2019 Longford Senior Football Championship

The 2019 Longford Senior Football Championship is the 103rd running of the Longford GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Longford, Ireland since the first County Championship was held in 1890 (100 completed since 1890, 1 started but not completed in 1891). The 2019 tournament consists of 11 teams, with the winner going on to represent Longford in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Longford S.F.C.

Season	2019
Champions	Killoe Young Emmets (12th title)
Relegated	None
All Ireland SCFC	n/a
← 2018 2020 →

Mullinalaghta St. Columba's were the defending champions after they defeated Abbeylara after in the previous year's final replay to become the first team to win three successive titles since Fr. Manning Gaels in 1998. The defence of their title and quest for a "4-in-a-row" came undone at the Quarter-Final stage this season when losing to north Longford rivals Colmcille by a solitary point. [1]

This year was Rathcline's return to the top-flight for the first time since the 2016 season after claiming the 2018 Longford I.F.C. title. Interestingly the club also won the I.F.C. title in 2017 however they opted to stay in the middle grade for 2018 stating that "While we won the Intermediate Championship, it was decided to remain in the Intermediate championship for 2018 to allow our very young side develop further before embarking on Senior Championship".

On 6 October 2019 Killoe Young Emmets claimed their 12th S.F.C. title and their first since 2015 when defeating Longford Slashers 0-12 to 0-11 in the final at Pearse Park. [2]

Rathcline and St. Mary's Granard were supposed to be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2020, which should have ended their respective seven and one year tenures in the top-flight of Longford club football. [3] However, due to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the desire to maintain a 12 team S.F.C. the two clubs were given a reprieve.

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.

• Rathcline - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C. Relegated to 2019 I.F.C. Ballymahon

League Stage

All 11 teams entered the competition at this stage. Groups A and B each consisted of 4 teams with 3 teams from each group progressing to the Quarter-Finals and last year's finalists being kept apart. Group C consisted of 3 teams, with 2 teams proceeding to the Quarter-Finals. The bottom finishers in each group were to play off to decide relegation to the 2019 I.F.C.

Group A

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Mullinalaghta St. Columba's 3 3 0 0 55 30 +25 6 Clonguish 3 2 1 0 49 30 +19 4 Dromard 3 1 2 0 41 38 +3 2 St. Mary's Granard 3 0 3 0 23 70 -47 0

Round 1: Mullinalaghta 1-20, 1-6 Granard, 20/7/2019, Clonguish 0-12, 0-10 Dromard, 21/7/2019, Round 2: Mullinalaghta 0-16, 2-6 Clonguish, 27/7/2019, Dromard 2-16, 0-10 Granard, 28/7/2019, Round 3: Mullinalaghta 0-16, 0-9 Dromard, 11/8/2019, Clonguish 4-13, 0-4 Granard, 11/8/2019,

Group B

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Killoe Young Emmets 3 2 0 1 45 35 +10 5 Abbeylara 3 2 1 0 48 45 +3 4 Carrickedmond 3 1 2 0 35 46 -11 2 Mostrim 3 0 2 1 39 41 -2 1

Round 1: Abbeylara 1-13, 1-12 Mostrim, 19/7/2019, Killoe Young Emmets 1-13, 0-9 Carrickedmond, 21/7/2019, Round 2: Killoe Young Emmets 0-14, 1-11 Mostrim, 26/7/2019, Abbeylara 1-17, 2-9 Carrickedmond, 27/7/2019, Round 3: Carrickedmond 0-11, 0-10 Mostrim, 10/8/2019, Killoe Young Emmets 1-12, 0-12 Abbeylara, 16/8/2019,

Group C

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Colmcille 2 1 0 1 45 27 +18 3 Longford Slashers 2 1 0 1 32 26 +6 3 Rathcline 2 0 2 0 17 41 -24 0

Round 1: Longford Slashers 2-12, 2-12 Colmcille, 20/7/2019, Round 2: Colmcille 2-21, 0-9 Rathcline, 28/7/2019, Round 3: Longford Slashers 0-14, 0-8 Rathcline, 9/8/2019,

Relegation Playoff

The bottom placed teams from Groups A, B and C all compete in a Relegation Playoff in a round-robin format. The two lowest ranked teams after three matches will be relegated to the 2020 I.F.C.

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Mostrim 2 1 1 0 32 30 -2 2 Rathcline 2 1 1 0 39 39 +0 2 St. Mary's Granard 2 1 1 0 33 35 -2 2

Game 1: Rathcline 3-14, 1-16 Granard, Ardagh, 25/8/2019, Game 2: Granard 1-11, 0-12 Mostrim, Clonguish, 30/8/2019, Game 3: Mostrim 2-14, 1-13 Rathcline, Killoe, 11/9/2019,

Knockout Stages

The top 8 teams from the league stages qualify for the Quarter-Finals.

Quarter-Finals

• Killoe Young Emmets 1-13, 1-10 Dromard, Pearse Park, 24/8/2019,
• Colmcille 1-14, 1-13 Mullinalaghta, Pearse Park, 25/8/2019,
• Longford Slashers 1-11, 1-10 Clonguish, Pearse Park, 31/8/2019,
• Abbeylara 2-12, 0-8 Carrickedmond, Pearse Park, 31/8/2019,

Semi-Finals

• Killoe Young Emmets 2-10, 0-11 Colmcille, Pearse Park, 8/9/2019,
• Longford Slashers 0-11, 0-10 Abbeylara, Pearse Park, 15/9/2019,

Final

6/10/2019 4.00 p.m. Final	Killoe Young Emmets	0-12 - 0-11	Longford Slashers	Pearse Park, Longford Referee: Patrick Maguire
		[https://www.hoganstand.com/Article/Index/304609

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Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

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

References

1. "Longford SFC: Major shock as Colmcille knock the champions Mullinalaghta out of the Connolly Cup". Longford leader.ie. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
2. "Longford SFC final: Killoe scrape past Slashers". Hoganstand.com. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
3. "Longford SFC relegation explained: Mostrim dramatically survive as inferior score difference sees Granard and Rathcline make the drop to Intermediate". Longford leader.ie. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
4. "Longford Leader Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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