2010 Galway United F.C. season

2010 Galway United F.C. season. This is a list of competitive matches played by Galway United in 2010. Following the departure of Sean Connor from his post at Dundalk, 24 hours after the final game of the season,^[1] Ian Foster sought permission from Galway United CEO Nick Leeson to speak with Dundalk, but was denied. He subsequently resigned his position and was appointed team manager at Dundalk on 4 December 2009.^[2] Foster cited alleged payment problems during the 2009 season as justification for his contact with Dundalk and his subsequent appointment there.^[3] On 10 January 2010, Sean Connor was appointed as team manager by Galway United. Between the end of 2009 and the start of the 2010 season, Galway United and Dundalk effectively swapped team managers, as Ian Foster moved in the opposite direction to Dundalk.^[4]

Pre-Season friendlies

Date		Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Highlights
27 January 2010	Galway & DL	H	1 – 4	Molloy
9 February 2010	Mervue United	H	0 – 3
13 February 2010	Derry City	A	1 – 2	O'Brien
21 February 2010	Limerick	N	0 – 0
26 February 2010	Hull City	H	0 – 1		YouTube

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Premier Division

Matches

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Att.	Highlights
5 March 2010	St Patrick's Athletic	A	0 – 2		(1,575)	YouTube
12 March 2010	Bray Wanderers	H	2 – 1	Sheppard, O'Brien	902	YouTube
20 March 2010	Sligo Rovers	A	0 – 1		(1,808)	YouTube
26 March 2010	Shamrock Rovers	H	0 – 1		1,260	RealPlayer
5 April 2010	U.C.D.	A	0 – 0		(320)	RealPlayer
9 April 2010	Sporting Fingal	H	2 – 2	Sheppard, Flood	821	YouTube
16 April 2010	Bohemians	A	3 – 2	Sheppard (2), O'Donnell		RealPlayer
19 April 2010	Dundalk	H	0 – 1		740
23 April 2010	Drogheda United	H	3 – 1	Flood (2), Meynell	925
26 April 2010	St Patrick's Athletic	H	0 – 2		805
30 April 2010	Bray Wanderers	A	2 – 0	Flood, Sheppard	(350)
4 May 2010	Sligo Rovers	H	0 – 0		925
7 May 2010	Shamrock Rovers	A	0 – 2		(3,417)
14 May 2010	Dundalk	A	0 – 0		(1,500)
21 May 2010	U.C.D.	H	2 – 2	Flood, O'Donnell	824
29 May 2010	Sporting Fingal	A	2 – 2		(611)

• Attendance figures in brackets represent away fixtures.

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Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shamrock Rovers (C)	36	19	10	7	57	34	+23	67	UEFA Champions League/Setanta Cup
2	Bohemians	36	19	10	7	50	29	+21	67	UEFA Europa League/Setanta Cup
3	Sligo Rovers	36	17	12	7	61	36	+25	63	UEFA Europa League/Setanta Cup
4	Sporting Fingal [note 1]	36	16	14	6	60	38	+22	62
5	St Patrick's Athletic [note 2]	36	16	9	11	55	33	+22	57	UEFA Europa League/Setanta Cup
6	Dundalk	36	14	6	16	46	50	−4	48	Setanta Cup
7	UCD [note 3]	36	11	8	17	47	54	−7	41	Setanta Cup
8	Galway United	36	9	11	16	38	59	−21	38	Promotion/relegation play-off.
9	Bray Wanderers	36	6	9	21	35	72	−37	27	Promotion/relegation play-off.
10	Drogheda United [note 4]	36	4	9	23	30	74	−44	21

Source: ^[6][7]

Notes

1. Sporting Fingal withdrew from League of Ireland due to financial difficulties shortly before the 2011 Premier Division season.
2. St Patrick's Athletic qualified for 2011–12 UEFA Europa League as a replacement for Sporting Fingal .
3. UCD qualified for Setanta Cup as a replacement for Sporting Fingal.
4. Drogheda United were originally relegated but retained there place in the Premier Division after Sporting Fingal withdrew.

Cups

League of Ireland Cup

Date		Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Highlights
13 April 2010	Derry City	A	2 – 3	McBrien, Flood

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Players

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FAI Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Barry Ryan	31	-	3	-	-	-	34	-	2	2
2	DF	Séamus Conneely	33	-	2	1	1	-	36	-	2	0
3	DF	James Creaney	11 (7)	-	1	-	1	-	13 (7)	-	1	0
4	DF	Thomas Heary	9 (5)	-	1	-	-	-	10 (5)	-	0	0
4	DF	Philip Reilly	7 (1)	1	1	0	0	0	8 (1)	1	2	0
5	DF	Jamie McKenzie	35	-	3	-	-	-	38	-	3	0
6	MF	Ciaran Foley	22 (1)	-	1	-	1	-	24 (1)	-	3	0
7	MF	Bobby Ryan	19 (1)	-	-	-	-	-	12 (1)	-	1	0
8	MF	Stephen O'Donnell	26 (2)	8	3	-	-	-	29 (2)	8	7	2
9	FW	Jason Molloy	11 (8)	2	1 (2)	1	(1)	-	13 (10)	3	1	0
10	FW	Karl Sheppard	35	8	3	1	-	-	38	9	4	0
11	MF	Derek O'Brien	24 (4)	3	2	-	-	-	27 (4)	3	2	1
12	FW	Alan Murphy	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-
14	DF	Rhys Meynell	32	1	2	1	1	-	35	2	5	1
15	DF	Tom King	10 (19)	1	2 (1)	2	1	-	13 (20)	3	0	0
16	MF	Gary Curran	29 (3)	3	3	-	1	-	33 (3)	3	4	0
17	MF	Cian McBrien	7 (4)	-	(1)	1	(1)	1	7 (6)	2	0	0
17	DF	Stephen Walsh	15 (2)	3	2	-	1	-	18 (2)	3	1	0
18	FW	Anthony Flood	16	7	1	1	1	1	18	9	1	0
19	DF	Daniel Keady	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	0	0
20	DF	Paul Sinnott	29 (2)	-	3	-	-	-	32 (2)	-	0	1
21	MF	Jonathan Keane	2 (6)	-	-	-	1	-	3 (6)	-	0	0
22	GK	Daire Geraghty	5 (1)	-	-	-	-	-	5 (1)	-	0	0

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2010 Pre-season transfers

In: James Creaney from Dundalk Thomas Heary from Dundalk Jamie McKenzie from Aris Limassol Ciaran Foley from NUIG Bobby Ryan from St Patrick's Athletic Stephen O'Donnell from Cork City Karl Sheppard from Everton Rhys Meynell from Chester City Gary Curran from Longford Town Tom King from Longford Town Anto Flood from Shelbourne Jonathan Keane from Unattached

Out: Sean Kelly to Limerick Shane Guthrie to St Patrick's Athletic Vinny Faherty to St Patrick's Athletic Iarfhlaith Davoren to Sligo Rovers John Russell to Sligo Rovers Aaron Greene to Bohemians Garry Breen to Dundalk Ger Hanley to Mervue United Shane Fitzgerald to UCD Mark O'Toole to Out of contract David Cooke to Out of Contract John Sangi to Out of Contract

References

1. "Connor vacates manager's post at Dundalk". RTÉ News. 7 November 2009.
2. "Foster is new boss at Dundalk". RTÉ News. 4 December 2009.
3. Ahern, Neil (5 December 2009). "Galway angry over Foster move". Irish Independent.
4. "Galway United FC – Club History". galwayunitedfc.ie. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
5. http://www.galwayunitedfc.ie/galway-united-fixture-list-2010
6. "Ireland 2010". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
7. "Ireland 2011". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
8. http://www.galwayunitedfc.ie/galway-united-player-stats-2010