Premier Division| ROUND | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 166 | 360 | 2.16 | 61 | 36.75% | 44 | 26.51% | 61 | 36.75% |
| 2008 | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | Bohemians | 28 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 10 | +37 | 73 | WWWW | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | ||
| 2 | St. Patrick's | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 17 | +22 | 54 | WWLW | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | ||
| 3 | Derry City | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 48 | XLXW | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Cork City1 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 40 | LWXX | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | |
| 5 | 1 | Sligo Rovers | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 37 | XWWL | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |
| 6 | 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 35 | XLLX | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | |
| 7 | 3 | Drogheda United2 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 34 | LOXW | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | |
| 8 | Bray Wanderers | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 40 | -21 | 30 | XLLL | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 26 | ||
| 9 | Finn Harps | 28 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 46 | -25 | 24 | LWLL | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 27 | ||
| 10 | UCD | 28 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 39 | -21 | 20 | WLLL | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | ||
| 11 | Cobh Ramblers | 28 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 46 | -28 | 20 | WOLX | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 26 | ||
| 12 | Galway United* | 27 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 46 | -22 | 19 | WXXL | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | ||
| 1 | Cork City (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Drogheda United (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Dave MOONEY (Cork City, 4p) | |
| 14 | +1 | Mark QUIGLEY (St. Patrick's) |
| 10 | Killian BRENNAN (Bohemians, 4p) | |
| 9 | +1 | Glenn CROWE (Bohemians) |
| Mark FARREN (Derry City, 1p) | ||
| 8 | +2 | Pádraig AMOND (Shamrock Rovers, 1p) |
| 7 | Éamon ZAYED (Drogheda United, 1p) | |
| Dennis BEHAN (Cork City, 2p) | ||
| 5 | Romuald BOCO (Sligo Rovers) | |
| Stephen PARKHOUSE (Finn Harps, 2p) | ||
| Ollie CAHILL (Drogheda United) | ||
| Ryan GUY (St. Patrick's) | ||
| Conor GETHINS (Finn Harps) | ||
| Raffael CRETARO (Sligo Rovers) | ||
| Paddy KAVANAGH (Bray Wanderers) | ||
| Fahrudin KUDUZOVIĆ (Drogheda United, 1p) | ||
| Keith FAHEY (St. Patrick's) | ||
| Jason BYRNE (Bohemians, 3p) |
| Friday, 3 October 2008 | |||||
| 28 | Bohemians | 2-1 | Bray Wanderers | ||
| 17 | Crowe | 60 | Kenny | ||
| 45 | McGuinness | ||||
| 28 | Derry City | 1-1 | Sligo Rovers | ||
| 65(p) | Stewart | 31 | O'Grady | ||
| 28 | Finn Harps | 0-1 | St. Patrick's | ||
| 50 | Quigley | ||||
| 28 | Galway United* | 3-2 | Cork City | ||
| 7 | O'Shea | 20 | Kiely | ||
| 42 | Foley | 86 | Dudfield | ||
| 68(p) | O'Shea | ||||
| 28 | UCD | 1-0 | Drogheda United | ||
| 15 | King | ||||
| Saturday, 4 October 2008 | |||||
| 28 | Cobh Ramblers | 1-0 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
| 78(p) | Gaynor | ||||
| Tuesday, 7 October 2008 | |||||
| 25 | Shamrock Rovers | 2-2 | Bray Wanderers | ||
| 49 | Amond | 66 | Coughlan | ||
| 65 | Amond | 82 | Cawley | ||
