1978–79 League of Ireland

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1978–79 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Dundalk F.C. won the championship.

Final classification

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Dundalk	45	19	7	4	57	25	+32
2	Bohemians	43	18	7	5	53	21	+32
3	Drogheda United	42	17	6	7	60	40	+20
4	Waterford	42	17	8	5	48	32	+16
5	Shamrock Rovers	37	17	3	10	45	25	+20
6	Limerick***	36	13	9	8	39	25	+14
7	Athlone Town	35	14	7	9	56	41	+15
8	Finn Harps	34	15	6	9	56	41	+15
9	Home Farm	33	13	7	10	47	33	+14
10	Sligo Rovers	25	9	7	14	35	40	-5
11	Cork Alberts**	23	7	9	14	35	49	-14
12	Thurles Town	23	8	5	17	35	62	-27
13	Shelbourne	21	6	9	15	41	58	-17
14	St Patrick's Athletic	20	7	6	17	36	62	-26
15	Galway Rovers	13	4	5	21	41	79	-38
16	Cork Celtic*	8	3	5	22	16	67	-51

Note: After the matches Cork Celtic 0-0 Limerick, Drogheda United 0-1 Finn Harps and Thurles Town 0-1 Cork Celtic, the league awarded 1 point to Limerick from Cork Celtic, 2 points to Drogheda United from Finn Harps and 2 points to Thurles Town from Cork Celtic.

'*'Cork Celtic resigned from the league at the end of the season.

'**'Cork Alberts changed their club name to Cork United for next season.

'***'Limerick changed their club name to Limerick United for next season.

U.C.D. were elected to the league for next season.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	John Delamere	Sligo Rovers (2) Shelbourne (15)	17
2	Hillary Carlyle	Dundalk	16
3	Turlough O'Connor	Bohemians	15
4	Pat O'Connor	Home Farm	14
5	Gerry Brammeld	Drogheda United	13
5	Jerome Clarke	Drogheda United	13
5	Gary Hulmes	Sligo Rovers	13
5	Mick Leech	Drogheda United	13
9	Derek Carthy	St Patrick's Athletic	12
9	Johnny Matthews	Waterford	12

References

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