2017 Longford Senior Football Championship

Longford S.F.C.

Season	2017
Champions	Mullinalaghta (4th title)
Relegated	Fr. Manning Gaels St. Brigid's Killashee
Winning Captain	Shane Mulligan
Man of the Match	Rian Brady
Winning Manager	Mickey Graham
Matches played	31
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The 2017 Longford Senior Football Championship was the 101st running of the Longford GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Longford, Ireland since the first County Championship was held in 1890 (100 completed since 1890, 1 started but not completed in 1891). The 2017 tournament consisted of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Longford in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Mullinalaghta St. Columba's were the defending champions after they defeated Abbeylara in the previous year's final. In the final, they repeated their victory over the same opponents, retaining their title for the first time ever.

This year St. Brigid's Killashee returned to the senior grade after a 3-season absence since relegation in 2013 after claiming the 2016 Longford Intermediate Football Championship title, However they made the straight drop back down to the middle grade after finishing bottom of their group this year. Fr. Manning Gaels also joined them in the middle tier for the first time in 42 years, after losing their Relegation Play-off final.

Team changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.

To S.F.C. Promoted from 2016 Longford Intermediate Football Championship St Brigid's Killashee – (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C. Relegated to 2017 Longford Intermediate Football Championship Rathcline

Group stage

All 12 teams entered the competition at this stage. Groups A and B each consisted of 4 seeded teams (the previous year's quarter-finalists) with 3 teams from each group progressing to the quarter-finals. Group C consisted of the 5 unseeded teams (seeding based on the previous year's performance). 2 teams from Group C proceeded to the quarter-finals while the bottom finisher was relegated to the 2018 I.F.C. 3rd and 4th in Group C played off in a Relegation final to decide the second team to be relegated.

Group A

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Mullinalaghta St Columba's 3 3 0 0 58 40 +18 6 Killoe Young Emmets 3 1 1 1 55 56 -1 3 Dromard 3 1 2 0 49 53 -4 2 Longford Slashers 3 0 2 1 45 58 -13 1

Round 1: Mullinalaghta St Columba's 2-19, 2-8 Longford Slashers, 22/7/2017, Killoe Young Emmets 2-19, 2-14 Dromard, 23/7/2017, Round 2: Mullinalaghta St Columba's 1-11, 1-10 Dromard, 29/7/2017, Killoe Young Emmets 1-14, 2-11 Longford Slashers, 30/7/2017, Round 3: Mullinalaghta St Columba's 3-10, 0-13 Killoe Young Emmets, 11/8/2017 Dromard 1-13, 2-8 Longford Slashers, 12/8/2017

Group B

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Abbeylara 3 2 1 0 44 31 +13 4 Clonguish 3 2 1 0 50 46 +4 4 Mostrim 3 2 1 0 48 50 -2 4 Carrickedmond 3 0 3 0 35 50 -15 0

Round 1: Mostrim 3-11, 1-13 Clonguish, 21/7/2017, Abbeylara 1-10, 0-6 Carrickedmond, 22/7/2017, Round 2: Abbeylara 1-14, 0-10 Mostrim, 29/7/2017, Clonguish 2-13, 2-6 Carrickedmond, 30/7/2017, Round 3: Clonguish 1-12, 0-14 Abbeylara 13/8/2017 Mostrim 2-12, 1-14 Carrickedmond, 13/8/2017

Group C

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Colmcille 4 4 0 0 71 55 +16 8 Ballymahon 4 2 1 1 61 48 +13 5 Fr. Manning Gaels 4 2 1 1 58 50 +8 5 St Mary's Granard 4 1 3 0 49 65 -16 2 St Brigid's Killashee 4 0 4 0 51 72 -21 0

Round 1: St Mary's Granard 2-10, 0-10 St Brigid's Kilashee, 15/7/2017, Fr. Manning Gaels 1-8, 1-8 Ballymahon, 15/7/2017, Colmcille – Bye, Round 2: Colmcille 0-12, 0-9 Fr. Manning Gaels, 23/7/2017, Ballymahon 4-9, 1-6 St Mary's Granard, 23/7/2017, St Brigid's Killashee – Bye, Round 3: Ballymahon 0-12, 1-6 St Brigid's Killashee 28/7/2017, Colmcille 1-14, 2-9 St Mary's Granard, 30/7/2017, Fr. Manning Gaels – Bye, Round 4: Colmcille 3-14, 2-8 St. Brigid's Killashee, 5/8/2017, Fr. Manning Gaels 1-14, 0-9 St. Mary's Granard, 5/8/2017, Ballymahon – Bye, Round 5: Fr. Manning Gaels 1-18, 2-12 St Brigid's Killashee, 12/8/2017 Colmcille 2-13, 2-11 Ballymahon, 12/8/2017 St Mary's Granard – Bye,

Knockout stage

The top 8 teams from the league stages qualify for the quarter-finals. The winners of Groups A and B are kept on opposite sides of the draw.

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
	Mullinalaghta St Columba's		1-12 (2-8)
	Killoe Young Emmets		0-8 (0-14)			Mullinalaghta St Columba's		0-15 (1-11)
	Dromard		0-15			Clonguish		0-8 (0-14)
	Clonguish		1-14								Mullinalaghta St Columba's		0-13
	Ballymahon		0-12								Abbeylara		1-7
	Mostrim		1-16			Mostrim		2-12
	Colmcille		0-14			Abbeylara		3-13
	Abbeylara		0-15

Quarter-finals

26 August 2017 18:45 Quarter-Final	Mullinalaghta	2-8 – 0-14	Killoe Young Emmets	Pearse Park Referee: Patrick Maguire (St Mary’s Granard)
	David McGivney 0-5f, John Keegan and James McGivney 1-0, Rian Brady 0-2, Aidan McElligott 0-1	Report	Sean McCormack 0-4 (0-2f), Larry Moran 0-3, Daniel Mimnagh (1 '45), Denis McGoldrick (0-1f), Mark Hughes 0-2 each, Mickey Quinn 0-1

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27 August 2017 18:30 Quarter-Final	Clonguish	1-14 – 0-15	Dromard	Pearse Park Referee: Michael Farrell (Ballymahon)
	Joe O'Brien 0-7 (0-6f), Paul Barden 1-2, Paddy Dowd 0-2f, David Barden, Chris Gordon, Ciaran Williams 0-1 each	Report	Francie McGee 0-7 (0-5f), Jamsie Martin 0-4 (0-3f), John Sheridan 0-2, Ronan McEntire and Cian Mimnagh 0-1 each

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2 September 2017 18:30 Quarter-Final	Ballymahon	0-12 – 1-16	Mostrim	Pearse Park Referee: Gerard Carberry (Killoe Emmet Og)
	Colm Flynn 0-5 (0-4f), Joe Kelly 0-3 (2 '45, 0-1f), Thomas Mulvihill and Kyle Fitzmaurice 0-2 each	Report	David Morgan 1-6, Cillian Lynn 0-4 (0-2f), Brian Farrell 0-3, Darragh Doherty 0-2 (0-1f), Gerard Smith 0-1

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3 September 2017 18:30 Quarter-Final	Colmcille	0-14 – 0-15	Abbeylara	Pearse Park Referee: Donal Kane (Young Grattans)
	Rory Hawkins 0-6 (0-3f), Barry McKeon 0-4 (0-2f), Cathal Reilly 0-2, Gerry Mulligan (1 '45) and Declan Reilly 0-1 each	Report	Robbie Smyth 0-13 (0-9f), Jason Kelly and Padraig Berry 0-1 each

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3 September 2017 16:45 Quarter-Final Replay	Mullinalaghta	1-12 – 0-8	Killoe Young Emmets	Pearse Park Referee: Aiden Dowler (Moydow Harpers)
	Jayson Matthews 0-6 (0-4f), Rian Brady 1-1, James McGivney 0-3, Dónal McElligott and David McGivney (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report	Mark Hughes 0-3 (0-1f), Padraig McCormack, Paddy Kiernan, Daniel Mimnagh, Séamus McCormack, Ciaran Donohoe 0-1 each

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Semi-finals

16 September 2017 18:00 Semi-Final	Mullinalaghta	1-11 – 0-14	Clonguish	Pearse Park Referee: Patrick Maguire (St Mary’s Granard)
	David McGivney 0-5f, Conor McElligott 1-0, Jayson Matthews 0-2 (0-1f), Dónal McElligott, James McGivney, Rian Brady, Michael Cunningham 0-1 each	Report	Joe O'Brien 0-7 (0-4f), Paddy Dowd 0-3, Ciaran Williams 0-2, Paul Barden and Stephen Nortion 0-1 each

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23 September 2017 17:45 Semi-Final	Abbeylara	3-13 – 2-12	Mostrim	Pearse Park Referee: Fergal Kelly (Ballymahon)
	Conor Berry 2-1, Robbie Smyth 0-6 (0-3f), Jason Kelly 0-4 (0-3f), Fergal Battrim 1-0, Brian Smyth and Bernard Crawford (1 '45) 0-1 each	Report	Brian Farrell (0-2f) and David Morgan 1-3 each, Cillian Lynn (0-2f) and Darragh Doherty (0-1f) 0-3 each

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23 September 2017 15:45 Semi-Final Replay	Mullinalaghta	0-15 – 0-8	Clonguish	Pearse Park Referee: Ger Egan (St Mary’s Granard)
	Jayson Matthews 0-6 (0-2f), David McGivney 0-2, Dónal McElligott, Shane Mulligan, Conan Brady, John Keegan, Rian Brady, James McGivney, Conor McElligott 0-1 each	Report	Joe O'Brien 0-5 (0-4f), David Barden 0-2, Colin Farrell 0-1

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Final

8 October 2017 4:00 pm Final	Mullinalaghta	0-13 – 1-7	Abbeylara	Pearse Park, Longford Attendance: 4,215 Referee: Aidan Dowler (Moydow Harpers) Man of the Match: Rian Brady
	Rian Brady 0-4, David McGivney (0-2f), James McGivney, Conor McElligott 0-2 each, Conan Brady, Donal McElligott, Jayson Matthews (0-1f)	Report	Robbie Smyth 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-4f), James McEntire, Barry Smyth, Jason Kelly (0-1f) 0-1 each

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Relegation Playoff

Relegation Final

25 August 2017	St Mary's Granard	2-18 – 1-10	Fr. Manning Gaels	McGann Park, Kenagh Referee: Aiden Dowler

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Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

Main article: 2017–18 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

References

1. "Longford Leader Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.