2011 A Championship

Newstalk A Championship
Season 2011
Champions Derry City A
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)
Longest unbeaten run

Bray Wanderers A

(12)
Longest losing run Dundalk A & Galway United A (6)
← 2010

The 2011 A Championship was the fourth and final season of the A Championship. The season was sponsored by Newstalk. The league featured 16 teams. Derry City A were the champions, while UCD A finished as runners up.

Derry City A
Drogheda United A
Dundalk A
Fanad United
Finn Harps A
Sligo Rovers A
Bray Wanderers A
Cobh Ramblers
F.C. Carlow
Galway United A
Limerick A
Tralee Dynamos
Dublin
Dublin teams

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

Location of teams in 2011 A Championship

Pool 1

Teams

Team Base Stadium
Bohemians A Phibsborough Dalymount Park
Derry City A Derry Brandywell Stadium
Drogheda United A Drogheda United Park
Dundalk A Dundalk Oriel Park
Finn Harps A Ballybofey Finn Park
Fanad United Fanad Tragh-a-Lough
Sligo Rovers A SligoShowgrounds
UCD A Belfield UCD Bowl

Results

Home ╲ Away 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

Teams

Team Base Stadium
Bray Wanderers A Bray Carlisle Grounds
F.C. Carlow Carlow The Meadows, Graiguecullen
Cobh Ramblers Cobh St Colman's Park
Galway United A Galway Castle Park, Ballybane
Limerick A Limerick Aisling-Annacotty Grounds
St Patrick's Athletic AInchicore Richmond Park
Shamrock Rovers A Tallaght Tallaght Stadium
Tralee Dynamos Tralee Cahermoneen

Results

Home ╲ Away 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
F.C. 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.

Final 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 for A Championship play-off
2 UCD A (A) 14 8 2 4 31 22+9 26 Qualification for 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 for A Championship play-off
2 Shamrock Rovers A (A) 14 11 0 3 33 14+19 33 Qualification for A Championship play-off
3 St Patrick's Athletic A 14 6 1 7 31 26+5 19
4 F.C. 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.

A Championship play-offs

The 2011 season saw the two pool winners plus the two pool runners-up qualify for the title play-off. [1]

Semi-finals
Final

Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Stephen McCarthy Tralee Dynamos 12
2 Conor Meade Cobh Ramblers 10
David McDaid Derry City A 10
4 Kieran Waters Bray Wanderers A 9
5 Stephen Doyle UCD A 8

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Summary A Championship 2011". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "A Championship Semi-Final details". www.braywanderers.com. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Newstalk A Championship Final: Derry City 3 UCD 2". www.sseairtricityleague.ie. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Derry City v UCD - 2011 Newstalk A Championship Final Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
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