2011 Connacht Senior Football Championship

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The 2011 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 Roscommon in the final. This was Mayo's 42nd Connacht senior title. [1] They played the same team in the final as the semi-final victory over Galway. [2] That semi-final was hailed as the "Connacht Classico." [3] The winning Mayo team received the J. J. Nestor Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2011 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-finalsConnacht final
New York 1-11 
Roscommon 3-21   Roscommon 2-12 
Sligo 0-10   Leitrim 0-6 
Leitrim 1-10    Roscommon 0-11
      Mayo 0-13
     Galway 1-6
London 2-10   Mayo 1-12  
Mayo 0-19 

Quarter-finals

Quarter Final
Leitrim 1-10 - 0-10 Sligo
C Beirne 1-3 (0-1f), E Mulligan 0-2f, W McKeon, T Beirne, P Brennan, A Croal, J Glancy 0-1 each. Report A Marren 0-4 (2f), M Breheny 0-2 (1f), T Taylor, F Quinn, S Coen, D Maye (f) 0-1 each.
Markievicz Park, Sligo
Attendance: 7.354
Referee: J Curley (Meath)
Quarter Final
New York 1-11 - 3-21 Roscommon
D Doona 0-4f, K O'Connor 1-1, J Kelly (1f, 1 '45'), CJ Molloy (1f) 0-2 each, S Harold, F Cleary 0-1 each. Report D Shine 0-5 (1f, 1 '45'), S Kilbride 1-4 (1f), K Higgins, C Cregg 1-1 each, C Devanney 0-3, I Kilbride, M Finneran, E Kenny, D Ward, P Domican, K Mannion, S O'Neill 0-1 each
Gaelic Park, New York
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: P McEnaney (Monaghan)
Quarter Final
London 2-10 - 0-19
A.E.T. 		Mayo
P Geraghty 1-1, C O'Sullivan 1-0, E O'Neill (2f), B Comer, K Phair (1f) 0-2 each, M Gottsche, J Collins, S McVeigh 0-1 each Report A Moran 0-7 (2f), A Dillon 0-4, K McLoughlin 0-2, J Doherty, T Mortimer, J Kilcullen, C O'Connor, A Freeman, R Hennelly ('45) 0-1 each
Ruislip
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: M Collins (Cork)

Semi-finals

Semi Final
Leitrim 0-6 - 2-12 Roscommon
E Mulligan, C Beirne (2f) 0-2 each, A Croal, R Gallagher 0-1 each. Report S Kilbride 0-5 (2f), D Shine, C Devaney 1-1 each, K Higgins 0-2, K Mannion, C Cregg, S O'Grady 0-1 each
Páirc Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon
Attendance: 13,577
Referee: P McEnaney (Monaghan)
Semi Final
Mayo 1-12 - 1-6 Galway
A Freeman 1-2, R Hennelly 0-2 (2f), T Mortimer, K McLoughlin, A Dillon (0-1f), A Moran, C O'Connor, J Doherty, E Varley, R McGarrity 0-1 each Report C Bane 0-4 (3f), P Conroy 1-0, P Joyce, E Concannon 0-1 each
McHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 19,375
Referee: R Hickey (Clare)

Final

Final
Roscommon 0-11 - 0-13 Mayo
D Shine (0-4fs, 0-1 '45) 0-8, D Ward, S Kilbride, C Cregg 0-1 each Report C O'Connor (0-8f) 0-8, P Gardiner, K McLoughlin, A Moran, A Dillon, E Varley 0-1 each
Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
Attendance: 25,609
Referee: M Collins (Cork)

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References

  1. ↑ Finnerty, Mike (20 July 2011). "New Mayo weather final storm". Mayo News . Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Mayo boss sticks with tried and trusted". BreakingNews.ie. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "JOE's Championship preview: Part 1 - Sunday's provincial semis". JOE.ie. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011. The lads at Newstalk, who have the radio rights to this one on Sunday, have been bigging it up as the Connacht Clasico. The rivalry is age-old and despite the fact that both have slipped a few notches in recent years - Galway were dismal during the League and Mayo were also hovering around the nether regions of Division 1 in the spring – the temperatures will definitely rise at McHale Park. Defending champions Roscommon await in the final.
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