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 ------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------- 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.