2008 League of Ireland First Division

League of Ireland First Division 2008 Dundalk Robbie Doyle: 16 (Sporting Fingal)https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iertops.html Ireland - List of Topscorers 6 July 2016 live RSSSF https://web.archive.org/web/20120406093820/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html 6 April 2012 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 Team Base Manager Main sponsor Kit supplier Stadium Capacity Athlone Town Athlone Ireland Brendan Place Ganly's Hardware O'Neills Athlone Town Stadium 2,000 Dundalk Dundalk Ireland John Gill IJM Umbro Oriel Park 6,000 Kildare County Newbridge Ireland Joe Somerville Cill Dara Betting O'Neills Station Road 2,500 Limerick 37 Limerick Ireland Michael Kerley Limerick's Live 95FM Jako Jackman Park 8,000 Longford Town Longford Ireland Alan Gough Flancare Umbro Flancare Park 4,500 Monaghan United Monaghan Ireland Mick Cooke The Squeeling Pig Nike Century Homes Park 3,000 Shelbourne Drumcondra Ireland Dermot Keely Cab 2000 Umbro Tolka Park 9,700 Sporting Fingal Fingal Ireland Liam Buckley Keelings O'Neills Morton Stadium 10,000 Waterford United Waterford Ireland Gareth Cronin Hutchison 3G Azzurri Waterford RSC 8,000 Wexford Youths Crossabeg Ireland Mick Wallace Wallace Construction O'Neills Ferrycarraig Park 5,000 Overview 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.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ier08.html Ireland 2008 25 July 2016 RSSSF Final table main WDL QR 5 y DUN Dundalk SHE Shelbourne WAT Waterford United SFI Sporting Fingal L37 Limerick 37 MON Monaghan United WEX Wexford Youths LON Longford Town ATH Athlone Town KIL Kildare County 21 8 7 69 30 C 20 10 6 55 25 18 9 9 55 35 17 11 8 53 32 15 7 14 49 45 13 8 15 38 51 10 7 19 36 51 9 8 19 36 55 6 14 16 23 51 6 8 22 34 73 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 . green1 Premier Division PD red1 Lost promotion/relegation play-off LPRPO 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ier08.html Ireland 2008 25 July 2016 RSSSF Results Matches 1 to 18 main FBR grey ATH DUN KIL L37 LON MON SHE SFI WAT WEX Athlone Town 0–3 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 3–1 Dundalk 1–0 6–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 1–3 3–2 1–0 2–1 Kildare County 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 4–0 1–3 0–2 1–2 2–0 Limerick 37 0–0 1–2 4–0 2–1 2–2 0–3 1–3 0–3 2–0 Longford Town 3–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 5–1 0–2 0–1 Monaghan United 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 Shelbourne 2–0 0–0 5–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 Sporting Fingal 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 Waterford United 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 Wexford Youths 2–0 0–5 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–2 complete www.rsssf.com Rounds 19 and 36 main FBR grey ATH DUN KIL L37 LON MON SHE SFI WAT WEX Athlone Town 2–2 3–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 Dundalk 7–0 4–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 Kildare County 1–0 1–6 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 Limerick 37 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 5–1 1–1 Longford Town 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–4 Monaghan United 3–0 2–2 3–3 0–2 5–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 Shelbourne 3–3 0–0 3–1 1–1 5–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 Sporting Fingal 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–3 Waterford United 3–0 0–1 3–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 Wexford Youths 0–0 3–1 0–1 3–0 0–2 1–3 0–3 2–2 1–1 complete www.rsssf.com Promotion/relegation play-offs 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 20:00 Mervue United 2 – 2 https://archive.today/20130217225000/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1118/mervue_kildare.html Report Kildare County Keogh 10 Goldbey 28 Hughes 54 76 Fahy's Field Pádraig Sutton (Clare) 21 November 2008 19:45 Kildare County 0 – 3 Report 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 Top scorers GoalscorersGoalsTeamIRL Robbie Doyle16 Sporting Fingalhttps://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iertops.html Ireland - List of Topscorers 6 July 2016 live RSSSF https://web.archive.org/web/20120406093820/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html 6 April 2012 IRL Anthony Flood15ShelbourneIRL Darren McKenna 13Longford TownIRL Robbie Farrell 11DundalkIRL Vinny Sullivan11Waterford United Gallery See also 2008 League of Ireland Premier Division 2008 League of Ireland Cup 2008 A Championship References Category:2008 League of Ireland Category:2008 in Republic of Ireland association football leagues Category:League of Ireland First Division seasons Ireland Ireland