2005 Shelbourne F.C. season

Shelbourne

2005 season
Chairman	Ollie Byrne
Manager	Pat Fenlon
Premier Division	3rd
UEFA Champions League	Second Qualifying Round
FAI Cup	Second Round
League Cup	Semi-Finals
Setanta Cup	Runners-Up
Top goalscorer	League: Jason Byrne (22) All: Jason Byrne (30)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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In the 2005 season, Shelbourne finished 3rd in the League of Ireland Premier Division.

Personnel

Managerial/Backroom Staff

Manager: Pat Fenlon
Assistant Manager: Eamon Collins

2005 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 Dean Delany DF Owen Heary (Captain) DF Curtis Fleming DF Stephen Brennan DF Kevin Doherty DF Jamie Harris DF Colin Hawkins DF Dave Rogers DF David Crawley MF Richie Baker MF Bobby Ryan MF Hussain Yazdani MF Stuart Byrne MF Alan Cawley

No. Position Player MF James Chambers MF Jim Crawford MF Brian King MF Joseph Ndo MF Alan Moore MF Alan Reynolds MF Wes Hoolahan MF Ollie Cahill MF David Tyrrell FW Jason Byrne FW Glen Crowe FW Glen Fitzpatrick FW Gary O'Neill FW Ger Rowe

In on loan

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

No. Position Player DF Stephen Brennan (was on loan from Newcastle United)

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player MF Alan Cawley (was on loan to Longford Town) DF Kevin Doherty (was on loan to Waterford United)

No. Position Player FW Ger Rowe (was on loan to St. Patrick's Athletic) MF David Tyrrell (was on loan to Bray Wanderers)

Results/League Tables

League of Ireland Premier Division

Shelbourne v UCD

March 16, 2005	Shelbourne	1 – 1	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 GMT	Stuart Byrne  85' (pen.)	Report	Damien Dupuy  63'	Attendance: 2,477 Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

Shamrock Rovers v Shelbourne

March 25, 2005	Shamrock Rovers	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Stephen Gough 61' (pen.)	Report	Stuart Byrne  39' Richie Baker  75'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Shelbourne v Waterford United

April 1, 2005	Shelbourne	1 – 0	Waterford United	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne  16' (pen.) Richie Baker  7'	Report		Attendance: 2,583 Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Derry City v Shelbourne

April 8, 2005	Derry City	0 – 0	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19.45 IST		Report		Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

Shelbourne v St. Patrick's Athletic

April 15, 2005	Shelbourne	3 – 1	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Gary O'Neill  31' Wes Hoolahan  45' Stuart Byrne  69' Colin Hawkins  89'	Report	Keith Dunne  36'	Attendance: 2,364 Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Longford Town v Shelbourne

April 21, 2005	Longford Town	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Flancare Park, Longford
19.45 IST		Report	Jason Byrne  13' Richie Baker  21'	Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Bray Wanderers

April 29, 2005	Shelbourne	4 – 1	Bray Wanderers	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Richie Baker  5'  49' Wes Hoolahan  45' Jason Byrne  51'	Report	Éamon Zayed  28'	Attendance: 1,983 Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Finn Harps

May 6, 2005	Shelbourne	3 – 0	Finn Harps	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jamie Harris  39' Richie Baker  48' Jason Byrne  90+1'	Report		Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

Drogheda United v Shelbourne

May 13, 2005	Drogheda United	0 – 0	Shelbourne	United Park, Drogheda
19.45 IST		Report		Referee: Ken Ginnett (Newtownabbey)

Bohemians v Shelbourne

May 27, 2005	Bohemians	2 – 1	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Gareth Farrelly  37' Ken Oman  40'	Report	Alan Moore  18'	Attendance: 3,114 Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Shelbourne v Cork City

May 30, 2005	Shelbourne	0 – 2	Cork City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report	Roy O'Donovan  54' Stephen Brennan  74' (o.g.)	Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

UCD v Shelbourne

June 3, 2005	UCD	1 – 1	Shelbourne	Belfield Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Tony McDonnell  8'	Report	Glen Crowe  70'	Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Shamrock Rovers

June 17, 2005	Shelbourne	1 – 2	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Dave Rogers  5'	Report	Dave Mooney  34' Willo McDonagh  42' Pat McCourt 62' (pen.) Gavin McDonnell  64' Willo McDonagh  89'	Attendance: 2,881 Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

Waterford United v Shelbourne

June 24, 2005	Waterford United	2 – 4	Shelbourne	R.S.C., Waterford
19.30 IST	Stephen Yelverton  12'  57'	Report	Glen Crowe  13' Stuart Byrne  25' Owen Heary  66' Glen Fitzpatrick  90'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Shelbourne v Longford Town

June 27, 2005	Shelbourne	1 – 0	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne  48'	Report		Attendance: 812 Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Derry City

July 1, 2005	Shelbourne	1 – 2	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne  59'	Report	Killian Brennan  17' Mark Farren  23'	Attendance: 1,145 Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

St. Patrick's Athletic v Shelbourne

July 8, 2005	St. Patrick's Athletic	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report	Wes Hoolahan  45' Richie Baker  90'	Attendance: 1,884 Referee: Declan Hanney (Dublin)

Bray Wanderers v Shelbourne

July 22, 2005	Bray Wanderers	2 – 2	Shelbourne	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
19.45 IST	Éamon Zayed  66' Colm Tresson  81'	Report	Owen Heary  6' Glen Crowe  11'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Drogheda United

August 8, 2005	Shelbourne	3 – 3	Drogheda United	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Wes Hoolahan  3' Stuart Byrne  14' Jason Byrne  90+5'	Report	Jermaine Sandvliet  8' Keith Fahey  29' Declan O'Brien  88'	Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Cork City v Shelbourne

August 15, 2005	Cork City	1 – 0	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
19.30 IST	Neal Horgan  24'	Report	Richie Baker  82'	Attendance: 5,379 Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Bohemians

August 19, 2005	Shelbourne	2 – 1	Bohemians	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne  43' (pen.) Glen Crowe  71'	Report	Tony Grant  50' Des Byrne  15'	Attendance: 3,321 Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Shelbourne v UCD

September 2, 2005	Shelbourne	4 – 2	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne  14'  35'  73' (pen.) Owen Heary  80'	Report	Anto Murphy  15' Pat McWalter  47'	Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

Shamrock Rovers v Shelbourne

September 9, 2005	Shamrock Rovers	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report	Joseph Ndo  45' Jason Byrne  58' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,956 Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Shelbourne v Waterford United

September 16, 2005	Shelbourne	5 – 0	Waterford United	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Gary O'Neill  16'  49' Jason Byrne  27'  39'  45'	Report	Kevin Waters  50'	Referee: Hugo Whoriskey (Meath)

Finn Harps v Shelbourne

September 23, 2005	Finn Harps	0 – 3	Shelbourne	Finn Park, Ballybofey
20.00 IST		Report	Gary O'Neill  45' Jason Byrne  63' Dave Rogers  90' (pen.)	Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

Derry City v Shelbourne

September 30, 2005	Derry City	2 – 1	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19.45 IST	Mark Farren  3' Stephen O'Flynn  90+2'	Report	Glen Crowe  57'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Shelbourne v St. Patrick's Athletic

October 7, 2005	Shelbourne	1 – 0	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Gary O'Neill  75'	Report		Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Longford Town v Shelbourne

October 15, 2005	Longford Town	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Flancare Park, Longford
19.30 IST		Report	Jason Byrne  7' Gary O'Neill  26'	Referee: Declan Hanney (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Finn Harps

October 28, 2005	Shelbourne	1 – 0	Finn Harps	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne  4'	Report		Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

Shelbourne v Bray Wanderers

October 31, 2005	Shelbourne	5 – 0	Bray Wanderers	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 GMT	Jason Byrne  36' (pen.)  76'  77' Dave Rogers  66' Glen Crowe  79'	Report	Stephen Gifford  45'	Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

Drogheda United v Shelbourne

November 4, 2005	Drogheda United	0 – 2	Shelbourne	United Park, Drogheda
19.45 GMT		Report	Gary O'Neill  4' Glen Crowe  80'	Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Cork City

November 11, 2005	Shelbourne	0 – 0	Cork City	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 GMT		Report		Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

Bohemians v Shelbourne

November 18, 2005	Bohemians	0 – 3	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT		Report	Richie Baker  53' Jason Byrne  55' Glen Crowe  65'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Final League Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Cork City	33	22	8	3	53	18	+35	74	Qualified for UEFA Champions League and Setanta Cup
2	Derry City	33	22	6	5	56	25	+31	72	Qualified for UEFA Cup and Setanta Cup
3	Shelbourne	33	20	7	6	62	25	+37	67	Qualified for UEFA Intertoto Cup and Setanta Cup
4	Drogheda United	33	12	12	9	40	33	+7	48	Qualified for UEFA Cup and Setanta Cup [note 1]
5	Longford Town	33	12	9	12	29	32	-3	45
6	Bohemians	33	13	6	14	42	47	-5	45
7	Bray Wanderers	33	11	6	16	40	57	-17	39
8	Waterford United	33	9	7	17	30	49	-19	34
9	UCD	33	7	12	14	28	44	-16	33
10	St Patrick's Athletic	33	7	11	15	26	36	-10	32
11	Shamrock Rovers	33	9	8	16	33	52	-19	27	Relegated to First Division after play-off [note 2]
12	Finn Harps	33	5	6	22	30	51	-21	21	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
33	20	7	6	62	25	+37	67	11	3	3	36	15	+21	9	4	3	26	10	+16

Last updated: November 18, 2005.
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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W

Last updated: November 18, 2005.
Source: League of Ireland Premier Division Fixtures
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

UEFA Champions League

First Qualifying Round

Glentoran v Shelbourne

July 13, 2005	Glentoran	1 – 2	Shelbourne	The Oval, Belfast
19.00 IST	Sean Ward  77'	Report	Jason Byrne  55'  65' (pen.)	Referee: Georgios Kaznaferis (Greece)

Shelbourne v Glentoran

July 20, 2005	Shelbourne	4 – 1	Glentoran	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.30 IST	Owen Heary  13' Jason Byrne  31' (pen.)  71' Glen Crowe  58'	Report	Peter McCann  20' Paul Leeman  30'	Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany)

Shelbourne won 6 - 2 on aggregate

Second Qualifying Round

Shelbourne v Steaua Bucharest

July 27, 2005	Shelbourne	0 – 0	Steaua Bucharest	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.30 IST		Report		Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)

Steaua Bucharest v Shelbourne

August 3, 2005	Steaua Bucharest	4 – 1	Shelbourne	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest
18.30 IST	Bănel Nicoliţă  18' Victoraş Iacob  28' Laurenţiu Diniţă  61' Daniel Opriţa  90+5' (pen.) Nicolae Dică  4' Laurenţiu Diniţă  87'	Report	Jason Byrne  39' Dave Rogers  4'	Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Steaua Bucharest won 4 - 1 on aggregate

FAI Carlsberg Cup

Second Round

Shelbourne v Derry City

June 10, 2005	Shelbourne	0 – 2	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	David Crawley 55' (pen.)	Report	Gary Beckett  6' Clive Delaney  22'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

eircom League Cup

Second Round

Shelbourne v Kildare County

June 21, 2005	Shelbourne	2 – 1	Kildare County	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Glen Crowe  23'  56'	Report	Alan McNevin  72' (pen.)	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Quarter-Finals

Shelbourne v St. Patrick's Athletic

July 4, 2005	Shelbourne	2 – 1	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Glen Crowe  9' Jason Byrne  27'	Report	Robbie Doyle  82'	Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

Semi-Finals

Shelbourne v UCD

August 22, 2005	Shelbourne	1 – 2	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Colin Hawkins  85'	Report	Brian Gannon  90' Robbie Martin  90+4'	Referee: Declan Hanney (Dublin)

Setanta Cup

Group 2

Shelbourne v Portadown

March 22, 2005	Shelbourne	3 – 3	Portadown	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.15 GMT	Richie Baker  39'  69' Jason Byrne  44'	Report	Gary Hamilton  50'  60' Wesley Boyle  84'	Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

Cork City v Shelbourne

March 28, 2005	Cork City	1 – 0	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
19.15 IST	Denis Behan  59' Joe Gamble  85'	Report	David Crawley  90+2'	Referee: David Malcolm (Bangor)

Portadown v Shelbourne

April 25, 2005	Portadown	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Shamrock Park, Portadown
19.15 IST	Cullen Feeney  54'	Report	Jason Byrne  3'	Referee: David Best (Carnmoney)

Shelbourne v Cork City

May 2, 2005	Shelbourne	1 – 0	Cork City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.15 IST	Jamie Harris  52'	Report		Referee: Mark Courtney (Dungannon)

Group 2 Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Final effect of position
1	Shelbourne (Q)	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7	Qualified for Setanta Sports Cup Final against Group 1 winners
2	Portadown	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
3	Cork City	4	1	1	2	2	3	-1	4

Final

Shelbourne v Linfield

May 21, 2005	Shelbourne	0 – 2	Linfield	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.30 IST	Alan Moore  90+3'	Report	Glenn Ferguson  26' Peter Thompson  37'	Referee: Mark Courtney (Dungannon)

2005 Season Statistics

Player Appearances/Goals

As of November 18, 2005.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF		Richie Baker	33	8	21	6	12	2
	DF		Stephen Brennan	5	0	3	0	2	0
	FW		Jason Byrne	43	30	31	22	12	8
	MF		Stuart Byrne	38	5	25	5	13	0
	MF		Ollie Cahill	44	0	31	0	13	0
	MF		Alan Cawley	7	0	4	0	3	0
	MF		James Chambers	3	0	3	0	0	0
	MF		Jim Crawford	29	0	22	0	7	0
	DF		David Crawley	28	0	16	0	12	0
	FW		Glen Crowe	38	12	27	8	11	4
	GK		Dean Delany	26	0	20	0	6	0
	DF		Kevin Doherty	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Glen Fitzpatrick	18	1	13	1	5	0
	DF		Curtis Fleming	12	0	10	0	2	0
	DF		Jamie Harris	19	2	14	1	5	1
	DF		Colin Hawkins	35	1	26	0	9	1
	DF		Owen Heary	41	4	30	3	11	1
	MF		Wes Hoolahan	38	4	29	4	9	0
	MF		Brian King	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Alan Moore	24	1	16	1	8	0
	MF		Joseph Ndo	25	1	19	1	6	0
	FW		Gary O'Neill	22	7	18	7	4	0
	MF		Alan Reynolds	5	0	4	0	1	0
	DF		Dave Rogers	44	3	31	3	13	0
	FW		Ger Rowe	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Bobby Ryan	31	0	24	0	7	0
	MF		David Tyrrell	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Steve Williams	20	0	13	0	7	0
	MF		Hussain Yazdani	0	0	0	0	0	0

Top Goalscorers

Position	Goalscorer	Total Goals	League Goals	Cup Goals
1	Jason Byrne	30	22	8
2	Glen Crowe	12	8	4
3	Richie Baker	8	6	2
4	Gary O'Neill	7	7	0
5	Stuart Byrne	5	5	0
6	Owen Heary	4	3	1
	Wes Hoolahan	4	4	0
8	Dave Rogers	3	3	0
9	Jamie Harris	2	1	1
10	Glen Fitzpatrick	1	1	0
	Colin Hawkins	1	0	1
	Alan Moore	1	1	0
	Joseph Ndo	1	1	0

Notes

1. Drogheda United qualified for the UEFA Cup and Setanta Cup after winning the 2005 FAI Cup Final.
2. Shamrock Rovers deducted 8 points for financial irregularities.

References

1. Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statisical Record 1921–2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.
2. "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
3. "Ireland 2005". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 July 2016.