Naomh Conaill - champions for the eighth time in Donegal Picture Thomas Gallagher
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23 Oct 2025
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23 Oct 2025
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Shelbourne captain Mark Coyle after winning the League of Ireland last weekend
Burt native and Shelbourne captain Mark Coyle has been named on the SSE Airtricity League of Ireland Team of the Year following a season that saw the Donegal man captain his club to league glory.
Shels were a huge 25-1 before the start of the season but with Irish legend Damien Duff at the helm, they upset the odds in brilliant fashion on the very last day of the season with victory over Derry City.
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Harry Wood's golden goal came for Shels on 85 minutes, who held on through seven minutes of injury time to win the title. It was Shels' eighth 1-0 win of the season, their 13th single-goal victory, and their first league title since 2006.
The former Finn Harps man and Shels midfielder who became club captain in Dublin earlier in the year is enjoying the best spell of his career in the engine room of Duff's team, having established himself as a key figure in the side that qualified for European football earlier this season.
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