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Football Association of Ireland League of Ireland Premier Division 1985-1990

LoI Premier Division 1985-86

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Shamrock Rovers (C)	22	15	3	4	44	16	33
Galway United	22	12	7	3	42	19	31
Dundalk	22	12	6	4	33	16	30
Bohemians	22	8	11	3	27	23	27
Waterford United	22	8	10	4	27	25	26
St. Patrick’s Athletic	22	8	9	5	23	19	25
Limerick City	22	10	4	8	43	28	24
Athlone Town	22	6	7	9	23	27	19
Home Farm	22	5	5	12	15	30	15
Cork City	22	3	7	12	22	43	13
Shelbourne (R)	22	3	7	12	15	40	13
University College Dublin (R)	22	2	4	16	19	51	8

League of Ireland Premier Division 1985-86 [Reference: 1]

Note: 2 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss / (C) Champions / (R) Relegated

Note 2: Sligo Rovers and Bray Wanderers promoted from First Division for 1986-87 season.

LoI Premier Division 1986-87

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Shamrock Rovers (C)	22	18	3	1	51	16	39
Dundalk	22	12	6	4	40	21	30
Bohemians	22	11	7	4	32	23	29
Waterford United	22	12	4	6	42	24	28
St. Patrick’s Athletic	22	7	9	6	22	21	23
Galway United	22	8	6	8	25	25	22
Cork City	22	7	4	11	30	34	18
Bray Wanderers	22	6	5	11	25	33	17
Limerick City	22	7	3	12	24	38	17
Sligo Rovers	22	6	5	11	23	38	17
Home Farm (R)	22	6	1	15	24	48	13
Athlone Town (R)	22	3	5	14	18	35	11

League of Ireland Premier Division 1986-87 [Reference: 2]

Note: 2 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss / (C) Champions / (R) Relegated.

Note 2: Derry City and Shelbourne promoted from First Division for 1987-88 season.

LoI Premier Division 1987-88

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Dundalk (C)	33	19	8	6	54	32	46
St. Patrick’s Athletic	33	18	9	6	52	35	45
Bohemians	33	17	11	5	57	32	45
Shamrock Rovers	33	16	9	8	43	30	41
Galway United	33	15	10	8	48	34	40
Waterford United	33	10	14	9	40	31	34
Cork City	33	12	10	11	41	47	34
Derry City	33	13	5	15	59	44	31
Limerick City	33	9	7	17	33	60	25
Shelbourne	33	8	8	17	31	44	24
Bray Wanderers (R)	33	4	10	19	27	65	18
Sligo Rovers (R)	33	4	5	24	30	81	13

League of Ireland Premier Division 1987-88 [Reference: 3]

Note: 2 Pts Win, 1 Pt Draw, 0 Pts Loss, (C) Champions, (R) Relegated.

Note 2: Athlone Town and Cobh Ramblers promoted from First Division for 1988-89 season.

LoI Premier Division 1988-89

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Derry City (C)	33	24	5	4	70	21	53
Dundalk	33	20	11	2	55	27	51
Limerick City	33	18	9	6	57	37	45
St. Patrick’s Athletic	33	16	11	6	40	19	43
Bohemians	33	12	6	15	41	43	30
Athlone Town	33	11	7	15	30	33	29
Shamrock Rovers	33	7	13	13	33	43	27
Shelbourne	33	8	10	15	26	40	26
Cork City	33	8	10	15	29	36	26
Galway United	33	8	9	16	34	56	25
Cobh Ramblers (R)	33	6	9	18	29	54	21
Waterford United (R)	33	6	6	21	21	58	18

League of Ireland Premier Division 1988-89 [Reference: 4]

Note: 2 Pts Win, 1 Pt Draw, 0 Pts Loss, (C) Champions, (R) Relegated.

Note 2: Drogheda United and University College Dublin promoted from First Division for 1989-90 season.

LoI Premier Division 1989-90

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Patrick’s Athletic (C)	33	22	8	3	51	22	52
Derry City	33	20	9	4	72	18	49
Dundalk	33	17	8	8	50	26	42
Shamrock Rovers	33	16	8	9	45	37	40
Cork City	33	14	9	10	35	24	37
Bohemians	33	14	7	12	35	32	35
Shelbourne	33	10	13	10	39	39	33
Galway United	33	10	9	14	39	61	29
Limerick City	33	7	8	18	28	50	22
Athlone Town	33	5	12	16	28	53	22
Drogheda United (R)	33	5	8	20	20	44	18
University College Dublin	33	6	5	22	25	61	17

League of Ireland Premier Division 1989-90 [Reference: 5]

Note: 2 Pts Win, 1 Pt Draw, 0 Pts Loss, (C) Champions, (R) Relegated.

Note 2: Sligo Rovers and Waterford United promoted from First Division for 1990-91 season.

References

Sources / Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1986) “Soccer Scoreboard” Irish Independent. Monday, April 21, 1986. [pg. 16 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[3] Anon. (1988) “Soccer Scoreboard” Irish Independent. Monday, April 25, 1982. [pg. 14 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[4] Anon. (1989) “Soccer Scoreboard” Irish Independent. Monday, April 24, 1983. [pg. 10 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[5] Anon. (1990) “Briefly” Irish Independent. Monday, April 30, 1990. [pg. 11 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

Bibliography

[2] Bateson, Bill & Sewell, Albert (Eds) “League of Ireland 1987-88” News of the World Football Annual 1985-86. pg. 110. Invincible Press, London. 1987.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jason Caldwell, Alan McCormack, Paul Nolan, Andrew McGovern, Colm Murray, Niall Brennan, Gareth Quigley, Paul O’Reilly.

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Football Association of Ireland League of Ireland B 1980-1985

LoI B 1980-81

	P	W	D	L	Pts
Dundalk B (C)	30	24	4	2	52
CYM	30	19	5	6	43
Belgrove	30	18	3	9	39
Bohemians B	30	15	9	6	39
Shamrock Rovers B	30	15	7	8	37
St Patrick’s Athletic B	30	14	8	8	36
Drogheda United B	30	13	7	10	33
Athlone Town B	30	13	6	11	32
Longford Town	30	9	9	12	27
University College Dublin B	30	10	6	14	26
Waterford B	30	7	10	13	24
St. Brendan’s	30	6	11	13	23
Dublin University	30	8	6	16	22
Shelbourne B	30	8	5	17	21
Home Farm B	30	5	7	18	17
Tullamore	30	3	4	23	10

League of Ireland B 1980-81 [Reference:1]

Note: 2 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss.

LoI B 1981-82

	P	W	D	L	Pts
Bohemians B (C)	29	22	3	4	47
Dundalk B	29	17	7	5	41
Athlone Town B	29	17	3	9	37
Drogheda United B	30	14	6	10	34
St. Brendan’s	30	14	5	11	33
Home Farm B	30	13	6	11	32
Shamrock Rovers B	30	12	7	11	31
Belgrove	30	11	9	10	31
Tullamore	29	10	9	10	29
University College Dublin B	30	12	5	13	29
CYM	30	11	5	14	27
Waterford B	28	9	8	11	26
St. Patrick’s Athletic B	30	9	7	14	25
Longford Town	30	9	2	19	20
Shelbourne B	30	7	1	22	15
Dublin University	30	7	1	22	15

League of Ireland B 1981-82 [Reference:2]

Note: 2 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss.

LoI B 1982-83

	P	W	D	L	Pts
Dundalk B (C)	30	21	5	4	68
Belgrove	30	16	8	6	56
Longford Town	30	12	12	6	48
Athlone Town B	30	12	11	7	47
Shamrock Rovers B	30	12	9	9	45
St. Patrick’s Athletic B	30	12	7	11	43
Bohemians B	29	11	9	9	42
University College Dublin B	30	11	8	11	41
Shelbourne B	30	9	11	10	38
Waterford B	29	11	4	14	37
CYM	30	9	6	15	33
Drogheda United B	30	7	12	11	32
Tullamore	30	7	11	12	31
Dublin University	30	7	8	15	28
St. Brendan’s	30	6	11	13	29
Home Farm B	30	6	8	16	26

League of Ireland B 1982-83 [Reference:3]

Note: 3 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss.

LoI B 1983-84

	P	W	D	L	Pts
Athlone Town B (C)	30	20	6	6	46
Shelbourne B	30	17	10	3	44
Tullamore	30	16	7	7	39
Waterford United B	30	15	9	6	39
Home Farm B	30	14	8	8	36
Shamrock Rovers B	30	15	6	9	36
Longford Town	30	10	12	8	32
Drogheda United B	30	11	8	11	30
University College Dublin B	30	12	5	13	29
Bohemians B	30	9	9	12	27
Belgrove	30	8	9	13	25
Dublin University	30	9	7	14	25
St. Patrick’s Athletic B	30	8	7	15	23
Dundalk B	30	9	4	17	22
Monaghan Town	30	3	8	19	14
St. Brendan’s	30	4	5	21	13

League of Ireland B 1983-84 [Reference:4]

Note: 2 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss. / (C) Champions.

LoI B 1984-85

	P	W	D	L	Pts
Shamrock Rovers B (C)	30	18	8	4	44
Belgrove	30	16	10	4	42
St. Patrick’s Athletic B	30	18	5	7	41
Waterford United B	30	17	5	8	39
Tullamore	30	17	4	9	38
Athlone Town B	30	15	7	8	37
Drogheda United B	30	15	6	9	36
Dundalk B	30	14	5	11	33
University College Dublin B	30	11	9	10	31
Home Farm B	30	10	10	10	30
Bohemians B	30	12	4	14	28
Shelbourne B	30	9	4	17	22
Monaghan United	30	7	6	17	19
Longford Town	30	7	6	17	19
St. Brendan’s	30	4	3	23	11
Dublin University	30	1	4	25	6

League of Ireland B 1984-85 [Reference:5]

Note: 2 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss / (C) Champions.

Note 2: Monaghan United and Longford Town elected to new League of Ireland Division 1 for 1985-86 season.

References

Sources / Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1981) “Soccer Scoreboard” Irish Independent. Monday, May 5, 1981. [pg. 14 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[2] Anon. (1982) “Soccer Scoreboard” Irish Independent. Monday, May 3, 1982. [pg. 9 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[3] Anon. (1983) “Soccer Scoreboard” Irish Independent. Monday, May 9, 1983. [pg. 11 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[4] Anon. (1984) “Briefly” Irish Independent. Monday, May 14, 1984. [pg. 13 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[5] Anon. (1985) “Briefly” Irish Independent. Monday, May 6, 1985. [pg. 14 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jason Caldwell, Alan McCormack, Paul Nolan, Andrew McGovern, Colm Murray, Niall Brennan.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 28 January 2020

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020

Football Association of Ireland League of Ireland 1980-1985

LoI 1980-81

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Athlone Town (C)	30	23	5	2	67	22	51
Dundalk	30	20	5	5	63	28	45
Limerick United	30	17	7	6	47	23	41
Shamrock Rovers	30	10	16	4	38	25	36
Bohemians	30	14	8	8	36	29	36
Finn Harps	30	12	6	12	41	39	30
Waterford	29	10	8	11	30	35	28
Cork United	30	11	6	13	37	42	28
St. Patrick’s Athletic	30	11	6	13	46	49	28
Drogheda United	30	10	7	13	46	54	27
Sligo Rovers	30	12	2	16	45	57	26
UCD	30	8	9	13	37	46	25
Home Farm	30	7	6	17	34	34	20
Galway Rovers	30	6	9	13	26	39	21
Thurles Town	29	7	4	18	38	63	18
Shelbourne	30	6	6	18	30	53	18

League of Ireland 1980-81 [Reference: 2]

Note: 2 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss / (C) Champions.

Note 2: Galway Rovers replaced by Galway United for 1981-82 season.

LoI 1981-82

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Dundalk (C)	30	20	6	4	61	24	80
Shamrock Rovers	30	21	3	6	50	23	76
Bohemians	29	17	8	6	49	17	71
Athlone Town	29	17	3	9	68	42	63
Sligo Rovers	30	16	5	9	55	45	62
Limerick United	29	13	9	7	56	38	58
St. Patrick’s Athletic	30	14	6	10	54	66	56
Waterford	30	12	4	14	38	45	47
Shelbourne	30	10	7	13	44	46	45
Drogheda United	30	8	10	12	45	50	41
Home Farm	30	8	7	15	34	48	40
Cork United	29	9	6	14	39	47	39
UCD	29	7	9	13	29	40	35
Finn Harps	29	7	4	18	40	57	31
Galway United	30	5	8	17	31	52	29
Thurles Town	30	3	5	22	29	96	18

League of Ireland 1981-82 [Reference: 2]

Note: 3 Pts Home Win / 1 Pt Home Draw / 0 Pts Home Loss / 4 Pts Away Win / 2 Pts Away Draw / 0 Pts Away Loss / (C) Champions

Note 2: Thurles Town & Cork United lost their license to play in the League of Ireland for the 1982-83 season.

LoI 1982-83

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Athlone Town (C)	26	20	5	1	51	24	65
Drogheda United	26	14	7	5	43	18	49
Dundalk	24	14	6	4	32	17	48
Bohemians	26	13	7	6	42	26	46
Shelbourne	26	13	5	8	50	45	44
Shamrock Rovers	26	10	8	8	39	25	38
St. Patrick’s Athletic	26	10	7	9	38	38	37
Limerick	26	10	5	11	41	33	35
Finn Harps	26	9	8	9	26	33	35
Waterford	26	8	8	10	31	44	32
Galway United	26	6	8	12	33	44	26
Sligo Rovers	25	3	9	13	34	47	18
UCD	26	4	4	18	29	63	16
Home Farm	25	2	3	20	23	65	9

League of Ireland 1982-83 [Reference: 3]

Note: 3 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss / (C) Champions

Note 2: Limerick replaced Limerick United early on in the 1982-83 season, and the place in the League of Ireland was taken by Limerick City for the 1983-84 season.

LoI 1983-84

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Shamrock Rovers (C)	26	19	4	3	64	15	42
Bohemians	26	13	10	3	39	20	36
Athlone Town	25	14	4	7	42	27	32
Limerick City	25	13	6	6	35	24	32
Shelbourne	25	9	10	6	40	32	28
UCD	26	9	10	7	24	23	28
Dundalk	26	9	9	8	38	31	27
Waterford United	25	10	5	10	32	32	25
Finn Harps	26	8	8	10	36	46	24
St. Patrick’s Athletic	26	8	7	11	36	37	23
Drogheda United	26	10	2	4	37	54	22
Galway United	26	6	9	11	26	33	21
Home Farm	26	4	4	18	16	54	12
Sligo Rovers	26	2	4	20	20	58	8

League of Ireland 1983-84 [Reference: 4]

Note: 2 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss / (C) Champions

Note 2: Cork City & Longford Town Elected to League of Ireland for 1984-85 Season.

LoI 1984-85

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Shamrock Rovers (C)	30	22	5	3	63	21	49
Bohemians	30	19	5	6	57	29	43
Athlone Town	30	17	6	7	54	28	40
University College Dublin	30	12	14	4	41	26	38
Limerick City	30	16	5	9	61	40	37
Galway United	30	9	11	10	49	42	29
Waterford United	30	11	7	12	44	41	29
Dundalk	30	9	10	11	34	39	28
Cork City	30	10	8	12	30	39	28
Home Farm	30	11	5	14	43	47	27
St. Patrick’s Athletic	30	10	7	13	38	45	27
Shelbourne	30	9	8	13	39	46	26
Sligo Rovers (R)	30	7	12	11	34	47	26
Drogheda United (R)	30	7	10	13	43	60	24
Finn Harps (R)	30	6	7	17	38	71	19
Longford Town (R)	30	3	4	23	27	71	10

League of Ireland 1984-85 [Reference: 5]

Note: 2 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss / (C) Champions / (R) Relegated to new Division 1.

Note 2: Derry City, Monaghan United, Bray Wanderers, Newcastle United (Newcastlewest), EMFA (Kilkenny) & Cobh Ramblers elected to new Division 1. Top 12 teams in League of Ireland play in new Premier Division for 1985-86.

References

Sources / Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1981) “Soccer Scoreboard” Irish Independent. Monday, April 13, 1981. [pg. 13 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[2] Anon. (1982) “Soccer Scoreboard” Irish Independent. Monday, April 26, 1982. [pg. 15 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[3] Anon. (1983) “Soccer Scoreboard” Irish Independent. Monday, April 18, 1983. [pg. 14 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[4] Anon. (1984) “Briefly” Irish Independent. Monday, April 18, 1984. [pg. 14 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

Bibliography

[5] Bateson, Bill & Sewell, Albert (Eds) “League of Ireland 1984-85” News of the World Football Annual 1985-86. pg. 101. Invincible Press, London. 1986.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jason Caldwell, Alan McCormack, Paul Nolan, Andrew McGovern, Colm Murray, Niall Brennan.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 28 January 2020

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts
1	Belfast Blitzers	9	1	0.900	449	47	402
2	Dublin Tornadoes	6	4	0.600	121	164	-43
3	Carrickfergus Cougars	4	6	0.400	99	126	-27
4	Coleraine Chieftains	1	9	0.100	58	234	-176
5	East Side Jets	1	9	0.100	10	284	-274

Date	Event	Time/Results	Venue	Article	Match Day
1987-09-12 06:09:23September 12, 1987	Belfast Blitzers vs Craigavon Cowboys	20 - 28		Recap	Semi-Finals
1987-09-13 14:00:10September 13, 1987	Dublin Celts vs Belfast Giants	43 - 0	Drogheda Rugby Club, Drogheda, Co. Louth	Recap	Semi-Finals
1987-09-26 15:00:18September 26, 1987	Dublin Celts vs Craigavon Cowboys	43 - 25	North Rugby Club, Ormeau Road, Belfast	Recap	Shamrock Bowl II

LoI Premier Division 1985-86

LoI Premier Division 1986-87

LoI Premier Division 1987-88

LoI Premier Division 1988-89

LoI Premier Division 1989-90

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LoI B 1980-81

LoI B 1981-82

LoI B 1982-83

LoI B 1983-84

LoI B 1984-85

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LoI 1980-81

LoI 1981-82

LoI 1982-83

LoI 1983-84

LoI 1984-85

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