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The 2008 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 24th season of the
League of Ireland Premier Division The League of Ireland Men's Premier Division (), also known as the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the Republic of Ireland and the highest level of the Republic of I ...
. The division was made up of 12 teams. Bohemians were champions while St Patrick's Athletic finished as runners-up.


Club information


Overview

The regular season began on 7 March and concluded on 14 November. Each team played the other teams three times, totaling 33 games. Bohemians finished the season as champions, winning by a margin of nineteen points. There was no promotion/relegation play-off between Premier Division and First Division teams. This was because the 2009 Premier Division would be reduced to 10 clubs. This saw three clubs relegated out of the Premier Division. For the first time in the history of the league the national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann started showing highlights of every Premier Division game played on its new show '' Monday Night Soccer''. This show was presented by Con Murphy. This replaced ''eircom League Weekly'' which had run on TV3 on Monday nights from 2002 to 2007. The final season of live weekly radio coverage was provided by national broadcaster RTÉ with live reports and commentary on match nights, which was dropped from the end of 2008. Live games were shown by RTÉ, Setanta Sports and TG4's ''Sacar Beo''.


Final table


Results


Matches 1–22


Matches 23–33


Top scorers


Gallery

Image:Football league of ireland season 08.png, The clubs competing in the 2008 FAI eircom League of Ireland


See also

* 2008 League of Ireland First Division * 2008 League of Ireland Cup * 2008 A Championship


References

{{2008-09 in European Football (UEFA) League of Ireland Premier Division seasons
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Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...