2018 FBD Insurance League

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2018 FBD Insurance League
Tournament details
ProvinceConnacht
Year2018
Sponsor FBD
Winners
Champions Roscommon (4th win)
Manager Kevin McStay
CaptainCiaráin Murtagh and Conor Devaney
Runners-up
Runners-up Galway
Manager Kevin Walsh
Captain Damien Comer
Other
Matches played10
  2017
2019  

The 2018 FBD Insurance League was an inter-county and Gaelic football competition in the province of Connacht. All five Connacht county teams participated. No third-level college teams competed. [1] [2]

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Galway and Roscommon were scheduled to play their fifth round tie on 21 January 2018. After the fourth round games, both Galway and Roscommon had qualified for the final meaning that the result of their fifth round tie was irrelevant. Both teams requested that the either the match be cancelled or played as the final. The Connacht Council initially insisted that both the fifth round tie and the final be played in order to "respect the integrity of the Connacht FBD Football League". However, the game was cancelled on 21 January due to poor weather and the Connacht Council eventually agreed not to play the "dead rubber." [3]

Roscommon were the winners. [4]

Format

Each team plays the other teams once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top two teams play in the final.

Group stage

TeamPldWDLPtsDiff
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 33006+29
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 33006+12
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 41123–2
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 41032–7
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 40131–32

Final

Roscommon 2-16 – 3-12 Galway
Cathal Cregg 1-4, Ciaráin Murtagh 0-4 (2fs), Enda Smith 1-1, Donie Smith 0-3 (1f), Diarmuid Murtagh 0-2 (1f), Ross Timothy and Niall Daly 0-1 each Report Frankie Burke 2-0, Barry McHugh 0-4 (2fs), Dessie Conneely 1-0, Sean Armstrong 0-2, Padraic Cunningham, Adrian Varley, Robert Finnerty (f), Eoin Finnerty, Tomás Flynn and Johnny Heaney 0-1 each
Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
Referee: Eamonn O’Grady (Leitrim)

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References

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