2017 Offaly Senior Football Championship

Offaly S.F.C.

Season	2017
Champions	Rhode (28th Title)
Relegated	St Rynagh's
All Ireland SCFC	n/a
Winning Captain	Anton Sullivan and Niall McNamee
Man of the Match	Gárbhan Harraghy
Winning Manager	Pascal Kelleghan
Matches played	56
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The 2017 Offaly Senior Football Championship was the 120th edition of Offaly GAA's premier Gaelic football competition for senior graded clubs in County Offaly, Ireland. Eight teams compete, with the winner representing Offaly in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship.

The championship starts a league stage and progresses to a knockout stage.

Rhode were the defending champions after they defeated Ferbane in the previous years final.

This was Cappincur's return to the senior grade after claiming the 2016 Offaly Senior B Football Championship title.

St Rynagh's were relegated to the 2018 S.B.F.C. after 7 years in the top-flight.

Team changes

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

To S.F.C. Promoted from 2016 Offaly Senior B Football Championship Cappincur – (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C. Relegated to 2017 Offaly Senior B Football Championship Ballycumber

League Phase

The top two in the group went directly to the semi-final. The third through sixth place teams contested the quarter-finals. The two bottom finishers qualified for the Relegation Final.

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Rhode 7 7 0 0 116 83 +83 14 Ferbane 7 5 1 1 124 94 +30 11 Tullamore 7 3 2 2 101 97 +4 8 Clara 7 4 3 0 106 96 +10 8 Edenderry 7 3 3 1 109 93 +16 7 Gracefield 7 2 5 0 101 98 +3 3 Cappincur 7 1 6 0 83 126 -43 2 St Rynagh's 7 1 6 0 63 116 -53 2

Round 1 Tullamore 4-15, 2-6 Cappincur, 8/4/2017, Clara 2-9, 0-13 Edenderry, 8/4/2017, Rhode 0-17, 0-7 St Rynagh's, 9/4/2017, Ferbane 4-7, 1-14 Gracefield, 9/4/2017, Round 2 Rhode 0-13, 1-9 Cappincur, 22/4/2017, Clara 1-11, 0-11 Gracefield, 22/4/2017, Tullamore 2-6, 1-9 Ferbane, 23/4/2017, Edenderry 2-18, 0-9 St Rynagh's, 23/4/2017, Round 3 Edenderry 1-14, 2-10 Gracefield, 7/7/2017, Cappincur 1-10, 0-10 St Rynagh's, 7/7/2017, Rhode 1-15, 2-9 Ferbane, 8/7/2017, Tullamore 3-9, 0-16 Clara, 8/7/2017, Round 4 Tullamore 1-8, 1-8 Edenderry, 22/7/2017, St Rynagh's 1-11, 0-13 Gracefield, 22/7/2017, Ferbane 5-11, 0-13 Cappincur, 23/7/2017, Rhode 2-18, 0-15 Clara, 23/7/2017, Round 5 Gracefield 4-9, 0-8 Tullamore, 4/8/2017, Clara 4-6, 1-9 Cappincur, 6/8/2017, Ferbane 3-9, 0-11 St Rynagh's, 6/8/2017, Rhode 0-9, 0-6 Edenderry, 9/8/2017, Round 6 Tullamore 0-10, 0-7 St Rynagh's, 19/8/2017, Ferbane 0-13, 0-7 Clara, 20/8/2017, Rhode 1-14, 1-10 Gracefield, 20/8/2017, Edenderry 2-16, 2-6 Cappincur, 20/8/2017, Round 7 Ferbane 2-15, 1-13 Edenderry, 1/9/2017, Clara 2-15, 0-5 St Rynagh's, 1/9/2017, Rhode 2-12, 1-12 Tullamore, 1/9/2017, Gracefield 0-10, 0-9 Cappincur, 1/9/2017,

Knock-out Stage

Last Four

The top four finishers in the league qualified for the quarter-finals.

	Semi-Finals					Final					Final
	Gracefield		2-8
	Tullamore		0-8			Rhode		1-15
						Gracefield		1-7
											Rhode		0-12
	Clara		1-11								Clara		0-9
	Edenderry		0-9			Clara		1-13
						Ferbane		1-12

Quarter-finals

16 September 2017 16:15 Semi-Final	Clara	1-11 – 0-9	Edenderry	O'Connor Park, Offaly Referee: Alan McKnight

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16 September 2017 17:45 Semi-Final	Gracefield	2-8 – 0-8	Tullamore	O'Connor Park, Offaly Referee: Gerard Keyes

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Semi-finals

24 September 2017 2:30 pm Semi-Final	Clara	1-13 – 1-12	Ferbane	O'Connor Park Attendance: 2,419 Referee: Fergal Smyth (Kilclonfert)
	Thomas Deehan 0-5 (0-4f), John O'Hara and Graham Guilfoyle 0-3 each, Scott Brady 1-0, Matthew Mitchell and Pa Smith (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report	Ryan Heavin 0-4 (0-3f), Aidan Kennaghan 1-0, Joseph Maher and Colin Kenny 0-2 each, Oisin Kelly, David Cox, Leon Fox, Cian Johnson 0-1 each

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24 September 2017 4:00 pm Semi-Final	Rhode	1-15 – 1-7	Gracefield	O'Connor Park Attendance: 2,419 Referee: Fintan Pierce (Raheen)
	Niall McNamee 0-7 (0-4f, 1 '45), Anton Sullivan 1-2, James McPadden 0-2, Darren Garry, Niall Darby, Pauric Sullivan, Shane Lowry 0-1 each	Report	Stephen Flanagan 0-5 (0-4f), Stephen Slattery 1-0, Keith Mullally and Padraig Duffy 0-1 each

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Final

15 October 2017 3:30 pm Final	Rhode	0-12 – 0-9	Clara	O'Connor Park Attendance: 5,272 Referee: Ger Keyes (Shamrocks) Man of the Match: Niall McNamee
	Niall McNamee 0-8 (0-5f, 1 '45), Ruairi McNamee 0-2, Paul McPadden and Stephen Hannon 0-1 each	Report	Thomas Deehan 0-3 (0-2f), John O'Hara and Pa Smith 0-2 each, Robert Mitchell and Graham Guilfoyle 0-1 each

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Relegation play-off

The two bottom-placed teams from each group play off in the relegation final with the loser relegated to the 2018 Senior B Championship.

• Cappincur 0-16, 2-7 St Rynagh's, Pullough, 15/9/2017,

References

1. "Offaly Express Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.