2014 Airtricity League Table Predictions

The new season is almost upon us and as has become customary, the Extratime.ie team has analysed the data, monitored pre-season form, and devised a massively scientific method to determine how the final league table in the Airtricity Premier and First Division will appear come the final day of the season.

Our ground breaking method consisted of asking 30 of our regular match reporters to submit their predicted final positions and then we totalled them. The scoring system was simple with 1 point for first and 12 for 12th. The least amount of points earns top spot.  

And so if we are proven correct, St Patrick’s Athletic will be celebrating a second league title in a row as Pats (44 points) tops our Premier Division table. 19 points behind come Trevor Croly’s Shamrock Rovers (63 points) with Sligo Rovers coming in comfortably in third place (69 points).

At the foot of the table, Bray Wanderers (312 points) are our favourites for bottom spot with UCD (295 points) and Athlone Town (289 points) in 11th and 10th place respectively.

In the First Division, newly founded Galway FC (62 points) is our possibly surprising favourite to win promotion. Longford Town (78 points) and Shelbourne (85 points) completing the top three. Wexford Youths (191 points) and Cobh Ramblers (202 points) sit at the foot of the table.

The tables in full are as follows:   

Forecast 2014 Premier Division Table

Forecast 2014 First Division Table

Do you agree with our forecasted league tables or do you think we are way off the mark with our selections? Comments welcome below or on Twitter by either tweeting @ExtratimeNews or including #ETLive hashtag.