2010 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season

St Patricks Athletic F.C.
2010 season
Chairman Republic of Ireland Garrett Kelleher
Manager Republic of Ireland Pete Mahon
Premier Division 5th
FAI Cup Semi Final (Eliminated by Shamrock Rovers)
EA Sports Cup Quarter Final (Eliminated by Sligo Rovers)
Setanta Cup Final (Runners up to Bohemians
Leinster Senior Cup First Round (Eliminated by Drogheda United)
Top goalscorer League: Faherty (14)
All: Faherty (19)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2010 season is St. Patricks Athletic F.C.'s 81st year in existence, and their 59th year in the top division. The previous season the Saints finished 7th, failing to qualify for any European Competition.

Pre-season

When the 2009 season finished, St Pats underwent a revamp. Most of the squad from the 2009 season was let go, only 5 players from 2009 were kept for 2010.

On 9 December Pete Mahon was appointed manager after successfully leading the Saints out of relegation trouble last season.[1] Pete Mahon signed 13 players during pre-season, creating a good deal of excitement amongst the fans.

The team spent a weekend in Wexford were they defeated Wexford Youths 3-0. Up next were 2 home friendlies against Longford Town F.C., 3-1 and Limerick F.C., 1-1. These were followed by 2 away matches against Waterford United F.C., 0-0 and Bray Wanderers F.C., 1-3.

Team kit

On 15 January it was announced that St Pats secured a kit deal with Umbro to add 4 years onto the deal already in place.[2] Nissan were announced as the new main sponsors of the club after the deal with Paddy Power ran out. A new home and away jersey were issued for the 2010 season.

First-team squad

No. Name Nationality Position Date Of Birth (Age) Signed From Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Gary Rogers Republic of Ireland GK 25 September 1981 Galway United
20 Dan Connor Republic of Ireland GK 31 January 1981 Cork City (left in July)
20 Chris Bennion Scotland GK 30 August 1980 Athlone Town (signed in July)
30 Paul Hunt England GK 6 April 1990 Youth System
Defenders
2 Derek Pender Republic of Ireland RB 2 October 1984 Bray Wanderers
3 Ian Bermingham Republic of Ireland LB 8 January 1989 Shamrock Rovers
4 Conor Kenna Republic of Ireland CB 21 November 1984 Drogheda United
5 Shane Guthrie Republic of Ireland CB 11 December 1984 Galway United
6 Damien Lynch Republic of Ireland RB 31 July 1979 Drogheda United Captain
16 Neil Harney Republic of Ireland RB 20 February 1991 Youth System
19 Noel Haverty Republic of Ireland CB 24 February 1989 Youth System
Midfielders
7 David McAllister Republic of Ireland CM 29 December 1988 Shelbourne
8 Stuart Byrne Republic of Ireland CM 4 November 1976 Drogheda United Vice captain
12 James O'Brien Republic of Ireland CM 8 June 1990 Bradford City (signed in July)
14 Brian Cash Republic of Ireland RW 24 November 1982 Sligo Rovers
15 Gareth Coughlan Republic of Ireland LW 2 May 1990 Bray Wanderers
17 Dave Mulcahy Republic of Ireland CM 28 January 1978 Bray Wanderers
18 Conor Sinnott Republic of Ireland CM 19 January 1986 Wexford Youths (left in July)
21 Ryan Guy United States RW 5 September 1985 University of San Diego
25 Derek Doyle Republic of Ireland LW 30 April 1986 Shelbourne
Strikers
9 Alex Williams Scotland ST 15 January 1983 Dundalk (left in July)
9 Danny North (signed in July) England ST 7 September 1987 Alfreton Town (signed in July)
10 Vinny Faherty Republic of Ireland ST 13 June 1987 Galway United
11 Paul Byrne Republic of Ireland ST 19 May 1986 Bray Wanderers
Andy Haran Republic of Ireland ST 5 January 1991 Youth System On loan at Shelbourne

Match results

League of Ireland

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Shamrock Rovers (C) 36 19 10 7 57 34+23 67 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Bohemians 36 19 10 7 50 29+21 67 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3 Sligo Rovers 36 17 12 7 61 36+25 63 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
4 Sporting Fingal 36 16 14 6 62 38+24 62 2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 1
5 St Patrick's Athletic 36 16 9 11 55 33+22 57
6 Dundalk 36 14 6 16 46 50−4 48
7 UCD 36 11 8 17 47 54−7 41
8 Galway United 36 9 11 16 38 59−21 38 Relegation play-off
9 Bray Wanderers 36 6 9 21 35 72−37 27
10 Drogheda United (R) 36 4 9 23 30 74−44 21 Relegation to First Division

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Sligo Rovers have qualified for the second qualification round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League by combined virtue of playing in the 2010 FAI Cup against Champions League-bound team Shamrock Rovers and their league placement. Sporting Fingal took over the first qualifying round spot.
(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.

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Leinster Senior Cup

First Round

EA Sports Cup

Second Round

Quarter Final

References