# 2010 A Championship

The 2010 A Championship was the third season of the A Championship in Ireland. The season was sponsored by Newstalk. The league featured 18 teams. UCD A were the champions, winning the title for a second time while Bohemians A finished as runners up.

## Group 1
### Teams

| Team | Base | Stadium |
| Castlebar Celtic | Castlebar | Celtic Park |
| Bohemians A | Phibsborough | AUL Complex |
| Drogheda United A | Drogheda | United Park |
| Dundalk A | Dundalk | Oriel Park |
| Finn Harps A | Ballybofey | Finn Park |
| Shelbourne A | Drumcondra | Tolka Park |
| Sporting Fingal A | Fingal | ALSAA Sports Complex |
| Sligo Rovers A | Sligo | Showgrounds |
| Tullamore Town | Tullamore | Leah Victoria Park |

### Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bohemians A (A) | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 14 | +26 | 37 | Qualification for A Championship play-off |
| 2 | Sporting Fingal A | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 36 | |
| 3 | Dundalk A | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 26 | |
| 4 | Sligo Rovers A | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 22 | |
| 5 | Finn Harps A | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 20 | |
| 6 | Shelbourne A | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 32 | −13 | 20 | |
| 7 | Castlebar Celtic | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 16 | |
| 8 | Tullamore Town | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 33 | −15 | 15 | |
| 9 | Drogheda United A | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 13 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BOH | CAS | DRO | DUN | FHA | SHB | SLI | SFI | TUL |
| Bohemians A | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| Castlebar Celtic | 0–4 | | 3–3 | 3–6 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 |
| Drogheda United A | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 0–3 | 5–0 | 6–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 |
| Dundalk A | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 |
| Finn Harps A | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Shelbourne A | 0–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–0 |
| Sligo Rovers A | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Sporting Fingal A | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | | 3–2 |
| Tullamore Town | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | |
* ↑ Drogheda United A v Castlebar Celtic was not played and was awarded 0-0.
* ↑ The match was awarded 3-0 to Dundalk A after Sligo Rovers A failed to show up.
* ↑ The match was awarded 3-0 to Sligo Rovers A after Shelbourne A could not field a team.

## Group 2
### Teams

| Team | Base | Stadium |
| Bray Wanderers A | Bray | Jackson Park |
| F.C. Carlow | Ballon | The Valley |
| Cobh Ramblers | Cobh | St Colman's Park |
| Galway United A | Galway | Athenry |
| Limerick A | Limerick | Riverside Park |
| St Patrick's Athletic A | Inchicore | Richmond Park |
| Shamrock Rovers A | Tallaght | Tallaght Stadium |
| Tralee Dynamos | Tralee | Cahermoneen |
| UCD A | Belfield | UCD Bowl |

### Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | UCD A (C, A) | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 6 | +41 | 39 | Qualification for A Championship play-off |
| 2 | Cobh Ramblers (A) | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 29 | Qualification for promotion/relegation play-off |
| 3 | St Patrick's Athletic A | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 26 | |
| 4 | Shamrock Rovers A | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 25 | |
| 5 | F.C. Carlow | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 25 | |
| 6 | Limerick A | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 21 | |
| 7 | Tralee Dynamos | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 18 | |
| 8 | Bray Wanderers A | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 17 | |
| 9 | Galway United A | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 48 | −38 | 4 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BRW | COB | CAR | GAL | LIM | StP | SHA | TRA | UCD |
| Bray Wanderers A | | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Cobh Ramblers | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 |
| F.C. Carlow | 3–0 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Galway United A | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–8 |
| Limerick A | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| St Patrick's Athletic A | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Shamrock Rovers A | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 10–2 | 0–0 |
| Tralee Dynamos | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–3 |
| UCD A | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
* ↑ The match was awarded 3-0 to UCD A after Bray Wanderers Acould not field a team.
* ↑ The match was awarded 3-0 to F.C. Carlow after Bray Wanderers A could not field a team.
* ↑ The match originally finished 2–1, but it was later awarded 3–0 to F.C. Carlow due to Galway United A having fielded an ineligible player.
* ↑ The match was awarded 3-0 to Limerick A after Bray Wanderers A could not field a team.

## Play-Offs
### Promotion/Relegation

The tenth placed team from the 2010 First Division, Salthill Devon, played the highest placed non-reserve team, Cobh Ramblers, from the 2010 A Championship. The winner of this play off would play in the 2011 First Division.
Salthill Devon won 3 – 1 on aggregate and retained their place in the 2011 First Division