2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship

Meath I.F.C.

Season	2019
Champions	Nobber
Relegated	n/a
Leinster ICFC	???[ clarification needed ]
All Ireland ICFC	???[ clarification needed ]
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The 2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship was the 93rd edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for Intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists^{[ needs update ]} of 18 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Longwood (who in 2019 will^{[ needs update ]} compete at senior level) were the previous years champions after they defeated Ballinlough in the 2018 decider. ^[1]

Blackhall Gaels returned to the I.F.C. for the first time since 2001, after suffering relegation from the S.F.C. in 2018. Their 17 year tenure in the top-flight brought a Keegan Cup triumph to the club in 2003. ^[2]

St. Peter's Dunboyne 'B's were promoted to the middle grade after claiming the J.F.C. crown in 2018 with an extra-time final victory over St. Vincent's. This is the first time that a reserve side from the club has been ranked in the I.F.C. They now join Donaghmore/Ashbourne 'B's as the two clubs with reserve sides in the I.F.C. ^[3]

On 26 October 2019, Nobber claimed their third I.F.C. title and secured their return to senior ranks for the first time since 2013 when defeating Trim 4-16 to 0-13 in the final at Pairc Tailteann. Brian Farrell and Brendan Heffernan raised the Mattie McDonnell Cup as joint-captains while Thomas Murtagh claimed the "Man-of-the-Match" award for his performance. ^[4]

The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 4 March 2019 with the games commencing on 4 April 2019. ^[5]

Championship structure change proposals

In 2019: ^[6]

• 3 teams shall be relegated from the S.F.C. to the I.F.C. in 2019. The 2019 I.F.C. champions will be promoted to S.F.C. for 2020.
• No team will be relegated from the I.F.C. in 2019.
• The two best placed J.F.C. first teams in 2019 shall be promoted to the I.F.C. for 2020. This shall include the 2019 J.F.C. Champions (if a first team) and the J.F.C. runner-up (if a first team). If necessary a play-off shall take place between the beaten J.F.C. semi-finalists (if first teams).
• Any second team competing in the 2019 I.F.C. (Donaghmore/Ashbourne 'B's and St. Peter's Dunboyne 'B's) shall be regraded to a new Premier A grade (a new championship grade exclusively for reserve sides) for 2020.

In 2020:

• The I.F.C. shall consist of 20 teams drawn randomly in five groups each containing four teams.
• The top two teams in each group shall contest the knock-out stages in a predetermined draw.

Team changes

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

From I.F.C. Promoted to 2019 S.F.C. Longwood - (Intermediate Champions) Relegated to 2019 J.F.C. St. Ultan's

To I.F.C. Relegated from 2018 S.F.C. Blackhall Gaels Promoted from 2018 J.F.C. St. Peter's Dunboyne 'B' - (Junior 'A' Champions)

Participating teams

The teams taking part in the 2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship are:

Club	Location	Management	2018 Championship Position	2019 Championship Position
Ballinabrackey	Ballinabrackey	Darren Bannon	Semi-Finalist	Preliminary Quarter-Finalist
Ballinlough	Ballinlough & Kilskyre	Stephen Baxter	Runners-up	Non Qualifier
Bective	Navan	Davy Hosie	Non Qualifier	Non Qualifier
Castletown	Castletown	John Tiernan & James Quaile	Relegation Playoff	Semi-Finalist
Blackhall Gaels	Ashbourne	Mark Crampton	Relegated from 2018 S.F.C.	Non Qualifier
Donaghmore/Ashbourne 'B'	Ashbourne	Vincent Carton	Non Qualifier	Non Qualifier
Drumbaragh Emmets	Drumbaragh, Kells	Conor Brennan	Non Qualifier	Non Qualifier
Duleek/Bellewstown	Duleek & Bellewstown	Anthony Malone	Preliminary Quarter-Finalist	Quarter-Finalist
Dunderry	Dunderry	David Callaghan	Quarter-Finalist	Quarter-Finalist
Kilmainham	Kilmainham, Kells	Martin McGovern	Relegation Playoff	Non Qualifier
Meath Hill	Meath Hill	Paddy Martin	Non Qualifier	Quarter-Finalist
Nobber	Nobber	Seán Carolan & Gordon Weldon	Non Qualifier	Champions
Oldcastle	Oldcastle	Leo McEnroe	Semi-Finalist	Semi-Finalist
St. Michael's	Carlanstown & Kilbeg	David Wright	Quarter-Finalist	Non Qualifier
St. Peter's Dunboyne 'B'	Dunboyne	Ger Robinson	Junior Champions	Non Qualifier
Syddan	Lobinstown	Myles Byrne	Quarter-Finalist	Non Qualifier
Trim	St Lomans Park, Trim	Brendan Murphy	Quarter-Finalist	Finalists
Walterstown	Navan	Joe Treanor	Non Qualifier	Quarter-Finalist

Group stage

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There are three groups of six teams called Group A, B and C. The 1st and 2nd placed teams in Groups A, B and C along with the 3rd placed team in Group A automatically qualify for the quarter-finals. The third placed teams in Groups B and C engage in the Preliminary Quarter-Final to determine the team that completes the quarter-finals lineup. There will be no Relegation Play-Off in 2019.

The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 4 March 2019 with the games commencing on 4 April 2019.

Group A

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Nobber 5 4 0 1 76 64 +12 9 Meath Hill 5 3 1 1 65 51 +14 7 Oldcastle 5 3 1 1 82 57 +25 7 Ballinlough 5 2 2 1 73 72 +1 5 Drumbaragh 5 1 4 0 67 84 -17 2 Kilmainham 5 0 5 0 59 94 -35 0 Meath Hill were ranked above Oldcastle due to the head-to-head result between the two teams.

Round 1 Ballinlough 0-17, 1-13 Drumbaragh, Pairc Tailteann, 6/4/2019, [8] Meath Hill 1-9, 0-9 Kilmainham, Pairc Tailteann, 6/4/2019, [9] Oldcastle 0-12, 1-9 Nobber, Carnaross, 7/4/2019, [10] Round 2 Oldcastle 2-11, 0-6 Ballinlough, Pairc Tailteann, 14/4/2019, [11] Drumbaragh 1-12, 1-10 Kilmainham, Pairc Tailteann, 21/4/2019, [12] Nobber 0-9, 0-7 Meath Hill, Drumconrath, 21/4/2019, [13] Round 3 Ballinlough 2-17, 0-11 Kilmainham, Carlanstown, 9/8/2019, [14] Meath Hill 1-16, 0-9 Oldcastle, Ballinlough, 11/8/2019, [15] Nobber 3-13, 2-10 Drumbaragh, Meath Hill, 17/8/2019, [16] Round 4 Nobber 1-13, 1-11 Ballinlough, Castletown, 23/8/2019, [17] Oldcastle 3-18, 1-8 Kilmainham, Moynalty, 25/8/2019, [18] Meath Hill 1-12, 0-12 Drumbaragh, Nobber, 25/8/2019, [19] Round 5 Nobber 2-11, 2-9 Kilmainham, Cortown, 6/9/2019, [20] Oldcastle 2-11, 0-8 Drumbaragh, Moynalty, 6/9/2019, [21] Meath Hill 1-9, 0-12 Ballinlough, Castletown, 6/9/2019, [22]

Group B

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Trim 5 4 1 0 82 72 +10 8 Castletown 5 4 1 0 88 69 +19 8 Ballinabrackey 5 3 2 0 76 59 +17 6 St. Michael's 5 1 3 1 84 93 -9 3 Bective 4 1 3 0 68 90 -22 2 Syddan 4 0 3 1 57 72 -15 1 Trim are ranked above Castletown due to the head-to-head result between the two sides.

Round 1 St. Michael's 4-12, 4-9 Bective, Castletown, 5/4/2019, [23] Castletown 1-16, 1-7 Syddan, Pairc Tailteann, 6/4/2019, [24] Trim 1-11, 1-9 Ballinabrackey, Longwood, 5/4/2019, [25] Round 2 Castletown 2-8, 0-12 Ballinabrackey, Athboy, 20/4/2019, [26] Syddan 2-16, 2-16 St. Michael's, Meath Hill, 20/4/2019, [27] Bective 4-10, 3-11 Trim, Bohermeen, 21/4/2019, [28] Round 3 Trim 0-12, 1-8 Syddan Pairc Tailteann, 10/8/2019, [29] Ballinabrackey 2-11, 0-4 Bective Trim, 11/8/2019, [30] Castletown 1-11, 0-8 St. Michael's, Drumconrath, 13/8/2019, [31] Round 4 Trim 2-13, 3-7 St. Michael's, Cortown, 24/8/2019, [32] Ballinabrackey 3-10, 1-11 Syddan, Pairc Tailteann, 25/8/2019, Castletown 5-14, 3-12 Bective, Rathkenny, 25/8/2019, [33] Round 5 Trim 2-12, 1-9 Castletown, Ballinlough, 8/9/2019, [34] Ballinabrackey 2-11, 1-11 St. Michael's, Trim, 8/9/2019, [35] Syddan null/void Bective, Rathkenny, 15/9/2019,

Group C

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Dunderry 5 4 1 0 104 64 +40 8 Duleek/Bellewstown 5 4 1 0 91 59 +32 8 Walterstown 5 4 1 0 80 70 +10 8 Blackhall Gaels 5 2 3 0 58 76 -18 4 St. Peter's Dunboyne 'B' 5 1 4 0 78 98 -20 2 Donaghmore/Ashbourne 'B' 5 0 4 0 65 109 -44 0 Head-to-head results can't separate Dunderry, Duleek/Bellewstown and Walterstown so each team's score difference comes into effect.

Round 1 Duleek/Bellewstown 1-21, 1-8 St. Peter's Dunboyne 'B', Ratoath, 6/4/2019, [36] Dunderry 2-14, 0-13 Walterstown, Pairc Tailteann, 7/4/2019, [37] Blackhall Gaels 1-8, 1-6 Donaghmore/Ashbourne 'B', Dunshaughlin, 7/4/2019, [38] Round 2 Dunderry 1-20, 0-10 Blackhall Gaels, Moynalvey, 20/4/2019, [39] Walterstown 0-14, 0-9 Duleek/Bellewstown, Ratoath, 21/4/2019, [40] St. Peter's Dunboyne 'B' 4-12, 1-12 Donaghmore/Ashbourne 'B', Skryne, 21/4/2019, [41] Round 3 Duleek/Bellewstown 1-10 0-11 Dunderry, Donore, 10/8/2019, Blackhall Gaels 0-15 1-11 St. Peter's Dunboyne 'B', Kilbride, 10/8/2019, [42] Walterstown 1-15, 1-12 Donaghmore/Ashbourne 'B', Dunshaughlin, 11/8/2019, [43] Round 4 Duleek/Bellewstown 2-9, 0-11 Blackhall Gaels, Ardcath, 25/8/2019, [44] Walterstown 2-14, 2-9 St. Peter's Dunboyne 'B', Dunsany, 25/8/2019, [45] Dunderry 2-20, 2-8 Donaghmore/Ashbourne 'B', Walterstown, 25/8/2019, [46] Round 5 Walterstown 0-15, 0-11 Blackhall Gaels, Summerhill, 8/9/2019, Duleek/Bellewstown 3-21, 2-6 Donaghmore/Ashbourne 'B', Ardcath, 8/9/2019, [47] Dunderry 3-15, 1-11 St. Peter's Dunboyne 'B', Dunshaughlin, 8/9/2019,

Knock-out stage

The 1st and 2nd placed teams in Groups A, B and C along with the 3rd placed team in Group A automatically qualify for the quarter-finals. The third placed teams in Groups B and C engage in the Preliminary Quarter-Final to determine the team that completes the quarter-finals lineup.

	Preliminary round					Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
	Ballinabrackey		0-9
	Walterstown		0-10			Nobber		1-12
						Walterstown		0-13
											Nobber		2-18
											Castletown		1-17
						Meath Hill		1-11
						Castletown		1-14
																Nobber		4-16
																Trim		0-13
						Trim		0-16
						Duleek/Bellewstown		0-15
											Trim		2-12
											Oldcastle		0-9
						Dunderry		2-07
						Oldcastle		2-12

Preliminary quarter-final

Walterstown v Ballinabrackey

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21)Preliminary Quarter-Final	Walterstown	0-10 – 0-9	Ballinabrackey	Clonard
17:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Clonard
		Report		Referee: Colm McManus

Quarter-finals

Trim v Duleek/Bellewstown

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28)Quarter-Final 3	Trim	0-16 – 0-15	Duleek/Bellewstown	Simonstown
18:00 IST (UTC+1)
		Report

Castletown v Meath Hill

29 September 2019 (2019-09-29)Quarter-Final 2	Castletown	1-14 – 1-11	Meath Hill	Navan
14:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Pairc Tailteann
		Report

Oldcastle v Dunderry

29 September 2019 (2019-09-29)Quarter-Final 4	Oldcastle	2-12 – 2-7	Dunderry	Ballinlough
14:00 IST (UTC+1)
		Report

Nobber v Walterstown

29 September 2019 (2019-09-29)Quarter-Final 1	Nobber	1-12 – 0-13	Walterstown	Trim
15:45 IST (UTC+1)
		Report

Semi-finals

Nobber v Castletown

13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)Semi-Final 1	Nobber	2-18 – 1-17 (a.e.t.)	Castletown	Navan
15:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Pairc Tailteann
		Report

Trim v Oldcastle

13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)Semi-Final 2	Trim	2-12 – 0-9	Oldcastle	Navan
15:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Pairc Tailteann
		Report

Final

Nobber v Trim

27 October 2019 (2019-10-27)Final	Nobber	4-16 – 0-13	Trim	Navan
15:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Pairc Tailteann
		Report

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