2012 Shamrock Rovers F.C. season

Shamrock Rovers F.C.
	2012 season
Chairman	Jonathan Roche
Manager	Stephen Kenny to 11 September; Stephen Glass Interim, Brian Laws
Stadium	Tallaght Stadium
← 2011

The 2012 Shamrock Rovers F.C. season is the club's 91st season competing in the League of Ireland and their 6th consecutive season in the top-flight of Irish football.

Shamrock Rovers began with a 2-1 win over Drogheda United in the Premier Division at Hunky Dorys Park on 2 March 2012.

Squad

As of 1 February 2012

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Oscar Jansson
2	DF	Kerrea Gilbert
3	DF	Conor Powell
4	DF	Craig Sives
5	DF	Ken Oman
6	MF	Stephen Rice
7	MF	Gary McCabe
8	MF	Stephen O'Donnell
9	FW	Gary Twigg
10	FW	Gary O'Neill
11	FW	Ciarán Kilduff
14	FW	Aaron Greene
15	MF	Killian Brennan
16	FW	Daryl Kavanagh

No.	Position	Player
17	DF	Graham Gartland
18	MF	Chris Turner
19	DF	Sean Gannon
20	MF	Billy Dennehy
21	MF	Ronan Finn
22	MF	Conor McCormack
23	DF	Colin Hawkins
24	FW	Thomas Stewart
25	GK	Conor Winn
26	DF	Jack Memery
27	DF	Pat Sullivan
28	DF	Shane O'Connor
30	GK	Reyaad Pieterse

2012 Fixtures and Results

Win Draw Loss

Pre-season and friendlies

4 February	Shamrock Rovers	1–0	Mervue United	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
	Gary O'Neill 36'	(Report)		Attendance: 300 Referee: Neil Doyle

14 February	Glentoran	2–1	Shamrock Rovers	The Oval, Belfast
	Darren Boyce 36' (pen) Richard Gibson 54'	(Report)	Gary Twigg 38'

18 February	Shamrock Rovers	2–0	Wexford Youths	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
	Gary Twigg 40' Billy Dennehy 60'	(Report)

21 February	Shamrock Rovers	4–0	Longford Town	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
	Gary Twigg 24' Aaron Greene 51', 58' Paul Hunt 60' (owngoal)	(Report)		Attendance: 700 Referee: Declan Heney

24 February	Shamrock Rovers	8–1	Waterford United	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
	Ken Oman 14' Daryl Kavanagh 26' Billy Dennehy 33' Ronan Finn 45' Gary O'Neill 56', 58', 85' (pen) Gary McCabe 60'	(Report)	David Breen 35'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tom Connolly

17 June	Shamrock Rovers	1–2	Malmö FF	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
	Gary Twigg 5'			Attendance: 300 Referee: Neil Doyle

League of Ireland

2 March 2012 Round 1	Drogheda United	1–2	Shamrock Rovers	Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda
19:05	D. Marshall 34'	Report	G. Twigg 44', 52'	Attendance: 1,553 Referee: Anthony Buttimer

9 March 2012 Round 2	Shamrock Rovers	v	Monaghan United

16 March 2012 Round 3	Cork City	1–1	Shamrock Rovers	Turners Cross, Cork
19:05	G. Kavanagh 62'	Report	C. Powell 78' G. Twigg 90+4'	Attendance: 4,324 Referee: Neil Doyle

23 March 2012 Round 4	Shamrock Rovers	4–0	Shelbourne	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
20:10	G. Twigg 7' (pen.) S. Hurley 32' (o.g.) R. Finn 45' A. Greene 73' G. McCabe 82'	Report	D. Delany 4'	Attendance: 5,000 (estimated) Referee: Tom Connolly

30 March 2012 Round 5	Shamrock Rovers	2–0	Bohemians	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
19:05	G. Twigg 79' B. Dennehy 90+3'	Report		Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Richie Winter

6 April 2012 Round 6	St Patrick's Athletic	5–1	Shamrock Rovers	Richmond Park, Inchicore
19:05	C. Forrester 4', 40' J. Russell 26' C. Fagan 70', 86'	Report	K. Oman 45+1'	Referee: Anthony Buttimer

13 April 2012 Round 7	Shamrock Rovers	6–0	Dundalk	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
20:00	C. Turner 31' G. Twigg 33', 81', 87' B. Dennehy 46' D. Kavanagh 90+1'	Report		Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Graham Kelly

20 April 2012 Round 8	Bray Wanderers	2–2	Shamrock Rovers	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
19:45	K. Waters 16', 37'	Report	R. Finn 67' G. Twigg 82'	Attendance: 1,750 (estimated) Referee: Paul McLaughlin

27 April 2012 Round 9	Shamrock Rovers	1–1	Derry City	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
20:00	G. Twigg 47'	Report	P. McEleney 70' D. McDaid 77'	Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Anthony Buttimer

4 May 2012 Round 10	Shamrock Rovers	2–2	UCD	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
20:00	B. Dennehy 5' D. Kavanagh 39'	Report	G. Rusk 59' (pen.) P. O'Conor 90+1'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dave McKeon

12 May 2012 Round 11	Sligo Rovers	3–0	Shamrock Rovers	The Showgrounds, Sligo
13:45	D. North 30', 77' D. Cawley 37'	Report	C. Turner 50' G. Gartland 85'	Attendance: 2,823 Referee: Tom Connolly

18 May 2012 Round 12	Shamrock Rovers	3–1	Drogheda United	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
19:05	G. McCabe 31' G. Twigg 55', 82'	Report	D. O'Brien 89'	Attendance: 2,400 (estimated) Referee: Alan Kelly

21 May 2012 Round 13	Monaghan United	v	Shamrock Rovers

1 June 2012 Round 14	Shamrock Rovers	1–1	Cork City	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
20:00	G. Twigg 85'	Report	J. Dunleavy 88'	Attendance: 3,500 (estimated) Referee: Rob Rogers

21 June 2012 Round 15	Shelbourne	2–3	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park, Drumcondra
20:00	P. Byrne 7' A. Murphy 18' P. Hughes 64'	Report	G. Twigg 13', 79' G. McCabe 68'	Attendance: 1,889 Referee: Tom Connolly

29 June 2012 Round 16	Bohemians	4–0	Shamrock Rovers	Dalymount Park, Phibsborough
19:45	P. McMahon 11', 52' K. Moore 84', 87'	Report	S. O'Donnell 57'	Attendance: 2,825 Referee: Rob Rogers

8 July 2012 Round 17	Shamrock Rovers	1–1	St Patrick's Athletic	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
15:00	C. Sives 71'	Report	P. Flynn 90'	Attendance: 3,500 (estimated) Referee: Paul Tuite

13 July 2012 Round 18	Dundalk	1–1	Shamrock Rovers	Oriel Park, Dundalk
19:45	G. Shanahan 18'	Report	D. Kavanagh 61'	Attendance: 1,319 Referee: Tom Connolly

20 July 2012 Round 19	Shamrock Rovers	0–0	Bray Wanderers	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
19:05		Report		Attendance: 2,100 (estimated) Referee: Alan Kelly

27 July 2012 Round 20	Derry City	0–1	Shamrock Rovers	The Brandywell, Derry
19:45		Report	R. Finn 54'	Attendance: 1,100 (estimated) Referee: Derek Tomney

3 August 2012 Round 21	UCD	0–2	Shamrock Rovers	UCD Bowl, Dublin
19:45		Report	G. Twigg 5' G. McCabe 68'	Attendance: 1,306 Referee: Neil Doyle

10 August 2012 Round 22	Shamrock Rovers	1–1	Sligo Rovers	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
20:00	R. Finn 50'	Report	M. Quigley 32'	Attendance: 3,500 (estimated) Referee: Anthony Buttimer

17 August 2012 Round 23	Drogheda United	0–2	Shamrock Rovers	Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda
20:00	D. Prendergast 89'	Report	C. Kilduff 16' R. Finn 33'	Attendance: 1,263 Referee: Damien Hancock

20 August 2012 Round 24	Shamrock Rovers	v	Monaghan United

31 August 2012 Round 25	Cork City	1–2	Shamrock Rovers	Turners Cross, Cork
19:45	I. Turner 3'	Report	R. Finn 42' G. McCabe 61'	Attendance: 3,004 Referee: Paul Tuite

7 September 2012 Round 26	Shamrock Rovers	2–2	Shelbourne	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
20:00	C. Kilduff 27' R. Finn 82'	Report	P. Kavanagh 52' P. Gorman 77'	Attendance: 3,000 (estimated) Referee: Derek Tomney

10 September 2012 Round 27	Shamrock Rovers	0–1	Bohemians	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
20:00		Report	K. Devaney 45'	Attendance: 3,500 (estimated) Referee: Paul McLaughlin

25 September 2012 Round 28	St Patrick's Athletic	2–1	Shamrock Rovers	Richmond Park, Inchicore
19:45	S. O'Connor 7' J. Carroll 9'	Report	Gary McCabe 78'	Attendance: 2,000 (estimated) Referee: Neil Doyle

28 September 2012 Round 29	Shamrock Rovers	7–0	Dundalk	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
	R. Finn 27' K. Oman 29' C. Kilduff 45+2' G. McCabe 57' (pen.), 66' (pen.) G. Twigg 70', 72'	Report		Attendance: 1,200 (estimated) Referee: Damien Hancock

5 October 2012 Round 30	Bray Wanderers	1–3	Shamrock Rovers	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
19:45	Waters 56'	Report	Brennan 17' Oman 32' McCabe 80' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,500 (estimated) Referee: Padraigh Sutton

13 October 2012 Round 31	Shamrock Rovers	1–3	Derry City	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
19:00	Stewart 90+1'	Report	McLaughlin 7' Patterson 30' (pen.) McNamee 47'	Attendance: 1,800 (estimated) Referee: Paul McLoughlin

19 October 2012 Round 32	Shamrock Rovers	2–1	UCD	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
	G. Twigg 18', 20'	Report	D. McMillan 22'	Attendance: 2,500 (estimated) Referee: Paul Tuite

26 October 2012 Round 33	Sligo Rovers	0–2	Shamrock Rovers	Showgrounds, Sligo
		Report	G. Twigg 10', 57'	Attendance: 6,097 Referee: Anthony Buttimer

FAI Cup

25 May 2012 Second Round	Shamrock Rovers	1–0	Limerick	Tallaght Stadium
	S. O'Donnell 67'	Report	P. Quinn 76'	Attendance: 1,300 (estimated) Referee: Anthony Buttimer

24 August 2012 Third Round	Shamrock Rovers	2–0	Cork City	Tallaght Stadium
	T. Stewart 70', 77'	Report		Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Padraigh Sutton

14 September 2012 Quarter-finals	Shelbourne	2–1	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park, Drumcondra
20:00 IST	P. Hughes 30', 71'	Report	K. Oman 42' S. Gannon 90+2'	Attendance: 2,255 Referee: Alan Kelly

League of Ireland Cup

24 August 2012 Second Round	SD Galway	0–2	Shamrock Rovers	Eamon Deacy Park
	W. Enubele 81'	Report	G. McCabe 7' (pen.), 44' (pen.)	Referee: Phil Caschera

26 June 2012 Quarter-finals	St Patrick's Athletic	1–1 (2–4 p)	Shamrock Rovers	Richmond Park
19:45	S. O'Connor 27'	Report	K. Brennan 7'	Attendance: 1,091 Referee: Damien Hancock
		Penalties
	S. O'Connor J. Russell J. Chambers I. Daly		G. McCabe S. O'Donnell G. Twigg A. Greene C. McCormack

6 August 2012 Semi-finals	Shamrock Rovers	4–1	Limerick	Tallaght Stadium
	S. Gannon 23' C. Kilduff 66', 78' B. Dennehy 90+2'	Report	J. Judge 87'	Attendance: 1,200 (estimated) Referee: Paul Tuite

22 September 2012 Final	Drogheda United	3–1	Shamrock Rovers	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
	D. O'Brien 33' K. Gilbert 43' (o.g.) E. Foley 61'	Report	K. Brennan 59'	Attendance: 3,120 Referee: Tom Connolly

Setanta Cup

5 March 2012 Quarter-finals	Shamrock Rovers	2–0	Cliftonville	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
	B. Dennehy 11' C. Hawkins 71'	Report		Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Neil Doyle

20 March 2012 Quarter-finals	Cliftonville	2–0 (1–3 p)	Shamrock Rovers	Solitude, Belfast
	B. Johnston 45' J. Gormley 87'	Report		Attendance: 596 Referee: Mervyn Smyth
		Penalties
	C. Caldwell J. Gormley M. Donnelly D. O'Carroll		B. Dennehy C. Turner G. Gartland

Shamrock Rovers won 3–1 on penalties after the tie ended 2–2 on aggregate

16 April 2012 Semi-finals	Shamrock Rovers	0–3	Derry City	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
	R. Pieterse 12'	Report	K. Deery 15' P. McEleney 51' R. McBride 85'	Attendance: 1,000 (estimated) Referee: Alan Kelly

23 April 2012 Semi-finals	Derry City	0–2	Shamrock Rovers	The Brandywell, Derry
		Report	G. Twigg 52', 86'	Attendance: 1,600 (estimated) Referee: Ray Crangle

Shamrock Rovers lost 3–2 on aggregate

UEFA Champions League

17 July 2012 2nd Qualifying round	Shamrock Rovers	0–0	FK Ekranas	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
		Report		Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

24 July 2012 2nd Qualifying round	FK Ekranas	2–1	Shamrock Rovers	Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys
	M. Anđelković 45+1' Z. Kymantas 63'	Report	G. McCabe 90+2' (pen.)	Referee: Slavko Vincic (Slovenia)

Shamrock Rovers lost 2–1 on aggregate

League Table

Squad statistics

Appearances/Goals

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Cup		Setanta Cup		EA Sports Cup		Champions League		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Oscar Jansson	0	0	0	0	0(0)	0	0(0)	0	0(0)	0	0	0
2	DF	Kerrea Gilbert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Conor Powell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Craig Sives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Ken Oman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Stephen Rice	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Gary McCabe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Stephen O'Donnell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Gary Twigg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Gary O'Neill	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	Ciarán Kilduff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Aaron Greene	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	Killian Brennan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	Daryl Kavanagh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Graham Gartland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Chris Turner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	Sean Gannon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Billy Dennehy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Ronan Finn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	Conor McCormack	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Colin Hawkins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	Conor Winn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	Jack Memery	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0