2007 League of Ireland First Division

The 2007 League of Ireland First Division season was the 23rd season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by 10 teams and Cobh Ramblers won the division. Finn Harps were also promoted to the Premier Division after a play-off and Wexford Youths made their League of Ireland debut.

Club information

Team	Base	Manager	Main sponsor	Kit supplier	Stadium	Capacity
Athlone Town	Athlone	Michael O'Connor	Ganly's Hardware	O'Neills	Athlone Town Stadium	6,000
Cobh Ramblers	Cobh	Stephen Henderson	Goodyear	Uhlsport	St. Colman's Park	5,000
Dundalk	Dundalk	John Gill	IJM Timber Frame Company	Umbro	Oriel Park	6,000
Finn Harps	Ballybofey	Paul Hegarty	Crawford Furnishings	PF Sports	Finn Park	7,900
Kildare County	Newbridge	John Ryan	Swifts	Umbro	Station Road	2,500
Kilkenny City	Kilkenny	Brendan Rea	The Kilkenny Voice	Umbro	Buckley Park	6,500
Limerick 37	Limerick	Paul McGee	Limerick's Live 95FM	Errea	Jackman Park	2,500
Monaghan United	Monaghan	Mick Cooke	The Squeeling Pig	Diadora	Century Homes Park	3,000
Shelbourne	Drumcondra	Dermot Keely	JW Hire	Umbro	Tolka Park	12,000
Wexford Youths	Crossabeg	Mick Wallace	Wallace Construction	O'Neills	Ferrycarrig Park	2,500

The regular season began on 8 March and concluded on 10 November. Each team played the other teams four times, totalling 36 games. ^[2]


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cobh Ramblers (C)	36	22	11	3	57	17	+40	77	Premier Division / Setanta Cup play-off
2	Finn Harps	36	23	7	6	61	20	+41	76	Premier Division after play-off
3	Dundalk	36	19	9	8	56	30	+26	66	Lost promotion/relegation play-off
4	Limerick 37 ^{[note 1]}	36	14	11	11	46	41	+5	53
5	Shelbourne	36	11	10	15	46	46	0	43
6	Athlone Town	36	11	8	17	40	55	−15	41
7	Kildare County	36	9	12	15	48	62	−14	39
8	Monaghan United	36	9	11	16	38	52	−14	38
9	Wexford Youths ^{[note 2]}	36	7	10	19	32	55	−23	31
10	Kilkenny City	36	5	11	20	33	79	−46	26

Source: ^[2]^[3]

Finn Harps and Dundalk who finished second and third in the First Division played off against Waterford United who finished eleventh in the Premier Division.

16 November 2007	Finn Harps	2–0	Dundalk

Finn Harps qualified for second round.

20 November 2007	Finn Harps	3–0	Waterford United

23 November 2007	Waterford United	3–3	Finn Harps

Finn Harps win 6–3 on aggregate and are promoted to Premier Division.

After winning the First Division, Cobh Ramblers also qualified for the new Setanta Sports Cup play-off. Their opponents were Derry City, the winners of the 2007 League of Ireland Cup.

19 November 2007	Derry City	2–1	Cobh Ramblers	Brandywell Stadium
	McCourt 16' Hargan 23'		O'Neill 62'

1 2 "Ireland - List of Topscorers". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
1 2 "Ireland 2007". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
↑ "Ireland 2006". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
↑ "Derry City 2-1 Cobh Ramblers". BBC Sport. 19 November 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

League of Ireland First Division

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