1926–27 League of Ireland

League of Ireland
Season	1926–27
Champions	Shamrock Rovers (3rd Title)
Matches played	90
Goals scored	376 (4.18 per match)
Top goalscorer	David Byrne (17)
Biggest home win	Shelbourne 9-0 Bray Unknowns
Biggest away win	St. James's Gate 2-8 Shelbourne
Highest scoring	St. James's Gate 2-8 Shelbourne
← 1925–26 1927–28 →

The 1926–27 League of Ireland was the 6th season of senior football in Republic of Ireland. It began on August 21, 1926 and ended on May 7, 1927. Shelbourne was the defending champion. Shamrock Rovers was the winner for this season.

Overview

Pioneers were not re-elected. Dundalk GNR were elected to the League.

Teams

Dublin

Athlone

Bray

Cork

Dundalk

Locations of the 1926/27 League of Ireland Division 'A' teams

Team	Home city/suburb	Home ground
Athlone Town	Athlone	Ranelagh Grounds
Bohemians	Phibsborough	Dalymount Park
Bray Unknowns	Bray	Woodbrook Ground
Brideville	The Liberties	Richmond Park
Dundalk GNR	Dundalk	Athletic Grounds
Fordsons	Cork	Ballinlough Road
Jacobs	Crumlin, Dublin	Rutland Avenue
St. James's Gate	Crumlin, Dublin	St. James's Park
Shamrock Rovers	Milltown, Dublin	Glenmalure Park
Shelbourne	Ringsend	Shelbourne Park

Division 'A'


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Shamrock Rovers !Shamrock Rovers (C)	18	14	4	0	60	20	+40	32
2	Shelbourne !Shelbourne	18	13	3	2	63	24	+39	29
3	Bohemians !Bohemians	18	10	5	3	36	24	+12	25
4	Fordsons !Fordsons	18	7	3	8	34	32	+2	17
5	Athlone Town !Athlone Town	18	6	5	7	41	43	−2	17
6	Bray Unknowns !Bray Unknowns	18	6	1	11	37	58	−21	13
7	Jacobs !Jacobs	18	5	3	10	23	47	−24	13
8	Dundalk GNR !Dundalk GNR	18	3	6	9	30	40	−10	12
9	St. James's Gate !St. James's Gate	18	5	2	11	30	49	−19	12
10	Brideville !Brideville	18	2	6	10	22	39	−17	10

Source: ^[1]^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Athlone Town !ATH	Bohemians !BOH	Bray Unknowns !BRY	Brideville !BRI	Dundalk GNR !DUN	Fordsons !FOR	Jacobs !JAC	St. James's Gate !STG	Shamrock Rovers !SHM	Shelbourne !SHE
Athlone Town !Athlone Town		3–3	5–1	5–0	3–1	2–2	5–2	0–3	2–5	2–4
Bohemians !Bohemians	3–1		3–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	4–0	3–0	1–2	3–2
Bray Unknowns !Bray Unknowns	2–5	2–0		4–2	2–1	3–2	3–0	4–2	3–6	1–2
Brideville !Brideville	0–0	0–0	3–3		4–3	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–2	1–3
Dundalk GNR !Dundalk GNR	2–3	1–1	4–1	1–1		4–2	3–0	1–1	0–5	0–2
Fordsons !Fordsons	2–1	1–1	4–1	4–2	2–1		3–1	3–1	0–0	1–3
Jacobs !Jacobs	1–1	0–2	4–3	2–2	1–1	1–0		4–2	0–3	0–4
St. James's Gate !St. James's Gate	5–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	0–2		1–5	2–8
Shamrock Rovers !Shamrock Rovers	6–0	4–0	3–2	0–0	3–3	4–2	3–0	3–2		3–3
Shelbourne !Shelbourne	1–1	3–3	9–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	6–2	5–0	0–3

Source: ^[1]^[2]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	David Byrne	Shamrock Rovers	17
1	John McMillan	Shelbourne	17
2	Ned Brooks	Athlone Town	14
2	Bob Fullam	Shamrock Rovers	14

Source:^[2]

References

1 2 McSweeney, Niall. A Record of League of Ireland Football 1921-22 to 1984-85. Association of Football Statisticians.
1 2 3 Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statisical Record 1921-2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.

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