2001–02 League of Ireland Premier Division

League of Ireland Premier Division 2001–02 Shelbourne FC (10th title) DundalkGalway UnitedMonaghan United UEFA Champions League Shelbourne FC UEFA Cup Shamrock RoversDundalk UEFA Intertoto Cup St Patrick's Athletic Glen Crowe: 21(Bohemians)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 Graham Alex Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921–2005 Soccer Books Limited 1-86223-135-4 2000–01 2002–03 The 2001–02 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 17th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. Shelbourne were crowned champions for the tenth time. Regular season The season saw each team playing three rounds of games, playing every other team three times, totalling 33 games. The 2002–03 season would see the League of Ireland Premier Division reduced from 12 to 10 teams. As a result, three teams were automatically relegated. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ierhist.html (Republic of) Ireland League Tables 6 July 2016 live RSSSF https://web.archive.org/web/20080221000146/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ierhist.html 21 February 2008 The season is best remembered for the controversy involving allegations of St Patrick's Athletic fielding ineligible players. St. Pat's originally had 9 points deducted for fielding Paul Marney in the first three games of the season. This was later revoked after arbitration. However Shelbourne appealed against this decision which was taken to the High Court where the appeal was rejected. It was then discovered by the Shelbourne chief executive, Ollie Byrne, that Charles Livingstone Mbabazi had not been registered by St. Pat's for the first five games of the season and so the club had 15 points deducted, three points for each game. The decision of the FAI appeal board to dismiss St. Pat's appeal in the Livingstone case saw Shelbourne confirmed as league champions.https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20026585.html St Pats keep mum 'til report published www.irishexaminer.com 14 July 2016 12 April 2002 Final table main WDL QR SHE Shelbourne SHM Shamrock Rovers StP St Patrick's Athletic BOH Bohemians DER Derry City COR Cork City UCD UCD BRW Bray Wanderers LON Longford Town DUN Dundalk GAL Galway United MON Monaghan United 19 6 8 50 28 17 6 10 54 32 C 20 8 5 59 29 -15 14 10 9 57 32 14 9 10 42 30 14 7 12 48 39 12 12 9 40 39 12 10 11 54 45 10 10 13 41 51 O 9 12 12 37 46 R 5 4 24 28 73 R 2 6 25 19 85 R St Patrick's Athletic had 15 points deducted for fielding an ineligible player. green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL1Q blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR yellow1 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 red2 Qualification to Relegation play-off RPO red1 UEFA Cup qualifying and relegation to First Division Dundalk qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round after winning the 2001–02 FAI Cup. UCREL red1 Relegation to League of Ireland First Division REL REL complete www.rsssf.com 5 Results Matches 1–22 main FBR BOH BRW COR DER DUN GAL LON MON SHM SHE StP UCD Shelbourne 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 3–0 3–1 Shamrock Rovers 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 St Patrick's Athletic 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 Bohemians 4–6 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 6–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 Derry City 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 Cork City 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 4–0 2–0 UCD 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 Bray Wanderers 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 5–1 5–1 2–0 5–0 Longford Town 1–0 1–2 3–3 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–3 3–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 Dundalk 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 3–0 Galway United 0–1 0–2 0–4 1–5 0–1 0–3 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 8–0 Monaghan United 0–1 2–3 0–4 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–4 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 complete Matches 23–33 main FBR BOH BRW COR DER DUN GAL LON MON SHM SHE StP UCD Shelbourne null 2–1 null 1–1 null null null 3–0 null 2–0 null Shamrock Rovers 0–2 null null null null 3–1 null null 4–1 3–0 3–2 St Patrick's Athletic null 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–2 null 2–1 null null 3–1 2–1 Bohemians 4–0 1–1 null 1–0 null 3–0 null 1–0 null null 3–0 Derry City null 3–0 null null 1–0 1–1 1–2 null null null 6–1 Cork City 0–1 0–2 null 0–3 null null null null 0–0 null 5–1 UCD 2–3 null 0–0 null null 1–1 0–0 1–2 null 3–1 null Bray Wanderers 0–0 2–1 null 2–2 null 0–2 null 4–1 1–2 null null Longford Town null 1–5 1–1 null 1–0 0–0 null null 1–3 null 2–0 Dundalk 1–2 null 0–1 3–1 4–2 null 1–1 null null 1–1 null Galway United null null null 1–5 2–3 1–2 null 3–5 0–2 null null Monaghan United 1–0 null null null null null 0–3 0–3 null 0–3 1–2 complete Promotion/relegation play-off Longford Town who finished in ninth place played off against Finn Harps, the third placed team from the 2001–02 League of Ireland First Division. 1st leg 20 May 2002 Longford Town 1–0 Finn Harps 2nd leg 23 May 2002 Finn Harps 3–2 Longford Town Longford Town win 6-5 on penalties after extra time and retain their place in the Premier Division. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ier2hist.html (Republic of) Ireland League Tables - Second Level 10 July 2016 live RSSSF https://web.archive.org/web/20090603033056/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ier2hist.html 3 June 2009 Ireland Map of the Republic of Ireland with the twelve League of Ireland Premier Division teams Locations of the Premier Division teams right 280 Ireland Cork City #FFFFFF 51.897 -8.47 Ireland Longford Town left #FFFFFF 53.727 -7.799 Ireland Bray Wanderers bottom #FFFFFF 53.2 -6.11 Ireland Derry City #FFFFFF right 54.995 -7.30 Ireland Dublin 12 #FFFFFF left N 53 20 52 W 6 15 35 Ireland N 54 0 32 W 6 24 18 bottom #FFFFFF Dundalk Ireland Galway United bottom #FFFFFF N 53 16 19 W 9 2 56 Ireland Monaghan United left #FFFFFF 54.247 -6.97 Ireland TransparentPlaceholder.png 1 N 55 24 W 10 57 right #FFFFFF Dublin teamsBohemiansShamrock RoversShelbourneSt Patrick's AthleticUCD See also 2001–02 Shelbourne F.C. season 2001–02 League of Ireland First Division References Ireland Category:League of Ireland Premier Division seasons