2011–12 Women's National League (Ireland)

Women's National League 2011–12 Peamount United UEFA Women's Champions League Peamount United Stephanie Roche (Peamount United):24 Peamount United13–0 Castlebar Celtic Castlebar Celtic 0–9 Peamount United Peamount United13–0 Castlebar Celtic 2012–13 The 2011–12 Women's National League season was the inaugural season of the Women's National League. The season was sponsored by Bus Éireann. Originally seven clubs were invited to join the league.Line-up for new Women's National League confirmed http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=101950&catid=49&Itemid=317 fai.ie 6 August 2011 3 August 2011Expressions of interest sought for Women's National League http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=101089:expressions-of-interest-sought-for-womens-national-league&catid=49:womens-programmes&Itemid=317 fai.ie 9 August 2011 9 August 2011 However shortly before the start of the season Bray Wanderers/St. Joseph's pulled out due to a lack of competitive players. This left six teams – Peamount United, Castlebar Celtic, Cork Women's F.C., Raheny United, Shamrock Rovers and Wexford Youths – to play the inaugural season.UEFA funding helps women's national football league launch in Republic of Ireland http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediainformation/newsid=1701812.html?rss=1701812+UEFA+funding+helps+women%92s+national+football+league+launch+in+Republic+of+Ireland UEFA 20 October 2011 20 October 2011March 2025 medicmedic The season began on 13 November 2011 with Wexford Youths and Castlebar Celtic drawing 2–2, Raheny United defeating Shamrock Rovers 5–0 and Stephanie Roche scoring a hat-trick as Peamount United defeated Cork Women's F.C. 6–1. On 12 February 2012 Roche scored six goals as Peamount United defeated Castlebar Celtic 13–0 at home. The return fixture on 15 April saw Peamount United win 9–0 with Roche scoring another hat-trick. The final round of games was played on 22 April 2012.http://wnl.fai.ie/images/2011-2013_WNL_Club_Results_and_Scorers.pdf wnl.fai.ie 2016-01-20 2015-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20151201035806/http://wnl.fai.ie/images/2011-2013_WNL_Club_Results_and_Scorers.pdf dead Peamount United were the inaugural champions, finishing three points clear of second placed Raheny United. They also completed a league double by winning the WNL Cup, defeating Shamrock Rovers 1–0 in the final on 6 May 2012.Peamount are crowned Bus Eireann Women's League Cup Final Winners http://wnl.fai.ie/news/113-peamount-are-crowned-cup-final-winners.html wnl.fai.ie 20 May 2013 6 May 2012 4 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120704133723/http://wnl.fai.ie/news/113-peamount-are-crowned-cup-final-winners.html dead Roche was the league's top goalscorer with 24 goals in the league itself plus two in the WNL Cup.http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/8315/roche-hopes-for-big-step-toward-euros/ Extratime.ie 8 September 2012 Roche hopes for big step toward Euros 16 June 2012 Niall Farrell 23 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120923084339/http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/8315/roche-hopes-for-big-step-toward-euros/ dead She scored the winner in the WNL Cup final.https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Keeping+family+loyalty+at+Bray%3B+BRAY+W+v+SHELBOURNE,+7.45.-a0290652175 Keeping family loyalty at Bray; BRAY W v SHELBOURNE, 7.45 25 May 2012 Daily Mirror 8 September 2012 Paul Dowling Roche formed a "devastating" strike partnership with Sara Lawlor who contributed 15 goals to Peamount United's league success. Lawlor was named Player of the Season at the inaugural end of season awards ceremony, while Emma Hansberry of Castlebar Celtic won the Young Player of the Season.http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish-soccer-league/2012/0501/319235-sara-lawlors-named-player-of-year/ Sara Lawlor named as National League Player of the Year www.rte.ie 18 February 2016 1 May 2012 Final table main WDL Q y PEA Peamount United RAH Raheny United COR Cork Women's F.C. WEX Wexford Youths CEL Castlebar Celtic SHA Shamrock Rovers 12 0 3 66 17 C 10 3 2 39 18 6 2 7 22 29 5 5 5 21 32 3 4 8 30 57 1 2 12 13 38 #D0F0C0 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League CL complete 2011–12 Women's National League, Rsssf http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ier-wom2012.html Ireland (Women) 2011/12 and 2012 January 9, 2016 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304225446/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ier-wom2012.html bot: unknown http://wnl.fai.ie/2011-10-18-18-37-48/statistics/statistics-201112.html Statistics 2011/12 - Continental Tyres Womens National League wnl.fai.ie 9 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160114220131/http://wnl.fai.ie/2011-10-18-18-37-48/statistics/statistics-201112.html 14 January 2016 dead dmy-all Top goalscorers thumb|right|200px|Republic of Ireland international, Stephanie Roche, the season's top goalscorer with 24 goals Goals PlayerClub24 Stephanie Roche Peamount United15 Sara Lawlor Peamount United13 Emma Mullin Castlebar Celtic8 Rebecca Creagh Raheny United8 Siobhán Killeen Raheny United Team of the Season 1 GK Linda Meehan Peamount United 2 DF Seana Cooke Raheny United 3 DF Louise Quinn Peamount United 4 DF Emma Farmer Cork Women's F.C. 5 DF Nicola Dunphy Wexford Youths 6 MF Rebecca Creagh Raheny United 7 MF Denise O'Sullivan Cork Women's F.C. 8 MF Emma Hansberry Castlebar Celtic 9 FW Sara Lawlor Peamount United 10 FW Rachel Jenkins Shamrock Rovers 11 FW Stephanie Roche Peamount United Source:http://wnl.fai.ie/news/110-wnl-award-winners-announced.html WNL Award Winners Announced wnl.fai.ie 18 February 2016 1 May 2012 24 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180524082708/http://wnl.fai.ie/news/110-wnl-award-winners-announced.html dead References 2 2011–12 National League Category:2011 in Republic of Ireland association football leagues Category:2012 in Republic of Ireland association football leagues Ireland, Republic of