Ireland 2002/03


Premier Division

Final Table:

 1.Bohemians                 27 15  9  3 47-27 54  Champions
 2.Shelbourne                27 15  4  8 44-26 49  UEFA Cup
 3.Shamrock Rovers           27 12  7  8 42-29 43  UI Cup
 4.Cork City                 27 11  6 10 37-34 39
 5.Longford Town             27  8 11  8 25-29 35
 6.University College Dublin 27  8  9 10 23-25 33
 7.Saint Patrick's Athletic  27  8  9 10 27-33 33
 8.Derry City                27  8  7 12 31-37 31
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 9.Drogheda United           27  8  6 13 26-40 30  Relegation Playoff
-------------------------------------------------
10.Bray Wanderers            27  4  8 15 31-53 20  Relegated

NB: 9 point penalty for Longford Town (for playing Avery John 
    against Cork City, Bohemians and Bray Wanderers in rounds
    9, 10 and 11) revoked on appeal

Round 1
[Jul 5]
Bohemians       2-1 UCD 
  [Keegan 38, Ryan 69; Doyle 26]
Bray Wanderers  2-2 Longford Town 
  [Lynch 10, O'Connor 55; Lavine 15, 66]
Cork City       3-0 Shelbourne 
  [O'Callaghan 14, O'Flynn 44, 82]
Drogheda United 2-1 Derry City 
  [Dempsey 11, Gallagher 70; Coyle 40pen]
[Aug 5]
Shamrock Rovers 0-1 St. Patrick's Athletic 
  [Bird 12]

Round 2
[Jul 11]
Derry City      1-2 Shamrock Rovers
  [Hargan 90; Kenny 17, Robinson 72]
Shelbourne      3-3 Drogheda United
  [Cronin 6og, S Byrne 37, Molloy 53; Delaney 36, 43, Taylor 69]
[Jul 12]
UCD             1-1 Bray Wanderers 
  [Tresson 86og; Byrne 46]
[Jul 13]
Longford Town   1-2 Bohemians 
  [Robinson 57; Crowe 46pen, Morrisson 85]
[Sep 16]
St Pat's        4-1 Cork City
  [McCarthy 35, Carey 45og, Bird 50, Livingstone 61; O'Callaghan 76]

Round 3
[Jul 19]
Bohemians       3-2 Derry City 
  [Ryan 45, Crowe 52, Caffrey 79; Martyn 85, Beckett 90]
Cork City       3-2 UCD  
  [O'Flynn 14, 73, Woods 39; R Martin 18, Doyle 75pen]
Drogheda United 1-2 St. Patrick's Athletic 
  [Delaney 2; Maguire 18, Hughes 77]
[Jul 21]
Shamrock Rovers 0-1 Longford Town 
  [Kirby 69]
[Aug 5]
Bray Wanderers  1-5 Shelbourne      
  [Byrne 59; Crawford 29, Prenderville 63, Crawley 71pen, S Byrne 83,
   Roberts 89]

Round 4
[Aug 1]
Derry City      1-1 Longford Town
  [Beckett 37; Savic 57]
[Aug 2]
Bohemians       3-2 Shamrock Rovers
  [Keegan 24, Crowe 31, 78; Hunt, O'Keeffe 90]
UCD             1-3 Shelbourne
  [McDonnell 80; S Byrne 45, McCarthy 58, Geoghegan 69]
[Aug 4]
Drogheda United 1-0 Cork City
  [Myler 36pen]
[Sep 23]
St. Pat's       1-2 Bray Wanderers
  [Foley 59; Forsyth 2, Byrne 86]

Round 5
[Aug 9]
Shelbourne      1-2 St. Patrick's Athletic 
  [Cahill 79; Russell 18pen, Bird 70]
[Aug 10]
Longford        2-1 Drogheda United
  [Lavine 25, crowe 90; Myler 82]
[Aug 11]
Cork City       3-1 Derry City
  [Bennett 7, 60, O'Flynn 63; Friars 67]
Bray Wanderers  1-1 Bohemians
  [Fox 81; Lynch 67og]
Shamrock Rovers 0-0 UCD

Round 6 [Aug 23]
Cork City       3-0 Bray Wanderers
  [O'Flynn 12, O'Halloran 33, O'Callaghan 70]
Drogheda United 3-2 Shamrock Rovers
  [Kelly 3, 54, Myler 78; Byrne 58, Hunt 61]
St. Patrick's   1-1 Bohemians
  [Russell 75; Crowe 39]
Shelbourne      3-0 Longford Town
  [S Byrne 36, Cahill 47, Crawford 71]
UCD             0-2 Derry City
  [Beckett 34, Martyn 82]

Round 7
[Aug 29]
Derry City      2-0 St. Patrick's
  [Kelly 34, Martyn 90]
[Aug 30]
Bohemians       1-1 Cork City
  [McNally 90; O'Flynn 34]
Bray Wanderers  3-2 Drogheda United
  [O'Connor 7, Byrne 67, 86; O'Brien 88, 90pen]
[Aug 31]
Longford Town   1-1 UCD
  [Lavine 59; Doyle 73]
[Sep 2]
Shamrock Rovers 0-0 Shelbourne

Round 8 [Sep 13]
Bray Wanderers  3-3 Derry City
  [Byrne 14, 75, Gormley 60pen; Hargan 17, 33, Kelly 57]
Cork City       3-2 Shamrock Rovers
  [Woods 57, 65, Mulligan 67; Keddy 35, Hunt 48]
Drogheda United 1-0 UCD
  [O'Connor 48]
St. Patrick's   2-2 Longford Town
  [Dillon 10og, Bird 83; Crowe 38, Mulvihill 90]
Shelbourne      1-2 Bohemians
  [R Baker 80; Keegan 29, Crowe 43]

Round 9
[Sep 19]
Derry City      1-0 Shelbourne
  [McGlynn 33]
[Sep 20]
Bohemians       3-1 Drogheda United
  [O'Neill 5, Ryan 54, Hawkins 84; Taylor 15]
Shamrock Rovers 2-1 Bray Wanderers
  [S Grant 22, Hunt 80; O'Connor 71]
UCD             1-0 St. Patrick's
  [Sullivan 61]
[Sep 21]
Longford Town   3-2 Cork City
  [Lavine 4, 49, Perth 32pen; Woods 8, C T O'Brien 43]

Round 10
[Sep 26]
Derry City      2-1 Drogheda United
  [Friars 42, Coyle 47; Tierney 2]
[Sep 27]
St. Patrick's   1-2 Shamrock Rovers
  [McCarthy 52; Hunt 39, Robinson 86]
Shelbourne      2-1 Cork City
  [Gannon 58, Geoghegan 88; O'Flynn 45]
UCD             1-2 Bohemians
  [J Martin 2; Caffrey 28, Coughlan 50]
[Sep 28]
Longford Town   1-0 Bray Wanderers
  [Lavine 43]

Round 11
[Oct 2]
Bohemians       1-0 Longford Town
  [Crowe 42]
[Oct 4]
Bray Wanderers  0-0 UCD
Drogheda United 0-3 Shelbourne
  [Roberts 34, Prenderville 56, Crawley 83pen]
[Nov 4]
Cork City       2-0 St. Patrick's
  [O'Flynn 84, C.P. O'Brien 90]
[Dec 16]
Shamrock Rovers 3-1 Derry City
  [Hunt 39, S Grant 65, Caffrey 77; Hutton 1 (9'')]

Round 12
[Oct 11]
Drogheda United 0-1 Longford Town
  [Ferguson 81pen]
St. Patrick's   2-2 Shelbourne
  [Marney 30, Foley 53; Geoghegan 31, 86]
UCD             1-2 Shamrock Roivers
  [McNally 89; Hunt 17, T Grant 77]
[Oct 13]
Bohemians       4-0 Bray Wanderers
  [Crowe 1, 41, 52, Keegan 20]
Derry City      0-0 Cork City

Round 13
[Oct 18]
Bray Wanderers  0-0 St Patrick's
Shelbourne      2-1 UCD
  [Roberts 36, D Byrne 37; Doyle 27]
[Oct 19]
Longford Town   1-1 Derry City
  [Kirby 59; Coyle 80]
[Oct 20]
Cork City       1-0 Drogheda United
  [O'Callaghan 8]
Shamrock Rovers 1-1 Bohemians
  [T Grant 90pen; Crowe 11]

Round 14
[Oct 25]
Bohemians       1-1 St Patrick's
  [Harkin 46; McCarthy 34]
Bray Wanderers  2-3 Cork City
  [Tresson 43, Zayed 80; Murray 35, O'Callaghan 51, Woods 58]
[Oct 26]
Longford        0-2 Shelbourne
  [Cahill 53, Roberts 65]
[Nov 5]
Shamrock Rovers 5-0 Drogheda United
  [Hunt 2, 90, Scully 24, Robinson 29, T Grant 31]
[Nov 12]
Derry City      1-0 UCD
  [Hughes 77]

Round 15 [Nov 1]
Cork City       1-1 Bohemians
  [Murray 40; Crowe 24]
Drogheda United 2-1 Bray Wanderers
  [O'Brien 6, Myler 75; Tresson 20]
St Patrick's    1-0 Derry City
  [Russell 51]
Shelbourne      0-1 Shamrock Rovers
  [Robinson 59]
UCD             0-0 Longford Town

Round 16
[Nov 7]
Derry City      3-1 Bray Wanderers
  [Haragn 7, Doherty 49, 66; Zayed 78]
[Nov 8]
Bohemians       1-2 Shelbourne
  [Crowe 90; Crawley 20pen, Geoghegan 85]
UCD             3-0 Drogheda United
  [Finn 30, 38, 40]
Shamrock Rovers 4-1 Cork City
  [Hunt 5, Molloy 13, 39, S Grant 84; C P O'Brien 63]
[Nov 9]
Longford Town   0-1 St Patrick's
  [Osam 62]

Round 17
[Nov 16]
Cork City       1-1 Longford Town
  [O'Flynn 6pen; B Byrne 60]
[Nov 17]
Drogheda United 0-2 Bohemians
  [Caffrey 71, Coughlan 90]
Bray Wanderers  1-1 Shamrock Rovers
  [Zayed 90 (90+8!); Molloy 16]
[Nov 18]
St Patrick's    2-2 UCD
  [Osam 8, McCarthy 36; Doyle 21, McDonnell 47]
[Dec 2]
Shelbourne      2-0 Derry City
  [Roberts 40, S Byrne 44]

Round 18
[Nov 21]
Derry City      0-3 Bohemians
  [Crowe 37pen, Ryan 44, Coughlan 47]
[Nov 22]
St Patrick's    1-1 Drogheda United
  [McCarthy 39; O'Brien 19]
UCD             1-0 Cork City
  [McDonnell 74]
Bray Wanderers  1-2 Shelbourne
  [O'Hanlon 52; S Byrne 22, Beavers 84]
[Nov 23]
Longford Town   0-0 Shamrock Rovers

Round 19 [Nov 29]
Bohemians       1-1 UCD
  [Webb 80; Doyle 6]
Bray Wanderers  2-0 Longford Town
  [Byrne 6, 27]
Cork City       2-1 Shelbourne
  [O'Callaghan 17, O'Flynn 47pen; Geoghegan 23]
Shamrock Rovers 2-1 St Patrick's
  [Keddy 70, 90; Russell 13]
Drogheda United 3-1 Derry City
  [Dempsey 36, Myler 67pen, 80; Martyn 71]

Round 20
[Dec 6]
Shelbourne      2-0 St Patrick's
  [Gannon 80, Geoghegan 90]
Shamrock Rovers 0-1 UCD
  [J Martin 3]
[Dec 7]
Longford Town   0-0 Drogheda United
[Dec 8]
Cork City       2-1 Derry City
  [McLoughlin 77og, Horgan 86; Doherty 50]
Bray Wanderers  1-3 Bohemians
  [Byrne 17; Hunt 34, Rutherford 69, Crowe 74]

Round 21
[Dec 12]
Derry City      1-1 Longford Town
  [Coyle 78pen; Murphy 80]
[Dec 13]
Bohemians       3-2 Shamrock Rovers
  [Coughlan 21, crowe 52, Hawkins 78; Molloy 9, 42]
St Patrick's    1-4 Bray Wanderers
  [Osam 66; Byrne 21, 35, O'Connor 46, Flood 52]
UCD             0-2 Shelbourne
  [Geoghegan 12, Nesovic 54]
[Dec 15]
Drogheda United 0-0 Cork City

Round 22
[Dec 19]
Bohemians       2-0 Cork City
  [Crowe 12, 36]
[Dec 20]
Bray Wanderers  0-2 Drogheda United
  [Myler 6, O'Brien 71]
[Dec 21]
Derry City      2-0 St Patrick's
  [Hargan 42, Martyn 71]
[Dec 22]
Shamrock Rovers 0-1 Shelbourne
  [Roberts 56]
[Dec 30]
Longford Town   0-2 UCD
  [J Martin 34, R Martin 72]

Round 23 
[Dec 27]
Cork City       3-1 Bray Wanderers
  [O'Flynn 12, 63, 75; O'Connor 47]
Drogheda United 0-2 Shamrock Rovers
  [Robinson 23, S Grant 83]
St. Patrick's   2-0 Bohemians
  [Bird 40, Osam 70]
UCD             1-0 Derry
  [Doyle 5pen]
[Jan 7]
Shelbourne      1-1 Longford Town
  [Gannon 41; Francis 13]

Round 24
[Jan 2]
Derry City      0-1 Shelbourne
  [Cahill 33]
[Jan 3]
Bohemians       1-1 Drogheda United
  [O'Neill 71; Gray 20]
UCD             0-0 St. Patrick's
Shamrock Rovers 3-1 Bray Wanderers
  [McGuinness 24, Keddy 48, T Grant 77; Fox 25]
[Jan 13]
Longford Town   1-0 Cork City
  [Francis 2]

Round 25
[Jan 10]
Bray Wanderers  1-2 Derry City
  [Tresson 53; Coyle 45, Hargan 77]
Cork City       1-1 Shamrock Rovers
  [Murray 87; Hunt 56]
Drogheda United 0-1 UCD
  [O'Donnell 87]
St. Patrick's   0-2 Longford Town
  [Francis 17, Lavine 58]
[Jan 12]
Shelbourne      0-1 Bohemians
  [Ryan 89]

Round 26
[Jan 16]
Derry City      0-0 Shamrock Rovers
[Jan 17]
St. Patrick's   1-0 Cork City
  [Foley 89]
UCD             0-0 Bray Wanderers
[Jan 20]
Shelbourne      0-1 Drogheda United
  [Myler 53pen]
[Jan 21]
Longford Town   1-0 Bohemians
  [Ferguson 68pen]

Round 27 
[Jan 24]
Shelbourne      3-1 Bray Wanderers   
  [Charles 4og, Gannon 73, Cahill 82; Keogh 83]
[Jan 26]
Bohemians       2-2 Derry City
  [Webb 33pen, McGuinness 68; Friars 56, Beckett 65]
Cork City       0-1 UCD
  [Gallen 43]
Drogheda United 0-0 St. Patrick's
Shamrock Rovers 3-2 Longford Town
  [S Grant 45, Robinson 58, Molloy 89pen; Lavine 86, Adrian Murphy 87]

Final Table:

 1.Bohemians                 27 15  9  3 47-27 54  Champions
 2.Shelbourne                27 15  4  8 44-26 49  UEFA Cup
 3.Shamrock Rovers           27 12  7  8 42-29 43  UI Cup
 4.Cork City                 27 11  6 10 37-34 39
 5.Longford Town             27  8 11  8 25-29 35
 6.University College Dublin 27  8  9 10 23-25 33
 7.Saint Patrick's Athletic  27  8  9 10 27-33 33
 8.Derry City                27  8  7 12 31-37 31
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 9.Drogheda United           27  8  6 13 26-40 30  Relegation Playoff
-------------------------------------------------
10.Bray Wanderers            27  4  8 15 31-53 20  Relegated

NB: 9 point penalty for Longford Town (for playing Avery John 
    against Cork City, Bohemians and Bray Wanderers in rounds
    9, 10 and 11) revoked on appeal

Topscorers:

Glen Crowe    Bohemians       18
John O'Flynn  Cork City       14
Jason Byrne   Bray Wanderers  12
Noel Hunt     Shamrock Rovers 11

Promotion/Relegation Matches

Semifinals

First Legs [Jan 29]
Cobh Ramblers   2-2 Drogheda United
  [Bruton 56pen, 83pen; O'Brien 34, Myler 64]
Galway United   2-0 Finn Harps
  [Murphy 61, Moran 69]

Second Legs [Feb 1]
Drogheda United 2-0 Cobh Ramblers
  [O'Brien 24, Gallagher 44]
Finn Harps      1-0 Galway United
  [O'Brien 64]

Final

First Leg [Feb 5]
Galway United   2-0 Drogheda United
  [Folan 18, Moran 29]

Second Leg [Feb 8]
Drogheda United 3-0 Galway United          [aet]
  [Myler 60pen, O'Brien 68, O'Connor 105]

Drogheda United stay at 1st level.


Cups 2002/03

FA of Ireland Cup

GUIDE TO NON-LEAGUE CLUBS

CLUB               	LEAGUE                  	TOWN/CITY	COUNTY    	PROVINCE
Ashtown Villa    	Leinster Senior League  	Ashtown 	Dublin  	Leinster
Ballincollig     	Munster Senior League   	Ballincollig	Cork    	Munster
Ballynanty Rovers       Limerick League                 Limerick        Limerick        Munster
Cherry Orchard   	Leinster Senior League  	Ballyfermot	Dublin  	Leinster
C.I.E. Ranch      	Leinster Senior League  	Inchicore	Dublin  	Leinster
Douglas Hall       	Munster Senior League   	Douglas 	Cork    	Munster
Drogheda Town      	Leinster Senior League  	Drogheda	Louth   	Leinster
Fairview Rangers	Limerick League         	Limerick	Limerick	Munster
Fanad United     	Ulster Senior League    	Ballylar	Donegal 	Ulster
Garda F.C.        	Leinster Senior League  	Clonsilla	Dublin  	Leinster
Glebe North      	Leinster Senior League  	Balbriggan	Dublin  	Leinster
Glenmore Dundrum	Leinster Senior League  	Dundrum 	Dublin  	Leinster
Greystones A.F.C.	Leinster Senior League  	Greystones	Wicklow  	Leinster
Leeds              	Munster Senior League   	Cork     	Cork    	Munster
Malahide United 	Leinster Senior League  	Malahide	Dublin  	Leinster
Midleton        	Munster Senior League    	Midleton	Cork    	Munster
Peake Villa      	Tipperary South District League	Thurles 	Tipperary	Munster
Rockmount       	Munster Senior League     	Whitechurch	Cork    	Munster
Saint Michael’s 	Tipperary South District League	Tipperary	Tipperary	Munster
Workmen’s Dunleary	Leinster Senior League    	Dún Laoghaire	Dublin   	Leinster

GUIDE TO LEAGUE CLUBS

CLUB                 	DIVISION                	TOWN/CITY	COUNTY      	PROVINCE
Athlone Town      	First Division              	Athlone 	Westmeath	Leinster
Bohemians F.C.   	Premier Division          	Phibsboro	Dublin  	Leinster
Bray Wanderers  	Premier Division          	Bray    	Wicklow 	Leinster
Cóbh Ramblers    	First Division            	Cóbh    	Cork    	Munster
Cork City        	Premier Division             	Cork      	Cork    	Munster
Derry City        	Premier Division           	Derry       	Derry   	Ulster
Drogheda United 	Premier Division        	Drogheda 	Louth   	Leinster
Dublin City       	First Division          	Whitehall	Dublin  	Leinster
Dundalk         	First Division              	Dundalk 	Louth   	Leinster
Finn Harps      	First Division              	Ballybofey	Donegal 	Ulster
Galway United   	First Division               	Galway  	Galway  	Connacht
Kildare County  	First Division            	Newbridge	Kildare 	Leinster
Kilkenny City   	First Division              	Kilkenny	Kilkenny	Leinster
Limerick F.C.   	First Division              	Limerick	Limerick	Munster
Longford Town   	Premier Division            	Longford	Longford	Leinster
Monaghan United 	First Division            	Monaghan	Monaghan	Ulster
St. Patrick’s Athletic	Premier Division          	Inchicore	Dublin  	Leinster
Shamrock Rovers 	Premier Division          	Tallaght	Dublin  	Leinster
Shelbourne       	Premier Division         	Drumcondra	Dublin  	Leinster
Sligo Rovers    	First Division           	Sligo     	Sligo   	Connacht
U.C.D.           	Premier Division          	Donnybrook	Dublin  	Leinster
Waterford United	First Division           	Waterford	Waterford	Munster

Round 1 [Jul 14]
Rockmount          3-2 Saint Michael's 
Workmen’s Dunleary 1-2 Glenmore Dundrum
Ashtown Villa      1-2 Glebe North
Ballincollig       1-2 Leeds
Fairview Rangers   3-1 Peake Villa
Fanad United       0-2 Greystones
Drogheda Town      1-2 Midleton
Garda FC           4-1 Ballynanty Rovers
Douglas Hall       2-4 Malahide United
Cherry Orchard     0-3 C.I.E. Ranch

NB: winners join the 22 League Clubs for the 2nd round.

Round 2 
[Jul 25]
Dundalk            2-2 Shamrock Rovers
  [Reilly 28, Ward 80; Kenny 44pen, T Grant 65]
Limerick FC        1-1 Waterford United
  [O'Flynn 90pen; O'Brien 43]
[Jul 26]
Athlone Town       0-0 Kilkenny City
Bohemians          6-0 Garda FC
  [Crowe (3), Ryan, Caffrey, Morrison]
Bray Wanderers     2-0 Glebe North
Drogheda United    1-3 Derry City
  [Dempsey; Coyle (pen), McLaughlin, Martyn]
Glenmore Dundrum   0-9 Cork City        [played in Turner's Cross, Cork]
  [Woods (2), O'Callaghan (2), O'Flynn (3), Warren, C.T.O'Brien]
St.Patrick's Athl. 2-2 Galway United
  [Russell 16pen, Osam 2-2; Herrick 3, Sheridan 15]
UCD                2-1 Kildare County
  [Doyle 26,4 0; J.Ryan 27pen]
[Jul 27]
Finn Harps         1-0 Leeds
  [Mohan 15]
Monaghan United    1-0 Midleton
  [Parsons 13]
Shelbourne         8-0 Rockmount
  [Molloy, R.Baker (2), Cahill, S.Byrne, Houlihan, Geoghegan, Prenderville]
[Jul 28]
C.I.E. Ranch       1-5 Longford Town
  [Nolan; Sheridan, Prunty, Kirby, Lavine, Mulvihill]
Fairview Rangers   4-1 Dublin City
  [Purcell, Harmon, B. Heffernan, C.Heffernan; McGrath]
Greystones         0-1 Sligo Rovers
  [Cretaro 41]
Malahide United    0-1 Cobh Ramblers
  [Kabia 65]

Round 2 Replays
[Jul 29]
Waterford United   2-2 Limerick FC             [aet, 4-2 pen]
  [Fitzgerald 39, Flanagan (pen); O'Flynn 50, Leahy (og)]
Kilkenny City      3-0 Athlone Town            [aet]
  [A.Mooney, Murphy, O'Connor (pen)]
[Jul 30]
Shamrock Rovers    2-1 Dundalk                 [aet]
  [Hunt, T.Grant; Reilly]
[Jul 31]
Galway United      0-1 St.Patrick's Athletic   [aet]
  [Maguire 116]

Round 3
[Aug 15]
Derry City         3-0 Waterford United
  [Friars 8, David Kelly 10, Beckett 17]
[Aug 16]
Sligo Rovers       0-2 Bray Wanderers
  [O'Connor 64, Byrne 75]
Bohemians          2-0 UCD
  [Keegan, Rutherford]
St. Patrick's Athl 2-1 Shelbourne
  [Russell 33pen, Osam 90; S Byrne 87]
[Aug 17]
Kilkenny City      1-0 Longford Town
  [Murphy 35]
[Aug 18]
Monaghan United    1-1 Cork City
  [Lester 9, O'Halloran 60]
Shamrock Rovers    2-0 Cobh Ramblers
  [Keddy 33, Francis 90]
Fairview Rangers   0-2 Finn Harps
  [McGrenaghan 43, Speak 87]

Round 3 Replay [Aug 20]
Cork City          3-0 Monaghan United
  [O'Halloran 10, O'Flynn 67, Woods 85]

Quarterfinals
[Sep 5]
Derry City         3-1 St. Patrick's Athletic
  [Griffin 47og, Martyn 66, 90; Bird 6]
[Sep 6]
Kilkenny City      0-1 Shamrock Rovers 
  [Hunt 81]
Bray Wanderers     0-4 Bohemians
  [Keegan 13, Crowe 41, McNally 65, O'Neill 88]
[Sep 7]
Finn Harps         1-1 Cork City
  [Minnock 51; O'Callaghan 61]

Quarterfinal Replay [Sep 10]
Cork City          2-0 Finn Harps
  [O'Flynn 70, C T O'Brien 78]

Semifinals
[Oct 4]
Cork City          0-1 Derry City
  [Friars 81]
[Oct 6]
Shamrock Rovers    2-0 Bohemians
  [Palmer 41, Keddy 58]

Final [Oct 27]
Shamrock Rovers    0-1 Derry City
  [Coyle 47]


First Division Cup

NB: pre-season competition due to reduction of matches at 2nd level

Southern Section

Round 1
[Jul 4]
Waterford United 1-2 Cobh Ramblers 
  [Murphy 13; Dobbs 5, Bruton 63]
[Jul 5]
Athlone Town     1-1 Kilkenny City 
  [Kelly 6; J Mulcahy 60]
[Jul 6]
Kildare County   2-0 Limerick FC 
  [Gorman 12, Zellor 90]

Round 2
[Jul 11]
Kilkenny City    1-3 Kildare County 
  [N Andrews 90; Zellor 20, Ryan 32, 37pen]
Limerick FC      2-1 Waterford United 
  [Browne 16, O'Flynn 89; Watson 11]
[Jul 13]
Cobh Ramblers    2-1 Athlone Town
  [Kabia 7pen, O'Reilly 90; Molloy 6]

Round 3
[Jul 18]
Limerick FC      3-2 Kilkenny City 
  [O'Donoghue 3pen, Donnellan 41, Finucane 65; N Andrews 51, Murphy 66]
[Jul 19]
Athlone Town     0-0 Waterford United 
[Jul 20]
Kildare County   0-0 Cobh Ramblers 

Round 4
[Aug 1]
Waterford United 3-1 Kilkenny City
  [Cosgrave 15, murphy 35, Dixon 89; J Mulcahy 44]
[Aug 2]
Athlone Town     0-3 Kildare County
  [Gorman, Oliver (og), K O'Connor]
[Aug 3]
Cobh Ramblers    1-2 Limerick FC
  [Reilly, O'Donoghue, Hughes]

Round 5
[Aug 8]
Kilkenny City    1-0 Cobh Ramblers
  [Golden 44]
Limerick FC      3-2 Athlone Town
  [O'Flynn 40, 90, Hughes 70; Kelly 25, 78]
[Aug 10]
Kildare County   1-0 Waterford United
  [Kelly 70]

Final Table:

 1.Kildare County             5  4  1  0  9- 1 13  Qualified
 2.Limerick FC                5  4  0  1 10- 8 12
 3.Cobh Ramblers              5  2  1  2  5- 5  7
 4.Waterford United           5  1  1  3  5- 6  4
 5.Kilkenny City              5  1  1  3  6-10  4
 6.Athlone Town               5  0  2  3  4- 9  2

Northern Section

Round 1 [Jul 6]
Finn Harps       2-1 Dublin City 
  [McHugh 12, Speak 84; Skelly 34]
Monaghan United  0-1 Dundalk 
  [D Hoey 70]
Sligo Rovers     1-1 Galway United 
  [Gaffney 39; A Murphy 58]

Round 2
[Jul 11]
Dundalk          1-2 Finn Harps
  [Lawless 21; Speak 10, 53]
[Jul 13]
Sligo Rovers     2-0 Monaghan United 
  [Rossiter 37pen, O'Dowd 75]
[Jul 15]
Dublin City      2-0 Galway United
  [Campbell 15, Markey 20]

Round 3
[Jul 20]
Finn Harps       2-2 Sligo Rovers
  [Rossiter 36og, Speak 56; O'Dowd 25, Gallen 55]
Monaghan United  3-0 Galway United 
  [Vaughan 25, McKenna 42, Field 81]
[Jul 22]
Dublin City      1-0 Dundalk 
  [Campbell 81]

Round 4 [Aug 3]
Galway United    1-1 Dundalk
  [Moran; Malone]
Monaghan United  1-1 Finn Harps
  [Lester 51; McHugh 83pen]
Sligo Rovers     1-0 Dublin City
  [Gorman 39]

Round 5
[Aug 8]
Dundalk          0-2 Sligo Rovers
  [Gorman 53, Whyte 72og]
[Aug 10]
Finn Harps       3-0 Galway United
  [McHugh 20, Clery 43og, S Bradley 86]
[Aug 12]
Dublin City      1-2 Monaghan United
  [McGrath 58; Vaughan 45pen, Lester 82]

Table:

 1.Finn Harps                 5  3  2  0 10- 5 11  Qualified
 2.Sligo Rovers               5  3  2  0  8- 3 11
 3.Monaghan United            5  2  1  2  6- 5  7
 4.Dublin City                5  2  0  3  5- 5  6
 5.Dundalk                    5  1  1  3  3- 6  4
 6.Galway United              5  0  2  3  2-10  2
  
Final 

First Leg [Aug 28]
Kildare County   0-2 Finn Harps
  [Minnock 55, Lloyd 67]
  [Kildare: Murphy, Brennan, Dykes, Maher, O’Callaghan, Zellor, 
            C. O’Connor (Burke 57), Whelehan, Kelly (Doyle 57), Ryan 
            (McCann 71), K. O’Connor;
   Finn Harps: Young, R. Kelly, Bradley, Sweeney, Boyle, Kenny 
               (Cooke 81), O’Brien, Lloyd, Minnock, Speak, McGrenaghan]

Second Leg [Sep 4]
Finn Harps       2-0 Kildare County
  [Bradley 16, Bonner 34]
  [Finn Harps: Young, Kenny (Scanlon 84), Boyle, Bradley, Sweeney, 
               Kenny (Cooke 68), O'Brien, McGrenaghan, Bonner, Lloyd 
               (McHugh 82), Speak (Crossan);
   Kildare: Davis, Brennan, O'Callaghan, Maher, Dykes, Griffin,
            C. O'Connor, Zellor, Ryan (Burke 46), K. O'Connor 
            (Gorman 46), Scully (McCann 46)]


Second Level 2002/03


First Division

Final Table:

 1.Waterford United          22 13  7  2 37-25 46  Promoted
-------------------------------------------------
 2.Finn Harps                22 12  5  5 41-22 41  Promotion Playoff
 3.Galway United             22 10  6  6 34-21 36  Promotion Playoff
 4.Cobh Ramblers             22 10  5  7 39-38 35  Promotion Playoff
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 5.Kildare County            22  9  6  7 32-31 33
 6.Sligo Rovers              22  8  6  8 28-27 30
 7.Dublin City               22  8  4 10 36-35 28
 8.Monaghan United           22  5 11  6 26-27 26
 9.Dundalk                   22  5  8  9 28-36 23
10.Limerick FC               22  6  5 11 26-36 23
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11.Athlone Town              22  5  6 11 26-40 21  Re-election
12.Kilkenny City             22  3  7 12 23-38 19  Re-election

Round 1
[Aug 22]
Dundalk         2-2 Dublin 
  [Reilly 57, Ward 90; McNevin 25, Markey 75]
Waterford       2-2 Athlone
  [O'Brien 4pen, Sullivan 44; C Frawley 45, Kelly 90]
[Aug 24]
Finn Harps      1-2 Cobh
  [Speak 88; Kabia 10, McGregor 84]
Kildare         1-3 Limerick
  [Kelly 90; O'Donoghue 52, Foley 55, 57]
[Aug 25]
Galway          1-0 Kilkenny
  [A Murphy 19]
Monaghan        0-1 Sligo
  [McTiernan 68]

Round 2
[Aug 30]
Athlone         0-3 Galway
  [Herrick 11, Brennan 45, Moran 71]
[Aug 31]
Cobh            3-2 Monaghan
  [O'Reilly 5, 25, Bruton 30; Doyle 15, Field 19]
Dublin          0-2 Finn Harps
  [Bradley 23, Speak 82]
Sligo           1-2 Waterford
  [Watson 90; Leahy 18, Sullivan 78]
Kilkenny        4-1 Kildare
  [O'Connor 25, D Mulcahy 70, 79, J Mulcahy 90; Wolfe 74og]
[Sep 1]
Limerick        1-2 Dundalk
  [D Whyte 45; Haylock 32, 40]

Round 3
[Sep 12]
Waterford       2-1 Dublin 
  [O'Brien 28, Sullivan 53; McGauley 75]
[Sep 14]
Dundalk         2-2 Cobh
  [Reilly 72, Hoey 78; Brosnan 46, Bruton 83]
Finn Harps      3-0 Limerick
  [McHugh 23, 24, Speak 56]
Galway          0-1 Sligo
  [Dolan 75]
Kildare         1-3 Athlone
  [O'Connor 58; Kelly 3, Harney 42, Collins 89]
[Sep 15]
Monaghan        1-1 Kilkenny
  [Vaughan 71pen; Golden 83]

Round 4
[Sep 19]
Kilkenny        1-3 Waterford
  [O'Connor 54pen; Dixon 23, Sullivan 46, Murphy 90]
[Sep 20]
Athlone         0-0 Finn Harps
[Sep 21]
Cobh            1-1 Kildare
  [McGregor 36; O'Connor 3]
Sligo           0-2 Dundalk
  [Haylock 41, Broughan 90pen]
[Sep 22]
Limerick        1-0 Monaghan
  [O'Flynn 65]
[Sep 23]
Dublin          2-0 Galway
  [McGrath 5, McNevin 26]

Round 5
[Sep 26]
Dundalk         2-4 Athlone
  [Reilly 4, Cormac Malone 79; Parkes 27, 37, 59, Mullen 87]
Waterford       2-0 Cobh
  [Sullivan 38, 75]
[Sep 28]
Finn Harps      2-0 Kilkenny
  [McHugh 52, 80]
Galway          1-0 Limerick
  [A Murphy 47]
Kildare         1-0 Sligo
  [Scully 15]
[Sep 29]
Monaghan        1-1 Dublin
  [Vaughan 45pen; McNevin 89]

Round 6
[Oct 3]
Kilkenny        0-0 Dublin
[Oct 4]
Athlone         1-3 Cobh
  [Kelly 55pen; Yelverton 17, McGregor 49, Kabia 90]
[Oct 5]
Finn Harps      3-1 Monaghan
  [Maheady 31og, McHugh 40, 81; Vaughan 74]
Galway          0-0 Waterford
Kildare         2-3 Dundalk
  [Ryan 42, C O'Connor 69; Broughan 22, Haylock 23, Cormac Malone 90]
[Oct 6]
Limerick        3-2 Sligo
  [Mannering 19, 60, Foley 89; Rossiter 3pen, McTiernan 59]

Round 7 
[Oct 10]
Dundalk         3-1 Finn Harps
  [Broughan 8, 63pen, Reilly 17; McHugh 75]
Waterford       2-2 Kildare
  [Lilburn 41, O'Brien 46pen; Gorman 38, Zellor 80]
[Oct 12]
Cobh            3-2 Kilkenny
  [McGregor 43, Bruton 68, 75; Golden 2, O'Connor 28]
Sligo           3-0 Athlone
  [McTiernan 21, 38, 69]
[Oct 13]
Monaghan        1-1 Galway
  [Vaughan 90; O'Brien 55]
[Oct 14]
Dublin          0-1 Limerick
  [O'Flynn 66]

Round 8
[Oct 19]
Finn Harps      1-2 Kildare
  [Callaghan 13og; Gorman 3, McCann 90]
Galway          1-1 Dundalk
  [Keogh 60; Flanagan 86]
Kilkenny        1-1 Sligo
  [O'Connor 60; Watson 26]
[Oct 20]
Limerick        0-0 Athlone
Monaghan        1-1 Waterford
  [Doyle 60; Meier 45og]
[Oct 28]
Dublin          3-2 Cobh
  [McGrath 30, Hastings 42pg, Farrell 70pen; Clifford 65, Noonan 76]

Round 9
[Oct 24]
Dundalk         1-2 Monaghan
  [Hoey 90; Arkins 20, Lester 28]
[Oct 25]
Athlone         1-1 Kilkenny
  [Harney 17; O'Connor 90]
[Oct 26]
Kildare         3-2 Galway
  [C O'Connor 41pen, Brennan 76, Scully 79; Folan 30pen, Herrick 67pen]
Sligo           1-1 Dublin
  [Cretaro 49; McNevin 73]
Waterford       0-0 Finn Harps
[Nov 5]
Cobh            3-2 Limerick
  [Clifford 40, Yelverton 76, Bruton 79; Ryan 22, O'Flynn 48]

Round 10
[Oct 31]
Waterford       1-0 Dundalk
  [Rea 70]
[Nov 1]
Kilkenny        0-2 Limerick
  [O'Flynn 69, 73pen]
[Nov 2]
Cobh            2-1 Sligo
  [Kabia 70pen, Bruton 89; Watson 5]
Finn Harps      1-3 Galway
  [McGrenaghan 42; Moran 4, 58, A Murphy 8]
[Nov 3]
Dublin          2-0 Kildare
  [Morrisroe 11, Markey 17pen]
Monaghan        1-0 Athlone
  [Vaughan 57]

Round 11
[Nov 7]
Dundalk         0-0 Kilkenny
[Nov 8]
Athlone         2-1 Dublin
  [Kelly 3, Mullan 23; O'Driscoll 47]
[Nov 9]
Galway          1-0 Cobh
  [A Murphy 40]
Kildare         0-0 Monaghan
Sligo           1-1 Finn Harps
  [Cretaro 48; O'Brien 44]
[Nov 10]
Limerick        1-3 Waterford
  [Purcell 90; Murphy 36, Cosgrove 84, Sullivan 88]

Round 12
[Nov 15]
Athlone         2-3 Waterford
  [Mullan 57, Kelly 79pen; R Frawley 6og, Murphy 12, Sullivan 17]
[Nov 16]
Cobh            1-1 Finn Harps
  [Coker 48; Whitehead 55]
Kilkenny        1-1 Galway
  [Tynan 18; A Murphy 76]
Sligo           0-2 Monaghan
  [Scully 9pen, Smyth 13]
[Nov 17]
Dublin          2-4 Dundalk
  [Farrell 2, Jackson 7; Haylock 4, 27, Reilly 33, 54]
Limerick        0-0 Kildare

Round 13
[Nov 21]
Dundalk         1-1 Limerick
  [Duffy 61; Ryan 44]
[Nov 22]
Waterford       1-0 Sligo
  [Di Lella 15]
[Nov 23]
Finn Harps      2-0 Dublin 
  [Whitehead 9, Jackson 37og]
Galway          3-1 Athlone 
  [A Murphy 41, Herrick 52, Folan 89; R Frawley 36]
Kildare         3-1 Kilkenny 
  [Whelehan 2, Zellor 46, 62; O'Keeffe 3]
[Nov 24]
Monaghan        1-1 Cobh
  [Vaughan 31pen; Coker 59]

Round 14
[Nov 29]
Athlone         1-2 Kildare
  [Mullen 44; K O'Connor 31 pen, Scully 82]
[Nov 30]
Cobh            0-0 Dundalk
Dublin          5-1 Waterford
  [Markey 28, 34, 83, McGrath 68, Holt 90; Byrne 55]
Kilkenny        0-3 Monaghan
  [Arkins 28, McKenna 36, 88]
Sligo           4-2 Galway
  [McTiernan 2, 4, 68, Miller 80; A Murphy 12, Moran 71]
[Dec 1]
Limerick        2-5 Finn Harps
  [O'Hughes 69, O'Flynn 79pen; McGrenaghan 15, Purcell 45og, Sweeney 55,
   McHugh 83, Fyffe 85og]

Round 15
[Dec 5]
Dundalk         1-3 Sligo
  [Waters 78; Miller 2, McTiernan 27, 66]
Waterford       4-0 Kilkenny
  [Murphy 28, Di Lella 35, Sullivan 48, Byrne 60]
[Dec 7]
Finn Harps      4-0 Athlone
  [McHugh 4, 52, Whitehead 9, 80]
Galway          2-1 Dublin
  [Fortune 25, Moran 83; Holt 89]
Kildare         4-1 Cobh
  [Whelehan 11, Zellor 21, Ryan 66, Gorman 72; Whelehan 33og]
[Dec 8]
Monaghan        3-1 Limerick
  [Vaughan 38, Arkins 58, Meier 79; Doyle 71og]

Round 16
[Dec 13]
Athlone         2-0 Dundalk
  [E Kenny 49, Clarke 83]
[Dec 14]
Cobh            2-3 Waterford
  [Kabia 73pen, Yelverton 77; O'Brien 35, Sullivan 40, Murphy 74]
Kilkenny        0-1 Finn Harps
  [Boyle 33]
Sligo           0-0 Kildare
[Nov 15]
Dublin          3-2 Monaghan
  [Morrisroe 38, 62, Markey 42; Arkins 12, Vaughan 47pen]
Limerick        1-1 Galway
  [O'Flynn 34; Herrick 85]

Round 17
[Dec 19]
Dundalk         0-2 Kildare
  [C O'Connor 28, Zellor 35]
Waterford       1-0 Galway 
  [Sullivan 65]
[Dec 21]
Cobh            3-1 Athlone
  [Hill 45, Bruton 63, Brady 75; Collins 26]
Sligo           0-0 Limerick 
[Dec 22]
Monaghan        1-1 Finn Harps 
  [Arkins 6; Whitehead 7]
[Jan 8]
Dublin          3-4 Kilkenny 
  [McGrath 33, Crowley 50, Markey 75; O'Keeffe 2, 35, 47, O'Connor 74]

Round 18
[Dec 27]
Athlone         2-2 Sligo
  [Molloy 10, Devine 90; Gorman 73, 81]
[Dec 28]
Finn Harps      2-1 Dundalk 
  [McHugh 18, Bradley 63; Cormac Malone 1 (8 seconds!)]
Galway          1-1 Monaghan
  [Fortune 65; McKenna 8]
Kildare         1-1 Waterford 
  [Kelly 77; Murphy 44]
Kilkenny        1-2 Cobh 
  [O'Keeffe 65; Yelverton 3, McGregor 53]
[Dec 29]
Limerick        1-3 Dublin 
  [Heffernan 89; McNevin 34, Markey 75, Morrisroe 90]

Round 19
[Jan 2]
Dundalk         0-4 Galway 
  [Fortune 3, Moran 29, A Murphy 76, 89]
[Jan 3]
Athlone         1-3 Limerick
  [Purcell 51og; Mannering 69, 90 (1-2), Heffernan 90 (1-3)]
[Jan 4]
Cobh            1-3 Dublin
  [Bruton 23; Sliney 5, McGrath 10, 18]
Waterford       2-2 Monaghan
  [Murphy 57, Sullivan 65; McKenna 27, Lester 44pen]
[Jan 15]
Kildare         0-3 Finn Harps
  [McHugh 12, Whitehead 44, 49]
Sligo           1-0 Kilkenny
  [McTiernan 77]

Round 20
[Jan 11]
Kilkenny        1-2 Athlone
  [Skelly 70; Parkes 58, Devine 61]
Galway          3-0 Kildare
  [A Murphy 3, Fortune 64, Herrick 70]
[Jan 12]  
Dublin          1-2 Sligo
  [Farrell 13; McTiernan 11, Cretaro 22]
Limerick        2-3 Cobh
  [O'Flynn 40, 67pen; Bruton 24, 47, 75]
[Jan 21]
Monaghan        1-1 Dundalk
  [McKenna 8; Brunton 20pen] 
[Jan 22]
Finn Harps      4-1 Waterford
  [Mohan 14, McHugh 17, R Kenny 33, McGrenaghan 57; Sullivan 53]

Round 21
[Jan 16]
Dundalk         0-1 Waterford
  [Murphy 81]
[Jan 17]
Athlone         0-0 Monaghan
[Jan 18]
Galway          3-0 Finn Harps
  [A Murphy 41, 54, Fortune 79]
Sligo           3-2 Cobh
  [Rossiter 41, Carr 61, McTiernan 76; Yelverton 27, Bruton 69]
[Jan 19]
Limerick        1-3 Kilkenny
  [Heffernan 80; Sweeney 27, O'Connor 73, O'Keeffe 79]
[Jan 22]
Kildare         2-0 Dublin
  [Jackson 23og, Gorman 45]

Round 22 [Jan 26]
Cobh            2-1 Galway   
  [Bruton 73, 90; O'Brien 21]
Dublin          2-1 Athlone
  [Kelly 47, McGrath 54; Mullen 55]
Finn Harps      3-1 Sligo
  [Whitehead 17, 21, McHugh 87; Gorman 52]
Kilkenny        2-2 Dundalk   
  [Byrne 6, O'Keeffe 65; Malone 68, Ward 75] 
Monaghan        0-4 Kildare
  [Whelehan 23, Zellor 30, K O'Connor 59, Ryan 90pen]
Waterford       1-0 Limerick
  [Byrne 75]

Final Table:

 1.Waterford United          22 13  7  2 37-25 46  Promoted
-------------------------------------------------
 2.Finn Harps                22 12  5  5 41-22 41  Promotion Playoff
 3.Galway United             22 10  6  6 34-21 36  Promotion Playoff
 4.Cobh Ramblers             22 10  5  7 39-38 35  Promotion Playoff
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 5.Kildare County            22  9  6  7 32-31 33
 6.Sligo Rovers              22  8  6  8 28-27 30
 7.Dublin City               22  8  4 10 36-35 28
 8.Monaghan United           22  5 11  6 26-27 26
 9.Dundalk                   22  5  8  9 28-36 23
10.Limerick FC               22  6  5 11 26-36 23
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11.Athlone Town              22  5  6 11 26-40 21  Re-election
12.Kilkenny City             22  3  7 12 23-38 19  Re-election

Topscorers:

Willie Bruton   Cobh Ramblers    14
Kevin McHugh    Finn Harps       14
Paul McTiernan  Sligo Rovers     13
Vinny Sullivan  Waterford United 13
Alan Murphy     Galway United    12


Promotion/Relegation Matches

Semifinals

First Legs [Jan 29]
Cobh Ramblers   2-2 Drogheda United
  [Bruton 56pen, 83pen; O'Brien 34, Myler 64]
Galway United   2-0 Finn Harps
  [Murphy 61, Moran 69]

Second Legs [Feb 1]
Drogheda United 2-0 Cobh Ramblers
  [O'Brien 24, Gallagher 44]
Finn Harps      1-0 Galway United
  [O'Brien 64]

Final

First Leg [Feb 5]
Galway United   2-0 Drogheda United
  [Folan 18, Moran 29]

Second Leg [Feb 8]
Drogheda United 3-0 Galway United          [aet]
  [Myler 60pen, O'Brien 68, O'Connor 105]

Galway United stay at 2nd level.


2001/02.

2003 (spring-fall season).

list of champions.

list of final tables.

list of champions (2nd level).

list of final tables (2nd level).

list of cup winners.

list of league cup winners.

list of dublin city cup winners.

list of top four cup winners.

list of league of ireland shield winners.

list of topscorers.


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Last updated: 6 Sep 2003

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