League of Ireland 1981/82

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League of Ireland 1981/82
master Dundalk FC
European Cup of
National Champions		 Dundalk FC
Uefa cup Shamrock Rovers
Cup winners Limerick FC
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Limerick FC
Relegated Thurles Town
Cork United
Teams 16
Games 240
Gates 725  (ø 3.02 per game)
Top scorer Michael O'Connor
(Athlone Town, 22 goals)
← League of Ireland 1980/81

The League of Ireland 1981/82 was the 61st season of the top Irish football league . The defending champion was Athlone Town .

Dundalk FC won the championship for the sixth time.

mode

The 16 teams, which also contested the previous season, played against each other twice on 30 match days, divided into a first and a second half. Galway Rovers changed its name to Galway United .

The championship was held with an experimental point system:

Away win 4 points
Home win 3 points
Draw away 2 points
Tie at home 1 point

Closing table

Column S = home win + away win - Column U = home draw + away draw

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Dundalk FC (P)  30th  12 + 8  0 + 6  4th 061:240 +37 80
 2. Shamrock Rovers  30th  12 + 9  2 + 1  6th 050:230 +27 76
 3. Bohemians Dublin  30th  9 + 8  5 + 4  4th 050:180 +32 72
 4th Athlone Town (M)  30th  9 + 9  2 + 1  9 070:420 +28 67
 5. Sligo Rovers  30th  9 + 7  3 + 2  9 055:450 +10 62
 6th Limerick FC  30th  8 + 5  4 + 5  8th 056:340 +22 58
 7th St Patrick's Athletic  30th  9 + 5  3 + 3  10 049:390 +10 56
 8th. Waterford FC  30th  6 + 6  3 + 1  14th 039:460  −7 47
 9. Shelbourne FC  30th  5 + 5  4 + 3  13 044:460  −2 45
10. Cork United 1  30th  8 + 2  2 + 4  14th 041:500  −9 42
11. Drogheda United  30th  6 + 2  5 + 5  12 045:500  −5 41
12. Home Farm FC  30th  3 + 5  3 + 4  15th 034:480 −14 40
13. University College Dublin AFC  30th  4 + 3  7 + 3  13 030:410 −11 37
14th Finn Harps  30th  4 + 3  1 + 3  19th 042:610 −19 31
15th Galway United  30th  3 + 2  4 + 4  17th 030:620 −32 29
16. Thurles Town  30th  1 + 2  3 + 2  22nd 029:960 −67 18th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Irish champion and participation in the 1982/83 European Cup
  • Participation in the 1982/83 UEFA Cup
  • Irish cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1982/83
  • did not compete in the following season
    • (M) Reigning Irish Master
    (P) Reigning Irish Cup Winner
    1 Cork United was dissolved after the season.

    Crosstab

    1981/82 Dundalk FC Shamrock Rovers Bohemians Dublin Athlone Town Sligo Rovers Limerick FC St Patrick's Athletic Waterford FC Shelbourne FC COU Drogheda United Home Farm FC University College Dublin AFC Finn Harps Galway United THU
    Dundalk FC 0: 1 1: 4 7: 1 1-0 1-0 2-0 3: 1 0: 3 3-0 5: 1 2: 1 2-0 3-0 4-0 3-0
    Shamrock Rovers 1: 1 2: 1 0: 3 1-0 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 1-0 4: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 3: 1 4-0 7-0
    Bohemians Dublin 0-0 3: 1 1-0 1: 1 0-0 3-0 2-0 2: 1 0: 1 3-0 0-0 1: 1 3: 1 4: 1 4-0
    Athlone Town 1: 2 2-0 1: 2 1: 3 1: 2 2: 1 4-0 3-0 3: 1 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 2-0 4-0 8-0
    Sligo Rovers 2: 1 0: 1 0: 2 3-0 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 1-0 3: 3 1: 1 2: 3 4: 1 5: 1 1-0 2-0
    Limerick FC 2: 4 2: 1 0: 1 2: 2 7: 1 2-0 1: 3 4: 3 1-0 3: 1 0-0 2: 2 2: 2 2-0 6-0
    St Patrick's Athletic 0: 1 3-0 0-0 3: 2 2: 3 1-0 3: 1 2: 1 1: 3 1: 1 2-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 4: 1
    Waterford FC 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 0: 1 2: 1 3: 2 2: 2 1: 3 3: 3 2-0 0: 1 1: 2 1: 3 3: 1 2-0
    Shelbourne FC 0: 3 1: 2 0: 2 3: 1 1: 4 0: 3 0: 2 2-0 2-0 2: 2 3: 3 3-0 1: 1 5: 2 2: 2
    Cork United 0: 2 1-0 2: 1 2: 3 1: 3 1-0 2: 2 1: 3 1: 1 5: 1 5: 2 1-0 0: 1 1-0 2-0
    Drogheda United 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 1: 4 6: 1 2: 2 0: 1 1: 2 1: 1 3: 2 3: 2 2-0 4-0 2: 2 6: 1
    Home Farm FC 2: 3 0: 2 0: 1 0: 4 1: 2 0-0 0: 4 1: 2 0: 1 1: 1 3-0 1-0 4: 1 3: 3 0: 2
    University College Dublin AFC 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 3 3: 2 2: 2 0: 1 1-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 2: 2
    Finn Harps 0: 2 0: 2 1: 3 2: 4 1: 2 0: 1 3: 2 0-0 0: 2 3-0 1: 2 2: 3 3: 1 1: 2 5: 2
    Galway United 1: 2 1: 3 0-0 1: 4 0-0 0: 3 1: 2 3-0 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 0: 2 3-0 3: 7
    Thurles Town 0-0 0: 3 1: 4 2: 3 4: 3 0: 3 1: 4 0: 2 1: 2 1: 1 2: 3 0: 2 0: 2 0: 7 1: 1

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