2019 Armagh Senior Football Championship Explained

Competition:Armagh S.F.C.
Season:2019
Winners:Crossmaglen Rangers (45th S.F.C. Title)
Relegated:Sarsfields (7th in the SBFL)
Culloville Blues (8th in the SBFL)
Continentalcup5:Ulster SCFC
Continentalcup5 Qualifiers:???
Continentalcup1:All Ireland SCFC
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:n/a
Continentalcup2:Winning Captain
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Andy Kernan
Continentalcup3:Man of the Match
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Rian O'Neill
Continentalcup4:Winning Manager
Continentalcup4 Qualifiers:Kieran Donnelly
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2020

The 2019 Armagh Senior Football Championship is the 119th edition of Armagh GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The winners represent Armagh in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.

The championship begins with sixteen teams competing in four groups of four teams before proceeding to a knock-out format with the overall winners receiving the Gerry Fegan Cup.

Crossmaglen Rangers were the defending champions after they defeated Ballymacnab in the 2018 final. They successfully defended their title when defeating the same opposition in the final on 20 October at the Athletic Grounds to claim their record 45th title.

This was St. Peter's Lurgan's and Culloville Blues' return to the senior grade after they claimed the 2017 I.F.C./I.A.F.L. titles and second in I.A.F.L., respectively.

High Moss Sarsfields and Culloville Blues were relegated to the I.F.C. and I.A.F.L. for 2020 after they finished seventh and eighth in the S.B.F.L. respectively. They will be replaced by the I.F.C. champions Grange St. Colmcille's as well as I.A.F.L. champions Mullaghbawn Cuchulainn's.

Team Changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 2019 championship season.

Promoted To S.F.C. from I.F.C.

Relegated to I.F.C. from S.F.C.

Group stage

All 16 teams enter the competition at this stage. The top 2 teams in each group go into the quarter-finals while the bottom team of each group enter the relegation playoffs. The team named first in each round listed below received home advantage.

Group A

Team
Crossmaglen Rangers33007547+286
Ballymacnab Round Towers 32107648+284
High Moss Sarsfields 30215669-131
Clann Éireann Lurgan 30214184-431

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Group B

Team
Granemore St. Mary's33004235+76
Silverbridge Harps 32105641+154
Armagh Harps31205348+52
St. Peter's Lurgan 30302450-260

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Group C

Team
Maghery Seán McDermott's32104128+134
Madden Rapparees32104237+54
Dromintee St. Patrick's 32103743-64
Annaghmore Pearses30303143-120

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Group D

Team
Pearse Óg33006340+236
St. Patrick's Cullyhanna 32104338+154
Killeavy St. Moninna's31204839+92
Culloville Blues30303875-370

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Knock-Out Stage

Final

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

See main article: 2019–20 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Armagh News Archives. 16 January 2019. Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2019.
  2. Web site: Armagh Football. 16 January 2019. Orchardfans.com. 16 January 2019.
  3. Web site: Armagh HoganStand. 16 January 2019. Hoganstand.com. 16 January 2019.