1985–86 League of Ireland Premier Division

League of Ireland Premier Division

Season	1985–86
Champions	Shamrock Rovers (13th title)
Relegated	Shelbourne UCD
European Cup	Shamrock Rovers
UEFA Cup	Galway United
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Waterford United
Top goalscorer	Tommy Gaynor:15 (Limerick) [1][2]
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 League of Ireland Premier Division was the first season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The Premier Division was made up of 12 teams.

Overview

The Premier Division was contested by 12 teams and Shamrock Rovers F.C. won the championship. The top 12 teams from the 1984–85 League of Ireland automatically qualified for the Premier Division. ^[2][3]

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team	Hometown/Suburb	Stadium	Manager
Athlone Town	Athlone	St Mel's Park	Con Flanagan
Bohemians	Phibsborough	Dalymount Park	Billy Young
Cork City	Cork	Turners Cross	Noel O'Mahony
Dundalk	Dundalk	Oriel Park	Turlough O'Connor
Galway United	Galway	Terryland Park	Tony Mannion
Home Farm	Drumcondra, Dublin	Tolka Park	Mick Lawlor
Limerick City	Limerick	Jackman Park	Joe O'Mahoney
Shamrock Rovers	Milltown, Dublin	Glenmalure Park	Jim McLaughlin
Shelbourne	Harold's Cross	Harold's Cross Stadium	Paddy Mulligan
St Patrick's Athletic	Inchicore	Richmond Park	Jimmy Jackson
Waterford United	Waterford	Kilcohan Park	Alfie Hale
University College Dublin	Belfield	UCD Bowl

Final Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shamrock Rovers (C)	22	15	3	4	44	17	+27	33	Qualification to 1986–87 European Cup
2	Galway United	22	12	7	3	42	19	+23	31	Qualification to 1986–87 UEFA Cup
3	Dundalk	22	12	6	4	35	16	+19	30
4	Bohemians	22	8	11	3	27	22	+5	27
5	Waterford United	22	8	10	4	27	25	+2	26	Qualification to 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup[a]
6	St Patrick's Athletic	22	8	9	5	23	19	+4	25
7	Limerick City	22	10	4	8	45	28	+17	24
8	Athlone Town	22	6	7	9	23	27	−4	19
9	Home Farm	22	5	5	12	15	30	−15	15
10	Cork City	22	3	7	12	23	44	−21	13
11	Shelbourne (R)	22	3	7	12	15	40	−25	13	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
12	UCD (R)	22	2	4	16	19	51	−32	8

Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Waterford United qualified for the 1986-87 European Cup Winners' Cup after reaching the 1985–86 FAI Cup final.

Results

Home \ Away	ATH	BOH	COR	DUN	GAL	HOM	LIM	SHM	SHE	StP	UCD	WAT
Athlone Town	—	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	4–0	2–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0
Bohemians	1–0	—	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1
Cork City	0–2	1–2	—	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–3	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–1
Dundalk	3–2	0–0	2–2	—	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	0–0
Galway United	2–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	—	3–0	3–0	1–3	6–1	2–1	3–0	2–0
Home Farm	2–2	0–1	0–1	0–3	0–1	—	1–3	2–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
Limerick	0–1	0–0	5–2	1–2	1–1	4–1	—	3–1	5–0	1–1	3–0	1–1
Shamrock Rovers	5–1	3–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	1–0	—	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0
Shelbourne	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–3	0–0	0–4	1–1	—	0–0	5–3	0–2
St Patrick's Athletic	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	—	2–0	2–2
UCD	2–0	3–3	2–2	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–4	1–4	0–2	1–3	—	1–1
Waterford United	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–5	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League of Ireland clubs in Europe

European Cup

First round

After winning the league title in the previous season, Shamrock Rovers received automatic qualification into the first round of the European Cup. Shamrock Rovers were drawn against Hungarian club, Budapest Honvéd, 1984-85 Hungarian League Winners. Budapest Honvéd were the hosts for the first leg and won the game comfortably in a 2-0 defeat of Shamrock Rovers. In the return leg, Shamrock Rovers were defeated once again 3-1, thus eliminating them from the competition.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Budapest Honvéd	5-1	Shamrock Rovers	2 - 0	3 - 1

First leg

Budapest Honvéd v Shamrock Rovers

18 September 1985	Budapest Honvéd	2 – 0	Shamrock Rovers	Illovszky Rudolf Stadion (1960), Budapest
	Dajka 36' Détári 67'	Report

Second leg

Shamrock Rovers v Budapest Honvéd

2 October 1985	Shamrock Rovers	1 – 3	Budapest Honvéd	Glenmalure Park, Dublin
	Coady 84'	Report	Détári 69', 74' Cseh 85'

Budapest Honvéd won 5–1 on aggregate.

UEFA Cup

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bohemians	4-7	Dundee United	2 - 5	2 - 2

European Cup Winners Cup

First round

FAI Cup Runners-up, Galway United entered the European Cup Winners' Cup in the first round against Danish side, Lyngby BK. Galway United were defeated 1-0 in the away leg in Lyngby BK. In the second leg, United were defeated 3-2 at Terryland Park, ending their European campaign.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lyngby BK	4-2	Galway United	1 - 0	3 - 2

See also

• 1985–86 League of Ireland First Division

References

1. "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
2. Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921–2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.
3. "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2016.