2006 Shelbourne F.C. season

Shelbourne

2006 season
Chairman	Ollie Byrne
Manager	Pat Fenlon
Premier Division	1st
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Second Round
FAI Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Runners-Up
Setanta Sports Cup	Semi-Finals
Top goalscorer	League: Jason Byrne (15) All: Jason Byrne (23)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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In the 2006 season, Shelbourne were crowned League of Ireland Premier Division champions.

Personnel

Managerial/Backroom Staff

Manager: Pat Fenlon
Assistant Manager: Eamon Collins

2006 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 1 GK Steve Williams 2 DF Owen Heary (Captain) 3 DF David Crawley 4 DF Dave Rogers 5 DF Jamie Harris 6 MF Jim Crawford 7 MF Ollie Cahill 8 MF Stuart Byrne 9 FW Glen Crowe 10 FW Jason Byrne 11 MF James Chambers 12 MF Greg O'Halloran

No. Position Player 14 MF Richie Baker 15 MF Alan Moore 16 FW Gary O'Neill 17 MF Bobby Ryan 18 MF Joseph Ndo 19 DF Colin Hawkins 20 GK Dean Delany 21 MF David Tyrrell 22 DF Sean Dillon 23 MF Alan Reynolds 24 MF Liam Kearney 30 MF Gary Deegan

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player MF James Chambers (was on loan to Waterford United) MF Gary Deegan (was on loan to Kilkenny City)

No. Position Player MF David Tyrrell (was on loan to Bray Wanderers)

Transfers In

The following players joined Shelbourne for the 2006 campaign:

Date	Pos.	Name	From
December 8, 2005	MF	Greg O'Halloran	Cork City
January 10, 2006	DF	Sean Dillon	Longford Town
February 11, 2006	MF	Liam Kearney	Cork City

Transfers Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To
November 19, 2005	MF	Alan Cawley	UCD
November 19, 2005	DF	Kevin Doherty	Longford Town
November 19, 2005	FW	Glen Fitzpatrick	Drogheda United
November 19, 2005	DF	Curtis Fleming
November 19, 2005	DF	Derek Pender	Dublin City
November 19, 2005	FW	Ger Rowe	Ballymena United
November 19, 2005	MF	Hussain Yazdani	Kilkenny City
December 30, 2005	MF	Wes Hoolahan	Livingston
	MF	Brian King	Kilkenny City
July 12, 2006	MF	Alan Reynolds	Waterford United

Results/League Tables

League of Ireland Premier Division

Bray Wanderers v Shelbourne

March 10, 2006	Bray Wanderers	2 – 2	Shelbourne	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
19.45 GMT	Éamon Zayed  12' Paul Caffrey  45' Wesley Charles  75'	Report	Jason Byrne  19',  76' (pen.)	Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

Shelbourne v Longford Town

March 17, 2006	Shelbourne	0 – 0	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 GMT		Report		Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

St. Patricks Athletic v Shelbourne

March 24, 2006	St. Patricks Athletic	2 – 2	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Mark Rutherford  3' Trevor Molloy  17' Paul Keegan  56'	Report	Jason Byrne  56' Colin Hawkins  83' Owen Heary  56'	Attendance: 2,145 Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Waterford United v Shelbourne

April 7, 2006	Waterford United	0 – 1	Shelbourne	R.S.C., Waterford
19.45 IST		Report	Jason Byrne  41'	Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

UCD v Shelbourne

April 22, 2006	UCD	1 – 2	Shelbourne	Belfield Park, Dublin
17.15 IST	Derek Doyle  72'	Report	Gary O'Neill  71' Liam Kearney  84'	Attendance: 710 Referee: Tom Connolly (Dublin)

Sligo Rovers v Shelbourne

April 29, 2006	Sligo Rovers	1 – 1	Shelbourne	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19.30 IST	Conor O'Grady  15'	Report	Gary O'Neill  7'	Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Drogheda United

May 4, 2006	Shelbourne	2 – 1	Drogheda United	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Stuart Byrne  12' Gary O'Neill  72'	Report	Declan O'Brien  88'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Cork City v Shelbourne

May 15, 2006	Cork City	2 – 1	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
20.00 IST	George O'Callaghan  42' Neale Fenn  48'	Report	Jason Byrne  40' (pen.)	Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Bohemians

May 19, 2006	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Bohemians	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Colin Hawkins  16' Stuart Byrne  50'	Report		Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Shelbourne v Bray Wanderers

June 2, 2006	Shelbourne	4 – 1	Bray Wanderers	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Gary O'Neill  18',  78' Jason Byrne  63' Ollie Cahill  86'	Report	Brian McGovern  70'	Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Derry City

June 6, 2006	Shelbourne	1 – 0	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne  89'	Report		Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

Shelbourne v St. Patrick's Athletic

June 27, 2006	Shelbourne	3 – 0	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne  32'  45' Glen Crowe  76'	Report		Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Waterford United

July 17, 2006	Shelbourne	5 – 1	Waterford United	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Bobby Ryan  45' Colin Hawkins  60' Joseph Ndo  63' Glen Crowe  67'  90'	Report	Mitchell Casey  61'	Referee: Declan Hanney (Dublin)

Shelbourne v UCD

July 21, 2006	Shelbourne	6 – 0	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Glen Crowe  12'  78' Jason Byrne  46'  83' Joseph Ndo  55' Ollie Cahill  71'	Report		Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Shelbourne v Sligo Rovers

July 28, 2006	Shelbourne	3 – 0	Sligo Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Ollie Cahill  7' Jason Byrne  52'  57'	Report	Liam Burns  50'	Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

Drogheda United v Shelbourne

August 4, 2006	Drogheda United	1 – 3	Shelbourne	United Park, Drogheda
19.45 IST	Stephen Bradley  90'	Report	Stuart Byrne  35' (pen.) Ollie Cahill  58' Owen Heary  76'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Shelbourne v Cork City

August 11, 2006	Shelbourne	2 – 2	Cork City	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne  43' Glen Crowe  80'	Report	Denis Behan  20' Roy O'Donovan  62' (pen.) Joe Gamble  87'	Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

Bohemians v Shelbourne

August 18, 2006	Bohemians	2 – 1	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Fergal Harkin  65' Stephen Caffrey  75'	Report	Glen Crowe  58'	Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

Bray Wanderers v Shelbourne

September 1, 2006	Bray Wanderers	2 – 3	Shelbourne	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
19.45 IST	Colm Tresson  34' Lee Roche  36'	Report	Greg O'Halloran  48' Bobby Ryan  65' Glen Crowe  90+3'	Referee: Hugo Whoriskey (Meath)

Shelbourne v Longford Town

September 8, 2006	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Gary O'Neill  7' Glen Crowe  65'	Report		Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

St. Patrick's Athletic v Shelbourne

September 15, 2006	St. Patrick's Athletic	1 – 3	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Keith Fahey  8'	Report	Gary O'Neill  27' Glen Crowe  84' Jamie Harris  86'	Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Derry City

September 22, 2006	Shelbourne	2 – 2	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Owen Heary  60' Glen Crowe  78'	Report	Pat McCourt  24' Kevin Deery  26' Pat Jennings  44'	Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

Waterford United v Shelbourne

October 6, 2006	Waterford United	0 – 1	Shelbourne	R.S.C., Waterford
19.45 IST		Report	Stuart Byrne  63' (pen.)	Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

Longford Town v Shelbourne

October 10, 2006	Longford Town	0 – 0	Shelbourne	Flancare Park, Longford
19.45 IST		Report		Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

UCD v Shelbourne

October 20, 2006	UCD	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Belfield Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report	Jason Byrne  20' Richie Baker  52'	Referee: Richie Winter (Dublin)

Derry City v Shelbourne

October 24, 2006	Derry City	2 – 0	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19.45 IST	Ciarán Martyn  52' Pat McCourt  64'	Report		Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Drogheda United

November 3, 2006	Shelbourne	2 – 2	Drogheda United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.30 GMT	Gary O'Neill  52' Greg O'Halloran  57'	Report	Jason Gavin  2' Gavin Whelan  58'	Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

Sligo Rovers v Shelbourne

November 7, 2006	Sligo Rovers	0 – 2	Shelbourne	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19.45 GMT		Report	Stuart Byrne  27' Adam Hughes  68' (o.g.)	Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

Cork City v Shelbourne

November 10, 2006	Cork City	1 – 0	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
19.30 GMT	Roy O'Donovan  59' Joe Gamble  83'	Report		Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Bohemians

November 17, 2006	Shelbourne	2 – 1	Bohemians	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Stuart Byrne  23' (pen.) Glen Crowe  29' Richie Baker  89'	Report	Barry Ferguson  14'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Expunged League Results

Shelbourne v Dublin City

April 14, 2006	Shelbourne	1 – 0	Dublin City	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Gary O'Neill  29'	Report		Referee: Declan Hanney (Dublin)

Dublin City v Shelbourne

July 14, 2006	Dublin City	1 – 2	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	David Freeman  66'	Report	Bobby Ryan  16' Joseph Ndo  44'	Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

Final League Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Final effect of position
1	Shelbourne (C)	30	18	8	4	60	27	+33	62	UEFA Champions League (1st qual.) and Setanta Sports Cup
2	Derry City	30	18	8	4	46	20	+26	62	UEFA Cup (1st qual.) and Setanta Sports Cup
3	Drogheda United	30	16	10	4	37	23	+14	58	UEFA Intertoto Cup 1st Round
4	Cork City	30	15	11	4	37	15	+22	56
5	Sligo Rovers	30	11	7	12	33	42	-9	40
6	UCD	30	9	11	10	26	26	0	38
7	St. Patrick's Athletic	30	9	10	11	32	29	+3	37
8	Longford Town	30	8	10	12	23	27	-4	34
9	Bohemians	30	9	5	16	29	34	-5	29^1
10	Bray Wanderers	30	3	8	19	22	64	-42	17
11	Waterford United (P.R)	30	2	6	22	20	58	-38	12	Promotion-relegation play-off against 2^nd in First Division ^2

^Note 1 Bohemians were deducted 3 points for fielding a suspended player.
^Note 2 Waterford United lost promotion/relegation play-off 3-2 on aggregate to Dundalk. Due to the creation of the new FAI League in 2007, no promotion or relegation occurred due to this result. As a consequence of this result, Dundalk were now ranked 12th and Waterford 13th in the application process for the new FAI League of Ireland.
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
30	18	8	4	60	27	+33	62	10	4	0	36	10	+26	8	4	4	24	17	+7

Last updated: November 17, 2006.
Source: League of Ireland 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
Ground	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W

Last updated: November 17, 2006.
Source: League of Ireland Premier Division Fixtures
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

UEFA Intertoto Cup

First Round

FK Vetra v Shelbourne

June 18, 2006	FK Vetra	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Vetra Stadium, Vilnius
16.00 IST		Report	Sean Dillon  42'	Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Shelbourne v FK Vetra

June 24, 2006	Shelbourne	4 – 0	FK Vetra	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.00 IST	Bobby Ryan  35' Jason Byrne  66'  90+1' Glen Crowe  68'	Report	Julius Raliukonis  3' Rolandas Karcemarskas  45' Robertas Vezevicius  66'	Referee: Markus Strömbergson (Sweden)

Shelbourne won 5 - 0 on aggregate

Second Round

OB Odense v Shelbourne

July 2, 2006	OB Odense	3 – 0	Shelbourne	Fionia Park, Odense
14.00 IST	Morten Fevang  28'  41'  57'	Report	Jason Byrne 53' (pen.)	Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Bulgaria)

Shelbourne v OB Odense

July 9, 2006	Shelbourne	1 – 0	OB Odense	Tolka Park, Dublin
15.00 IST	Joseph Ndo  32'	Report		Referee: Dietmar Drabek (Austria)

OB Odense won 3 - 1 on aggregate

FAI Carlsberg Cup

Second Round

Bangor Celtic v Shelbourne

May 27, 2006	Bangor Celtic	1 – 3	Shelbourne	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.00 IST	Brian Warren  75'	Report	Owen Heary  27' Jason Byrne  29' Stuart Byrne  82'	Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

Third Round

Shelbourne v Derry City

August 27, 2006	Shelbourne	0 – 1	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
18.30 IST		Report	Darren Kelly  22'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

eircom League Cup

Second Round

Dublin City v Shelbourne

May 8, 2006	Dublin City	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report	Derek Pender  22' (o.g.)	Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

Quarter-Finals

Shelbourne v Finn Harps

July 5, 2006	Shelbourne	4 – 1	Finn Harps	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne  3'  59' Glen Crowe  68' Greg O'Halloran  74'	Report	Chris Malseed  86'	Attendance: 306 Referee: Derek Tomney (Dublin)

Semi-Finals

Shelbourne v Bohemians

August 7, 2006	Shelbourne	1 – 0	Bohemians	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Joseph Ndo  77'	Report	Vinny Arkins  8' Jason McGuinness  88'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Final

Derry City v Shelbourne

September 18, 2006	Derry City	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3 – 0 p)	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
20.00 IST	David Forde  83' Killian Brennan  97'	Report		Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)
		Penalties
	Kevin Deery Ruaidhri Higgins Darren Kelly		Dave Rogers Jason Byrne Glen Crowe

Setanta Sports Cup

Group B

Shelbourne v Glentoran

February 20, 2006	Shelbourne	3 – 0	Glentoran	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Bobby Ryan  29' Glen Crowe  36'  59'	Report

Derry City v Shelbourne

February 28, 2006	Derry City	0 – 0	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
20.00 GMT		Report		Referee: Michael Ross (Carrickfergus)

Linfield v Shelbourne

March 13, 2006	Linfield	2 – 0	Shelbourne	Windsor Park, Belfast
20.00 GMT	Michael Gault  34' Peter Thompson  53'	Report		Referee: David Malcolm (Bangor)

Shelbourne v Linfield

March 20, 2006	Shelbourne	0 – 0	Linfield	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 GMT	Colin Hawkins  75'	Report	Paul McAreavey  24'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Glentoran v Shelbourne

March 27, 2006	Glentoran	0 – 3	Shelbourne	The Oval, Belfast
19.45 IST		Report	Jason Byrne  17'  58' Ollie Cahill  31'	Referee: Adrian McCourt (Bangor)

Shelbourne v Derry City

April 3, 2006	Shelbourne	1 – 1	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne  17'	Report	Ciarán Martyn  90'	Referee: David Malcolm (Bangor)

Final Group B Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Final effect of position
1	Linfield (Q)	6	2	4	0	12	4	+8	10	Qualified for Setanta Sports Cup Semi-Final against Group A Runners-Up
2	Shelbourne (Q)	6	2	3	1	7	3	+4	9	Qualified for Setanta Sports Cup Semi-Final against Group A Winners
3	Derry City	6	1	4	1	5	4	+1	7
4	Glentoran	6	1	1	4	5	18	-13	4

Semi-Finals

Cork City v Shelbourne

April 10, 2006	Cork City	2 – 0	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
20.00 IST	Colin O'Brien  34' Neale Fenn  60'	Report	Jason Byrne 55' (pen.) David Crawley  90'	Referee: David Malcolm (Bangor)

Friendlies

Dundalk v Shelbourne

January 26, 2006	Dundalk	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Oriel Park, Dundalk
19.30 GMT		Report	Jason Byrne  60' Brian King  86'

Galway United v Shelbourne

February 3, 2006	Galway United	0 – 3	Shelbourne	Terryland Park, Galway
19.30 GMT		Report	Jamie Harris  9' Glen Crowe  86' Jason Byrne  88'

Shenyang Ginde v Shelbourne

February 7, 2006	Shenyang Ginde	1 – 1	Shelbourne	Antequera, Costa del Sol
15.00 GMT	N/A	Report	Jason Byrne  35'

Shelbourne v Shamrock Rovers

February 14, 2006	Shelbourne	3 – 0	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 GMT	Gary O'Neill  12' Alan Moore  16' Glen Crowe  31' Greg O'Halloran David Crawley	Report		Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Kilkenny City v Shelbourne

February 23, 2006	Kilkenny City	0 – 4	Shelbourne	Buckley Park, Kilkenny
19.30 GMT		Report	Jason Byrne  3'  47' (pen.)  61' Gary O'Neill  77'

Shelbourne v Sunderland

July 24, 2006	Shelbourne	0 – 2	Sunderland	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST		Report	Daryl Murphy  49' Rory Delap  67'	Referee: Declan Hanney (Dublin)

2006 Season Statistics

Player Appearances/Goals

As of November 17, 2006.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Steve Williams	22	0	15	0	7	0
2	DF		Owen Heary	36	3	21	2	15	1
3	DF		David Crawley	10	0	4	0	6	0
4	DF		Dave Rogers	39	0	27	0	12	0
5	DF		Jamie Harris	28	1	18	1	10	0
6	MF		Jim Crawford	15	0	9	0	6	0
7	MF		Ollie Cahill	45	5	28	4	17	1
8	MF		Stuart Byrne	42	7	27	6	15	1
9	FW		Glen Crowe	46	16	29	12	17	4
10	FW		Jason Byrne	39	23	26	15	13	8
11	MF		James Chambers	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Greg O'Halloran	25	3	15	2	10	1
14	MF		Richie Baker	30	1	20	1	10	0
15	MF		Alan Moore	22	0	14	0	8	0
16	FW		Gary O'Neill	29	8	22	8	7	0
17	MF		Bobby Ryan	35	4	20	2	15	2
18	MF		Joseph Ndo	35	4	24	2	11	2
19	DF		Colin Hawkins	39	3	26	3	13	0
20	GK		Dean Delany	29	0	16	0	13	0
21	MF		David Tyrrell	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Sean Dillon	45	1	29	0	16	1
23	MF		Alan Reynolds	14	0	7	0	7	0
24	MF		Liam Kearney	16	1	10	1	6	0
30	MF		Gary Deegan	1	0	0	0	1	0

Top Goalscorers

Position	Goalscorer	Total Goals	League Goals	Cup Goals
1	Jason Byrne	23	15	8
2	Glen Crowe	16	12	4
3	Gary O'Neill	8	8	0
4	Stuart Byrne	7	6	1
5	Ollie Cahill	5	4	1
6	Joseph Ndo	4	2	2
	Bobby Ryan	4	2	2
8	Colin Hawkins	3	3	0
	Owen Heary	3	2	1
	Greg O'Halloran	3	2	1
11	Jamie Harris	1	1	0
	Richie Baker	1	1	0
	Sean Dillon	1	0	1
	Liam Kearney	1	1	0