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1977–78 League of Ireland

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League of Ireland
Season1977–78
ChampionsBohemians (7th title)

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1977–78 season.

Overview

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It was contested by 16 teams, and Bohemians won the championship.

Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bohemians 30 17 10 3 74 25 +49 44
2 Finn Harps F.C. 30 19 4 7 60 38 +22 42
3 Drogheda United F.C. 30 15 10 5 53 27 +26 40
4 Shamrock Rovers F.C. 30 14 12 4 45 22 +23 40
5 Waterford 30 16 7 7 46 37 +9 39
6 Sligo Rovers F.C. 30 13 8 9 47 31 +16 34
7 Limerick F.C. 30 10 12 8 36 29 +7 32
8 Athlone Town A.F.C. 30 10 11 9 43 40 +3 31
9 Cork Albert F.C.[a] 30 11 8 11 36 35 +1 30
10 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. 30 10 7 13 34 35 −1 27
11 Dundalk F.C. 30 9 9 12 43 46 −3 27
12 Shelbourne F.C. 30 6 11 13 32 50 −18 23
13 Home Farm F.C. 30 8 7 15 30 56 −26 23
14 Cork Celtic F.C. 30 6 10 14 34 58 −24 22
15 Galway Rovers F.C. 30 3 10 17 16 53 −37 16
16 Thurles Town F.C. 30 1 8 21 22 69 −47 10
Source: www.rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ Cork Albert F.C. changed their club name to Cork Alberts F.C.

Results

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Home \ Away ATH BOH CAF CCF DRO DUN FHA GAL HOM LIM SHM SHE SLI StP THU WAT
Athlone Town 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 4–2 1–1 2–2 3–3 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–3
Bohemians 0–0 6–0 3–1 2–0 7–2 3–0 3–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 7–3
Cork Albert 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2
Cork Celtic 1–3 0–3 0–0 1–4 0–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–6 1–1 1–3 1–3 2–0 2–2
Drogheda United 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0
Dundalk 0–2 2–2 1–3 2–3 1–1 0–4 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 6–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 4–0
Finn Harps 2–0 3–0 0–1 7–4 3–3 4–2 3–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2
Galway Rovers 3–2 0–0 0–4 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–3
Home Farm 1–1 0–8 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–3 1–0 3–1 0–1
Limerick 1–0 3–4 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–2 4–2 0–0 1–3 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–2
Shamrock Rovers 1–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1
Shelbourne 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–4 1–1 3–4 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–2
Sligo Rovers 0–1 1–5 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 4–0 4–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 6–2 0–1
St Patrick's Athletic 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1
Thurles Town 0–0 1–0 3–4 0–1 1–3 2–6 1–4 0–1 1–1 1–6 0–2 1–5 1–5 1–1 1–1
Waterford 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Turlough O'Connor Bohemians 24
2 Cathal Muckian Drogheda United 21
3 Sid Wallace Waterford 18
4 Ray Treacy Shamrock Rovers 17
5 Donie Madden Cork Celtic 15
6 Gary Hulmes Sligo Rovers 14
7 Joey Salmon Bohemians 12
8 Pat Byrne Bohemians 10
8 John Delamere Shelbourne 10
8 Joe Logan Finn Harps 10
8 Charlie McCarthy Cork Albert 10
8 Vinny McCarthy Waterford 10