2006 League of Ireland Premier Division

July 2016 February 2021 League of Ireland Premier Division 2006 Shelbourne (13th title) ShelbourneDublin City UEFA Champions League Derry City UEFA Cup St Patrick's AthleticDrogheda United UEFA Intertoto Cup Cork City Setanta Sports Cup Cork CityDerry CityDrogheda UnitedSt Patrick's Athletic Jason Byrne: 15(Shelbourne)https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iertops.html Ireland - List of Topscorers Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 6 July 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20120406093820/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html 6 April 2012 257,745Figures do not include results from matches played against Dublin City F.C. who withdrew midway through the season https://www.researchgate.net/figure/League-of-Ireland-Premier-Division-Attendance_tbl1_286919999 1,562 6,080DERRY'S GAME WITH CORK BEST ATTENDED http://tribune.ie/2006/12/10/80154.html https://web.archive.org/web/20071122213445/http://www.tribune.ie/2006/12/10/80154.html usurped 22 November 2007 tribune.ie 1 February 2021 Derry City 1–0 Cork City 2005 2007 The 2006 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 22nd season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. Shelbourne were champions while Derry City finished as runners-up. However Shelbourne were subsequently demoted to the First Division and had to withdraw from the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League and 2007 Setanta Sports Cup because of their financial difficulties. Club information Team Manager Main sponsor Kit supplier Stadium Capacity Bohemians Ireland Gareth Farrelly Des Kelly Carpets O'Neills Dalymount Park 8,500 Bray Wanderers Ireland Eddie Gormley Slevin Group Adidas Carlisle Grounds 7,000 Cork City Ireland Damien Richardson Nissan O'Neills Turners Cross 8,000 Derry City Ireland Stephen Kenny MeteorElectrical.com Umbro The Brandywell 7,700 Drogheda United Ireland Paul Doolin Murphy Environmental Jako United Park 5,400 Dublin City Ireland Dermot Keely Carroll's Irish Gift Stores Umbro Dalymount Park 8,500 Longford Town Ireland Alan Mathews Flancare Umbro Flancare Park 4,500 Shelbourne Ireland Pat Fenlon JW Hire Umbro Tolka Park 10,100 Sligo Rovers Northern Ireland Sean Connor Toher's Jako The Showgrounds 5,500 St Patrick's Athletic Ireland John McDonnell Smart Telecom Umbro Richmond Park 5,500 UCD Ireland Pete Mahon Budweiser O'Neills Belfield Park 1,900 Waterford United Ireland Gareth Cronin ThermoFrame Diadora Waterford Regional Sports Centre 8,000 Overview The Premier Division season kicked off on 10 March and concluded on 17 November. The season saw several clubs face financial difficulties. The Revenue Commissioners took High Court action and threatened to have Shelbourne wound up after it failed to pay more than €104,000 in outstanding taxes.http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish/2006/0823/208277-shelbourne/ Shelbourne given time to settle tax debt Raidió Teilifís Éireann 20 July 2016 14 June 2007http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish/2006/0905/208772-shelbourne/ Shelbourne clear tax debt Raidió Teilifís Éireann 20 July 2016 14 June 2007 Shelbourne also struggled to pay its players during the season. In July Dublin City also went out of business and withdrew from the league, unable to complete the season. Their results were expunged from the record which benefited both Cork and Derry who had dropped points to them.https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2006/0719/207034-dublincity/ Dublin City FC bow out of eircom League 19 July 2006 Raidió Teilifís Éireann However Shelbourne's off field problems did not prevent them from winning the title. Mark Farren's stoppage-time winner for Derry City away to Waterford United on 13 November ensured that for the third successive year the title would be decided on the final day of the season. Shelbourne clinched the title with a 2–1 win over Bohemians at Tolka Park. Jason Byrne and Glen Crowe scored the vital goals. However Shelbourne's celebrations were cut short when the league decided to demote them to the First Division. They also withdrew from the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League and 2007 Setanta Sports Cup because of their financial difficulties. Final table main WDL QR SHE Shelbourne DER Derry City DRO Drogheda United COR Cork City SLI Sligo Rovers UCD UCD StP St Patrick's Athletic LON Longford Town BOH Bohemians BRW Bray Wanderers WAT Waterford United DUB Dublin City 18 8 4 60 27 C,R 18 8 4 46 20 Q 16 10 4 37 23 Q 15 11 4 37 15 Q 11 7 12 33 42 9 11 10 26 26 9 10 11 32 29 Q 8 10 12 23 27 9 5 16 29 34 -3 3 8 19 22 64 2 6 22 20 58 L 0 0 0 0 0 DR Bohemians were deducted three points for fielding Jason McGuinness while he was suspended. Waterford United lost promotion/relegation play-off but subsequently replaced Shelbourne for the 2007 season.Match Lost the relegation play-off but reprieved later red1 Demotion to League of Ireland First Division During the season, The Revenue Commissioners took High Court action and threatened to have Shelbourne wound up after it failed to pay more than €104,000 in outstanding taxes.http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish/2006/0823/208277-shelbourne/ Shelbourne given time to settle tax debt Raidió Teilifís Éireann 20 July 2016 14 June 2007http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish/2006/0905/208772-shelbourne/ Shelbourne clear tax debt Raidió Teilifís Éireann 20 July 2016 14 June 2007 Shelbourne also struggled to pay its players during the season. However Shelbourne's off field problems did not prevent them from winning the title. Shelbourne's celebrations were cut short when the league decided to demote them to the First Division. They also withdrew from the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League and 2007 Setanta Sports Cup because of their financial difficulties. REL green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL1Q blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1Q #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round UCC1Q St Patrick's Athletic qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round after reaching the 2006 FAI Cup Final. red2 Qualification to Relegation play-off RPO red1 Withdrew from league Dublin City withdrew from league on 18 July. All their results were expunged. WIT complete https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ierhist.html (Republic of) Ireland League Tables Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 6 July 2016https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ier06.html Ireland 2006 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 20 July 2016 5 Results Matches 1–20 main FBR BOH BRW COR DER DRO LON SHE SLI StP UCD WAT Shelbourne 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 6–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 5–1 Derry City 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 Drogheda United 1–3 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 Cork City 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 6–0 2–0 Sligo Rovers 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 UCD 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 4–1 2–1 St Patrick's Athletic 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 Longford Town 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 Bohemians 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 4–2 Bray Wanderers 2–2 2–3 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–3 3–1 Waterford United 0–1 1–2 2–3 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–3 1–1 complete Matches 21–30 main FBR BOH BRW COR DER DRO LON SHE SLI StP UCD WAT Shelbourne 2–2 2–2 null null null null 2–0 2–1 null null Derry City null 0–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 null null 1–1 0–0 null Drogheda United null null 0–0 null 1–0 null 2–0 null 1–1 1–0 Cork City 1–0 null null 2–0 null null 1–1 1–0 null 4–1 Sligo Rovers 0–2 null 2–3 null null 3–2 null 1–0 null 0–0 UCD 0–2 null null 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 null 4–0 null St Patrick's Athletic 1–3 0–1 3–0 0–1 null null null null 5–1 0–1 Longford Town null 0–2 null null 0–2 null 0–0 3–0 null null Bohemians null null 2–2 null null 0–1 0–1 null 1–1 3–1 Bray Wanderers 2–3 null null 2–1 1–1 null null 0–2 null null Waterford United 0–1 0–1 null null null 0–0 null 1–2 null 3–0 complete Promotion/relegation play-off Dundalk who finished second in the 2006 League of Ireland First Division played off against Waterford United who finished eleventh in Premier Division. 1st Leg 22 November 2006 Dundalk 1–1 Waterford United 2nd Leg 25 November 2006 Waterford United 1–2 Dundalk Dundalk won 3–2 on aggregate but did not meet the criteria set out by the FAI's Independent Assessment Group and were not promoted.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ier2hist.html (Republic of) Ireland League Tables - Second Level Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 10 July 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20090603033056/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ier2hist.html 3 June 2009 http://www.irishtimes.com/news/rovers-and-galway-promoted-1.800628 Rovers and Galway promoted The Irish Times 19 July 2016 12 December 2006 Independent Assessment Group In March 2006 it was announced that the League of Ireland and the FAI would be merging. As part of this arrangement the league would be restructured and membership of the 2007 Premier Division and 2007 First Division would be decided by an Independent Assessment Group established by John Delaney and chaired by a former FAI honorary secretary, Des Casey. Former Republic of Ireland international footballer, Niall Quinn was originally a member of the group. However he later withdrew because of his growing commitments to Sunderland A.F.C. He was replaced by Richard Collins, a former chairman of and current director of Charlton Athletic. Other members of the group included John Fitzgerald, the former city manager of Dublin City Council and Pat O'Neill, a former chairman of the Irish Sports Council. The IAG effectively performed a financial stress test on the League of Ireland member clubs. Clubs were assessed on their past five season record in the league. Crucially though, clubs would also be graded on off-field criteria, including attendance, infrastructure, governance, strategic planning, finance, youth development and marketing. The IAG announced their results in December 2006. However the final outcome of the IAG decision was further complicated by the financial difficulties of Shelbourne who, despite initially passing the stress test, were subsequently relegated to the First Division. This provided a reprieve for Waterford United, ranked at thirteen by the IAG, who were selected to replace them.http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/quinn-leaves-assessment-group-1.1263082 Quinn leaves assessment group The Irish Times 23 July 2016 26 July 2006 IAG Table UEFA coefficient The League of Ireland Premier Division's UEFA coefficient accumulated to a total value of 6.498 for the 2006–07 European season. League's 2006 UEFA ranking 33 Finland Finland 34 Moldova Moldova 35 Ireland Ireland 36 Georgia Georgia 37 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Source:http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/data/method3/crank2007.html UEFA Country Ranking 2007 xs4all.nl Top-scorers PlayerClubLeague goalsCup goalsTotal Ireland Jason Byrne Shelbourne15823 Ireland Mark Farren Derry City9817 Ireland Glen Crowe Shelbourne12416 Ireland Ciarán Martyn Derry City8715 Ireland Declan O'Brien Drogheda United11314 Source: Awards SWAI eircom League Player of the Month award MonthWinnerClubMarchIreland Paul KeeganDrogheda UnitedAprilIreland Jason GavinDrogheda UnitedMayNorthern Ireland Pat McCourtDerry CityJuneIreland Paul McTiernanSligo RoversJulyCameroon Joseph NdoShelbourneAugustIreland Kevin DeeryDerry CitySeptemberNorthern Ireland Darren KellyDerry CityOctoberIreland Philip HughesDundalkNovemberIreland Roy O'DonovanCork City PFAI eircom League Player of the Year award Joseph Ndo – Shelbourne PFAI eircom League Young Player of the Year award Kevin Deery – Derry City TV3's Goal of the Season award Kevin Deery – Derry City Attendances Premier Division games had an average attendance of 1,539 people. Derry City's average home attendance of 3,127 was the highest of any league team for the season. The record for the highest attendance in the Premier Division was also set in the Brandywell Stadium on the last night of the season when Derry City met Cork City. 6,080 attended the game. See also 2006 Shelbourne F.C. season 2006 League of Ireland First Division 2006 League of Ireland Cup Notes References Ireland Category:League of Ireland Premier Division seasons