League of Ireland 1951-52

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League of Ireland 1951-52
master St Patrick's Athletic
Cup winners Dundalk FC
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 521  (ø 3.95 per game)
Top scorer Shay Gibbons
(St Patrick's Athletic, 26 goals)
← League of Ireland 1950/51

The League of Ireland 1951/52 was the 31st season of the top Irish football league . The defending champion was Cork Athletic .

St Patrick's Athletic won the championship title the first time they participated.

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To the ten teams that also contested the preseason, two other teams were admitted with the St Patrick's Athletic and Evergreen United . The twelve teams played against each other twice on 22 match days; once at home and once away.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. St Patrick's Athletic (N)  22nd  16  2  4th 059:340 1.74 34:10
 2. Shelbourne FC  22nd  13  5  4th 059:440 1.34 31:13
 3. Shamrock Rovers  22nd  12  5  5 043:180 2.39 29:15
 4th Sligo Rovers  22nd  13  3  6th 049:460 1.07 29:15
 5. Evergreen United (N)  22nd  11  2  9 044:420 1.05 24:20
 6th Drumcondra FC  22nd  9  5  8th 047:330 1.42 23:21
 7th Bohemians Dublin  22nd  8th  3  11 037:410 0.90 19:25
 8th. Waterford FC  22nd  8th  3  11 047:540 0.87 19:25
 9. Transport FC  22nd  7th  3  12 043:500 0.86 17:27
10. Cork Athletic (M, P)  22nd  6th  3  13 036:440 0.82 15:29
11. Dundalk FC  22nd  4th  7th  11 037:500 0.74 15:29
12. Limerick FC  22nd  2  5  15th 020:650 0.31 09:35

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient

  • Irish master
    • (M) Reigning Irish Master
    (P) Reigning Irish Cup Winner
    (N) Newly elected to the league

    Crosstab

    1951/52 St Patrick's Athletic Shelbourne FC Shamrock Rovers Sligo Rovers EVE DRU Bohemians Dublin Waterford FC TRA COA Dundalk FC Limerick FC
    St Patrick's Athletic 6: 1 1-0 3: 1 5: 1 1: 2 3: 2 3: 2 4: 3 1-0 5: 2 4: 2
    Shelbourne FC 3: 1 1: 1 6: 2 3: 1 4: 4 2: 1 1: 1 5: 2 3: 2 3: 1 4-0
    Shamrock Rovers 3: 1 3: 2 6-0 3: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 0: 1 3: 1 1: 1 2-0
    Sligo Rovers 2: 1 4: 4 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 3-0 3: 2 2: 1 1-0 4: 2 6-0
    Evergreen United 1: 1 1: 2 0: 3 5-0 3: 2 1-0 4: 3 4: 2 2-0 3: 1 1: 1
    Drumcondra FC 1: 3 6: 1 1-0 3: 1 4: 1 0-0 2: 3 5-0 0: 2 3: 2 4-0
    Bohemians Dublin 1: 5 3: 2 1: 4 1: 2 3: 1 3: 2 1: 4 3-0 4: 1 3: 1 2-0
    Waterford FC 3: 4 0: 2 1: 1 4: 2 1: 3 2: 2 4: 2 2: 6 3: 2 2-0 4-0
    Transport FC 1: 2 1: 2 0: 3 2: 3 0: 1 1: 3 2: 1 5: 2 2: 1 3-0 5: 1
    Cork Athletic 0: 1 3: 4 2: 1 1: 4 1: 3 1-0 2: 2 3: 1 2: 2 2: 2 5-0
    Dundalk FC 1: 1 0: 3 0: 2 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 4-0 3: 3 2: 5 6-0
    Limerick FC 2: 3 1: 1 0: 3 1: 2 2: 5 0-0 0: 3 3: 1 1: 1 3-0 3: 3

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