Premier Division| ROUND | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 185 | 404 | 2.18 | 67 | 36.22% | 48 | 25.95% | 70 | 37.84% |
| 2008 | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | Bohemians | 31 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 12 | +38 | 79 | WLWW | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | ||
| 2 | St. Patrick's | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 57 | LLWL | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 9 | ||
| 3 | Derry City | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 54 | WWLX | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 9 | ||
| 4 | Cork City1 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 45 | WOXL | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | ||
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 44 | WWXX | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | ||
| 6 | Shamrock Rovers | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 32 | +0 | 36 | LLXX | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Bray Wanderers | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 47 | -23 | 36 | WLWX | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 30 | |
| 8 | 1 | Drogheda United2 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 35 | LOLL | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 11 | |
| 9 | 2 | Finn Harps | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 50 | -26 | 28 | WLXL | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 29 | |
| 10 | 1 | Galway United* | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 49 | -19 | 26 | LWWX | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 22 | |
| 11 | 1 | Cobh Ramblers | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 49 | -24 | 26 | LWWW | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 29 | |
| 12 | UCD | 31 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 43 | -24 | 21 | LLXW | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | ||
| 1 | Cork City (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Drogheda United (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Dave MOONEY (Cork City, 4p) | |
| 14 | Mark QUIGLEY (St. Patrick's) | |
| 11 | Mark FARREN (Derry City, 1p) | |
| 10 | Killian BRENNAN (Bohemians, 4p) | |
| 9 | Glenn CROWE (Bohemians) | |
| 8 | Pádraig AMOND (Shamrock Rovers, 1p) | |
| Ryan GUY (St. Patrick's) | ||
| 7 | +2 | Stephen PARKHOUSE (Finn Harps, 2p) |
| Éamon ZAYED (Drogheda United, 1p) | ||
| +1 | Raffael CRETARO (Sligo Rovers) | |
| Dennis BEHAN (Cork City, 2p) | ||
| +1 | Davin O'NEILL (Cobh Ramblers, 1p) | |
| Jason BYRNE (Bohemians, 3p) | ||
| Jay O'SHEA (Galway United*, 3p) | ||
| 6 | Romuald BOCO (Sligo Rovers) | |
| Fahrudin KUDUZOVIĆ (Drogheda United, 1p) | ||
| 5 | +1 | Eoin DOYLE (Shamrock Rovers) |
| +2 | Aidan O'KEEFE (Bray Wanderers) | |
| Ollie CAHILL (Drogheda United) | ||
| +1 | Niall McGINN (Derry City) | |
| Conor GETHINS (Finn Harps) | ||
| Paddy KAVANAGH (Bray Wanderers) | ||
| +1 | Gareth McGLYNN (Derry City) | |
| Keith FAHEY (St. Patrick's) | ||
| Vinny FAHERTY (Galway United*) | ||
| Ross GAYNOR (Cobh Ramblers, 3p) |
| Friday, 31 October 2008 | |||||
| 31 | Drogheda United | 1-2 | Finn Harps | ||
| 36 | O'Brien | 58 | Parkhouse | ||
| 83 | Parkhouse | ||||
| 31 | UCD | 0-1 | Bohemians | ||
| 20 | McGill | ||||
| 31 | Bray Wanderers | 3-2 | Cobh Ramblers | ||
| 10 | O'Keefe | 25 | O'Halloran | ||
| 23 | O'Keefe | 27 | O'Neill | ||
| 72 | Cronin | ||||
| Saturday, 1 November 2008 | |||||
| 31 | Sligo Rovers | 2-1 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
| 54(p) | Doherty | 48 | Doyle | ||
| 74 | Cretaro | ||||
| Sunday, 2 November 2008 | |||||
| 31 | Derry City | 2-0 | Galway United* | ||
| 11 | McGlynn | ||||
| 66 | McGinn | ||||
| Tuesday, 4 November 2008 | |||||
| 31 | St. Patrick's | 0-1 | Cork City | ||
| 60 | Murphy | ||||
