2003 Shelbourne F.C. season

Shelbourne

2003 season
Chairman	Ollie Byrne
Manager	Pat Fenlon
Premier Division	1st
UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round
FAI Cup	Third Round
League Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jason Byrne (21) All: Jason Byrne (25)
Home colours Away colours
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In the 2003 season, Shelbourne were crowned League of Ireland Premier Division champions.

Personnel

Managerial/Backroom Staff

Manager: Pat Fenlon

2003 Squad Members

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

No. Position Player GK Steve Williams GK Chris Bennion GK Morgan Cranley DF Owen Heary (Captain) DF Jim Gannon DF Kevin Doherty DF Philip Byrne DF Jamie Harris DF Dave Rogers DF Tony McCarthy DF David Crawley DF Derek Dunne DF Stephen Murtagh DF Ciarán Sharkey MF Richie Baker MF Stuart Byrne

No. Position Player MF Jim Crawford MF Scott Oakes MF Thomas Morgan MF Wes Hoolahan MF Ollie Cahill MF Stephen Murphy FW Jason Byrne FW Stephen Geoghegan FW Dessie Baker FW Ger McCarthy FW Ger Rowe FW Alan Kinsella FW Alan Murphy FW Alan Lee FW Ray Whelehan

Results/League Tables

League of Ireland Premier Division

Waterford United v Shelbourne

April 11, 2003	Waterford United	0 – 4	Shelbourne	R.S.C., Waterford
19.30 IST		Report	David Crawley  18' (pen.) Stephen Geoghegan  32' Jason Byrne  44'  75'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Shelbourne v Derry City

April 18, 2003	Shelbourne	1 – 0	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jason Byrne  4'	Report		Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

Shelbourne v Longford Town

April 22, 2003	Shelbourne	3 – 2	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jason Byrne  18' Stephen Geoghegan  50' Jim Gannon  86'	Report	Barry Ferguson  19' (pen.) Sean Francis  58'	Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Drogheda United v Shelbourne

April 25, 2003	Drogheda United	1 – 1	Shelbourne	o2 Park, Drogheda
20.00 IST	Danny O'Connor  42'	Report	Jason Byrne  40'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Shelbourne v St. Patrick's Athletic

May 2, 2003	Shelbourne	2 – 2	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jason Byrne  1'  80'	Report	Kevin Doherty  55' (o.g) Paul Osam  57'	Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

UCD v Shelbourne

May 9, 2003	UCD	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Belfield Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report	Wes Hoolahan  48' Richie Baker  78'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Shelbourne v Bohemians

May 16, 2003	Shelbourne	2 – 2	Bohemians	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jim Crawford  31' Ger McCarthy  90'	Report	Glen Crowe  53' Kevin Hunt  83'	Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)

Cork City v Shelbourne

May 23, 2003	Cork City	0 – 0	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
19.45 IST	John O'Flynn 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Jim Gannon  75' Jim Crawford  90'	Referee: Jim O’Neill (Waterford)

Shelbourne v Shamrock Rovers

May 30, 2003	Shelbourne	1 – 0	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Stephen Geoghegan  41' Jason Byrne  45'	Report		Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Waterford United

June 4, 2003	Shelbourne	1 – 1	Waterford United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Ger McCarthy  49'	Report	Gary O'Neill  5'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Derry City v Shelbourne

June 12, 2003	Derry City	2 – 0	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19.45 IST	Gareth McGlynn  67' Ciarán Martyn  70'	Report		Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Longford Town v Shelbourne

July 1, 2003	Longford Town	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Flancare Park, Longford
19.45 IST		Report	Dave Rogers  42' Ollie Cahill  61'	Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

Shelbourne v Drogheda United

July 4, 2003	Shelbourne	3 – 0	Drogheda United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Stephen Geoghegan  14' Jim Crawford  75' Ollie Cahill  80'	Report	Andy Myler 38' (pen.)	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

St. Patrick's Athletic v Shelbourne

July 11, 2003	St. Patrick's Athletic	0 – 0	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report		Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)

Shelbourne v UCD

July 18, 2003	Shelbourne	1 – 1	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jason Byrne  23'	Report	Robbie Griffin  7'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Cork City

August 7, 2003	Shelbourne	1 – 1	Cork City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jason Byrne  14'	Report	Kevin Doyle  9'	Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

Waterford United v Shelbourne

September 1, 2003	Waterford United	1 – 2	Shelbourne	R.S.C., Waterford
19.30 IST	Kevin O'Brien  47'	Report	Ollie Cahill  9' Jason Byrne  12'	Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

Shelbourne v Derry City

September 5, 2003	Shelbourne	3 – 1	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jason Byrne  51' Jamie Harris  52' Jim Crawford  62'	Report	Eamon Doherty  50'	Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Longford Town

September 19, 2003	Shelbourne	2 – 1	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jason Byrne  18'  60' (pen.)	Report	Eric Lavine  28'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Drogheda United v Shelbourne

September 23, 2003	Drogheda United	0 – 1	Shelbourne	o2 Park, Drogheda
20.00 IST		Report	Jason Byrne  55'

Shelbourne v St. Patrick's Athletic

September 26, 2003	Shelbourne	2 – 0	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.00 IST	Jason Byrne  22' Darragh Maguire  42' (o.g.)	Report		Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Bohemians v Shelbourne

September 29, 2003	Bohemians	1 – 0	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Ken Oman  58'	Report		Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

UCD v Shelbourne

October 3, 2003	UCD	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Belfield Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report	Jamie Harris  60'	Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

Cork City v Shelbourne

October 13, 2003	Cork City	1 – 1	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
19.45 IST	Liam Kearney  12'	Report	Jamie Harris  90'	Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Shamrock Rovers

October 17, 2003	Shelbourne	0 – 2	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report	James Keddy  10' Garry Haylock  90+2'	Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

Shelbourne v Waterford United

October 20, 2003	Shelbourne	3 – 1	Waterford United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jamie Harris  13' Wes Hoolahan  38' Dave Mulcahy  60' (o.g.)	Report	Alan Reilly  64' (pen.)	Referee: Hugo Whoriskey (Meath)

Derry City v Shelbourne

October 25, 2003	Derry City	0 – 0	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19.30 IST		Report		Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Shamrock Rovers v Shelbourne

October 28, 2003	Shamrock Rovers	2 – 4	Shelbourne	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Stephen Grant  13' Glen Fitzpatrick  38'	Report	Jason Byrne  59' (pen.)  78' Richie Baker  67' Jamie Harris  74'	Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Bohemians

November 4, 2003	Shelbourne	1 – 3	Bohemians	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Richie Baker  9'	Report	Paul Keegan  11' Thomas Heary  42' Colin Hawkins  55'	Referee: Eddie Barr (Dublin)

St. Patrick's Athletic v Shelbourne

November 7, 2003	St. Patrick's Athletic	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Karim el-Khebyr  58'	Report	Colm Foley  29' (o.g.)	Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

Shelbourne v UCD

November 10, 2003	Shelbourne	0 – 0	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT		Report		Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

Bohemians v Shelbourne

November 14, 2003	Bohemians	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
20.05 GMT		Report	Stuart Byrne  16'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Shelbourne v Drogheda United

November 17, 2003	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Drogheda United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Jason Byrne  72' Stuart Byrne  85'	Report		Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Cork City

November 21, 2003	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Cork City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Jason Byrne  26' Jamie Harris  50'	Report		Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)

Longford Town v Shelbourne

November 24, 2003	Longford Town	2 – 1	Shelbourne	Flancare Park, Longford
19.30 GMT	Shane Barrett  32' Vinny Perth  64'	Report	Jason Byrne  20'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Shamrock Rovers v Shelbourne

November 28, 2003	Shamrock Rovers	1 – 1	Shelbourne	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Stephen McGuinness  55'	Report	Jason Byrne  24' (pen.)	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Final League Table

Pos	Club	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Shelbourne	69	36	19	12	5	52	28	+24	Qualified for 2004–05 UEFA Champions League
2	Bohemians	64	36	18	10	8	58	37	+21	Qualified for 2004–05 UEFA Cup
3	Cork City	53	36	13	14	9	43	33	+10	Qualified for 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup
4	Longford Town [note 1]	48	36	12	12	12	46	44	+2	Qualified for 2004–05 UEFA Cup
5	St Patrick's Athletic	46	36	10	16	10	48	48	0
6	Waterford United	45	36	11	12	13	44	58	-14
7	Shamrock Rovers	44	36	10	14	12	45	46	-1
8	Drogheda United	37	36	9	10	17	38	50	-12
9	Derry City	36	36	7	15	14	33	51	-18	Won promotion/relegation play-off
10	University College Dublin	34	36	7	13	16	27	39	-12	Relegated to First Division

Source:^[1][2][3]

League Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	19	12	5	52	28	+24	69	10	6	2	30	17	+13	9	6	3	22	11	+11

Last updated: November 28, 2003.
Source: League of Ireland Premier Division Fixtures

League Form/Results by Round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D

Last updated: November 28, 2003.
Source: League of Ireland Premier Division Fixtures
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

UEFA Cup

Qualifying Round

NK Olimpija Ljubljana v Shelbourne

August 14, 2003	NK Olimpija Ljubljana	1 – 0	Shelbourne	Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana
19.00 IST	Nedim Jusufbegovic  73'	Report		Referee: Krzysztof Slupik (Poland)

Shelbourne v NK Olimpija Ljubljana

August 28, 2003	Shelbourne	2 – 3	NK Olimpija Ljubljana	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Ollie Cahill  14' Jason Byrne  90'	Report	Nedim Jusufbegovic  8' Anton Žlogar  45' Marko Kmetec  56'	Referee: Gylfi Orrasson (Iceland)

Olimpija Ljubljana won 4 - 2 on aggregate

FAI Cup

Second Round

Cork City v Shelbourne

July 25, 2003	Cork City	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
19.45 IST		Report	Jason Byrne  4'  72'	Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)

Third Round

Sligo Rovers v Shelbourne

August 17, 2003	Sligo Rovers	0 – 0	Shelbourne	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19.00 IST		Report		Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Replay

Shelbourne v Sligo Rovers

August 21, 2003	Shelbourne	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Sligo Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Ollie Cahill  43' Jason Byrne  90+5' (pen.) Dave Rogers  35'	Report	Ollie Keogh  15' John Gaffney  32' Steve Feeney  104' Michael McNamara  90+4'	Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

League of Ireland Cup

First Round

Shelbourne v Dublin City

April 28, 2003	Shelbourne	2 – 3	Dublin City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Ger Rowe  2' Dessie Baker  51'	Report	Barry Burke  20' (pen.) Robbie Collins  74' Graham Dunning  85'

St. Patrick's Athletic v Shelbourne

May 12, 2003	St. Patrick's Athletic	3 – 1	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Michael Holt  17'  29' Paul Marney  89'	Report	Ger Rowe  2'

Final Group Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Final effect of position
1	St. Patrick's Athletic (Q)	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Qualified for eircom League Cup Quarter-Finals
2	Dublin City	2	1	0	1	3	4	-1	3
3	Shelbourne	2	0	0	2	3	6	-3	0

2003 Season Statistics

Player Appearances/Goals

As of November 28, 2003.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier Division		UEFA Cup		FAI Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW		Dessie Baker	10	1	7	0	1	0	1	0	1	1
	MF		Richie Baker	34	3	29	3	2	0	3	0	0	0
	GK		Chris Bennion	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW		Jason Byrne	39	25	34	21	2	1	3	3	0	0
	DF		Philip Byrne	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF		Stuart Byrne	28	2	25	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Ollie Cahill	42	5	36	3	2	1	3	1	1	0
	GK		Morgan Cranley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Jim Crawford	36	3	31	3	2	0	3	0	0	0
	DF		David Crawley	28	1	23	1	2	0	3	0	0	0
	DF		Kevin Doherty	31	0	26	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
	DF		Derek Dunne	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Jim Gannon	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Stephen Geoghegan	27	4	23	4	1	0	3	0	0	0
	DF		Jamie Harris	20	6	20	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Owen Heary	40	0	35	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
	MF		Wes Hoolahan	36	2	31	2	2	0	2	0	1	0
	FW		Alan Kinsella	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW		Alan Lee	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW		Ger McCarthy	29	2	23	2	1	0	3	0	2	0
	DF		Tony McCarthy	25	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Thomas Morgan	32	0	28	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
	FW		Alan Murphy	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF		Stephen Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Stephen Murtagh	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Scott Oakes	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Dave Rogers	30	1	25	1	2	0	3	0	0	0
	FW		Ger Rowe	16	2	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
	DF		Ciarán Sharkey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Ray Whelehan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	GK		Steve Williams	41	0	36	0	2	0	3	0	0	0

Top Goalscorers

Position	Goalscorer	Total Goals	Premier Division	UEFA Cup	FAI Cup	League Cup
1	Jason Byrne	25	21	1	3	0
2	Jamie Harris	6	6	0	0	0
3	Ollie Cahill	5	3	1	1	0
4	Stephen Geoghegan	4	4	0	0	0
5	Richie Baker	3	3	0	0	0
	Jim Crawford	3	3	0	0	0
7	Stuart Byrne	2	2	0	0	0
	Wes Hoolahan	2	2	0	0	0
	Ger McCarthy	2	2	0	0	0
	Ger Rowe	2	0	0	0	2
11	Dessie Baker	1	0	0	0	1
	David Crawley	1	1	0	0	0
	Jim Gannon	1	1	0	0	0
	Dave Rogers	1	1	0	0	0

Notes

1. Longford Town qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup after winning the 2003 FAI Cup.

References

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