2013 League of Ireland First Division

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League of Ireland First Division
Season2013
ChampionsAthlone Town
Matches112
Goals308 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerDavid O'Sullivan: 21
(Longford Town)[1]
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The 2013 League of Ireland First Division season was the 29th season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by 8 teams and Athlone Town won the title.

Teams

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Locations of the First Division teams
Team Location Stadium
Athlone Town Athlone Athlone Town Stadium
Cobh Ramblers Cobh St. Colman's Park
Finn Harps Ballybofey Finn Park
Longford Town Longford City Calling Stadium
Mervue United Galway Fahy's Field
Salthill Devon Salthill Drom Soccer Park
Waterford United Waterford Waterford RSC
Wexford Youths Wexford Ferrycarrig Park

Overview

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The 2013 First Division featured eight teams. Each team played every other team twice, totalling 28 games.[2]

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Athlone Town (C, P) 28 16 7 5 42 22 +20 55 Promoted to Premier Division
2 Longford Town 28 15 5 8 55 34 +21 50 Lost promotion/relegation play-offs
3 Mervue United[a] 28 14 7 7 46 31 +15 49 Lost promotion/relegation play-offs
4 Waterford United 28 14 5 9 40 24 +16 47
5 Wexford Youths 28 10 3 15 29 47 −18 33
6 Finn Harps 28 8 7 13 31 42 −11 31
7 Cobh Ramblers[b] 28 8 7 13 42 54 −12 31
8 Salthill Devon[a] 28 4 5 19 23 54 −31 17 Withdrew from league.
Source: [2][3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Mervue United and Salthill Devon withdrew from the league to make way for Galway F.C. after the FAI declared that Galway city and County Galway should be represented in the League of Ireland by a single club.
  2. ^ Cobh Ramblers replaced Monaghan United as members of the League of Ireland.

Results

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Matches 1–14

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Home \ Away ATH COB FHA LON MER SAL WAT WEX
Athlone Town 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–3 0–1 4–0
Cobh Ramblers 1–1 2–2 3–4 5–3 1–2 3–0 5–0
Finn Harps 2–3 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0
Longford Town 2–1 5–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1
Mervue United 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 4–1
Salthill Devon 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–5 0–0 1–2 1–2
Waterford United 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 3–2 0–1
Wexford Youths 0–2 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15–28

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Home \ Away ATH COB FHA LON MER SAL WAT WEX
Athlone Town 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
Cobh Ramblers 0–1 3–2 4–3 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–0
Finn Harps 3–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–0
Longford Town 0–1 7–2 3–1 1–3 4–0 2–1 2–1
Mervue United 2–4 2–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0
Salthill Devon 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–4 3–2
Waterford United 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 5–0 4–0
Wexford Youths 0–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–4 2–1 0–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-off

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The second and third placed First Division teams, Longford Town and Mervue United, played off to decide who would play Bray Wanderers, the eleventh placed team from the Premier Division. The winner of this play off would play in the 2014 Premier Division.[2]

First Division
18 October 2013 Mervue United 1–0 Longford Town Fahy's Field
19:45 Jason Molloy File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Report Corie Treacy Red card 26' Attendance: 607
Referee: Keith Callanan
25 October 2013 Longford Town 3 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(3–0 p)		 Mervue United City Calling Stadium
19:45 Daniel Purdy File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'
David O'Sullivan File:Soccerball shade.svg 66', 102'		 Report Jason Molloy File:Soccerball shade.svg 7'
Paul Sinnott File:Soccerball shade.svg 120+2'
Ryan Manning Red card 80'		 Attendance: 999
Referee: Kevin O'Regan (Kerry)
Penalties
David O'Sullivan soccer ball with check mark
Derek O'Brien soccer ball with check mark
Ryan Connolly soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X Jason Molloy
soccer ball with red X Stephen Walsh
soccer ball with red X Barry O'Mahony

The play-off finished 3–3 on aggregate. Longford Town won 3–0 on penalties

First Division v Premier Division
28 October 2013 Bray Wanderers 2–2 Longford Town Carlisle Grounds
19.45 Jason Byrne File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 31' Report Dean Ebbe File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'
David O'Sullivan File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'		 Attendance: 900 (estimated)
Referee: Graham Kelly
1 November 2013 Longford Town 2–3 Bray Wanderers City Calling Stadium
19.45 Daniel Purdy File:Soccerball shade.svg 58', 79'
Noel Haverty Red card 90+2'		 Report Gary Dempsey File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'
Kieran Waters File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'
Kevin O'Connor File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'
Shane O'Connor Red card 90+2'		 Attendance: unknown
Referee: Derek Tomney (Dublin)

Bray Wanderers win 5–4 on aggregate and retained their place in the Premier Division.

Goal scorers

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Top scorers

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As of 21 October 2013.
Rank Player Club Goals
1 David O'Sullivan Longford Town 21
2 Conor Meade Waterford United 17
Philip Gorman Athlone Town 17
4 Enda Curran Athlone Town 12
5 Gary Shanahan Mervue United 10

Source:[1][4]

Hat-Tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
David O'Sullivan Longford Town SD Galway 5–0[5] 8 March 2013
Enda Curran Salthill Devon Athlone Town 3–3[6] 29 March 2013
Conor Meade Cobh Ramblers Mervue United 5–3[7] 13 April 2013
Philip Gorman Athlone Town Mervue United 3–0[8] 28 June 2013

Awards

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Player of the Year

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Winner Club
Philip Gorman Athlone Town

Team of the Year

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No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Paul Skinner Athlone Town
2 2DF Gavin Kavanagh Waterford United
3 2DF Aidan Collins Athlone Town
4 2DF Noel Haverty Longford Town
5 2DF Tom King Mervue United
6 3MF Barry O'Mahony Mervue United
7 3MF Mark Hughes Athlone Town
8 3MF Graham Kelly Athlone Town
9 3MF Ryan Manning Mervue United
10 4FW Philip Gorman Athlone Town
11 4FW David O'Sullivan Longford Town

See also

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References

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