2006 Shelbourne F.C. season

Shelbourne
2006 season
Chairman	Ollie Byrne
Manager	Pat Fenlon
Premier Division	1st
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Second round
FAI Cup	Third round
League Cup	Runners-Up
Setanta Sports Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jason Byrne (15); All: ; Jason Byrne (23)
	← 2005 Season 2007 Season →

In the 2006 season, Shelbourne were crowned League of Ireland Premier Division champions.

Overview

Despite having battled with dire finances for much of the 2006 season, mainly due to market risk-taking in the drive for success, over-expenditure on player-purchase fees, high wages, low home attendance rates and continuing tax debts, Shelbourne actually managed to win the title. However, they had been hit with three winding-up orders by the Revenue Commissioners within a spell of nine months but just about managed to gather enough funds and investment to keep the tax collectors off their backs and keep the club running on each occasion. This was at the expense of the players, though, who had gone for weeks without their wages and it seemed that the only thing keeping them performing at the club was the season's climax and the drive for the title, as well as promises (which ultimately turned out to be empty) of a remedy. Once the season came to a close the rot set in and the general public were made fully aware of the true extent of how poor a state the club were in. Due to the finances, many found it extraordinary that Shelbourne had been awarded a Premier Division licence for 2007 by the Independent Assessment Group a few months earlier. They saw it as another chance to criticise the lack of transparency within the organisation that appointed the Group who were supposed to dispense licences to clubs who were solvent and financially stable for the foreseeable future - the Football Association of Ireland. The association has been well used to criticism of its administration in the past, but clearly, the Group could not have been said to have performed their role effectively.

Manager Pat Fenlon tendered his resignation from Shelbourne on 5 December 2006. This was in spite of Shelbourne winning the title on goal difference from Derry City. Fenlon's departure precipitated a widescale exodus from Tolka Park, as players, unhappy with the wage situation, departed to rival clubs - many having their contracts rescinded by law.

Personnel

Managerial/backroom staff

Manager: Pat Fenlon
Assistant Manager: Eamon Collins

2006 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
1	GK	WAL	Steve Williams
2	DF	IRL	Owen Heary (Captain)
3	DF	IRL	David Crawley
4	DF	ENG	Dave Rogers
5	DF	WAL	Jamie Harris
6	MF	IRL	Jim Crawford
7	MF	IRL	Ollie Cahill
8	MF	IRL	Stuart Byrne
9	FW	IRL	Glen Crowe
10	FW	IRL	Jason Byrne
11	MF	IRL	James Chambers
12	MF	IRL	Greg O'Halloran


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	IRL	Richie Baker
15	MF	IRL	Alan Moore
16	FW	IRL	Gary O'Neill
17	MF	IRL	Bobby Ryan
18	MF	CMR	Joseph Ndo
19	DF	IRL	Colin Hawkins
20	GK	IRL	Dean Delany
21	MF	IRL	David Tyrrell
22	DF	IRL	Sean Dillon
23	MF	IRL	Alan Reynolds
24	MF	IRL	Liam Kearney
30	MF	IRL	Gary Deegan

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	IRL	James Chambers (was on loan to Waterford United)
—	MF	IRL	Gary Deegan (was on loan to Kilkenny City)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	IRL	David Tyrrell (was on loan to Bray Wanderers)

Transfers In

The following players joined Shelbourne for the 2006 campaign:

Date	Pos.	Name	From
8 December 2005	MF	Greg O'Halloran	Cork City
10 January 2006	DF	Sean Dillon	Longford Town
11 February 2006	MF	Liam Kearney	Cork City

Transfers Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To
19 November 2005	MF	Alan Cawley	UCD
19 November 2005	DF	Kevin Doherty	Longford Town
19 November 2005	FW	Glen Fitzpatrick	Drogheda United
19 November 2005	DF	Curtis Fleming
19 November 2005	DF	Derek Pender	Dublin City
19 November 2005	FW	Ger Rowe	Ballymena United
19 November 2005	MF	Hussain Yazdani	Kilkenny City
30 December 2005	MF	Wes Hoolahan	Livingston
	MF	Brian King	Kilkenny City
12 July 2006	MF	Alan Reynolds	Waterford United

Results

League of Ireland Premier Division

10 March 2006	Bray Wanderers	2 – 2	Shelbourne	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
19.45 GMT	Éamon Zayed 12' Paul Caffrey 45' Wesley Charles 75'	Report	Jason Byrne 19', 76' (pen.)	Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

17 March 2006	Shelbourne	0 – 0	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 GMT		Report		Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

24 March 2006	St Patrick's Athletic	2 – 2	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Mark Rutherford 3' Trevor Molloy 17' Paul Keegan 56'	Report	Jason Byrne 56' Colin Hawkins 83' Owen Heary 56'	Attendance: 2,145 Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

7 April 2006	Waterford United	0 – 1	Shelbourne	R.S.C., Waterford
19.45 IST		Report	Jason Byrne 41'	Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

22 April 2006	UCD	1 – 2	Shelbourne	Belfield Park, Dublin
17.15 IST	Derek Doyle 72'	Report	Gary O'Neill 71' Liam Kearney 84'	Attendance: 710 Referee: Tom Connolly (Dublin)

29 April 2006	Sligo Rovers	1 – 1	Shelbourne	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19.30 IST	Conor O'Grady 15'	Report	Gary O'Neill 7'	Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

4 May 2006	Shelbourne	2 – 1	Drogheda United	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Stuart Byrne 12' Gary O'Neill 72'	Report	Declan O'Brien 88'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

15 May 2006	Cork City	2 – 1	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
20.00 IST	George O'Callaghan 42' Neale Fenn 48'	Report	Jason Byrne 40' (pen.)	Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

19 May 2006	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Bohemians	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Colin Hawkins 16' Stuart Byrne 50'	Report		Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

2 June 2006	Shelbourne	4 – 1	Bray Wanderers	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Gary O'Neill 18', 78' Jason Byrne 63' Ollie Cahill 86'	Report	Brian McGovern 70'	Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

6 June 2006	Shelbourne	1 – 0	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne 89'	Report		Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

27 June 2006	Shelbourne	3 – 0	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne 32' 45' Glen Crowe 76'	Report		Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

17 July 2006	Shelbourne	5 – 1	Waterford United	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Bobby Ryan 45' Colin Hawkins 60' Joseph Ndo 63' Glen Crowe 67' 90'	Report	Mitchell Casey 61'	Referee: Declan Hanney (Dublin)

21 July 2006	Shelbourne	6 – 0	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Glen Crowe 12' 78' Jason Byrne 46' 83' Joseph Ndo 55' Ollie Cahill 71'	Report		Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

28 July 2006	Shelbourne	3 – 0	Sligo Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Ollie Cahill 7' Jason Byrne 52' 57'	Report	Liam Burns 50'	Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

4 August 2006	Drogheda United	1 – 3	Shelbourne	United Park, Drogheda
19.45 IST	Stephen Bradley 90'	Report	Stuart Byrne 35' (pen.) Ollie Cahill 58' Owen Heary 76'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

11 August 2006	Shelbourne	2 – 2	Cork City	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne 43' Glen Crowe 80'	Report	Denis Behan 20' Roy O'Donovan 62' (pen.) Joe Gamble 87'	Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

18 August 2006	Bohemians	2 – 1	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Fergal Harkin 65' Stephen Caffrey 75'	Report	Glen Crowe 58'	Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

1 September 2006	Bray Wanderers	2 – 3	Shelbourne	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
19.45 IST	Colm Tresson 34' Lee Roche 36'	Report	Greg O'Halloran 48' Bobby Ryan 65' Glen Crowe 90+3'	Referee: Hugo Whoriskey (Meath)

8 September 2006	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Gary O'Neill 7' Glen Crowe 65'	Report		Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

15 September 2006	St. Patrick's Athletic	1 – 3	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Keith Fahey 8'	Report	Gary O'Neill 27' Glen Crowe 84' Jamie Harris 86'	Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

22 September 2006	Shelbourne	2 – 2	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Owen Heary 60' Glen Crowe 78'	Report	Pat McCourt 24' Kevin Deery 26' Pat Jennings 44'	Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

6 October 2006	Waterford United	0 – 1	Shelbourne	R.S.C., Waterford
19.45 IST		Report	Stuart Byrne 63' (pen.)	Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

10 October 2006	Longford Town	0 – 0	Shelbourne	Flancare Park, Longford
19.45 IST		Report		Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

20 October 2006	UCD	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Belfield Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report	Jason Byrne 20' Richie Baker 52'	Referee: Richie Winter (Dublin)

24 October 2006	Derry City	2 – 0	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19.45 IST	Ciarán Martyn 52' Pat McCourt 64'	Report		Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

3 November 2006	Shelbourne	2 – 2	Drogheda United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.30 GMT	Gary O'Neill 52' Greg O'Halloran 57'	Report	Jason Gavin 2' Gavin Whelan 58'	Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

7 November 2006	Sligo Rovers	0 – 2	Shelbourne	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19.45 GMT		Report	Stuart Byrne 27' Adam Hughes 68' (o.g.)	Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

10 November 2006	Cork City	1 – 0	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
19.30 GMT	Roy O'Donovan 59' Joe Gamble 83'	Report		Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

17 November 2006	Shelbourne	2 – 1	Bohemians	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Stuart Byrne 23' (pen.) Glen Crowe 29' Richie Baker 89'	Report	Barry Ferguson 14'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Expunged League Results

14 April 2006	Shelbourne	1 – 0	Dublin City	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Gary O'Neill 29'	Report		Referee: Declan Hanney (Dublin)

14 July 2006	Dublin City	1 – 2	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	David Freeman 66'	Report	Bobby Ryan 16' Joseph Ndo 44'	Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

Final League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shelbourne (C, R)	30	18	8	4	60	27	+33	62	Demotion to League of Ireland First Division^[a]
2	Derry City	30	18	8	4	46	20	+26	62	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
3	Drogheda United	30	16	10	4	37	23	+14	58	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Cork City	30	15	11	4	37	15	+22	56	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5	Sligo Rovers	30	11	7	12	33	42	−9	40

Source: ^[1]^[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Shelbourne were demoted to the First Division for financial irregularities.

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
30	18	8	4	60	27	+33	62	10	4	0	36	10	+26	8	4	4	24	17	+7

Last updated: 17 November 2006.
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
Ground	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2006. Source: League of Ireland Premier Division Fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Intertoto Cup

First round

18 June 2006	FK Vetra	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Vetra Stadium, Vilnius
16.00 IST		Report	Sean Dillon 42'	Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

24 June 2006	Shelbourne	4 – 0	FK Vetra	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.00 IST	Bobby Ryan 35' Jason Byrne 66' 90+1' Glen Crowe 68'	Report	Julius Raliukonis 3' Rolandas Karcemarskas 45' Robertas Vezevicius 66'	Referee: Markus Strömbergson (Sweden)

Shelbourne won 5 - 0 on aggregate

Second round

2 July 2006	OB Odense	3 – 0	Shelbourne	Fionia Park, Odense
14.00 IST	Morten Fevang 28' 41' 57'	Report	Jason Byrne 53' (pen.)	Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Bulgaria)

9 July 2006	Shelbourne	1 – 0	OB Odense	Tolka Park, Dublin
15.00 IST	Joseph Ndo 32'	Report		Referee: Dietmar Drabek (Austria)

OB Odense won 3 - 1 on aggregate

FAI Carlsberg Cup

Second round

27 May 2006	Bangor Celtic	1 – 3	Shelbourne	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.00 IST	Brian Warren 75'	Report	Owen Heary 27' Jason Byrne 29' Stuart Byrne 82'	Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

Third round

27 August 2006	Shelbourne	0 – 1	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
18.30 IST		Report	Darren Kelly 22'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

eircom League Cup

Second round

8 May 2006	Dublin City	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report	Derek Pender 22' (o.g.)	Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

Quarter-Finals

5 July 2006	Shelbourne	4 – 1	Finn Harps	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne 3' 59' Glen Crowe 68' Greg O'Halloran 74'	Report	Chris Malseed 86'	Attendance: 306 Referee: Derek Tomney (Dublin)

Semi-Finals

7 August 2006	Shelbourne	1 – 0	Bohemians	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Joseph Ndo 77'	Report	Vinny Arkins 8' Jason McGuinness 88'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Final

18 September 2006	Derry City	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3 – 0 p)	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
20.00 IST	David Forde 83' Killian Brennan 97'	Report		Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)
	Penalties
	Kevin Deery Ruaidhri Higgins Darren Kelly		Dave Rogers Jason Byrne Glen Crowe

Setanta Sports Cup

Group B

20 February 2006	Shelbourne	3 – 0	Glentoran	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Bobby Ryan 29' Glen Crowe 36' 59'	Report

28 February 2006	Derry City	0 – 0	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
20.00 GMT		Report		Referee: Michael Ross (Carrickfergus)

13 March 2006	Linfield	2 – 0	Shelbourne	Windsor Park, Belfast
20.00 GMT	Michael Gault 34' Peter Thompson 53'	Report		Referee: David Malcolm (Bangor)

20 March 2006	Shelbourne	0 – 0	Linfield	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 GMT	Colin Hawkins 75'	Report	Paul McAreavey 24'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

27 March 2006	Glentoran	0 – 3	Shelbourne	The Oval, Belfast
19.45 IST		Report	Jason Byrne 17' 58' Ollie Cahill 31'	Referee: Adrian McCourt (Bangor)

3 April 2006	Shelbourne	1 – 1	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST	Jason Byrne 17'	Report	Ciarán Martyn 90'	Referee: David Malcolm (Bangor)

Final Group B Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Linfield (A)	6	2	4	0	12	4	+8	10	Advanced to the semi-finals
2	Shelbourne (A)	6	2	3	1	7	3	+4	9	Advanced to the semi-finals
3	Derry City	6	1	4	1	5	4	+1	7
4	Glentoran	6	1	1	4	5	18	−13	4

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

Semi-Finals

10 April 2006	Cork City	2 – 0	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
20.00 IST	Colin O'Brien 34' Neale Fenn 60'	Report	Jason Byrne 55' (pen.) David Crawley 90'	Referee: David Malcolm (Bangor)

Friendlies

26 January 2006	Dundalk	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Oriel Park, Dundalk
19.30 GMT		Report	Jason Byrne 60' Brian King 86'

3 February 2006	Galway United	0 – 3	Shelbourne	Terryland Park, Galway
19.30 GMT		Report	Jamie Harris 9' Glen Crowe 86' Jason Byrne 88'

7 February 2006	Shenyang Ginde	1 – 1	Shelbourne	Antequera, Costa del Sol
15.00 GMT	N/A	Report	Jason Byrne 35'

14 February 2006	Shelbourne	3 – 0	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 GMT	Gary O'Neill 12' Alan Moore 16' Glen Crowe 31' Greg O'Halloran David Crawley	Report		Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

23 February 2006	Kilkenny City	0 – 4	Shelbourne	Buckley Park, Kilkenny
19.30 GMT		Report	Jason Byrne 3' 47' (pen.) 61' Gary O'Neill 77'

24 July 2006	Shelbourne	0 – 2	Sunderland	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.00 IST		Report	Daryl Murphy 49' Rory Delap 67'	Referee: Declan Hanney (Dublin)

2006 season Statistics

Player appearances/goals

As of 17 November 2006.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	WAL	Steve Williams	22	0	15	0	7	0
2	DF	IRL	Owen Heary	36	3	21	2	15	1
3	DF	IRL	David Crawley	10	0	4	0	6	0
4	DF	ENG	Dave Rogers	39	0	27	0	12	0
5	DF	WAL	Jamie Harris	28	1	18	1	10	0
6	MF	IRL	Jim Crawford	15	0	9	0	6	0
7	MF	IRL	Ollie Cahill	45	5	28	4	17	1
8	MF	IRL	Stuart Byrne	42	7	27	6	15	1
9	FW	IRL	Glen Crowe	46	16	29	12	17	4
10	FW	IRL	Jason Byrne	39	23	26	15	13	8
11	MF	IRL	James Chambers	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	IRL	Greg O'Halloran	25	3	15	2	10	1
14	MF	IRL	Richie Baker	30	1	20	1	10	0
15	MF	IRL	Alan Moore	22	0	14	0	8	0
16	FW	IRL	Gary O'Neill	29	8	22	8	7	0
17	MF	IRL	Bobby Ryan	35	4	20	2	15	2
18	MF	CMR	Joseph Ndo	35	4	24	2	11	2
19	DF	IRL	Colin Hawkins	39	3	26	3	13	0
20	GK	IRL	Dean Delany	29	0	16	0	13	0
21	MF	IRL	David Tyrrell	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	IRL	Sean Dillon	45	1	29	0	16	1
23	MF	IRL	Alan Reynolds	14	0	7	0	7	0
24	MF	IRL	Liam Kearney	16	1	10	1	6	0
30	MF	IRL	Gary Deegan	1	0	0	0	1	0

Top goalscorers

Position	Goalscorer	Total Goals	League Goals	Cup Goals
1	Jason Byrne	23	15	8
2	Glen Crowe	16	12	4
3	Gary O'Neill	8	8	0
4	Stuart Byrne	7	6	1
5	Ollie Cahill	5	4	1
6	Joseph Ndo	4	2	2
	Bobby Ryan	4	2	2
8	Colin Hawkins	3	3	0
	Owen Heary	3	2	1
	Greg O'Halloran	3	2	1
11	Jamie Harris	1	1	0
	Richie Baker	1	1	0
	Sean Dillon	1	0	1
	Liam Kearney	1	1	0

References

^ "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
^ "Ireland 2006". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[table_note_res_REL0.65046850668754-1] Shelbourne were demoted to the First Division for financial irregularities.

[rsssfloe-2] "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.

[rsssf2006a-3] "Ireland 2006". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

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