2008 Galway United F.C. season

2008 Galway United F.C. season. This is a list of competitive matches played by Galway United F.C. in during the 2008 League of Ireland season. Jeff Kenna served as player-manager of Galway United F.C. during this season. During the season there were rumours of financial troubles and the selling of the players within the squad, most notably Derek O'Brien. Relegation also loomed on the horizon. However, a surge of great form which saw the United reach the 2008 FAI Cup semi-finals gave the club a fighting chance of survival. A 3–0 victory over Finn Harps in the penultimate game of the season put survival in United's own hands and their victory the following week away to UCD ensured that Galway United would be playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division in 2009.[1]

Pre-season

Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers
8 February 2008 Athlone Town H 3 2 Leech, O'Brien, O'Shea
9 February 2009 Waterford United N 3 1 Glynn (2), Russell
15 February 2008 Limerick 37 H 3 2 Glynn, Russell, O'Flynn

Premier Division

Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers
7 March 2008 Bohemians H 0 1
15 March 2008 Cobh Ramblers A 1 1 O'Brien
21 March 2008 St Patrick's Athletic A 0 1
29 March 2008 Shamrock Rovers H 0 2
4 April 2008 Drogheda United A 0 1
11 April 2008 Cork City H 1 3 Molloy
19 April 2008 Sligo Rovers A 0 3
25 April 2008 Bray Wanderers H 2 3 O'Flynn, Molloy
2 May 2008 Derry City A 0 0

Final table

FAI Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result Scorers
8 June 2008 Round 3 Waterford United H 1 – 0
17 August 2008 Round 4 Athlone Town H 4 – 1
12 September 2008 QF Bray Wanderers H 1 – 1 McCulloch 45'
16 September 2008 QF Replay Bray Wanderers A 0 – 2 J. Keane 37', O'Shea 53'
26 October 2008 SF Derry City H 0 – 1

League Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result Scorers
8 April 2008 1st Longford Town H 2 0 Lester, Foley
8 April 2008 2nd Sligo Rovers A 0 0 (aet, p 5-6)
1 July 2008 QF Bray Wanderers H 3 0 O'Brien (2), O'Shea
4 August 2008 SF Derry City H 0 2

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League FAI Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GKRepublic of Ireland Gary Rogers 30 (1)0502038000
2DFHaiti Regillio Nooitmeer 170103021000
3DFScotland Marc McCulloch 29 (1)1312035180
4DFSaint Vincent and the Grenadines Wesley Charles 130001 (1)015011
5DFRepublic of Ireland John Fitzgerald 312514040381
6DFRepublic of Ireland John Lester 21 (3)1413125341
7MFRepublic of Ireland Ciaran Foley 15 (4)1402125220
8FWRepublic of Ireland Derek Glynn 11 (12)4(3)0(4)030410
9FWRepublic of Ireland Mark Leech 13 (3)1103020110
9FWRepublic of Ireland Alan Murphy 11 (5)300000000
10FWRepublic of Ireland Stephen O'Flynn 4 (2)11 (1)0008100
10FWDenmark Jesper Jørgensen 8 (3)1401016110
11MFRepublic of Ireland Derek O'Brien 1521 (1)13220520
11MFRepublic of Ireland Iarfhlaith Davoren 4 (7)1001012100
12FWRepublic of Ireland Vinny Faherty 15 (8)52 (2)01 (1)029500
13FWEngland Ian Foster 0 (1)000000000
15MFRepublic of Ireland Jonathan Keane 81410012211
16GKBarbados Alvin Rouse 3000205001
17DFRepublic of Ireland Alan Keane 14 (2)0402022011
18MFRepublic of Ireland Steven Cunningham 0 (1)000000000
19MFRepublic of Ireland Jay O'Shea 27 (2)74241371010
20DFRepublic of Ireland Paul Sinnott 0 (1)010000000
22MFEngland Ollie Fenn 10 (3)01 (1)0(2)017060
23MFRepublic of Ireland Gary Deegan 170003020070
24MFRepublic of Ireland John Russell 25 (3)2304035250
25MFRepublic of Ireland Séamus Conneely 14 (5)0501025010
28FWRepublic of Ireland Jason Molloy 2 (7)120(2)013100
31MFRepublic of Ireland Cian McBrien 0 (3)0(1)0(1)05000
33DFRepublic of Ireland Jeff Kenna 6020109020

References

  1. "Galway United FC – Club History". galwayunitedfc.ie. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
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