2009 A Championship

Newstalk A Championship
Season 2009
Champions Shamrock Rovers A
Promoted Salthill Devon
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The 2009 A Championship was the second season of the A Championship. The season was sponsored by Newstalk. The league featured 18 teams. Shamrock Rovers A were the champions while the runners up, Salthill Devon, were promoted to the First Division.

Castlebar Celtic
Derry City
Drogheda United A
Dundalk A
Finn Harps A
Galway United A
Salthill Devon
Sligo Rovers A
Tullamore Town
Bray Wanderers A
Cobh Ramblers
Cork City A
F.C. Carlow
Tralee Dynamos
Dublin
Dublin teams

Sporting Fingal A
Bohemians A
St Patrick's Athletic A
Shamrock Rovers A

Location of teams in 2009 A Championship

Overwiew

18 teams participated in the 2009 A Championship. 12 of these were the reserve teams of League of Ireland clubs. The 2008 champions UCD A and Limerick 37 A did not enter teams for the 2009 season. They were replaced by Sporting Fingal A and Dundalk A. The six non-reserve teams included Salthill Devon and Tullamore Town, both of whom played in the 2008 season. Cobh Ramblers had been relegated from the 2008 Premier Division but were demoted directly to the A Championship after being refused a First Division license.[1][2][3][4] Castlebar Celtic, F.C. Carlow and Tralee Dynamos were making their debut at senior national level. They were the first clubs from their respective counties of Mayo, Carlow and Kerry to play at this level.[1][5][6]

The regular season started on 4 April and was completed by early November. The format saw the 18 teams split into two groups of nine, divided roughly into southern and northern groups. The two groups used a traditional round-robin format. The two group winners, Shamrock Rovers A and Salthill Devon, then played off in a final. Shamrock Rovers emerged as champions. As the highest placed non-reserve team, Salthill Devon also qualified for a promotion/relegation play-off. However they were subsequently promoted directly to the 2010 First Division after their opponents, Kildare County, withdrew from the League of Ireland before the play-off could be played.[2][3][7][8]

Group 1

Teams

Team Base Stadium
Castlebar Celtic Castlebar Celtic Park
Derry City A Derry Brandywell Stadium
Drogheda United A Drogheda United Park
Dundalk A Dundalk Oriel Park
Finn Harps A Ballybofey Finn Park
Galway United A Galway Athenry
Salthill Devon Salthill Drom Soccer Park
Sligo Rovers A SligoShowgrounds
Tullamore Town Tullamore Leah Victoria Park

Results

Home ╲ Away CAS DER DRODUNFHAGALSALSLITUL
Castlebar Celtic 1–2 2–3 5–0 2–5 3–0 3–2 3–1 0–0
Derry City A 6–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 6–0 1–3 2–0 1–2
Drogheda United A 1–2 1–0 1–2[note 1] 3–1 10–0 2–2 1–3 3–2
Dundalk A 2–3 2–5 2–1 3–3 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–1
Finn Harps A 5–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 [note 2] 3–1 0–0 0–1
Galway United A 0–3[note 3] 1–1 0–3 [note 4] 1–1 0–4 1–3 0–0 0–0
Salthill Devon 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–03[note 5] 2–1 4–2 3–3 2–0
Sligo Rovers A 1–0 1–4 0–5 1–3 1–3 3–1 [note 6] 0–1 1–0
Tullamore Town 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–4 4–0

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

Notes

  1. ↑ Originally reported 1-2, www.loi.ie has 1-3.
  2. ↑ The match was awarded to Finn Harps A with a score of 3-0 due to Galway United A failing to show up.
  3. ↑ The match was awarded to Castlebar Celtic with a score of 3-0 due to Galway United A failing to show up.
  4. ↑ The match was awarded to Drogheda United A with a score of 0–3 due to Galway United A being unable to field a team.
  5. ↑ The match was awarded to Salthill Devon with a score of 0–3 due to Dundalk A failing to travel to the match.
  6. ↑ Originally reported 3-1, www.loi.ie has 2-1, Galway United official site has 3-1.

Group 2

Teams

Team Base Stadium
Bohemians A Phibsborough AUL Complex
Bray Wanderers A Bray Jackson Park
F.C. Carlow Ballon The Valley
Cobh Ramblers Cobh St Colman's Park
Cork City A Cork Turner's Cross
Sporting Fingal A Fingal ALSAA Sports Complex
St Patrick's Athletic AInchicore Richmond Park
Shamrock Rovers A Tallaght Tallaght Stadium
Tralee Dynamos Tralee Cahermoneen

Results

Home ╲ Away BOH BRW COBCORCARStPSHASFITRA
Bohemians A 0–3 [note 1] 3–1 1–5 2–1 2–0 2–3 0–0 0–1
Bray Wanderers A 0–2 4–2 5–0 4–0 2–2 0–1 1–7 1–0
Cobh Ramblers 0–1 2–5 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–4 0–1
Cork City A 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–1
F.C. Carlow 0–5 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–3 2–4 3–1
St Patrick's Athletic A 4–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–3 0–0 2–0 2–2
Shamrock Rovers A 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0[note 2] 2–1 5–0
Sporting Fingal A 1–3 0–0 2–1 6–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–2
Tralee Dynamos 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–1

Source: loi.ie
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 originally finished 4–0, but it was later awarded 3-0 to Bray Wanderers A due to Bohemians A having fielded an ineligible player.
  2. ↑ Originally reported 1-0, www.loi.ie has 2-0, Shamrock Rovers official site has 1-0.

Final tables

Group 1
Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Salthill Devon (P) 16 11 3 2 37 17+20 36 Promoted to First Division
2 Drogheda United A 16 10 2 4 39 18+21 32
3 Finn Harps A 16 9 3 4 37 17+20 30
4 Castlebar Celtic 16 8 1 7 31 310 25
5 Derry City A 16 7 2 7 32 21+11 23
6 Tullamore Town 16 5 3 8 13 19−6 18
7 Dundalk A 16 5 3 8 24 34−10 18
8 Sligo Rovers A 16 4 3 9 16 32−16 15
9 Galway United A 16 1 4 11 8 48−40 7

Source: loi.ie
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Note: Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
(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 Shamrock Rovers A (C) 16 11 3 2 29 10+19 36 A Championship winners
2 Bohemians A 16 10 1 5 26 21+5 31
3 Bray Wanderers A 16 8 4 4 30 21+9 28
4 Sporting Fingal A 16 8 2 6 32 21+11 26
5 Tralee Dynamos 16 8 1 7 20 21−1 25
6 Cork City A 16 7 3 6 20 19+1 24
7 St Patrick's Athletic A 16 3 6 7 16 18−2 15
8 F.C. Carlow 16 3 3 10 14 35−21 12
9 Cobh Ramblers 16 1 3 12 11 32−21 6

Source: loi.ie
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Note: Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
(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.

Final

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "April kick-off for Newstalk A Championship". rte.ie. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  2. 1 2 "Ireland 2009". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Ireland Third Level 2009". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ireland 2008". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Newstalk A Championship Spotlight - Castlebar Celtic". www.extratime.ie. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Tralee Dynamos Football Club". traleedynamos.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Rovers - Newstalk A Champions Winner 2009". www.shamrockrovers.ie. 2 November 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Hoops claim Newstalk A Championship title". www.fai.ie. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
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