2019 FBD Insurance League explained

2019 FBD Insurance League
Matches:4
Province:Connacht
Year:2019
Manager:Anthony Cunningham
Captain:Enda Smith
Winners:Roscommon
Ordinal:5
Runnersup:Galway
Runnerupcaptain:Shane Walsh
Runnerupmanager:Kevin Walsh
Sponsor:FBD
Previous:2018
Next:2020

The 2019 FBD Insurance League (sometimes referred to as the Connacht SFL) was an inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of Connacht. All five Connacht county teams participated, but there are no college or university teams.

After the 2018 tournament featured a busy schedule with several postponements due to bad weather, the 2019 tournament was a straight knockout with teams playing just one or two games (as opposed to 4 games in the previous year).[1] [2] [3]

The competition featured an historic penalty shootout in which Mayo defeated Leitrim by 4-1 to advance to the semi-final after the teams could not be separated following seventy minutes of play.[4]

Competition format

The competition was a straight knockout. Drawn games went a penalty shoot-out without the playing of extra-time. This occurred in Mayo v Leitrim.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New knock-out format for 2019 FBD League - HoganStand. hoganstand.com.
  2. Web site: Hyland's first outing with Leitrim on Sunday in Oldcastle.
  3. Web site: FBD League is a knockout as Connacht GAA release 2019 Fixtures list.
  4. News: Peter. Sweeney. Leitrim player sent off, plays on and sets up vital score. RTÉ Sport. 7 January 2019.