2013 League of Ireland First Division

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League of Ireland First Division
Season 2013
Champions Athlone Town
Matches played 112
Goals scored 308 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer David O'Sullivan: 21
(Longford Town)[1]
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The 2013 League of Ireland First Division season was the 29th season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by 8 teams and Athlone Town won the title.

Teams

Locations of the First Division teams
Team Location Stadium
Athlone Town Athlone Athlone Town Stadium
Cobh Ramblers Cobh St. Colman's Park
Finn Harps Ballybofey Finn Park
Longford Town Longford City Calling Stadium
Mervue United Galway Fahy's Field
Salthill Devon Salthill Drom Soccer Park
Waterford United Waterford Waterford RSC
Wexford Youths Wexford Ferrycarrig Park

Overview

The 2013 First Division featured eight teams. Each team played every other team twice, totalling 28 games. [2]

Final table

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Results

Matches 1–14

Home \ Away ATH COB FHA LON MER SAL WAT WEX
Athlone Town — 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–3 0–1 4–0
Cobh Ramblers 1–1 — 2–2 3–4 5–3 1–2 3–0 5–0
Finn Harps 2–3 4–1 — 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0
Longford Town 2–1 5–1 2–3 — 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1
Mervue United 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 — 2–1 2–1 4–1
Salthill Devon 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–5 0–0 — 1–2 1–2
Waterford United 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 3–2 — 0–1
Wexford Youths 0–2 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 —
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Matches 15–28

Home \ Away ATH COB FHA LON MER SAL WAT WEX
Athlone Town — 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
Cobh Ramblers 0–1 — 3–2 4–3 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–0
Finn Harps 3–2 2–2 — 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–0
Longford Town 0–1 7–2 3–1 — 1–3 4–0 2–1 2–1
Mervue United 2–4 2–0 4–0 1–0 — 2–1 1–0 0–0
Salthill Devon 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 — 1–4 3–2
Waterford United 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 5–0 — 4–0
Wexford Youths 0–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–4 2–1 0–2 —
Source:

Promotion/relegation play-off

The second and third placed First Division teams, Longford Town and Mervue United, played off to decide who would play Bray Wanderers, the eleventh placed team from the Premier Division. The winner of this play off would play in the 2014 Premier Division. [2]

First Division

The play-off finished 3–3 on aggregate. Longford Town won 3–0 on penalties

First Division v Premier Division

Bray Wanderers win 5–4 on aggregate and retained their place in the Premier Division.

Goal scorers

Top scorers

As of 21 October 2013.
Rank Player Club Goals
1 David O'Sullivan Longford Town 21
2 Conor Meade Waterford United 17
Philip Gorman Athlone Town 17
4 Enda Curran Athlone Town 12
5 Gary Shanahan Mervue United 10

Source:[1][3]

Hat-Tricks

Player For Against Result Date
David O'Sullivan Longford Town SD Galway 5–0[4] 8 March 2013
Enda Curran Salthill Devon Athlone Town 3–3[5] 29 March 2013
Conor Meade Cobh Ramblers Mervue United 5–3[6] 13 April 2013
Philip Gorman Athlone Town Mervue United 3–0[7] 28 June 2013

Awards

Player of the Year

Winner Club
Philip Gorman Athlone Town

Team of the Year

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Paul Skinner Athlone Town
2 2DF Gavin Kavanagh Waterford United
3 2DF Aidan Collins Athlone Town
4 2DF Noel Haverty Longford Town
5 2DF Tom King Mervue United
6 3MF Barry O'Mahony Mervue United
7 3MF Mark Hughes Athlone Town
8 3MF Graham Kelly Athlone Town
9 3MF Ryan Manning Mervue United
10 4FW Philip Gorman Athlone Town
11 4FW David O'Sullivan Longford Town

See also

References

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