2011 A Championship
# 2011 A Championship

The 2011 A Championship was the fourth and final season of the A Championship in Ireland. The season was sponsored by Newstalk. The league featured 16 teams. Derry City A were the champions, while UCD A finished as runners up.

## Pool 1

### Teams

| Team | Base | Stadium |
| - | - | - |
| Bohemians A | Phibsborough | Dalymount Park |
| Derry City A | Derry | Brandywell Stadium |
| Drogheda United A | Drogheda | United Park |
| Dundalk A | Dundalk | Oriel Park |
| Finn Harps A | Ballybofey | Finn Park |
| Fanad United | Fanad | Tragh-a-Lough |
| Sligo Rovers A | Sligo | Showgrounds |
| UCD A | Belfield | UCD Bowl |

### Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Derry City A (A) | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 10 | +25 | 33 | Qualification for A Championship play-off |
| 2 | UCD A (A) | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 26 | Qualification for A Championship play-off |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers A | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 21 | |
| 4 | Fanad United | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 18 | |
| 5 | Bohemians A | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 18 | |
| 6 | Drogheda United A | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 16 | |
| 7 | Finn Harps A | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 13 | |
| 8 | Dundalk A | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 28 | −17 | 12 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BOH | DER | DRO | DUN | FAN | FHA | SLI | UCD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bohemians A | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Derry City A | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 8–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 |
| Drogheda United A | 0–3 | 2–3 | | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Dundalk A | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Fanad United | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Finn Harps A | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Sligo Rovers A | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 1–3 |
| UCD A | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | |

* ↑ The match was awarded 3-0 to Drogheda United A after Finn Harps A could not field a team.
* ↑ The match was awarded 3-0 to Sligo Rovers A after Bohemians A forfeited the game.

## Pool 2

### Teams

| Team | Base | Stadium |
| - | - | - |
| Bray Wanderers A | Bray | Carlisle Grounds |
| F.C. Carlow | Carlow | The Meadows, Graiguecullen |
| Cobh Ramblers | Cobh | St Colman's Park |
| Galway United A | Galway | Castle Park, Ballybane |
| Limerick A | Limerick | Aisling-Annacotty Grounds |
| St Patrick's Athletic A | Inchicore | Richmond Park |
| Shamrock Rovers A | Tallaght | Tallaght Stadium |
| Tralee Dynamos | Tralee | Cahermoneen |

### Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bray Wanderers A (A) | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 12 | +33 | 34 | Qualification for A Championship play-off |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers A (A) | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 14 | +19 | 33 | Qualification for A Championship play-off |
| 3 | St Patrick's Athletic A | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 19 | |
| 4 | F.C. Carlow | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 19 | |
| 5 | Tralee Dynamos | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 19 | |
| 6 | Cobh Ramblers | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 18 | |
| 7 | Limerick A | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 39 | −18 | 10 | |
| 8 | Galway United A | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 50 | −40 | 9 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BRW | COB | CAR | GAL | LIM | StP | SHA | TRA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bray Wanderers A | | 3–1 | 4–0 | 8–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Cobh Ramblers | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–3 |
| F.C. Carlow | 0–3 | 0–2 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–5 | 6–1 |
| Galway United A | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–6 |
| Limerick A | 2–6 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| St Patrick's Athletic A | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 12–0 | 3–6 | | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Shamrock Rovers A | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 |
| Tralee Dynamos | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |

## A Championship play-offs

The 2011 season saw the two pool winners plus the two pool runners-up qualify for the title play-off.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stephen McCarthy | Tralee Dynamos | 12 |
| 2 | Conor Meade | Cobh Ramblers | 10 |
| | David McDaid | Derry City A | 10 |
| | Darragh Healy | Sligo Rovers A | 10 |
| 4 | Kieran Waters | Bray Wanderers A | 9 |
| 5 | Stephen Doyle | UCD A | 8 |
