1978–79 League of Ireland

League of Ireland
Season1978–79
ChampionsDundalk
Top goalscorerJohn Delamere,
Sligo Rovers (2)
Shelbourne (15) 17 goals

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1978–79 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Dundalk F.C. won the championship.

Final classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dundalk 30 19 7 4 57 25 +32 45
2 Bohemians 30 18 7 5 53 21 +32 43
3 Drogheda United 30 17 6 7 60 40 +20 42[a]
4 Waterford 30 17 8 5 48 32 +16 42
5 Shamrock Rovers 30 17 3 10 45 25 +20 37
6 Limerick[b] 30 13 9 8 39 25 +14 36[a]
7 Athlone Town 30 14 7 9 56 41 +15 35
8 Finn Harps 30 15 6 9 56 41 +15 34[a]
9 Home Farm 30 13 7 10 47 33 +14 33
10 Sligo Rovers 30 9 7 14 35 40 −5 25
11 Cork Alberts[c] 30 7 9 14 35 49 −14 23
12 Thurles Town 30 8 5 17 35 62 −27 23[a]
13 Shelbourne 30 6 9 15 41 58 −17 21
14 St Patrick's Athletic 30 7 6 17 36 62 −26 20
15 Galway Rovers 30 4 5 21 41 79 −38 13
16 Cork Celtic[d] 30 3 5 22 16 67 −51 8[a]
Source: www.rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e After the matches Cork Celtic 0-0 Limerick, Drogheda United 0-1 Finn Harps and Thurles Town 0-1 Cork Celtic, the league awarded 1 point to Limerick from Cork Celtic, 2 points to Drogheda United from Finn Harps and 2 points to Thurles Town from Cork Celtic.
  2. ^ Limerick changed their club name to Limerick United for next season.
  3. ^ Cork Alberts changed their club name to Cork United for next season.
  4. ^ Cork Celtic were expelled from the league at the end of the season.

U.C.D. were elected to the league for next season.

Results

Home \ Away ATH BOH CAF CCF DRO DUN FHA GAL HOM LIM SHM SHE SLI StP THU WAT
Athlone Town — 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–2 0–1 2–0 4–1 1–3 3–0 6–2 3–1
Bohemians 1–0 — 2–0 6–0 3–3 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–0
Cork Alberts 0–0 1–2 — 6–1 1–3 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 2–5 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–2
Cork Celtic 1–2 1–0 1–0 — 0–2 0–3 0–2 2–2 0–2 0–0[a] 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–1
Drogheda United 1–1 2–4 5–1 0–0 — 1–0 0–1[b] 6–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 4–3 3–1 2–2
Dundalk 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 — 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 5–1 4–1 0–3
Finn Harps 2–3 1–3 2–0 4–0 0–2 2–1 — 4–1 4–1 2–5 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–3 3–1
Galway Rovers 0–4 2–6 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–3 — 1–6 1–4 0–2 4–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1
Home Farm 4–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 — 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–1
Limerick 1–1 0–0 2–2 5–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 — 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1
Shamrock Rover 2–1 0–1 2–3 4–0 2–1 1–2 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 — 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–2 0–1
Shelbourne 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–3 1–3 2–1 0–2 0–4 0–0 — 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–2
Sligo Rovers 0–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–4 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 — 2–0 2–0 3–4
St Patrick's Athletic 4–1 0–3 0–3 4–1 1–3 2–2 0–3 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–4 1–0 — 3–1 3–0
Thurles Town 0–5 0–2 0–1 0–1[c] 2–1 1–3 0–5 2–1 3–2 0–2 0–1 4–2 2–1 2–2 — 0–1
Waterford 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 5–1 1–0 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The points from the match between Cork Celtic and Limerick (0–0) have been credited to Limerick.
  2. ^ The points of the match between Drogheda United and Finn Harps (0–1) were awarded to Drogheda.
  3. ^ The points of the match Thurles Town and Cork Celtic (0–1) were awarded to Thurles.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 John Delamere Sligo Rovers (2)
Shelbourne (15) 		17
2 Hillary Carlyle Dundalk 16
3 Turlough O'Connor Bohemians 15
4 Pat O'Connor Home Farm 14
5 Gerry Brammeld Drogheda United 13
5 Jerome Clarke Drogheda United 13
5 Gary Hulmes Sligo Rovers 13
5 Mick Leech Drogheda United 13
9 Derek Carthy St Patrick's Athletic 12
9 Johnny Matthews Waterford 12