Thanks to Julian Canny, Malcolm Hodgson, Allard Doesburg and Romeo Ionescu for the information on which the table is based and Donald Crowther of the FA of Ireland for information on the whereabouts of some clubs. Special thanks to Julian Canny for fruitful discussions and additional information and of course for clearing my confusion on all the various Cork teams. 1921/22-37 Irish freestate, 1937/38 - the present Republic of Ireland. Please note that each team, when namechanges have occured, are written with the name they used last. See the notes on namechanges for clarifications. After the 2002/03 season Ireland changed to spring-autumn system. An intermediate championship was played in the autumn of 2003. * indicate points deducted or awarded, see the notes below.
THREE POINTS FOR A WIN 1. Shamrock Rovers, Dublin 86 2104 1010 508 586 3974 2665 3530* 2. Bohemians, Dublin 88 2153 936 509 708 3538 2930 3312* 3. Shelbourne, Dublin 83 2025 873 494 658 3563 2890 3113 4. Dundalk 74 1763 763 428 572 3028 2518 2717 5. St Patrick's Athletic, Dublin 58 1598 649 428 521 2358 2168 2359* 6. Waterford United 62 1529 627 328 574 2670 2539 2209 7. Sligo Rovers 56 1443 486 335 622 2079 2537 1793 8. Limerick 56 1318 458 302 558 1929 2192 1676 9. Cork City 25 802 356 227 219 1082 816 1282* 10. Drumcondra, Dublin 44 894 347 205 342 1574 1633 1246 11. Drogheda United 36 1029 307 293 429 1250 1521 1203* 12. Derry City, Londonderry 22 721 306 213 202 951 665 1121 13. Athlone Town 30 794 301 177 316 1183 1197 1080 14. Finn Harps, Ballybofey 23 671 264 149 258 1040 994 941 15. Cork Celtic 28 660 259 149 252 1156 1079 926 16. Galway United 23 704 187 189 328 780 1130 750 17. Cork United (folded 1948) 24 442 216 73 153 1043 827 721 18. University College Dublin 21 651 172 195 284 637 872 711 19. Cork Hibernians 19 443 192 110 141 735 608 686 20. St. James Gate 23 440 175 69 196 905 894 594 21. Dublin City 17 475 110 101 264 495 856 431 22. Bray Wanderers 13 408 100 112 196 403 640 412 23. Brideville, Dublin 16 314 94 71 149 542 744 353 24. Bray Unknowns 19 372 93 58 221 599 1041 337 25. Longford Town 9 291 85 83 123 297 384 332* 26. Transport, Dublin 14 296 78 63 155 433 661 297 27. Cork Athletic 9 186 76 33 77 360 345 261 28. Dolphin, Dublin 7 142 68 25 49 314 265 229 29. Cork United (folded 1982) 6 176 50 39 87 192 274 189 30. Jacobs, Dublin 11 206 47 41 118 301 545 182 31. Thurles Town 5 150 29 32 89 167 340 119 32. Cobh Ramblers 4 131 25 36 70 116 201 111 33. Monaghan United 3 98 20 18 60 82 198 78 34. Shelbourne United, Dublin 2 40 20 6 14 73 68 66 35. Pioneers, Dublin 4 76 13 5 58 95 271 44 36. Reds United 1 22 12 1 9 45 47 37 37. Olympia 2 36 8 10 18 33 78 34 38. Dublin United 2 36 9 3 24 55 109 30 39. Brooklyn, Dublin 2 36 8 5 23 47 94 29 40. Midland Athletic, Dublin 2 40 9 2 29 43 130 29 41. Kilkenny City 2 66 5 13 48 41 129 28 42. Cork Bohemians 2 36 6 10 20 48 79 28 43. Frankfort, Dublin 1 14 3 5 6 22 32 14 44. Rathmines Athletics, Dublin 1 22 2 1 19 21 74 7 45. YMCA Dublin 1 14 0 3 11 17 43 3NOTES ON POINT DEDUCTIONS AND SUCH:
* Bohemians had two points deducted during the 1925/26 season which were given to Fordsons, which thus had points awarded to them. * The championship playoff during the 1970/71 season between Cork Hibernians and Shamrock Rovers which ended 3-1 is counted in the table. * 1981/82 Ireland had a pointsystem devised as such: 4 points for an awaywin, 3 points for a homewin, 2 points for an awaydraw, 1 point for a homedraw and of course 0 points for a defeat. These "extra points" are written in brackets for each concerned team along with their regular "extra points" earned during the 3 points for a win rule. Cork United (the Cork United from the late 1970:s and early 1980:s of course) & Thurles Town folded after that season so their "extra points" within brackets indicate the ones taken during the 1981/82 season, otherwise all other teams which have taken points during the 1981/82 system and the 3 points for a win system have all such extra points separated from each other with the 1981/82 points written first. Teams which have only taken "extra-points" during the 3 points for a win system (such as for example Cobh Ramblers) have only one digit within brackets after their teamname, with Cork United and Thurles Town as exceptions which I�ve already mentioned. The Republic of Ireland adopted the 3 points for a win system before starting the 1982/83 season, then switched back to the two points for a win system, and then again introduced the three points for a win system from the 1993/94 season on. * Drogheda United had one point deducted during the 1991/92-season. * Cork City had three points deducted during the 1995/96-season. St. Patricks had fifteen points deducted during the 2001/02-season for on five different occasions fielding an ineligible player. * Shelbourne had 8 points deducted during the 2005-season for financial irregularities in license application. * Bohemians had 3 points deducted for fielding a suspended player in a game during the 2006-season. * Dublin City withdrew after 17 games of the 2006-season because of financial difficulties. They had achieved the following when they withdrew: 17 4 3 10 11-24 15. * Longford Town had six points deducted during 2007-season for breach of their club license agreement. * 2008: Cork City and Drogheda United each deducted 10 points for being involved in an examinership process.
NOTES ON NAMECHANGES:* Fordsons joined the league in 1925, changed their name to Cork in 1930, to Cork City in 1938 and finally to Cork United 1939 which left the league in 1948. * Cork Bohemians joined in 1932 and left in 1934. * Cork Athletic joined in 1948 and left in 1957. * Evergreen United joined the league in 1951 and changed their name to Cork Celtic in 1959 which left the league in 1979. * Cork Hibernians existed 1957/58 - 1975/76 and folded in 1976. * Albert Rovers joined the league in 1976 and changed their name to Cork Albert and then to Cork Alberts in 1977. Two years later the club changed name to Cork United and finally folded in 1982. * The present day Cork City came into existence in 1984. * Drogheda have also played under the name Drogheda United. * Galway United have also played under the name Galway Rovers. * Waterford was renamed Waterford United in 1982. * Drumcondra merged with Home Farm in 1972 as Home Farm, later Home Farm Everton and Home Farm Fingal. From the 2001/02 season: Dublin City. * Limerick existed from 1937-1979, then they changed to Limerick United. In 1983 the club was rearranged as Limerick City, in 1992 name change to Limerick FC. * Where Olympia came from is unknown, it was probably Dublin. * Longford changed name to Longford Town in the 1990:s. When the 2001/02-season started St. Patrick's Athletic and St. Francis had officially joined forces into St. Patricks's Athletic incorporating St. Francis. However, this amalgamation collapsed during the season so the results by that team are counted on St. Patrick's Athletics.
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