2011 Dundalk F.C. season

Dundalk

2011 season
Chairman	Padraig McGowan
Manager	Ian Foster
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Contents 1 2011 Fixtures and results 1.1 Friendlies 1.2 Setanta Sports Cup 2011 1.2.1 First Round 1.2.1.1 First Leg 1.2.1.2 Second Leg 1.2.2 Quarter-Finals 1.2.2.1 First Leg 1.2.2.2 Second Leg 1.2.3 Semi−Finals 1.2.4 First Leg 1.2.5 Second Leg 1.2.6 Final 1.3 Leinster Senior Cup 1.3.1 First Round 1.4 League of Ireland Cup 1.4.1 Second Round 1.5 FAI Cup 1.5.1 Third Round 1.6 League of Ireland Premier Division 1.7 League table 1.7.1 League Form/Results by Round 1.7.2 League Results summary 2 2011 squad 2.1 Reserve and youth team 2.2 2011 pre-season transfers 2.3 2011 mid-season transfers 3 Squad statistics 3.1 Player appearances/goals 3.2 Starting 11 3.3 Top scorers 3.4 Disciplinary record 3.5 Player of the month

2011 Fixtures and results

Friendlies

February 2, 2011 19.45 GMT	Cliftonville	1 – 4	Dundalk	Solitude, Belfast Referee: Ian Hall.
	Darren Stuart  80'	Report	Jason Byrne  37'  49' Dean Bennett  55' Ross Gaynor  66'

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February 6, 2011 14.00 GMT	Muirhevnamor	1 – 3	Dundalk	Oriel Park, Dundalk
	Michael O'Kane  7'	Report	Jonathan Breen  32' Keith Ward  48' Mark Quigley  85'

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February 10, 2011 19.45 GMT	Dundalk	2 – 1	Monaghan United	Oriel Park, Dundalk Referee: Robert Rogers.
	Dean Bennett  10' Jason Byrne  67'	Report	Shane Fitzgerald  5'

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February 17, 2011 20.00 GMT	Dundalk	0 – 1	Limerick	Oriel Park, Dundalk Referee: Derek Tomney
		Report	Gary Sheehan  68'

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February 20, 2011 14.00 GMT	Rock Celtic	1 – 4	Dundalk	Rock Celtic Grounds, Blackrock Referee: Phil Cashera.
	Garry Breen  24'	Report	Stephen Maher  8' Johnny Breen  27'  40'  73'

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Setanta Sports Cup 2011

First Round

First Leg

February 14, 2011 19.45 GMT	Linfield	3 – 5	Dundalk	Windsor Park, Belfast Referee: Stephen Weatherall.
	Peter Thompson  43' (pen.) 62' (pen.) Robert Garrett  62' Curtis Allen  81'	Report	Daniel Kearns  31'  66'  90+2' Mark Quigley  54'  75'

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Second Leg

February 28, 2011 20.00 GMT	Dundalk	1 − 1	Linfield	Oriel Park, Dundalk Attendance: 2250 Referee: Damien Hancock
	Ross Gaynor  11'	Report	Michael Gault  45+3'

Dundalk won 6 − 4 on aggregate

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Quarter-Finals

First Leg

March 7, 2011 19.45 GMT	Glentoran	0 – 1	Dundalk	The Oval, Belfast Referee: Arnold Hunter.
		Report	Mark Quigley  82'

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Second Leg

March 22, 2011 19.45 GMT	Dundalk	1 - 1	Glentoran	Oriel Park, Dundalk Referee: Richie Winter.
	Ross Gaynor  81'	Report	Andrew Waterworth 54 ' (pen.) Matty Burrows  62' (pen.) Jonathan Taylor  78'

Dundalk won 2 − 1 on aggregate

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Semi−Finals

First Leg

04 April 2011 19.45 IST	Cliftonville	1 – 3	Dundalk	Solitude, Belfast Attendance: 750 (Approx.). Referee: Damien Hancock.
	George McMullan  25'	Report	Mark Quigley  48'  82' Daniel Kearns  73'

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Second Leg

18 April 2011 19.45 IST	Dundalk	2 – 1	Cliftonville	Oriel Park, Dundalk Attendance: 2,000 (Est.). Referee: Alan Black.
	Jason Byrne  67' Johnny Breen  90+3'	Report	Kieran O’Connor  59'

Dundalk won 5−2 on aggregate

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Final

14 May 2011 18.15 IST	Dundalk	0 – 2	Shamrock Rovers	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin Attendance: 4,789 Referee: Alan Kelly
		Report	Gary O'Neill  65' Billy Dennehy  90+3'

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Leinster Senior Cup

First Round

February 22, 2011 19.45 GMT	Dundalk	0 – 2	Shamrock Rovers	Oriel Park, Dundalk Referee: Robert Rogers.
		Report	Gary O'Neill  35' Stephen O'Donnell  78'

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League of Ireland Cup

Second Round

April 25, 2011 15.00 IST	Monaghan United	2 – 1	Dundalk	Gortakeegan, Monaghan Referee: Thomas Connolly.
	Philip Byrne  80' Declan O'Brien  99'	Report	Keith Ward  21'

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FAI Cup

Third Round

June 5, 2010 15.00 IST	Dundalk	4 – 1	Galway United	Oriel Park, Dundalk Attendance: 576. Referee: Paul Tuite.
	Dean Bennett  20' Johnny Breen  45' Mark Quigley  74' (pen.) Daniel Kearns  76'	Report	Alan Murphy  13' Shaun Kelly  90+3'

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League of Ireland Premier Division

March 4, 2011 19.35 GMT	Shamrock Rovers	3 – 1	Dundalk	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin Attendance: 5,263. Referee: Alan Kelly.
	Gary McCabe  45' Gary Twigg  50'  56'	Report	Peter Cherrie  23' Jason Byrne  44' (pen.)

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March 11, 2011 19.45 GMT	Dundalk	3 – 2	Galway United	Oriel Park, Dundalk Attendance: 1,450 (Est.). Referee: Paul Tuite.
	Mark Quigley  18' Jason Byrne  71' Shane Guthrie  87'	Report	Joe Yoffe  21' (pen.) Sean Kelly  77'

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March 18, 2011 19.45 GMT	Dundalk	0 - 0	Bohemians	Oriel Park, Dundalk Attendance: 2,200 (Est.). Referee: Damien Hancock.
		Report

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March 25, 2011 19.45 GMT	Saint Patrick's Athletic	3 – 2	Dundalk	Richmond Park, Dublin Attendance: 1,426. Referee: Derek Tomney.
	David McMillan  59' Evan McMillan  62' Dave Mulcahy  90'	Report	Mark Quigley  17'  48'

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April 1, 2011 19.45 IST	Dundalk	3 – 1	UCD	Oriel Park, Dundalk Attendance: 1,950 (Est.). Referee: Padraig Sutton.
	Ross Gaynor  42' Daniel Kearns  45' Jason Byrne  72'	Report	Paul Corry  63'

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April 8, 2011 19.45 IST	Derry City	2 – 0	Dundalk	Brandywell Stadium, Derry Attendance: 1,912. Referee: Damien Hancock.
	Gareth McGlynn  31' Éamon Zayed  36'	Report

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April 15, 2011 19.45 IST	Dundalk	1 - 1	Sligo Rovers	Oriel Park, Dundalk Attendance: 1,600 (Est.). Referee: Thomas Connolly.
	Jason Byrne  7'	Report	Gavin Peers  32'

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April 22, 2011 19.45 IST	Drogheda United	1 – 2	Dundalk	Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda Attendance: 1,300 (Est.). Referee: Alan Kelly.
	Daniel Corcoran  25'	Report	Colin Hawkins  56' Daniel Kearns  83'

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April 29, 2011 19.45 IST	Dundalk	0 - 0	Bray Wanderers	Oriel Park, Dundalk Attendance: 1,000 (Est.). Referee: Richard Winter.
		Report

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May 2, 2011 14.00 IST	Dundalk	1 - 1	Shamrock Rovers	Oriel Park, Dundalk Attendance: 2,250. Referee: Derek Tomney.
	Jason Byrne  37' (pen.)	Report	Karl Sheppard  16'

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May 6, 2011 19.45 IST	Galway United	0 – 3	Dundalk	Terryland Park, Galway United Attendance: 652. Referee: Padraig Sutton.
		Report	Michael Hector  33'  72' Mark Quigley  42'

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May 9, 2011 19.45 IST	Bohemians	0 – 1	Dundalk	Dalymount Park, Dublin Attendance: Neil Doyle. Referee: 1,134.
		Report	Colin Hawkins  80'

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May 20, 2011 19.45 IST	UCD	0 – 2	Dundalk	UCD Bowl, Dublin Attendance: 332. Referee: Anthony Buttimer.
		Report	Mark Griffin  72'  90+4'

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May 26, 2011 19.45 IST	Dundalk	1 – 0	Derry City	Oriel Park, Dundalk Attendance: 1,600. Referee: Damien Hancock.
	Colin Hawkins  56'	Report

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May 30, 2011 19.45 IST	Sligo Rovers	1 – 0	Dundalk	The Showgrounds, Sligo Attendance: 1,475. Referee: Padraig Sutton.
	Alan Kirby  55'	Report

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June 10, 2011 19.45 IST	Dundalk	1 – 2	Drogheda United	Oriel Park, Dundalk Attendance: 1,900. Referee: Thomas Connolly.
	Daniel Kearns  86'	Report	Daniel Corcoran  24' Philip Hand  48'

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June 13, 2011 19.45 IST	Dundalk	1 – 2	Saint Patrick's Athletic	Oriel Park, Dundalk Attendance: 1,300. Referee: Derek Tomney.
	Colin Hawkins  56'	Report	Ian Daly  69' Danny North  75'

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June 20, 2011 20.00 IST	Shamrock Rovers	2 - 2	Dundalk	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin Attendance: 2,500. Referee: Alan Kelly.
	Chris Turner  79' Billy Dennehy  90+2'	Report	Mark Griffin  22'  62'

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June 24, 2011 19.45 IST	Dundalk	6 – 1	Galway United	Oriel Park, Dundalk Attendance: 650. Referee: Paul McLaughlin.
	Greg Bolger  20'  45' Mark Quigley  45+1' Keith Ward  47' Mark Griffin  52' Johnny Breen  71'	Report	Gary Kelly  57'

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June 28, 2011 19.45 IST	Bray Wanderers	1 – 5	Dundalk	Carlisle Grounds, Bray Referee: Anthony Buttimer.
	Danny O'Connor  26' Joe Kendrick  29'	Report	Mark Quigley  10'  30' (pen.)  44' Mark Griffin  67' Keith Ward  90+4'

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July 1, 2011 19.45 IST	Dundalk	1 – 3	Bohemians	Oriel Park, Dundalk Attendance: 1,300. Referee: Thomas Connolly.
	Mark Griffin  67'	Report	Chris Fagan  6' Ger O'Brien  84' Anto Flood  89'

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July 10, 2011 15.00 IST	Saint Patrick's Athletic	v	Dundalk	Richmond Park, Dublin

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July 15, 2011 19.45 IST	Dundalk	v	UCD	Oriel Park, Dundalk

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July 22, 2011 19.45 IST	Derry City	v	Dundalk	Brandywell Stadium, Derry

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August 5, 2011 19.45 IST	Dundalk	v	Sligo Rovers	Oriel Park, Dundalk

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August 12, 2011 19.45 IST	Drogheda United	v	Dundalk	Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda

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August 19, 2011 19.45 IST	Dundalk	v	Bray Wanderers	Oriel Park, Dundalk

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September 3, 2011 14.00 IST	Dundalk	v	Shamrock Rovers	Oriel Park, Dundalk

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September 9, 2011 19.45 IST	Galway United	v	Dundalk	Terryland Park, Galway United

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September 12, 2011 19.45 IST	Bohemians	v	Dundalk	Dalymount Park, Dublin

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September 23, 2011 19.45 IST	Dundalk	v	Saint Patrick's Athletic	Oriel Park, Dundalk

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September 30, 2011 19.45 IST	UCD	v	Dundalk	UCD Bowl, Dublin

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October 8, 2011 14.00 IST	Dundalk	v	Derry City	Oriel Park, Dundalk

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October 15, 2011 19.45 IST	Sligo Rovers	v	Dundalk	The Showgrounds, Sligo

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October 21, 2011 19.45 IST	Dundalk	v	Drogheda United	Oriel Park, Dundalk

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October 28, 2011 19.45 IST	Bray Wanderers	v	Dundalk	Carlisle Grounds, Bray

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League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shamrock Rovers (C)	36	23	8	5	69	24	+45	77	2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Sligo Rovers	36	22	7	7	73	19	+54	73	2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
3	Derry City	36	18	14	4	63	23	+40	68	2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	St Patrick's Athletic	36	17	12	7	62	35	+27	63
5	Bohemians	36	17	9	10	39	27	+12	60
6	Bray Wanderers	36	15	6	15	53	50	+3	51
7	Dundalk	36	11	11	14	50	53	−3	44
8	UCD	36	10	4	22	42	80	−38	34
9	Drogheda United	36	7	4	25	32	77	−45	25
10	Galway United	36	1	3	32	20	115	−95	6	Qualification to the promotion/relegation playoffs

Updated to games played on 28 October 2011
Source: League of Ireland
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹Sligo Rovers won the 2011 FAI Cup competition and will qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. The other two Europa League places, which will enter the first qualifying round, were thus given to the third and fourth placed teams.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

League Form/Results by Round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	L
Position	9	6	5	7	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	5	6

Last updated: July 9, 2011.
Source: League of Ireland Premier Division Fixtures
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

League Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	9	5	7	36	26	+10	32	4	4	3	18	13	+5	5	1	4	18	13	+5

Last updated: July 9, 2011
Source: League of Ireland Premier Division Fixtures

2011 squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Peter Cherrie 2 DF Simon Madden 3 DF Eoghan Osborne 4 MF Dean Bennett 5 DF Colin Hawkins 8 MF Stephen Maher 9 FW Mark Quigley 10 FW Jason Byrne

No. Position Player 11 MF Ross Gaynor 12 GK Paul Murphy 13 DF Nathan Murphy 14 MF Greg Bolger 16 MF Stephen McDonnell 17 MF Keith Ward 18 FW Mark Griffin 19 FW Johnny Breen

Reserve and youth team

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Craig Hanlon 20 DF Gerard McSorley DF Cian Byrne DF Karl Martin DF Mark Leavy DF Conor McDonald DF Robert Sweeney DF John Horan

No. Position Player 21 MF Philip Duffy 22 MF Glen Trainor 24 MF Chris Kerr FW Michael Osobe 24 MF Matt Foley FW Christopher Reilly FW Ben McLaughlin FW Bob McKenna

2011 pre-season transfers

In: Jason Byrne from Bohemians (Free transfer) Mark Quigley from Bohemians (Free transfer) Keith Ward from UCD (Free transfer) Eoghan Osborne from Drogheda United (Free transfer) Michael Hector from Reading (On loan) Greg Bolger from Sporting Fingal (Free transfer) Colin Hawkins from Sporting Fingal (Free transfer) Shane Guthrie from St. Patrick's Athletic (On loan)

Out: Shaun Kelly (Released) Matthew Tipton to Portadown (Free transfer) Fahrudin Kuduzović to SV Eintracht Trier 05 (Free transfer) Wayne Hatswell to Newport County (Free transfer) Garry Breen to Portadown (Free transfer) Ciarán McGuigan to Syrianska (Free transfer) Tom Miller to Newport County (Undisclosed) Alan Cawley to Portadown (Free transfer) Steven Lennon to Newport County (Free transfer) Liam Burns to Bohemians (Free transfer)

2011 mid-season transfers

In:	Out: Michael Hector to Reading (Loan ended) Shane Guthrie to St. Patrick's Athletic (Loan ended)

Squad statistics

Player appearances/goals

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		Premier Division		FAI Cup		League Cup		Setanta Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Peter Cherrie	28	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
2		DF	Simon Madden	30	0	21	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
3		DF	Eoghan Osborne	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4		MF	Dean Bennett	19	1	13+1	0	1	1	0	0	3+1	0
5		DF	Colin Hawkins	24	4	17+1	4	0	0	0	0	6	0
7		MF	Daniel Kearns	28	8	19	3	1	1	0+1	0	7	4
8		MF	Stephen Maher	10	0	1+6	0	0	0	0	0	1+2	0
9		FW	Mark Quigley	30	14	21	8	1	1	0+1	0	7	5
10		FW	Jason Byrne	20	6	12+1	5	0	0	0	0	7	1
11		MF	Ross Gaynor	28	3	19	1	1	0	0+1	0	7	2
12		GK	Paul Murphy	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
13		DF	Nathan Murphy	28	0	19+1	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
14		MF	Greg Bolger	16	2	11	2	1	0	0	0	4	0
16		MF	Stephen McDonnell	14	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	3+2	0
17		MF	Keith Ward	28	3	16+3	2	1	0	1	1	5+2	0
18		FW	Mark Griffin	14	7	9+3	7	1	0	1	0	0	0
19		FW	Johnny Breen	16	4	1+9	2	1	1	1	0	0+4	1
20		MF	Chris Kerr	3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
21		MF	Philip Duffy	4	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
		DF	Cian Byrne	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
6		DF	Michael Hector Loan ended in July	15	2	10+1	2	0	0	1	0	3	0
15		DF	Shane Guthrie Loan ended in July	17	1	12	1	1	0	0	0	4	0

Last updated: July 9, 2011
Source: League of Ireland Premier Division Fixtures

Starting 11

These charts below depict the most used starters. The most recent starters/formations are listed when total starts are equal between two players/formations. Leinster senior cup is not included as Ian Foster has said he would play "A" team players.

No. Pos Nat Name GS Notes 1 GK SCO Cherrie 5 P.Murphy has one start 2 RB IRL Madden 6 5 CB IRL Hawkins 5 Hector has one start 5 CB IRE Guthrie 5 3 LB IRL Osborne 2 Murphy has four starts 14 MF IRL Bolger 3 Ward has two start, Maher has two start 4 MF ENG Bennett 5 One of Bennetts starts have been at centre half. 11 LW IRL Gaynor 4 Ward has two start, McDonnell has one start 7 RW IRL Kearns 6 9 FW IRL Quigley 6 10 FW IRL Byrne 6 Cherrie Madden Guthrie Hawkins Osborne Bennett Bolger Kearns Gaynor Quigley Byrne .

Last updated: March 19, 2011
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Last updated 20/5/11

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Setanta Cup	FAI Cup	League Cup	Total
1		9	Mark Quigley	4	5	0	0	9
2		7	Daniel Kearns	2	4	0	0	6
2		10	Jason Byrne	5	1	0	0	6
4		11	Ross Gaynor	1	2	0	0	3
5		6	Michael Hector	2	0	0	0	2
5		5	Colin Hawkins	2	0	0	0	2
5		18	Mark Griffin	2	0	0	0	2
7		15	Shane Guthrie	1	0	0	0	1
7		19	Johnny Breen	1	0	0	0	1
7		17	Keith Ward	0	0	0	1	1

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

Last updated on 1 March 2011

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League		Setanta Cup		League Cup		FAI Cup		Total
DF		1	Peter Cherrie	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
MF		3	Ross Gaynor	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF		5	A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		7	B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player of the month

Month	Nation	Name