The 2018 season was
St. Patrick's Athletic F.C.
St Patrick's Athletic Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Lúthchleas Phádraig Naofa) is a professional Irish association football club based in Inchicore, Dublin, that plays in the Irish Premier Division. Founded in May 1929, they played origin ...
's 89th year in existence and was the Supersaints' 67th consecutive season in the
top flight
Top Flight (April 15, 1929 – 1949) was an American U.S. Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse. She was the leading American filly of her generation at two and three years of age.
Background
Bred in Kentucky by the very prominent h ...
of Irish football. It was the seventh year that
Liam Buckley
Liam Buckley (born 14 April 1960), is an Irish former professional footballer. He made two appearances for the Republic of Ireland national football team. He was most recently the manager of League of Ireland Premier Division club Sligo Rovers ...
is the team's manager (in his current spell), following replacing Pete Mahon in December 2011. Buckley resigned from his post as manager on 25 September with assistant
Ger O'Brien
Gerard O'Brien (born 2 July 1984) is an Irish former professional footballer who played in the League of Ireland as a defender. He is the current Director of Football of St Patrick's Athletic, who he spent 5 seasons playing with. His former cl ...
taking over for the remainder of the season. It was the first year of the new format of the
League of Ireland Premier Division
The League of Ireland Premier Division ( ga, Príomhroinn Sraith na hÉireann), also known as the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division for sponsorship reasons, is the top level division in both the League of Ireland and the Republic of Ireland ...
where by there will be 10 teams playing each other four times, twice home and twice away. On 19 December 2017 the fixtures were announced with Pat's down to play champions
Cork City
Cork ( , from , meaning 'marsh') is the second largest city in Ireland and third largest city by population on the island of Ireland. It is located in the south-west of Ireland, in the province of Munster. Following an extension to the c ...
on the opening day of the season on 16 February 2018.
Squad
Transfers
Pre-season
In
Out
Mid-season
In
Out
Squad statistics
Appearances, goals and cards
Number in brackets represents (appearances of which were substituted ON).
''Last updated – 28 October 2018''
Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches.
Last updated 28 October 2018
Top assists
Includes all competitive matches.
Last updated 28 October 2018
Top clean sheets
Includes all competitive matches.
Last updated 28 October 2018
Disciplinary record
Captains
Club
Coaching Staff
*Manager:
Liam Buckley
Liam Buckley (born 14 April 1960), is an Irish former professional footballer. He made two appearances for the Republic of Ireland national football team. He was most recently the manager of League of Ireland Premier Division club Sligo Rovers ...
*Head Of Player Recruitment/Coach:
Dave Campbell
*Assistant coach/Director of Football:
Ger O'Brien
Gerard O'Brien (born 2 July 1984) is an Irish former professional footballer who played in the League of Ireland as a defender. He is the current Director of Football of St Patrick's Athletic, who he spent 5 seasons playing with. His former cl ...
*Coach: Martin Doyle
*Goalkeeping coach:
Pat Jennings
Patrick Anthony Jennings (born 12 June 1945) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played 119 international matches for Northern Ireland in an international career which lasted for over 22 years. D ...
*Chartered Physiotherapist/Strength and Conditioning Coach:
Mark Kenneally
Mark Kenneally (born 18 April 1981) in Celbridge is an Irish Marathon runner. He competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in the Men's marathon where he finished in 57th position.
In 2015 he and Ger O'Brien
Gerard O'Brien (born 2 July 1984) i ...
*Coaches Assistant: Graeme Buckley
*Physiotherapist: Christy O'Neill
*Club Doctor: Dr Matt Corcoran
*Kit Man: Derek Haines
*Equipment Manager:
David McGill
*Under 19's Manager: Darius Kierans
*Under 19's Assistant Manager:
Simon Madden
Simon Madden (born 30 December 1957) is a former Australian rules footballer who played his entire 19-season career with the Essendon Football Club from 1974 until 1992. Madden is one of the most decorated players in the club's history and w ...
*Under 17's Manager: Jamie Moore
*Under 17's Assistant Manager: Darragh O'Reilly
*Under 17's Assistant Manager: Sean Gahan
*Under 15's Manager: Denis Hyland
*Under 15's Assistant Manager:
Sean O'Connor
*Under 15's Coach: Paul Webb
*Under 19's/17's/15's Coach:
Keith Andrews
*Under 19's/17's Goalkeeping Coach: Stephen O'Reilly
Kit
,
,
,
The club released a new home kit for the season, with the away kit being retained from the
2017 season. During the season, a new limited edition third kit was released for the friendly game with
Newcastle United
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional Association football, football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football league system, English football. The club was ...
.
Competitions
League of Ireland
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
FAI Cup
EA Sports Cup
Leinster Senior Cup
Friendlies
Pre-season
Mid-season
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:St Patrick's Athletic
2018
File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
2018 League of Ireland Premier Division by club