1972 Meath Senior Football Championship Explained

Competition:	Meath S.F.C.
Season:	1972
Winners:	Seneschalstown 1st Senior Championship Title
Relegated:	St. Vincent's
Continentalcup1:	Leinster SCFC
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Seneschalstown (preliminary round) St. Mary's Ardee w, l Seneschalstown
Continentalcup2:	All Ireland SCFC
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	n/a
Continentalcup3:	Winning Captain
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:	Mickey Collins (Seneschalstown)
Continentalcup4:	Man of the Match
Matches:	40
Prevseason:	1971
Nextseason:	1973

The 1972 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 80th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 15 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

This season saw Ballivor's return to the top flight after claiming the 1971 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title..

Kilbride were the defending champions after they defeated Skryne in the previous years final after a replay, however this season relinquished their crown which they held for 3 consecutive years when failing to progress past the Group stage.

St. Vincent's applied to be regraded to the 1973 I.F.C. at the end of the campaign.

On 5 November 1972, Seneschalstown won their 1st ever Meath S.F.C. title when they defeated Navan O'Mahonys 0-11 to 1-5 in the final replay in Pairc Tailteann. Mickey Collins raised the Keegan Cup for the Furze men.

Team Changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 1971 championship season.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from I.F.C.

• Ballivor - (Intermediate Champions).

From S.F.C.

Regraded to I.F.C.

• Drumree

Group stage

Group A

Team
Seneschalstown	7	6	1	0	0	0	+0	12
Navan O'Mahonys	7	5	1	1	0	0	+0	11
Trim	7	5	1	1	0	0	+0	11
Gaeil Colmcille	6	3	1	2	0	0	+0	7
Dunderry	6	3	3	0	0	0	+0	6
Slane	6	1	5	0	0	0	+0	2
Duleek	5	0	4	1	0	0	+0	1
	6	0	6	0	0	0	+0	0

Round 1:

• Slane w, l St. Patrick's, Duleek, 9/4/1972,
• Gaeil Colmcille d, d Duleek, Kilberry, 9/4/1972,
• Seneschalstown 2-10, 2-7 Dunderry, Pairc Tailteann, 16/4/1972,
• Navan O'Mahonys 0-7, 1-4 Trim, Trim, 7/5/1972,

Round 2:

• Seneschalstown w, l Slane, Duleek, 23/4/1972,
• Dunderry 1-9, 1-7 St. Patrick's, Duleek, 30/4/1972,
• Navan O'Mahonys w, l Duleek, Seneschalstown, 28/5/1972,
• Gaeil Colmcille 3-6, 0-14 Trim, Pairc Tailteann, 2/7/1972,

Round 3:

• Seneschalstown w, l St. Patrick's, Duleek, 21/5/1972,
• Dunderry w, l Slane, Seneschalstown, 28/5/1972,
• Trim 2-11, 2-4 Duleek, Pairc Tailteann, 9/7/1972,
• Navan O'Mahonys 0-11, 1-3 Gaeil Colmcille, Martry, 9/7/1972,

Round 4:

• Navan O'Mahonys w, l St. Patrick's, ???, 23/7/1972,
• Seneschalstown 1-17, 0-2 Duleek, Skryne, 23/7/1972,
• Trim 2-8, 0-12 Dunderry, Pairc Tailteann, 23/7/1972,
• Gaeil Colmcille 4-10, 1-6 Slane, Kilberry, 23/7/1972,

Round 5:

• Seneschalstown 0-10, 0-7 Gaeil Colmcille, Martry, 30/7/1972,
• Navan O'Mahonys 0-11, 1-6 Dunderry, Kells, 6/8/1972,
• St. Patrick's v Duleek, Ardcath, 30/7/1973,
• Trim w, l Slane,

Round 6:

• Trim 2-6, 1-7 Seneschalstown, Pairc Tailteann, 27/8/1972,
• Navan O'Mahonys w, l Slane,
• Dunderry w, l Duleek,
• Gaeil Colmcille w, l St. Patrick's,

Round 7:

• Seneschalstown 0-12, 0-8 Navan O'Mahonys, Kells, 3/9/1972,
• Trim w, l St. Patrick's,
• Slane v Duleek,
• Gaeil Colmcille v Dunderry,

Semi-final playoff:

• Navan O'Mahonys 2-7, 0-9 Trim, Pairc Tailteann, 1/10/1972,

Group B

Team
Ballivor	6	6	0	0	0	0	+0	12
	6	4	1	1	0	0	+0	9
	6	4	2	0	0	0	+0	8
Kilbride	6	3	2	1	0	0	+0	7
Ballinlough	6	2	4	0	0	0	+0	4
Syddan	6	1	4	1	0	0	+0	3
St. Vincent's	6	0	5	1	0	0	+0	1

Round 1:

• Syddan d, d St. Vincent's, Pairc Tailteann, 9/4/1972,
• Ballinlough 1-10, 0-7 Kilbride, Pairc Tailteann, 16/4/1972,
• Ballivor w, l Walterstown, Dunshaughlin, 16/4/1972,
• Skryne - Bye,

Round 2:

• Walterstown 2-14, 0-7 Syddan, Kilberry, 30/4/1972,
• Ballivor w, l St. Vincent's, Dunshaughlin, 30/4/1972,
• Skryne 0-9, 2-3 Kilbride, Dunshaughlin, 7/5/1972,
• Ballinlough - Bye,

Round 3:

• Walterstown 7-10, 0-8 St. Vincent's, Skryne, 21/4/1972,
• Skryne 2-9, 0-2 Ballinlough, Kells, 28/5/1972,
• Ballivor 3-1, 1-4 Syddan, Kells, 28/5/1972,
• Kilbride - Bye,

Round 4:

• Kilbride w, l St. Vincent's, Stamullen, 4/6/1972,
• Walterstown 2-14, 0-10 Ballinlough, Pairc Tailteann, 18/6/1972,
• Skryne w, l Syddan, Kilberry, 9/7/1972,
• Ballivor - Bye,

Round 5:

• Ballivor 2-6, 1-6 Kilbride, Trim, 9/7/1972,
• Skryne w/o, scr St. Vincent's, Duleek, 23/7/1972,
• Syddan 2-6, 0-4 Ballinlough, Gibbstown, 13/8/1972,
• Walterstown - Bye,

Round 6:

• Walterstown 2-16, 3-3 Kilbride, Dunshaughlin, 30/7/1972,
• Ballivor 2-4, 1-6 Skryne, Trim, 6/8/1972,
• Ballinlough w/o, scr St. Vincent's,
• Syddan - Bye,

Round 7:

• Skryne 2-7, 0-9 Walterstown, Pairc Tailteann, 3/9/1972,
• Kilbride w, l Syddan,
• Ballivor w, l Ballinlough,
• St. Vincent's - Bye,

Knock-out Stages

The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the semi-finals.

Semi-finals:

• Seneschalstown 3-7, 1-8 Skryne, Pairc Tailteann, 1/10/1972,
• Navan O'Mahonys 1-9, 0-10 Ballivor, Trim, 8/10/1972,

Final & final Replay:

• Seneschalstown 0-9, 1-6 Navan O'Mahonys, Pairc Tailteann, 22/10/1972,
• Seneschalstown 0-11, 1-5 Navan O'Mahonys, Pairc Tailteann, 5/11/1972,

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

Preliminary round:

• St. Mary's Ardee w, l Seneschalstown,

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meath Chronicle Archives. 16 January 2018. Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018.
2. Web site: Meath Gaelic Football Champions Roll of Honor. 16 January 2018. Hoganstand.com. 16 January 2018.