2003 Shelbourne F.C. season

In the 2003 season, Shelbourne were crowned League of Ireland Premier Division champions.

Shelbourne

2003 season
Chairman	Ollie Byrne
Manager	Pat Fenlon
Premier Division	1st
UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round
FAI Cup	Third Round
League Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jason Byrne (21) All: Jason Byrne (25)
Home colours Away colours

Personnel

Managerial/Backroom Staff

Manager: Pat Fenlon

2003 Squad Members

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  WAL Steve Williams — GK  SCO Chris Bennion — GK  EIR Morgan Cranley — DF  EIR Owen Heary (Captain) — DF  EIR Jim Gannon — DF  EIR Kevin Doherty — DF  EIR Philip Byrne — DF  WAL Jamie Harris — DF  ENG Dave Rogers — DF  EIR Tony McCarthy — DF  EIR David Crawley — DF  EIR Derek Dunne — DF  EIR Stephen Murtagh — DF  EIR Ciarán Sharkey — MF  EIR Richie Baker — MF  EIR Stuart Byrne

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  EIR Jim Crawford — MF  ENG Scott Oakes — MF  EIR Thomas Morgan — MF  EIR Wes Hoolahan — MF  EIR Ollie Cahill — MF  EIR Stephen Murphy — FW  EIR Jason Byrne — FW  EIR Stephen Geoghegan — FW  EIR Dessie Baker — FW  EIR Ger McCarthy — FW  EIR Ger Rowe — FW  EIR Alan Kinsella — FW  EIR Alan Murphy — FW  EIR Alan Lee — FW  EIR Ray Whelehan

Results/League Tables

League of Ireland Premier Division

April 11, 2003	Waterford United	0 – 4	Shelbourne	R.S.C., Waterford
19.30 IST		Report	David Crawley  18' (pen.) Stephen Geoghegan  32' Jason Byrne  44'  75'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

April 18, 2003	Shelbourne	1 – 0	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jason Byrne  4'	Report		Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

April 22, 2003	Shelbourne	3 – 2	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jason Byrne  18' Stephen Geoghegan  50' Jim Gannon  86'	Report	Barry Ferguson  19' (pen.) Sean Francis  58'	Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

April 25, 2003	Drogheda United	1 – 1	Shelbourne	o2 Park, Drogheda
20.00 IST	Danny O'Connor  42'	Report	Jason Byrne  40'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

May 2, 2003	Shelbourne	2 – 2	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jason Byrne  1'  80'	Report	Kevin Doherty  55' (o.g) Paul Osam  57'	Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

May 9, 2003	UCD	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Belfield Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report	Wes Hoolahan  48' Richie Baker  78'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

May 16, 2003	Shelbourne	2 – 2	Bohemians	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jim Crawford  31' Ger McCarthy  90'	Report	Glen Crowe  53' Kevin Hunt  83'	Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)

May 23, 2003	Cork City	0 – 0	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
19.45 IST	John O'Flynn 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Jim Gannon  75' Jim Crawford  90'	Referee: Jim O’Neill (Waterford)

May 30, 2003	Shelbourne	1 – 0	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Stephen Geoghegan  41' Jason Byrne  45'	Report		Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

June 4, 2003	Shelbourne	1 – 1	Waterford United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Ger McCarthy  49'	Report	Gary O'Neill  5'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

June 12, 2003	Derry City	2 – 0	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19.45 IST	Gareth McGlynn  67' Ciarán Martyn  70'	Report		Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

July 1, 2003	Longford Town	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Flancare Park, Longford
19.45 IST		Report	Dave Rogers  42' Ollie Cahill  61'	Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

July 4, 2003	Shelbourne	3 – 0	Drogheda United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Stephen Geoghegan  14' Jim Crawford  75' Ollie Cahill  80'	Report	Andy Myler 38' (pen.)	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

July 11, 2003	St. Patrick's Athletic	0 – 0	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report		Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)

July 18, 2003	Shelbourne	1 – 1	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jason Byrne  23'	Report	Robbie Griffin  7'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

August 7, 2003	Shelbourne	1 – 1	Cork City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jason Byrne  14'	Report	Kevin Doyle  9'	Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

September 1, 2003	Waterford United	1 – 2	Shelbourne	R.S.C., Waterford
19.30 IST	Kevin O'Brien  47'	Report	Ollie Cahill  9' Jason Byrne  12'	Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

September 5, 2003	Shelbourne	3 – 1	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jason Byrne  51' Jamie Harris  52' Jim Crawford  62'	Report	Eamon Doherty  50'	Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)

September 19, 2003	Shelbourne	2 – 1	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jason Byrne  18'  60' (pen.)	Report	Eric Lavine  28'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

September 23, 2003	Drogheda United	0 – 1	Shelbourne	o2 Park, Drogheda
20.00 IST		Report	Jason Byrne  55'

September 26, 2003	Shelbourne	2 – 0	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.00 IST	Jason Byrne  22' Darragh Maguire  42' (o.g.)	Report		Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

September 29, 2003	Bohemians	1 – 0	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Ken Oman  58'	Report		Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

October 3, 2003	UCD	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Belfield Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report	Jamie Harris  60'	Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

October 13, 2003	Cork City	1 – 1	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
19.45 IST	Liam Kearney  12'	Report	Jamie Harris  90'	Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

October 17, 2003	Shelbourne	0 – 2	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report	James Keddy  10' Garry Haylock  90+2'	Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

October 20, 2003	Shelbourne	3 – 1	Waterford United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jamie Harris  13' Wes Hoolahan  38' Dave Mulcahy  60' (o.g.)	Report	Alan Reilly  64' (pen.)	Referee: Hugo Whoriskey (Meath)

October 25, 2003	Derry City	0 – 0	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19.30 IST		Report		Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

October 28, 2003	Shamrock Rovers	2 – 4	Shelbourne	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Stephen Grant  13' Glen Fitzpatrick  38'	Report	Jason Byrne  59' (pen.)  78' Richie Baker  67' Jamie Harris  74'	Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

November 4, 2003	Shelbourne	1 – 3	Bohemians	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Richie Baker  9'	Report	Paul Keegan  11' Thomas Heary  42' Colin Hawkins  55'	Referee: Eddie Barr (Dublin)

November 7, 2003	St. Patrick's Athletic	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Karim el-Khebyr  58'	Report	Colm Foley  29' (o.g.)	Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

November 10, 2003	Shelbourne	0 – 0	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT		Report		Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

November 14, 2003	Bohemians	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
20.05 GMT		Report	Stuart Byrne  16'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

November 17, 2003	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Drogheda United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Jason Byrne  72' Stuart Byrne  85'	Report		Referee: Paul Tuite (Dublin)

November 21, 2003	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Cork City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Jason Byrne  26' Jamie Harris  50'	Report		Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)

November 24, 2003	Longford Town	2 – 1	Shelbourne	Flancare Park, Longford
19.30 GMT	Shane Barrett  32' Vinny Perth  64'	Report	Jason Byrne  20'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

November 28, 2003	Shamrock Rovers	1 – 1	Shelbourne	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Stephen McGuinness  55'	Report	Jason Byrne  24' (pen.)	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shelbourne (C)	36	19	12	5	52	28	+24	69	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Bohemians	36	18	10	8	58	37	+21	64	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Cork City	36	13	14	9	43	33	+10	53	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4	Longford Town	36	12	12	12	46	44	+2	48	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5	St Patrick's Athletic	36	10	16	10	48	48	0	46

Source: [1][2][3]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Longford Town qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round after winning the 2003 FAI Cup.

League Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	19	12	5	52	28	+24	69	10	6	2	30	17	+13	9	6	3	22	11	+11

Last updated: November 28, 2003.
Source: League of Ireland Premier Division Fixtures

League Form/Results by Round

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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D

Updated to match(es) played on November 28, 2003. Source: League of Ireland Premier Division Fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Qualifying Round

August 14, 2003	NK Olimpija Ljubljana	1 – 0	Shelbourne	Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana
19.00 IST	Nedim Jusufbegovic  73'	Report		Referee: Krzysztof Slupik (Poland)

August 28, 2003	Shelbourne	2 – 3	NK Olimpija Ljubljana	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Ollie Cahill  14' Jason Byrne  90'	Report	Nedim Jusufbegovic  8' Anton Žlogar  45' Marko Kmetec  56'	Referee: Gylfi Orrasson (Iceland)

Olimpija Ljubljana won 4 - 2 on aggregate

Second Round

July 25, 2003	Cork City	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
19.45 IST		Report	Jason Byrne  4'  72'	Referee: John McDermott (Dublin)

Third Round

August 17, 2003	Sligo Rovers	0 – 0	Shelbourne	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19.00 IST		Report		Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Replay

August 21, 2003	Shelbourne	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Sligo Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Ollie Cahill  43' Jason Byrne  90+5' (pen.) Dave Rogers  35'	Report	Ollie Keogh  15' John Gaffney  32' Steve Feeney  104' Michael McNamara  90+4'	Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

First Round

April 28, 2003	Shelbourne	2 – 3	Dublin City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Ger Rowe  2' Dessie Baker  51'	Report	Barry Burke  20' (pen.) Robbie Collins  74' Graham Dunning  85'

May 12, 2003	St. Patrick's Athletic	3 – 1	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Michael Holt  17'  29' Paul Marney  89'	Report	Ger Rowe  2'

Final group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Patrick's Athletic (Q)	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Qualified for eircom League Cup quarter-finals
2	Dublin City	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
3	Shelbourne	2	0	0	2	3	6	−3	0

Source:
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

2003 Season Statistics

Player Appearances/Goals

As of November 28, 2003.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier Division		UEFA Cup		FAI Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW		Dessie Baker	10	1	7	0	1	0	1	0	1	1
	MF		Richie Baker	34	3	29	3	2	0	3	0	0	0
	GK		Chris Bennion	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW		Jason Byrne	39	25	34	21	2	1	3	3	0	0
	DF		Philip Byrne	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF		Stuart Byrne	28	2	25	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Ollie Cahill	42	5	36	3	2	1	3	1	1	0
	GK		Morgan Cranley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Jim Crawford	36	3	31	3	2	0	3	0	0	0
	DF		David Crawley	28	1	23	1	2	0	3	0	0	0
	DF		Kevin Doherty	31	0	26	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
	DF		Derek Dunne	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Jim Gannon	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Stephen Geoghegan	27	4	23	4	1	0	3	0	0	0
	DF		Jamie Harris	20	6	20	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Owen Heary	40	0	35	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
	MF		Wes Hoolahan	36	2	31	2	2	0	2	0	1	0
	FW		Alan Kinsella	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW		Alan Lee	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW		Ger McCarthy	29	2	23	2	1	0	3	0	2	0
	DF		Tony McCarthy	25	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Thomas Morgan	32	0	28	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
	FW		Alan Murphy	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF		Stephen Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Stephen Murtagh	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Scott Oakes	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Dave Rogers	30	1	25	1	2	0	3	0	0	0
	FW		Ger Rowe	16	2	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
	DF		Ciarán Sharkey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Ray Whelehan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	GK		Steve Williams	41	0	36	0	2	0	3	0	0	0

Top Goalscorers

Position	Goalscorer	Total Goals	Premier Division	UEFA Cup	FAI Cup	League Cup
1	Jason Byrne	25	21	1	3	0
2	Jamie Harris	6	6	0	0	0
3	Ollie Cahill	5	3	1	1	0
4	Stephen Geoghegan	4	4	0	0	0
5	Richie Baker	3	3	0	0	0
	Jim Crawford	3	3	0	0	0
7	Stuart Byrne	2	2	0	0	0
	Wes Hoolahan	2	2	0	0	0
	Ger McCarthy	2	2	0	0	0
	Ger Rowe	2	0	0	0	2
11	Dessie Baker	1	0	0	0	1
	David Crawley	1	1	0	0	0
	Jim Gannon	1	1	0	0	0
	Dave Rogers	1	1	0	0	0

References

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