1925–26 League of Ireland

League of Ireland

Season	1925–26
Champions	Shelbourne (1st Title)
Matches played	90
Goals scored	445 (4.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Billy Farrell (24)
Biggest home win	Shamrock Rovers 10-2 Pioneers
Biggest away win	Jacobs 0-8 Shelbourne Pioneers 0-8 Shelbourne
Highest scoring	Shamrock Rovers 10-2 Pioneers
← 1924–25 1926–27 →

The 1925–26 League of Ireland was the 5th season of senior football in Republic of Ireland. It began on August 29, 1925 and ended on January 3, 1926. Shamrock Rovers was the defending champion. Shelbourne was the winner for this season.

Overview

Brooklyn were not re-elected. Brideville were elected to the League.

Teams

Dublin

Athlone

Bray

Cork

Locations of the 1925/26 League of Ireland Division 'A' teams

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

Division 'A'

1924–25 League of Ireland table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shelbourne (C)	18	14	3	1	65	23	+42	31
2	Shamrock Rovers	18	13	3	2	62	21	+41	29
3	Fordsons	18	12	1	5	58	31	+27	027*
4	Bohemians	18	10	2	6	50	28	+22	020*
5	Jacobs	18	7	4	7	40	48	−8	18
6	Brideville	18	6	4	8	36	53	−17	16
7	Athlone Town	18	7	1	10	46	56	−10	15
8	St. James's Gate	18	4	3	11	33	48	−15	11
9	Bray Unknowns	18	4	3	11	34	55	−21	11
10	Pioneers	18	1	0	17	21	82	−61	2

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* Bohemians were fined 2 points which were awarded to Fordsons.
(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	ATH	BOH	BRY	BRI	FOR	JAC	PIO	STG	SHM	SHE
Athlone Town		1–2	2–3	3–0	2–5	4–2	4–3	5–1	1–5	1–4
Bohemians	6–3		7–2	6–0	0–2	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–4	0–2
Bray Unknowns	3–5	2–6		7–1	1–1	2–5	3–1	1–3	1–1	0–5
Brideville	3–3	2–1	1–0		3–2	4–1	4–3	3–2	1–4	2–3
Fordsons	6–5	0–2	3–2	6–2		4–0	8–2	3–1	0–2	5–1
Jacobs	4–1	3–1	1–1	4–4	1–2		2–0	4–2	1–4	0–8
Pioneers	1–2	0–4	1–3	2–1	0–7	3–5		2–4	0–5	0–8
St. James's Gate	2–3	1–4	4–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	3–0		3–3	1–4
Shamrock Rovers	3–0	0–2	5–0	2–1	3–0	4–1	10–2	3–2		2–2
Shelbourne	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	4–2	2–2	5–0	4–1	3–2

Source:
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	Billy Farrell	Shamrock Rovers	24
2	John Simpson	Shelbourne	18
3	Jim Sweeney	Athlone Town	17

Source:

See also

• 1925-26 FAI Cup