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 | ||||
| 179 | 389 | 2.17 | 64 | 35.75% | 48 | 26.82% | 67 | 37.43% |
| 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 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 12 | +37 | 76 | LWWW | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | ||
| 2 | St. Patrick's | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 57 | LWLW | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 9 | ||
| 3 | Derry City | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 51 | WLXL | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 9 | ||
| 4 | Cork City1 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 42 | OXLW | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | ||
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 41 | WXXW | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | ||
| 6 | Shamrock Rovers | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 36 | LXXL | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | ||
| 7 | Drogheda United2 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 35 | OLLO | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 11 | ||
| 8 | Bray Wanderers | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 45 | -24 | 33 | LWXL | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 30 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Galway United* | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 47 | -17 | 26 | WWXW | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |
| 10 | Cobh Ramblers | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 46 | -23 | 26 | WWWO | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 26 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Finn Harps | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 49 | -27 | 25 | LXLW | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 28 | |
| 12 | 1 | UCD | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 42 | -23 | 21 | LXWL | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | |
| 1 | Cork City (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Drogheda United (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Dave MOONEY (Cork City, 4p) | |
| 14 | Mark QUIGLEY (St. Patrick's) | |
| 11 | +1 | Mark FARREN (Derry City, 1p) |
| 10 | Killian BRENNAN (Bohemians, 4p) | |
| 9 | Glenn CROWE (Bohemians) | |
| 8 | Pádraig AMOND (Shamrock Rovers, 1p) | |
| +3 | Ryan GUY (St. Patrick's) | |
| 7 | Éamon ZAYED (Drogheda United, 1p) | |
| Dennis BEHAN (Cork City, 2p) | ||
| Jason BYRNE (Bohemians, 3p) | ||
| +2 | Jay O'SHEA (Galway United*, 3p) | |
| 6 | +1 | Romuald BOCO (Sligo Rovers) |
| Raffael CRETARO (Sligo Rovers) | ||
| +2 | Davin O'NEILL (Cobh Ramblers, 1p) | |
| Fahrudin KUDUZOVIĆ (Drogheda United, 1p) | ||
| 5 | Stephen PARKHOUSE (Finn Harps, 2p) | |
| Ollie CAHILL (Drogheda United) | ||
| Conor GETHINS (Finn Harps) | ||
| Paddy KAVANAGH (Bray Wanderers) | ||
| Keith FAHEY (St. Patrick's) | ||
| +3 | Vinny FAHERTY (Galway United*) | |
| Ross GAYNOR (Cobh Ramblers, 3p) |
| Friday, 17 October 2008 | |||||
| 30 | Bohemians | 0-1 | Derry City | ||
| 76 | Farren | ||||
| 30 | Cork City | 0-0 | Drogheda United | ||
| 30 | Galway United* | 4-0 | Bray Wanderers | ||
| 9(p) | O'Shea | ||||
| 73 | O'Shea | ||||
| 79 | Faherty | ||||
| 86 | Faherty | ||||
| 30 | Finn Harps | 0-2 | Sligo Rovers | ||
| 18 | Boco | ||||
| 36 | Doherty | ||||
| Saturday, 18 October 2008 | |||||
| 30 | Shamrock Rovers | 1-3 | St. Patrick's | ||
| 20(og) | Lynch | 48 | Guy | ||
| 73 | Guy | ||||
| 80 | Guy | ||||
| 30 | Cobh Ramblers | 2-0 | UCD | ||
| 21 | O'Neill | ||||
| 63 | O'Neill | ||||
| Monday, 20 October 2008 | |||||
| 25 | St. Patrick's | 0-1 | Galway United* | ||
| 22 | Faherty | ||||
