2019 Wicklow Senior Football Championship

Wicklow S.F.C.
Season	2019
Champions	St Patrick's (14th S.F.C. Title)
Relegated	Hollywood
Winning Captain	Stephen Duffy
Final Man Of The Match	Conor Ffrench
Winning Manager	Casey O'Brien
	← 2018 2020 →

Last updated December 20, 2021

The 2019 Wicklow Senior Football Championship was the 119th edition of the Wicklow GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Wicklow, Ireland. The tournament consisted of 12 teams with the winner going on to represent Wicklow in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship consisted of a group stage before progressing onto a knock-out stage.

Team changes

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

To S.F.C.

Promoted from 2018 I.F.C.

Tinahely - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C.

Relegated to 2019 I.F.C.

Annacurra

Group Stage

There are two groups of six teams called Group A and B. The top finishers enter the Semi-Finals while the 2nd and 3rd placed teams in both groups enter a Quarter-Final. The bottom finishers of each group will qualify for the Relegation Final.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney	5	4	0	1	90	64	+26	8
Rathnew	5	4	0	1	88	69	+19	8
Tinahely	5	3	2	0	86	72	+14	6
Newtown	5	1	4	0	74	79	-5	2
Kiltegan	5	1	4	0	89	114	-25	2
Hollywood	5	1	4	0	61	90	-29	2

Round 1

Tinahely 2-11, 1-8 Hollywood, 5/7/2019,
Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 3-20, 3-9 Kiltegan, 7/7/2019,
Rathnew 2-13, 2-9 Newtown, 9/7/2019,

Round 2

Tinahely 1-16, 2-6 Newtown, 20/7/2019,
Hollywood 2-13, 2-12 Kiltegan, 20/7/2019,
Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 1-7, 0-10 Rathnew, 21/7/2019,

Round 3

Rathnew 1-11, 1-10 Tinahely, 3/8/2019,
Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 0-16, 1-9 Hollywood, 4/8/2019,
Kiltegan 2-14, 1-13 Newtown, 4/8/2019,

Round 4:

Tinahely 4-10, 2-7 Kiltegan, 17/8/2019,
Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 1-10, 0-9 Newtown, 17/8/2019,
Rathnew 1-14, 1-8 Hollywood, 17/8/2019,

Round 5:

Newtown 2-16, 0-8 Hollywood, 24/8/2019,
Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 2-16, 1-12 Tinahely, 24/8/2019,
Rathnew 5-13, 1-17 Kiltegan, 24/8/2019,

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
St Patrick's	5	5	0	92	45	+47	10
Blessington	5	4	1	84	68	+16	8
Avondale	5	3	2	87	89	-2	6
Bray Emmets	5	2	3	79	93	-14	4
Baltinglass	5	1	4	71	86	-15	2
Éire Óg Greystones	5	0	5	52	84	-32	0

Round 1

Blessington 3-11, 2-11 Bray Emmets, 7/7/2019,
Avondale 4-13, 2-10 Baltinglass, 7/7/2019,
St Patrick's 2-11, 1-9 Éire Óg Greystones, 7/7/2019,

Round 2

Blessington 1-12, 0-12 Baltinglass, 20/7/2019,
St Patrick's 1-14, 0-7 Bray Emmets, 21/7/2019,
Avondale 2-6, 0-10 Éire Óg Greystones, 21/7/2019,

Round 3

St Patrick's 3-14, 0-7 Avondale, 3/8/2019,
Blessington 2-14, 1-4 Éire Óg Greystones, 4/8/2019,
Bray Emmets 3-11, 2-7 Baltinglass, 4/8/2019,

Round 4:

Bray Emmets 1-12, 0-14 Éire Óg Greystones, 17/8/2019,
Blessington 3-11, 2-8 Avondale, 18/8/2019,
St Patrick's 2-11, 1-7 Baltinglass, 18/8/2019,

Round 5:

St Patrick's 2-12, 1-6 Blessington, 24/8/2019,
Baltinglass 2-14, 0-9 Éire Óg Greystones, 25/8/2019,
Avondale 5-14, 2-14 Bray Emmets, 25/8/2019.

Keating Trophy

The bottom two teams in each group enter the relegation process known as the Keating Trophy. 5th place from both groups play 6th place in the semi-finals. The winners proceed to the Keating Trophy final while the losers will face-off in the Relegation Final, with the ultimate loser being relegated to the I.F.C. for 2020.

Semi-Finals:

Baltinglass 3-14, 2-4 Hollywood, Donard, 5/9/2019,
Eiré Óg Greystones 2-15, 1-14 Kiltegan, Arklow, 15/9/2019,

Final:

Baltinglass 1-12, 1-9 Eiré Óg Greystones, Blessington, 29/9/2019,

Relegation Final

Kiltegan 2-10, 0-9 Hollywood, Baltinglass, 5/10/2019,

Knock-Out Stages

Quarter-Finals:

Avondale 1-15, 1-14 Rathnew, Aughrim Park, 15/9/2019, (A.E.T.),
Blessington 1-18, 1-7 Tinahely, Aughrim Park, 15/9/2019,

Semi-Finals:

St Patrick's 3-11, 0-12 Avondale, Aughrim Park, 28/9/2019,
Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 0-20, 2-14 Blessington, Aughrim Park, 29/9/2019, (A.E.T. - 4-4pens.),
Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 3-6, 1-10 Blessington, Aughrim Park, 5/10/2019, (Replay),

Final

13/10/2019 15:30 Final	St Patrick's	0-09 -vs- 0-07	Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney	Aughrim Park Referee: Anthony Nolan Man of the Match: Conor Ffrench

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