2008 Shelbourne F.C. season
In the 2008 season, Shelbourne finished 2nd in the League of Ireland First Division.
Club
Club Information
Commercial partners
Title | Sponsor |
Main Sponsor | JW Hire |
Kit, Associate Sponsor | Umbro |
Associate Sponsor | Nivea for Men |
Associate Sponsor | Decent Suit Productions |
Associate Sponsor | Irish Daily Star |
Associate Sponsor | Bus Éireann |
Associate Sponsor | Dulux |
Coaching and Medical staff
First team squad 2008
A total of 30 players represented Shelbourne at various stages during the 2008 season.Post-2007 season
After a turbulent 2007 campaign both on and off the pitch, Shelbourne finished in a respectable 5th place in the FAI First Division. Despite an improved second half of the 2007 campaign, changes amongst the playing staff became inevitable with impending budget cuts.Shelbourne first team squad 2007
The Shelbourne first team squad that completed the 2007 season was as follows;'
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Transfers In
The following players joined Shelbourne for the 2008 campaign:As of July 28, 2008.
Date | Pos. | Name | From |
November 29, 2007 | MF | Alan Byrne | Kildare County |
November 29, 2007 | GK | Dean Delany | Waterford United |
November 29, 2007 | MF | Keith Dunne | Dundalk |
November 29, 2007 | DF | Robbie Hedderman | Waterford United |
November 29, 2007 | FW | Philip Hughes | Dundalk |
November 29, 2007 | MF | James Keddy | Drogheda United |
November 29, 2007 | MF | David McGill | Mount Merrion/YMCA |
November 29, 2007 | MF | Mark O'Brien | Bohemians |
December 3, 2007 | DF | Damien Brennan | Longford Town |
December 3, 2007 | FW | David Freeman | Longford Town |
January 15, 2008 | DF | Dean Lawrence | Shamrock Rovers |
January 15, 2008 | MF | Alan Mulcahy | Waterford United |
January 31, 2008 | MF | Mark Rutherford | Longford Town |
February 27, 2008 | FW | Kevin Cornwall | St. Patrick's Athletic |
February 27, 2008 | FW | Max Cream | SV Meppen |
February 27, 2008 | GK | Fred Davis, Jr. | |
February 27, 2008 | GK | John McGuinness | Shamrock Rovers |
February 27, 2008 | MF | Greg O'Halloran | Galway United |
July 3, 2008 | MF | David McAllister | Drogheda United |
July 8, 2008 | MF | Gary McCabe | Bray Wanderers |
July 14, 2008 | FW | Philip Gorman | Kildare County |
July 15, 2008 | FW | Andrei Georgescu | Bray Wanderers |
July 22, 2008 | GK | Vinny Whelan | Wrexham |
July 28, 2008 | FW | Darren Forsyth | UCD |
Transfers Out
On December 3, 2007 Shelbourne announced the release of 15 players that completed the 2007 campaign including loanees Mark Leech and Noel Haverty. Central defender Stuart Malcolm would later depart Shelbourne on January 15, 2008 to join Finn Harps bringing Shels' close season departures to 16.As of July 31, 2008.
Date | Pos. | Name | To |
December 3, 2007 | FW | John Brophy | Kildare County |
December 3, 2007 | DF | Aidan Collins | Sporting Fingal |
December 3, 2007 | MF | Jim Crawford | Sporting Fingal |
December 3, 2007 | DF | Brian Gartland | Monaghan United |
December 3, 2007 | MF | Kieran Harte | Kildare County |
December 3, 2007 | GK | James Hussey | Sporting Fingal |
December 3, 2007 | MF | Glen Lacey | |
December 3, 2007 | DF | Sean L'Estrange | |
December 3, 2007 | DF | Marc McCulloch | Galway United |
December 3, 2007 | GK | Tony O'Dowd | |
December 3, 2007 | DF | Niall O'Reilly | |
December 3, 2007 | FW | Ciaran Quinn | |
December 3, 2007 | MF | Alan Reilly | |
December 3, 2007 | FW | Mark Rooney | |
January 15, 2008 | DF | Stuart Malcolm | Finn Harps |
February 11, 2008 | MF | Joey O'Neill | Sporting Fingal |
June 30, 2008 | MF | Alan Mulcahy | |
June 30, 2008 | MF | Greg O'Halloran | Galway United |
July 14, 2008 | FW | Philip Hughes | Kildare County |
July 24, 2008 | FW | Max Cream | Cobh Ramblers |
July 31, 2008 | FW | Kevin Cornwall | Glebe North |
July 31, 2008 | MF | Stephen Doran | Martin Methodist Redhawks |
July 31, 2008 | MF | Keith Dunne | Phoenix F.C. |
July 31, 2008 | MF | Peter McGlynn | UCSB Gauchos |
July 31, 2008 | GK | John McGuinness | Longford Town |
Players re-signed
5 players from Shelbourne's 2007 campaign re-signed for the 2008 season. They were James Chambers, Anthony Flood, Alan Keely, Alan Murphy and Mark O'Brien.2 members of Shelbourne's 2007 Under-21 squad received permanent call ups to the first team for the 2008 campaign. They were Peter McGlynn and Stephen Doran.