1989–90 League of Ireland Premier Division

League of Ireland Premier Division
Season 1989–90
Champions St Patrick's Athletic
Relegated Drogheda United
UCD
European Cup St Patrick's Athletic
UEFA Cup Derry City
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Bray Wanderers
Top goalscorer Mark Ennis: 19
(St. Patrick's Athletic)
1990–91 →

The 1989–90 League of Ireland Premier Division was the fifth season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The Premier Division was made up of 12 teams.

Overview

The Premier Division was contested by 12 teams and St Patrick's Athletic F.C. won the championship.

Final Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 St Patrick's Athletic (C) 33 22 8 3 51 22 +29 52 Qualification to 1990–91 European Cup
2 Derry City 33 20 9 4 72 18 +54 49 Qualification to 1990–91 UEFA Cup
3 Dundalk 33 17 8 8 50 26 +24 42
4 Shamrock Rovers 33 16 8 9 45 37 +8 40
5 Cork City 33 14 9 10 35 24 +11 37
6 Bohemians 33 14 7 12 35 32 +3 35
7 Shelbourne 33 10 13 10 39 39 0 33
8 Galway United 33 10 9 14 39 61 −22 29
9 Limerick City 33 7 8 18 28 50 −22 22
10 Athlone Town 33 5 12 16 28 53 −25 22
11 Drogheda United (R) 33 5 8 20 20 44 −24 18 Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
12 UCD (R) 33 6 5 22 25 61 −36 17
Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Matches 1–22

Home \ Away ATH BOH COR DER DRO DUN GAL LIM SHM SHE StP UCD
Athlone Town — 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–1 3–3 3–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1
Bohemians 2–1 — 0–0 1–3 4–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–0
Cork City 2–0 0–2 — 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 2–0
Derry City 6–1 1–0 2–0 — 2–0 0–0 9–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 0–1 2–0
Drogheda United 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 — 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0
Dundalk 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 — 3–0 4–0 1–0 4–3 2–1 5–0
Galway United 2–1 2–3 2–1 0–6 2–0 1–0 — 3–0 1–2 1–4 2–2 2–0
Limerick City 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 4–0 — 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–1
Shamrock Rovers 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 — 1–4 1–1 2–1
Shelbourne 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 — 1–1 1–1
St Patrick's Athletic 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 — 1–0
UCD 0–2 3–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 3–3 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–2 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

Home \ Away ATH BOH COR DER DRO DUN GAL LIM SHM SHE StP UCD
Athlone Town — — 0–4 0–1 — — — 0–0 0–1 — — 2–1
Bohemians 1–0 — — 0–0 — 1–0 — 0–0 — — — 1–2
Cork City — 1–0 — 2–0 2–0 — — — — 4–0 0–1 —
Derry City — — — — 2–2 — 3–0 7–0 1–1 1–1 — 3–0
Drogheda United 0–1 1–2 — — — — — — 1–0 2–2 0–2 —
Dundalk 3–2 — 0–0 1–3 3–1 — — 0–1 1–2 — — —
Galway United 3–1 1–2 1–1 — 2–1 1–1 — — — — 1–1 —
Limerick City — — 1–3 — 1–1 — 1–1 — — 2–0 0–3 —
Shamrock Rovers — 2–1 0–0 — — — 1–1 2–1 — 2–3 — 1–0
Shelbourne 1–1 0–2 — — — 0–4 4–0 — — — 0–3 —
St Patrick's Athletic 1–1 0–0 — 1–1 — 0–0 — — 3–1 — — 4–0
UCD — — 1–2 — 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 — 1–1 — —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.