1997/98

1997/98 First Division Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Waterford Utd	27	18	6	3	35	17	60	P
2	Bray Wanderers	27	17	3	7	51	21	54	P
3	Limerick FC	27	14	8	5	41	25	50	PO
4	Galway Utd	27	13	4	10	38	29	43
5	Home Farm Everton	27	9	11	7	28	22	38
6	Cobh Ramblers	27	10	5	12	32	41	35
7	Athlone Town	27	8	7	12	31	37	31
8	St Francis	27	7	8	12	29	40	29
9	Monaghan Utd	27	6	4	17	26	44	22
10	Longford Town	27	2	6	19	12	47	12

1997/98 Appearances

Anthony Keenan	39
Enda Kenny	34
Damien Gannon	34
Chris Malone	33
Ronnie Murphy	31
Frankie Larkin	31
Damien Dunleavy	30
Frank Darby	29
Conor Frawley	28
Dermot Lennon	25
Ciaran Rooney	23
Sean McDonnell	22
Declan Hardy	22
Alan Doherty	21
Shane Murray	18
Michael Toland	16
Anthony Tobin	12
Declan Newman	11
Daithi Devaney	10
Joey Horgan	7
John Costello	6
Niall Farrell	5
John Canty	4
Niall Sheridan	4
Mark Diffley	4
Joe Nevin	3
Ray Dann	3
Mark Gilchriest	2
Eamonn Nolan	2
Thomas Nevin	2
John Corkery	1

1997/98 Goalscorers

4	Conor Frawley, Alan Doherty
3	Damien Dunleavy
2	Enda Kenny, Sean McDonnell, Frankie Larkin, Damien Gannon
1	Chris Malone, Frank Darby, Ciaran Rooney, Anthony Tobin, OG

1997/98 Results

W/E	Competition	Teams	Goalscorers

29.8.97	League Cup 2nd Round	Drogheda Utd 2-1 Longford Town	Larkin
29.8.97	League Cup 2nd Round	Longford Town 1-4 Dundalk	Kenny
5.9.97	League Cup 2nd Round	Monaghan Utd 4-1 Longford Town	Tobin
5.9.97	League	St Francis 0-0 Longford Town
5.9.97	League	Longford Town 0-2 Monaghan Utd
19.9.97	Leinster Senior Cup 1st Round	Monaghan Utd 2-0 Longford Town
19.9.97	League	Home Farm Everton 1-0 Longford Town
26.9.97	League	Longford Town 2-2 Athlone Town	Frawley, Kenny
3.10.97	League	Longford Town 0-0 Waterford Utd
10.10.97	League	Cobh Ramblers 1-0 Longford Town
17.10.97	League	Longford Town 1-0 Bray Wanderers	Dunleavy
24.10.97	League	Limerick 1-0 Longford Town
31.10.97	League	Longford Town 1-2 Galway Utd	Frawley
7.11.97	League	Galway Utd 1-0 Longford Town
14.11.97	League	Longford Town 1-1 St Francis	McDonnell
21.11.97	League	Monaghan Utd 1-3 Longford Town	Frawley, Larkin, Dunleavy
28.11.97	League	Longford Town 0-1 Home Farm Everton
5.12.97	League	Athlone Town 2-0 Longford Town
12.12.97	League	Waterford Utd 1-0 Longford Town
19.12.97	League	Longford Town 2-2 Cobh Ramblers	Malone, Doherty
26.12.97	League	Bray Wanderers 4-0 Longford Town
2.1.98	League	Longford Town 0-2 Limerick
16.1.98	FAI Cup 1st round	Wayside Celtic 0-0 Longford Town
23.1.98	FAI Cup 1st round replay	Longford Town 1-1 Wayside Celtic	Doherty
23.1.98	Shield	Longford Town 1-0 Athlone Town	Frawley
30.1.98	FAI Cup 1st Round 2nd replay	Wayside Celtic 0-1 Longford Town	Gannon
30.1.98	Shield	Monaghan Utd 0-1 Longford Town	Dunleavy
13.2.98	FAI Cup 2nd Round	Longford Town 1-0 Whitehall Rangers	Darby
20.2.98	Shield	Longford Town 1-5 Home Farm Everton	Doherty
20.2.98	Shield	St Francis 1-1 Longford Town	Doherty
27.2.98	League	St Francis 2-0 Longford Town
6.3.98	League	Longford Town 0-4 Monaghan Utd
13.3.98	FAI Cup Quarter Final	Athlone Town 1-1 Longford Town	Rooney
13.3.98	League	Home Farm Everton 0-0 Longford Town
20.3.98	FAI Cup Quarter Final Replay	Longford Town 1-2 Athlone Town	OG
20.3.98	League	Longford Town 1-2 Athlone Town	McDonnell
3.4.98	League	Longford Town 0-2 Waterford Utd
10.4.98	League	Cobh Ramblers 2-0 Longford Town
17.4.98	League	Longford Town 1-3 Bray Wanderers	Gannon
24.4.98	League	Limerick 6-0 Longford Town
1.5.98	League	Longford Town 0-2 Galway Utd

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