1925–26 League of Ireland

League of Ireland
Season	1925–26
Champions	Shelbourne (1st Title)
Matches played	90
Goals scored	445 (4.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Billy Farrell (24)
Biggest home win	Shamrock Rovers 10-2 Pioneers
Biggest away win	Jacobs 0-8 Shelbourne Pioneers 0-8 Shelbourne
Highest scoring	Shamrock Rovers 10-2 Pioneers
← 1924–25 1926–27 →

The 1925–26 League of Ireland was the 5th season of senior football in Republic of Ireland. It began on August 29, 1925, and ended on January 3, 1926. Shamrock Rovers was the defending champion. Shelbourne was the winner for this season.

Overview

Brooklyn were not re-elected. Brideville were elected to the League.

Teams

Dublin

Athlone

Bray

Cork

Locations of the 1925/26 League of Ireland Division 'A' teams

Team	Home city/suburb	Home ground
Athlone Town	Athlone	Sports Ground
Bohemians	Phibsborough, Dublin	Dalymount Park
Bray Unknowns	Bray	Woodbrook Ground
Brideville	The Liberties, Dublin	Richmond Park
Fordsons	Cork	Ballinlough Road
Jacobs	Crumlin, Dublin	Rutland Avenue
Pioneers	Whitehall, Dublin	The Thatch
St. James's Gate	Crumlin, Dublin	St. James's Park
Shamrock Rovers	Milltown, Dublin	Glenmalure Park
Shelbourne	Ringsend, Dublin	Shelbourne Park

Division 'A'


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Shelbourne !Shelbourne (C)	18	14	3	1	65	23	+42	31
2	Shamrock Rovers !Shamrock Rovers	18	13	3	2	62	21	+41	29
3	Fordsons !Fordsons	18	12	1	5	58	31	+27	027^*
4	Bohemians !Bohemians	18	10	2	6	50	28	+22	020^*
5	Jacobs !Jacobs	18	7	4	7	40	48	−8	18
6	Brideville !Brideville	18	6	4	8	36	53	−17	16
7	Athlone Town !Athlone Town	18	7	1	10	46	56	−10	15
8	St. James's Gate !St. James's Gate	18	4	3	11	33	48	−15	11
9	Bray Unknowns !Bray Unknowns	18	4	3	11	34	55	−21	11
10	Pioneers !Pioneers	18	1	0	17	21	82	−61	2

Source: ^[1]^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* Bohemians were fined 2 points which were awarded to Fordsons.
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Athlone Town !ATH	Bohemians !BOH	Bray Unknowns !BRY	Brideville !BRI	Fordsons !FOR	Jacobs !JAC	Pioneers !PIO	St. James's Gate !STG	Shamrock Rovers !SHM	Shelbourne !SHE
Athlone Town !Athlone Town		1–2	2–3	3–0	2–5	4–2	4–3	5–1	1–5	1–4
Bohemians !Bohemians	6–3		7–2	6–0	0–2	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–4	0–2
Bray Unknowns !Bray Unknowns	3–5	2–6		7–1	1–1	2–5	3–1	1–3	1–1	0–5
Brideville !Brideville	3–3	2–1	1–0		3–2	4–1	4–3	3–2	1–4	2–3
Fordsons !Fordsons	6–5	0–2	3–2	6–2		4–0	8–2	3–1	0–2	5–1
Jacobs !Jacobs	4–1	3–1	1–1	4–4	1–2		2–0	4–2	1–4	0–8
Pioneers !Pioneers	1–2	0–4	1–3	2–1	0–7	3–5		2–4	0–5	0–8
St. James's Gate !St. James's Gate	2–3	1–4	4–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	3–0		3–3	1–4
Shamrock Rovers !Shamrock Rovers	3–0	0–2	5–0	2–1	3–0	4–1	10–2	3–2		2–2
Shelbourne !Shelbourne	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	4–2	2–2	5–0	4–1	3–2

Source: ^[1]^[2]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Billy Farrell	Shamrock Rovers	24
2	John Simpson	Shelbourne	18
3	Jim Sweeney	Athlone Town	17

Source:^[2]

References

1 2 McSweeney, Niall. A Record of League of Ireland Football 1921-22 to 1984-85. Association of Football Statisticians.
1 2 3 Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statisical Record 1921-2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.

League of Ireland Premier Division

2017 clubs

Seasons

A Division	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85

Premier Division	1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Awards

1925–26 in European football

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Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Bulgaria '25 '26 Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia '25 '26 Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '25 '26 Italy Latvia '25 '26 Lithuania '25 '26 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia '25 '26

Domestic cups	Austria England France Hungary Luxembourg Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '25 '26 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain '25 '26 Sweden '25 Switzerland Wales

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