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2001–02 League of Ireland Premier Division

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The 2001–02 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 17th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. Shelbourne were crowned champions for the tenth time.

League of Ireland Premier Division
Season2001–02
ChampionsShelbourne FC (10th title)
RelegatedDundalk
Galway United
Monaghan United
UEFA Champions LeagueShelbourne FC
UEFA CupShamrock Rovers
Dundalk
UEFA Intertoto CupSt Patrick's Athletic
Top goalscorerGlen Crowe: 21
(Bohemians) [1][2]

Regular season

The season saw each team playing three rounds of games, playing every other team three times, totalling 33 games. The 2002–03 season would see the League of Ireland Premier Division reduced from 12 to 10 teams. As a result, three teams were automatically relegated. [2][3] The season is best remembered for the controversy involving allegations of St Patrick's Athletic fielding ineligible players. St. Pat's originally had 9 points deducted for fielding Paul Marney in the first three games of the season. This was later revoked after arbitration. However Shelbourne appealed against this decision which was taken to the High Court where the appeal was rejected. It was then discovered by the Shelbourne chief executive, Ollie Byrne, that Charles Livingstone Mbabazi had not been registered by St. Pat's for the first five games of the season and so the club had 15 points deducted, three points for each game. The decision of the FAI appeal board to dismiss St. Pat's appeal in the Livingstone case saw Shelbourne confirmed as league champions.[2][4]

Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Shelbourne (C)3319685028+2263Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2Shamrock Rovers33176105432+2257Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3St Patrick's Athletic[a]3320855929+3053Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4Bohemians33141095732+2552
5Derry City33149104230+1251
6Cork City33147124839+949
7UCD33121294039+148
8Bray Wanderers331210115445+946
9Longford Town (O)331010134151−1040Qualification to Relegation play-off
10Dundalk (R)33912123746−939UEFA Cup qualifying and relegation to First Division[b]
11Galway United (R)3354242873−4519Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
12Monaghan United (R)3326251985−6612
Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Matches 1–22

Home \ AwayBOHBRWCORDERDUNGALLONMONSHMSHEStPUCD
Bohemians—2–02–21–01–13–01–13–00–14–60–26–0
Bray Wanderers0–0—2–20–05–12–05–15–01–10–30–21–1
Cork City0–12–2—1–00–14–02–12–02–11–02–10–2
Derry City1–03–11–0—1–12–01–12–02–00–03–11–1
Dundalk1–10–31–31–0—1–11–13–00–01–10–21–1
Galway United1–50–20–30–10–1—1–18–00–20–10–41–0
Longford Town2–03–24–11–02–21–2—1–11–21–03–31–3
Monaghan United1–11–12–21–21–00–00–2—2–30–10–41–4
Shamrock Rovers1–04–01–31–11–03–00–04–0—3–00–00–1
Shelbourne1–02–02–10–14–03–02–03–12–0—1–10–1
St Patrick's Athletic1–12–01–31–02–03–03–21–12–13–2—1–2
UCD1–11–21–02–22–11–21–01–01–30–00–0—
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

Home \ AwayBOHBRWCORDERDUNGALLONMONSHMSHEStPUCD
Bohemians———1–0——1–03–01–14–0—3–0
Bray Wanderers2–2—0–2—1–2—4–1—2–10–0——
Cork City0–3———0–0——5–10–20–1——
Derry City—1–21–0————6–13–0——1–1
Dundalk3–1——4–2—1–1———1–20–11–1
Galway United1–53–51–22–3——0–2—————
Longford Town——0–01–01–3——2–01–5—1–1—
Monaghan United—0–3——0–31–2———1–0—0–3
Shamrock Rovers————4–13–0—3–2—0–2—3–1
Shelbourne———1–1—2–03–0———2–1—
St Patrick's Athletic2–02–13–23–0—3–1—2–11–0———
UCD—0–01–1——3–11–2——2–30–0—
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-off

Longford Town who finished in ninth place played off against Finn Harps, the third placed team from the 2001–02 League of Ireland First Division.

1st leg

20 May 2002 Longford Town 1–0 Finn Harps

2nd leg

23 May 2002 Finn Harps 3–2 Longford Town

Longford Town win 6-5 on penalties after extra time and retain their place in the Premier Division. [2][5]

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Locations of the Premier Division teams

See also

References

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