were automatically promoted to the Premier Division. Runners up Shelbourne were also promoted, as were third placed Monaghan United after winning a play-off. [2]

Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Cork City (C, P)3020917326+4769Promoted to Premier Division
2 Shelbourne (P)3022266224+3868Promoted to Premier Division
3 Monaghan United (P)3021456027+3367Promoted to Premier Division after play-off
4 Limerick 3020644922+2766
5 Waterford United 30133143731+642
6 Longford Town 30124143841−340
7 Mervue United 30104163745−834
8 Athlone Town 3095162553−2832
9 Finn Harps 3084182945−1628
10 Wexford Youths 3042242969−4014
11 Salthill Devon 3025231874−5611
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Matches 1–20

Home \ Away ATH COR FHA LIM LON MER MON SAL SHE WAT WEX
Athlone Town 0–01–00–11–11–00–32–00–40–32–0
Cork City 2–05–01–01–13–02–21–04–12–31–0
Finn Harps 1–00–22–21–22–02–20–00–31–00–1
Limerick 3–00–01–01–02–00–23–00–31–00–1
Longford Town 2–01–33–21–22–11–32–01–21–02–1
Mervue United 1–21–12–10–22–13–10–01–21–13–0
Monaghan United 1–01–11–01–11–01–23–00–12–02–1
Salthill Devon 1–11–50–40–10–11–22–50–10–22–1
Shelbourne 2–01–11–01–11–04–02–34–12–14–2
Waterford United 0–01–21–01–21–01–00–14–00–10–1
Wexford Youths 0–11–20–22–30–23–51–21–30–11–2
Source: www.rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 21–30

Home \ Away ATH COR FHA LIM LON MER MON SAL SHE WAT WEX
Athlone Town 0–70–14–10–50–2
Cork City 5–23–33–13–12–2
Finn Harps 1–21–20–32–04–1
Limerick 3–11–01–13–06–0
Longford Town 0–22–21–11–32–1
Mervue United 1–21–00–10–10–2
Monaghan United 0–13–23–03–12–0
Salthill Devon 1–30–40–51–41–3
Shelbourne 1–24–01–21–23–0
Waterford United 5–11–30–02–01–0
Wexford Youths 3–31–30–35–20–2
Source: www.rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-off

Galway United, the tenth-placed team in the 2011 Premier Division, and Monaghan United, the third-placed team of the First Division, played off to see who would play in the 2012 Premier Division. The playoff was contested in a two-legged format. [2]

1 November 2011 Monaghan United 2 – 0 Galway United Kingspan Century Park
19.45 GMT Isichei Soccerball shade.svg13'
S. Brennan Soccerball shade.svg87'
4 November 2011 Galway United 1 – 3 Monaghan United Terryland Park
19.45 GMT Murphy Soccerball shade.svg82'Soccerball shade.svg26', 33' O'Brien
Soccerball shade.svg51' R. Brennan

Monaghan United won 5–1 on aggregate and were promoted to the Premier Division. Galway United were relegated to the First Division.

Awards

Top Goalscorers

ScorerClubGoals
Flag of Ireland.svg Graham Cummins Cork City [1] 24
Flag of Ireland.svg Philip Hughes Shelbourne 20
Flag of Ireland.svg David Cassidy Shelbourne 15
Flag of Ireland.svg Sean Brennan Monaghan United 14
Flag of Ireland.svg Conan Byrne Shelbourne 13

Player of the Year

WinnerClub
Flag of Ireland.svg Graham Cummins Cork City [3]

See also

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 2011". RSSSF . Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Zayed scoops Player of the Year award". extratime.ie. 13 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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