2001–02 Shelbourne F.C. season

Shelbourne

2001–02 season
Chairman	Ollie Byrne
Manager	Dermot Keely
Premier Division	1st
UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round
FAI Cup	Third Round
League Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Stephen Geoghegan (9) All: Stephen Geoghegan (9)
Home colours Away colours
← 2000-01 2002-03 →

In the 2001–02 season, Shelbourne were crowned eircom League Premier Division champions.

Managerial/Backroom Staff

Manager: Dermot Keely
Caretaker Managers: Noel King, Alan Mathews (November 2001 to February 2002)
Assistant Manager: Alan Mathews

2001–02 Squad Members

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Steve Williams GK Gareth Downey GK Brad Jones (was on loan from Middlesbrough) DF Owen Heary (Captain) DF Jim Gannon DF Kevin Doherty DF Barry Prenderville DF Tony McCarthy DF Peter Hutton DF Alan Keely DF Philip Byrne DF Jonathan Minnock DF Glen Downey MF Richie Baker MF Brian Byrne MF Jim Crawford

No. Position Player MF Davy Byrne MF Pat Fenlon MF Wes Hoolahan MF John Burns (was on loan from Bristol City) MF Mark Dempsey MF Michael McCann MF Ger Crossley MF Gareth Murphy FW Stephen Geoghegan FW Dessie Baker FW Martin Gritton (was on loan from Plymouth Argyle) FW Trevor Fitzpatrick FW Garry Haylock FW Richie Foran FW James Igwilo FW Tony Tynan

Results/League Tables

eircom League Premier Division

Monaghan United v Shelbourne

August 12, 2001	Monaghan United	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Century Homes Park, Monaghan
20.00 IST		Report	Garry Haylock  42' Tony McCarthy  33'	Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

Shelbourne v St. Patrick's Athletic

August 17, 2001	Shelbourne	1 – 1	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Peter Hutton  54'		Paul Osam  33'	Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

Dundalk v Shelbourne

August 27, 2001	Dundalk	1 – 1	Shelbourne	Oriel Park, Dundalk
19.45 IST	Ger Robinson  21'		Richie Foran  16' Richie Foran	Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Longford Town

August 31, 2001	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Stephen Geoghegan  2' Dessie Baker  53' Dessie Baker			Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Bray Wanderers v Shelbourne

September 9, 2001	Bray Wanderers	0 – 3	Shelbourne	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
15.15 IST		Report	Davy Byrne  25' Dessie Baker  47' (pen.) Richie Baker  65'	Referee: Hugh Byrne (Dublin)

Cork City v Shelbourne

September 16, 2001	Cork City	1 – 0	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
14.00 IST	Colin P. O'Brien  84'	Report		Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Derry City

September 18, 2001	Shelbourne	1 – 1	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Owen Heary  70'		Sean Hargan  49' Liam Coyle (pen.)	Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Galway United

September 21, 2001	Shelbourne	3 – 0	Galway United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Richie Baker  16'  42' Pat Fenlon  27'

Shamrock Rovers v Shelbourne

September 26, 2001	Shamrock Rovers	3 – 0	Shelbourne	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Pat Deans  35' Mark Kenny  41' (pen.)  45'		Jim Gannon Peter Hutton

Shelbourne v UCD

September 30, 2001	Shelbourne	0 – 1	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report	Alan McNally  19'	Referee: Hugh Byrne (Dublin)

Bohemians v Shelbourne

October 5, 2001	Bohemians	4 – 6	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Glen Crowe  34'  67' Dave Morrison  44' Gary O'Neill  52'	Report	Pat Fenlon  9' Richie Baker  10' Stephen Geoghegan  12' Jim Gannon  35' Davy Byrne  68' Jim Crawford 90+3'	Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Monaghan United

October 12, 2001	Shelbourne	3 – 1	Monaghan United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Dessie Baker  13' Stephen Geoghegan  31'  58' Jonathan Minnock  77'	Report	Ken Lundy  72'	Referee: Hugo Whoriskey (Meath)

St. Patrick's Athletic v Shelbourne

October 19, 2001	St. Patrick's Athletic	3 – 2	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Martin Russell  26' Paul Marney  43' Charles Livingstone Mbabazi  81'		Stephen Geoghegan  3' Davy Byrne  15'	Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Dundalk

October 26, 2001	Shelbourne	4 – 0	Dundalk	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Stephen Geoghegan  10' Jim Crawford  40' Jim Gannon  63' Davy Byrne  67'		Liam Dunne	Referee: John Stacey (Athlone)

Longford Town v Shelbourne

November 3, 2001	Longford Town	1 – 0	Shelbourne	Flancare Park, Longford
19.30 GMT	Eric Lavine  30'			Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

Shelbourne v Bray Wanderers

November 8, 2001	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Bray Wanderers	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Jim Crawford  45' Jim Gannon  82'	Report		Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Cork City

November 16, 2001	Shelbourne	2 – 1	Cork City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Pat Fenlon  57' Wes Hoolahan  80'		Alan Bennett  90+1'	Referee: John Stacey (Athlone)

Derry City v Shelbourne

November 22, 2001	Derry City	0 – 0	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19.45 GMT		Report		Referee: Hugh Byrne (Dublin)

Galway United v Shelbourne

November 30, 2001	Galway United	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Terryland Park, Galway
GMT			Peter Hutton  47'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Shelbourne v Shamrock Rovers

December 7, 2001	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Jim Gannon  52' Jim Crawford  67'			Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)

UCD v Shelbourne

December 23, 2001	UCD	2 – 3	Shelbourne	Belfield Park, Dublin
15.15 GMT	Clive Delaney  42' Sean Finn  73'	Report	Stephen Geoghegan  16' Kevin Doherty  77' Owen Heary  87'	Referee: Hugo Whoriskey (Meath)

Shelbourne v Bohemians

December 28, 2001	Shelbourne	1 – 0	Bohemians	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	John Burns  50'			Referee: Hugh Byrne (Dublin)

Monaghan United v Shelbourne

January 6, 2002	Monaghan United	1 – 0	Shelbourne	Century Homes Park, Monaghan
15.00 GMT	Derek McGrath  78'			Referee: Eddie Barr (Dublin)

Shelbourne v St. Patrick's Athletic

January 18, 2002	Shelbourne	2 – 1	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Stephen Geoghegan  9' (pen.) Jim Crawford  16'		Colm Foley  35'	Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)

Dundalk v Shelbourne

January 27, 2002	Dundalk	1 – 2	Shelbourne	Oriel Park, Dundalk
14.30 GMT	Donal Broughan  80' (pen.)	Report	Wes Hoolahan  57'  66' Kevin Doherty  79'	Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Longford Town

February 1, 2002	Shelbourne	3 – 0	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Jim Crawford  21'  49' Pat Fenlon  78'		Eric Lavine  7' Vinny Perth Stuart Byrne	Referee: Dick O'Hanlon (Waterford)

Bray Wanderers v Shelbourne

February 17, 2002	Bray Wanderers	0 – 0	Shelbourne	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
15.15 GMT		Report		Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

Cork City v Shelbourne

February 24, 2002	Cork City	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
14.00 GMT		Report	John Burns  57'	Referee: Hugh Byrne (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Derry City

March 1, 2002	Shelbourne	0 – 1	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT		Report	Tommy McCallion  14'	Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Galway United

March 8, 2002	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Galway United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Brian Byrne  26' Stephen Geoghegan  73'			Referee: John Stacey (Athlone)

Shamrock Rovers v Shelbourne

March 17, 2002	Shamrock Rovers	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
15.15 GMT			Gareth Cronin  15' (o.g.) Owen Heary  44'	Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

Shelbourne v UCD

March 22, 2002	Shelbourne	0 – 0	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT		Report		Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Bohemians v Shelbourne

March 31, 2002	Bohemians	4 – 0	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
15.15 IST	Kevin Hunt  30' Glen Crowe  54'  68' Fergal Harkin  76'			Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Final League Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Final effect of position
1	Shelbourne (C)	33	19	6	8	50	28	+22	63	UEFA Champions League (1st qual.)
2	Shamrock Rovers	33	17	6	10	54	32	+22	57	UEFA Cup (1st qual.)
3	St. Patrick's Athletic	33	20	8	5	59	29	+30	53^1	UEFA Intertoto Cup 1st Round
4	Bohemians	33	14	10	9	57	32	+25	52
5	Derry City	33	14	9	10	42	30	+12	51
6	Cork City	33	14	7	12	48	39	+9	49
7	UCD	33	12	12	9	40	39	+1	48
8	Bray Wanderers	33	12	10	11	54	45	+9	46
9	Longford Town (P/O)	33	10	10	13	41	51	-10	40	Promotion-relegation play-off against 2^nd in First Division ^2
10	Dundalk (R)	33	9	12	12	37	46	-9	39	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
11	Galway United (R)	33	5	4	24	28	73	-45	19	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
12	Monaghan United (R)	33	2	6	25	19	85	-66	12	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division

^Note 1 St. Patrick's Athletic deducted 15 points for fielding an unregistered player in first 5 games of the season.
^Note 2 Longford Town retain League of Ireland Premier Division status after a two-legged play-off victory over Finn Harps.
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

League Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	19	6	8	50	28	+22	63	11	3	2	28	7	+21	8	3	6	22	21	+1

Last updated: March 31, 2002.
Source: eircom League Premier Division Fixtures

League Form/Results by Round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L

Last updated: March 31, 2002.
Source: eircom League Premier Division Fixtures
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

UEFA Cup

Qualifying Round

Brøndby IF v Shelbourne

August 9, 2001	Brøndby IF	2 – 0	Shelbourne	Brøndby Stadium, Copenhagen
19.30 IST	Mattias Jonson  16' Ruben Bagger  80'	Report	Stephen Geoghegan  90+1'	Referee: Sinisa Zrnic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Shelbourne v Brøndby IF

August 23, 2001	Shelbourne	0 – 3	Brøndby IF	Tolka Park, Dublin
18.45 IST		Report	Ruben Bagger  12' Mads Jørgensen  54' Peter Madsen  78'

Brøndby IF won 5 – 0 on aggregate

FAI Cup

Second Round

Workmen's Dunleary v Shelbourne

December 13, 2001	Workmen's Dunleary	0 – 3	Shelbourne	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
19.45 GMT		Report	Owen Heary  45' John Burns  71'  81'	Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

Third Round

Finn Harps v Shelbourne

January 12, 2002	Finn Harps	2 – 1	Shelbourne	Finn Park, Ballybofey
19.30 GMT	Niall Cooke  55' Kevin McHugh  73'		Jonathan Minnock  36'	Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

League Cup

First Round

Shelbourne v Shamrock Rovers

October 29, 2001	Shelbourne	2 – 3	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.30 GMT	Philip Byrne  17' Jonathan Minnock  74'		Stephen Grant  13'  22' Tony Grant  34'

FAI Super Cup

Bohemians v Shelbourne

June 27, 2001	Bohemians	1 – 1	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
IST	Brian Shelley  36'		Trevor Fitzpatrick  88'

Shelbourne v Longford Town

June 29, 2001	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
IST	Garry Haylock  9' Pat Fenlon  55'

Shelbourne v Cork City

July 1, 2001	Shelbourne	1 – 1	Cork City	Tolka Park, Dublin
IST	Richie Foran  88'		Anthony Buckley  85'

2001–02 Season Statistics

Player appearances/goals

As of March 31, 2002.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier Division		UEFA Cup		FAI Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW		Dessie Baker	13	3	11	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Richie Baker	26	4	24	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Brian Byrne	22	1	18	1	2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		Davy Byrne	29	4	25	4	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		Philip Byrne	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	MF		John Burns	8	4	6	2	0	0	2	2	0	0
	MF		Jim Crawford	30	7	26	7	1	0	2	0	1	0
	MF		Ger Crossley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Mark Dempsey	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Kevin Doherty	22	1	19	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
	GK		Gareth Downey	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Glen Downey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Pat Fenlon	35	4	31	4	1	0	2	0	1	0
	FW		Richie Foran	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Trevor Fitzpatrick	10	0	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Jim Gannon	32	4	30	4	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Stephen Geoghegan	32	9	29	9	1	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		Martin Gritton	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		Garry Haylock	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Owen Heary	38	4	33	3	2	0	2	1	1	0
	MF		Wes Hoolahan	22	3	20	3	0	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		Peter Hutton	37	2	32	2	2	0	2	0	1	0
	FW		James Igwilo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Brad Jones	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Alan Keely	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Michael McCann	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Tony McCarthy	34	0	30	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		Jonathan Minnock	29	2	24	0	2	0	2	1	1	1
	MF		Gareth Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Barry Prenderville	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Tony Tynan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	GK		Steve Williams	35	0	30	0	2	0	2	0	1	0

Top goalscorers

Position	Goalscorer	Total Goals	Premier Division	UEFA Cup	FAI Cup	League Cup
1	Stephen Geoghegan	9	9	0	0	0
2	Jim Crawford	7	7	0	0	0
3	Richie Baker	4	4	0	0	0
	Davy Byrne	4	4	0	0	0
	John Burns	4	2	0	2	0
	Pat Fenlon	4	4	0	0	0
	Jim Gannon	4	4	0	0	0
	Owen Heary	4	3	0	1	0
9	Dessie Baker	3	3	0	0	0
	Wes Hoolahan	3	3	0	0	0
11	Peter Hutton	2	2	0	0	0
	Jonathan Minnock	2	0	0	1	1
13	Brian Byrne	1	1	0	0	0
	Philip Byrne	1	0	0	0	1
	Kevin Doherty	1	1	0	0	0
	Richie Foran	1	1	0	0	0
	Garry Haylock	1	1	0	0	0