Final League Table 1996-97 (Premier Division)

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Derry City (C)	33	19	10	4	58	27	67
Bohemians	33	16	9	8	43	32	57
Shelbourne	33	15	9	9	52	36	54
Cork City	33	15	9	9	38	24	54
St. Patrick’s Athletic	33	13	14	6	45	33	53
Sligo Rovers	33	12	11	10	43	43	47
Shamrock Rovers	33	10	13	10	43	46	43
UCD	33	12	7	14	34	39	43
Finn Harps	33	10	9	14	41	43	39
Dundalk	33	9	9	15	32	50	36
Bray Wanderers (R)	33	5	8	20	30	59	23
Home Farm Everton (R)	33	3	10	20	27	53	19

Home Venue: Tolka Park, Dublin (shared with Shelbourne FC)

Team Roster

Name	App	Subs	Goals L	Goals FAI C	Goals LC
Brazil, E.	32	0	0	0	0
Byrne, M.	1	1	0	0	0
Byrne P.	4	0	0	0	0
Candlish, N.	4	1	0	0	0
Carolan R.	8	2	0	0	0
Corbally K	2	0	0	0	0
Cousins A	33	0	16 (1p)	1	1
Curtis L	26	3	2	0	0
De Khors R	2	2	0	0	0
Eccles P	1	1	0	0	0
Fenlon P	31	0	4	1 (1p)	0
Francis S	20	2	3	0	1
Gannon K	4	1	0	0	1
Grant S	21	8	4	0	0
Horgan R	32	0	0	0	0
Kavanagh S	12	3	0	0	0
Kelly G	6	1	0	0	0
Kenny M	26	3	2	0	0
Keogh N	10	8	0	0	0
Lambert K	12	0	0	0	0
Lynch A	16	6	1	0	0
Malone C	12	2	0	0	0
McCormack M	1	1	0	0	0
Molloy T	5	5	0	0	0
O’Neill A	1	1	0	0	0
Reid M	6	2	2	0	0
Swift J	2	1	0	0	0
Toal J	19	5	1	0	0
Tracy D	33	0	5	2	0
Whelan P	25	0	1	0	1
Williams L	14	0	0	1	0
Wynne B	1	1	0	0	0

Legend: App = Appearances, Subs = Substitute Appearances, Goals L = League Goals, Goals FAI C = FAI Cup Goals, Goals LC = League Cup Goals.

Note: 2 Own Goals (League).

Report

Shamrock Rovers finished 7th in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland in 1996-97. A. Cousins top scored with 16 goals from 33 appearances in the League, as well as 1 goal in each of the Cups (FAI Cup and League Cup). Rovers exited at the Second Round of the FAI Harp Lager Cup, losing 1-0 away to Waterford United after beating Limerick 5-4 in Extra-Time in Round 1.

References

Images

[1] Logopedia (2020) Shamrock_Rovers_FC_logo [Internet] Available from: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/9/9d/Shamrock_Rovers_FC_logo.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20120919155911 [Accessed 9 September 2020]

Bibliography

[2] Reid, Robert & Buttner, Paul (1997) The Little Green Book 1997-1998 Shamrock Rovers pg. 21.

[3] World Soccer / Radnedge, Keir (ed.) (1998) Euro Fixtures Guide 97-98 Free Booklet with World Soccer. pg. 48

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rory Naughton

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