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2010 League of Ireland Premier Division

Summary

The 2010 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 26th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 10 teams. Shamrock Rovers were champions while Bohemians finished as runners-up.

League of Ireland Premier Division
Season2010
ChampionsShamrock Rovers (16th title)
UEFA Champions LeagueShamrock Rovers
UEFA Europa LeagueBohemians
Sligo Rovers
St. Patrick's Athletic
Setanta CupShamrock Rovers
Bohemians
Sligo Rovers
St. Patrick's Athletic
Dundalk
UCD
Matches played180
Goals scored479 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerGary Twigg: 20
(Shamrock Rovers)[1]
Biggest home winSligo Rovers 6–0 Drogheda United
Biggest away winBray Wanderers 0–6 UCD
Highest scoringSligo Rovers 4–3 Sporting Fingal
Longest winning runShamrock Rovers (6)
Longest unbeaten runShamrock Rovers (17)
Longest losing runDrogheda United (5)[citation needed]
Highest attendanceShamrock Rovers–St. Patrick's Athletic (5500)
Lowest attendanceBray Wanderers–Sligo Rovers (300)[citation needed]
Average attendance1,657[citation needed]
← 2009
2011 →

Teams edit

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Location of teams in the 2010 League of Ireland Premier Division
Team Base Stadium
Bohemians Phibsborough Dalymount Park
Bray Wanderers Bray Carlisle Grounds
Drogheda United Drogheda United Park
Dundalk Dundalk Oriel Park
Galway United Galway Terryland Park
Shamrock Rovers Tallaght Tallaght Stadium
Sligo Rovers Sligo The Showgrounds
Sporting Fingal Fingal Morton Stadium
St. Patrick's Athletic Inchicore Richmond Park
UCD Belfield UCD Bowl

Overview edit

Airtricity were announced as the new main sponsor for the League of Ireland on 26 February.[2][3] The prize fund for the season was set at €911,000.[4][5] The 2010 Premier Division featured 10 clubs. The regular season began on 5 March and concluded on 29 October. Each team played every other team four times, totalling 36 matches.[6] On the final day of the season, Shamrock Rovers won the title with a 2–2 draw away to Bray Wanderers.[7][8] Second placed Bohemians finished level on points with Rovers but lost out on goal difference.[9][10]

Final table edit

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shamrock Rovers (C) 36 19 10 7 57 34 +23 67 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Bohemians 36 19 10 7 50 29 +21 67 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3 Sligo Rovers 36 17 12 7 61 36 +25 63 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[a]
4 Sporting Fingal (R) 36 16 14 6 60 38 +22 62 Withdrew from league[b]
5 St Patrick's Athletic 36 16 9 11 55 33 +22 57 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
6 Dundalk 36 14 6 16 46 50 −4 48
7 UCD 36 11 8 17 47 54 −7 41
8 Galway United (O) 36 9 11 16 38 59 −21 38 Qualification to Relegation play-off
9 Bray Wanderers (O) 36 6 9 21 35 72 −37 27
10 Drogheda United 36 4 9 23 30 74 −44 21 Spared from relegation[c]
Source: [11][12]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Sligo Rovers qualified for the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round after winning the 2010 FAI Cup Final.
  2. ^ Sporting Fingal withdrew from League of Ireland due to financial difficulties shortly before the 2011 Premier Division season.
  3. ^ Drogheda United were originally relegated but retained there place in the Premier Division after Sporting Fingal withdrew.

Results edit

Matches 1–18 edit

Home \ Away BOH BRW DRO DUN GAL SHM SLI SFI StP UCD
Bohemians — 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0
Bray Wanderers 0–2 — 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–3 1–3 0–4 0–6
Drogheda United 2–4 0–0 — 1–3 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–3
Dundalk 1–0 2–3 2–2 — 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–0
Galway United 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 — 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 2–2
Shamrock Rovers 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 — 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0
Sligo Rovers 1–2 5–1 6–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 — 0–1 0–0 2–1
Sporting Fingal 0–2 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 — 2–3 1–2
St Patrick's Athletic 3–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 — 3–0
UCD 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 —
Source: loi.ie
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–36 edit

Home \ Away BOH BRW DRO DUN GAL SHM SLI SFI StP UCD
Bohemians — 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1
Bray Wanderers 0–3 — 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–2 1–3 0–3 3–2 2–2
Drogheda United 0–1 0–2 — 1–3 3–3 0–2 2–3 0–4 0–3 1–0
Dundalk 1–2 0–2 2–1 — 3–0 5–1 2–4 0–2 0–3 1–1
Galway United 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 — 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–4
Shamrock Rovers 3–0 4–1 2–0 4–0 3–0 — 1–0 1–2 2–1 4–1
Sligo Rovers 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 — 4–3 1–0 4–0
Sporting Fingal 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 3–3 1–1 — 2–2 4–1
St Patrick's Athletic 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 4–2 1–3 0–0 1–1 — 2–1
UCD 0–2 4–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–2 3–2 —
Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Scorer Team Goals
1   Gary Twigg Shamrock Rovers[1] 20
2   Pádraig Amond Sligo Rovers 17
3   Ciarán Kilduff UCD 15
4   Jake Kelly Bray Wanderers 14
5   Jason Byrne Bohemians 12
  Fahrudin Kuduzović Dundalk 12

Promotion/relegation play-off edit

The eighth and ninth placed teams from the Premier Division, Galway United and Bray Wanderers, played off after the regular season was completed. The winner would retain a place in the 2011 Premier Division. The loser would play off against the winner of the 2010 First Division play off. The winner of this match would also gain a place in the 2010 Premier Division.

Premier Division
2 November 2010 Galway United 1 – 0 Bray Wanderers Terryland Park
19:45 GMT Karl Sheppard   16'
Derek O'Brien   90+2'		 Report Adam Mitchell   82' Attendance: 1,432
Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

Galway United retain their place in the 2011 Premier Division

Premier Division v First Division
5 November 2010 Monaghan United 0 – 0 Bray Wanderers Kingspan Century Park
19.45 GMT Report Matt Gregg   89' Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)
8 November 2010 Bray Wanderers 1 – 1
(a.e.t.)
(7 – 6 p)		 Monaghan United Carlisle Grounds
19.45 GMT Jake Kelly   120+2' Report Chris Shields   118' (o.g.) Referee: Declan Hanney (Dublin)
Penalties
Gary Dempsey  
Jake Kelly  
Gary Shaw  
Dane Massey  
Danny O'Connor  

Daire Doyle  
Shane O'Neill  
Chris Shields  		   Karl Bermingham
  Philip Hughes
  Brian Gartland
  Barry Clancy
  Alan Byrne

  Dom Tierney
  Stephen McCrossan
  Paul Whelan

Bray Wanderers won 7 – 6 on penalties and retained their place in the Premier Division

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Airtricity generates buzz for League with three-year deal". extratime.ie. 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Airtricity named as new League sponsor". RTÉ. 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 1 March 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  4. ^ "FAI decide on Airtricity League prize fund". RTÉ. 5 March 2010. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  5. ^ "Domestic league prize money reduced". The Irish Times. 5 March 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  6. ^ "Ireland 2010". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  7. ^ "O'Neill relieved to seal title". RTÉ Sport. 30 October 2010. Archived from the original on 2 November 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  8. ^ "Shamrock hold nerve to claim Irish title". UEFA.com. 29 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  9. ^ "Twigg and Stewart clinch title for Rovers". The Irish Times. 31 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  10. ^ "Bohemians 3-1 Dundalk". RTÉ Sport. 29 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  11. ^ "Ireland 2010". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  12. ^ "Ireland 2011". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

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