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A Championship
Season2008
ChampionsUCD A
PromotedMervue United
2009 →

The 2008 A Championship was the inaugural season of the A Championship in Ireland. 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.

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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
? May 2008
Bohemians A[2]
May 25, 2008
Bray Wanderers A
Bishopstown Stadium[2]
Final
2 June 2008
Bohemians A
Buckley Park[3][4][2]
Tierney
Meyler (pen)

Regular season

The regular season saw the twelve

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 Glynn Fahy's Field
Salthill Devon Salthill Republic of Ireland Emlyn Long Drom Soccer Park
Shamrock Rovers A
 Drumcondra Tolka Park
Sligo Rovers A Sligo
Showgrounds

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1
Bohemians A
 14 11 2 1 34 12 +22 32[a] 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 24 0 20 Promoted to First Division after play-off
4 Drogheda United A 14 5 5 4 23 23 0 17[a]
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.
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Bohemians A and Drogheda United A were both deducted 3 points for fielding ineligible players.

Results

Home \ Away
BOH
 DER DRO FHA MER SAL
SHA
 SLI
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: [citation needed]
Legend: 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 A Inchicore Richmond Park
Tullamore Town Tullamore Republic of Ireland Keith Colsh Leah Victoria Park
UCD A Belfield UCD Bowl

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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 16 0 19
6 Cobh Ramblers A 14 6 2 6 24 25 −1 17[a]
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ Cobh Ramblers A were deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.

Results

Home \ Away
BRW
 COB COR GAL
L37
 StP TUL UCD
Bray Wanderers A
 3–4 1–0 2–2 3–0 4–0 9–0 1–5
Cobh Ramblers A 2–0 0–3[a] 1–2 6–0 1–1 3–0 0–3[b]
Cork City A 1–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 8–1 0–5
Galway United A 3–0[c] 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: [citation needed]
Legend: 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. Bray Wanderers A
    forfeited the game.

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.

11 November 2008
Bohemians A
UCD Bowl
19.45 GMT D. McMillan 85'
E. McMillan 107'		 Madden 37'
Ryan Red card
Ennis Red card

[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.

18 November 2008 Mervue United 2 – 2 Kildare County Fahy's Field
20:00 Keogh 10'
Goldbey 28'
Hughes
54' 76'		 Referee: Pádraig Sutton (Clare)
21 November 2008 Kildare County 0 – 3 Mervue United Station Road
19:45 O'Brien 15'
Goldbey 64' 81'		 Referee: Sean Grant (Wexford)

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. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b c "Ireland 2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  6. ^ a b "UCD claim A Championship title". www.ucd.ie. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  7. ^ a b "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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