2019 Louth Senior Football Championship

2019 Louth Senior Football Championship

Tournament details
County	Louth
Year	2019
Trophy	Joe Ward Cup
Sponsor	Anchor Tours
Date	July – October 2019
Teams	12
Defending champions	Newtown Blues
Winners
Champions	Newtown Blues (23rd win)
Manager	Ronan Phillips
Captain	Emmet Carolan
Qualify for	Leinster Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Naomh Máirtín
Manager	Jim Farrell
Captain	Mick Fanning
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)	Seán O'Mahony's
←  2018 2020  →

The 2019 Louth Senior Football Championship is the 126th edition of the Louth GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Louth, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Louth in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Newtown Blues were the defending champions for the second time in a row after they defeated the Naomh Máirtín in the previous years final. They successfully defended their crown to claim a "3-in-a-row" of S.F.C. titles and their 23rd overall when defeating the same opposition by 2-9 to 1-9 at Drogheda Park on 20 October 2019.

This was St. Mochta's return to the senior grade after at 37 year absence (they were relegated from the S.F.C. to the I.F.C. back in 1982) when claiming the 2018 Louth Intermediate Football Championship title with a final victory over St. Fechin's.

Seán O'Mahony's were relegated to the I.F.C. for 2020 after a 5 year spell in the top-flight when losing to the O'Connells in the relegation final. Since winning 2014 I.F.C. the Point Road club reached two senior finals in 2015 and 2016, winning the latter against St. Mary's Ardee.

Team Changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 2018 championship season.

To S.F.C. Promoted from 2018 Louth Intermediate Football Championship St. Mochta's - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C. Relegated to 2019 Louth Intermediate Football Championship Kilkerley Emmets

Group stage

There are 4 groups called Group A, B, C and D. The top two finishers in each group will qualify for the quarter-finals. The bottom finishers of each group will qualify for the Relegation Play-off.

Group A

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Newtown Blues 2 2 0 0 35 19 +16 4 St. Mochta's 2 1 1 0 28 28 +0 2 Dundalk Gaels 2 0 2 0 17 33 -16 0

Round 1 St. Mochta's 1-13, 0-10 Dundalk Gaels, Dowdallshill, 14/7/2019, Round 2 Newtown Blues 1-15, 0-12 St. Mochta's, Castlebellingham, 21/7/2019, Round 3 Newtown Blues 0-17, 0-7 Dundalk Gaels, Dunleer, 28/7/2019,

Group B

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Ardee St. Mary's 2 2 0 0 39 33 +6 4 O'Raghallaighs 2 1 1 0 42 30 +12 2 O'Connells 2 0 2 0 24 42 -18 0

Round 1 St. Mary's Ardee 2-14, 3-10 O'Raghallaighs, Dunleer, 14/7/2019, Round 2 St. Mary's Ardee 1-16, 0-14 O'Connells, Dunleer, 21/7/2019, Round 3 O'Raghallaighs 3-14, 0-10 O'Connells, Dunleer, 28/7/2019,

Group C

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Dreadnots 2 1 0 1 30 26 +4 3 St. Patrick's Lordship 2 1 1 0 27 27 +0 2 Seán O'Mahonys 2 0 1 1 21 25 -4 1

Round 1 Dreadnots 1-15, 0-14 St. Patrick's Lordship, Castlebellingham, 14/7/2019, Round 2 Dreadnots 0-12, 0-12 Seán O'Mahonys, Dowdallshill, 20/7/2019, Round 3 St. Patrick's Lordship 0-13, 0-9 Seán O'Mahonys, Dunleer, 27/7/2019,

Group D

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Naomh Máirtín 2 2 0 0 30 23 +7 4 Geraldines 2 1 1 0 26 25 +1 2 St. Joseph's Dromisken 2 0 2 0 25 32 -8 0

Round 1 Naomh Mairtin 2-12, 1-9 St. Joseph's, Dunleer, 14/7/2019, Round 2 Naomh Mairtin 0-12, 1-8 Geraldines, Dunleer, 21/7/2019, Round 3 Geraldines 1-12, 0-13 St. Joseph's, Ecco Road, 28/7/2019,

Knock-out stages

Relegation play-off

The four bottom finishers from each group qualify for the relegation play off. The team to lose both matches will be relegated to the 2019 Intermediate Championship. ^[3]

16 August 2019 Relegation Semi-Final	St. Joseph's Dromisken	0-13 - 1-8	O'Connells	Haggardstown

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16 August 2019 Relegation Semi-Final	Dundalk Gaels	0-12 - 0-9	Seán O'Mahonys	Haggardstown

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24 August 2019 Relegation Final	O'Connells	0-11 - 0-10	Seán O'Mahonys	Haggardstown

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Finals

The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the quarter finals.

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
	Naomh Máirtín		4-13
	St. Mochta's		1-15			Naomh Máirtín		2-10
	Geraldines		0-12			Geraldines		0-10
	St. Mary's Ardee		0-9								Naomh Máirtín		1-09
	Dreadnots		1-21								Newtown Blues		2-09
	O'Raghallaighs		3-9			Dreadnots		0-11
	Newtown Blues		3-14			Newtown Blues		1-09
	St. Patrick's Lordship		1-6

Quarter-finals

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17 August 2019 17:30	Naomh Máirtín	4-13 - 1-15	St. Mochta's	Dunleer Referee: Brian Brady
	Sam Mulroy 2-3 (0-2f), JP Rooney 0-5, Stephen Campbell 1-1, Bryan McQuillan 1-0, Wayne Campbell 0-2, Conor Morgan 0-1, John Clutterbuck 0-1		Declan Byrne 0-6 (0-5f), Ciarán McMahon 0-5 (0-5f), Eamon O’Neill 1-1, Ciarán Byrne 0-2, Philip Englishby 0-1

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17 August 2019 19:00	Geraldines	0-12 - 0-9	St. Mary's Ardee	Dunleer Referee: Paul Kneel
	Jim McEneaney 0-8 (0-6f), Dara Hamill 0-3, Ryan Trainor 0-1, Matthew Corcoran 0-1		Darren Clarke 0-3 (0-3f), Kian Moran 0-2, Ronan Carroll 0-2 (0-1f), Niall Eccles 0-1, Ciarán Keenan 0-1, Mark Fay 0-1

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25 August 2019 17:00	Dreadnots	1-21 - 3-9	O'Raghallaighs	Castlebellingham Referee: Stephen Murphy
	James Califf 0-7 (0-5f), Nathan Sutherland 1-3, Jay Hughes 0-4 (0-4f), Pat Lynch 0-2, Liam Shevlin 0-2, Peter Kirwan 0-2, Conor Faulkner 0-1		Ben Rogan 2-1 (1-0p), Chris Smith 1-0, Barry Flanagan 0-3 (0-3f), Eoin Moore 0-2, Ruairi Moore 0-2, Daniel Morgan 0-1

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25 August 2019 18:30	Newtown Blues	3-14 - 1-6	St. Patrick's Lordship	Castlebellingham Referee: Jonathan Conlon
	Ciarán Downey 1-4 (0-3f), Ross Nally 1-2, Emmet Carolan 1-0 (1-0p), Jamie Kelly 0-2, Colm Judge 0-2 (0-2f), Dáire Nally 0-1, Hugh McGinn 0-1, Conor Moore 0-1, John Kermode 0-1		Aidan McCann 1-0, Tadhg O’Connor 0-2, Cathal Grogan 0-2 (0-2f), Evan White 0-1, Paddy Keenan 0-1 (0-1f)

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Semi-finals

21 September 2019 20:30	Naomh Máirtín	2-10 - 0-10	Geraldines	Stabannon Referee: Thomas Brennan
	Sam Mulroy 2-4 (0-2f), Stephen Campbell 0-2, J.P. Rooney 0-2, Bryan McQuillan 0-1, Conor Whelan 0-1		Jim McEneaney 0-6 (0-4f),Seán McEneaney 0-1, Tiarnan Hand 0-1, James Craven 0-1, Matthew Corcoran 0-1

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22 September 2019	Newtown Blues	1-9 - 0-11	Dreadnots	The Grove Castlebellingham Referee: David J McArdle
	Ciarán Downey 0-3, H McGinn 1-0, Andy McDonnell 0-1, Alan Connor 0-1, Colm Judge 0-1, Robert Carr 0-1, Ross Nally 0-1, C Branigan 0-1		Páraic Smith 0-4, James Califf 0-3, Pat Lynch 0-2, A Lynch 0-1, David O’Brien 0-1

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Final

Originally scheduled for 13 October, the Louth S.F.C. final at Drogheda Park was postponed. It's understood the pitch was playable, but in the interest of spectator safety, with the grass bank soaked, the decision to call off the matches was taken. The final was re-fixed for the following Sunday.

20 October 2019	Newtown Blues	2-9 - 1-9	Naomh Máirtín	Drogheda Park, Louth
		Report

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Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

Main article: 2019–20 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

References

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4. "Dreadnots -vs- O'Raghallaighs". Hoganstand.com. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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