Derbies in the League of Ireland#Capital Derbies
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There are many derbies in the League of Ireland and, while more teams historically compete in the First Division, the majority have been played in the Premier Division, the top flight of Irish football.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Background
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Founded in 1921, the League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Formed by the Football Association of Ireland out of split with the Irish Football Association for the first 65 years it consisted of a single division. However, since the mid 1980s, it has expanded into a two tier system with a Premier Division and First Division.
Most derbies in the league occur due to close geographical proximity, with a number of clubs based in Dublin. However, there are also rivalries between other city clubs outside the capital such as Cork City vs Limerick and Drogheda United vs Dundalk. These clubs also maintain rivalries with the Dublin-based clubs.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
The earliest derby contested was between Bohemian and Shelbourne, Dublin based clubs who played in the Belfast-dominated Irish Football League from the early 1900s to 1920. They never won the League title, but they did win four Irish Cups between them. After the foundation of the League of Ireland in 1921, this rivalry continued along with newly formed rivalries between Shamrock Rovers and St James' Gate,{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} with the four clubs winning all of the league's first eleven titles between them.
In the 1950s and 1960s, matches between North Dublin-based Drumcondra and South Dublin based Shamrock Rovers became the premier event in the league's calendar,{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} until Drumcondra went out of business in 1972. Outside of Dublin, Cork Celtic and Cork Hibernians enjoyed a rivalry in the 1960s. Today, the Bohemians-Shamrock Rovers fixture is considered the main rivalry in the league by the media.{{who|date=March 2025}}
There are also several non-geographical rivalries such as Cork City and Shelbourne in the 2000s, or Shamrock Rovers and Sligo Rovers in the 2010s which stem from title battles.{{Relevance inline|reason=The titular subject of this article is "derbies". Which, almost by definition, are geographical. And yet we've got vague editorial here about "rivalries". Even if this text were cited (and it isn't) does it fit the article scope? How? |date=March 2025}}
League of Ireland sides also have rivalries with their Northern Irish club counterparts and have often met in cross-border competitions, the latest being the Setanta Sports Cup. They can also meet in European Qualifying Rounds, this has happened on four occasions in the European Cup/Champions League with Waterford United overcoming Glentoran in 1970-71, Dundalk beating Linfield in 1979-80, Shamrock Rovers losing to Linfield in 1984-85, Shelbourne defeating Glentoran in 2005-06{{Cite web |title=Shels easily advance to second round |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2005/0720/194564-shelbourne/ |website=RTÉ.ie}} and Cork City knocked out Linfield from the Europa League qualifiers in 2016.{{Cite web |last=O'Mahony |first=Niamh |date=7 July 2016 |title=Cork see off Linfield challenge to win Europa tie |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2016/0707/800951-cork-city_linfield/ |website=RTE.ie}} {{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Capital Derbies
With four Dublin based clubs currently{{when|date=March 2025}} competing in the league, and a number of defunct clubs over the years, the city of Dublin hosts a number of derbies each season.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
=Bohemians vs Shamrock Rovers ''(Dublin Derby)''=
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! colspan=10 style="font-size:14" |Dublin Derby results from 1922-23 season to 2022 season {{Ref label|Louth table|1}}. Updated as of 02/09/2022. |
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{{main|Bohemians–Shamrock Rovers rivalry}}
The biggest rivalry in the league.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} Following the demise of Drumcondra in the 1970s, Bohemians became the only major club from the Northside of Dublin, automatically coming into conflict with southsiders, Shamrock Rovers. Since the 1990s, the rivalry has been fierce both on and off the field,{{cite news |title=Rivals set for new chapter in old capital affair |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0318/1224243007339.html |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=2009-03-18 |access-date=2009-03-25 }} with disturbances sometimes breaking out before, during and after fixtures, resulting in a large Garda presence at some games. The attendances at the game had been declining for thirty years, but attendances rose in 2009, largely due to Rovers moving into Tallaght Stadium and Bohs' status as league champions, with the attendance at one game tripling on the previous encounter.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/1002/shamrockrovers_bohemians.html |title=Rovers receive major attendance boost |publisher=RTÉ |date=2009-10-02 |access-date=2009-11-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126090631/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/1002/shamrockrovers_bohemians.html |archive-date=2009-11-26 }} The rivalry features elements of the North-South cultural divide that exists in the city.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
In 2016, during an away 4-0 win for Rovers, fans from both side invaded the pitch, and fighting was reported. The Garda Public Order unit intervened.{{cite web | url=http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/16322/league-report-bohemians-0---4-shamrock-rovers/ | title=League Report: Bohemians 0 - 4 Shamrock Rovers | date=15 April 2016 | access-date=16 April 2016 | author=Smith, Billy | archive-date=17 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417135815/http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/16322/league-report-bohemians-0---4-shamrock-rovers/ | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2016/0415/782176-crowd-trouble-mars-rovers-romp-over-bohs/ | title=Crowd trouble mars Shamrock Rovers' derby romp over Bohemians | publisher=RTÉ | date=15 April 2016 | access-date=16 April 2016 | author=Costello, Shane}}
=Bohemians vs Shelbourne ''(Northside Derby)''=
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! colspan=10 style="font-size:14" |Northside derby head to head league results from 1921-22 season to 2022 season {{Ref label|Louth table|1}}. Updated as of end of 19/08/2022. |
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! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Bohemians won ! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Draw ! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Shelbourne won |
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The oldest derby in the league, and the original "Dublin derby", Bohemians and Shelbourne are the only still functioning clubs from the original 1922 League of Ireland season and completely dominated early pre-Irish Republic league football; they competed together in the old Belfast-centered (now Northern) Irish Football League. Today,{{when|date=March 2025}} they are the third and fourth most successful league sides and while the rivalry receded over the years at the start of the 2000s it reached its most heated as the two became the best clubs in the country winning between each other six consecutive titles.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} Ahead of the final game of the 2004 season, Shelbourne chairman Ollie Byrne announced the signing of three key Bohemians players live on RTÉ - angering many Bohs fans who saw it as a tactic of buying up the opposition.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} Subsequently, after Byrne's death and Shelbourne's demotion due to financial insecurities, Bohemians signed a number of Shelbourne players.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/heary-relishing-chaos-as-fierce-rivalry-renewed-3043856.html|title=Heary relishing 'chaos' as fierce rivalry renewed|publisher=Independent.ie|date=2012-08-03|access-date=2013-01-22}}
At the end of the 2023 League of Ireland Premier Division season, Shels had finished in fourth which would be enough to qualify for European football if St Patrick's beat Bohemians in the 2023 FAI Cup final. After Bohs final league game, their manager Declan Devine told their fans "Shelbourne can celebrate all they want tonight but we’re bringing that Cup back here".{{Cite web |last=Fallon |first=John |date=3 November 2023 |title=Devine: 'Shelbourne can celebrate all they want tonight but we're bringing that Cup back here' |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-41262445.html |website=Irish Examiner}} Bohs lost the final 1:3, and Shels qualified for the UEFA Conference League instead.{{Cite web |last=Kilbane |first=Ryan |date=12 November 2023 |title=FAI Cup Final Report: Bohemians 1 - 3 St Patrick's Athletic |url=https://www.extratime.com/fixtures/2023-fai-cup-final/bohemians-v-st-patricks-athletic/62205/4/report/ |website=ExtraTime.ie}}
The rivalry is significant{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} as their home grounds in North Dublin are the closest to each other of any clubs in the league at around 1.5 kilometres apart. With Shelbourne based at Tolka Park in Drumcondra, and Bohemians at Dalymount Park in Phibsboro, the game is sometimes referred to as the Northside derby. However, Shelbourne were actually formed in Ringsend in South Dublin and only took over the lease of Tolka Park in 1989 (although they had played there going back to the 1950s). This adds to the feud as they are seen as moving to Bohs territory.{{original research inline|date=March 2025}} In the Irish League days, the rivalry was seen as class based, as Shels had to pay their predominantly working class players, whereas Bohs maintained a glass ceiling with their amateur status up until 1969.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} Despite the move to Tolka initially coinciding with a revival in Shels fortunes (they have won seven of their 14 league titles and four of their seven FAI Cups since 1990), they have struggled to attract significant support on the Northside with only Marino and East Wall being seen as stronger bases for supporting Shels over Bohs.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} However, Shels do enjoy support in a number of Northside suburban areas.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} By the end of 2024 however, Shels had overtaken Bohs in average home league attendances.https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/aveirl.htm
Shels also enjoy the bragging rights to a world record breaking hat-trick scored by Jimmy O'Connor in just two minutes thirteen seconds when Shels were two down to Bohs in a league match at Dalymount Park in 1967, which Shels subsequently won 3:2.https://www.the42.ie/jimmy-oconnor-interview-3682524-Nov2017/
=Shamrock Rovers vs St. Patrick's Athletic ''(Southside Derby)''=
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! colspan=10 style="font-size:14" |Luas derby head to head league results from 1922-23 season to 2023 season. Updated as of the end of the 2023 season. |
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! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Shamrock Rovers won ! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Draw ! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | St Patrick's Athletic won |
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A rivalry grew between these two clubs - owing to proximity - after Shamrock Rovers' move to Tallaght in 2009.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} These games have sometimes been called the 'Luas Derby' as both Inchicore and Tallaght are served by the Luas Red line. Noted as one of the more colourful derbies, both clubs main fan group (SRFC Ultras and Shed End Invincibles) were formed in 2001 before others in the league.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
=Shelbourne vs St. Patrick's Athletic ''(Red Derby)''=
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! colspan=10 style="font-size:14" |Red derby head to head league results from 1951-52 season to 2023 season. Updated as of end of the 2023 season. |
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Games between Shelbourne and St. Pats are sometimes referred to as the Red Dublin Derby - due to the similar shirts they wear.
The fixture itself held little of note until the 1990s. With St Pat's as runaway league champions, the two sides met in the 1996 FAI Cup Final at Lansdowne Road with the Saints seeking a first ever double. Despite falling behind, having their goalkeeper Alan Gough sent off and a midfielder in goal for most of the match, Tony Sheridan forced a replay at the death for Shels. In the replay at Dalymount Park a week later, Pat's took the lead again, Shels equalised again, and then Alan Gough, back in goal after the previous week's red card, saved a late penalty before Shels broke to win the cup from the subsequent Pat's corner.{{Cite web |last=Buttner |first=Paul |date=27 November 2021 |title=Memories are made of this: Ten memorable FAI Cup finals |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-40753815.html |website=Irish Examiner}}
During the 2001-02 season, St. Pat's were deducted 9 points for fielding an ineligible player. These were reinstated before 15 points were deducted for fielding another unregistered playerhttps://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/025e-0f906878ac75-3917fb556800-1000--points-woe-for-st-patrick-s/ pushing St. Pat's from 1st place to 3rd and meaning Shels would win the title.
Matters on and off the field between the two clubs in the late 1990s and early 2000s were dominated by ongoing rows between Shels CEO Ollie Byrne and St Pat's manager and CEO Pat Dolan.https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/great-rivalries-byrne-and-dolan-fired-dreams-and-passions/39227290.html
In 2022, St Patrick's announced they couldn't fullfill a derby claiming they had been stranded after a European tie. The game was postponed by the League causing huge controversy.{{Cite web |date=6 August 2022 |title=Shelbourne hit out at St Pat's postponement |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2022/0805/1314240-shels-st-pats-postponed-as-saints-stranded-in-bulgaria/ |website=RTÉ.ie}} When the game was finally played, it finished 4:4{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Darryl |date=3 October 2022 |title=Shels and St Pat's finish fiery derby level after eight-goal thriller |url=https://www.the42.ie/shelbourne-st-patricks-athletic-2-5883400-Oct2022/ |website=The 42.ie}}
Due to the prominence of the Bohemians-Shamrock Rovers rivalry, the media sometimes portrays this as the second most important in Dublin.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
=Shamrock Rovers vs Shelbourne ''(Ringsend Derby)''=
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! colspan=10 style="font-size:14" |Ringsend derby head to head league results from 1922-23 season to 2022 season {{Ref label|Louth table|1}}. Updated as of end of 27/05/2022. |
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! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Shamrock Rovers won ! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Draw ! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Shelbourne won |
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This rivalry is contested by the first and third most successful League of Ireland sides with 21 and 14 titles respectively, however both clubs see Bohemians as bigger rivals.{{original research inline|date=March 2025}}
It is named after the Ringsend area in the Eastern part of the Southside of Dublin where both clubs were founded. Despite both clubs now{{when|date=March 2025}} playing further afield, their clubs names originate from Ringsend with Shelbourne taking their name from Shelbourne Road, and Shamrock Rovers’ name coming from Shamrock Avenue. Both clubs take pride in their origins{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} and at recent{{when|date=March 2025}} fixtures between the two have held up banners claiming to be ‘Ringsend's Number One’ (Shels) and 'The Pride of Ringsend’ (Rovers).{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
=Bohemians vs St Patrick's Athletic ''(City Derby)''=
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! colspan=10 style="font-size:14" |City derby head to head league results from 1951-52 season to 2023 season . Updated as of the end of the 2023 season. |
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Sometimes considered the most placid rivalry between the big four, both clubs originally played in the Phoenix Park but quickly moved to nearby Phibsboro and Inchicore. The two had rarely been competitive for the title at the same times as each other until the 2020s and both see Shamrock Rovers and Shelbourne as more important rivals. The clubs met in the 2021 FAI Cup Final which St Patrick's Athletic won on penalties amidst pre match crowd trouble in Irishtown.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/mass-brawl-breaks-out-at-irishtown-in-dublin-before-bohemians-and-st-pats-match/41098488.html|title=Mass brawl breaks out at Irishtown in Dublin before Bohemians and St Pat's match|date=November 29, 2021|website=Independent.ie}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/ugly-scenes-groups-brawl-dublin-25566176|title=Ugly scenes as groups brawl in Dublin pub before FAI Cup final|date=November 28, 2021|website=Irish Mirror}} The two met again in the 2023 FAI Cup Final which again saw the Saints lift the trophy, after a 3–1 victory in front of a record domestic crowd of 43,881.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2023/1112/1416094-dublin-derby-delight-for-pats-as-they-win-fai-cup/|title=St Pat's win FAI Cup in front of record crowd|first=Peter|last=Branigan|date=November 12, 2023|via=www.rte.ie}}
=UCD vs the Big Four=
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! colspan=10 style="font-size:14" |City derby head to head league results from 1951-52 season to 2022 season . Updated as of 19/08/2022. |
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! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | UCD won ! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Draw ! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Opponent won |
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! width=70px | 9 ! width=70px | 23 ! width=70px | 44 (Shamrock Rovers) |
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! width=70px | 12 ! width=70px | 17 ! width=70px | 35 (Shelbourne) |
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! width=70px | 12 ! width=70px | 34 ! width=70px | 37 (St Patrick's Athletic) |
UCD's support base consists of a few hundred fans which means during derbies at UCD Bowl there is often more away fans than home supporters.
Provincial Derbies
=Munster Derby: Cork City v Limerick FC / Cork City v Waterford United =
{{main|Munster Derby}}
Munster Derbies have been traditionally contested between the larger Munster clubs, including Cork City, Limerick FC and Waterford F.C.https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2025/0303/1499868-waterford-outgun-cork-to-take-munster-derby-spoils/https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40831235.html
=Northwest Derby: Derry City vs Finn Harps=
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! colspan=10 style="font-size:14" |Northwest derby head to head league results from 1996-97 season to 2022 season {{Ref label|Louth table|1}}. Updated as of 17/07/2022. |
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{{Main|North-west Derby (Ireland)}}
Derry City F.C. (based in the Brandywell in Derry) and Finn Harps (based in Ballybofey in County Donegal) are approximately 30 miles apart. In a promotion/relegation play-off match between the two teams in 2003, in which Derry were the victors, the attendance was over 6,000.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} With Harps promotion for the 2008 season, it returned with great anticipation and the three meetings were all sold out.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} Derry came out on top on all three occasions. The derby returned in 2010, following Derry's relegation from the Premier Division the previous year, with Derry also holding an advantage over the Donegal men in all these ties.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
=Louth Derby: Drogheda United vs Dundalk FC=
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! colspan=10 style="font-size:14" |Louth derby head to head league results from 1963-64 season to 2022 season {{Ref label|Louth table|1}}. Updated as of 23/06/2023. |
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{{main|Louth Derby}}
The Louth Derby is contested by Drogheda United and Dundalk. The derby had not been played in many years due to the clubs being in different divisions. Many of Dundalk's most successful periods have corresponded with Drogheda being at the lower end of the league table or in the First Division, while Drogheda's most successful period (between 2004 and 2008) occurred while Dundalk were in the lower tier. During the 2017 League Of Ireland Premier Division, the fixture produced 4 red cards in 4 matches. Since Drogheda's promotion from the First Division in 2020, it has been evenly contested 10 times (including friendlies), resulting in 6 Dundalk wins and 4 Drogheda wins.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
=Connacht Derby: Galway United vs Sligo Rovers=
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! colspan="9" style="font-size:14" |Connacht derby head to head league results from 1977-78 season to 2024 season {{Ref label|Louth table|1}}. Updated as of 26-05-2024. |
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The Connacht Derby is played between Galway United and Sligo Rovers. Traditionally it had been a First Division derby but the success of both clubs meant it became a regular Premier Division encounter. Both teams regularly beat each other, resulting in an almost exact record for both, however in the Premier Division Sligo have come out on top most times.
Other derbies
There are several other derbies and rivalries in Irish football, including:{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
- The Cork Derby - Cork City vs Cobh Ramblers
- The East Coast Derby - Bray Wanderers vs Wexford{{Cite web |title=Wexford FC draw with Bray Wanderers in east coast derby |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/sport/soccer/wexford-fc-draw-with-bray-wanderers-in-east-coast-derby/a1030683853.html |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=Irish Independent }}
- The Midlands Derby - Longford Town vs Athlone Town
- The Rovers Derby - Shamrock Rovers vs Sligo Rovers
- The Southeast Derby - Wexford vs Waterford United
Former rivalries
Drumcondra vs Shamrock Rovers
Was seen as the biggest rivalry between North and South Dublin but ended with the five times League of Ireland Champions and winners of five FAI Cup finals Drumcondra going out of business in 1972 and amalgamated with Home Farm. Most of Drums support floated to nearby Phibsborough with Bohemians who had dropped their strict amateur status in 1969 allowing them to become a major force in Irish football again.{{original research inline|date=March 2025}}
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! colspan=10 style="font-size:14" |Northside-Southside derby head to head league results from 1928-29 season to 1971-72 season {{Ref label|Louth table|1}}. |
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! style="text-align:left; background: #D3D3D3; width=170px | Shamrock Rovers ! width=70px | 88 ! width=70px | 47 ! width=70px | 20 ! width=70px | 21 ! width=70px | 207 ! width=70px | 124 ! width=70px | +83 ! width=70px | 53.41 ! width=70px | 1.83 |
Cork Celtic vs Cork Hibernians
Contested from the 1950s to mid 1970s. Hibernians only won one of the first 18 league fixtures but enjoyed a better record before resigning from the league losing only one of the last 14 fixtures.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
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! colspan=10 style="font-size:14" |Cork derby head to head league results from 1959-60 season to 1975-76 season {{Ref label|Louth table|1}}. |
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! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Played ! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Won ! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Draw ! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Lost ! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Goals For ! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Goals Away ! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Goals +/- ! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Win % ! width=70px style="background: #ffdead;" | Points ave. |
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! style="text-align:left; background: #D3D3D3; width=170px | Cork Celtic ! width=70px | 32 ! width=70px | 13 ! width=70px | 7 ! width=70px | 12 ! width=70px | 46 ! width=70px | 50 ! width=70px | -4 ! width=70px | 40.65 ! width=70px | 1.44 |
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! style="text-align:left; background: #D3D3D3; width=170px | Cork Hibernians ! width=70px | 32 ! width=70px | 12 ! width=70px | 7 ! width=70px | 13 ! width=70px | 50 ! width=70px | 46 ! width=70px | +4 ! width=70px | 37.50 ! width=70px | 1.34 |
Notes
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- {{Ref label|Dublin table|1}} Record of league games only. From 1921-22 season till 1984-85 there was only one division. Since 1985-86 there has been two divisions, the statistics here include only matches played in the top flight.
- {{Ref label|Home Farm|2}} Home Farm's record contains one season named as Home Farm Drumcondra and one season named Home Farm Everton
- {{Ref label|Transport|3}} After their first three seasons in the League of Ireland Transport moved from Bray to Dublin. Transport's record only features their results since the move to Dublin.
- {{Ref label|Dublin City|4}} Dublin City results feature 5 matches from 2006 season (2 losses to Shelbourne, 1 loss to both Bohemian and St Patrick's Athletic, and 1 victory over UCD). Club dissolved during season and results expunged.
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References
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- {{cite book |last1=Graham |first1=Alex |title=Republic of Ireland Football League Tables and Results 1921-2012 |publisher=soccer books ltd |location=Cleethorpes |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-86223-267-9 }}
- {{cite book |last1=Kennedy |first1=Brian |title=Just Follow the Floodlights |publisher=the liffey press |location=Dublin |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-908308-03-0 }}
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