Ireland 1997/98

Premier Division

Final Table:

 1.Saint Patrick's Athletic  33 19 17  3 46-24 68  Champions
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 2.Shelbourne                33 20  7  6 58-32 67  CWC/UEFA
 3.Cork City                 33 14 11  8 50-40 53  CWC/UEFA
 4.Shamrock Rovers           33 14 10  9 41-32 52  UIC
 5.Bohemians                 33 13 11  9 50-36 50
 6.Dundalk                   33 12  9 12 41-43 45
 7.Sligo Rovers              33 10 14  9 46-49 44
 8.Finn Harps                33 12  7 14 41-43 43
 9.Derry City                33 10 10 13 30-31 40
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10.University College Dublin 33  9 12 12 36-38 39  Relegation Playoff
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11.Kilkenny City             33  4  7 22 27-63 19  Relegated
12.Drogheda United           33  2  9 22 20-55 15  Relegated

Round 1 [Aug 31]
Finn Harps  2-0 Drogheda U
St Pats     0-0 Derry C
Shelbourne  2-1 Kilkenny C
Cork C      3-0 Dundalk
UCD         0-3 Shamrock R
Sligo R     2-2 Bohemians

Round 2 
Bohemians   4-2 Finn Harps
Shamrock R  1-1 Sligo R         
Dundalk     1-1 UCD               
Kilkenny C  0-2 Cork C      
Derry C     2-2 Shelbourne     
Drogheda    1-3 St Pats

Round 3
Shelbourne  5-0 Drogheda U
Sligo R     3-3 Dundalk
Cork C      2-0 Derry C
Bohemians   1-1 Shamrock R
UCD         1-2 Kilkenny C
Finn Harps  1-2 St Pats

Round 4
Dundalk     2-2 Bohemians
Drogheda    1-2 Cork C
St Pats     2-3 Shelbourne
Shamrock R  2-1 Finn Harps
Derry C     1-1 UCD
Kilkenny C  0-1 Sligo R

Round 5
Bohemians   8-1 Kilkenny C
Shamrock R  1-2 Dundalk
Finn Harps  3-1 Shelbourne
Sligo R     3-0 Derry C
Cork C      0-1 St Pats
UCD         3-0 Drogheda U

Round 6
Drogheda    2-4 Sligo R
Shelbourne  3-1 Cork C
Derry C     1-0 Bohemians
Kilkenny C  1-2 Shamrock R
St Pats     1-1 UCD
Dundalk     2-0 Finn Harps

Round 7 [Oct 12]
Sligo R     3-4 St Pats
Bohemians   1-1 Drogheda U
Finn Harps  2-1 Cork C
UCD         2-1 Shelbourne
Dundalk     3-0 Kilkenny C
Shamrock R  1-0 Derry C

Round 8 [Oct 17]
Drogheda    1-3 Shamrock R
Shelbourne  3-0 Sligo R
St Pats     0-0 Bohemians
Derry C     1-2 Dundalk
Kilkenny C  2-3 Finn Harps
Cork C      1-0 UCD

Round 9 [Oct 24]
Dundalk     1-1 Drogheda 
Shamrock R  0-1 St Pats 
Kilkenny C  0-5 Derry C
Sligo R     0-2 Cork C
Finn Harps  1-0 UCD 
Bohemians   1-0 Shelbourne

Round 10 
Drogheda    0-0 Kilkenny C
Shelbourne  1-1 Shamrock R
Derry C     1-0 Finn Harps
Cork C      1-1 Bohemians
St Pats     1-0 Dundalk
UCD         1-1 Sligo R

Round 11 [Nov 8]
Dundalk     0-1 Shelbourne
Bohemians   0-0 UCD
Derry C     4-1 Drogheda
Kilkenny C  0-2 St Pats
Sligo R     2-2 Finn Harps
Shamrock R  1-3 Cork C

Round 12 [Nov 15]
Drogheda    0-1 Derry C
Finn Harps  1-1 Sligo R
St Pats     1-0 Kilkenny C
Shelbourne  2-0 Dundalk
Cork C      2-1 Shamrock R
UCD         2-1 Bohemians

Round 13 [Nov 21-23]
Bohemians   1-1 Sligo R
Drogheda    0-2 Finn Harps
Shamrock R  2-0 UCD
Derry C     1-1 St Pats
Kilkenny C  1-3 Shelbourne
Dundalk     1-0 Cork C

Round 14 [Nov 28-30]
St Pats     2-0 Drogheda
Shelbourne  1-0 Derry C
Finn Harps  3-2 Bohemians
Sligo R     0-1 Shamrock R
Cork C      1-0 Kilkenny C
UCD         1-3 Dundalk

Round 15 [Dec 4-7]
Dundalk     5-0 Sligo R       
Drogheda    0-1 Shelbourne
St Pats     1-0 Finn Harps
Shamrock R  2-1 Bohemians
Kilkenny C  1-1 UCD
Derry C     1-1 Cork C

Round 16 [Dec 12-14]
Shelbourne  0-2 St Pats
Finn Harps  2-1 Shamrock R
Sligo R     2-0 Kilkenny C
Bohemians   2-0 Dundalk
Cork C      1-1 Drogheda
UCD         1-2 Derry C

Round 17 [Dec 18-20]
Dundalk     0-0 Shamrock R
St Pats     3-3 Cork C
Shelbourne  3-2 Finn Harps
Drogheda    0-0 UCD                [Jan 28; originally abandoned at 1-1 
Derry C     0-0 Sligo R             in 47' due to fog]
Kilkenny C  1-1 Bohemians          [Feb 6; originally abandoned at 1-1 in 54' 
                                    due to fog]
Round 18 [Dec 26-28]
Shamrock R  1-0 Kilkenny C
Finn Harps  0-1 Dundalk
Sligo R     2-1 Drogheda
Bohemians   1-0 Derry C
Cork C      4-4 Shelbourne
UCD         1-1 St Pats

Round 19 [Jan 2,3]
Drogheda    0-1 Bohemians
St Pats     1-2 Sligo R
Shelbourne  3-1 UCD
Derry C     0-1 Shamrock R
Kilkenny C  1-2 Dundalk            [Mar 17]
Cork C      3-1 Finn Harps         [Mar 17]

Round 20 [Jan 15-18]
Dundalk     0-1 Derry C
Finn Harps  2-1 Kilkenny C
Sligo R     1-1 Shelbourne
Bohemians   0-0 St Pats
UCD         0-0 Cork C
Shamrock R  0-0 Drogheda           [Feb 17]

Round 21 [Jan 23-25]
Drogheda    1-0 Dundalk
Shelbourne  0-1 Bohemians
Derry C     1-1 Kilkenny C
Cork C      1-1 Sligo R
St Pats     2-0 Shamrock R
UCD         0-0 Finn Harps

Round 22 [Jan 29-Feb 1]
Dundalk     0-0 St Pats
Shamrock R  0-2 Shelbourne
Kilkenny C  2-1 Drogheda
Sligo R     2-1 UCD
Finn Harps  1-0 Derry C
Bohemians   4-2 Cork C

Round 23 [Feb 12-15]
Shelbourne  3-0 Kilkenny
St Pats     1-0 Derry C
Finn Harps  1-0 Drogheda
Sligo R     2-1 Bohemians
Cork C      0-0 Dundalk
UCD         0-0 Shamrock R

Round 24 [Feb 19-22]
Dundalk     1-2 UCD
Bohemians   1-0 Finn Harps
Shamrock R  0-0 Sligo R
Kilkenny C  1-2 Cork C
Derry C     1-2 Shelbourne
Drogheda    1-2 St Pats

Round 25 [Feb 27-Mar 1]
Bohemians   0-1 Shamrock R
Sligo R     3-0 Dundalk
Shelbourne  1-0 Drogheda
Finn Harps  0-2 St Pats            [Apr 13]
Cork C      0-1 Derry C
UCD         1-0 Kilkenny

Round 26 [Mar 13-15]
Dundalk     3-3 Bohemians
St Pats     0-0 Shelbourne
Shamrock R  2-2 Finn Harps
Derry C     0-3 UCD
Drogheda    1-2 Cork C
Kilkenny C  2-1 Sligo R            [3-1?]

Round 27 [Mar 20-22]
Bohemians   4-3 Kilkenny           [4-0?]
Finn Harps  0-0 Shelbourne
Sligo R     1-1 Derry C
Cork C      1-1 St Pats
Shamrock R  5-2 Dundalk
UCD         1-1 Drogheda

Round 28 [Mar 26-29]
Dundalk     2-1 Finn Harps
Drogheda    1-1 Sligo R
St Pats     1-0 UCD
Shelbourne  1-1 Cork C
Kilkenny C  1-1 Shamrock R
Derry C     1-0 Bohemians

Round 29 [Apr 2-5]
Dundalk     1-0 Kilkenny
Bohemians   2-1 Drogheda
Shamrock R  3-1 Derry C            [3-0?]
Sligo R     1-1 St Pats
UCD         2-3 Shelbourne         [Apr 21]
Finn Harps  1-2 Cork C             [Apr 22]

Round 30 [Apr 9-11]
Drogheda    0-1 Shamrock R
St Pats     0-2 Bohemians
Kilkenny C  2-2 Finn Harps
Shelbourne  2-0 Sligo R
Derry C     0-0 Dundalk
Cork C      1-2 UCD

Round 31 [Apr 16-19]
Dundalk     0-2 Drogheda
Bohemians   0-1 Shelbourne
Finn Harps  1-2 UCD
Kilkenny C  1-0 Derry C
Sligo R     4-1 Cork C
Shamrock R  0-1 St Pats

Round 32 [Apr 24-26]
Drogheda    1-1 Kilkenny
Shelbourne  2-1 Shamrock R
Derry C     0-0 Finn Harps
Cork C      2-0 Bohemians
St Pats     4-2 Dundalk
UCD         5-1 Sligo R

Round 33 [May 1-3]
Dundalk     2-1 Shelbourne
Kilkenny C  1-2 St Pats
Shamrock R  2-2 Cork C
Bohemians   2-0 UCD
Derry C     3-0 Drogheda
Sligo R     0-2 Finn Harps

Final Table:

 1.Saint Patrick's Athletic  33 19 17  3 46-24 68  Champions
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 2.Shelbourne                33 20  7  6 58-32 67  CWC/UEFA
 3.Cork City                 33 14 11  8 50-40 53  CWC/UEFA
 4.Shamrock Rovers           33 14 10  9 41-32 52  UIC
 5.Bohemians                 33 13 11  9 50-36 50
 6.Dundalk                   33 12  9 12 41-43 45
 7.Sligo Rovers              33 10 14  9 46-49 44
 8.Finn Harps                33 12  7 14 41-43 43
 9.Derry City                33 10 10 13 30-31 40
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10.University College Dublin 33  9 12 12 36-38 39  Relegation Playoff
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11.Kilkenny City             33  4  7 22 27-63 19  Relegated
12.Drogheda United           33  2  9 22 20-55 15  Relegated

Promoted: Waterford United and Bray Wanderers.  Playoff against
UCD: Limerick FC.

Promotion/Relegation Playoff:

First Leg [May 5]
UCD         2-1 Limerick

Second Leg [May 8]
Limerick    1-3 UCD

UCD remain in Premier Division.

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