2012 League of Ireland First Division

League of Ireland First Division 2012 Limerick 112 305 Danny Furlong: 13(Wexford Youths)Kevin McHugh: 13 (Finn Harps)Sean Maguire: 13(Waterford United)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 2011 2013 The 2012 League of Ireland First Division season was the 28th season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by 8 teams and Limerick won the title. Teams Ireland Map of the Republic of Ireland with the eight League of Ireland First Division teams Locations of First Division teams right 280 Ireland N 53 26 0 W 7 57 0 right #FFFFFF Athlone Town 85 Ireland N 54 48 0 W 7 47 24 right #FFFFFF Finn Harps 85 Ireland N 52 39 55 W 8 37 26 right #FFFFFF Limerick 85 Ireland N 53 43 37 W 7 47 59 left #FFFFFF Ireland N 53 16 19 W 9 2 56 left #FFFFFF Mervue UnitedSD Galway 85 7 Ireland N 52 15 24 W 7 7 45 bottom #FFFFFF Waterford United 85 4 Ireland N 52 23 6 W 6 29 42 top #FFFFFF Wexford Youths 85 Ireland N 53 43 37 W 8 11 0 left #FFFFFF Longford Town 85 TransparentPlaceholder.png Team Location Manager Stadium Athlone Town Athlone IRL Mike Kerley Athlone Town Stadium Finn Harps Ballybofey NIR Peter Hutton Finn Park Limerick Limerick IRL Pat Scully Jackman Park Longford Town Longford IRL Tony Cousins Flancare Park Mervue United Galway IRL Johnny Glynn Fahy's Field SD Galway Galway IRL Tony Mannion Terryland Park Waterford United Waterford IRL Paul O'Brien Waterford RSC Wexford Youths Wexford IRL Shane Keegan Ferrycarraig Park Overview Due to the expansion of the Premier Division, coupled with the withdrawal of Galway United during the off-season, the 2012 First Division consisted of just eight teams. Applications to join the Division from Cobh Ramblers and Tralee Dynamos, both of whom had played in the 2011 A Championship, were rejected. Each team played every other team four times, totalling twenty eight games.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ier2012.html Ireland 2012 RSSSF 8 August 2016https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerry/sport/soccer/dyanmos-face-stiff-opposition-for-league-berth/27413941.html Dynamos face stiff opposition for league berth kerryman.ie 2011-12-20 Final table main WDL 5 QR y LIM Limerick WAT Waterford United LON Longford Town WEX Wexford Youths FHA Finn Harps ATH Athlone Town MER Mervue United SDG SD Galway 20 2 6 51 20 C,P 18 4 6 46 29 15 5 8 42 33 11 6 11 45 40 10 6 12 40 43 8 5 15 25 41 6 5 17 34 49 5 5 18 23 51 Salthill Devon changed their name to SD Galway green1 Promoted to Premier Division PRO green2 Lost promotion/relegation play-offs PR PR complete http://thescore.thejournal.ie/salthill-devon-set-to-rebrand-and-play-at-terryland-337743-Jan2012/ Salthill Devon set to rebrand and play at Terryland · The Score Thescore.thejournal.ie 26 January 2012 Results Matches 1–14 main FBR grey ATH FHA LIM LON MER SDG WAT WEX Athlone Town 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–4 0–1 Finn Harps 1–2 1–3 1–3 4–3 3–0 0–1 0–1 Limerick 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 4–0 Longford Town 2–1 1–3 0–2 4–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 Mervue United 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 SD Galway 0–1 1–5 2–5 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 Waterford United 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–2 3–1 1–0 4–0 Wexford Youths 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 6–0 complete www.rsssf.com Matches 15–28 main FBR grey ATH FHA LIM LON MER SDG WAT WEX Athlone Town 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 2–3 0–3 Finn Harps 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 3–3 Limerick 1–0 3–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 Longford Town 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 Mervue United 2–0 1–1 0–3 4–5 0–0 0–2 0–0 SD Galway 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–2 Waterford United 0–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–2 3–0 1–2 Wexford Youths 4–2 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–2 4–1 1–2 complete www.rsssf.com Promotion/relegation play-off The second and third placed First Division teams, Waterford United and Longford Town, played off to decide who would play Dundalk, the eleventh placed team from the Premier Division. The winner of this play off would play in the 2013 Premier Division. First Division 20 October 2012 Longford Town 0–2 [ Report] Waterford United Peter White 1Craig Burns 52 Flancare Parkhttp://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/9148/longford-town-0---2-waterford-united/ Longford Town 0 – 2 Waterford United O'Flaherty Deniese 21 October 2012 extratime.ie 10 March 2013 550 Kevin O'Regan (Kerry) 26 October 2012 Waterford United 1–1 [ Report] Longford Town Kirby ? Peter Higgins 9 Waterford RSChttp://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish-soccer-league/2012/1026/343327-waterford-progress-to-play-off-with-dundalk/ Waterford United 1–1 Longford Town (Agg 3–1) 26 October 2012 RTÉ News 10 March 2013 Keith Callanan Waterford United win 3–1 on aggregate First Division v Premier Division 30 October 2012 Dundalk 2–2 [ Report] Waterford United Lorcan Shannon 23Stephen McDonnell 75 Paul Phelan 50Ben Ryan 60 Oriel Parkhttp://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish-soccer-league/2012/1030/343651-dundalk-v-waterford-united/ Dundalk 2–2 Waterford United 30 October 2012 RTÉ News 10 March 2013 Paul McLaughlin (Monaghan) 2 November 2012 Waterford United 0–2 [ Report] Dundalk Michael Rafter 45 68 Waterford RSChttp://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish-soccer-league/2012/1102/344086-waterford-united-v-dundalk/ Waterford United 0–2 Dundalk (agg 2–4) 2 November 2012 RTÉ News 10 March 2013 3,000 Padraig Sutton (Clare) Dundalk win 4–2 on aggregate and retained their place in the Premier Division. Waterford United appealed the result of the playoff, claiming Michael Rafter was ineligible as Dundalk had incorrectly registered him when they signed him earlier that season. However the appeal was unsuccessful. http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish-soccer-league/2012/1107/344671-waterford-to-appeal-dundalk-play-off-result/ Waterford to appeal Dundalk play-off result 7 November 2012 RTÉ News 10 March 2013http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/fai-dismiss-waterford-protest-1.1079619 FAI dismiss Waterford protest 14 November 2012 The Irish Times 10 March 2013 Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1Ireland Danny FurlongWexford Youths13Ireland Kevin McHughFinn Harps13Ireland Sean MaguireWaterford United134Ireland Tom ElmesWexford Youths115Ireland Shane TracyLimerick10Ireland Rory GaffneyLimerick10 See also 2012 League of Ireland Premier Division 2012 League of Ireland Cup References Category:2012 League of Ireland Category:2012 in Republic of Ireland association football leagues Category:League of Ireland First Division seasons Ireland Ireland