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 | ||||
| 198 | 440 | 2.22 | 75 | 37.88% | 50 | 25.25% | 73 | 36.87% |
| 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 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 13 | +42 | 85 | WWWL | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | ||
| 2 | St. Patrick's | 33 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 66 | WWWL | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 9 | ||
| 3 | Derry City | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 25 | +21 | 58 | WLXW | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Sligo Rovers | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 48 | WOWW | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 13 | |
| 5 | 1 | Cork City1 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 46 | LOWO | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | |
| 6 | 1 | Bray Wanderers | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 52 | -24 | 39 | LWWL | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 32 | |
| 7 | 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 33 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 33 | 35 | -2 | 37 | LXLL | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 18 | |
| 8 | Drogheda United2 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 35 | LLLO | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Galway United* | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 49 | -15 | 32 | WWLW | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | |
| 10 | 1 | Finn Harps | 33 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 26 | 53 | -27 | 31 | WLWL | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 32 | |
| 11 | Cobh Ramblers | 33 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 55 | -28 | 26 | LLLW | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 33 | ||
| 12 | UCD | 33 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 46 | -27 | 21 | LLLL | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 23 | ||
| 1 | Cork City (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Drogheda United (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Friday, 14 November 2008 | |||||
| 33 | Bohemians | 3-1 | Cork City | ||
| 33 | Finn Harps | 2-0 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
| 33 | UCD | 0-1 | Galway United* | ||
| 33 | Sligo Rovers | 2-0 | Bray Wanderers | ||
| 33 | Derry City | 4-2 | Cobh Ramblers | ||
| 33 | Drogheda United | 0-2 | St. Patrick's | ||
| 15 | +2 | Mark FARREN (Derry City, 1p) |
| Mark QUIGLEY (St. Patrick's, 1p) | ||
| Dave MOONEY (Cork City, 4p) | ||
| 11 | +1 | Killian BRENNAN (Bohemians, 4p) |
| 9 | Pádraig AMOND (Shamrock Rovers, 1p) | |
| Glenn CROWE (Bohemians) | ||
| +1 | Ryan GUY (St. Patrick's) | |
| 8 | +1 | Davin O'NEILL (Cobh Ramblers, 1p) |
| +1 | Keith FAHEY (St. Patrick's) | |
| 7 | Stephen PARKHOUSE (Finn Harps, 2p) | |
| Éamon ZAYED (Drogheda United, 1p) | ||
| Raffael CRETARO (Sligo Rovers) | ||
| Dennis BEHAN (Cork City, 2p) | ||
| Jason BYRNE (Bohemians, 3p) | ||
| Jay O'SHEA (Galway United*, 3p) | ||
| 6 | Romuald BOCO (Sligo Rovers) | |
| +1 | Mindaugas KALONAS (Bohemians) | |
| +1 | Niall McGINN (Derry City) | |
| +1 | Conor GETHINS (Finn Harps) | |
| Fahrudin KUDUZOVIĆ (Drogheda United, 1p) | ||
| +1 | Ross GAYNOR (Cobh Ramblers, 3p) |
