| 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 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 
| Season archive | 
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 105 | 228 | 2.17 | 42 | 40.00% | 23 | 21.90% | 40 | 38.10% | 
| 2009 | 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 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 11 | +22 | 45 | OWWW | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | ||
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 40 | OWWW | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | ||
| 3 | Cork City | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 37 | XWLW | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | ||
| 4 | Derry City | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 35 | XLLL | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 6 | ||
| 5 | Dundalk | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 26 | -1 | 29 | WWLW | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Galway United* | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 27 | -8 | 25 | WLWL | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | |
| 7 | 1 | St. Patrick's | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 31 | -13 | 23 | LLWL | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| 8 | 1 | Sligo Rovers | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 29 | -10 | 21 | WLLX | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| 9 | 1 | Drogheda United | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 27 | -11 | 19 | LLWX | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |
| 10 | Bray Wanderers | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 32 | -14 | 18 | LWLL | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | ||
| 16 | Jason BYRNE (Bohemians, 6p) | |
| Gary TWIGG (Shamrock Rovers) | ||
| 8 | +1 | Chris TURNER (Dundalk, 5p) | 
| 6 | Mark FARREN (Derry City) | |
| Raffael CRETARO (Sligo Rovers) | ||
| 5 | Dessie BAKER (Shamrock Rovers) | |
| Thomas STEWART (Derry City) | ||
| Dennis BEHAN (Cork City) | ||
| Vinny FAHERTY (Galway United*) | ||
| 4 | Shane BARRETT (Drogheda United, 2p) | |
| Killian BRENNAN (Bohemians) | ||
| Gary McCABE (Bray Wanderers, 2p) | ||
| Ciaran MARTYN (Derry City) | ||
| +2 | Alex WILLIAMS (Dundalk) | |
| Guntars SILAGAILIS (Cork City) | ||
| +1 | Jay O'SHEA (Galway United*, 1p) | |
| 3 | Dan MURRAY (Cork City) | |
| Alan KEANE (Sligo Rovers, 1p) | ||
| David MULCAHY (Bray Wanderers) | ||
| Pádraig AMOND (Shamrock Rovers) | ||
| Brian KING (Drogheda United) | ||
| +1 | Garry BREEN (Galway United*) | |
| Glenn CROWE (Bohemians) | ||
| Ryan GUY (St. Patrick's) | ||
| Darren MANSARAM (Dundalk) | ||
| +1 | Conor KENNA (Drogheda United) | |
| Sam MORROW (Derry City, 1p) | ||
| Gareth McGLYNN (Derry City) | ||
| Fahrudin KUDUZOVIĆ (Cork City) | ||
| Billy DENNEHY (Cork City) | 
| Friday, 24 July 2009 | |||||
| 21 | Dundalk | 4-2 | Drogheda United | ||
| 22 | Rowe | 31 | Kenna | ||
| 42 | Williams | 90 | Chambers | ||
| 58(p) | Turner | ||||
| 66 | Williams | ||||
| 21 | Bray Wanderers | 1-2 | Galway United* | ||
| 5 | O'Neill | 57 | Breen | ||
| 90 | O'Shea | ||||
| Sunday, 26 July 2009 | |||||
| 21 | Bohemians | 0-0 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
| 21 | Sligo Rovers | 2-0 | St. Patrick's | ||
| 18 | Doyle | ||||
| 59 | Blinkhorn | ||||
| 21 | Derry City | 1-1 | Cork City | ||
| 45(og) | Murray | 51 | Duggan | ||