2008 A Championship

A Championship 2008 UCD A Mervue United 2009 The 2008 A Championship was the inaugural season of the A Championship in Ireland. The league featured 16 teams. UCD A were the inaugural champions, Cork City A won the Shield competition and Mervue United were promoted to the First Division after a play off. Ireland right 300 Location of teams in 2008 A Championship Ireland Blue pog.svg 53.361877 -6.275012 Ireland 53.340922 -6.316619 Ireland Blue pog.svg 53.283517 -6.373744 Ireland 53.310408 -6.228058 Ireland Blue pog.svg 54.990633 -7.336 Derry City A Ireland Blue pog.svg 53.723336 -6.357222 Drogheda United A top Ireland Blue pog.svg 54.798100 -7.780316 Finn Harps A Ireland Blue pog.svg 53.281834 -9.021643 Mervue United right Ireland Blue pog.svg 53.263239 -9.084103 Salthill Devon left Ireland Blue pog.svg 54.270016 -8.487247 Sligo Rovers A Ireland 53.205714 -6.102889 Bray Wanderers A bottom Ireland 51.852177 -8.301297 Cobh Ramblers A Ireland 51.885528 -8.46775 Cork City A left Ireland 53.284658 -9.056258 Galway United A top Ireland 52.657558 -8.623227 Limerick 37 A Ireland 53.273908 -7.494548 Tullamore Town bottom Ireland TransparentPlaceholder.png 1 53.3000 -6.23 Dublin Ireland TransparentPlaceholder.png 1 55.43 -10.93 Dublin teams Bohemians A Shamrock Rovers A St Patrick's Athletic A UCD A A Championship Shield Between March and June the twelve League of Ireland Premier Division reserve teams competed in the A Championship Shield. Mervue United, Salthill Devon and Tullamore Town did not play in the Shield as they were still playing in their previous junior/intermediate leagues which operated as winter leagues. This resulted in an overlap with the A Championship which operated as a summer league. The twelve teams were divided into four regionalised groups with the group winners then qualifying for the semi-finals.http://foot.ie/archive/index.php/t-86673.html A Championship Shield 2008 pg1 foot.ie 20 August 2016 27 March 2008http://foot.ie/archive/index.php/t-86673-p-2.html A Championship Shield 2008 pg2 foot.ie 20 August 2016 18 April 2008 Group Stage Group A Group B Group C Group DCork City A Bray Wanderers A Bohemians A Finn Harps A Cobh Ramblers A St Patrick's Athletic ADrogheda United A Derry City A Galway United A UCD AShamrock Rovers A Sligo Rovers A Semi-finals ? May 2008 Finn Harps A 0–1 (a.e.t.) Bohemians Ahttp://foot.ie/archive/index.php/t-86673-p-2.html A Championship Shield 2008 pg2 foot.ie 20 August 2016 18 April 2008 May 25, 2008 Cork City A 3–2 Bray Wanderers A Bishopstown Stadiumhttp://foot.ie/archive/index.php/t-86673-p-2.html A Championship Shield 2008 pg2 foot.ie 20 August 2016 18 April 2008 Final 2 June 2008 Cork City A 2–0 Bohemians A Tierney Meyler (pen) Buckley Parkhttp://www.corkcityfc.ie/home/club-info/history/ Cork City Football Club Honours List www.corkcityfc.ie 19 August 2016 21 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160521034455/http://www.corkcityfc.ie/home/club-info/history/ deadhttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/results-64075.html Results www.irishexaminer.com 19 August 2016 2 June 2008http://foot.ie/archive/index.php/t-86673-p-2.html A Championship Shield 2008 pg2 foot.ie 20 August 2016 18 April 2008 Regular season The regular season saw the twelve League of Ireland Premier Division reserve teams joined by Limerick 37 A plus the first teams of Mervue United, Salthill Devon and Tullamore Town. The format saw the sixteen teams split into two groups of eight, divided roughly into southern and northern groups. The two groups used a traditional round-robin format. The two group winners, UCD A and Bohemians A, then played off in a final. UCD won the inaugural title. As the highest placed non-reserve team, Mervue United qualified for a promotion/relegation play-off and after defeating Kildare County, they were promoted to the League of Ireland First Division.http://www.ucd.ie/sport/news_121108_soccerAchamps.html UCD claim A Championship title www.ucd.ie 19 August 2016 12 November 2008 http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish-soccer-league/2008/1121/241350-kildarecounty_mervue/ Kildare County 0-3 Mervue United (Mervue win 5-2) www.rte.ie 25 March 2015 21 November 2008 Group 1 Teams Team Base Manager Stadium Bohemians A Phibsborough AUL Complex Derry City A Derry Brandywell Stadium Drogheda United A Drogheda United Park Finn Harps A Ballybofey Finn Park Mervue United Galway Ireland Johnny GlynnFahy's Field Salthill Devon SalthillIreland Emlyn LongDrom Soccer Park Shamrock Rovers A Drumcondra Tolka Park Sligo Rovers A Sligo Showgrounds Final table main WDL PQ y BOH Bohemians A FHA Finn Harps A MER Mervue United DRO Drogheda United A SHA Shamrock Rovers A SLI Sligo Rovers A DER Derry City A SAL Salthill Devon 11 2 1 34 12 -3 9 1 4 24 12 6 2 6 24 24 P 5 5 4 23 23 -3 4 4 6 23 22 4 3 7 24 23 4 1 9 16 34 3 2 9 13 31 Bohemians A and Drogheda United A were both deducted 3 points for fielding ineligible players. BOH #00FF00 A Championship play-off final CPF #00FFFF Promoted to First Division after play-off PP 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete www.rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BOH DER DRO FHA MER SAL SHA SLI Bohemians A 1–0 3–2 4–1 4–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 Derry City A 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–3 4–0 0–0 3–0 Drogheda United A 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 5–1 Finn Harps A 1–3 0–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 Mervue United 1–2 5–4 1–1 0–3 1–2 4–0 2–0 Salthill Devon 0–3 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–4 2–2 3–1 Shamrock Rovers A 2–0 4–3 4–4 2–0 0–1 6–0 2–2 Sligo Rovers A 1–4 1–4 3–1 0–4 3–0 2–1 1–0 complete Group 2 Teams Team Base Manager Stadium Bray Wanderers A Bray Jackson Park Cobh Ramblers A Cobh St Colman's Park Cork City A Cork Turner's Cross Galway United A Galway Athenry Limerick 37 A Limerick Jackman Park St Patrick's Athletic AInchicore Richmond Park Tullamore Town TullamoreIreland Keith ColshLeah Victoria Park UCD ABelfield UCD Bowl Final table main WDL Q y UCD UCD A COR Cork City A GAL Galway United A BRW Bray Wanderers A STP St Patrick's Athletic A COB Cobh Ramblers A L37 Limerick 37 A TUL Tullamore Town 10 3 1 52 8 7 3 4 22 13 6 4 4 20 14 6 3 5 31 20 5 4 5 16 16 6 2 6 24 25 -3 4 2 8 17 33 1 1 12 7 60 Cobh Ramblers A were deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player. #00FF00 A Championship play-off final CPF 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete www.rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BRW COB COR GAL L37 StP TUL UCD Bray Wanderers A 3–4 1–0 2–2 3–0 4–0 9–0 1–5 Cobh Ramblers A 2–0 0–3 1–2 6–0 1–1 3–0 0–3 Cork City A 1–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 8–1 0–5 Galway United A 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 Limerick 37 A 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 4–3 St Patrick's Athletic A 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–4 3–0 0–2 Tullamore Town 1–5 1–2 0–4 2–1 1–1 0–4 0–8 UCD A 1–1 5–0 0–0 3–0 9–0 2–1 5–0 The match was awarded 3-0 to Cork City A after Cobh Ramblers A forfeited the game. The match was awarded 3-0 to UCD A after Cobh Ramblers A forfeited the game. The match was awarded 3-0 to Galway United A after Bray Wanderers A forfeited the game. complete Play-Offs A Championship Final Bohemians A and UCD A competed in a playoff to decide the overall A Championship title. UCD A won 2–1. 11 November 2008 19.45 GMT UCD A 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Bohemians A D. McMillan 85 E. McMillan 107 Madden 37 Ryan 0 Ennis 0 UCD Bowl http://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/S08011051/ UCD v Bohemians - A Championship Final Photos www.sportsfile.com 22 August 2016 11 November 2008 Promotion/Relegation Kildare County and Mervue United, the highest ranked non-reserve team from the A Championship, played off to see who would play in the 2009 First Division. 18 November 2008 20:00 Mervue United 2 – 2 Kildare County Keogh 10 Goldbey 28 Hughes 54 76 Fahy's Field Pádraig Sutton (Clare) 21 November 2008 19:45 Kildare County 0 – 3 Mervue United O'Brien 15Goldbey 64 81 Station Road Sean Grant (Wexford) Mervue United won 5–2 on aggregate and were promoted to the First Division. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ier08.html Ireland 2008 25 July 2016 RSSSF See also 2008 League of Ireland Premier Division 2008 League of Ireland First Division 2008 League of Ireland Cup References 3 Category:A Championship seasons Ireland Ireland