The second division in Ireland was formed in 1985-86 - 6 new clubs
(Bray Wanderers, Derry City, Cobh Ramblers, Newcastle United, Monaghan United
and EMFA) were elected to the league that year and formed a 10-team division with
the bottom 4 (Sligo Rovers, Longford Town, Drogheda United and Finn Harps)
of the 1984-85 championship.
1985-86
1.Bray Wanderers 18 11 6 1 30 10 28 - Promoted
2.Sligo Rovers 18 11 5 2 32 13 27 - Promoted
3.Longford Town 18 10 5 3 29 23 25
4.Derry City 18 8 6 4 31 18 22
5.Drogheda United 18 5 8 5 20 18 18
6.Cobh Ramblers 18 5 5 8 14 25 15
7.Finn Harps 18 3 7 8 23 31 13
8.Newcastle United 18 5 3 10 21 33 13
9.Monaghan United 18 4 3 11 19 32 11
10.EMFA 18 1 6 11 21 37 8
1986-87
1.Derry City 18 16 1 1 45 14 33 - Promoted
2.Shelbourne 18 12 3 3 39 20 27 - Promoted
3.Drogheda United 18 10 4 4 41 22 24
4.Finn Harps 18 10 2 6 32 24 22
5.Univ.College Dublin 18 8 3 7 22 22 19
6.Cobh Ramblers 18 5 5 8 31 32 15
7.Newcastlewest 18 4 4 10 17 32 12
8.Monaghan United 18 3 5 10 20 34 11
9.EMFA 18 3 4 11 17 31 10
10.Longford Town 18 2 3 13 16 49 7
NB: Newcastle United changed name to Newcastlewest
1987-88
1.Athlone Town 27 19 1 7 42 22 39 - Promoted
2.Cobh Ramblers 27 17 4 6 41 24 38 - Promoted
3.Finn Harps 27 13 7 7 45 33 33
4.Home Farm 27 12 5 10 50 42 29
5.Univ.College Dublin 27 9 7 11 37 36 25
6.Drogheda United 27 12 0 15 38 48 24
7.Longford Town 27 8 7 12 23 35 23
8.Monaghan United 27 7 7 13 34 43 21
9.Newcastlewest 27 7 5 15 36 42 19
10.EMFA 27 7 5 15 34 55 19
1988-89
1.Drogheda United 27 16 7 4 38 22 39 - Promoted
2.Univ.College Dublin 27 11 12 4 36 16 34 - Promoted
3.Bray Wanderers 27 13 8 6 41 25 34
4.Finn Harps 27 12 8 7 30 19 32
5.Home Farm 27 9 10 8 38 28 28
6.Newcastlewest 27 7 13 7 33 37 27
7.Monaghan United 27 6 11 10 28 42 23
8.Longford Town 27 9 5 13 25 43 23
9.EMFA 27 4 8 15 18 41 16
10.Sligo Rovers 27 4 6 17 23 37 14
1989-90
1.Waterford United 27 16 5 6 58 28 37 - Promoted
2.Sligo Rovers 27 13 11 3 30 12 37 - Promoted
3.Bray Wanderers 27 15 5 7 41 23 35
4.Kilkenny City 27 14 7 6 40 24 35
5.Home Farm 27 12 5 10 27 16 29
6.Finn Harps 27 11 5 11 32 30 27
7.Cobh Ramblers 27 10 5 12 33 31 25
8.Longford Town 27 4 9 14 15 46 17
9.Newcastlewest 27 5 4 18 23 51 14
10.Monaghan United 27 5 4 18 23 61 14
NB: EMFA changed their name to Kilkenny City
Waterford United won championship on a playoff.
1990-91
1.Drogheda United 27 15 11 1 38 14 41 - Promoted
2.Bray Wanderers 27 16 6 5 40 17 38 - Promoted
3.Cobh Ramblers 27 12 8 7 31 20 32
4.Finn Harps 27 14 4 9 40 30 32
5.St.James's Gate 27 13 3 11 37 38 29
6.Univ.College Dublin 27 11 5 11 32 25 27
7.Kilkenny City 27 7 11 9 29 32 25
8.Home Farm 27 5 7 15 26 46 17
9.Longford Town 27 5 7 15 20 44 17
10.Monaghan United 27 4 4 19 27 54 12
NB: Newcastlewest were replaced by St. James's Gate
1991-92
1.Limerick City 27 14 10 3 47 27 38 - Promoted
2.Waterford United 27 11 11 5 39 25 33 - Promoted
3.Cobh Ramblers 27 10 12 5 29 22 32
4.Univ.College Dublin 27 11 8 8 37 25 30
5.St.James's Gate 27 9 7 11 23 32 25
6.Finn Harps 27 8 8 11 36 42 24
7.Monaghan United 27 6 12 9 32 39 24
8.Kilkenny City 27 7 8 12 35 44 22
9.Home Farm 27 5 11 11 26 33 21
10.Longford Town 27 7 7 13 26 41 21
1992-93
1.Galway United 27 16 6 5 56 27 38 - Promoted
2.Cobh Ramblers 27 10 12 5 33 23 32 - Promoted
3.Monaghan United 27 11 10 6 38 31 32 - Playoff
4.Univ.College Dublin 27 10 10 7 36 26 30
5.Longford Town 27 10 9 8 41 39 29
6.Athlone Town 27 8 9 10 33 34 25
7.Finn Harps 27 8 9 10 34 40 25
8.Home Farm 27 6 10 11 28 29 22
9.Kilkenny City 27 5 11 11 27 43 21
10.St.James's Gate 27 4 8 15 16 50 16
Promotion/Relegation Playoff:
First leg:
Waterford United 2 Monaghan United 2
Second leg:
Monaghan United 3 Waterford United 0
Monaghan United win 5-2 on aggregate
1993-94
1.Sligo Rovers 27 14 8 5 42 19 50 - Promoted
2.Athlone Town 27 11 13 3 34 22 46 - Promoted
3.Finn Harps 27 11 9 7 35 35 42 - Playoff
4.Univ.College Dublin 27 10 10 7 37 23 40
5.Longford Town 27 9 7 11 35 39 34
6.Home Farm 27 7 11 9 34 39 32
7.Waterford United 27 6 13 8 32 33 31
8.Kilkenny City 27 5 15 7 31 42 30
9.Bray Wanderers 27 4 15 8 17 27 27
10.St.James's Gate 27 1 13 13 23 41 16
Promotion/Relegation Playoff:
First leg:
Finn Harps 1 Cobh Ramblers 0
Second leg:
Cobh Ramblers 3 Finn Harps 0
Cobh Ramblers win 3-1 on aggregate
1994-95
1. Univ.College Dublin 27 20 4 3 56 12 64 - Promoted
2. Drogheda United 27 16 8 3 48 23 56 - Promoted
3. Finn Harps 27 12 7 8 44 30 43 - Playoff
4. Limerick FC 27 11 10 6 30 22 43
5. Waterford United 27 11 8 8 31 24 41
6. Home Farm 27 9 6 12 43 47 33
7. Longford Town 27 8 9 10 26 39 33
8. Bray Wanderers 27 8 8 11 33 31 32
9. St.James's Gate 27 4 10 13 35 49 22
10. Kilkenny City 27 0 2 25 14 83 2
Promotion/Relegation Playoff:
First leg:
Finn Harps 0 Athlone Town 0
Second leg:
Athlone Town 0 Finn Harps 0 a.e.t.
Athlone Town win 5-3 on penalties
1995-96
1.Bray Wanderers 27 16 7 4 53 21 55 - Promoted
2.Finn Harps 27 14 7 6 50 25 49 - Promoted
3.Home Farm Everton 27 14 4 9 43 34 46 - Playoff
4.Cobh Ramblers 27 10 13 4 30 15 43
5.St.James's Gate 27 9 11 7 35 30 38
6.Limerick FC 27 10 6 11 36 34 36
7.Kilkenny City 27 9 8 10 33 38 35
8.Waterford United 27 9 7 11 37 40 34
9.Longford Town 27 5 6 16 26 46 21
10.Monaghan United 27 2 5 20 10 70 11
Home Farm changed name to Home Farm Everton
as sponsored by Everton FC (England)
Promotion/Relegation Playoff:
First leg:
Home Farm Everton 2 Athlone Town 0
Second leg:
Athlone Town 2 Home Farm Everton 0 a.e.t.
Home Farm Everton win 4-3 on penalties
1996-97
1.Kilkenny City 27 15 10 2 47 20 55 - Promoted
2.Drogheda United 27 12 8 7 44 27 44 - Promoted
3.Waterford United 27 12 8 7 41 28 44 - Playoff
4.Athlone Town 27 10 7 10 40 39 37
5.Cobh Ramblers 27 9 8 10 34 28 35
6.Galway United 27 9 8 10 33 38 35
7.Longford Town 27 7 13 7 31 38 34
8.Monaghan United 27 7 9 11 30 46 30
9.St.Francis 27 7 7 13 29 33 28
10.Limerick FC 27 4 8 15 23 55 20
NB: St. James's Gate were replaced by St. Francis
Promotion/Relegation Playoff:
First leg:
Dundalk 3 Waterford United 0
Second leg:
Waterford United 1 Dundalk 0
Dundalk win 3-1 on aggregate
1997-98
1.Waterford United 27 18 6 3 35 17 60 - Promoted
2.Bray Wanderers 27 17 3 7 51 21 54 - Promoted
3.Limerick FC 27 14 8 5 41 25 50 - Playoff
4.Galway United 27 13 4 10 38 29 43
5.Home Farm Everton 27 9 11 7 28 22 38
6.Cobh Ramblers 27 10 5 12 32 41 35
7.Athlone Town 27 8 7 12 31 37 31
8.St.Francis 27 7 8 12 29 40 29
9.Monaghan United 27 6 4 17 26 44 22
10.Longford Town 27 2 6 19 12 47 12
Promotion/Relegation Playoff:
First leg:
University College Dublin 2 Limerick FC 1
Second leg:
Limerick FC 1 University College Dublin 3
University College Dublin win 5-2 on aggregate
1998-99
1.Drogheda United 36 17 13 6 57 32 64 - Promoted
2.Galway United 36 16 16 4 53 34 64 - Promoted
3.Cobh Ramblers 36 17 7 12 55 43 58 - Playoff
4.Longford Town 36 15 9 12 41 33 54
5.Kilkenny City 36 14 11 11 49 46 53
6.Limerick FC 36 13 13 10 39 35 52
7.Monaghan United 36 10 14 12 44 44 44
8.Athlone Town 36 10 10 16 45 61 40
9.Home Farm Everton 36 11 5 20 42 54 38
10.St.Francis 36 2 12 22 25 68 18
Promotion/Relegation Playoff:
First leg:
Cobh Ramblers 0 Bohemians 5
Second leg:
Bohemians 2 Cobh Ramblers 0
Bohemians win 7-0 on aggregate
1999-00
1.Bray Wanderers 36 21 9 6 69 38 72 - Promoted
2.Longford Town 36 21 7 8 71 40 70 - Promoted
3.Kilkenny City 36 20 7 9 67 36 67 - Playoff
4.Dundalk 36 20 6 10 50 31 66
5.Cobh Ramblers 36 15 7 14 50 57 52
6.Athlone Town 36 8 14 14 31 42 38
7.Home Farm Fingal 36 8 11 17 43 60 35
8.St.Francis 36 6 14 16 27 54 32
9.Monaghan United 36 6 12 18 46 73 30
10.Limerick FC 36 6 11 19 37 60 29
NB: replayed match Kilkenny vs Limerick counted as 3-2 (original score;
ordered replay finished 1-0 but was later ruled void by civil judge)
Home Farm Everton changed name to Home Farm Fingal as sponsorship with
Everton FC was terminated.
Promotion/Relegation Playoff:
First leg:
Kilkenny City 1 Waterford United 0
Second leg:
Waterford United 0 Kilkenny City 1
Kilkenny City win 2-0 on aggregate
2000-01 1.Dundalk 36 20 9 7 65-38 69 - Promoted 2.Monaghan United 36 18 11 7 59-40 65 - Promoted 3.Athlone Town 36 18 10 8 53-37 64 - Playoff 4.Sligo Rovers 36 19 5 12 61-48 62 5.Waterford United 36 16 13 7 56-30 61 6.Limerick FC 36 13 11 12 40-39 50 7.Home Farm Fingal 36 10 13 13 43-58 43 8.Cobh Ramblers 36 10 6 20 43-60 36 9.Drogheda United 36 4 9 23 27-62 21 10.St.Francis 36 3 11 22 29-64 20 Promotion/Relegation Playoff: First leg: 15/05/01 Athlone Town 2 University College Dublin 1 Second leg: 18/05/01 University College Dublin 2 Athlone Town 1 a.e.t. University College Dublin win 4-2 on penalties
2001-02
1.Drogheda United 32 14 16 2 52-28 58 - Promoted 2.Finn Harps 32 15 9 8 51-47 54 - Playoff 3.Dublin City # 32 15 8 9 55-45 53 4.Waterford United* 32 13 12 7 47-35 48 5.Kilkenny City 32 12 9 11 47-39 45 6.Sligo Rovers 32 8 9 15 35-48 33 7.Athlone Town 32 7 11 14 40-53 32 8.Cobh Ramblers 32 8 7 17 32-42 31 9.Limerick FC 32 8 7 17 32-54 31
St Francis withdrew from league during the season all matches declared null. * Waterford deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player. # Home Farm Fingal renamed Dublin City at the start of the season.
Promotion/Relegation Playoff: First leg: 20/04/02 Longford Town 1 Finn Harps 0 Second leg: 23/04/02 Finn Harps 3 Longford Town 2 a.e.t. Longford Town win 6-5 on penalties
2002-03
1.Waterford United 22 13 7 2 37-25 46 - Promoted 2.Finn Harps 22 12 5 5 41-22 41 - Playoff 3.Galway United 22 10 6 6 34-21 36 - Playoff 4.Cobh Ramblers 22 10 5 7 39-38 35 - 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 12.Kilkenny City 22 3 7 12 23-38 16 Kildare County elected to the league. Promotion/Relegation Playoffs: 1st Semi Final - First leg: 29/01/03 Galway United 2 Finn Harps 0 1st Semi Final - Second leg: 01/02/03 Finn Harps 1 Galway United 0 Galway United win 2-1 on aggregate 2nd Semi Final - First leg: 29/01/03 Cobh Ramblers 2 Drogheda United 2 2nd Semi Final - Second leg: 01/02/03 Drogheda United 2 Cobh Ramblers 0 Drogheda United win 4-2 on aggregate Final First leg: 05/02/03 Galway United 2 Drogheda United 0 Final Second leg: 08/02/03 Drogheda United 3 Galway United 0 Drogheda United win 3-2 on aggregate 2003
1.Dublin City 33 19 10 4 44-26 67 - Promoted 2.Bray Wanderers 33 18 10 5 59-35 64 - Playoff 3.Finn Harps 33 17 11 5 52-24 62 - Playoff 4.Limerick FC 33 16 9 8 55-38 57 - Playoff 5.Kildare County 33 15 10 8 50-39 55 6.Sligo Rovers 33 11 13 9 39-39 46 7.Galway United 33 10 13 10 48-53 43 8.Cobh Ramblers 33 9 11 13 33-45 38 9.Athlone Town 33 9 10 14 37-42 37 10.Dundalk 33 6 14 13 36-40 32 11.Monaghan United* 33 3 9 21 28-60 15 12.Kilkenny City 33 2 6 25 25-65 12 * Monaghan United deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible players Promotion/Relegation Playoffs: 1st Semi Final - First leg: 03/12/03 Limerick FC 0 Derry City 0 1st Semi Final - Second leg: 06/12/03 Derry City 4 Limerick FC 0 Derry City win 4-0 on aggregate 2nd Semi Final - First leg: 03/12/03 Finn Harps 1 Bray Wanderers 0 2nd Semi Final - Second leg: 06/12/03 Bray Wanderers 1 Finn Harps 2 Finn Harps win 3-1 on aggregate Final First leg:10/12/03 Finn Harps 0 Derry City 0 Final Second leg: 13/12/03 Derry City 2 Finn Harps 1 a.e.t. Derry City win 2-1 on aggregate
2004
1.Finn Harps 33 23 7 3 61-20 76 Champions 2.Univ.College Dublin 33 22 9 2 63-21 75 Promoted 3.Bray Wanderers 33 19 8 6 62-29 65 Promoted 4.Kildare County 33 18 8 7 54-32 62 5.Galway United 33 14 10 9 55-49 52 6.Dundalk 33 14 4 15 46-57 46 7.Sligo Rovers 33 11 5 17 46-50 38 8.Cobh Ramblers 33 7 11 15 47-53 32 9.Kilkenny City 33 6 9 18 31-54 27 10.Athlone Town * 33 9 2 22 42-68 26 11.Monaghan United * 33 8 5 20 28-65 26 12.Limerick 33 4 8 21 18-55 20
* Monaghan United & Athlone Town both deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player. League 1 changes to 10 teams for 2005 3 promoted 1 relegated from Premier Division.
2005
1.Sligo Rovers 36 15 16 5 45-27 61 Champions 2.Dublin City 36 15 14 7 57-34 59 Promoted after Playoff with Shamrock Rovers 3.Cobh Ramblers 36 15 11 10 49-40 56 4.Kilkenny City 36 15 8 13 46-35 53 5.Galway United 36 14 11 11 46-43 53 6.Dundalk 36 12 13 11 44-40 49 7.Limerick 36 13 9 14 44-49 48 8.Kildare County 36 10 11 15 33-42 41 9.Monaghan United 36 9 9 18 36-66 36 10.Athlone Town 36 6 10 20 28-52 28
Promotion/Relegation Playoff: First leg: 22/11/2005 Shamrock Rovers 1-2 Dublin City Second leg: 25/11/2005 Dublin City 1-1 Shamrock Rovers Dublin City win 3-2 on aggregate
2006
1.Shamrock Rovers * 36 21 12 3 53-13 72 Promoted 2.Dundalk 36 22 5 9 57-33 71 Promoted after Playoff with Waterford United 3.Galway United 36 19 12 5 57-25 69 4.Cobh Ramblers 36 16 10 10 50-33 58 5.Limerick 36 14 5 17 38-48 47 6.Finn Harps 36 12 10 14 49-45 46 7.Kildare County 36 11 10 15 38-55 43 8.Athlone Town 36 11 9 16 29-47 42 9.Monaghan United 36 6 9 21 32-64 27 10.Kilkenny City 36 3 8 25 25-65 17
* Shamrock Rovers deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player. Promotion/Relegation Playoff: First leg: 22/11/2006 Dundalk 1-1 Waterford United Second leg: 25/11/2005 Waterford United 1-2 Dundalk Dundalk win 3-2 on aggregate
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