2009 Dundalk F.C. season

Dundalk

2009 season

Chairman

Padraig McGowan

Manager

Sean Connor

Premier Division

4th

FAI Cup

Fourth Round

League of Ireland Cup

First Round

Top goalscorer

League:
Chris Turner (12)
All:
Chris Turner (12)

Highest home attendance

4,300 vs Bohemians (March 6, 2009)

Lowest home attendance

1,500 vs St Patrick's Athletic (October 9, 2009)

Average home league attendance

2,371

Home colours

Away colours

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Club

Club information

Chief Executive Officer	Gerry Matthews
Chairman	Padraig McGowen
Club Promotion Officer	Paul Johnston
Secretary	Kevin Holland
Commercial manager	Tina Doyle
Ground	Oriel Park

Commercial partners

Title	Sponsor
Main Sponsor	Shopdundalk
Kit, Associate Sponsor	Umbro
Associate Sponsor	Crowne Plaza
Associate Sponsor	Fastfix
Associate Sponsor	Matthews Coaches
Associate Sponsor	Gerry Cumiskey-Volswagen

Coaching and Medical staff

Position	Name
Manager	Sean Connor
Assistant manager	Joe Miller
Head Physio	Paul Cheshire
Assistant Physio	Claire McKinlay
Kit Administrator	Gerry Watters
Team doctor	Dr Samir

2009 Fixtures and results

Pre-season Friendlies

February 14, 2009 15.00 GMT	Athlone Town	0 - 0	Dundalk	Dublin

February 18 2009 20.00 GMT	Wexford Youths	0 - 0	Dundalk	Ferrycarrig Park

February 21, 2009 20.00 GMT	Sligo Rovers	0 - 1	Dundalk	Showgrounds
			3' Chris Turner	Referee: Paul Deering

February 24, 2009 19.45 GMT Jim Malone Cup	Drogheda United	0 - 0 (4 – 3 p)	Dundalk	United Park
	Whelan 40'	Report	40' Collins	Attendance: 1000 Approx.
		Penalties
	Chambers Clark Ryan Shiels Duffy		Turner Kelly O'Brien O'Callaghan McGinlay

February 27, 2009 20.00 GMT	Monaghan United	0 - 0	Dundalk	Kingspan Century Park

March 1, 2009 14.00 GMT	Dundalk	1 - 3	Glasgow Celtic	Oriel Park
	O'Callaghan 44'	Highlights	38' Hutchinson 49'McGlinchey 81' Nicky Riley	Attendance: Approx 3,800. Referee: David McKeon

League of Ireland Cup

First Round

Shelbourne v Dundalk

April 13, 2009
19.00 IST

Shelbourne	3 - 0	Dundalk
Peter Hynes 36' Richie Baker 40' Paddy Madden 77'	Report

Tolka Park, Dublin
Attendance: 524
Referee: David McKeon

Premier Division

Dundalk v Bohemians

March 6, 2009
19.35 GMT

Dundalk	0 - 1	Bohemians
	Report	73' Joseph Ndo

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 4,300 Approx.
Referee: David McKeon

Galway United v Dundalk

March 13, 2009
19.45 GMT

Galway United	1 - 0	Dundalk
Garry Breen 80'	Report	73' Simon Kelly

Terryland Park, Galway
Attendance: 1,426
Referee: Mark Gough

Dundalk v Drogheda United

March 20, 2009
19.45 GMT

Dundalk	3 - 0	Drogheda United
Chris Turner 16' (pen) 47' (pen) Darren Mansaram 44'	Report	16' Conor Kenna

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 3,883
Referee: Anthony Buttimer

St Patrick's Athletic v Dundalk

March 27, 2009
19.45 GMT

St Patrick's Athletic	2 - 0	Dundalk
Mark Leech 36' Kyle Moran 78'	Report

Richmond Park, Dublin
Attendance: 2238
Referee: Thomas Connolly

Sligo Rovers v Dundalk

April 4, 2009
20.00 IST

Sligo Rovers	1 - 3	Dundalk
Rafael Cretaro 75'	Report	38' Darren Mansaram 63' Liam Burns 74' Chris Turner

Showgrounds, Sligo
Attendance: 1,800 Approx.
Referee: Neil Doyle

Dundalk v Shamrock Rovers

April 7, 2009
19.45 IST

Dundalk	0 - 1	Shamrock Rovers
	Report Highlights	11' Stephen Rice 39' Stephen Bradley

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 2,200.
Referee: David McKeon

Bray Wanderers v Dundalk

April 10, 2009
19.45 IST

Bray Wanderers	1 - 1	Dundalk
Jake Kelly 46'	Report	42' Declan O'Brien 83'Simon Kelly

Carlisle Grounds, Bray
Attendance: 1000 Approx
Referee: Anthony Buttimer

Dundalk v Cork City

April 17, 2009
19.45 IST

Dundalk	1 - 2	Cork City
Chris Turner 61'	Report Highlights	74' Billy Dennehy 89' Denis Behan

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Declan Hanney

Derry City v Dundalk

April 24, 2009
19.45 IST

Derry City	0 - 1	Dundalk
	Report Highlights	54' Darren Mansaram

Brandywell, Derry
Attendance: 2,850
Referee: David McKeon

Bohemians v Dundalk

May 1, 2009
19.45 IST

Bohemians	5 - 0	Dundalk
Glen Crowe 30' Jason Byrne 74' (Pen) 83' 90' 94'	Report	54'Harpal Singh

Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 2000 Approx
Referee: Anthony Buttimer

Dundalk v Galway United

May 8, 2009
19.45 IST

Dundalk	1 - 0	Galway United
Declan O'Brien 31' Declan O'Brien 91'	Report

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 2000 Approx
Referee: Damien Hancock

Drogheda United v Dundalk

May 15, 2009
19.45 IST

Drogheda United	1 - 1	Dundalk
Conor Kenna 45'	Report	Chris Turner 34' (Pen) 45'

United Park, Drogheda

Dundalk v St Patrick's Athletic

May 22, 2009
19.45 IST

Dundalk	0 - 1	St Patrick's Athletic
Dave Rogers 45+3'	Report	33' Mark Quigley

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Referee: Richie Winter

Dundalk v Sligo Rovers

May 29, 2009
19.45 IST

Dundalk	0 - 2	Sligo Rovers
	Report	Alan Keane 45' Conor O'Grady 68'

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Referee: Derek Tomney

Shamrock Rovers v Dundalk

June 2, 2009
19.45 IST

Shamrock Rovers	3 - 1	Dundalk
Gary Twigg 36' 87' Dessie Baker 91'	Report	66' Michael Daly

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Referee: David McKoen

Dundalk v Bray Wanderers

June 5, 2009
19.45 IST

Dundalk	3 - 0	Bray Wanderers
Chris Turner 1' Ger Rowe 27' Tiarnan Mulvenna 56'	Report Highlights

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Referee: Neil Doyle

Cork City v Dundalk

June 19, 2009
19.45 IST

Cork City	1 - 2	Dundalk
Shane Duggan 39' Denis Behan 82'	Report	35' (pen) Chris Turner 44' Michael Daly

Turners Cross, Cork
Attendance: 2,111.
Referee: Damien Hancock

Dundalk v Derry City

July 3, 2009
19.45 IST

Dundalk	1 - 0	Derry City
Alex Williams 38'	Report Highlights

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 2,600 Approx.
Referee: Thomas Connolly

Dundalk v Bohemians

July 10, 2009
19.45 IST

Dundalk	0 - 2	Bohemians
Michael Daly 15'	Report Highlights	13' Glen Crowe 85' Killian Brennan

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 2,600 Approx.
Referee: Richie Winter

Galway United v Dundalk

July 17, 2009
19.45 IST

Galway United	0 - 3	Dundalk
	Report	28' 71' Michael Collins 58' Alex Williams

Terryland Park, Galway
Attendance: 1,061.
Referee: Declan Hanney.

Dundalk v Drogheda United

July 24, 2009
19.45 IST

Dundalk	4 - 2	Drogheda United
Ger Rowe 22' Alex Williams 42' 66' Chris Turner 58' (pen)	Report	31'Conor Kenna 91'James Chambers 36'Scott Gibb

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 3,100.
Referee: Thomas Connolly.

St Patrick's Athletic v Dundalk

July 31, 2009
19.45 IST

St Patrick's Athletic	1 - 0	Dundalk
Garreth O'Connor 74'	Report

Richmond Park, Dublin
Attendance: 1,156.
Referee: Anthony Buttimer.

Sligo Rovers v Dundalk

August 8, 2009
20.00 IST

Sligo Rovers	3 - 4	Dundalk
Matthew Blinkhorn 9' 30' Rafael Cretaro 53'	Report	14'Michael McGowan 68'Tiarnan Mulvenna 75' (pen.) 85'Chris Turner

Showgrounds, Sligo
Attendance: 1,800 Approx.
Referee: Declan Hanney.

Dundalk v Bray Wanderers

August 11, 2009
19.45 IST

Dundalk	0 - 0	Bray Wanderers
	Report

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 1730.
Referee: Thomas Connolly.

Shamrock Rovers v Dundalk

August 22, 2009
19.00 IST

Shamrock Rovers	2 - 2	Dundalk
Stephen Rice 25' Gary Twigg 31'	Report	66' Alex Williams 86' Liam Burns

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 4,212.
Referee: Anthony Buttimer.

Derry City v Dundalk

September 4, 2009
19.45 IST

Derry City	3 - 0	Dundalk
Thomas Stewart 3' Tam McManus 29' Liam Kearney 87'	Report	44' Alex Williams

Brandywell, Derry
Attendance: 1,844.
Referee: Thomas Connolly.

Dundalk v Cork City

September 12, 2009
19.45 IST

Dundalk	1 - 0	Cork City
Tiarnan Mulvenna 86'	Report

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 1,700.
Referee: Neil Doyle

Bohemians v Dundalk

September 18, 2009
19.45 IST

Bohemians	3 - 2	Dundalk
Paddy Madden 13' Jason Byrne 41' 51'		37' Ger Rowe 85' Michael McGowan 85' Michael Collins

Dalymount Park, Dublin
Referee: Declan Hanney

Dundalk v Galway United

September 25, 2009
19.45 IST

Dundalk	3 - 0	Galway United
Alex Williams 48' Michael McGowan 85' Darren Mansaram 88'	Report

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 1,500.
Referee: Damien Hancock

Drogheda United v Dundalk

October 2, 2009
19.45 IST

Drogheda United	2 - 2	Dundalk
James Chambers 11' 90+1'	Report	13' Ger Rowe 45' Darren Mansaram 58' Michael Daly

United Park, Drogheda
Attendance: 2,000.
Referee: David McKeon.

Dundalk v St Patrick's Athletic

October 9, 2009
19.45 IST

Dundalk	0 - 0	St Patrick's Athletic
	Report

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 1,500.
Referee: Alan Kelly.

Dundalk v Sligo Rovers

October 16, 2009
19.45 IST

Dundalk	2 - 2	Sligo Rovers
Michael McGowan 33' Chris Turner 48' (pen.) Kevin McKinlay 50' Chris Turner 58' Thomas Heary 67'		27' Rafael Cretaro 58' (pen.) Alan Keane

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 1,500.
Referee: Thomas Connolly.

Bray Wanderers v Dundalk

October 20, 2009
19.45 IST

Bray Wanderers	1 - 1	Dundalk
Jake Kelly 57' (pen.)	Report	74' Michael Daly

Carlisle Grounds, Bray
Attendance: 300.
Referee: David McKeon.

Dundalk v Shamrock Rovers

October 23, 2009
19.45 IST

Dundalk	2 - 4	Shamrock Rovers
Chris Turner 50' Alex Williams 81'		28' Shane Robinson 80' Darragh Maguire 85' Gary Twigg 90' Dessie Baker

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 3,500.
Referee: Declan Hanney.

Cork City v Dundalk

October 30, 2009
19.45 GMT

Cork City	2 - 1	Dundalk
Danny Murphy 44' Kevin Long 52' Fahrudin Kudozović 66' (pen.)		18'Shaun Kelly 44' Paul McAreavey 67' Shaun Kelly

Turners Cross, Cork
Attendance: 1,863.
Referee: Richard Winter.

Dundalk v Derry City

November 6, 2009
19.45 GMT

Dundalk	1 - 2	Derry City
Michael McGowan 29' Darren Mansaram 73'		50' (pen.) Gareth McGlynn 88' Clive Delaney

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 1,900.
Referee: Derek Tomney

FAI Cup

Third Round

Mervue United v Dundalk

June 9, 2009
19.45 IST

Mervue United	1 - 3	Dundalk
David Goldbey 64'	Report	Ger Rowe 3' Shaun Kelly 9' Declan O'Brien 79'

Terryland Park, Galway
Referee: Padraig Sutton

Fourth Round

Dundalk v Bohemians

August 14, 2009
19.45 IST

Dundalk	0 - 0	Bohemians
Shaun Kelly 77'	Report

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 3,300 Approx.
Referee: Damien Hancock.

Fourth Round Reply

Bohemians v Dundalk

August 18, 2009
19.45 IST

Bohemians	0 - 0 After Extra Time	Dundalk
Gary Deegan 5'	Report	12' Michael Daly
	Penalties
Anthony Murphy Jason Byrne Brian Murphy Paddy Madden Paul Keegan	4 – 2	Ger Rowe Paul McAreavey Kevin McKinlay Alex Williams

Dalymount Park, Dublin
Referee: Damien Hancock

Final Table

Premier Division


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bohemians (C)	36	24	5	7	62	21	+41	77	2010–11 UEFA Champions League
2	Shamrock Rovers	36	21	10	5	51	27	+24	73	2010–11 UEFA Europa League
3	Cork City ^{[note 1]} (R)	36	17	9	10	42	28	+14	60	Relegated to First Division.
4	Derry City ^{[note 2]} (R)	36	18	5	13	49	31	+18	59	Relegated to First Division.
5	Dundalk	36	12	8	16	46	51	−5	44	2010–11 UEFA Europa League
6	Sligo Rovers	36	11	10	15	41	51	−10	43
7	St Patrick's Athletic	36	13	4	19	29	46	−17	43
8	Galway United	36	12	6	18	36	57	−21	42
9	Drogheda United	36	7	11	18	32	50	−18	32	Won promotion/relegation play-off.
10	Bray Wanderers ^{[note 3]}	36	6	10	20	30	56	−26	28	Lost promotion/relegation play-off.

Source: ^[1]

Notes

↑ Cork City were expelled from Premier Division after its holding company was wound up by the High Court.
↑ Derry City were expelled from Premier Division after accusations of making extra payments to players using unofficial secondary contracts.
↑ Despite losing play-off, Bray Wanderers retained their place in the Premier Division after Cork City and Derry City were relegated.

Top goal-scorers

Goalscorers	Goals
Chris Turner	12
Alex Williams	7
Michael McGowen	5
Ger Rowe	5
Darren Mansaram	5
Tiarnan Mulvenna	3
Declan O'Brien	3
Michael Daly	2
Michael Collins	2
Liam Burns	2
Shaun Kelly	2

Last updated 3 November 2009

2009 Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Chris Bennion
2	DF	Shaun Kelly
3	MF	Kevin McKinlay
4	MF	Michael Collins
5	DF	Liam Burns
6	DF	Thomas Heary (Captain)
7	FW	Tiarnan Mulvenna
8	MF	Chris Turner
9	FW	Darren Mansaram
10	FW	Alex Williams
11	DF	Michael McGowan

No.	Position	Player
12	FW	Michael McGinlay
14	MF	Paul McAreavey
15	DF	Michael Coburn
16	MF	Michael Daly
17	DF	James Creaney
18	FW	Ger Rowe
19	DF	Simon Kelly
20	GK	Peter Cherrie
21	FW	Marc Griffin
22	DF	Nathan Murphy
23	GK	Donal Greene

Players out on loan

Shane Grimes to Monaghan United
Declan O'Brien to St Patrick's Athletic
Michael Synnott to Shelbourne

2009 Pre-season transfers

In:

Thomas Heary from Bohemians (Free transfer)
Darren Mansaram from Leigh Genesis (Free transfer)
Shaun Kelly from Hearts (Free transfer)
Harpal Singh from Bohemians (Free transfer)
Declan O'Brien from Drogheda United (Free transfer)
Chris Turner from Partick Thistle (Free transfer)
Liam Burns from Bohemians (Free transfer)
Michael Collins from Newry City (Free transfer)
Michael Daly from Manchester City (Free transfer)
Michael Synnott from Ipswich Town (Free transfer)
Dave Rogers from St Patrick's Athletic (Free transfer)
George O'Callaghan from Tranmere Rovers (Free transfer)
Michael McGinlay from Bohemians (Free transfer)
Dwight Barnett from Montreal Impact (Free transfer)
Sean Mackle from Hearts (Free transfer)

Out:

John Flanagan (Retired)
Morgan Cranley (Released)}
Aaron Shanahan (Released)
Donal Greene (Released)
David Crawley to Shelbourne
Paul Crowley to Drogheda United (Free transfer)
Aidan Lynch to Monaghan (Free transfer)
Paul Marney (Released)
Stefan McKevitt (Released)
Ian Ryan to Drogheda United (Free transfer)
Ben Whelehan (Released)
David Cassidy to Shelbourne (Free transfer)
Jamie Duffy to Drogheda United (Free transfer)
Kevin McArdle (Released)
David O'Connor to Drogheda United (Free transfer)
Paul Shiels to Drogheda United (Free transfer)
Dessie Baker (End of Loan)
Derek Doyle to Shelbourne (Free transfer)
Robbie Martin Drogheda (Free transfer)
Robbie Farrell to Drogheda United (Free transfer)
Paul Smyth (Released)
Trevor Vaughan (Released)
Shane Grimes to Monaghan (Loan)

2009 Mid-season transfers

In:

Ger Rowe from Bray (Free transfer)
Alex Williams from Ayr United (Free transfer)
Kevin McKinlay from Partick Thistle (Free transfer)
Paul McAreavey from Linfield (Free transfer)
Michael McGowan from Queen of the South (Free transfer)
James Creaney from Stranraer (Free transfer)

Out:

Dave Rogers (Released)
Harpal Singh (Released)
George O'Callaghan (Released)
Dwight Barnett (Released)
Ryan Coulter (Released)
Declan O'Brien to St Patrick's Athletic (Loan)
Michael Synnott to Shelbourne (Loan)
Sean Mackle (Released)

2009 Season statistics

Player appearances/goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Chris Bennion	20	0	18	0	2	0
2	DF		Shaun Kelly	33	2	31	1	2	1
3	MF		Kevin McKinlay	15	0	13	0	2	0
4	MF		Michael Collins	12	2	10	2	2	0
5	DF		Liam Burns	34	2	30	2	4	0
6	DF		Thomas Heary	34	0	31	0	3	0
7	FW		Tiarnan Mulvenna	31	3	29	3	2	0
8	MF		Chris Turner	33	12	31	12	2	0
9	FW		Darren Mansaram	33	5	30	5	3	0
10	FW		Alex Williams	17	7	15	7	2	0
11	DF		Michael McGowan	18	6	16	6	2	0
12	FW		Michael McGinlay	10	0	8	0	2	0
14	MF		Paul McAreavey	11	0	10	0	1	0
15	DF		Michael Coburn	22	0	20	0	2	0
16	MF		Michael Daly	31	3	28	3	3	0
17	DF		Nathan Murphy	8	0	8	0	0	0
18	FW		Ger Rowe	30	5	27	4	3	1
19	DF		Simon Kelly	29	0	25	0	4	0
20	GK		Peter Cherrie	16	0	14	0	2	0
21	MF		Martin McGowan	2	0	2	0	0	0
22	FW		Mark Griffin	2	0	1	0	1	0
24	MF		Philip Duffy	1	0	1	0	0	0
-	FW		Bill Smith	1	0	1	0	0	0
-	DF		Kevin McArdle	1	0	0	0	1	0
-	DF		James Creaney	1	0	0	0	1	0
10	FW		Declan O'Brien (now out on loan)	17	3	15	2	2	1
17	DF		Michael Synnott (now out on loan)	12	0	11	0	1	0
3	DF		Dave Rogers (has since left the club)	12	0	11	0	1	0
11	MF		Harpal Singh (has since left the club)	13	0	12	0	1	0
14	MF		Sean Mackle (has since left the club)	3	0	2	0	1	0
15	FW		Dwight Barnett (has since left the club)	1	0	1	0	0	0
20	GK		Ryan Coulter (has since left the club)	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF		George O'Callaghan (has since left the club)	12	0	11	0	1	0

Last updated 07/11/2009

References

↑ "Ireland 2009". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

2009 in Republic of Ireland football

Leagues

Cup competitions

National teams

Club seasons

Premier Division	Dundalk Galway United

First Division	Shelbourne

Dundalk F.C.

Players Managers

Teams

Stadium

Oriel Park

Seasons

2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

Matches

FAI Cup finals	2015 2016

Setanta Cup finals	2014

President's Cup finals	2015 2016

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