2011 League of Ireland First Division

Football league season

League of Ireland First DivisionSeason| 2011

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Champions| Cork City
Promoted| Shelbourne
Monaghan United
Top goalscorer| Graham Cummins: 24
(Cork City) [1]
Biggest home win| Limerick 6–0 Wexford Youths
Biggest away win| Athlone Town 0–7 Cork City
Highest scoring| Wexford Youths 3–5 Mervue United

← 2010

2012 →

The 2011 League of Ireland First Division season was the 27th season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by 11 teams and Cork City won the title.

## Teams

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Athlone Town

Cork City

Finn Harps

Limerick

Longford Town

Mervue United
Salthill Devon

Monaghan United

Shelbourne

Waterford United

Wexford Youths

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2011 League of Ireland First Division teams

Team  | Base  | Stadium

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Athlone Town | Athlone | Athlone Town Stadium
Cork City | Cork | Turner's Cross
Finn Harps | Ballybofey | Finn Park
Limerick | Limerick | Jackman Park
Longford Town | Longford | Flancare Park
Mervue United | Galway | Fahy's Field
Monaghan United | Monaghan | Kingspan Century Park
Salthill Devon | Salthill | Drom Soccer Park
Shelbourne | Drumcondra | Tolka Park
Waterford United | Waterford | Waterford RSC
Wexford Youths | Crossabeg | Ferrycarraig Park

## Overview

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This season the division featured 11 clubs. This was because Sporting Fingal withdrew from the Premier Division shortly before the season was due to start. Drogheda United, who were originally due to play in the 2011 First Division after being relegated from the 2010 Premier Division, were drafted in to replace Sporting Fingal in the top division. Each team played the other teams three times, totaling 30 games. Cork City finished as champions and were automatically promoted to the Premier Division. Runners up Shelbourne were also promoted, as were third placed Monaghan United after winning a play-off.[2]

## Final table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Cork City (C, P) | 30  | 20  | 9  | 1  | 73  | 26  | +47  | 69  | Promoted to Premier Division
2  | Shelbourne (P) | 30  | 22  | 2  | 6  | 62  | 24  | +38  | 68  | Promoted to Premier Division
3  | Monaghan United (P) | 30  | 21  | 4  | 5  | 60  | 27  | +33  | 67  | Promoted to Premier Division after play-off
4  | Limerick | 30  | 20  | 6  | 4  | 49  | 22  | +27  | 66  |
5  | Waterford United | 30  | 13  | 3  | 14  | 37  | 31  | +6  | 42
6  | Longford Town | 30  | 12  | 4  | 14  | 38  | 41  | −3  | 40
7  | Mervue United | 30  | 10  | 4  | 16  | 37  | 45  | −8  | 34
8  | Athlone Town | 30  | 9  | 5  | 16  | 25  | 53  | −28  | 32
9  | Finn Harps | 30  | 8  | 4  | 18  | 29  | 45  | −16  | 28
10  | Wexford Youths | 30  | 4  | 2  | 24  | 29  | 69  | −40  | 14
11  | Salthill Devon | 30  | 2  | 5  | 23  | 18  | 74  | −56  | 11

Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

## Results

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### Matches 1–20

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Home \ Away  | ATH | COR | FHA | LIM | LON | MER | MON | SAL | SHE | WAT | WEX

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Athlone Town |  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–3  | 2–0  | 0–4  | 0–3  | 2–0
Cork City | 2–0  |  | 5–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 3–0  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 4–1  | 2–3  | 1–0
Finn Harps | 1–0  | 0–2  |  | 2–2  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 0–0  | 0–3  | 1–0  | 0–1
Limerick | 3–0  | 0–0  | 1–0  |  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 0–2  | 3–0  | 0–3  | 1–0  | 0–1
Longford Town | 2–0  | 1–3  | 3–2  | 1–2  |  | 2–1  | 1–3  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 2–1
Mervue United | 1–2  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 0–2  | 2–1  |  | 3–1  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 3–0
Monaghan United | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–2  |  | 3–0  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 2–1
Salthill Devon | 1–1  | 1–5  | 0–4  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 2–5  |  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 2–1
Shelbourne | 2–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 4–0  | 2–3  | 4–1  |  | 2–1  | 4–2
Waterford United | 0–0  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 4–0  | 0–1  |  | 0–1
Wexford Youths | 0–1  | 1–2  | 0–2  | 2–3  | 0–2  | 3–5  | 1–2  | 1–3  | 0–1  | 1–2  |

Source: www.rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

### Matches 21–30

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Home \ Away  | ATH | COR | FHA | LIM | LON | MER | MON | SAL | SHE | WAT | WEX

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Athlone Town |  | 0–7  | 0–1  |  |  | 4–1  | 0–5  |  | 0–2  |  |
Cork City |  |  | 5–2  | 3–3  | 3–1  |  | 3–1  |  |  |  | 2–2
Finn Harps |  |  |  | 1–2  | 1–2  |  | 0–3  | 2–0  |  |  | 4–1
Limerick | 3–1  |  |  |  | 1–0  |  |  | 1–1  |  | 3–0  | 6–0
Longford Town | 0–2  |  |  |  |  | 2–2  |  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 2–1  |
Mervue United |  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 0–1  |  |  | 0–1  |  | 0–2  |  |
Monaghan United |  |  |  | 0–1  | 3–2  |  |  | 3–0  |  | 3–1  | 2–0
Salthill Devon | 1–3  | 0–4  |  |  |  | 0–5  |  |  | 1–4  | 1–3  |
Shelbourne |  | 1–2  | 4–0  | 1–2  |  |  | 1–2  |  |  |  | 3–0
Waterford United | 5–1  | 1–3  | 0–0  |  |  | 2–0  |  |  | 1–0  |  |
Wexford Youths | 3–3  |  |  |  | 1–3  | 0–3  |  | 5–2  |  | 0–2  |

Source: www.rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Promotion/relegation play-off

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Galway United, the tenth-placed team in the 2011 Premier Division, and Monaghan United, the third-placed team of the First Division, played off to see who would play in the 2012 Premier Division. The playoff was contested in a two-legged format.[2]

Monaghan United v Galway United 1 November 2011 |  Monaghan United | 2 – 0|  Galway United | Kingspan Century Park

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19.45 GMT | Isichei  13'
S. Brennan  87' |  |  |

Galway United v Monaghan United 4 November 2011 |  Galway United | 1 – 3|  Monaghan United | Terryland Park

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19.45 GMT | Murphy  82' |  |  26', 33' O'Brien
51' R. Brennan |

Monaghan United won 5–1 on aggregate and were promoted to the Premier Division. Galway United were relegated to the First Division.

## Awards

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### Top Goalscorers

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Scorer  | Club  | Goals

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Graham Cummins | Cork City[1] | 24
Philip Hughes | Shelbourne | 20
David Cassidy  | Shelbourne | 15
Sean Brennan  | Monaghan United | 14
Conan Byrne | Shelbourne | 13

### Player of the Year

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Winner  | Club

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Graham Cummins | Cork City[3]

## See also

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* 2011 League of Ireland Premier Division
* 2011 League of Ireland Cup
* 2011 A Championship
* 2011 Dundalk F.C. season
* 2011 Shamrock Rovers F.C. season

## References

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1. ^ a b "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
2. ^ a b c "Ireland 2011". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
3. ^ "Zayed scoops Player of the Year award". extratime.ie. 13 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 4 August 2016.

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