# 1981–82 League of Ireland

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1981-82 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Dundalk won the championship. This season used a trial point system with 4 for an away win, 3 for a home win, 2 for an away draw, 1 for a home draw.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Home/Away Win/Draw |
| 1 | Dundalk F.C. (C) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 61 | 24 | +37 | 80 | AW: 8; HW: 12; AD: 6; HD: 0 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers F.C. | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 76 | AW: 9; HW: 12; AD: 1; HD: 2 |
| 3 | Bohemian F.C. | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 50 | 18 | +32 | 72 | AW: 8; HW: 9; AD: 4; HD: 5 |
| 4 | Athlone Town A.F.C. | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 70 | 42 | +28 | 67 | AW: 9; HW: 9; AD: 1; HD: 2 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers F.C. | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 62 | AW: 7; HW: 9; AD: 2; HD: 3 |
| 6 | Limerick United F.C. | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 56 | 34 | +22 | 58 | AW: 5; HW: 8; AD: 5; HD: 4 |
| 7 | St Patrick's Athletic F.C. | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 56 | AW: 5; HW: 9; AD: 3; HD: 3 |
| 8 | Waterford F.C. | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 47 | AW: 6; HW: 6; AD: 1; HD: 3 |
| 9 | Shelbourne F.C. | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 45 | AW: 5; HW: 5; AD: 3; HD: 4 |
| 10 | Cork United F.C. | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 42 | AW: 2; HW: 8; AD: 4; HD: 2 |
| 11 | Drogheda United F.C. | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 41 | AW: 2; HW: 6; AD: 5; HD: 5 |
| 12 | Home Farm F.C. | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 40 | AW: 5; HW: 3; AD: 4; HD: 3 |
| 13 | University College Dublin A.F.C. | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 37 | AW: 3; HW: 4; AD: 3; HD: 7 |
| 14 | Finn Harps F.C. | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 31 | AW: 3; HW: 4; AD: 3; HD: 1 |
| 15 | Galway United F.C. | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 62 | −32 | 29 | AW: 2; HW: 3; AD: 4; HD: 4 |
| 16 | Thurles Town F.C. | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 29 | 96 | −67 | 18 | AW: 2; HW: 1; AD: 2; HD: 3 |
* ↑ Waterford changed their name to Waterford United for next season.
* ↑ Cork United went bankrupt and were expelled from the league the end of the season.
* ↑ Thurles Town resigned from the league at the end of the season.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATH | BOH | CUF | DRO | DUN | FHA | GAL | HOM | LIM | SHM | SHE | SLI | StP | THU | UCD | WAT |
| Athlone Town | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| Bohemians | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Cork United | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 5–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Drogheda United | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Dundalk | 7–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 5–1 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Finn Harps | 2–4 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Galway United | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–7 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Home Farm | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 3–3 | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Limerick United | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 4–3 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Shamrock Rovers | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Shelbourne | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Sligo Rovers | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Thurles Town | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–7 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–4 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| UCD | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 |
| Waterford United | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Michael O'Connor | Athlone Town | 22 |
| 2 | Liam Buckley | Shamrock Rovers | 21 |
| 3 | Gus Gilligan | Sligo Rovers | 16 |
| 3 | Jim Mahon | St Patrick's Athletic | 16 |
| 5 | Brendan Bradley | Sligo Rovers | 15 |
| 5 | Mick Fairclough | Dundalk | 15 |
| 5 | Gary Hulmes | Limerick United | 15 |
| 8 | Terry Daly | Shelbourne | 12 |
| 8 | Brian Duff | Dundalk (4) Galway United (8) | 12 |
| 10 | Alan Campbell | Shamrock Rovers | 11 |
| 10 | Hillary Carlyle | Dundalk | 11 |
| 10 | Denis Clarke | Athlone Town | 11 |
| 10 | Jackie Jameson | Bohemians | 11 |