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2009 A Championship

Field	Value
competition	Newstalk A Championship
season	2009
winners	Shamrock Rovers A
promoted	Salthill Devon
prevseason	2008
nextseason	2010

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The 2009 A Championship was the second season of the A Championship in Ireland. The season was sponsored by Newstalk. The league featured 18 teams. Shamrock Rovers A were the champions while the runners up, Salthill Devon, were promoted to the First Division.

Sporting Fingal A

Bohemians A

St Patrick's Athletic A

Shamrock Rovers A

Overview

18 teams participated in the 2009 A Championship. 12 of these were the reserve teams of League of Ireland clubs. The 2008 champions UCD A and Limerick 37 A did not enter teams for the 2009 season. They were replaced by Sporting Fingal A and Dundalk A. The six non-reserve teams included Salthill Devon and Tullamore Town, both of whom played in the 2008 season. Cobh Ramblers had been relegated from the 2008 Premier Division but were demoted directly to the A Championship after being refused a First Division licence. Castlebar Celtic, F.C. Carlow and Tralee Dynamos were making their debut at senior national level. They were the first clubs from their respective counties of Mayo, Carlow and Kerry to play at this level.

The regular season started on 4 April and was completed by early November. The format saw the 18 teams split into two groups of nine, divided roughly into southern and northern groups. The two groups used a traditional round-robin format. The two group winners, Shamrock Rovers A and Salthill Devon, then played off in a final. Shamrock Rovers emerged as champions. As the highest placed non-reserve team, Salthill Devon also qualified for a promotion/relegation play-off. However they were subsequently promoted directly to the 2010 First Division after their opponents, Kildare County, withdrew from the League of Ireland before the play-off could be played.

Group 1

Teams

Team	Base	Stadium
Castlebar Celtic	Castlebar	Celtic Park
Derry City A	Derry	Brandywell Stadium
Drogheda United A	Drogheda	United Park
Dundalk A	Dundalk	Oriel Park
Finn Harps A	Ballybofey	Finn Park
Galway United A	Galway	Athenry
Salthill Devon	Salthill	Drom Soccer Park
Sligo Rovers A	Sligo	Showgrounds
Tullamore Town	Tullamore	Leah Victoria Park

Final table

Results

Group 2

Teams

Team	Base	Stadium
Bohemians A	Phibsborough	AUL Complex
Bray Wanderers A	Bray	Jackson Park
F.C. Carlow	Ballon	The Valley
Cobh Ramblers	Cobh	St Colman's Park
Cork City A	Cork	Turner's Cross
Sporting Fingal A	Fingal	ALSAA Sports Complex
St Patrick's Athletic A	Inchicore	Richmond Park
Shamrock Rovers A	Tallaght	Tallaght Stadium
Tralee Dynamos	Tralee	Cahermoneen

Final table

Results

Final

References

"April kick-off for Newstalk A Championship". rte.ie.
"Ireland 2009".
"Ireland Third Level 2009". www.rsssf.com.
"Ireland 2008".
(22 April 2009). "Newstalk A Championship Spotlight - Castlebar Celtic". www.extratime.ie.
"Tralee Dynamos Football Club". traleedynamos.com.
(2 November 2009). "Rovers - Newstalk A Champions Winner 2009". www.shamrockrovers.ie.
(31 October 2009). "Hoops claim Newstalk A Championship title". www.fai.ie.

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