| 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 | ||||
| 159 | 343 | 2.15 | 57 | 35.85% | 42 | 26.42% | 60 | 37.74% |
| 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 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 9 | +36 | 70 | WWWW | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | ||
| 2 | St. Patrick's | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 51 | WLWL | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | ||
| 3 | Derry City | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 47 | LXWW | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 7 | ||
| 4 | Drogheda United | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 44 | OXWW | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | ||
| 5 | Cork City1 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 21 | +19 | 40 | WXXL | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Sligo Rovers | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 36 | WWLX | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |
| 7 | 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 34 | LXWX | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |
| 8 | Bray Wanderers | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 36 | -20 | 29 | LLWL | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | ||
| 9 | Finn Harps | 27 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 45 | -24 | 24 | WLLW | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 27 | ||
| 10 | UCD | 27 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 39 | -22 | 17 | LLLL | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | ||
| 11 | Cobh Ramblers | 27 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 46 | -29 | 17 | OLXW | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 26 | ||
| 12 | Galway United* | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 44 | -23 | 16 | XXLL | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | ||
| 1 | Cork City (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Dave MOONEY (Cork City, 4p) | |
| 13 | Mark QUIGLEY (St. Patrick's) | |
| 10 | Killian BRENNAN (Bohemians, 4p) | |
| 9 | Mark FARREN (Derry City, 1p) | |
| 8 | Glenn CROWE (Bohemians) | |
| 7 | +1 | Éamon ZAYED (Drogheda United, 1p) |
| +1 | Dennis BEHAN (Cork City, 2p) | |
| 6 | Pádraig AMOND (Shamrock Rovers, 1p) | |
| 5 | +1 | Romuald BOCO (Sligo Rovers) |
| +1 | 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) | ||
| 4 | John O'FLYNN (Cork City) | |
| Owen MORRISON (Derry City) | ||
| George O'CALLAGHAN (Cork City) | ||
| Liam KEARNEY (Cork City) | ||
| Kevin MURRAY (Cobh Ramblers, 1p) | ||
| Niall McGINN (Derry City) | ||
| Derek GLYNN (Galway United*) | ||
| MAURO Alexandre ALMEIDA (Sligo Rovers) | ||
| Alan MURPHY (Galway United*) | ||
| +1 | Tadhg PURCELL (Shamrock Rovers) | |
| Neale FENN (Bohemians) | ||
| Gareth McGLYNN (Derry City) |
| Friday, 26 September 2008 | |||||
| 27 | Shamrock Rovers | 1-2 | Bohemians | ||
| 20 | Purcell | 45 | Deegan | ||
| 75 | Kalonas | ||||
| 27 | Drogheda United | 1-1 | Galway United* | ||
| 65 | Zayed | 6 | Keane | ||
| 27 | Bray Wanderers | 0-1 | Finn Harps | ||
| 82(p) | Parkhouse | ||||
| 27 | Cork City | 2-0 | UCD | ||
| 13 | Dudfield | ||||
| 17(p) | Behan | ||||
| Saturday, 27 September 2008 | |||||
| 27 | Sligo Rovers | 4-0 | Cobh Ramblers | ||
| 56 | Peers | ||||
| 78 | Boco | ||||
| 82 | McDaid | ||||
| 87 | O'Grady | ||||
| Tuesday, 30 September 2008 | |||||
| 25 | Drogheda United | 0-0 | Cobh Ramblers | ||