2005 Shelbourne F.C. season

Shelbourne
2005 season
Chairman	Ollie Byrne
Manager	Pat Fenlon
Premier Division	3rd
UEFA Champions League	Second Qualifying Round
FAI Cup	Second round
League Cup	Semi-finals
Setanta Cup	Runners-Up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jason Byrne (22); All: ; Jason Byrne (30)
	← 2004 Season 2006 Season →

In the 2005 season, Shelbourne finished 3rd in the League of Ireland Premier Division.

Personnel[edit]

Managerial/Backroom Staff[edit]

Manager: Pat Fenlon
Assistant Manager: Eamon Collins

2005 Squad Members[edit]

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	IRL	Dean Delany
—	DF	IRL	Owen Heary (Captain)
—	DF	IRL	Curtis Fleming
—	DF	IRL	Stephen Brennan
—	DF	IRL	Kevin Doherty
—	DF	WAL	Jamie Harris
—	DF	IRL	Colin Hawkins
—	DF	ENG	Dave Rogers
—	DF	IRL	David Crawley
—	MF	IRL	Richie Baker
—	MF	IRL	Bobby Ryan
—	MF	IRL	Hussain Yazdani
—	MF	IRL	Stuart Byrne
—	MF	IRL	Alan Cawley


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	IRL	James Chambers
—	MF	IRL	Jim Crawford
—	MF	IRL	Brian King
—	MF	CMR	Joseph Ndo
—	MF	IRL	Alan Moore
—	MF	IRL	Alan Reynolds
—	MF	IRL	Wes Hoolahan
—	MF	IRL	Ollie Cahill
—	MF	IRL	David Tyrrell
—	FW	IRL	Jason Byrne
—	FW	IRL	Glen Crowe
—	FW	IRL	Glen Fitzpatrick
—	FW	IRL	Gary O'Neill
—	FW	IRL	Ger Rowe

In on loan[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	IRL	Stephen Brennan (was on loan from Newcastle United)

Out on loan[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	IRL	Alan Cawley (was on loan to Longford Town)
—	DF	IRL	Kevin Doherty (was on loan to Waterford United)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	IRL	Ger Rowe (was on loan to St. Patrick's Athletic)
—	MF	IRL	David Tyrrell (was on loan to Bray Wanderers)

Results/League Tables[edit]

League of Ireland Premier Division[edit]

16 March 2005	Shelbourne	1–1	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 GMT	Stuart Byrne 85' (pen.)	Report	Damien Dupuy 63'	Attendance: 2,477 Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

25 March 2005	Shamrock Rovers	0–2	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Stephen Gough 61' (pen.)	Report	Stuart Byrne 39' Richie Baker 75'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

1 April 2005	Shelbourne	1–0	Waterford United	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne 16' (pen.) Richie Baker 7'	Report		Attendance: 2,583 Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

8 April 2005	Derry City	0–0	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19.45 IST		Report		Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

15 April 2005	Shelbourne	3–1	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Gary O'Neill 31' Wes Hoolahan 45' Stuart Byrne 69' Colin Hawkins 89'	Report	Keith Dunne 36'	Attendance: 2,364 Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

21 April 2005	Longford Town	0–2	Shelbourne	Flancare Park, Longford
19.45 IST		Report	Jason Byrne 13' Richie Baker 21'	Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

29 April 2005	Shelbourne	4–1	Bray Wanderers	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Richie Baker 5' 49' Wes Hoolahan 45' Jason Byrne 51'	Report	Éamon Zayed 28'	Attendance: 1,983 Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

6 May 2005	Shelbourne	3–0	Finn Harps	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jamie Harris 39' Richie Baker 48' Jason Byrne 90+1'	Report		Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

13 May 2005	Drogheda United	0–0	Shelbourne	United Park, Drogheda
19.45 IST		Report		Referee: Ken Ginnett (Newtownabbey)

27 May 2005	Bohemians	2–1	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Gareth Farrelly 37' Ken Oman 40'	Report	Alan Moore 18'	Attendance: 3,114 Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

30 May 2005	Shelbourne	0–2	Cork City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report	Roy O'Donovan 54' Stephen Brennan 74' (o.g.)	Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

3 June 2005	UCD	1–1	Shelbourne	Belfield Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Tony McDonnell 8'	Report	Glen Crowe 70'	Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

17 June 2005	Shelbourne	1–2	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Dave Rogers 5'	Report	Dave Mooney 34' Willo McDonagh 42' Pat McCourt 62' (pen.) Gavin McDonnell 64' Willo McDonagh 89'	Attendance: 2,881 Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

24 June 2005	Waterford United	2–4	Shelbourne	R.S.C., Waterford
19.30 IST	Stephen Yelverton 12' 57'	Report	Glen Crowe 13' Stuart Byrne 25' Owen Heary 66' Glen Fitzpatrick 90'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

27 June 2005	Shelbourne	1–0	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne 48'	Report		Attendance: 812 Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

1 July 2005	Shelbourne	1–2	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne 59'	Report	Killian Brennan 17' Mark Farren 23'	Attendance: 1,145 Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

8 July 2005	St. Patrick's Athletic	0–1	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report	Wes Hoolahan 45' Richie Baker 90'	Attendance: 1,884 Referee: Declan Hanney (Dublin)

22 July 2005	Bray Wanderers	2–2	Shelbourne	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
19.45 IST	Éamon Zayed 66' Colm Tresson 81'	Report	Owen Heary 6' Glen Crowe 11'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

8 August 2005	Shelbourne	3–3	Drogheda United	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Wes Hoolahan 3' Stuart Byrne 14' Jason Byrne 90+5'	Report	Jermaine Sandvliet 8' Keith Fahey 29' Declan O'Brien 88'	Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

15 August 2005	Cork City	1–0	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
19.30 IST	Neal Horgan 24'	Report	Richie Baker 82'	Attendance: 5,379 Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

19 August 2005	Shelbourne	2–1	Bohemians	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne 43' (pen.) Glen Crowe 71'	Report	Tony Grant 50' Des Byrne 15'	Attendance: 3,321 Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

2 September 2005	Shelbourne	4–2	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne 14' 35' 73' (pen.) Owen Heary 80'	Report	Anto Murphy 15' Pat McWalter 47'	Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

9 September 2005	Shamrock Rovers	0–2	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report	Joseph Ndo 45' Jason Byrne 58' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,956 Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

16 September 2005	Shelbourne	5–0	Waterford United	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Gary O'Neill 16' 49' Jason Byrne 27' 39' 45'	Report	Kevin Waters 50'	Referee: Hugo Whoriskey (Meath)

23 September 2005	Finn Harps	0–3	Shelbourne	Finn Park, Ballybofey
20.00 IST		Report	Gary O'Neill 45' Jason Byrne 63' Dave Rogers 90' (pen.)	Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

30 September 2005	Derry City	2–1	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19.45 IST	Mark Farren 3' Stephen O'Flynn 90+2'	Report	Glen Crowe 57'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

7 October 2005	Shelbourne	1–0	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Gary O'Neill 75'	Report		Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

15 October 2005	Longford Town	0–2	Shelbourne	Flancare Park, Longford
19.30 IST		Report	Jason Byrne 7' Gary O'Neill 26'	Referee: Declan Hanney (Dublin)

28 October 2005	Shelbourne	1–0	Finn Harps	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne 4'	Report		Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

31 October 2005	Shelbourne	5–0	Bray Wanderers	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 GMT	Jason Byrne 36' (pen.) 76' 77' Dave Rogers 66' Glen Crowe 79'	Report	Stephen Gifford 45'	Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

4 November 2005	Drogheda United	0–2	Shelbourne	United Park, Drogheda
19.45 GMT		Report	Gary O'Neill 4' Glen Crowe 80'	Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

11 November 2005	Shelbourne	0–0	Cork City	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 GMT		Report		Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

18 November 2005	Bohemians	0–3	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT		Report	Richie Baker 53' Jason Byrne 55' Glen Crowe 65'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Final league table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cork City (C)	33	22	8	3	53	18	+35	74	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Derry City	33	22	6	5	56	25	+31	72	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Shelbourne	33	20	7	6	62	25	+37	67	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4	Drogheda United	33	12	12	9	40	33	+7	48	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round^[a]
5	Longford Town	33	12	9	12	29	32	−3	45

Source: ^[1]^{[page needed]}^[2]^[3]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Drogheda United qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round after winning the 2005 FAI Cup Final.

League Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	20	7	6	62	25	+37	67	11	3	3	36	15	+21	9	4	3	26	10	+16

Last updated: 18 November 2005.
Source: League of Ireland Premier Division Fixtures

League Form/Results by Round[edit]

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W

Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 2005. Source: League of Ireland Premier Division Fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Champions League[edit]

First Qualifying Round[edit]

13 July 2005	Glentoran	1–2	Shelbourne	The Oval, Belfast
19.00 IST	Sean Ward 77'	Report	Jason Byrne 55' 65' (pen.)	Referee: Georgios Kaznaferis (Greece)

20 July 2005	Shelbourne	4–1	Glentoran	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.30 IST	Owen Heary 13' Jason Byrne 31' (pen.) 71' Glen Crowe 58'	Report	Peter McCann 20' Paul Leeman 30'	Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany)

Shelbourne won 6 – 2 on aggregate

Second Qualifying Round[edit]

27 July 2005	Shelbourne	0–0	Steaua Bucharest	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.30 IST		Report		Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)

3 August 2005	Steaua Bucharest	4–1	Shelbourne	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest
18.30 IST	Bănel Nicoliţă 18' Victoraş Iacob 28' Laurenţiu Diniţă 61' Daniel Opriţa 90+5' (pen.) Nicolae Dică 4' Laurenţiu Diniţă 87'	Report	Jason Byrne 39' Dave Rogers 4'	Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Steaua Bucharest won 4 – 1 on aggregate

FAI Carlsberg Cup[edit]

Second Round[edit]

10 June 2005	Shelbourne	0–2	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	David Crawley 55' (pen.)	Report	Gary Beckett 6' Clive Delaney 22'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

eircom League Cup[edit]

Second Round[edit]

21 June 2005	Shelbourne	2–1	Kildare County	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Glen Crowe 23' 56'	Report	Alan McNevin 72' (pen.)	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Quarter-Finals[edit]

4 July 2005	Shelbourne	2–1	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Glen Crowe 9' Jason Byrne 27'	Report	Robbie Doyle 82'	Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

Semi-Finals[edit]

22 August 2005	Shelbourne	1–2	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Colin Hawkins 85'	Report	Brian Gannon 90' Robbie Martin 90+4'	Referee: Declan Hanney (Dublin)

Setanta Cup[edit]

Group 2[edit]

22 March 2005	Shelbourne	3–3	Portadown	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.15 GMT	Richie Baker 39' 69' Jason Byrne 44'	Report	Gary Hamilton 50' 60' Wesley Boyle 84'	Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

28 March 2005	Cork City	1–0	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
19.15 IST	Denis Behan 59' Joe Gamble 85'	Report	David Crawley 90+2'	Referee: David Malcolm (Bangor)

25 April 2005	Portadown	0–1	Shelbourne	Shamrock Park, Portadown
19.15 IST	Cullen Feeney 54'	Report	Jason Byrne 3'	Referee: David Best (Carnmoney)

2 May 2005	Shelbourne	1–0	Cork City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.15 IST	Jamie Harris 52'	Report		Referee: Mark Courtney (Dungannon)

Group 2 table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Shelbourne (A)	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7	Advanced to final
2	Portadown	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
3	Cork City	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advance to a further round

Final[edit]

21 May 2005	Shelbourne	0–2	Linfield	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.30 IST	Alan Moore 90+3'	Report	Glenn Ferguson 26' Peter Thompson 37'	Referee: Mark Courtney (Dungannon)

2005 Season Statistics[edit]

Player Appearances/Goals[edit]

As of November 18, 2005.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	IRL	Richie Baker	33	8	21	6	12	2
	DF	IRL	Stephen Brennan	5	0	3	0	2	0
	FW	IRL	Jason Byrne	43	30	31	22	12	8
	MF	IRL	Stuart Byrne	38	5	25	5	13	0
	MF	IRL	Ollie Cahill	44	0	31	0	13	0
	MF	IRL	Alan Cawley	7	0	4	0	3	0
	MF	IRL	James Chambers	3	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	IRL	Jim Crawford	29	0	22	0	7	0
	DF	IRL	David Crawley	28	0	16	0	12	0
	FW	IRL	Glen Crowe	38	12	27	8	11	4
	GK	IRL	Dean Delany	26	0	20	0	6	0
	DF	IRL	Kevin Doherty	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	IRL	Glen Fitzpatrick	18	1	13	1	5	0
	DF	IRL	Curtis Fleming	12	0	10	0	2	0
	DF	WAL	Jamie Harris	19	2	14	1	5	1
	DF	IRL	Colin Hawkins	35	1	26	0	9	1
	DF	IRL	Owen Heary	41	4	30	3	11	1
	MF	IRL	Wes Hoolahan	38	4	29	4	9	0
	MF	IRL	Brian King	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	IRL	Alan Moore	24	1	16	1	8	0
	MF	CMR	Joseph Ndo	25	1	19	1	6	0
	FW	IRL	Gary O'Neill	22	7	18	7	4	0
	MF	IRL	Alan Reynolds	5	0	4	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Dave Rogers	44	3	31	3	13	0
	FW	IRL	Ger Rowe	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	IRL	Bobby Ryan	31	0	24	0	7	0
	MF	IRL	David Tyrrell	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	WAL	Steve Williams	20	0	13	0	7	0
	MF	IRL	Hussain Yazdani	0	0	0	0	0	0

Top Goalscorers[edit]

Position	Goalscorer	Total Goals	League Goals	Cup Goals
1	Jason Byrne	30	22	8
2	Glen Crowe	12	8	4
3	Richie Baker	8	6	2
4	Gary O'Neill	7	7	0
5	Stuart Byrne	5	5	0
6	Owen Heary	4	3	1
6	Wes Hoolahan	4	4	0
8	Dave Rogers	3	3	0
9	Jamie Harris	2	1	1
10	Glen Fitzpatrick	1	1	0
	Colin Hawkins	1	0	1
	Alan Moore	1	1	0
	Joseph Ndo	1	1	0

References[edit]

^ Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921–2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.
^ "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
^ "Ireland 2005". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

[table_note_res_UCC1Q0.107634400999-1] Drogheda United qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round after winning the 2005 FAI Cup Final.

[Graham-2] Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921–2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.

[rsssfloe-3] "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.

[rsssf2005-4] "Ireland 2005". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

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