2008 A Championship

A Championship
Season 2008
Champions UCD A
Promoted Mervue United
2009 →

The 2008 A Championship was the inaugural season of the A Championship. The league featured 16 teams. UCD A were the inaugural champions, Cork City A won the Shield competition and Mervue United were promoted to the First Division after a play off.

Derry City A
Drogheda United A
Finn Harps A
Mervue United
Salthill Devon
Sligo Rovers A
Bray Wanderers A
Cobh Ramblers A
Cork City A
Galway United A
Limerick 37 A
Tullamore Town
Dublin
Dublin teams

Bohemians A Shamrock Rovers A St Patrick's Athletic A UCD A

Location of teams in 2008 A Championship

A Championship Shield

Between March and June the twelve League of Ireland Premier Division reserve teams competed in the A Championship Shield. Mervue United, Salthill Devon and Tullamore Town did not play in the Shield as they were still playing in their previous junior/intermediate leagues which operated as winter leagues. This resulted in an overlap with the A Championship which operated as a summer league. The twelve teams were divided into four regionalised groups with the group winners then qualifying for the semi-finals. [1][2]

Group Stage
Group A Group B Group C Group D
Cork City A Bray Wanderers A

Bohemians A Finn Harps A

Cobh Ramblers A St Patrick's Athletic A Drogheda United A Derry City A
Galway United A UCD A Shamrock Rovers A Sligo Rovers A
Semi-finals
Final

Regular season

The regular season saw the twelve League of Ireland Premier Division reserve teams joined by Limerick 37 A plus the first teams of Mervue United, Salthill Devon and Tullamore Town. The format saw the sixteen teams split into two groups of eight, divided roughly into southern and northern groups. The two groups used a traditional round-robin format. The two group winners, UCD A and Bohemians A, then played off in a final. UCD won the inaugural title. As the highest placed non-reserve team, Mervue United qualified for a promotion/relegation play-off and after defeating Kildare County, they were promoted to the League of Ireland First Division. [5][6][7]

Group 1

Teams

Team Base Manager Stadium
Bohemians A Phibsborough AUL Complex
Derry City A Derry Brandywell Stadium
Drogheda United A Drogheda United Park
Finn Harps A Ballybofey Finn Park
Mervue United Galway Republic of Ireland Johnny GlynnFahy's Field
Salthill Devon SalthillRepublic of Ireland Emlyn LongDrom Soccer Park
Shamrock Rovers A Drumcondra Tolka Park
Sligo Rovers A Sligo Showgrounds

Results

Home ╲ Away BOH DER DROFHAMERSALSHASLI
Bohemians A 1–0 3–2 4–1 4–0 2–0 3–1 3–1
Derry City A 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–3 4–0 0–0 3–0
Drogheda United A 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 5–1
Finn Harps A 1–3 0–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–0
Mervue United 1–2 5–4 1–1 0–3 1–2 4–0 2–0
Salthill Devon 0–3 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–4 2–2 3–1
Shamrock Rovers A 2–0 4–3 4–4 2–0 0–1 6–0 2–2
Sligo Rovers A 1–4 1–4 3–1 0–4 3–0 2–1 1–0

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

Group 2

Teams

Team Base Manager Stadium
Bray Wanderers A Bray Jackson Park
Cobh Ramblers A Cobh St Colman's Park
Cork City A Cork Turner's Cross
Galway United A Galway Athenry
Limerick 37 A Limerick Jackman Park
St Patrick's Athletic AInchicore Richmond Park
Tullamore Town TullamoreRepublic of Ireland Keith ColshLeah Victoria Park
UCD ABelfield UCD Bowl

Results

Home ╲ Away BRW COB CORGALL37StPTULUCD
Bray Wanderers A 3–4 1–0 2–2 3–0 4–0 9–0 1–5
Cobh Ramblers A 2–0 0–3[note 1] 1–2 6–0 1–1 3–0 0–3[note 2]
Cork City A 1–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 8–1 0–5
Galway United A 3–0[note 3] 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–1
Limerick 37 A 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 4–3
St Patrick's Athletic A 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–4 3–0 0–2
Tullamore Town 1–5 1–2 0–4 2–1 1–1 0–4 0–8
UCD A 1–1 5–0 0–0 3–0 9–0 2–1 5–0

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

Notes

  1. ↑ The match was awarded 3-0 to Cork City A after Cobh Ramblers A forfeited the game.
  2. ↑ The match was awarded 3-0 to UCD A after Cobh Ramblers A forfeited the game.
  3. ↑ The match was awarded 3-0 to Galway United A after Bray Wanderers A forfeited the game.

Final Tables

Group 1
Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Bohemians A 14 11 2 1 34 12+22 0321 A Championship play-off final
2 Finn Harps A 14 9 1 4 24 12+12 28
3 Mervue United (P) 14 6 2 6 24 240 20 Promoted to First Division after play-off
4 Drogheda United A 14 5 5 4 23 230 0171
5 Shamrock Rovers A 14 4 4 6 23 22+1 16
6 Sligo Rovers A 14 4 3 7 24 23+1 15
7 Derry City A 14 4 1 9 16 34−18 13
8 Salthill Devon 14 3 2 9 13 31−18 11

Source: www.rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Bohemians A and Drogheda United A were both deducted 3 points for fielding ineligible players.
(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.

Group 2
Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 UCD A 14 10 3 1 52 8+44 33 A Championship play-off final
2 Cork City A 14 7 3 4 22 13+9 24
3 Galway United A 14 6 4 4 20 14+6 22
4 Bray Wanderers A 14 6 3 5 31 20+11 21
5 St Patrick's Athletic A 14 5 4 5 16 160 19
6 Cobh Ramblers A 14 6 2 6 24 25−1 0171
7 Limerick 37 A 14 4 2 8 17 33−16 14
8 Tullamore Town 14 1 1 12 7 60−53 4

Source: www.rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Cobh Ramblers A were deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.
(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.

Play-Offs

A Championship Final

Bohemians A and UCD A competed in a playoff to decide the overall A Championship title. UCD A won 2–1.

[5][6][8]

Promotion/Relegation

Kildare County and Mervue United, the highest ranked non-reserve team from the A Championship, played off to see who would play in the 2009 First Division.

Mervue United won 5–2 on aggregate and were promoted to the First Division. [5][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A Championship Shield 2008 pg1". foot.ie. 27 March 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "A Championship Shield 2008 pg2". foot.ie. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Cork City Football Club Honours List". www.corkcityfc.ie. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Results". www.irishexaminer.com. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "Ireland 2008". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  6. 1 2 "UCD claim A Championship title". www.ucd.ie. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Kildare County 0-3 Mervue United (Mervue win 5-2)". www.rte.ie. 21 November 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "UCD v Bohemians - A Championship Final Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
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