2011–12 Women's National League (Ireland)

Women's National League
Season 2011–12
Champions Peamount United
UEFA Women's Champions League Peamount United
Top goalscorer Stephanie Roche (Peamount United)
24
Biggest home win Peamount United
13–0 Castlebar Celtic
Biggest away win Castlebar Celtic
0–9 Peamount United
Highest scoring Peamount United
13–0 Castlebar Celtic

The 2011–12 Women's National League season was the inaugural season of the Women's National League. The season was sponsored by Bus Éireann. Originally seven clubs were invited to join the league.[1][2] However shortly before the start of the season Bray Wanderers/St. Joseph's pulled out due to a lack of competitive players. This left six teams – Peamount United, Castlebar Celtic, Cork Women's F.C. , Raheny United, Shamrock Rovers and Wexford Youths – to play the inaugural season.[3] The season began on 13 November 2011 with Wexford Youths and Castlebar Celtic drawing 2–2, Raheny United defeating Shamrock Rovers 5–0 and Stephanie Roche scoring a hat-trick as Peamount United defeated Cork Women's F.C. 6–1. On 12 February 2012 Roche scored six goals as Peamount United defeated Castlebar Celtic 13–0 at home. The return fixture on 15 April saw Peamount United win 9–0 with Roche scoring another hat-trick. The final round of games was played on 22 April 2012. [4] Peamount United were the inaugural champions, finishing three points clear of second placed Raheny United. They also completed a league double by winning the WNL Cup, defeating Shamrock Rovers 1–0 in the final on 6 May 2012.[5] Roche was the league's top goalscorer with 24 goals in the league itself plus two in the WNL Cup.[6] She scored the winner in the WNL Cup final.[7] Roche formed a "devastating" strike partnership with Sara Lawlor who contributed 15 goals to Peamount United's league success. Lawlor was named Player of the Season at the inaugural end of season awards ceremony.[8]

Final Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Peamount United (C) 15 12 0 3 66 17 +49 36 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League
2 Raheny United 15 10 3 2 39 18 +21 33
3 Cork Women's F.C. 15 6 2 7 22 29 −7 20
4 Wexford Youths 15 5 5 5 21 32 −11 20
5 Castlebar Celtic 15 3 4 8 30 57 −27 13
6 Shamrock Rovers 15 1 2 12 13 38 −25 5

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Top Goalscorers

Republic of Ireland international, Stephanie Roche, the season's top goalscorer with 24 goals
Goals Player Club
24 Stephanie Roche Peamount United
15 Sara Lawlor Peamount United
13 Emma Mullin Castlebar Celtic
8 Rebecca Creagh Raheny United
8 Siobhan Killeen Raheny United

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Team of the Season

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Linda Meehan Republic of Ireland Peamount United
2 2DF Seana Cooke Republic of Ireland Raheny United
3 2DF Louise Quinn Republic of Ireland Peamount United
4 2DF Emma Farmer Republic of Ireland Cork Women's F.C.
5 2DF Nicola Dunphy Republic of Ireland Wexford Youths
6 3MF Rebecca Creagh Republic of Ireland Raheny United
7 3MF Denise O'Sullivan Republic of Ireland Cork Women's F.C.
8 3MF Emma Hansberry Republic of Ireland Castlebar Celtic
9 2DF Sara Lawlor Republic of Ireland Peamount United
10 2DF Rachel Jenkins Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
11 2DF Stephanie Roche Republic of Ireland Peamount United

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References

  1. ↑ "Line-up for new Women's National League confirmed". fai.ie. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Expressions of interest sought for Women's National League". fai.ie. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "UEFA funding helps women's national football league launch in Republic of Ireland". UEFA. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  4. ↑ wnl.fai.ie
  5. ↑ "Peamount are crowned Bus Eireann Women's League Cup Final Winners". wnl.fai.ie. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Farrell, Niall (16 June 2012). "Roche hopes for big step toward Euros". Extratime.ie. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  7. ↑ Dowling, Paul (25 May 2012). "Keeping family loyalty at Bray; BRAY W v SHELBOURNE, 7.45". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  8. 1 2 "Sara Lawlor named as National League Player of the Year". www.rte.ie. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  9. ↑ 2011–12 Women's National League Rsssf
  10. 1 2 "Statistics 2011/12 - Continental Tyres Womens National League". wnl.fai.ie. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "WNL Award Winners Announced". wnl.fai.ie. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2016.


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