2012 League of Ireland First Division

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League of Ireland First Division
Season2012
Champions Limerick
Matches played112
Goals scored305 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorerDanny Furlong: 13
(Wexford Youths)
Kevin McHugh: 13
(Finn Harps)
Sean Maguire: 13
(Waterford United) [1]
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The 2012 League of Ireland First Division season was the 28th season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by 8 teams and Limerick won the title.

Contents

Teams

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Locations of First Division teams
TeamLocationManagerStadium
Athlone Town Athlone Flag of Ireland.svg Mike Kerley Athlone Town Stadium
Finn Harps Ballybofey Ulster Banner.svg Peter Hutton Finn Park
Limerick Limerick Flag of Ireland.svg Pat Scully Jackman Park
Longford Town Longford Flag of Ireland.svg Tony Cousins Flancare Park
Mervue United Galway Flag of Ireland.svg Johnny Glynn Fahy's Field
SD Galway Galway Flag of Ireland.svg Tony Mannion Terryland Park
Waterford United Waterford Flag of Ireland.svg Paul O'Brien Waterford RSC
Wexford Youths Wexford Flag of Ireland.svg Shane Keegan Ferrycarraig Park

Overview

Due to the expansion of the Premier Division, coupled with the withdrawal of Galway United during the off-season, the 2012 First Division consisted of just eight teams. Applications to join the Division from Cobh Ramblers and Tralee Dynamos, both of whom had played in the 2011 A Championship, were rejected. Each team played every other team four times, totalling twenty eight games. [2] [3]

Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Limerick (C, P)2820265120+3162Promoted to Premier Division
2 Waterford United 2818464629+1758Lost promotion/relegation play-offs
3 Longford Town 2815584233+950
4 Wexford Youths 28116114540+539
5 Finn Harps 28106124043−336
6 Athlone Town 2885152541−1629
7 Mervue United 2865173449−1523
8 SD Galway [a] 2855182351−2820
Source: [2] [4]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ↑ Salthill Devon changed their name to SD Galway

Results

Matches 1–14

Home \ Away ATH FHA LIM LON MER SDG WAT WEX
Athlone Town 2–00–11–22–12–11–40–1
Finn Harps 1–21–31–34–33–00–10–1
Limerick 2–12–11–22–03–00–14–0
Longford Town 2–11–30–24–21–03–21–0
Mervue United 0–13–01–20–11–20–03–0
SD Galway 0–11–52–51–12–20–21–1
Waterford United 1–10–23–10–23–11–04–0
Wexford Youths 1–23–00–11–22–02–06–0
Source: www.rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15–28

Home \ Away ATH FHA LIM LON MER SDG WAT WEX
Athlone Town 1–10–11–10–32–02–30–3
Finn Harps 2–01–11–03–22–01–23–3
Limerick 1–03–00–04–01–00–11–3
Longford Town 0–00–10–22–01–20–12–0
Mervue United 2–01–10–34–50–00–20–0
SD Galway 3–02–00–11–32–10–12–2
Waterford United 0–01–12–14–21–23–01–2
Wexford Youths 4–22–21–31–11–24–11–2
Source: www.rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-off

The second and third placed First Division teams, Waterford United and Longford Town, played off to decide who would play Dundalk, the eleventh placed team from the Premier Division. The winner of this play off would play in the 2013 Premier Division.

First Division
20 October 2012 Longford Town 0–2 Waterford United Flancare Park [5]
[ Report]Peter White Soccerball shade.svg1'
Craig Burns Soccerball shade.svg52'		Attendance: 550
Referee: Kevin O'Regan (Kerry)
26 October 2012 Waterford United 1–1 Longford Town Waterford RSC [6]
Kirby Soccerball shade.svg?'[ Report]Peter Higgins Soccerball shade.svg9'Referee: Keith Callanan

Waterford United win 3–1 on aggregate

First Division v Premier Division
30 October 2012 Dundalk 2–2 Waterford United Oriel Park [7]
Lorcan Shannon Soccerball shade.svg23'
Stephen McDonnell Soccerball shade.svg75'		[ Report]Paul Phelan Soccerball shade.svg50'
Ben Ryan Soccerball shade.svg60'		Referee: Paul McLaughlin (Monaghan)
2 November 2012 Waterford United 0–2 Dundalk Waterford RSC [8]
[ Report]Michael Rafter Soccerball shade.svg45' (68)Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Padraig Sutton (Clare)

Dundalk win 4–2 on aggregate and retained their place in the Premier Division. Waterford United appealed the result of the playoff, claiming Michael Rafter was ineligible as Dundalk had incorrectly registered him when they signed him earlier that season. However the appeal was unsuccessful. [8] [9] [10]

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Flag of Ireland.svg Danny Furlong Wexford Youths 13
Flag of Ireland.svg Kevin McHugh Finn Harps 13
Flag of Ireland.svg Sean Maguire Waterford United 13
4 Flag of Ireland.svg Tom Elmes Wexford Youths 11
5 Flag of Ireland.svg Shane Tracy Limerick 10
Flag of Ireland.svg Rory Gaffney Limerick 10

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Ireland 2012". RSSSF . Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Dynamos face stiff opposition for league berth". kerryman.ie. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  4. ↑ "Salthill Devon set to rebrand and play at Terryland · The Score". Thescore.thejournal.ie. 26 January 2012.
  5. ↑ O'Flaherty, Deniese (21 October 2012). "Longford Town 0 – 2 Waterford United". extratime.ie. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Waterford United 1–1 Longford Town (Agg 3–1)". RTÉ News. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "Dundalk 2–2 Waterford United". RTÉ News. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Waterford United 0–2 Dundalk (agg 2–4)". RTÉ News. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  9. ↑ "Waterford to appeal Dundalk play-off result". RTÉ News. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  10. ↑ "FAI dismiss Waterford protest". The Irish Times. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
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