2019 Mayo Senior Football Championship Explained

2019 Mayo Senior Football Championship
County:Mayo
Year:2019
Trophy:Paddy Moclair Cup
Sponsor:Connacht Gold
Num Teams:16
Defending Champions:Ballintubber
Winners:Ballintubber
Ordinal:5
Manager:Kevin Johnson
Captain:Damien Coleman
Qualify For:Connacht Club SFC
Runnersup:Ballaghaderreen
Runnerupcaptain:Seamus Cunniffe
Relegated:Hollymount-Carramore
Previous:2018
Next:2020

The 2019 Mayo Senior Football Championship was the 118th edition of the Mayo GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Mayo, Ireland. Sixteen teams competed with the winners going on to represent Mayo in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship. The championship started with a group stage and progressed to a knock out stage. The winners received the Paddy Moclair Cup.

Belmullet returned to the top-flight for the first time in over 40 years (they last claimed the I.F.C. title in 1974), having claimed the 2018 Mayo Intermediate Football Championship title with a final victory over Burrishoole.

Ballintubber were the defending champions after they defeated Breaffy in the 2018 final. They successfully defended their title and claimed a "2-in-a-row" of Paddy Moclair Cups and their 5th overall when defeating Ballaghaderreen in the final at McHale Park.

Hollymount-Carramore were relegated to the 2020 I.F.C. after 4 seasons in the top-flight of Mayo football when losing their Relegation Final to Moy Davitts.

Team Changes

As 2018 Intermediate Champions, Belmullet were promoted to the Senior Championship for 2019. They took the place of Crossmolina Deel Rovers, who were relegated from the 2019 I.F.C. at the end of the 2018 season.[1] [2]

Clubs

The 2019 Championship was contested by 16 clubs: 4 of them from South Mayo, 4 from North Mayo, 4 from West Mayo, 4 from East Mayo.

TeamTeam coloursPosition in 2018
Aghamore
Ballaghaderreen
Ballina Stephenites
BallintubberChampions
BelmulletI.F.C. Champions
BreaffyFinalists
Castlebar Mitchels
Charlestown Sarsfields
Claremorris
Davitts
Hollymount-Carramore
Kiltane
Knockmore
Westport

Group stage

All 16 teams entered the competition at this stage. The top 2 teams in each group qualified for the quarter-finals while the bottom team of each group entered a Relegation Playoff. All teams played one home match, one away match and one match at a neutral venue. In the event of two teams finishing on the same points total, placings were decided by head-to-head record between the teams, then by scoring difference.

Group 1

Team
Breaffy33005627+296
Davitts32104836+124
Kiltane31203351-182
Moy Davitts30302345-220

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Group 2

Team
32013731+65
3102413564
Aghamore31202931-22
Westport30212939-101

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Group 3

Team
Ballintubber32104935+144
Knockmore32104339+44
Garrymore31114041-13
Hollymount-Carramore30213552-171

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Group 4

Team
Ballaghaderreen33004640+66
Belmullet32104036+44
Charlestown Sarsfields31203638-22
Claremorris30304452-80

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Knock-Out Stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

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Relegation Playoffs

The four teams who finished bottom of their groups entered the relegation play-offs, with the two losers of the semi-finals meeting in the relegation play-off final. All games are played at neutral venues.

Relegation Semi-Finals

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Relegation Final

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mayo News Archives. 16 January 2018. Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018.
  2. Web site: 2018 Mayo Championship Draws. 16 January 2018. Midwestradio.ie. 16 January 2018.