Shelbourne

2001–02 season
Chairman	Ollie Byrne
Manager	Dermot Keely
Premier Division	1st
UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round
FAI Cup	Third Round
League Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Stephen Geoghegan (9) All: Stephen Geoghegan (9)
Home colours Away colours

In the 2001–02 season, Shelbourne were crowned eircom League Premier Division champions.

Managerial/backroom staff

Manager: Dermot Keely
Caretaker Managers: Noel King, Alan Mathews (November 2001 to February 2002)
Assistant Manager: Alan Mathews

2001–02 squad members

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  WAL Steve Williams — GK  ENG Gareth Downey — GK  AUS Brad Jones (was on loan from Middlesbrough) — DF  IRL Owen Heary (Captain) — DF  IRL Jim Gannon — DF  IRL Kevin Doherty — DF  IRL Barry Prenderville — DF  IRL Tony McCarthy — DF  NIR Peter Hutton — DF  IRL Alan Keely — DF  IRL Philip Byrne — DF  IRL Jonathan Minnock — DF  ENG Glen Downey — MF  IRL Richie Baker — MF  IRL Brian Byrne — MF  IRL Jim Crawford

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IRL Davy Byrne — MF  IRL Pat Fenlon — MF  IRL Wes Hoolahan — MF  IRL John Burns (was on loan from Bristol City) — MF  IRL Mark Dempsey — MF  IRL Michael McCann — MF  IRL Ger Crossley — MF  IRL Gareth Murphy — FW  IRL Stephen Geoghegan — FW  IRL Dessie Baker — FW  SCO Martin Gritton (was on loan from Plymouth Argyle) — FW  IRL Trevor Fitzpatrick — FW  ENG Garry Haylock — FW  IRL Richie Foran — FW  NGA James Igwilo — FW  IRL Tony Tynan

Results/league tables

eircom League Premier Division

Monaghan United v Shelbourne

12 August 2001	Monaghan United	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Century Homes Park, Monaghan
20.00 IST		Report	Garry Haylock 42' Tony McCarthy  33'	Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

Shelbourne v St. Patrick's Athletic

17 August 2001	Shelbourne	1 – 1	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Peter Hutton 54'		Paul Osam 33'	Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

Dundalk v Shelbourne

27 August 2001	Dundalk	1 – 1	Shelbourne	Oriel Park, Dundalk
19.45 IST	Ger Robinson 21'		Richie Foran 16' Richie Foran	Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Longford Town

31 August 2001	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Stephen Geoghegan 2' Dessie Baker 53' Dessie Baker			Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Bray Wanderers v Shelbourne

9 September 2001	Bray Wanderers	0 – 3	Shelbourne	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
15.15 IST		Report	Davy Byrne 25' Dessie Baker 47' (pen.) Richie Baker 65'	Referee: Hugh Byrne (Dublin)

Cork City v Shelbourne

16 September 2001	Cork City	1 – 0	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
14.00 IST	Colin P. O'Brien 84'	Report		Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Derry City

18 September 2001	Shelbourne	1 – 1	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Owen Heary 70'		Sean Hargan 49' Liam Coyle (pen.)	Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Galway United

21 September 2001	Shelbourne	3 – 0	Galway United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Richie Baker 16' 42' Pat Fenlon 27'

Shamrock Rovers v Shelbourne

26 September 2001	Shamrock Rovers	3 – 0	Shelbourne	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Pat Deans 35' Mark Kenny 41' (pen.) 45'		Jim Gannon Peter Hutton

Shelbourne v UCD

30 September 2001	Shelbourne	0 – 1	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report	Alan McNally 19'	Referee: Hugh Byrne (Dublin)

Bohemians v Shelbourne

5 October 2001	Bohemians	4 – 6	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Glen Crowe 34' 67' Dave Morrison 44' Gary O'Neill 52'	Report	Pat Fenlon 9' Richie Baker 10' Stephen Geoghegan 12' Jim Gannon 35' Davy Byrne 68' Jim Crawford 90+3'	Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Monaghan United

12 October 2001	Shelbourne	3 – 1	Monaghan United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Dessie Baker 13' Stephen Geoghegan 31' 58' Jonathan Minnock  77'	Report	Ken Lundy 72'	Referee: Hugo Whoriskey (Meath)

St. Patrick's Athletic v Shelbourne

19 October 2001	St. Patrick's Athletic	3 – 2	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Martin Russell 26' Paul Marney 43' Charles Livingstone Mbabazi 81'		Stephen Geoghegan 3' Davy Byrne 15'	Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Dundalk

26 October 2001	Shelbourne	4 – 0	Dundalk	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Stephen Geoghegan 10' Jim Crawford 40' Jim Gannon 63' Davy Byrne 67'		Liam Dunne	Referee: John Stacey (Athlone)

Longford Town v Shelbourne

3 November 2001	Longford Town	1 – 0	Shelbourne	Flancare Park, Longford
19.30 GMT	Eric Lavine 30'			Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

Shelbourne v Bray Wanderers

8 November 2001	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Bray Wanderers	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Jim Crawford 45' Jim Gannon 82'	Report		Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Cork City

16 November 2001	Shelbourne	2 – 1	Cork City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Pat Fenlon 57' Wes Hoolahan 80'		Alan Bennett 90+1'	Referee: John Stacey (Athlone)

Derry City v Shelbourne

22 November 2001	Derry City	0 – 0	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19.45 GMT		Report		Referee: Hugh Byrne (Dublin)

Galway United v Shelbourne

30 November 2001	Galway United	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Terryland Park, Galway
GMT			Peter Hutton 47'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Shelbourne v Shamrock Rovers

7 December 2001	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Jim Gannon 52' Jim Crawford 67'			Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)

UCD v Shelbourne

23 December 2001	UCD	2 – 3	Shelbourne	Belfield Park, Dublin
15.15 GMT	Clive Delaney 42' Sean Finn 73'	Report	Stephen Geoghegan 16' Kevin Doherty 77' Owen Heary 87'	Referee: Hugo Whoriskey (Meath)

Shelbourne v Bohemians

28 December 2001	Shelbourne	1 – 0	Bohemians	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	John Burns 50'			Referee: Hugh Byrne (Dublin)

Monaghan United v Shelbourne

6 January 2002	Monaghan United	1 – 0	Shelbourne	Century Homes Park, Monaghan
15.00 GMT	Derek McGrath 78'			Referee: Eddie Barr (Dublin)

Shelbourne v St. Patrick's Athletic

18 January 2002	Shelbourne	2 – 1	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Stephen Geoghegan 9' (pen.) Jim Crawford 16'		Colm Foley 35'	Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)

Dundalk v Shelbourne

27 January 2002	Dundalk	1 – 2	Shelbourne	Oriel Park, Dundalk
14.30 GMT	Donal Broughan 80' (pen.)	Report	Wes Hoolahan 57' 66' Kevin Doherty  79'	Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Longford Town

1 February 2002	Shelbourne	3 – 0	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Jim Crawford 21' 49' Pat Fenlon 78'		Eric Lavine  7' Vinny Perth Stuart Byrne	Referee: Dick O'Hanlon (Waterford)

Bray Wanderers v Shelbourne

17 February 2002	Bray Wanderers	0 – 0	Shelbourne	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
15.15 GMT		Report		Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

Cork City v Shelbourne

24 February 2002	Cork City	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
14.00 GMT		Report	John Burns 57'	Referee: Hugh Byrne (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Derry City

1 March 2002	Shelbourne	0 – 1	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT		Report	Tommy McCallion 14'	Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Galway United

8 March 2002	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Galway United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Brian Byrne 26' Stephen Geoghegan 73'			Referee: John Stacey (Athlone)

Shamrock Rovers v Shelbourne

17 March 2002	Shamrock Rovers	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
15.15 GMT			Gareth Cronin 15' (o.g.) Owen Heary 44'	Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

Shelbourne v UCD

22 March 2002	Shelbourne	0 – 0	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT		Report		Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Bohemians v Shelbourne

31 March 2002	Bohemians	4 – 0	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
15.15 IST	Kevin Hunt 30' Glen Crowe 54' 68' Fergal Harkin 76'			Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shelbourne (C)	33	19	6	8	50	28	+22	63	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Shamrock Rovers	33	17	6	10	54	32	+22	57	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	St Patrick's Athletic[lower-alpha 1]	33	20	8	5	59	29	+30	53	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4	Bohemians	33	14	10	9	57	32	+25	52
5	Derry City	33	14	9	10	42	30	+12	51

Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. ↑ St Patrick's Athletic had 15 points deducted for fielding an ineligible player.

League Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	19	6	8	50	28	+22	63	11	3	2	28	7	+21	8	3	6	22	21	+1

Last updated: 31 March 2002.
Source: eircom League Premier Division Fixtures

League Form/Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2002. Source: eircom League Premier Division Fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Cup

Qualifying Round

Brøndby IF v Shelbourne

9 August 2001	Brøndby IF	2 – 0	Shelbourne	Brøndby Stadium, Copenhagen
19.30 IST	Mattias Jonson 16' Ruben Bagger 80'	Report	Stephen Geoghegan  90+1'	Referee: Sinisa Zrnic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Shelbourne v Brøndby IF

23 August 2001	Shelbourne	0 – 3	Brøndby IF	Tolka Park, Dublin
18.45 IST		Report	Ruben Bagger 12' Mads Jørgensen 54' Peter Madsen 78'

Brøndby IF won 5 – 0 on aggregate

FAI Cup

Second round

Workmen's Dunleary v Shelbourne

13 December 2001	Workmen's Dunleary	0 – 3	Shelbourne	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
19.45 GMT		Report	Owen Heary 45' John Burns 71' 81'	Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

Third round

Finn Harps v Shelbourne

12 January 2002	Finn Harps	2 – 1	Shelbourne	Finn Park, Ballybofey
19.30 GMT	Niall Cooke 55' Kevin McHugh 73'		Jonathan Minnock 36'	Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

League Cup

First round

Shelbourne v Shamrock Rovers

29 October 2001	Shelbourne	2 – 3	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.30 GMT	Philip Byrne 17' Jonathan Minnock 74'		Stephen Grant 13' 22' Tony Grant 34'

FAI Super Cup

Bohemians v Shelbourne

27 June 2001	Bohemians	1 – 1	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
IST	Brian Shelley 36'		Trevor Fitzpatrick 88'

Shelbourne v Longford Town

29 June 2001	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
IST	Garry Haylock 9' Pat Fenlon 55'

Shelbourne v Cork City

1 July 2001	Shelbourne	1 – 1	Cork City	Tolka Park, Dublin
IST	Richie Foran 88'		Anthony Buckley 85'

2001–02 Season Statistics

Player appearances/goals

As of March 31, 2002.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier Division		UEFA Cup		FAI Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW	IRL	Dessie Baker	13	3	11	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	IRL	Richie Baker	26	4	24	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	IRL	Brian Byrne	22	1	18	1	2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	IRL	Davy Byrne	29	4	25	4	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	IRL	Philip Byrne	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	IRL	John Burns	8	4	6	2	0	0	2	2	0	0
	MF	IRL	Jim Crawford	30	7	26	7	1	0	2	0	1	0
	MF	IRL	Ger Crossley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	IRL	Mark Dempsey	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	IRL	Kevin Doherty	22	1	19	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
	GK	ENG	Gareth Downey	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Glen Downey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	IRL	Pat Fenlon	35	4	31	4	1	0	2	0	1	0
	FW	IRL	Richie Foran	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	IRL	Trevor Fitzpatrick	10	0	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	IRL	Jim Gannon	32	4	30	4	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	IRL	Stephen Geoghegan	32	9	29	9	1	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Martin Gritton	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Garry Haylock	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	IRL	Owen Heary	38	4	33	3	2	0	2	1	1	0
	MF	IRL	Wes Hoolahan	22	3	20	3	0	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	NIR	Peter Hutton	37	2	32	2	2	0	2	0	1	0
	FW	NGA	James Igwilo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	AUS	Brad Jones	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	IRL	Alan Keely	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	IRL	Michael McCann	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	IRL	Tony McCarthy	34	0	30	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	IRL	Jonathan Minnock	29	2	24	0	2	0	2	1	1	1
	MF	IRL	Gareth Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	IRL	Barry Prenderville	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	IRL	Tony Tynan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	WAL	Steve Williams	35	0	30	0	2	0	2	0	1	0

Top goalscorers

Position	Goalscorer	Total Goals	Premier Division	UEFA Cup	FAI Cup	League Cup
1	Stephen Geoghegan	9	9	0	0	0
2	Jim Crawford	7	7	0	0	0
3	Richie Baker	4	4	0	0	0
	Davy Byrne	4	4	0	0	0
	John Burns	4	2	0	2	0
	Pat Fenlon	4	4	0	0	0
	Jim Gannon	4	4	0	0	0
	Owen Heary	4	3	0	1	0
9	Dessie Baker	3	3	0	0	0
	Wes Hoolahan	3	3	0	0	0
11	Peter Hutton	2	2	0	0	0
	Jonathan Minnock	2	0	0	1	1
13	Brian Byrne	1	1	0	0	0
	Philip Byrne	1	0	0	0	1
	Kevin Doherty	1	1	0	0	0
	Richie Foran	1	1	0	0	0
	Garry Haylock	1	1	0	0	0

Notes

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