1924–25 League of Ireland

League of Ireland
Season	1924–25
Champions	Shamrock Rovers (2nd Title)
Matches played	88
Goals scored	344 (3.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Billy Farrell (25)
Biggest home win	Shelbourne 8-0 Brooklyn
Biggest away win	Pioneers 1-7 Shamrock Rovers St. James's Gate 1-7 Shelbourne
Highest scoring	Shelbourne 8-0 Brooklyn Pioneers 1-7 Shamrock Rovers St. James's Gate 1-7 Shelbourne Jacobs 6-2 Brooklyn Brooklyn 2-6 Shamrock Rovers Bray Unknowns 3-5 Pioneers Pioneers 5-3 St. James's Gate
← 1923–24 1925–26 →

The 1924–25 League of Ireland was the 4th season of senior football in Republic of Ireland. It began on September 6, 1924, and ended on April 25, 1925. Bohemians was the defending champion. Shamrock Rovers was the winner for this season.

Overview

Midland Athletic were not re-elected. Shelbourne United withdrew from the League of Ireland on 7 September 1924, the day after the competition officially started. Bray Unknowns and Fordsons were elected to the League. Fordsons became the first team from Munster to play in the League of Ireland. Both matches involving Athlone Town and Bohemians were not played, both matches were awarded as wins for Bohemians.

Teams

Dublin

Athlone

Bray

Cork

Locations of the 1924/25 League of Ireland Division 'A' teams

Team	Home city/suburb	Home ground
Athlone Town	Athlone	Sports Ground
Bohemians	Phibsborough, Dublin	Dalymount Park
Bray Unknowns	Bray	Woodbrook Ground
Brooklyn	Merchants Quay, Dublin	Chalgrove Terrace
Fordsons	Cork	Ballinlough Road
Jacobs	Crumlin, Dublin	Rutland Avenue
Pioneers	Whitehall, Dublin	The Thatch
St. James's Gate	Crumlin, Dublin	St. James's Park
Shamrock Rovers	Milltown, Dublin	Glenmalure Park
Shelbourne	Ringsend, Dublin	Shelbourne Park

Division 'A'


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Shamrock Rovers !Shamrock Rovers (C)	18	13	5	0	67	12	+55	31
2	Bohemians !Bohemians	18	11	6	1	40	11	+29	28
3	Shelbourne !Shelbourne	18	12	3	3	55	20	+35	27
4	Fordsons !Fordsons	18	10	1	7	35	32	+3	21
5	St. James's Gate !St. James's Gate	18	8	1	9	36	35	+1	17
6	Jacobs !Jacobs	18	5	7	6	30	36	−6	17
7	Athlone Town !Athlone Town	18	5	4	9	15	32	−17	14
8	Brooklyn !Brooklyn	18	4	3	11	24	57	−33	11
9	Bray Unknowns !Bray Unknowns	18	3	3	12	21	44	−23	9
10	Pioneers !Pioneers	18	2	1	15	21	65	−44	5

Source: ^[1]^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Athlone Town !ATH	Bohemians !BOH	Bray Unknowns !BRY	Brooklyn !BRK	Fordsons !FOR	Jacobs !JAC	Pioneers !PIO	St. James's Gate !STG	Shamrock Rovers !SHM	Shelbourne !SHE
Athlone Town !Athlone Town		^[α]	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	3–2	0–5	0–3
Bohemians !Bohemians	^[β]		1–1	5–1	4–0	5–0	0–0	3–3	1–1	2–2
Bray Unknowns !Bray Unknowns	3–1	0–2		4–3	1–3	1–4	3–5	0–1	0–3	2–3
Brooklyn !Brooklyn	0–1	0–4	1–0		0–3	3–1	3–0	2–2	2–6	0–2
Fordsons !Fordsons	2–1	0–3	3–1	3–3		3–0	3–1	4–1	0–6	2–0
Jacobs !Jacobs	1–1	1–2	3–2	6–2	2–0		4–1	2–0	1–4	1–3
Pioneers !Pioneers	1–3	0–6	1–2	1–2	1–5	1–6		5–3	1–7	1–6
St. James's Gate !St. James's Gate	1–1	0–1	0–0	5–1	3–2	2–0	1–0		2–2	1–7
Shamrock Rovers !Shamrock Rovers	6–0	1–1	6–0	6–1	3–0	3–0	5–1	0–0		1–1
Shelbourne !Shelbourne	4–1	1–0	3–0	8–0	1–2	2–1	5–1	3–3	1–2

Source: ^[1]^[2]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

^α The Athlone Town v Bohemians match was not played. The League awarded Bohemians the win with no goals recorded.

^β The Bohemians v Athlone Town match was not played. The League awarded Bohemians the win with no goals recorded.

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Billy Farrell	Shamrock Rovers	25
2	Bob Fullam	Shamrock Rovers	20
3	Ned Brooks	Bohemians	12

Source:^[2]

References

1 2 McSweeney, Niall. A Record of League of Ireland Football 1921-22 to 1984-85. Association of Football Statisticians.
1 2 3 Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statisical Record 1921-2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.

League of Ireland Premier Division

2017 clubs

Seasons

A Division	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85

Premier Division	1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Awards

1924–25 in European football

« 1923–24 1925–26 »

Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Bulgaria '24 '25 Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia '24 '25 Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '24 '25 Italy Latvia '24 '25 Lithuania '24 '25 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia '24 '25

Domestic cups	Austria England France Hungary Luxembourg Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '24 '25 Portugal Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain '24 '25 Sweden '24 '25 Wales

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