2019 Mayo Senior Football Championship

2019 Mayo Senior Football Championship

Tournament details
County	Mayo
Year	2019
Trophy	Paddy Moclair Cup
Sponsor	Connacht Gold
Teams	16
Defending champions	Ballintubber
Winners
Champions	Ballintubber (5th win)
Manager	Kevin Johnson
Captain	Damien Coleman
Qualify for	Connacht Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Ballaghaderreen
Captain	Seamus Cunniffe
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)	Hollymount-Carramore
←  2018 2020  →

The 2019 Mayo Senior Football Championship was the 118th edition of the Mayo GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Mayo, Ireland. Sixteen teams competed with the winners going on to represent Mayo in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship. The championship started with a group stage and progressed to a knock out stage. The winners received the Paddy Moclair Cup.

Belmullet returned to the top-flight for the first time in over 40 years (they last claimed the I.F.C. title in 1974), having claimed the 2018 Mayo Intermediate Football Championship title with a final victory over Burrishoole.

Ballintubber were the defending champions after they defeated Breaffy in the 2018 final. They successfully defended their title and claimed a "2-in-a-row" of Paddy Moclair Cups and their 5th overall when defeating Ballaghaderreen in the final at McHale Park.

Hollymount-Carramore were relegated to the 2020 I.F.C. after 4 seasons in the top-flight of Mayo football when losing their Relegation Final to Moy Davitts.

Team Changes

As 2018 Intermediate Champions, Belmullet were promoted to the Senior Championship for 2019. They took the place of Crossmolina Deel Rovers, who were relegated from the 2019 I.F.C. at the end of the 2018 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Clubs

The 2019 Championship was contested by 16 clubs: 4 of them from South Mayo, 4 from North Mayo, 4 from West Mayo, 4 from East Mayo.

Team	Team colours	Position in 2018
Aghamore
Ballaghaderreen
Ballina Stephenites
Ballintubber		Champions
Belmullet		I.F.C. Champions
Breaffy		Finalists
Castlebar Mitchels
Charlestown Sarsfields
Claremorris
Davitts
Garrymore
Hollymount-Carramore
Kiltane
Knockmore
Moy Davitts
Westport

Group stage

All 16 teams entered the competition at this stage. The top 2 teams in each group qualified for the quarter-finals while the bottom team of each group entered a Relegation Playoff. All teams played one home match, one away match and one match at a neutral venue. In the event of two teams finishing on the same points total, placings were decided by head-to-head record between the teams, then by scoring difference.

Group 1

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Breaffy 3 3 0 0 56 27 +29 6 Davitts 3 2 1 0 48 36 +12 4 Kiltane 3 1 2 0 33 51 -18 2 Moy Davitts 3 0 3 0 23 45 -22 0

Round 1 Davitts 0–7, 1-10 Breaffy, 13/4/2019, Kiltane 0-7, 0-6 Moy Davitts, 13/4/2019, Round 2 Moy Davitts 0–9, 2-12 Davitts, 24/8/2019, Breaffy 0-22, 0-12 Kiltane, 25/8/2019, Round 3 Breaffy 1-17, 0-8 Moy Davitts, Charlestown, 7/9/2019, Davitts 3-14, 2-8 Kiltane, McHale Park, 7/9/2019,

Group 2

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Castlebar Mitchels 3 2 0 1 37 31 +6 5 Ballina Stephenites 3 1 0 2 41 35 6 4 Aghamore 3 1 2 0 29 31 -2 2 Westport 3 0 2 1 29 39 -10 1

Round 1 Castlebar Mitchels 0–12, 1-9 Ballina Stephenites, 13/4/2019, Aghamore 1–5, 0-8 Westport, 13/4/2019, Round 2 Westport 0–10, 0-14 Castlebar Mitchels, 24/8/2019, Ballina Stephenites 1–9, 0-12 Aghamore, 24/8/2019, Round 3 Ballina Stephenites 1-14, 0-11 Westport, McHale Park, 7/9/2019, Castlebar Mitchels 0-11, 0-9 Aghamore, Claremorris, 7/9/2019,

Group 3

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Ballintubber 3 2 1 0 49 35 +14 4 Knockmore 3 2 1 0 43 39 +4 4 Garrymore 3 1 1 1 40 41 -1 3 Hollymount-Carramore 3 0 2 1 35 52 -17 1

Round 1 Hollymount-Carramore 1–3, 0-18 Ballintubber, 13/4/2019, Knockmore 1-9, 1-5 Garrymore, 13/4/2019, Round 2 Ballintubber 2-10, 1-8 Knockmore, 24/8/2019, Garrymore 1–11, 0-14 Hollymount-Carramore, 25/8/2019, Round 3 Garrymore 2-12, 1-12 Ballintubber, Ballinrobe, 7/9/2019, Knockmore 2-14, 2-9 Hollymount-Carramore, Charlestown, 7/9/2019,

Group 4

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Ballaghaderreen 3 3 0 0 46 40 +6 6 Belmullet 3 2 1 0 40 36 +4 4 Charlestown Sarsfields 3 1 2 0 36 38 -2 2 Claremorris 3 0 3 0 44 52 -8 0

Round 1 Ballaghaderreen 2-10, 1-12 Claremorris, 13/4/2019, Belmullet 0-8, 0-7 Charlestown Sarsfields, 13/4/2019, Round 2 Charlestown Sarsfields 0–12, 2-8 Ballaghaderreen, 24/8/2019, Claremorris 0–13, 2-13 Belmullet, 25/8/2019, Round 3 Ballaghaderreen 1-13, 0-13 Belmullet, Ballina, 8/9/2019, Charlestown Sarsfields 1-14, 0-16 Claremorris, Aghamore, 8/9/2019,

Knock-Out Stage

Quarter-finals

Ballintubber v Belmullet

21 September 2019 Quarter Final

Ballintubber	1-12 – 1-8	Belmullet

, Ballina

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Ballina Stephenites v Breaffy

21 September 2019 Quarter Final

Ballina Stephenites	2-13 – 0-14	Breaffy

McHale Park , Castlebar

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Ballaghaderreen v Davitts

21 September 2019 Quarter Final

Ballaghaderreen	2-16 – 0-8	Davitts

McHale Park , Castlebar

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Castlebar Mitchels v Knockmore

22 September 2019 Quarter Final

Castlebar Mitchels	1-12 – 0-13	Knockmore

McHale Park , Castlebar

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Semi-finals

Ballintubber v Ballina Stephenites

5 October 2019 19:30 Semi Final

Ballintubber	1-10 – 0-6	Ballina Stephenites

McHale Park , Castlebar

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Ballaghaderreen v Castlebar Mitchels

6 October 2019 15:00 Semi Final

Ballaghaderreen	0-15 – 0-8	Castlebar Mitchels

McHale Park , Castlebar

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Final

Ballintubber v Ballaghaderreen

20 October 2019 Final

Report

Ballintubber	1-14 – 1-11	Ballaghaderreen

McHale Park , Castlebar

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Relegation Playoffs

The four teams who finished bottom of their groups entered the relegation play-offs, with the two losers of the semi-finals meeting in the relegation play-off final. All games are played at neutral venues.

Relegation Semi-Finals

Westport v Moy Davitts

22 September 2019 Relegation Semi-Final

Westport	3-16 – 0-3	Moy Davitts

, Ballyheane

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Claremorris v Hollymount-Carramore

22 September 2019 Relegation Semi-Final

Claremorris	4-14 – 0-8	Hollymount-Carramore

, Ballindine

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Relegation Final

Moy Davitts v Hollymount-Carramore

6 October 2019 12:00 Relegation Final

Moy Davitts	2-11 - 1-12 v	Hollymount-Carramore

, Claremorris

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References

1. "Mayo News Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
2. "2018 Mayo Championship Draws". Midwestradio.ie. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.