1982 Meath Senior Football Championship

Meath S.F.C.

Season	1982
Champions	Walterstown 3rd Senior Championship Title
Relegated	Dunshaughlin
Leinster SCFC	Summerhill (preliminary round) Athlone 2-5 Summerhill 1-5,
All Ireland SCFC	n/a
Winning Captain	Eamonn O'Brien (Walterstown)
Man of the Match	Neil O'Sullivan (Walterstown)
Matches played	52
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The 1982 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 90th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 14 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.

Navan O'Mahonys were the defending champions after they defeated Skryne in the previous years final, however they lost their crown when losing to eventual champions Walterstown after a Semi-final replay.

This was Ballivor's third period in the senior grade after claiming the 1981 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title.

On 31 October 1982, Walterstown claimed their 3rd Senior Championship title, when defeating Summerhill 1-7 to 0-5 in Pairc Tailteann, Navan. Eamonn O'Brien raised the Keegan Cup for Walterstown while Neil O'Sullivan claimed the 'Man of the Match' award.

Team Changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 1981 championship season.

To S.F.C. Promoted from I.F.C. Ballivor - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C. Regraded to I.F.C. n/a

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Navan O'Mahonys 6 5 1 0 67 61 +6 10 St. Patrick's 6 5 1 0 44 35 +9 10 Castletown 6 5 1 0 70 47 +23 10 Skryne 6 3 3 0 68* 51* +17* 6 Syddan 6 2 4 0 43 62 -19 4 Seneschalstown 6 1 5 0 70 77 -7 2 Ballivor 6 0 6 0 35* 64* -29* 0

Round 1 Castletown 2-8, 0-7 Navan O'Mahonys, Martry, 18/4/1982, St. Patrick's 0-7, 0-2 Skryne, Duleek, 18/4/1982, Syddan 1-8, 1-3 Seneschalstown, Pairc Tailteann, 18/4/1982, Ballivor - Bye, Round 2 Navan O'Mahonys 2-4, 0-5 Ballivor, Athboy, 2/5/1982, St. Patrick's 0-9, 0-7 Syddan, Pairc Tailteann, 2/5/1982, Skryne 4-8, 1-9 Seneschalstown, Duleek, 2/5/1982, Castletown - Bye, Round 3 Skryne 5-10, 1-2 Syddan, Pairc Tailteann, 23/5/1982, St. Patrick's 0-5, 0-2 Seneschalstown, Duleek, 23/5/1982, Castletown 2-6, 1-7 Ballivor, Kells, 30/5/1982, Navan O'Mahonys - Bye, Round 4 Syddan 2-6, 1-6 Ballivor, Kells, 6/6/1982, St. Patrick's 0-10, 0-7 Castletown, Skryne, 6/6/1982, Navan O'Mahonys 3-6, 2-7 Seneschalstown, Kilberry, 6/6/1982, Skryne - Bye, Round 5 Castletown 2-7, 1-5 Syddan, Kells, 4/7/1982, Navan O'Mahonys 3-9, 1-13 Skryne, Seneschalstown, 11/7/1982, Seneschalstown 4-18, 3-2 Ballivor, Trim, 11/7/1982, St. Patrick's - Bye, Round 6: Castletown 2-9, 1-4 Seneschalstown, Pairc Tailteann, 25/7/1982, Skryne w, l Ballivor, Pairc Tailteann, 25/7/1982, Navan O'Mahonys 1-14, 2-7 St. Patrick's, Dunshaughlin, 1/8/1982, Syddan - Bye, Round 7: Navan O'Mahonys w/o, scr Syddan, Kilberry, 22/8/1982, Castletown 2-3, 0-5 Skryne, Seneschalstown, 22/8/1982, St. Patrick's w/o, scr Ballivor, Seneschalstown - Bye, Semi-final Play-offs: Navan O'Mahonys 0-10, 0-4 St. Patrick's, Seneschalstown, 29/8/1982, St. Patrick's 2-10, 1-1 Castletown, Seneschalstown, 5/9/1982,

Group B

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Summerhill 6 5 1 0 84 33 +51 10 Walterstown 6 5 1 0 66 34 +32 10 Nobber 6 5 1 0 78 51 +27 10 Trim 6 3 3 0 39* 47* -8* 6 Martinstown/Athboy 6 2 4 0 41* 64* -23* 4 Gaeil Colmcille 6 1 5 0 35 87 -52 2 Dunshaughlin 6 0 6 0 23 46 -23 0

Round 1 Gaeil Colmcille 0-7, 0-6 Dunshaughlin, Pairc Tailteann, 28/3/1982, Nobber 1-6, 0-8 Walterstown, Kells, 18/4/1982, Summerhill 4-7, 1-4 Martinstown/Athboy, Trim, 2/5/1982, Trim - Bye, Round 2 Nobber 2-6, 2-3 Trim, Kilberry, 25/4/1982, Summerhill 0-13, 0-5 Dunshaughlin, Kilmessan, 9/5/1982, Martinstown/Athboy 0-8, 1-3 Gaeil Colmcille, Kilskyre, 23/5/1982, Walterstown - Bye, Round 3 Walterstown 2-9, 1-2 Trim, Athboy, 6/6/1982, Summerhill 1-17, 0-1 Gaeil Colmcille, Kildalkey, 6/6/1982, Martinstown/Athboy 1-9, 0-5 Dunshaughlin, Trim, 6/6/1982, Nobber - Bye, Round 4 Nobber 1-11, 1-4 Dunshaughlin, Seneschalstown, 27/6/1982, Trim 1-13, 0-5 Gaeil Colmcille, Kilskyre, 27/6/1982, Walterstown 0-10, 1-3 Martinstown/Athboy, Kilmessan, 11/7/1982, Summerhill - Bye, Round 5 Summerhill 1-7, 0-4 Nobber, Pairc Tailteann, 11/7/1982, Trim w/o, scr Dunshaughlin, Skryne, 11/7/1982, Walterstown 3-13, 0-7 Gaeil Colmcille, Martry, 25/7/1982, Martinstown/Athboy - Bye, Round 6: Nobber 2-18, 1-5 Martinstown/Athboy, Kilberry, 18/7/1982, Summerhill 1-12, 2-3 Trim, Pairc Tailteann, 18/7/1982, Walterstown w/o, scr Dunshaughlin, Gaeil Colmcille - Bye, Round 7: Nobber 1-12, 1-6 Gaeil Colmcille, Kilberry, 13/8/1982, Walterstown 1-8, 1-4 Summerhill, Kilcloon, 15/8/1982, Trim w, l Martinstown/Athboy, Dunshaughlin - Bye, Semi-final Play-offs: Summerhill 1-4, 0-7 Walterstown, Pairc Tailteann, 29/8/1982, Summerhill 1-9, 1-6 Walterstown, Skryne, 5/9/1982, Walterstown 1-9, 1-9 Nobber, Pairc Tailteann, 12/9/1982, Walterstown 0-12, 1-6 Nobber, Pairc Tailteann, 26/9/1982,

Knock-out Stages

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

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	Navan O'Mahonys	0-5 R
	4	Walterstown	0-6 R
						Walterstown		1-7
						Summerhill		0-5
	3	Summerhill	2-10
	2	St. Patrick's	0-6

Semi-finals:

• Summerhill 2-10, 0-6 St. Patrick's, Pairc Tailteann, 12/9/1982,
• Walterstown 0-10, 1-7 Navan O'Mahonys, Kells, 26/9/1982,

Semi-final Replay:

• Walterstown 0-6, 0-5 Navan O'Mahonys, Kells, 17/10/1982,

Final:

• Walterstown 1-7, 0-5 Summerhill, Pairc Tailteann, 31/10/1982,

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

Preliminary round:

• Athlone 2-5, 1-5 Summerhill, Athlone, 17/10/1982,

References

1. "Meath Chronicle Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
2. "Meath Gaelic Football Champions Roll of Honor". Hoganstand.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.