2009 Connacht Senior Football Championship

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The 2009 Connacht Senior Football Championship was that year's installment of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Connacht GAA. It was won by Mayo who defeated Galway in the final. [1] [2] The final was considered a weak affair by commentators. [3] [4] The winning Mayo team received the J. J. Nestor Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

The Bank of Ireland Connacht Senior Football Championship is an annual gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. All of the counties of Connacht participate in the championship, as well as counties London and New York.

Connacht GAA or formally the Connacht Provincial Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association is the governing body for Gaelic games that are played in the province of Connacht, Ireland. It performs a supervisory and appeal role for the five County Boards within the province. Anomalously, it also exercises its functions for an additional two County Boards that are not located in the province: London GAA and New York GAA. Teams from these administrative areas play in the Connacht Senior Football Championship.

Mayo GAA

The Mayo County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) or Mayo GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Mayo and the Mayo inter-county teams.

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Bracket

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
New York 1-7 
Mayo 1-18   Mayo 3-18 
Roscommon 2-13   Roscommon 0-7 
Leitrim 2-9    Mayo 2-12
      Galway 1-14
     Sligo 0-12
London 1-7   Galway 1-13  
Galway 1-18 

Quarter-finals

Quarter Final
New York 1-7 - 1-18 Mayo
P Smith 0-4, R Moran 0-2, F Cleary, R Caffrey, T McGovern, J McNicholas 0-1 each Report A O'Shea 1-3, A Moran 0-4, A Dillon, A Kilcoyne 0-3 each, P Harte 1-0, T Mortimer 0-2, T Parsons, P Gardiner, R McGarrity, B Moran 0-1 each
Gaelic Park, New York
Quarter Final
London 1-7 - 1-18 Galway
M Alcorn 1-0, K Downes 0-2, J Hughes, A Moyles, K McMenamin, P Duffy, M Hughes 0-1 each Report M Meehan 1-5, S Armstrong 0-5, G Bradshaw, P Joyce 0-2 each, N Joyce, F Breathnach, C Bane, D Dunleavy 0-1 each
Ruislip, London
Quarter Final
Leitrim 2-9 - 2-13 Roscommon
C Clarke, J McKeon 1-0 each, P McGuinness, James Glancy, R Cox 0-2 each, D Maxwell, T Beirne, S Foley 0-1 each Report D Shine 0-5, S Kilbride 1-1, K Mannion 1-0, G Cox 0-3, C Devaney, S McDermott, F Cregg, K Higgins 0-1
Páirc Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon

Semi-finals

Semi Final
Mayo 3-18 - 0-7 Roscommon
A Dillon 0-6, A Kilcoyne 1-3, P Harte 1-1, A O'Shea 1-0, T Mortimer, R Garrity, P Gardiner 0-2 each, A Moran, M Ronaldson 0-1 each Report C Devaney, G Cox 0-2 each, K Mannion, D Shine, B Higgins 0-1 each
McHale Park, Castlebar
Semi Final
Sligo 0-12 - 1-13 Galway
D Kelly 0-4, M Breheny, A Marren 0-2 each, R Donovan, J Davey, S Davey, S Coen 0-1 each, N Ewing SO Report S Armstrong 1-3, M Meehan 0-4, P Joyce 0-3, C Bane, J Bergin, G Bradshaw 0-1 each, G O'Donnell SO
Markievicz Park, Sligo

Final

Final
Mayo 2-12 - 1-14 Galway
C Mortimer 1-2, B Moran 1-0, D Heaney, A Dillon 0-2 each, P Gardiner, R McGarrity, P Harte, T Mortimer, A Kilcoyne, A O'Shea 0-1 each Report N Joyce 0-8, M Meehan 1-4, P Joyce, S Armstrong 0-1 each
Pearse Stadium, Galway

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References

  1. ↑ "Gardiner's final say enough for gutsy Mayo". The Irish Times . 20 July 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  2. ↑ Carroll, Liam (23 June 2009). "GAA review for 21/22 June". The Sport Review . Retrieved 23 June 2009.
  3. ↑ McStay, Kevin (27 July 2009). "Mayo need to improve quickly". Mayo News . Retrieved 27 July 2009. First, a look back at what was a Connacht final for the ages. The finale was fantastic but in the broad daylight of sober analysis, the end result failed to convince me either side were good enough, at this stage, to win the All-Ireland. [...] Mayo won the Connacht final because their manager and the players needed the buoyancy of a title win more than Galway did.
  4. ↑ Sweeney, Eamonn (9 August 2009). "Dublin living in the past". Irish Independent . Retrieved 9 August 2009. The Dublin-Kildare match was lauded as a game for the ages. And, as usual, the Connacht final between Galway and Mayo was treated as a vaguely disappointing local scrap with no repercussions beyond the borders of its province. There's still a notion that the Connacht championship is helplessly second-rate.
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