1996/97

1996/97 First Division Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Kilkenny City	27	15	10	2	47	20	55	P
2	Drogheda Utd	27	12	8	7	44	27	44	P
3	Waterford Utd	27	12	8	7	41	28	44	PO
4	Athlone Town	27	10	7	10	40	39	37
5	Cobh Ramblers	27	9	8	10	34	28	35
6	Galway Utd	27	9	8	10	33	38	35
7	Longford Town	27	7	13	7	31	38	34
8	Monaghan Utd	27	7	9	11	30	46	30
9	St Francis	27	7	7	13	20	33	28
10	Limerick FC	27	4	8	13	23	55	20

1996/97 Appearances

Eamon Synnott	35
Sean McDonnell	33
Paul Brady	32
Ciaran Rooney	31
Derek Murray	30
Ronnie Murphy	30
Damien Dunleavy	29
Frank Darby	28
Dermot Lennon	27
Damien Gannon	24
Anthony Keenan	23
Frankie Larkin	21
Chris Malone	20
Micheal O'Connor	17
John Doolin	13
Aidan Smyth	12
Padraig Dully	11
Keith Reynolds	9
Richard Wheateley	6
Andy Bullett	4
Declan Hardy	4
Ian Kiernan	4
Declan Newman	4
Shane Murray	3
Davy Mulligan	3
John Costello	2
Derek Carroll	2
Dax Kealy	2
Mark Gilchriest	2
Joey Horgan	1

1996/97 Goalscorers

9	Damien Dunleavy
6	Sean McDonnell
4	Padraig Dully, OG
3	Ciaran Rooney
2	Ronnie Murphy,Chris Malone
1	Richard Wheateley, Derek Murray, Eamonn Synnott, Frankie Larkin, Paul Brady, Dermot Lennon, Damien Gannon

1996/97 Results

W/E	Competition	Teams	Goalscorers

23.8.96	League Cup 2nd Round	Longford Town 1-3 Drogheda Utd	McDonnell
30.8.96	League Cup 2nd Round	Monaghan Utd 0-1 Longford Town	Wheatley
30.8.96	League Cup 2nd Round	Longford Town 1-1 Dundalk	McDonnell
6.9.96	LOI Shield	Monaghan Utd 1-2 Longford Town	OG, McDonnell
13.9.96	LOI Shield	Longford Town 0-1 Athlone Town
20.9.96	LOI Shield	St Francis 0-0 Longford Town
4.10.96	LOI Shield	Longford Town 0-2 Drogheda Utd
18.10.96	League	Limerick 3-3 Longford Town	Murray, Dunleavy (2)
25.10.96	League	Longford Town 2-1 Galway Utd	Synnott, Dunleavy
25.10.96	Leinster Senior Cup 1st Round	Longford Town 1-2 Kilkenny City	OG
1.11.96	League	Drogheda Utd 1-1 Longford Town	Murphy
8.11.96	League	Longford Town 0-0 Waterford Utd
15.11.96	League	Kilkenny City 1-1 Longford Town	Dunleavy
22.11.96	League	Longford Town 3-1 Monaghan Utd	Murphy, Dunleavy, Rooney
29.11.96	League	Longford Town 1-0 Cobh Ramblers	McDonnell
6.12.96	League	St Francis 2-2 Longford Town	Larkin, Dunleavy
13.12.96	League	Athlone Town 2-1 Longford Town	Rooney
20.12.96	League	Longford Town 2-0 Athlone Town	McDonnell, Dunleavy
27.12.96	League	Longford Town 0-0 Limerick
3.1.97	League	Galway Utd 1-1 Longford Town	Brady
17.1.97	FAI Cup 1st Round	Longford Town 0-1 St Francis
17.1.97	League	Waterford Utd 0-0 Longford Town
31.1.97	League	Longford Town 0-2 Kilkenny City
7.2.97	League	Monaghan Utd 2-1 Longford Town	OG
21.2.97	League	Cobh Ramblers 3-0 Longford Town
28.2.97	League	Longford Town 1-3 St Francis	Malone
7.3.97	League	Limerick 2-2 Longford Town	Dunleavy, Rooney
14.3.97	League	Longford Town 2-1 Galway Utd	Dully, OG
21.3.97	League	Drogheda Utd 1-1 Longford Town	Dully
28.3.97	League	Longford Town 2-1 Waterford Utd	Lennon, Dully
4.4.97	League	Kilkenny City 3-0 Longford Town
11.4.97	League	Longford Town 1-1 Drogheda Utd	Dunleavy
11.4.97	League	Longford Town 2-2 Monaghan Utd	McDonnell,Dully
18.4.97	League	Longford Town 0-0 Cobh Ramblers
25.4.97	League	St Francis 4-0 Longford Town
2.5.97	League	Athlone Town 1-2 Longford Town	Gannon, Malone

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