Shamrock Rovers and the Return to Kevin O'connor to Cork City
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CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE Welcome to the 2019 SSE Airtricity League. It is great to have the domestic game back and this is a truly exhilarating time of the year. Last season proved to be exciting throughout the campaign as Dundalk secured the domestic double, the SSE Airtricity League and the Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup in emphatic style. Stephen Kenny's proved to be the team to beat last season after a fantastic campaign as Pat Hoban led the goalscoring charts with 29 goals. The Lilywhites will have a period of adjustment though after Stephen Kenny left for the FAI to take on the Republic of Ireland Under-21 position before moving into the senior role in 2020. John Gill has gone into Dundalk to work with Vinny Perth so it will be interesting to see how the Champions get used to life without Stephen. There are a number of teams who have made some noteworthy additions during the off-season with the likes of Chris Forrester and Mikey Drennan at St. Patrick's Athletic, Aaron Drinan at Waterford, Jack Byrne at Shamrock Rovers and the return to Kevin O'Connor to Cork City. I truly believe that this will be one of the most exciting seasons in recent memory in both the Premier and First Division. Shelbourne have made some fantastic signings with Ciaran Kilduff returning to the domestic game and Paul Keegan has made the step down to the First Division with Bray Wanderers. The beauty of the First Division is that anyone of the teams could challenge like Wexford Youths did in 2015, and to see Danny Furlong back at Ferrycarrig Park should excite us all. We saw the first full season of the SSE Airtricity National U15 League in 2018 as St. Patrick's Athletic won the league and cup double, an outstanding achievement for the Richmond Park club. This season, it is the inaugural campaign of the National U13 League, another step on our elite player pathway. All SSE Airtricity League clubs are set to compete at the level along with Kildare & District Underage League, Kerry League, Mayo League and Monaghan-Cavan FP. It's important that our under-age leagues cover as much of the country as possible to make sure the young talent in the league can play elite level football close to home. It was fantastic to see Finn Harps win the SSE Airtricity U17 League and Cup double as it shows the benefits of the under-age system. It is going to be a fantastic campaign and I'm thoroughly looking forward to the season ahead. I can't wait to see you all in SSE Airtricity League grounds around the country. Eamon Naughton Chairman, National League Executive Committee 2018 SEASON ROLL OF HONOUR SSE AIRTRICITY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION CHAMPIONS: DUNDALK PREMIER DIVISION RUNNERS-UP: CORK CITY FIRST DIVISION CHAMPIONS: U.C.D. FIRST DIVISION RUNNERS-UP: FINN HARPS IRISH DAILY MAIL FAI SENIOR CUP WINNERS: DUNDALK FAI SENIOR CUP RUNNERS-UP: CORK CITY EA SPORTS EA SPORTS CUP WINNERS: DERRY CITY EA SPORTS CUP RUNNERS-UP: COBH RAMBLERS PRESIDENT’S CUP WINNERS: CORK CITY RUNNERS-UP: DUNDALK SSE AIRTRICITY UNDERAGE UNDER 19 LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: BOHEMIANS UNDER 19 LEAGUE RUNNERS-UP: SHAMROCK ROVERS UNDER 19 LEAGUE CUP WINNERS: BOHEMIANS UNDER 19 LEAGUE CUP RUNNERS-UP: ST. PATRICK’S ATHLETIC UNDER 19 SHIELD WINNERS: SHELBOURNE UNDER 19 SHIELD RUNNERS-UP: LIMERICK UNDER 17 LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: FINN HARPS UNDER 17 LEAGUE RUNNERS-UP: SHAMROCK ROVERS UNDER 17 LEAGUE CUP WINNERS: FINN HARPS UNDER 17 LEAGUE CUP RUNNERS-UP: CORK CITY UNDER 17 SHIELD WINNERS: ATHLONE TOWN UNDER 17 SHIELD RUNNERS-UP: CORK CITY UNDER 15 LEAGUE WINNERS: ST. PATRICK’S ATHLETIC UNDER 15 LEAGUE RUNNERS-UP: BOHEMIANS UNDER 15 CUP WINNERS: ST. PATRICK’S ATHLETIC UNDER 15 CUP RUNNERS-UP: CORK CITY UNDER 15 SHIELD WINNERS: DUNDALK UNDER 15 SHIELD RUNNERS-UP: WEXFORD 2018 SSE AIRTRICITY LEAGUE FINAL LEAGUE TABLES PREMIER DIVISION P W D L F A GD PTS Dundalk 36 27 6 3 85 20 +65 87 Cork City 36 24 5 7 71 27 +44 77 Shamrock Rovers 36 18 8 10 57 27 +30 62 Waterford 36 18 5 13 52 44 +8 59 St. Patrick’s Athletic 36 15 5 16 51 47 +4 50 Bohemians 36 13 9 14 52 45 +7 48 Sligo Rovers 36 12 6 18 38 50 -12 42 Derry City 36 13 3 20 47 70 -23 42 Limerick 36 7 6 23 25 75 -50 27 Bray Wanderers 36 5 3 28 23 96 -73 18 FIRST DIVISION P W D L F A GD PTS U.C.D. 27 17 6 4 59 29 +30 57 Finn Harps 27 16 6 5 46 22 +24 54 Shelbourne 27 13 11 3 52 21 +31 50 Drogheda United 27 14 7 6 50 27 +23 49 Longford Town 27 13 6 8 54 36 +18 45 Galway United 27 10 7 10 41 36 +5 37 Cabinteely 27 9 3 15 32 45 -13 30 Cobh Ramblers 27 8 5 14 24 41 -17 29 Wexford 27 4 5 18 23 59 -36 17 Athlone Town 27 1 4 22 16 81 -65 7 PREMIER DIVISION LEAGUE RESULT CHART 2018 SEASON BOHEMIANS BRAY WANDERERS CORK CITY DERRY CITY DUNDALK LIMERICK ST. PATRICK'S ATHLETIC SHAMROCK ROVERS ROVERS SLIGO WATERFORD BOHEMIANS 2-1 0-2 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-1 3-1 2-2 0-1 6-0 4-2 1-2 1-1 5-0 1-0 1-1 0-3 1-3 BRAY WANDERERS 1-3 0-4 2-1 0-2 0-1 1-2 1-0 1-2 2-2 0-5 1-3 2-1 1-3 0-2 3-1 0-3 2-1 0-0 CORK CITY 3-0 4-0 4-2 1-0 2-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 5-1 5-0 0-1 3-0 1-1 0-0 1-2 3-0 DERRY CITY 3-1 5-1 0-0 1-4 5-0 2-1 0-0 0-2 1-0 0-2 2-0 0-3 0-4 2-1 2-1 0-1 1-2 1-2 DUNDALK 3-0 0-0 1-0 2-2 8-0 5-0 2-1 2-1 1-0 2-0 5-0 2-1 3-2 4-0 1-1 1-2 5-0 2-0 LIMERICK 1-1 1-0 1-1 0-3 0-3 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-2 1-1 2-1 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-4 0-2 1-3 2-1 ST. PATRICK’S ATHLETIC 2-2 5-0 2-3 5-2 0-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-3 3-0 1-3 5-0 1-3 2-1 0-1 0-3 3-0 SHAMROCK ROVERS 1-2 6-0 3-0 6-1 0-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 5-0 0-0 2-0 2-5 5-0 3-0 2-0 3-1 SLIGO ROVERS 0-2 2-1 1-4 2-1 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-0 1-2 2-0 2-3 WATERFORD 1-0 3-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 3-6 2-0 2-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-2 4-0 1-2 4-1 2-0 0-1 1-0 FIRST DIVISION LEAGUE RESULT CHART 2018 SEASON ATHLONE TOWN ATHLONE CABINTEELY COBH RAMBLERS UNITED DROGHEDA HARPS FINN UNITED GALWAY TOWN LONGFORD SHELBOURNE U.C.D. WEXFORD ATHLONE TOWN 1-2 1-4 0-1 1-1 0-3 1-1 0-5 1-3 3-0 1-3 0-0 1-3 0-1 CABINTEELY 4-0 0-1 3-2 0-1 1-2 1-0 2-0 2-0 0-1 2-0 2-2 1-1 1-2 COBH RAMBLERS 1-0 1-0 1-5 0-2 0-0 0-1 0-3 0-2 2-1 0-2 0-1 1-2 2-2 DROGHEDA UNITED 6-0 2-0 2-1 2-1 2-2 1-1 1-1 2-0 2-0 2-1 0-1 2-2 2-1 0-3 FINN HARPS 4-0 1-0 0-1 2-1 1-0 2-4 1-1 1-3 1-0 7-1 2-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 GALWAY UNITED 4-1 3-1 3-0 0-1 1-2 0-0 1-2 2-0 4-1 4-1 3-2 1-4 1-1 LONGFORD TOWN 5-1 3-0 2-2 1-0 1-2 3-2 1-1 0-2 3-0 3-0 4-1 1-2 2-2 3-0 SHELBOURNE 7-0 0-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 2-0 3-2 1-1 4-1 2-2 3-1 0-1 3-0 6-1 U.C.D. 3-0 3-1 3-1 2-0 3-2 1-1 1-5 2-1 3-2 4-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 WEXFORD 7-0 0-1 1-1 1-8 1-1 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-8 2-0 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-3 LEADING PREMIER DIVISION LEAGUE GOALSCORERS 2018 SEASON Goals Player Club 29 Patrick Hoban Dundalk 16 Kieran Sadlier Cork City 15 Graham Cummins Cork City 13 Graham Burke Shamrock Rovers 13 Michael Duffy Dundalk 11 Dan Carr Shamrock Rovers 11 Dinny Corcoran Bohemians 10 Courtney Duffus Waterford 10 Aaron McEneff Derry City 9 Robbie Benson Dundalk 9 Garry Buckley Cork City 9 Jake Keegan St.