2018 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season

St Patrick's Athletic F.C.
2018 season
ChairmanGarrett Kelleher
CoachLiam Buckley
Ger O'Brien (caretaker manager from 25 September)
StadiumRichmond Park, Inchicore, Dublin 8
League of Ireland5th
FAI CupSecond Round (eliminated by Derry City)
EA Sports CupSecond Round (eliminated by Dundalk)
Leinster Senior CupRunners-up (to Shelbourne)
Top goalscorerLeague: Jake Keegan (9 goals)
All: Jake Keegan (12 goals)
Highest home attendance5,000 vs Newcastle United (17 July)
Lowest home attendance200 (est.) vs Wexford (9 July)
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The 2018 Season was St Patrick's Athletic F.C.'s 89th year in existence and was the Supersaints' 67th consecutive season in the top flight of Irish football. It was the seventh year that Liam Buckley 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 taking over for the remainder of the season. It was the first year of the new format of the League of Ireland Premier Division 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 on the opening day of the season on 16 February 2018.[1]

  1. ^ "Cork Visit Richmond on Opening Day". St Patrick's Athletic FC. 19 December 2017. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2022.