2012 University College Dublin A.F.C. season

University College Dublin A.F.C.

2012 season
League of Ireland Premier Division	9th
FAI Cup	3rd round
League of Ireland Cup	2nd round
Top goalscorer	League: N/A All: N/A
Highest home attendance	N/A
Lowest home attendance	N/A
Average home league attendance	N/A
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The 2012 season was University College Dublin A.F.C.'s third successive season in the League of Ireland Premier Division. The club, more commonly known as UCD, finished in 9th position and thus retained their place in the division for the 2013 season. During the 2012 season, the club also competed in the FAI Cup, League of Ireland Cup and the Leinster Senior Cup.

2012 Fixtures and results

League of Ireland Premier Division

Round 1 2 March 2012	UCD	1–0	Cork City	UCD Bowl, Belfield
	M. Langtry  36'	Report		Attendance: 698 Referee: Padraigh Sutton

Round 2 10 March	Sligo Rovers	2–1	UCD	The Showgrounds, Sligo
	Danny North  23' Jason McGuinness  90'	(Report)	Paul O'Connor  90'	Attendance: 2,097 Referee: Rob Rogers

Round 3 17 March	UCD	2–3	Bray Wanderers	UCD Bowl, Dublin
	Graham Rusk  40' (p) Graham Rusk  66' (p)	(Report)	Jason Byrne  30' Danny O'Connor  73' Danny O'Connor  83'	Attendance: 376 Referee: Paul McLaughlin

Round 4 23 March 2012	Dundalk	2–1	UCD	Oriel Park, Dundalk
	C. Shields  51' S. O'Neill  55'	Report	G. Rusk  67' (pen.)	Attendance: 925 Referee: Derek Tomney

Round 5 30 March 2012	UCD	Expunged [Note 1]	Monaghan United

Round 6 6 April 2012	Derry City	0–0	UCD	The Brandywell, Derry
		Report		Attendance: 1,500 (estimated) Referee: Derek Tomney

Round 7 13 April 2012	UCD	1–2	Bohemians	UCD Bowl, Belfield
	Graham Rusk  84' (p)	Report	Keith Ward  8' Dinny Corcoran  51'	Attendance: 772 Referee: James McKell

Round 8 20 April 2012	St Patrick's Athletic	2–0	UCD	Richmond Park, Inchicore
	C. Fagan  30' G. Bolger  81'	Report		Attendance: 1,228 Referee: Padraigh Sutton

Round 9 27 April 2012	UCD	1–1	Drogheda United	UCD Bowl, Belfield
	D. Ledwith  69'	Report	A. McNally  83'	Attendance: 378 Referee: Nick Pratt

Round 10 4 May 2012	Shamrock Rovers	2–2	UCD	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
20:00	B. Dennehy  5' D. Kavanagh  39'	Report	G. Rusk  59' (pen.) P. O'Conor  90+1'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dave McKeon

Round 11 11 May 2012	UCD	0–2	Shelbourne	UCD Bowl, Dublin
		Report	P. Gorman  1' D. Cassidy  65' S. Byrne  13'	Attendance: 602 Referee: Alan Kelly

Round 12 18 May 2012	Cork City	4–2	UCD	Turners Cross, Cork
	D. Horgan  13' D. O'Neill  37', 80' (pen.), 90+3'	Report	G. Rusk  15' (pen.) P. O'Conor  79'	Attendance: 2,442 Referee: James McKell

Round 13 21 May	UCD	1–0	Sligo Rovers	UCD Bowl, Dublin
	Graham Rusk  29'	(Report)		Attendance: 653 Referee: Padraig Sutton

Round 14 1 June	Bray Wanderers	3–1	UCD	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
	Jason Byrne  17' Jason Byrne  68' John Mulroy  90+3'	(Report)	Daniel Ledwith  26'	Referee: Anthony Buttimer

Round 15 22 June 2012	UCD	1–1	Dundalk	UCD Bowl
	R. Benson  49'	Report	N. Murphy  35'	Attendance: 158 Referee: Paul McLaughlin

Round 16	Monaghan United	Cancelled [Note 1]	UCD

Round 17 6 July 2012	UCD	0–1	Derry City	UCD Bowl, Belfield
		Report	S. McLaughlin  32' S. Madden  84'	Attendance: 209 Referee: James McKell

Round 18 15 July 2012	Bohemians	1–0	UCD	Dalymount Park, Phibsboro
	McMillan  23' Adam Martin  34' Scully  76'	Report	Corry  75'	Attendance: 799 Referee: Padraigh Sutton

Round 19 22 July 2012	UCD	1–1	St Patrick's Athletic	UCD Bowl, Belfield
	R. Benson  71'	Report	C. Forrester  45'	Attendance: 507 Referee: Rob Rogers

Round 20 27 July 2012	Drogheda United	1–0	UCD	Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda
	D. O'Brien  21'	Report		Attendance: 995 Referee: Tom Connolly

Round 21 3 August 2012	UCD	0–2	Shamrock Rovers	UCD Bowl, Dublin
19:45		Report	G. Twigg  5' G. McCabe  68'	Attendance: 1,306 Referee: Neil Doyle

Round 22 August 10, 2012	Shelbourne	1–2	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
	P. Hughes  82'	Report	D. McMillan  41' P. Corry  87'	Attendance: 751 Referee: Graham Kelly

Round 23 17 August 2012	UCD	3–1	Cork City	UCD Bowl, Belfield
19:45	M. Leahy  8' A. O'Connell  32' (o.g.) R. Benson  68'	Report	K. Parker  22'	Attendance: 300 (estimated) Referee: Rob Rogers

Round 24 20 August	Sligo Rovers	3–0	UCD	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Mark Quigley  38' Pascal Millien  40' Romuald Boco  76'	(Report)		Attendance: 2,375 Referee: Paul McLaughlin

Round 25 31 August	UCD	3–1	Bray Wanderers	UCD Bowl, Dublin
	David McMillan  15' (p) Darren Quigley  83' O.G. Chris Lyons 86'	(Report)	Sean Houston  62'	Attendance: 313 Referee: Neil Doyle

Round 26 7 September 2012	Dundalk	1–2	UCD	Oriel Park, Dundalk
	M. Rafter  56'	Report	D. McMillan  30', 80' (pen.)	Attendance: 800 (estimated) Referee: Damien Hancock

Round 27	UCD	Cancelled [Note 1]	Monaghan United

Round 28 21 September 2012	Derry City	1–2	UCD	The Brandywell, Derry
19:45	K. Deery  52'	Report	B. McCabe  37' D. McMillan  46'	Attendance: 800 (estimated) Referee: Dave McKeon

Round 28 28 September 2012	UCD	2–2	Bohemians	UCD Bowl, Belfield
	D. Ledwith  7' P. O'Conor  22'	Report	K. Feely  5' D. Scully  90', 90+5'	Referee: Sean Grant

Round 30	St Patrick's Athletic	5–0	UCD	Richmond Park
	J. Kelly  16' V. Faherty  58', 66', 85' A. Flood  72'	Report		Attendance: 716 Referee: Tom Connolly

Round 31 13 October 2012	UCD	1–0	Drogheda United	UCD Bowl, Belfield
	D. O'Connor , 74' D. McMillan  84' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 318 Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann

Round 32 19 October 2012	Shamrock Rovers	2–1	UCD	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
	G. Twigg  18', 20'	Report	D. McMillan  22'	Attendance: 2,500 (estimated) Referee: Paul Tuite

Round 33 26 October 2012	UCD	1–1	Shelbourne	UCD Bowl, Dublin
	H. Douglas  21'	Report	D. Cassidy  2'	Referee: Neil Doyle (Dublin)

FAI Cup

2nd Round 25 May 2012	UCD	3–1	Phoenix FC	UCD Bowl
	P. O'Conor  27' D. Ledwith  76' G. Rusk  81'	Report	K. Dawson  33' (pen.)	Attendance: 150 Referee: Richie Winter

3rd Round 24 August 2012	UCD	0–1	Derry City	UCD Bowl
		Report	D. McDaid  70'	Attendance: 186 Referee: Anthony Buttimer

League of Ireland Cup

1st Round 26 March 2012	Waterford United	1–6	UCD	Waterford Regional Sports Centre
	S. Maguire  58'	Report	C. Morrison  15', 19', 21', 51' D. Ledwith  45+1' P. White  75' (o.g.)	Attendance: 155 Referee: Sean Grant

2nd Round 9 April 2012	St Patrick's Athletic	2–1	UCD	Richmond Park
	S. O'Connor  44' I. Daly  56'	Report	C. Lyons  83'	Attendance: 500 (estimated) Referee: Sean Grant

Leinster Senior Cup

27 February 2012	UCD	3–2	Athlone Town	UCD Bowl
	P. O'Conor  50' R. Benson  70' T. Barrett  78' (o.g.)	Report	K. Williamson  47' M. Sherlock  90'	Referee: Phil Caschera

15 April 2012	Firhouse Clover	1–2	UCD	Tallaght IT
	D. O'Keefe  70'	Report	D. Ledwith  25' C. Lyons  115' (pen.)

28 May 2012	UCD	2–3	St. Patrick's CYFC	UCD Bowl
	G. Rusk  52', 71' (pen.)	Report	G. O'Connor  3' T. Dunne  79', 80'	Referee: Rhona Daly

Friendlies

4 February 2012	UCD	1–2	Limerick
	B. McCabe  23'	Report	S. Tracy  9' P. Purcell  89'

18 February 2012	Salthill Devon	2–2	UCD
	M. Gilmore  11' B. Gaffney  37'	Report	D. Ledwith  43' D. Clarke  85'

24 July 2012	UCD	3–4	Stevenage	UCD Bowl
	P. Corry  41' D. McMillan  49' (pen.) D. Ledwith  73'	Report	M. Haber  7' R. Shroot  71', 75' G. Tansey  86'	Referee: Tom Connolly

League of Ireland Premier Division - 2012 League Table

References

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