The 2008 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 24th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. Bohemians were champions while St Patrick's Athletic finished as runners-up.
Club information Team Base Manager Main sponsor Kit supplier Stadium Capacity Bohemians Phibsborough Pat Fenlon Des Kelly InteriorsUmbro Dalymount Park 8,500 Bray Wanderers Bray Eddie Gormley Hard Metal Umbro Carlisle Grounds 7,000 Cobh Ramblers Cobh Stephen Henderson Goodyear Uhlsport St. Colman's Park 5,000 Cork City Cork Alan Mathews Beamish Hummel Turners Cross 8,000 Derry City Derry Stephen Kenny MeteorElectrical.com O'Neills Brandywell Stadium 7,700 Drogheda United Drogheda Paul Doolin Hunky Dorys Jako United Park 5,400 Finn Harps Ballybofey Paul Hegarty Donegal Creameries Masita Finn Park 7,900 Galway United Galway Ian Foster O'Connell Drylining Ltd Rival Terryland Park 5,000 Shamrock Rovers Drumcondra Michael O'Neill Woodie's DIY Umbro Tolka Park 9,700 Sligo Rovers Sligo Paul Cook Toher's Jako The Showgrounds 5,500 St Patrick's Athletic Inchicore Jeff Kenna Paddy Power Umbro Richmond Park 5,500 UCD Belfield Pete Mahon Budweiser O'Neills UCD Bowl 3,000
Overview The regular season began on 7 March and concluded on 14 November. Each team played the other teams three times, totaling 33 games. Bohemians finished the season as champions, winning by a margin of nineteen points. There was no promotion/relegation play-off between Premier Division and First Division teams. This was because the 2009 Premier Division would be reduced to 10 clubs. This saw three clubs relegated out of the Premier Division.
For the first time in the history of the league the national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann started showing highlights of every Premier Division game played on its new show Monday Night Soccer. This show was presented by Con Murphy. This replaced eircom League Weekly which had run on TV3 on Monday nights from 2002 to 2007. The final season of live weekly radio coverage was provided by national broadcaster RTÉ with live reports and commentary on match nights, which was dropped from the end of 2008. Live games were shown by RTÉ, Setanta Sports and TG4's Sacar Beo.
Final table
Results Matches 1–22
Matches 23–33
Top scorers
GoalscorersGoalsTeam David Mooney15 Cork City Mark Quigley15St Patrick's Athletic Mark Farren 15Derry City Killian Brennan 11Bohemians
Gallery
See also 2008 League of Ireland First Division 2008 League of Ireland Cup 2008 A Championship
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