2009 A Championship

Newstalk A Championship
Season 2009
Champions Shamrock Rovers A
Promoted Salthill Devon
2008
2010

The 2009 A Championship was the second edition of the A Championship and was known as the Newstalk A Championship for sponsorship reasons.

UCD A were the defending champions, but did not enter the 2009 A Championship.

League Rules

Procedure

There were 18 participating clubs in the 2009 A Championship - 6 first team sides, as well as the reserve sides from 10 Premier Division clubs and 2 First Division clubs. These teams are geographically split into 2 groups of 9 teams each.

Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference and then goals scored. If there is equality in points, goal difference and goals for tallies, the clubs involved must partake in a play-off to decide their finishing positions.

The top team in each group will qualify for the championship play-offs.

First team sides can qualify for a promotion play-off by finishing in the top 3 of their respective groups.

Teams

Castlebar Celtic
Galway United A
Cork City A
Dublin
Dublin teams Listing for each group from North to South

Group 1
Sporting Fingal A
Bohemians A
St Patrick's Athletic A
Shamrock Rovers A

Location of teams in 2009 A Championship

Changes before the season

Mervue United won promotion to the 2009 First Division.

The following teams joined the 2009 A Championship in Group 1:

The following teams joined the 2009 A Championship in Group 2:

Cobh Ramblers failed to attain a license to participate in the 2009 League of Ireland and joined the 2009 A Championship, replacing Cobh Ramblers A in Group 2.

Limerick 37 A and UCD A withdrew from the 2009 A Championship.

Bohemians A and Shamrock Rovers A moved from Group 1 to Group 2.

Galway United A and Tullamore Town moved from Group 2 to Group 1.

Participating teams

Team Base Stadium Comment
Bohemians A Dublin AUL The A team of Premier Division team Bohemians
Bray Wanderers A Bray Golden Ball (Wayside Celtic) The A team of Premier League team Bray Wanderers
Castlebar Celtic Castlebar Celtic Park First team side, eligible for promotion
Cobh Ramblers Cobh St Colman's Park First team side, eligible for promotion
Cork City A Cork Turner's Cross The A team of Premier Division team Cork City
Derry City A Derry Brandywell The A team of Premier Division team Derry City
Drogheda United A Drogheda United Park The A team of Premier Division team Drogheda United
Dundalk A Dundalk Oriel Park The A team of Premier Division team Dundalk
FC Carlow Carlow The Valley, Ballon First team side, eligible for promotion
Finn Harps A Ballybofey Finn Park The A team of First Division team Finn Harps
Galway United A Galway Athenry The A team of Premier Division team Galway United
St Patrick's Athletic A Dublin Richmond Park The A team of Premier Division team St Patrick's Athletic
Salthill Devon Galway Drom First team side, eligible for promotion
Shamrock Rovers A Dublin Tallaght Stadium The A team of Premier Division team Shamrock Rovers
Sligo Rovers A Sligo Showgrounds The A team of Premier Division team Sligo Rovers
Sporting Fingal A Dublin ALSAA The A team of First Division team Sporting Fingal
Tralee Dynamos Tralee Cahermoneen, Tralee First team side, eligible for promotion
Tullamore Town Tullamore Leah Victoria Park First team side, eligible for promotion

Changes after the season

Salthill Devon won promotion to the 2010 First Division.

Cork City A and Derry City A withdrew from the A Championship, following both clubs' failure to secure Premier Division licenses for the 2010 season.

The following teams joined the 2010 A Championship in Group 1:

The following teams joined the 2010 A Championship in Group 2:

Bohemians A and Sporting Fingal A moved from Group 2 to Group 1.

Galway United A moved from Group 1 to Group 2.

League tables

Group 1
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Salthill Devon (P) 16 11 3 2 37 17+20 36 Qualification to A Championship Final 1
2 Drogheda United A 16 10 2 4 39 18+21 32
3 Finn Harps A 16 9 3 4 37 17+20 30
4 Castlebar Celtic 16 8 1 7 31 310 25
5 Derry City A 16 7 2 7 32 21+11 23
6 Tullamore Town 16 5 3 8 13 196 18
7 Dundalk A 16 5 3 8 24 3410 18
8 Sligo Rovers A 16 4 3 9 16 3216 15
9 Galway United A 16 1 4 11 8 4840 7

Source: loi.ie
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Note: Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group 2
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Shamrock Rovers A (C) 16 11 3 2 29 10+19 36 Qualification to A Championship Final
2 Bohemians A 16 10 1 5 26 21+5 31
3 Bray Wanderers A 16 8 4 4 30 21+9 28
4 Sporting Fingal A 16 8 2 6 32 21+11 26
5 Tralee Dynamos 16 8 1 7 20 211 25
6 Cork City A 16 7 3 6 20 19+1 24
7 St Patrick's Athletic A 16 3 6 7 16 182 15
8 FC Carlow 16 3 3 10 14 3521 12
9 Cobh Ramblers 16 1 3 12 11 3221 6

Source: loi.ie
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Note: Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Group 1

Home ╲ Away[1] CAS DER DRODUNFHAGALSALSLITUL
Castlebar Celtic 12 23 50 25 30 32 31 00
Derry City A 61 01 31 11 60 13 20 12
Drogheda United A 12 10 12 31 100 22 13 32
Dundalk A 23 25 21 33 41 01 21 11
Finn Harps A 51 30 12 20 304 31 00 01
Galway United A 035 11 032 11 04 13 00 00
Salthill Devon 30 20 11 303 21 42 33 20
Sligo Rovers A 10 14 05 13 13 31 01 10
Tullamore Town 02 10 01 21 02 01 04 40

Source: loi.ie
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The match was awarded 3-0 to Drogheda United A due to Galway United A being unable to field a team.
3The match was awarded 3-0 to Salthill Devon due to Dundalk A failing to travel to the match.
4The match was awarded 3-0 to Finn Harps A due to Galway United A failing to show up.
5The match was awarded 3-0 to Castlebar Celtic due to Galway United A failing to show up.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Home ╲ Away[1] BOH BRW COBCORCARStPSHASFITRA
Bohemians A 032 31 15 21 20 23 00 01
Bray Wanderers A 02 42 50 40 22 01 17 10
Cobh Ramblers 01 25 02 00 10 11 14 01
Cork City A 01 00 20 20 10 02 30 21
FC Carlow 05 12 10 11 20 03 24 31
St Patrick's Athletic A 40 20 11 00 33 00 20 22
Shamrock Rovers A 12 11 20 10 30 10 21 50
Sporting Fingal A 13 00 21 62 20 20 12 12
Tralee Dynamos 12 12 31 10 30 10 21 01

Source: loi.ie
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The match originally finished 4–0, but it was later awarded 3-0 to Bray Wanderers A due to Bohemians A having fielded an ineligible player.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-Offs

A Championship Final

First Division Play-Off

Following the decision by Kildare County to withdraw from the League of Ireland, the two-legged play-off games were cancelled and Salthill Devon won promotion to the League of Ireland First Division for the 2010 League of Ireland.[1]

See also

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