Premier Division| 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 |
| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 172 | 375 | 2.18 | 62 | 36.05% | 47 | 27.33% | 63 | 36.63% |
| 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 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 11 | +38 | 76 | WWWW | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | ||
| 2 | St. Patrick's | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 54 | LWWL | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | ||
| 3 | Derry City | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 48 | LXLX | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 9 | ||
| 4 | Cork City1 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 41 | XLWX | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | ||
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 38 | XXWW | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | ||
| 6 | Shamrock Rovers | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 36 | XXLL | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | ||
| 7 | Drogheda United2 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 34 | LLOX | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | ||
| 8 | Bray Wanderers | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 41 | -20 | 33 | WXLL | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 26 | ||
| 9 | Finn Harps | 29 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 47 | -25 | 25 | XLWL | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 28 | ||
| 10 | 1 | Cobh Ramblers | 29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 46 | -25 | 23 | WWOL | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 26 | |
| 11 | 1 | UCD | 29 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 40 | -21 | 21 | XWLL | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | |
| 12 | Galway United* | 28 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 47 | -22 | 20 | XWXX | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | ||
| 1 | Cork City (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Drogheda United (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Dave MOONEY (Cork City, 4p) | |
| 14 | Mark QUIGLEY (St. Patrick's) | |
| 10 | Killian BRENNAN (Bohemians, 4p) | |
| +1 | Mark FARREN (Derry City, 1p) | |
| 9 | Glenn CROWE (Bohemians) | |
| 8 | Pádraig AMOND (Shamrock Rovers, 1p) | |
| 7 | Éamon ZAYED (Drogheda United, 1p) | |
| Dennis BEHAN (Cork City, 2p) | ||
| +2 | Jason BYRNE (Bohemians, 3p) | |
| 6 | +1 | Raffael CRETARO (Sligo Rovers) |
| +1 | Fahrudin KUDUZOVIĆ (Drogheda United, 1p) | |
| 5 | Romuald BOCO (Sligo Rovers) | |
| Stephen PARKHOUSE (Finn Harps, 2p) | ||
| Ollie CAHILL (Drogheda United) | ||
| Ryan GUY (St. Patrick's) | ||
| Conor GETHINS (Finn Harps) | ||
| Paddy KAVANAGH (Bray Wanderers) | ||
| Keith FAHEY (St. Patrick's) | ||
| +1 | Jay O'SHEA (Galway United*, 2p) | |
| +1 | Ross GAYNOR (Cobh Ramblers, 3p) |
| Friday, 10 October 2008 | |||||
| 29 | Drogheda United | 1-2 | Bohemians | ||
| 37 | Kuduzović | 23 | Byrne | ||
| 90 | Byrne | ||||
| 29 | St. Patrick's | 0-3 | Cobh Ramblers | ||
| 15 | O'Neill | ||||
| 61 | Gaynor | ||||
| 85 | O'Neill | ||||
| 29 | Cork City | 1-1 | Finn Harps | ||
| 18 | Dudfield | 66(p) | McCafferty | ||
| 29 | Shamrock Rovers | 1-1 | UCD | ||
| 52 | Doyle | 81 | Shortall | ||
| 29 | Bray Wanderers | 2-1 | Derry City | ||
| 18 | Tresson | 2 | Farren | ||
| 22 | Rowe | ||||
| Saturday, 11 October 2008 | |||||
| 29 | Sligo Rovers | 1-1 | Galway United* | ||
| 52 | Cretaro | 75(p) | O'Shea | ||
