The 2010 A Championship was the third season of the A Championship in Ireland . The season was sponsored by Newstalk . The league featured 18 teams. UCD A were the champions, winning the title for a second time while Bohemians A finished as runners up.
Location of teams in 2010 A Championship Group 1 Teams Final table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Bohemians A (A) 16 12 1 3 40 14 +26 37 Qualification for A Championship play-off 2 Sporting Fingal A 16 11 3 2 39 20 +19 36 3 Dundalk A 16 8 2 6 34 31 +3 26 4 Sligo Rovers A 16 7 1 8 26 28 −2 22 5 Finn Harps A 16 6 2 8 24 31 −7 20 6 Shelbourne A 16 6 2 8 19 32 −13 20 7 Castlebar Celtic 16 4 4 8 30 35 −5 16 8 Tullamore Town 16 4 3 9 18 33 −15 15 9 Drogheda United A 16 3 4 9 24 30 −6 13
Results Home \ Away BOH CAS DRO DUN FHA SHB SLI SFI TUL Bohemians A 0–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 4–1 3–1 5–0 Castlebar Celtic 0–4 3–3 3–6 3–0 1–2 5–0 1–3 4–0 Drogheda United A 0–3 0–0 0–3 5–0 6–3 0–0 2–3 4–1 Dundalk A 2–1 2–2 2–1 4–0 4–0 3–0 0–4 2–1 Finn Harps A 1–2 4–1 2–0 6–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 Shelbourne A 0–4 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–3 1–4 0–0 Sligo Rovers A 2–3 3–2 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 Sporting Fingal A 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–2 3–0 3–2 3–2 Tullamore Town 1–1 4–1 2–1 3–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 0–3
Group 2 Teams Final table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 UCD A (C, A)16 12 3 1 47 6 +41 39 Qualification for A Championship play-off 2 Cobh Ramblers (A)16 9 2 5 27 19 +8 29 Qualification for promotion/relegation play-off 3 St Patrick's Athletic A 16 8 2 6 25 21 +4 26 4 Shamrock Rovers A 16 7 4 5 31 17 +14 25 5 F.C. Carlow 16 7 4 5 25 20 +5 25 6 Limerick A 16 6 3 7 16 20 −4 21 7 Tralee Dynamos 16 5 3 8 19 34 −15 18 8 Bray Wanderers A 16 5 2 9 15 30 −15 17 9 Galway United A 16 1 1 14 10 48 −38 4
Results Home \ Away BRW COB CAR GAL LIM StP SHA TRA UCD Bray Wanderers A 0–3 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–3 Cobh Ramblers 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 5–0 0–0 F.C. Carlow 3–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 Galway United A 1–2 1–3 0–3 0–2 2–4 0–2 0–2 0–8 Limerick A 3–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–4 St Patrick's Athletic A 1–3 5–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 Shamrock Rovers A 4–1 2–1 0–0 5–2 0–0 1–0 10–2 0–0 Tralee Dynamos 1–2 2–4 2–5 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 UCD A 2–2 1–0 4–0 6–0 4–0 5–0 3–1 1–0
Play-Offs A Championship Final 1 November 2010 UCD A 2 – 1 Bohemians A UCD Bowl 19.45 GMT Graham Rusk 1' 90+4' Paddy Madden 70'Referee: Rhona Daly (Roscommon)
Promotion/Relegation The tenth placed team from the 2010 First Division , Salthill Devon , played the highest placed non-reserve team , Cobh Ramblers , from the 2010 A Championship. The winner of this play off would play in the 2011 First Division .
2 November 2010 Cobh Ramblers 0 – 1 Salthill Devon St Colman's Park 19:45 GMT Mikey Gilmore 35' Referee: Graham Kelly (Cork)
6 November 2010 Salthill Devon 2 – 1 Cobh Ramblers Drom Soccer Park 19:45 GMT Robbie Porter 8' Ciprian Straut 90+3' Jamie Murphy 55' Referee: John Grimes (Dublin)
Salthill Devon won 3 – 1 on aggregate and retained their place in the 2011 First Division
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