2009 Galway United F.C. season

2009 Galway United F.C. season. This is a list of competitive matches played by Galway United in the 2009 League of Ireland season. Following the departure of Jeff Kenna to St Patrick's Athletic on 14 January 2009, Ian Foster was promoted from his role as assistant manager, signing a two-year contract to take over the reins at the club. Foster succeeded in helping the club avoid the relegation play-offs in 2009, albeit due to Derry City's expulsion from the League of Ireland Premier Division.^[1][2]

Pre-season

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Highlights
7 February 2009	Limerick	N	2 – 1	Murphy 67', Moran 80'	YouTube
10 February 2009	Mervue United	A	1 – 0	O'Shea 35'
13 February 2009	Finn Harps	A	2 – 0	Faherty 20', J. Keane 57'
18 February 2009	Cork City	H	2 – 2	O'Shea 54', Faherty 82'	YouTube
21 February 2009	UCD	N	2 – 0	Breen, Faherty
23 February 2009	Salthill Devon	A	1 – 0	Faherty 89'	YouTube
27 February 2009	Mervue United	H	1 – 0	Cooke 78'	YouTube

Premier Division

Date		Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Highlights
6 March 2009	St Patrick's Athletic	A	3 – 0	O'Brien 18', Faherty 49', O'Brien 52'	YouTube
13 March 2009	Dundalk	H	1 – 0	Breen 82'	YouTube
20 March 2009	Bray Wanderers	A	2 – 2	Faherty 7', McBrien 21'	YouTube
27 March 2009	Sligo Rovers	H	0 – 0		RealPlayer
3 April 2009	Derry City	A	1 – 1	Conneely 53'	YouTube
7 April 2009	Bohemians	H	0 – 2		YouTube
10 April 2009	Drogheda United	A	1 – 0	Edwards 79'	YouTube
17 April 2009	Shamrock Rovers	H	1 – 3	Faherty 55'	YouTube
24 April 2009	Cork City	A	0 – 1		YouTube
1 May 2009	St Patrick's Athletic	H	2 – 1	Breen 5', O'Shea 47'	YouTube
8 May 2009	Dundalk	A	0 – 1		YouTube
15 May 2009	Bray Wanderers	H	3 – 0	O'Shea 23', McBrien 58', Molloy 84'	YouTube
23 May 2009	Sligo Rovers	A	0 – 2		RealPlayer
28 May 2009	Derry City	H	0 – 3		YouTube
2 June 2009	Bohemians	A	0 – 2
5 June 2009	Drogheda United	H	1 – 1	Faherty 6'	RealPlayer
20 June 2009	Shamrock Rovers	A	0 – 1		YouTube
3 July 2009	Cork City	H	0 – 2		YouTube
10 July 2009	St Patrick's Athletic	A	2 – 1	O'Shea 57', Kelly 58'	YouTube
17 July 2009	Dundalk	H	0 – 3		YouTube
24 July 2009	Bray Wanderers	A	2 – 1	Breen 57', O'Shea 90'	YouTube
31 July 2009	Sligo Rovers	H	1 – 0	Russell 16'	YouTube
11 August 2009	Drogheda United	H	0 – 2		RealPlayer
21 August 2009	Bohemians	A	0 – 5		YouTube
28 August 2009	Shamrock Rovers	H	0 – 1		YouTube
1 September 2009	Derry City	A	3 – 1	Cooke 45', Greene 67', Murphy 76'	RealPlayer
4 September 2009	Cork City	A	2 – 4	Long 6' (O.G.), Murphy 74'
18 September 2009	St Patrick's Athletic	H	2 – 1	Conneely 23', Russell 50'	YouTube
25 September 2009	Dundalk	A	0 – 3		RealPlayer
2 October 2009	Bray Wanderers	H	3 – 1	Greene 15', Greene 30', Russell 83'	RealPlayer
9 October 2009	Sligo Rovers	A	0 – 2		RealPlayer
16 October 2009	Derry City	H	3 – 1	McBrien 38', Greene 41', Molloy 90'	YouTube
20 October 2009	Drogheda United	A	0 – 4		RealPlayer
23 October 2009	Bohemians	H	0 – 2		YouTube
30 October 2009	Shamrock Rovers	A	1 – 1	Greene 66'	YouTube
6 November 2009	Cork City	H	2 – 2	Faherty 25', Faherty 73'	RealPlayer

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bohemians (C)	36	24	5	7	62	21	+41	77	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Shamrock Rovers	36	21	10	5	51	27	+24	73	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	Cork City	36	17	9	10	42	28	+14	60	2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	Dundalk	36	12	8	16	46	51	−5	44
5	Sligo Rovers	36	11	10	15	41	51	−10	43
6	St Patrick's Athletic	36	13	4	19	29	46	−17	43
7	Galway United	36	12	6	18	36	57	−21	42
8	Drogheda United (O)	36	7	11	18	32	50	−18	32	Relegation/Promotion play-off
9	Bray Wanderers (R)	36	6	10	20	30	56	−26	28
10	Derry City (R)	36	18	5	13	49	31	+18	59	TBA ^1

Source: loi.ie
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ The Board of Management of the FAI terminated Derry City Football Club’s contract to participate in the League of Ireland on 7 November 2009. The decision came after Derry admitted to holding second unofficial contracts with players to the FAI. Despite the termination, a meeting over the future of the club regarding the participation in the League of Ireland on a different level than the Premier Division will be held during the week of 9 November 2009.^[3]
(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.

FAI Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Highlights
13 June 2009	Round 3	Finn Harps	A	3 – 0	Faherty 16', Faherty 50', O'Shea 51'	RealPlayer
14 August 2009	Round 4	Longford Town	H	0 – 1		RealPlayer

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers
13 April 2009	Round 1	Salthill Devon	H	2 – 2	O'Shea 8', Faherty 26'	YouTube
4 May 2009	Round 2	Derry City	H	1 – 0	Cooke 35'	YouTube
18 May 2009	QF	UCD	H	0 – 2

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FAI Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Barry Ryan	36	-	2	-	2	-	40	-	0	0
2	DF	Séamus Conneely	35	2	2	-	2	-	39	2	0	0
3	DF	Mark O'Toole	11 (6)	-	1 (1)	-	1	-	13 (7)	-	0	0
4	MF	David Cooke	17 (8)	1	(1)	-	(2)	1	17 (11)	2	3	1
5	DF	Garry Breen	34	3	2	-	2	-	38	3	4	2
6	DF	Shane Guthrie	30 (1)	-	2	-	3	-	35 (1)	-	5	1
7	MF	Jay O'Shea	19	4	1	1	3	1	23	6	4	0
8	MF	John Russell	18 (2)	3	2	-	2 (1)	-	22 (3)	3	0	2
9	FW	Vinny Faherty	33 (2)	6	2	2	1 (1)	-	36 (3)	8	2	0
10	MF	Alan Murphy	16 (9)	2	1	-	2	-	19 (9)	2	2	0
11	MF	Derek O'Brien	26 (1)	2	2	-	1 (1)	-	29 (2)	2	7	0
14	MF	Shane Fitzgerald	2 (7)	-	(1)	-	-	-	2 (8)	-	0	0
15	DF	Paul Sinnott	8 (6)	-	-	-	1	-	9 (6)	-	0	0
16	MF	Seán Kelly	26 (1)	1	1	-	(1)	-	27 (2)	1	4	0
17	MF	Cian McBrien	25 (5)	3	(1)	-	2	-	27 (6)	3	5	0
18	MF	Michael McGrath	17	-	1	-	2 (1)	-	20 (1)	-	4	0
19	FW	Declan Edwards	2 (12)	1	1	-	2	1	5 (12)	2	2	1
19	FW	Aaron Greene	12 (2)	2	-	-	-	-	12 (2)	5	0	0
20	FW	Jason Molloy	4 (17)	2	2	-	1 (1)	-	7 (18)	2	4	0
21	DF	Iarfhlaith Davoren	28 (1)	-	2	-	3	-	33 (1)	-	2	0
22	GK	Gerard Hanley	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	0	0
	FW	John Sangi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
	DF	Niall Walsh	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	0	0
	MF	Simon Walsh	(1)	-	-	-	-	-	(1)	-	0	0

References

1. "Derry thrown out of League of Ireland". RTÉ News. 7 November 2009.
2. "Galway United FC – Club History". galwayunitedfc.ie. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
3. "Statement on behalf of the FAI Board of Management". FAI Board of Management. 7 November 2009. Archived from the original on 10 November 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2009.