2011 FBD Insurance League

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2011 FBD Insurance Leaguea
Tournament details
Sponsor FBD
Winners
Champions Mayo (6th win)
Manager James Horan
Captain Alan Dillon
Runners-up
Runners-up New York
  2010
2012  

The 2011 FBD Insurance League was an inter-county and colleges Gaelic football competition in the province of Connacht. As well as the five county teams, three colleges' teams competed: Institute of Technology, Sligo, NUI Galway and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT). Mayo won.

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Format

The teams are drawn into two groups of 4 teams. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The two group winners play in the final. The winners play a further game against New York. [1]

Results

Finals

Home Final
Mayo 1-14 – 0-11 NUI Galway
Report
Markievicz Park, Sligo
Referee: O. Kelly (Roscommon)
Final
Mayo 7-12 – 2-8 New York
Report Kelly (0-2), Hatzer (0-2), McGourty (0-2), Walsh (0-2), A. O’Connor (1-0), Fitzgerald (1-0)

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References

  1. Kelly, Niall. "Connacht Council express 'annoyance' at Mayo decision to withdraw from FBD final". The42.