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[]

Managerial/Backroom Staff[]

Manager: Pat Fenlon
Assistant Manager: Eamon Collins

2005 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	EIR	Dean Delany
—	DF	EIR	Owen Heary (Captain)
—	DF	EIR	Curtis Fleming
—	DF	EIR	Stephen Brennan
—	DF	EIR	Kevin Doherty
—	DF	WAL	Jamie Harris
—	DF	EIR	Colin Hawkins
—	DF	ENG	Dave Rogers
—	DF	EIR	David Crawley
—	MF	EIR	Richie Baker
—	MF	EIR	Bobby Ryan
—	MF	EIR	Hussain Yazdani
—	MF	EIR	Stuart Byrne
—	MF	EIR	Alan Cawley


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

In on loan[]

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	EIR	Stephen Brennan (was on loan from Newcastle United)

Out on loan[]

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	EIR	Alan Cawley (was on loan to Longford Town)
—	DF	EIR	Kevin Doherty (was on loan to Waterford United)


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

Results/League Tables[]

League of Ireland Premier Division[]

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

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

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

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

April 15, 2005	Shelbourne	3–1	St. Patrick's Athletic	showTolka 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)

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

April 29, 2005	Shelbourne	4–1	Bray Wanderers	showTolka 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)

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

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

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

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

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

June 17, 2005	Shelbourne	1–2	Shamrock Rovers	showTolka 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)

June 24, 2005	Waterford United	2–4	Shelbourne	showR.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)

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

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

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

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

August 8, 2005	Shelbourne	3–3	Drogheda United	showTolka 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)

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

August 19, 2005	Shelbourne	2–1	Bohemians	showTolka 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)

September 2, 2005	Shelbourne	4–2	UCD	showTolka 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

October 31, 2005	Shelbourne	5–0	Bray Wanderers	showTolka 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)

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

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

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

Final league table[]

Pos	Team v t	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) Champion
Notes:

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

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	20	7	6	62	25	+37	67	11	3	3	36	15	+21	9	4	3	26	10	+16

Last updated: November 18, 2005.
Source: League of Ireland 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	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 November 18, 2005. Source: League of Ireland Premier Division Fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Champions League[]

First Qualifying Round[]

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

July 20, 2005	Shelbourne	4–1	Glentoran	showTolka 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[]

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

August 3, 2005	Steaua Bucharest	4–1	Shelbourne	showStadionul 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[]

Second Round[]

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

eircom League Cup[]

Second Round[]

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

Quarter-Finals[]

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

Semi-Finals[]

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

Setanta Cup[]

Group 2[]

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

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

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

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

Group 2 table[]

Pos	Team v t	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[]

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

2005 Season Statistics[]

Player Appearances/Goals[]

As of November 18, 2005.

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

Top Goalscorers[]

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[]

^ 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_UCC1Q0.61591320094462-1] 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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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

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

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