League of Ireland First Division
Season2011
ChampionsCork City
PromotedShelbourne
Monaghan United
Top goalscorerGraham Cummins: 24
(Cork City) [1]
Biggest home winLimerick 6–0 Wexford Youths
Biggest away winAthlone Town 0–7 Cork City
Highest scoringWexford Youths 3–5 Mervue United
← 2010
2012 →

The 2011 League of Ireland First Division season was the 27th season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by 11 teams and Cork City won the title.

Teams

Map of the Republic of Ireland with the twelve League of Ireland First Division teams
Athlone Town
Cork City
Finn Harps
Limerick
2011 League of Ireland First Division
Mervue United Salthill Devon
Monaghan United
Shelbourne
Waterford United
Wexford Youths
Longford Town
2011 League of Ireland First Division teams
Team Base Stadium
Athlone Town Athlone Athlone Town Stadium
Cork City Cork Turner's Cross
Finn Harps Ballybofey Finn Park
Limerick Limerick Jackman Park
Longford Town Longford Flancare Park
Mervue United Galway Terryland Park
Monaghan United Monaghan Kingspan Century Park
Salthill Devon Salthill Drom Soccer Park
Shelbourne Drumcondra Tolka Park
Waterford United Waterford Waterford RSC
Wexford Youths Crossabeg Ferrycarraig Park

Overview

This season the division featured 11 clubs. This was because Sporting Fingal withdrew from the Premier Division shortly before the season was due to start. Drogheda United, who were originally due to play in the 2011 First Division after being relegated from the 2010 Premier Division, were drafted in to replace Sporting Fingal in the top division. Each team played the other teams three times, totaling 30 games. Cork City finished as champions and were automatically promoted to the Premier Division. Runners up Shelbourne were also promoted, as were third placed Monaghan United after winning a play-off.[2]

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cork City (C, P) 30 20 9 1 73 26 +47 69 Promoted to Premier Division
2 Shelbourne (P) 30 22 2 6 62 24 +38 68 Promoted to Premier Division
3 Monaghan United (P) 30 21 4 5 60 27 +33 67 Promoted to Premier Division after play-off
4 Limerick 30 20 6 4 49 22 +27 66
5 Waterford United 30 13 3 14 37 31 +6 42
6 Longford Town 30 12 4 14 38 41 −3 40
7 Mervue United 30 10 4 16 37 45 −8 34
8 Athlone Town 30 9 5 16 25 53 −28 32
9 Finn Harps 30 8 4 18 29 45 −16 28
10 Wexford Youths 30 4 2 24 29 69 −40 14
11 Salthill Devon 30 2 5 23 18 74 −56 11
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Matches 1–20

Home \ Away ATH COR FHA LIM LON MER MON SAL SHE WAT WEX
Athlone Town 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–4 0–3 2–0
Cork City 2–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 4–1 2–3 1–0
Finn Harps 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–1
Limerick 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 0–3 1–0 0–1
Longford Town 2–0 1–3 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–1
Mervue United 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–0
Monaghan United 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–1
Salthill Devon 1–1 1–5 0–4 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–5 0–1 0–2 2–1
Shelbourne 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–3 4–1 2–1 4–2
Waterford United 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 4–0 0–1 0–1
Wexford Youths 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–3 0–2 3–5 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–2
Source: www.rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 21–30

Home \ Away ATH COR FHA LIM LON MER MON SAL SHE WAT WEX
Athlone Town 0–7 0–1 4–1 0–5 0–2
Cork City 5–2 3–3 3–1 3–1 2–2
Finn Harps 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–0 4–1
Limerick 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 6–0
Longford Town 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–1
Mervue United 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–2
Monaghan United 0–1 3–2 3–0 3–1 2–0
Salthill Devon 1–3 0–4 0–5 1–4 1–3
Shelbourne 1–2 4–0 1–2 1–2 3–0
Waterford United 5–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 1–0
Wexford Youths 3–3 1–3 0–3 5–2 0–2
Source: www.rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-off

Galway United, the tenth-placed team in the 2011 Premier Division, and Monaghan United, the third-placed team of the First Division, played off to see who would play in the 2012 Premier Division. The playoff was contested in a two-legged format.[2]

1 November 2011 Monaghan United 2 – 0 Galway United Kingspan Century Park
19.45 GMT Isichei 13'
S. Brennan 87'
4 November 2011 Galway United 1 – 3 Monaghan United Terryland Park
19.45 GMT Murphy 82' 26', 33' O'Brien
51' R. Brennan

Monaghan United won 5–1 on aggregate and were promoted to the Premier Division. Galway United were relegated to the First Division.

Awards

Top Goalscorers

Scorer Club Goals
Republic of Ireland Graham Cummins Cork City[1] 24
Republic of Ireland Philip Hughes Shelbourne 20
Republic of Ireland David Cassidy Shelbourne 15
Republic of Ireland Sean Brennan Monaghan United 14
Republic of Ireland Conan Byrne Shelbourne 13

Player of the Year

Winner Club
Republic of Ireland Graham Cummins Cork City[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Ireland 2011". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Zayed scoops Player of the Year award". extratime.ie. 13 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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