1978–79 League of Ireland

League of Ireland
Season1978–79
ChampionsDundalk (5th title)
Top goalscorerJohn Delamere,
Sligo Rovers (2)
Shelbourne (15) 17 goals

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

Overview

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

Final classification

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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

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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

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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
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