2017 Monaghan Senior Football Championship

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Tournament details
County Monaghan
Year2017
TrophyMick Duffy Cup
SponsorGreenfield Foods
Date23 July - 15 October
Teams10
Defending champions Colours of Cavan.svg Scotstown
Winners
Champions Colours of Cavan.svg Scotstown (17th win)
ManagerKieran Donnelly
CaptainDonal Morgan
Qualify for Ulster Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up Colours of Sligo.svg Magheracloone
ManagerKeith Gilsenan
CaptainJames Ward
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s) Colours of Louth.svg Donaghmoyne (9th in League)
Colours of Down.svg Killanny (10th in League)
Other
Matches played18
Total scored34-452
Player of the YearKieran Hughes (Scotstown)
Website Monaghan GAA
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The 2017 Monaghan Senior Football Championship was the 111th edition of Monaghan GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Monaghan, Ireland. Ten teams competed, with the winner representing Monaghan in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship began with a back door system for the first two rounds before becoming knock-out.

Contents

Scotstown were the defending champions after they defeated Clontibret O'Neills in the 2016 final to claim a "2-in-a-row" of S.F.C. titles, and they successfully defended their crown when defeating Magheracloone Mitchel's in this season's final. [1]

Donaghmoyne returned to the senior grade after a 1-year absence since being relegated in 2015. [2] Killanny Geraldine's returned to the top flight after a 31-season exodus since relegation in 1985 when claiming the Intermediate Football League in 2016. [3]

Kilanny Geraldines and Donaghmoyne Fontenoys were relegated to the I.F.C. for 2018 after finishing 10th and 9th in the S.F.L. respectively. They will be replaced by I.F.C. and I.F.L. champions Carrickmacross Emmets as well as I.F.L. runners-up Inniskeen Grattans.

Team Changes

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

Participating teams

Club2016 C'ship PositionPre-C'ship OddsLast Success
Colours of Galway.svg Ballybay Pearse Brothers Semifinalist7/22012
Colours of Meath.svg Castleblayney Faughs Round 133/12003
Colours of Antrim.svg Clontibret O'Neills Runner-Up7/22014
Colours of Louth.svg Donaghmoyne FontenoysPromoted50/11947
Colours of Down.svg Killanny Geraldines Promoted66/1
Colours of Monaghan.svg Latton O'RahillysRound 316/12011
Colours of Sligo.svg Magheraclooone Mitchells Semifinalist20/12004
Colours of London.svg Monaghan HarpsRound 211/11923
Colours of Cavan.svg Scotstown Winners8/11 2016
Colours of Down.svg Truagh GaelsRound 316/1

Preliminary round

Four of the ten senior clubs in a play each other in a random draw. The two winners proceed to Round 1A while the two losers proceed to Round 1B.

23 July 2017 (2017-07-23) Truagh 3-09 - 0-14 Donaghmoyne Clontibret
17:30D Finnegan (1-2), C McRory (1-1), N McQuillan (1-0), C McAnenly (0-3, 0-1f), P Treanor, C McKenna (f), P McKenna (f) (0-1 each) Report D Garland (0-9, 0-8f), S Finnegan, A Courtney (0-2 each), S McElroy (0-1)Stadium: O'Neill Park
Referee: Xavier Coyle (Tyholland)
13 August 2017 (2017-08-13) Magheracloone 0-15 - 1-10 Monaghan Harps Castleblayney
17:15Stadium: St. Mary's Park
Referee: Brian Finnegan (Donaghmoyne)

Round 1

Round 1A

The six remaining teams are drawn in this round, along with the two Preliminary round winners (who play each other). The four winners proceed to Round 2A while the four losers must play in Round 1B.

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) Ballybay Pearse Brothers 0-18 - 2-10 Castleblayney Clontibret
19:00C McGuinness (0-7, 0-4f), P Finlay (0-5, 0-3f), D Ward (0-2), E McKearney, P O'Neill, C Galligan, T Kerr (0-1 each) Report D Malone (1-4, 0-1f), C Hanratty (1-2), M Treanor (0-2), M Kelly, D McMahon (0-1 each)Stadium: O'Neill Park
Referee: Martin McNally (Corduff)
13 August 2017 (2017-08-13) Scotstown 4-16 - 2-11 Killanny Clontibret
13:30Conor McCarthy 2-1, Shane Carey 1-2 (0-1f), James Turley 0-3, Michael McCarville 1-0, Ross McKenna 0-2, Rory Beggan (1 '45), Sean Mohan, Paul Sherlock, Emmet Caulfield, Kieran Hughes, Orin Heaphey, David McCague, Francis Maguire 0-1 each Report Daryl Treanor and Gavin Flanagan (0-1f) 1-2 each, Ronan Duffy, MJ Callan, Tiernan Duffy, Stephen McMahon, Peter Dooley, Conor Russell, Gavin Traynor 0-1Stadium: O'Neill Park
Referee: Stephen Hagan (Sean McDermott's)
13 August 2017 (2017-08-13) Latton 1-13 - 0-12 Clontibret Castleblayney
19:00Stadium: St. Mary's Park
Referee: Niall McKenna (Emyvale)
20 August 2017 (2017-08-20) Magheracloone 0-13 - 0-05 Truagh Castleblayney
17:30Stadium: St. Mary's Park
Referee: David Hurson (Drumhowan)

Round 1B

The losers of the preliminary round (two teams). The losers of Round 1A, but not that fixture which contains the preliminary round winners (three teams). A draw will be made to determine the two pairings, with the fifth team obtaining a bye into Round 2B.

The following teams are eligible to take part in Round 1B -

Monaghan Harps received a bye into Round 2B.

20 August 2017 (2017-08-20) Castleblayney 1-13 - 0-10 Killanny Aughnamullen
13:15Stadium: Sarsfield Park
Referee: Brendan McNally (Cremartin)
20 August 2017 (2017-08-20) Clontibret O'Neills 2-14 - 0-09 Donaghmoyne Castleblayney
19:15Stadium: St. Mary's Park
Referee: Martin McGinn (Aughnamullen)

Round 2

Round 2A

The 4 winners from Round 1A play each other. The 2 winners proceed to the semi-finals while the losers must play in Round 3B.

2 September 2017 (2017-09-02) Magheracloone 0-15 - 0-14 Ballybay Pearse Brothers Clontibret
15:30Tomás Freeman 0-10 (0-6f), Barry Kiernan 0-3, Gavin Doogan and James Lambe 0-1 each Report Paul Finlay 0-6 (0-5f), Christopher McGuinness 0-4, Ryan Wylie, Eoin McKearney, Dessie Ward, Shane McGuinness 0-1 eachStadium: O'Neill Park
Referee: Donal Connolly (Scotstown)
2 September 2017 (2017-09-02) Scotstown 1-18 - 1-17 Latton Clontibret
17:15Shane Carey 0-5 (0-4f), Ross McKenna 1-1, Kieran Hughes 0-4, Conor McCarthy (0-1f) and Francis Maguire 0-2 each, William Carroll, Damian McArdle, Emmet Caulfield, Darren Hughes 0-1 eachHugh McElroy 1-8 (1-0 pen, 0-5f), Bernard O'Brien 0-3, Owen Coyle 0-2 (0-1f), Stephen Fitzpatrick, Kieran Duffy, Aidan Farmer, Owen Duffy 0-1 eachStadium: O'Neill Park
Referee: Jason McAndrew (Ballybay)

Round 2B

The 2 winners from Round 1B play and the 2 teams who received byes through Round 1B play in this round. The 2 winners proceed to Round 3B while the losers exit the championship.

1 September 2017 (2017-09-01) Truagh 2-11 - 1-13 Clontibret O'Neills Emyvale
20:00Christopher McAnenly 1-2, Ryan Mohan 1-0, Padraig McKenna 0-3 (0-2f), Christopher McKenna 0-2f, Niall Coyle, Niall Feely, James McKenna, Aaron Mohan 0-1 each Report Conor McManus 0-5f, MP O'Dowd 1-1, Ryan McGuigan 0-3 (0-1f), Dessie Mone 0-2, Conor Boyle and Rodney Gorman 0-1 eachStadium: St. Oliver Plunkett Park
Referee: Pat McEnaney (Corduff)
2 September 2017 (2017-09-02) Castleblayney 1-10 - 0-10 Monaghan Harps Inniskeen
19:30Dermot Malone 0-6f, Patrick Tavey 1-0, John Beattie, David McMahon, Ciaran Hanrartty (0-1f), Darren Daly 0-1 eachFearghal McMahon 0-4f, Liam Hahessy 0-3 (0-2f), Conor Galligan, Kevin Loughran, Shane Smyth (0-1f) 0-1 eachStadium: Grattan Park
Referee: Anthony Marron (Corduff)

Round 3B

The 2 winners from Round 2B play against the 2 losers from Round 2A. The 2 winners proceed to the semi-finals while the losers exit the championship.

10 September 2017 (2017-09-10) Latton 0-09 - 0-08 Castleblayney Scotstown
15:30Stadium: St. Mary's Park
Referee: Ciaran Mulligan (Aghabog)
10 September 2017 (2017-09-10) Ballybay Pearse Brothers 1-14 - 0-12 Truagh Scotstown
17:15Stadium: St. Mary's Park
Referee: Anthony Marron (Corduff)

Semifinals

The 2 winners from Round 2A play against the 2 winners from Round 3B.

24 September 2017 (2017-09-24) Magheracloone 4-12 - 1-18 Latton Clones
14:00 [4] Stadium: St. Tiernach's Park
Referee: Niall McKenna (Emyvale)
24 September 2017 (2017-09-24) Scotstown 2-08 - 0-14 Ballybay Pearse Brothers Clones
16:00Conor McCarthy 0-4 (0-2f), Francis Caulfield and Micheal McCarville 1-0 each, William Carroll, Sean Mohan, James Hamill, Darren Hughes 0-1 each [5] Paul Finlay 0-6 (0-5f), Shane McGuinness 0-3 (0-1f), Christopher McGuinness 0-2 (0-1f), Ryan Wylie, Ciaran Galligan, Dessie WardStadium: St. Tiernach's Park
Referee: Martin McNally (Corduff)
30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) Scotstown 2-12 - 0-15 Ballybay Pearse Brothers Clontibret
15:00 [6] Stadium: O'Neill Park
Referee: Pat McEnaney (Corduff)

Final

15 October 2017
3:30 pm		 Scotstown 2-17 - 0-13 Magheraclooone St. Tiernach's Park
Clones
Referee: Xavier Coyle (Tyholland)
Man of the Match: Conor McCarthy
Conor McCarthy 1-8 (0-4f), Darren Hughes 1-1, Rory Beggan 0-3 (2 '45, 0-1f), Damien McArdle, James Hamill, Shane Carey, Dermot McCrudden, Orin Heaphey 0-1 each [7] Tomas Freeman 0-5f, Michael Metzger 0-3 (0-2f), Gavin Doogan 0-2, James Ward, Jamie Kieran, Allan Kieran 0-1 each

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