East Cork Junior A Football Championship

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East Cork Junior A Football Championship
Colours of Cork.svg
Founded1927;97 years ago (1927)
TrophyJim Ryan Cup
No. of teams12
Title holders Lisgoold (1st title)
Most titles Glanmire (20 titles)
SponsorsMichael O'Connor Motor Factors

The East Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Michael O'Connor Motor Factors East Cork Junior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Imokilly Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1927 for junior Gaelic football teams in East Cork.

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The series of games begin in March, with the championship culminating with the final in the autumn. The championship includes a knock-out stage and a "back door" for teams defeated in the first round.

The East Cork Junior Championship is an integral part of the wider Cork Junior Football Championship. The winners of the East Cork championship join their counterparts from the other seven divisions to contest the county championship.

As of 2023, 12 clubs were participating in the East Cork Championship.[ citation needed ] The title has been won at least once by 17 different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Glanmire, who have won a total of 20 titles.

Lisgoold are the title-holders, defeating Carrignavar by 2-09 to 0-10 in the 2023 championship final. [1]

Format

The East Cork Junior Championship is effectively a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random — there are no seeds.[ citation needed ]

Each match is played as a single leg. If a match ends as a draw there is a period of extra time, however, if both sides are still level at the end of extra time a replay takes place and so on until a winner is found.[ citation needed ]

Teams

2023 Teams

TeamLocationColoursPosition in 2023 In championship sinceChampionship TitlesLast Championship Title
Colours of Limerick.svg Aghada Aghada Green and white41989
Colours of Offaly.svg Bride Rovers Rathcormac Green, white and gold32021
Colours of Mayo.svg Carrignavar Carrignavar Green and red11975
Colours of Clare.svg Carrigtwohill Carrigtwohill Blue and yellow32000
Colours of Cork.svg Castlemartyr Castlemartyr Red and white61991
Colours of Down.svg Cloyne Cloyne Red and black62016
Flag of Liechtenstein (1852-1921).svg Erin's Own CaherlagRed and blue62019
Colours of Mayo.svg Fr. O'Neill's Ballymacoda Red and green42015
Colours of Limerick.svg Glenbower Rovers Killeagh Green and white32014
Colours of Clare.svg Lisgoold Lisgoold Blue and yellow12023
Colours of Sligo.svg Midleton Midleton Black and white122020

List of finals

YearWinnersRunners-up#
ClubScoreClubScore
2023 Lisgoold 2-09 Carrignavar 0-10
2022 Cobh 4-11 Castlemartyr 2-09
2021 Bride Rovers 3-09 Cobh 0-10
2020 Midleton [2]
2019 Erin's Own [2]
2018 Midleton [2]
2017 Erin's Own [2]
2016 Cloyne [2]
2015 Fr. O'Neill's [2]
2014 Glenbower Rovers [2]
2013 Glenbower Rovers [2]
2012 Glenbower Rovers [2]
2011 Glenbower Rovers [2]
2010 Cloyne [2]

Roll of honour

#TeamWinsYears won
1 Colours of Kerry.svg Glanmire 201929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1977
2 Colours of Sligo.svg Midleton 121928, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1949, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1992, 2018, 2020
3 Colours of Kerry.svg Cobh 101927, 1944, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1988, 2022
4 Colours of Galway.svg Youghal 71940, 1941, 1945, 1952, 1959, 1984, 1999 [2]
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Glenville 71948, 1961, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1995
6 Colours of Cork.svg Castlemartyr 61982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991
Colours of Down.svg Cloyne 61976, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016
Flag of Liechtenstein (1852-1921).svg Erin's Own 61994, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2017, 2019
9 Colours of Limerick.svg Aghada 41980, 1981, 1983, 1989
Colours of Mayo.svg Fr. O'Neill's 41996, 1998, 2006, 2015
11 Colours of Clare.svg Carrigtwohill 31993, 1997, 2000
Colours of Limerick.svg Glenbower Rovers 42011, 2012, 2013, 2014 [2]
Colours of Offaly.svg Bride Rovers 32004, 2007, 2021
14 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Russell Rovers 11931
Combined Services11941
19th Battalion11942
Colours of Mayo.svg Carrignavar 11975
Lisgoold 12023

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References

  1. ↑ "2023 final".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Roll Of Honour - Junior A Football Winners". eastcorkgaa.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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