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1985–86 League of Ireland Premier Division

The 1985–86 League of Ireland Premier Division was the first season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The Premier Division was made up of 12 teams.

League of Ireland Premier Division
Season1985–86
ChampionsShamrock Rovers
RelegatedShelbourne
UCD
European CupShamrock Rovers
UEFA CupGalway United
UEFA Cup Winners' CupWaterford United
Top goalscorerTommy Gaynor:15
(Limerick) [1][2]

Overview edit

The Premier Division was contested by 12 teams and Shamrock Rovers F.C. won the championship. The top 12 teams from the 1984–85 League of Ireland automatically qualified for the Premier Division. [2][3]

Teams edit

Stadia and locations edit

Team Hometown/Suburb Stadium Manager
Athlone Town Athlone St Mel's Park   Con Flanagan
Bohemians Phibsborough Dalymount Park   Billy Young
Cork City Cork Turners Cross   Noel O'Mahony
Dundalk Dundalk Oriel Park   Turlough O'Connor
Galway United Galway Terryland Park   Tony Mannion
Home Farm Drumcondra, Dublin Tolka Park   Mick Lawlor
Limerick Limerick Jackman Park   Joe O'Mahoney
Shamrock Rovers Milltown, Dublin Glenmalure Park   Jim McLaughlin
Shelbourne Harold's Cross Harold's Cross Stadium   Paddy Mulligan
St Patrick's Athletic Inchicore Richmond Park   Jimmy Jackson
Waterford United Waterford Kilcohan Park   Alfie Hale
University College Dublin Belfield UCD Bowl

Final Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shamrock Rovers (C) 22 15 3 4 44 17 +27 33 Qualification to 1986–87 European Cup
2 Galway United 22 12 7 3 42 19 +23 31 Qualification to 1986–87 UEFA Cup
3 Dundalk 22 12 6 4 35 16 +19 30
4 Bohemians 22 8 11 3 27 22 +5 27
5 Waterford United 22 8 10 4 27 25 +2 26 Qualification to 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup[a]
6 St Patrick's Athletic 22 8 9 5 23 19 +4 25
7 Limerick 22 10 4 8 45 28 +17 24
8 Athlone Town 22 6 7 9 23 27 −4 19
9 Home Farm 22 5 5 12 15 30 −15 15
10 Cork City 22 3 7 12 23 44 −21 13
11 Shelbourne (R) 22 3 7 12 15 40 −25 13 Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
12 UCD (R) 22 2 4 16 19 51 −32 8
Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Waterford United qualified for the 1986-87 European Cup Winners' Cup after reaching the 1985–86 FAI Cup final.

Results edit

Home \ Away ATH BOH COR DUN GAL HOM LIM SHM SHE StP UCD WAT
Athlone Town — 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 4–0 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0
Bohemians 1–0 — 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1
Cork City 0–2 1–2 — 1–4 0–2 1–1 1–4 0–3 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–1
Dundalk 3–2 0–0 2–2 — 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0
Galway United 2–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 — 3–0 3–0 1–3 6–1 2–1 3–0 2–0
Home Farm 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 — 1–3 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0
Limerick 0–1 0–0 5–2 1–2 1–1 4–1 — 3–1 5–0 1–1 3–0 1–1
Shamrock Rovers 5–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–2 4–0 1–0 — 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0
Shelbourne 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–0 0–4 1–1 — 0–0 5–3 0–2
St Patrick's Athletic 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–2 1–1 — 2–0 2–2
UCD 2–0 3–3 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–4 1–4 0–2 1–3 — 1–1
Waterford United 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–5 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League of Ireland clubs in Europe edit

European Cup edit

First round edit

After winning the league title in the previous season, Shamrock Rovers received automatic qualification into the first round of the European Cup. Shamrock Rovers were drawn against Hungarian club, Budapest Honvéd, 1984-85 Hungarian League Winners. Budapest Honvéd were the hosts for the first leg and won the game comfortably in a 2-0 defeat of Shamrock Rovers. In the return leg, Shamrock Rovers were defeated once again 3-1, thus eliminating them from the competition.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Budapest Honvéd   5-1   Shamrock Rovers 2 - 0 3 - 1
First leg edit

18 September 1985 Budapest Honvéd   2 – 0   Shamrock Rovers Illovszky Rudolf Stadion (1960), Budapest
Dajka   36'
Détári   67'		 Report
Second leg edit

2 October 1985 Shamrock Rovers   1 – 3   Budapest Honvéd Glenmalure Park, Dublin
Coady   84' Report Détári   69', 74'
Cseh   85'

Budapest Honvéd won 5–1 on aggregate.

UEFA Cup edit

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bohemians   4-7   Dundee United 2 - 5 2 - 2

European Cup Winners Cup edit

First round edit

FAI Cup Runners-up, Galway United entered the European Cup Winners' Cup in the first round against Danish side, Lyngby BK. Galway United were defeated 1-0 in the away leg in Lyngby BK. In the second leg, United were defeated 3-2 at Terryland Park, ending their European campaign.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lyngby BK   4-2   Galway United 1 - 0 3 - 2

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921–2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.
  3. ^ "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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