Thanks to Julian Canny, Malcolm Hodgson, Allard Doesburg and Romeo Ionescu for the information on which the table is based and Donald Crowther of the FA of Ireland for information on the whereabouts of some clubs. Special thanks to Julian Canny for fruitful discussions and additional information and of course for clearing up my confusion on all the various Cork teams. Still additional information from (english) Wikipedia. 1921/22-37 Irish freestate, 1937/38 - the present Republic of Ireland. Please note that each team, when namechanges have occured, are written with the name they used last. See the notes on namechanges for clarifications. After the 2002/03 season Ireland changed to spring- autumn system. An intermediate championship was played in the autumn of 2003.
THREE POINTS FOR A WIN TEAM S GP W D L GF GA P PA 1. Shamrock Rovers FC (Dublin) 89 2212 1073 536 603 4153 2772 3755 2. Bohemian FC (Dublin) 91 2261 996 533 732 3704 3036 3516 (-5) 3. Shelbourne FC (Dublin) 83 2026 872 495 659 3549 2928 3103 (-8) 4. Dundalk FC 77 1871 800 453 618 3142 2676 2853 5. St Patrick's AFC (Dublin) 61 1705 695 451 559 2498 2288 2521 (-15) 6. Waterford United FC 62 1529 620 340 569 2674 2537 2200 7. Sligo Rovers FC 59 1555 535 368 652 2267 2639 1973 8. Limerick FC 56 1368 459 303 606 1930 2189 1680 9. Cork City FC (NEW) 26 837 373 236 228 1125 838 1342 (-13) 10.Drogheda United FC 39 1137 324 318 495 1346 1719 1279 (-11) 11.Derry City FC 24 793 342 232 219 1063 719 1258 12.Drumcondra FC (Dublin) 44 894 347 205 342 1571 1632 1246 13.Athlone Town AFC 30 794 302 178 314 1183 1211 1084 14.Finn Harps FC (Ballybofey) 23 671 265 149 257 1040 995 944 15.Cork Celtic FC 28 659 258 150 251 1151 1075 924 16.Galway United FC 26 812 208 208 396 874 1360 832 17.University College Dublin AFC 23 720 193 205 322 727 1008 784 18.Cork United FC (OLD) 26 494 232 82 180 1119 931 780 (2) 19.Cork Hibernians FC 19 443 191 111 141 735 608 684 20.St James's Gate FC 23 440 175 69 196 940 863 594 21.Bray Wanderers AFC 16 516 127 137 252 523 811 518 22.Dublin City FC 17 475 109 102 264 495 856 429 23.Brideville FC (Dublin) 16 314 94 71 149 540 725 353 24.Bray Unknowns FC 19 372 93 58 221 599 1026 337 25.Longford Town FC 9 291 85 83 123 297 384 332 (-6) 26.Transport FC (Dublin) 14 296 78 63 155 434 661 297 27.Cork Athletic FC 8 164 70 30 64 326 322 240 28.Dolphin FC (Dublin) 7 142 68 25 49 314 265 229 29.Jacobs FC (Dublin) 11 206 47 41 118 301 529 182 30.Cork United FC (NEWER) 5 146 40 33 73 151 224 153 31.Thurles Town FC 5 150 28 32 90 167 340 116 32.Cobh Ramblers FC 4 131 25 36 70 116 201 111 33.Monaghan United FC 3 98 20 18 60 82 198 78 34.Shelbourne United FC (Dublin) 2 40 20 6 14 73 68 66 35.Sporting Fingal FC 1 36 16 14 6 60 38 62 36.Pioneers FC (Dublin) 4 76 13 5 58 95 272 44 37.Reds United FC (Dublin) 1 22 12 1 9 45 47 37 38.Olympia FC (Dublin) 2 36 7 11 18 33 78 32 39.Dublin United FC 2 36 9 3 24 55 109 30 40.Brooklyn FC (Dublin) 2 36 8 5 23 47 94 29 41.Midland AFC (Dublin) 2 40 9 2 29 43 130 29 42.Cork Bohemians FC 2 36 6 10 20 48 79 28 43.Kilkenny City AFC 2 66 5 13 48 41 129 28 44.Frankfort FC (Dublin) 1 14 3 5 6 22 32 14 45.Rathmines AFC (Dublin) 1 22 2 1 19 21 74 7 46.YMCA (Dublin) 1 14 0 3 11 17 43 3NOTES ON POINT DEDUCTIONS AND SUCH:
* Bohemians had two points deducted during the 1925/26 season which were given to Fordsons, which thus had points awarded to them. * The championship playoff during the 1970/71 season between Cork Hibernians and Shamrock Rovers which ended 3-1 is counted in the table. * 1981/82 Ireland had a pointsystem devised as such: 4 points for an awaywin, 3 points for a homewin, 2 points for an awaydraw, 1 point for a homedraw and of course 0 points for a defeat. I have however counted 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a defeat. * Drogheda United had one point deducted during the 1991/92-season. * Cork City had three points deducted during the 1995/96-season. * St. Patricks had fifteen points deducted during the 2001/02-season for on five different occasions fielding an ineligible player. * Shelbourne had 8 points deducted during the 2005-season for financial irregularities in license application. * Bohemians had 3 points deducted for fielding a suspended player in a game during the 2006-season. * Dublin City withdrew after 17 games of the 2006-season because of financial difficulties. They had achieved the following when they withdrew: 17 4 3 10 11-24 15. * Longford Town had six points deducted during 2007-season for breach of their club license agreement. * 2008: Cork City and Drogheda United each deducted 10 points for being involved in an examinership process.
NOTES ON NAMECHANGES:
* Fordsons joined the league in 1925, changed their name to Cork in 1930, to Cork City in 1938 and finally to Cork United 1939 which left
the league in 1948.
* Cork Bohemians joined in 1932 and left in 1934.
* Cork Athletic joined in 1948 and left in 1957.
* Evergreen United joined the league in 1951 and changed their name to Cork Celtic in 1959 which left the league in 1979.
* Cork Hibernians existed 1957/58 - 1975/76 and folded in 1976.
* Albert Rovers joined the league in 1976 and changed their name to Cork Albert and then to Cork Alberts in 1977. Two years later the club
changed name to Cork United and finally folded in 1982.
* The present day Cork City came into existence in 1984.
* Drogheda have also played under the name Drogheda United.
* Galway United have also played under the name Galway Rovers.
* Waterford was renamed Waterford United in 1982.
* Drumcondra merged into with Home Farm in 1972 as Home Farm, later called Home Farm Everton and Home Farm Fingal. From the 2001/02
season: Dublin City. All results written on Dublin City.
* Limerick existed from 1937-1979, then they changed to Limerick United. In 1983 the club was rearranged as Limerick City, in 1992 name
change to Limerick FC.
* Where Olympia came from is unknown, it was probably Dublin.
* Longford changed name to Longford Town in the 1990:s.
When the 2001/02-season started St. Patrick's Athletic and St. Francis had officially joined forces into St. Patricks's Athletic incorporating St. Francis. However, this amalgamation collapsed during the season so the results by that team are counted on St. Patrick's Athletics.
Gaelic names of towns mentioned:
Dublin = Baile Átha Cliath Cork = Corcaigh Derry = Doire Sligo = Sligeach Drogheda = Droichead Átha Dundalk = Dún Dealgan Ballybofey = Bealach Féich Galway = Gaillimh Athlone = Baile Átha Luain Waterford = Port Láirge Bray = Bré Longford = An Longfort Thurles = Durlas Éile Cobh = An Cobh Monaghan = Muineachán Kilkenny = Cill Chainnigh.
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