2008 League of Ireland First Division
Season | 2008 |
---|---|
Champions | Dundalk |
Top goalscorer | Robbie Doyle: 16 (Sporting Fingal)[1] |
← 2007 2009 → |
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.
Club information
[edit]Team | Base | Manager | Main sponsor | Kit supplier | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Athlone Town | Athlone | ![]() | Ganly's Hardware | O'Neills | Athlone Town Stadium | 2,000 |
Dundalk | Dundalk | ![]() | IJM | Umbro | Oriel Park | 6,000 |
Kildare County | Newbridge | ![]() | Cill Dara Betting | O'Neills | Station Road | 2,500 |
Limerick 37 | Limerick | ![]() | Limerick's Live 95FM | Jako | Jackman Park | 8,000 |
Longford Town | Longford | ![]() | Flancare | Umbro | Flancare Park | 4,500 |
Monaghan United | Monaghan | ![]() | The Squeeling Pig | Nike | Century Homes Park | 3,000 |
Shelbourne | Drumcondra | ![]() | Cab 2000 | Umbro | Tolka Park | 9,700 |
Sporting Fingal | Fingal | ![]() | Keelings | O'Neills | Morton Stadium | 10,000 |
Waterford United | Waterford | ![]() | Hutchison 3G | Azzurri | Waterford RSC | 8,000 |
Wexford Youths | Crossabeg | ![]() | Wallace Construction | O'Neills | Ferrycarraig Park | 5,000 |
Overview
[edit]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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Dundalk (C) | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 69 | 30 | +39 | 71 | Premier Division |
2 | Shelbourne | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 70 | |
3 | Waterford United | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 63 | |
4 | Sporting Fingal[a] | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 62 | |
5 | Limerick 37 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 52 | |
6 | Monaghan United | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 47 | |
7 | Wexford Youths | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 37 | |
8 | Longford Town | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 35 | |
9 | Athlone Town | 36 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 51 | −28 | 32 | |
10 | Kildare County[b] | 36 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 34 | 73 | −39 | 26 | Lost promotion/relegation play-off |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ Sporting Fingal replaced Kilkenny City who withdrew from the league before the season started.
- ^ 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
[edit]Matches 1 to 18
[edit]Rounds 19 and 36
[edit]Promotion/relegation play-offs
[edit]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 |
20:00 | Keogh ![]() Goldbey ![]() | Report | Hughes ![]() ![]() | Referee: Pádraig Sutton (Clare) |
21 November 2008 | Kildare County | 0 – 3 | Mervue United | Station Road |
19:45 | Report | O'Brien ![]() Goldbey ![]() ![]() | Referee: Sean Grant (Wexford) |
Mervue United won 5–2 on aggregate and were promoted to the First Division.[2]
Top scorers
[edit]Goalscorers | Goals | Team |
---|---|---|
![]() | 16 | Sporting Fingal[1] |
![]() | 15 | Shelbourne |
![]() | 13 | Longford Town |
![]() | 11 | Dundalk |
![]() | 11 | Waterford United |
Gallery
[edit]- The clubs competing in the 2008 FAI eircom League of Ireland
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ a b c "Ireland 2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 July 2016.