2014 Shelbourne F.C. season

Shelbourne F.C.
2014 season
Stadium	Tolka Park
First Division	2nd
FAI Cup	3rd round
League of Ireland Cup	First round
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Last updated July 07, 2019

In 2014 Shelbourne F.C. competed in the League of Ireland First Division for the first time since 2011. After surviving for the 2012 season, Shelbourne were relegated after finishing bottom of the 2013 League of Ireland Premier Division.

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First Division

Win Draw Loss

Regular Season

March 7, 20141	Shelbourne	–	Wexford Youths	Tolka Park, Dublin
20:00 GMT

March 15, 20142	Longford Town	–	Shelbourne	Longford
19:30 GMT

Final table

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Longford Town (C, P)	28	18	6	4	56	19	+37	60	Promotion to League of Ireland Premier Division
2	Shelbourne	28	14	10	4	46	30	+16	52	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3	Galway (O, P)	28	13	10	5	47	23	+24	49	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
4	Wexford Youths	28	13	7	8	45	35	+10	46
5	Finn Harps	28	7	11	10	26	28	−2	32

Source: ^[1]^[2]^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

Promotion/relegation playoffs

The second and third placed First Division teams, Shelbourne and Galway, played off to decide who would play UCD, the eleventh placed team from the Premier Division. ^[2]

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First Division

18 October 2014	Galway	2 – 0	Shelbourne	Eamonn Deacy Park
19:45	Ryan Connolly 19' Gary Shanahan 84'	Report	Nathan Murphy 19'	Attendance: 1,764 Referee: Ray Matthews

24 October 2014	Shelbourne	1 – 2	Galway	Tolka Park
19:45	Conor Murphy 34'	Report	Ryan Connolly 59' Jake Keegan 82'	Attendance: 1,202 Referee: Robert Harvey (Kerry)

Galway won 4 – 1 on aggregate. Shelbourne remain in First Division

The 2015 League of Ireland First Division season was the 31st season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by eight teams. Wexford Youths won the title and Finn Harps were also promoted after winning a play off.

Cups

League of Ireland Cup

FAI Cup

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