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2012 League of Ireland First Division

The 2012 League of Ireland First Division season was the 28th season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by 8 teams and Limerick won the title.

Teams

Map of the Republic of Ireland with the eight League of Ireland First Division teams
Athlone Town
Finn Harps
Limerick
2012 League of Ireland First Division
Mervue United SD Galway
Waterford United
Wexford Youths
Longford Town
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Locations of First Division teams

Overview

Due to the expansion of the Premier Division, coupled with the withdrawal of Galway United during the off-season, the 2012 First Division consisted of just eight teams. Applications to join the Division from Cobh Ramblers and Tralee Dynamos, both of whom had played in the 2011 A Championship, were rejected. Each team played every other team four times, totalling twenty eight games.[2][3]

Final table

Source: [2][4]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Salthill Devon changed their name to SD Galway

Results

Matches 1–14

Source: www.rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15–28

Source: www.rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-off

The second and third placed First Division teams, Waterford United and Longford Town, played off to decide who would play Dundalk, the eleventh placed team from the Premier Division. The winner of this play off would play in the 2013 Premier Division.

First Division

Waterford United win 3–1 on aggregate

First Division v Premier Division

Dundalk win 4–2 on aggregate and retained their place in the Premier Division. Waterford United appealed the result of the playoff, claiming Michael Rafter was ineligible as Dundalk had incorrectly registered him when they signed him earlier that season. However the appeal was unsuccessful. [8][9][10]

Top scorers

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Ireland 2012". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Dynamos face stiff opposition for league berth". kerryman.ie. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  4. ^ "Salthill Devon set to rebrand and play at Terryland · The Score". Thescore.thejournal.ie. 26 January 2012.
  5. ^ O'Flaherty, Deniese (21 October 2012). "Longford Town 0 – 2 Waterford United". extratime.ie. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Waterford United 1–1 Longford Town (Agg 3–1)". RTÉ News. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Dundalk 2–2 Waterford United". RTÉ News. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Waterford United 0–2 Dundalk (agg 2–4)". RTÉ News. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  9. ^ "Waterford to appeal Dundalk play-off result". RTÉ News. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  10. ^ "FAI dismiss Waterford protest". The Irish Times. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.