2016 Galway county football team season

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Galway
2016 season
Manager Kevin Walsh
Stadium Pearse Stadium, Galway City
NFL Division 2 3rd
All-Ireland SFC Quarter-finalist
Connacht SFC Winner
FBD Insurance League Winner
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Danny Cummins (2–8)
  2015
2017  

The following is a summary of Galway county football team's 2016 season.

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Galway began their campaign by securing a 6th FBD Insurance League title, with a win over Roscommon. Galway ended Mayo's bid for a sixth consecutive Connacht SFC title with an unlikely three-point victory at McHale Park. In the 2016 All-Ireland SFC quarter-final Galway were defeated by Tipperary. [1]

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Competitions

  Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed/Cancelled

FBD League

Fixtures

DateRoundHomeScoreAwayGround
3 JanGroup Colours of Galway.svg Galway 2-9 v 0-12 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo Tuam
10 JanGroup Colours of Galway.svg Galway 1-8 v 1-5 Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim Tuam
17 JanGroup Colours of Galway.svg Galway 0-13 v 0-10 Colours of GMIT.svg GMIT Tuam

Table

TeamPldWDLPtsDiff
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 33006+14
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 32014+18
Colours of GMIT.svg GMIT 31022–23
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 30030–9

National Football League Division 2

Fixtures

DateRoundHomeScoreAwayGround
31 JanGroup Colours of Laois.svg Laois 1-10 - 3-12 Colours of Galway.svg Galway O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
7 FebGroup Colours of Galway.svg Galway 1-9 - 1-11 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone Pearse Stadium, Salthill
28 FebGroup Colours of Derry.svg Derry 2-12 - 1-18 Colours of Galway.svg Galway Páirc na gCeilteach, Derry
6 MarGroup Colours of Galway.svg Galway 0-15 - 1-12 Colours of Meath.svg Meath Pearse Stadium, Salthill
13 MarGroup Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 1-15 - 1-15 Colours of Galway.svg Galway Athletic Grounds, Armagh
27 MarGroup Colours of Galway.svg Galway 0-15 - 0-15 Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh St Jarlath's Park, Tuam
3 AprGroup Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 1-16 - 1-12 Colours of Galway.svg Galway Breffni Park, Cavan

Table

  Compete in Division 2 final and automatic promotion to Division 1
  Automatic relegation to Division 3

TeamPldWDLFADiffPts
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 75206-893-762212
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 75028-1023-813610
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 72327-967-9157
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 72232-856-75-26
Colours of Meath.svg Meath 72236-825-91-66
Colours of Derry.svg Derry 722313-869-106-86
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 72234-866-96-166
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 71154-9311-103-313

1Fermanagh, Meath, Derry and Armagh are ranked by scoring difference.

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Fixtures

DateRoundTeam 1ScoreTeam 2Ground
Sunday 5 June 2016Semi-final Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 0-12 - 1-12 Colours of Galway.svg Galway McHale Park
Sunday 10 July 2016Final Colours of Galway.svg Galway 0-13 - 1-10 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon Pearse Stadium, Salthill
Sunday 17 July 2016Final replay Colours of Galway.svg Galway 3-16 - 0-14 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon McHale Park

Bracket

Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Colors of New York.svg New York 0-17
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 1-15 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 1-21
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 0-11
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 4-16
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 2-13
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon
(R)
1-10
0-14
Colours of Galway.svg Galway
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0-13
3-16
Colours of London.svg London 0-9
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 2-16
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 0-12
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 1-12

2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Fixtures

DateRoundTeam 1ScoreTeam 2Ground
Sunday 31 July 2016AI SFC quarter-final Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 3-13 - 1-10 Colours of Galway.svg Galway Croke Park

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References

  1. O'Brien, Kevin. "As it happened: Galway v Tipperary, All-Ireland SFC quarter-final". The42.