LoI 1980-81

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Athlone Town (C)	30	23	5	2	67	22	51
Dundalk	30	20	5	5	63	28	45
Limerick United	30	17	7	6	47	23	41
Shamrock Rovers	30	10	16	4	38	25	36
Bohemians	30	14	8	8	36	29	36
Finn Harps	30	12	6	12	41	39	30
Waterford	29	10	8	11	30	35	28
Cork United	30	11	6	13	37	42	28
St. Patrick’s Athletic	30	11	6	13	46	49	28
Drogheda United	30	10	7	13	46	54	27
Sligo Rovers	30	12	2	16	45	57	26
UCD	30	8	9	13	37	46	25
Home Farm	30	7	6	17	34	34	20
Galway Rovers	30	6	9	13	26	39	21
Thurles Town	29	7	4	18	38	63	18
Shelbourne	30	6	6	18	30	53	18

Note: 2 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss / (C) Champions.

Note 2: Galway Rovers replaced by Galway United for 1981-82 season.

LoI 1981-82

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Dundalk (C)	30	20	6	4	61	24	80
Shamrock Rovers	30	21	3	6	50	23	76
Bohemians	29	17	8	6	49	17	71
Athlone Town	29	17	3	9	68	42	63
Sligo Rovers	30	16	5	9	55	45	62
Limerick United	29	13	9	7	56	38	58
St. Patrick’s Athletic	30	14	6	10	54	66	56
Waterford	30	12	4	14	38	45	47
Shelbourne	30	10	7	13	44	46	45
Drogheda United	30	8	10	12	45	50	41
Home Farm	30	8	7	15	34	48	40
Cork United	29	9	6	14	39	47	39
UCD	29	7	9	13	29	40	35
Finn Harps	29	7	4	18	40	57	31
Galway United	30	5	8	17	31	52	29
Thurles Town	30	3	5	22	29	96	18

Note: 3 Pts Home Win / 1 Pt Home Draw / 0 Pts Home Loss / 4 Pts Away Win / 2 Pts Away Draw / 0 Pts Away Loss / (C) Champions

Note 2: Thurles Town & Cork United lost their license to play in the League of Ireland for the 1982-83 season.

LoI 1982-83

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Athlone Town (C)	26	20	5	1	51	24	65
Drogheda United	26	14	7	5	43	18	49
Dundalk	24	14	6	4	32	17	48
Bohemians	26	13	7	6	42	26	46
Shelbourne	26	13	5	8	50	45	44
Shamrock Rovers	26	10	8	8	39	25	38
St. Patrick’s Athletic	26	10	7	9	38	38	37
Limerick	26	10	5	11	41	33	35
Finn Harps	26	9	8	9	26	33	35
Waterford	26	8	8	10	31	44	32
Galway United	26	6	8	12	33	44	26
Sligo Rovers	25	3	9	13	34	47	18
UCD	26	4	4	18	29	63	16
Home Farm	25	2	3	20	23	65	9

Note: 3 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss / (C) Champions

Note 2: Limerick replaced Limerick United early on in the 1982-83 season, and the place in the League of Ireland was taken by Limerick City for the 1983-84 season.

LoI 1983-84

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Shamrock Rovers (C)	26	19	4	3	64	15	42
Bohemians	26	13	10	3	39	20	36
Athlone Town	25	14	4	7	42	27	32
Limerick City	25	13	6	6	35	24	32
Shelbourne	25	9	10	6	40	32	28
UCD	26	9	10	7	24	23	28
Dundalk	26	9	9	8	38	31	27
Waterford United	25	10	5	10	32	32	25
Finn Harps	26	8	8	10	36	46	24
St. Patrick’s Athletic	26	8	7	11	36	37	23
Drogheda United	26	10	2	4	37	54	22
Galway United	26	6	9	11	26	33	21
Home Farm	26	4	4	18	16	54	12
Sligo Rovers	26	2	4	20	20	58	8

Note: 2 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss / (C) Champions

Note 2: Cork City & Longford Town Elected to League of Ireland for 1984-85 Season.

LoI 1984-85

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Shamrock Rovers (C)	30	22	5	3	63	21	49
Bohemians	30	19	5	6	57	29	43
Athlone Town	30	17	6	7	54	28	40
University College Dublin	30	12	14	4	41	26	38
Limerick City	30	16	5	9	61	40	37
Galway United	30	9	11	10	49	42	29
Waterford United	30	11	7	12	44	41	29
Dundalk	30	9	10	11	34	39	28
Cork City	30	10	8	12	30	39	28
Home Farm	30	11	5	14	43	47	27
St. Patrick’s Athletic	30	10	7	13	38	45	27
Shelbourne	30	9	8	13	39	46	26
Sligo Rovers (R)	30	7	12	11	34	47	26
Drogheda United (R)	30	7	10	13	43	60	24
Finn Harps (R)	30	6	7	17	38	71	19
Longford Town (R)	30	3	4	23	27	71	10

Note: 2 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss / (C) Champions / (R) Relegated to new Division 1.

Note 2: Derry City, Monaghan United, Bray Wanderers, Newcastle United (Newcastlewest), EMFA (Kilkenny) & Cobh Ramblers elected to new Division 1. Top 12 teams in League of Ireland play in new Premier Division for 1985-86.

References

Sources / Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1981) “Soccer Scoreboard” Irish Independent. Monday, April 13, 1981. [pg. 13 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[2] Anon. (1982) “Soccer Scoreboard” Irish Independent. Monday, April 26, 1982. [pg. 15 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[3] Anon. (1983) “Soccer Scoreboard” Irish Independent. Monday, April 18, 1983. [pg. 14 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[4] Anon. (1984) “Briefly” Irish Independent. Monday, April 18, 1984. [pg. 14 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

Bibliography

[5] Bateson, Bill & Sewell, Albert (Eds) “League of Ireland 1984-85” News of the World Football Annual 1985-86. pg. 101. Invincible Press, London. 1986.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jason Caldwell, Alan McCormack, Paul Nolan, Andrew McGovern, Colm Murray, Niall Brennan.

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