1921–22 League of Ireland

League of Ireland
Season	1921–22
Champions	St. James's Gate (1st Title)
Matches played	56
Goals scored	204 (3.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jack Kelly (11)
Biggest home win	Dublin United 6-0 Frankfort
Biggest away win	YMCA 0-5 Bohemians
Highest scoring	Frankfort 4-4 YMCA
1922–23 →

The 1921–22 League of Ireland was the first season of top level association football in what is now the Republic of Ireland. It began on September 17, 1921, and ended on December 17, 1921. St James's Gate were the inaugural champions. Gate went on to complete a treble, also winning both the 1921–22 FAI Cup and 1921–22 Leinster Senior Cup. Meanwhile, Shelbourne won the inaugural League of Ireland Shield.

Overview

The first season of the League of Ireland featured eight teams in a single division known as 'Division A'. All eight teams were from County Dublin. The teams that competed in the first season were: Bohemians, Dublin United, Frankfort, Jacobs, Olympia, St. James's Gate, Shelbourne and YMCA.^[1] The eight founding members had spent the 1920–21 season playing in the Leinster Senior League. Bohemians and Shelbourne had played in the 1919–20 Irish League. YMCA and Frankfort subsequently withdrew from the league after just one season and together with Rathmines Athletic and Reds United, make up a group of four clubs who have played just one season in the top level of the League of Ireland.^[2]

Teams

Dublin

Locations of the 1921/22 League of Ireland Division 'A' teams

Team	Home town/suburb	Home ground
Bohemians	Phibsborough	Dalymount Park
Dublin United	Donnybrook, Dublin	Beech Hill
Jacobs	Crumlin, Dublin	Rutland Avenue
Frankfort	Drumcondra, Dublin	Richmond Road
Olympia	Inchicore	Bellevue Lodge
St. James's Gate	Crumlin, Dublin	St. James's Park
Shelbourne	Ringsend	Shelbourne Park
YMCA	Sandymount	Claremount Road

Division 'A'


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St. James's Gate !St. James's Gate (C)	14	11	1	2	31	8	+23	23
2	Bohemians !Bohemians	14	10	1	3	35	13	+22	21
3	Shelbourne !Shelbourne	14	8	2	4	31	21	+10	18
4	Olympia !Olympia	14	5	4	5	20	21	−1	14
5	Jacobs !Jacobs	14	4	4	6	23	27	−4	12
6	Frankfort !Frankfort	14	3	5	6	22	32	−10	11
7	Dublin United !Dublin United	14	5	0	9	25	39	−14	10
8	YMCA !YMCA	14	0	3	11	17	43	−26	3

Source: ^[3]^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Bohemians !BOH	Dublin United !DBU	Frankfort !FRA	Jacobs !JAC	Olympia !OLY	St. James's Gate !STG	Shelbourne !SHE	YMCA !YMCA
Bohemians !Bohemians		4–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	5–0
Dublin United !Dublin United	2–5		6–0	3–1	0–3	2–0	1–2	3–2
Frankfort !Frankfort	1–3	5–0		3–0	3–3	2–1	0–4	4–4
Jacobs !Jacobs	1–3	4–0	4–1		2–1	0–0	1–4	3–1
Olympia !Olympia	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–2		0–4	1–1	2–1
St. James's Gate !St. James's Gate	1–0	5–1	2–0	4–2	0–1		4–1	2–0
Shelbourne !Shelbourne	2–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–2		4–1
YMCA !YMCA	1–5	2–4	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–4

Source: ^[3]^[4]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jack Kelly	St James's Gate	11
2	Patrick Smith	Jacobs	10
3	E. Pollock	Bohemians	9

Source:^[4]

References

↑ League of Ireland Rsssf
↑ One Season Wonders
1 2 McSweeney, Niall. A Record of League of Ireland Football 1921-22 to 1984-85. Association of Football Statisticians.
1 2 3 Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statisical Record 1921-2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.

League of Ireland Premier Division

2017 clubs

Seasons

A Division	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85

Premier Division	1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Awards

1921–22 in European football

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Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Denmark England Estonia '21 '22 Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '21 '22 Italy Latvia '21 '22 Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Romania Russia Scotland Switzerland

Domestic cups	Austria England France Hungary Italy '22 Luxembourg Northern Ireland Norway '21 '22 Portugal Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain '21 '22 Sweden '21 '22 Wales

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