2011 A Championship

Newstalk A Championship
Season 2011
Top goalscorer Stephen McCarthy (12)
Biggest home win St Patrick's Athletic A 12-0 Galway United A
Biggest away win Galway United A 1-6 Tralee Dynamos
Highest scoring St Patrick's Athletic A 12-0 Galway United A
Longest winning run Shamrock Rovers A 8 Matches
Longest unbeaten run Bray Wanderers A 12 Matches
Longest losing run Dundalk A & Galway United A 6 Matches
← 2010

The 2011 A Championship is the fourth and final edition of the A Championship, the third tier in the Republic of Ireland football league system. It is known as the Newstalk A Championship for sponsorship reasons. The UCD A team are the defending champions.

League Rules

Procedure

There are 16 participating clubs in the 2011 A Championship - 4 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 8 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 scored, the clubs involved took part in a play-off to decide their finishing positions.

The top two teams 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

Fanad United
Galway United A
Dublin
Dublin teams Listing for each group from North to South

Pool 1
Bohemians A
UCD A
Pool 2
St Patrick's Athletic A
Shamrock Rovers A

Location of teams in 2011 A Championship

Changes before the season

Castlebar Celtic, Shelbourne A, Sporting Fingal A and Tullamore Town withdrew from the A Championship. Castlebar Celtic and Tullamore Town both cited uncertainty over the future of the A Championship for influencing their respective withdrawals.

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

UCD A moved from Pool 2 to Pool 1.

Participating teams

Team Base Stadium Comment
Bohemians A Dublin Dalymount Park The A team of Premier Division team Bohemians
Bray Wanderers A Bray Carlisle Grounds The A team of Premier Division team Bray Wanderers
Cobh Ramblers Cobh St Colman's Park First team side, eligible for promotion
Derry City A Derry Brandywell Stadium The A team of Premier Division team Derry City
Drogheda United A Drogheda Hunky Dorys Park The A team of Premier Division team Drogheda United
Dundalk A Dundalk Oriel Park The A team of Premier Division team Dundalk
Fanad United Fanad Tragh-a-Lough First team side, eligible for promotion
FC Carlow Carlow The Meadows, Graiguecullen 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 Castle Park, Ballybane The A team of Premier Division team Galway United
Limerick A Limerick Aisling-Annacotty Grounds The A team of First Division team Limerick FC
St Patrick's Athletic A Dublin Richmond Park The A team of Premier Division team St Patrick's Athletic
Shamrock Rovers A Dublin Tallaght Stadium The A team of Premier Division Champions Shamrock Rovers
Sligo Rovers A Sligo Sligo IT Grounds The A team of Premier Division team Sligo Rovers
Tralee Dynamos Tralee Cahermoneen, Tralee First team side, eligible for promotion
UCD A Dublin UCD Bowl The A team of Premier Division team UCD

League tables

Updated 17 August 2011

Pool 1
Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Derry City A (A) 14 10 3 1 35 10+25 33 Qualification to A Championship play-off
2 UCD A (A) 14 8 2 4 31 22+9 26 Qualification to A Championship play-off
3 Sligo Rovers A 14 6 3 5 21 25−4 21
4 Fanad United 14 5 3 6 23 21+2 18
5 Bohemians A 14 5 3 6 16 18−2 18
6 Drogheda United A 14 5 1 8 23 28−5 16
7 Finn Harps A 14 3 4 7 15 23−8 13
8 Dundalk A 14 3 3 8 11 28−17 12

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.

Pool 2
Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Bray Wanderers A (A) 14 11 1 2 45 12+33 34 Qualification to A Championship play-off
2 Shamrock Rovers A (A) 14 11 0 3 33 14+19 33 Qualification to A Championship play-off
3 St Patrick's Athletic A 14 6 1 7 31 26+5 19
4 FC Carlow 14 6 1 7 27 270 19
5 Tralee Dynamos 14 5 4 5 27 28−1 19
6 Cobh Ramblers 14 5 3 6 23 21+2 18
7 Limerick A 14 2 4 8 21 39−18 10
8 Galway United A 14 3 0 11 10 50−40 9

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

Updated 17 August 2011

Pool 1

Home ╲ Away[1] BOH DER DRODUNFANFHASLIUCD
Bohemians A 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–3
Derry City A 2–0 1–0 8–0 3–1 3–1 5–0 2–2
Drogheda United A 0–3 2–3 5–2 4–3 3–02 2–3 2–1
Dundalk A 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–3
Fanad United 2–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 0–3
Finn Harps A 1–1 0–3 4–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 0–1
Sligo Rovers A 3–03 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–1 1–3
UCD A 3–1 2–3 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 3–4

Source: loi.ie
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The match was awarded 3-0 to Drogheda United A after Finn Harps A could not field a team.
3The match was awarded 3-0 to Sligo Rovers A after Bohemians A forfeited the game.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pool 2

Home ╲ Away[1] BRW COB CARGALLIMStPSHATRA
Bray Wanderers A 3–1 4–0 8–0 3–1 5–1 1–0 1–2
Cobh Ramblers 1–2 2–2 3–0 3–1 2–4 0–1 3–3
FC Carlow 0–3 0–2 4–0 2–1 0–1 3–5 6–1
Galway United A 0–4 0–2 2–1 2–3 2–1 0–3 1–6
Limerick A 2–6 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–3 2–2
St Patrick's Athletic A 2–4 0–1 2–1 12–0 3–6 3–1 2–1
Shamrock Rovers A 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 8–0 2–0 1–0
Tralee Dynamos 1–1 3–2 2–3 1–0 3–3 1–0 1–3

Source: loi.ie
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season Statistics

Goalscorers

Last Updated: 17 August 2011


12 goals

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals
  • Johnny Breen (Dundalk A)
  • Mark Griffin (Dundalk A)
  • Robert McKenna (Dundalk A)
  • Michael Osobe (Dundalk A)
  • Fintan Bonner (Fanad United)
  • Christy Conaghan (Fanad United)
  • Trevor Gethins (Fanad United)
  • Eunan Kelly (Fanad United)
  • Brendan McLaughlin (Fanad United)
  • Paul McVeigh (Fanad United)
  • Tomas Brennan (FC Carlow)
  • Andrew Hickey (FC Carlow)

1 goal

Own goals


[NOTE]: Scored 1 goal for Sligo Rovers A.

Play-Offs

A Championship Semi-Finals

20 Aug 2011
14.00
Derry City A 2 - 0 Shamrock Rovers A
McCrudden  38'
Harkin  77' (pen.) 		(Report)
Brandywell Stadium
Attendance: 75
Referee: Terence Moyne, Donegal

21 Aug 2011
13:00
Bray Wanderers A 1 - 3 UCD A
O'Neill  23' (Report) Belhout  26' (pen.),  71' (pen.)
Lyons  90+3'
Carlisle Grounds
Attendance: TBA
Referee: Rhona Daly, Roscommon

A Championship Final

See also

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