1980–81 League of Ireland

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1980–81 season.

Season1980–81

Teams16

ChampionsAthlone Town (1st title)

Top goalscorerEugene Davis
(Athlone Town)
23 goals

Quick facts Season, Teams ...

League of Ireland
Season	1980–81
Teams	16
Champions	Athlone Town (1st title)
Top goalscorer	Eugene Davis (Athlone Town) 23 goals
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

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Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Athlone Town won the championship.^[1]

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Athlone Town A.F.C. (C)	30	23	5	2	67	22	+45	51	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Dundalk F.C.	30	20	5	5	63	28	+35	45	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Limerick United	30	17	7	6	47	25	+22	41	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Bohemian F.C.	30	10	16	4	38	25	+13	36
5	Shamrock Rovers F.C.	30	14	8	8	37	29	+8	36
6	Finn Harps F.C.	30	12	6	12	41	39	+2	30
7	Waterford	30	11	8	11	32	35	−3	30
8	St Patrick's Athletic F.C.	30	11	6	13	45	48	−3	28
9	Cork United	30	11	6	13	37	42	−5	28
10	Drogheda United F.C.	30	10	7	13	47	55	−8	27
11	Sligo Rovers F.C.	30	12	2	16	45	57	−12	26
12	University College Dublin A.F.C.	30	8	9	13	37	49	−12	25
13	Galway Rovers^[a]	30	6	9	15	26	39	−13	21
14	Home Farm F.C.	30	7	6	17	34	55	−21	20
15	Shelbourne F.C.	30	6	6	18	31	52	−21	18
16	Thurles Town F.C.	30	7	4	19	38	65	−27	18

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Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions
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More information Home \ Away, ATH ...

Home \ Away	ATH	BOH	CUF	DRO	DUN	FHA	GAL	HOM	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	THU	UCD	WAT
Athlone Town	—	1–1	5–1	5–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–0
Bohemians	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	5–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1
Cork United	1–1	2–1	—	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1
Drogheda United	2–3	2–2	4–1	—	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–5	1–3	1–3	1–3
Dundalk	0–3	1–2	3–0	5–2	—	2–0	3–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	6–1	3–0	3–0
Finn Harps	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	—	3–2	6–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2
Galway Rovers	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	—	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0
Home Farm	2–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	0–4	0–2	2–3	—	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–4
Limerick United	0–2	0–0	1–3	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	0–0
Shamrock Rovers	0–3	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	—	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0
Shelbourne	1–4	1–2	2–3	2–5	0–2	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	—	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–1
Sligo Rovers	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	0–3	3–1	3–4	0–2	0–3	1–0	—	1–3	3–1	4–1	2–1
St Patrick's Athletic	0–1	3–3	2–6	0–3	3–1	3–2	2–3	2–1	0–2	1–0	6–0	2–2	—	2–0	1–1	2–0
Thurles Town	0–3	0–3	0–2	1–0	1–4	3–1	2–1	1–3	3–5	2–3	1–0	2–5	5–0	—	1–1	0–1
UCD	1–2	1–2	3–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–4	0–0	4–2	1–3	2–1	3–3	—	0–1
Waterford	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–2	—

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Eugene Davis^[2]	Athlone Town	23^[3]
2	Brendan Bradley	Sligo Rovers	18
3	Mick Fairclough	Dundalk	16
3	Michael O'Connor	Athlone Town	16
5	Gary Hulmes	Limerick United	13
6	Derek Carthy	St Patrick's Athletic	12
6	Paul Nugent	Shelbourne (5) Drogheda United (7)	12
8	Liam Buckley	Shamrock Rovers	11
8	Leo Flanagan	Dundalk	11
8	Jim Mahon	St Patrick's Athletic	11

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