1979–80 League of Ireland

League of Ireland
Season1979–80
ChampionsLimerick United (1st title)
Top goalscorerAlan Campbell
Shamrock Rovers
22 goals

The 1979–80 League of Ireland was contested by 16 teams, and Limerick United won the championship.

Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Limerick United 30 20 7 3 67 24 +43 47
2 Dundalk F.C. 30 20 6 4 59 13 +46 46
3 Athlone Town A.F.C. 30 16 7 7 60 24 +36 39
4 Shamrock Rovers F.C. 30 14 10 6 61 29 +32 38
5 Finn Harps F.C. 30 16 6 8 49 33 +16 38
6 Bohemian F.C. 30 12 8 10 42 30 +12 32
7 Waterford 30 8 15 7 38 33 +5 31
8 Sligo Rovers F.C. 30 11 9 10 40 45 −5 31
9 Thurles Town F.C. 30 9 10 11 43 48 −5 28
10 Drogheda United F.C. 30 6 16 8 36 41 −5 28
11 Galway Rovers 30 11 6 13 32 47 −15 28
12 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. 30 9 9 12 39 46 −7 27
13 Home Farm F.C. 30 10 5 15 27 42 −15 25
14 Cork United 30 6 4 20 22 56 −34 16
15 University College Dublin A.F.C. 30 5 4 21 24 75 −51 14
16 Shelbourne F.C. 30 3 6 21 30 83 −53 12
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Results

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Home \ Away ATH BOH CUF DRO DUN FHA GAL HOM LIM SHM SHE SLI StP THU UCD WAT
Athlone Town — 2–1 2–1 4–0 0–1 0–1 6–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 6–0 0–0
Bohemians 3–3 — 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 4–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–2
Cork United 2–1 0–3 — 1–2 0–4 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–3 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–0
Drogheda United 1–2 3–1 2–0 — 0–2 2–3 0–0 1–2 1–4 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–1
Dundalk 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 — 0–1 7–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 9–0 3–2 3–0 2–0 6–0 0–0
Finn Harps 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 — 2–0 4–3 2–3 0–0 6–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1
Galway Rovers 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 — 0–1 0–2 1–2 3–5 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–2
Home Farm 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 — 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–5
Limerick United 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 — 2–1 4–0 3–1 0–0 5–0 2–0 1–1
Shamrock Rovers 0–1 1–1 6–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 — 5–0 4–0 3–1 1–1 7–1 2–1
Shelbourne 1–4 0–1 1–0 1–4 0–3 1–2 2–4 0–2 1–4 0–0 — 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–1
Sligo Rovers 3–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–3 1–6 1–0 — 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–0
St Patrick's Athletic 1–1 1–4 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–4 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–3 2–0 4–5 — 4–1 1–1 1–1
Thurles Town 0–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 3–3 1–2 3–2 2–2 2–3 — 3–1 4–2
UCD 0–5 1–4 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–3 1–2 0–2 0–7 1–2 5–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 — 0–1
Waterford 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–4 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Alan Campbell Shamrock Rovers 22
2 Tony Morris Limerick United 19
3 Neville Steedman Thurles Town 17
4 Gary Hulmes Sligo Rovers (9)
Limerick United (4) 		13
5 Leo Flanagan Dundalk 12
6 Brendan Bradley Sligo Rovers 11
6 Eoin Hand Limerick United 11
8 Eugene Davis Athlone Town 10
8 Paddy Joyce Bohemians 10
8 Joe Logan Finn Harps 10
8 Joe McGrory Finn Harps 10
8 John Minnock Finn Harps 10
8 Ray Treacy Shamrock Rovers 10
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