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

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

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

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

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

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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