Trio top 1st Division goal charts
Credit: Extratime Team (ETPhotos)
The First Division has come to an end and ,after 306 goals, Wexford Youths Danny Furlong, Waterford's Sean Maguire and Finn Harps Kevin McHugh top the scoring charts with 13. Furlong's final day double against Limerick and Kevin McHugh strike was enough to join Maguire on the top of the pile.
There were only two own goals scored in the course of the season; Mervue United's Alan Murphy and Waterford United's Seamus Long each scoring once into their own nets.
124 goals were scored in the first half of games, 182 in the second half. Almost one sixth of all goals (51 goals) were scored in the last ten minutes of matches whereas only 18 goals were scored in the first 10 minutes.
Shane Tracey, Sean Maguire and Danny Furlong topped the 1st half scoring charts with six each. If you want a player to score for you in the second half, Finn Harps Kevin McHugh is your man. 10 of his 13 goals were scored in the second half.
Tom Elmes scored five of his 11 goals after the 80th minute had passed. Opposition defences beware!
Player | Club | No. Of Goals |
Danny Furlong | (Wexford Youths) | 13 |
Kevin McHugh | (Finn Harps) | 13 |
Sean Maguire | (Waterford United) | 13 |
Tom Elmes | (Wexford Youths) | 11 |
Shane Tracy | (Limerick FC) | 10 |
Rory Gaffney | (Limerick FC) | 10 |
Pat Hoban | (Mervue United) | 9 |
Enda Curran | (SD Galway) | 9 |
Denis Behan | (Limerick FC) | 8 |
Alan Murphy | (Mervue United) | 7 |
Gary Dempsey | (Waterford United) | 7 |
Noel McGee | (Athlone Town) | 7 |
Daniel Purdy | (Longford Town) | 6 |
Joe Mulcahy | (Wexford Youths) | 6 |
Colm James | (Longford Town) | 6 |
Gary Shaw | (Longford Town) | 5 |
Jason Molloy | (Mervue United) | 5 |
Peter White | (Waterford United) | 5 |
Paul McVeigh | (Finn Harps) | 5 |
Matt Harkin | (Finn Harps) | 4 |
Brian Gaffney | (SD Galway) | 4 |
Sean Brosnan | (Limerick FC) | 4 |
Alan Kirby | (Longford Town) | 4 |
Aidan Keenan | (Wexford Youths) | 4 |
Noel Haverty | (Longford Town) | 4 |
Peter Keegan | (Waterford United) | 4 |
Adam Clarke | (Finn Harps) | 4 |
Mark Sherlock | (Athlone Town) | 3 |
Mark Salmon | (Longford Town) | 3 |
Dominic Foley | (Limerick FC) | 3 |
Thomas McBride | (Finn Harps) | 3 |
Etanda Nkololo | (Mervue United) | 3 |
Ben Ryan | (Waterford United) | 3 |
Tommy Barrett | (Unassigned) | 3 |
Joe Gamble | (Limerick FC) | 3 |
Karl Bermingham | (Longford Town) | 3 |
Paul Simon Tracey | (Unassigned) | 2 |
Shane Dempsey | (Wexford Youths) | 2 |
Shane Nolan | (Wexford Youths) | 2 |
David Breen | (Waterford United) | 2 |
Des Hope | (Longford Town) | 2 |
Damian O'Rourke | (Mervue United) | 2 |
David O'Leary | (Limerick FC) | 2 |
Conor Coad | (Waterford United) | 2 |
Jack Doherty | (Waterford United) | 2 |
Willie John Kiely | (Waterford United) | 2 |
Thomas Crawley | (Longford Town) | 2 |
Paul Phelan | (Waterford United) | 2 |
Jeffrey Judge | (Limerick FC) | 2 |
Dean Broaders | (Wexford Youths) | 2 |
Ciaran Coll | (Finn Harps) | 2 |
Blain Curtis | (Finn Harps) | 2 |
Shane Guthrie | (Limerick FC) | 2 |
Tom King | (Mervue United) | 2 |
James McGrath | (Limerick FC) | 2 |
Eugene Greaney | (SD Galway) | 2 |
Thomas McMonagle | (Finn Harps) | 2 |
Stephen Relihan | (Athlone Town) | 2 |
Shane Dunne | (Athlone Town) | 1 |
William McDonagh | (Longford Town) | 1 |
Peter Higgins | (Waterford United) | 1 |
Stephen Bradley | (Limerick FC) | 1 |
Garvan Broughall | (Athlone Town) | 1 |
Jamie Carr | (Wexford Youths) | 1 |
Garbhan Coughlan | (Limerick FC) | 1 |
Thomas Croke | (Wexford Youths) | 1 |
Cian Collins | (Limerick FC) | 1 |
Pat Purcell | (Limerick FC) | 1 |
Mike Harty | (SD Galway) | 1 |
Ronan Conlon | (SD Galway) | 1 |
Barry O'Mahony | (Athlone Town) | 1 |
Jason Hughes | (Unassigned) | 1 |
Damien O'Reilly | (SD Galway) | 1 |
Luke McConnell | (SD Galway) | 1 |
Paddy Quinlan | (SD Galway) | 1 |
Gary Dunphy | (Waterford United) | 1 |
Jamie Duffy | (Longford Town) | 1 |
Sean Guerins | (Unassigned) | 1 |
Gary Kelly | (Mervue United) | 1 |
Val Feeney | (Athlone Town) | 1 |
Dylan Mernagh | (Waterford United) | 1 |
Austin Skelly | (Longford Town) | 1 |
Paul Malone | (Wexford Youths) | 2 |
Padraic Quinn | (Cork City) | 1 |
Jean Biansumba | (Mervue United) | 1 |
Timmy Molloy | (SD Galway) | 1 |
Brian McCarthy | (Athlone Town) | 1 |
Shaun McGowan | (Finn Harps) | 1 |
James Casserly | (Mervue United) | 1 |
Neil Harney | (Athlone Town) | 1 |
Eric Molloy | (Wexford Youths) | 1 |
Daragh Walshe | (Waterford United) | 1 |
Barry McEntee | (Mervue United) | 1 |
Aaron O'Hagan | (Finn Harps) | 1 |
Brian Geraghty | (SD Galway) | 1 |
Tony Griffiths | (Longford Town) | 1 |
Jason Lyons | (SD Galway) | 1 |
Niall Scullion | (Athlone Town) | 1 |
Chris Deans | (Longford Town) | 1 |
Stephen Walsh | (Mervue United) | 1 |
Joe Woods | (Athlone Town) | 1 |
Michael Lee | (Longford Town) | 1 |
Cian McBrien | (Mervue United) | 1 |
