Fair Play could land UCD a place in UEFA Cup

CORK City and Derry City may have topped the league but they have been forced to play second fiddle to UCD in the 2005 eircom league Premier Division Fair Play table.

The students claimed first place with a total of 1,072 points. As well as scooping the €4,500 prize money, UCD could now also be in line for a place in next season’s UEFA Cup by way of the Fair Play draw which gives three clubs entry to the competition each year.

Cork and Derry, whose fight for the Premier Division title went down to the wire and a last-day decider at Turner’s Cross, couldn’t be separated in the Fair Play stakes, tying on 1,070 points and sharing the €2,000 second-place prize money.