2017 Galway Senior Football Championship

Galway S.F.C.
Season 2017
Champions Corofin (19th title)
Winning Captain Ciaran McGrath
Man Of The Match Dylan Wall
Winning Manager Kevin O'Brien
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The 2017 Galway Senior Football Championship is the 122nd edition of Galway GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Galway, Ireland. The winners receive the Frank Fox Cup and represent Galway in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship.

Twenty teams compete. The championship has a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. Generally, any team to lose two matches will be knocked out of the championship.

Corofin were the defending champions after they defeated Salthill/Knocknacarra in the previous years final.

This was Monivea-Abbey's return the senior grade.

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.

Rounds 1 to 3

Round 1

All 20 teams enter the competition in this round. The 10 winners progress to Round 2A while the 10 losers progress to Round 2B.

Round 1
Leitir Móir 2-13 - 1-14 St. Michael's
Aonghus Ó Fatharta 1-3, Patrick Marc Ó Fatharta 0-4, Iarla Ó Curraoin 1-0, Ferdia Breathnach 0-3, Eamonn Ó Loingsigh 0-2, Colm MacDonnacha 0-1 Report Eamonn Brannigan 0-6 (0-1f), Eddie Hoare 0-3 (0-2f), Keith Ward 1-0, Greg Rogan 0-2f, Alan Glynn, Frank Daly, Michael Feeney 0-1 each
Round 1
Annaghdown 3-14 - 0-3 Killererin
Round 1
Mountbellew-Moylough 0-11 - 0-7 Carraroe
Round 1
Moycullen 4-15 - 1-15 Míchael Breathnach
Round 1
Salthill-Knocknacarra 5-12 - 1-12 Milltown
Andrew Butler 2-2, Brian Conlon 1-3, Evan Murphy 1-2, Robert Finnerty 1-1, Sean Armstrong 0-3 (0-1f), Shane Kelly 0-1
Round 1
St. James' 1-17 - 0-6 Caltra
Eoin Concannon 1-5, Paul Conroy 0-4, Johnny Duane, Tommy Walsh, Mike Fahy, Neil Lydon, Alan Murphy, Owen Teagle, David O'Connell, Oisin O'Malley 0-1 each
Round 1
Tuam Stars 0-15 - 0-12 Killanin
Report
Round 1
Caherlistrane 1-12 - 1-8 Barna
Corofin
Round 1
Corofin 2-15 - 0-8 Cortoon Shamrocks
Round 1
Monivea-Abbey 1-12 - 0-11 Kilconly

Round 2

Round 2A

The 10 winners from Round 1 enter this round. The 5 winners will enter the draw for the Preliminary Quarter Finals while the 5 losers will play in Round 3.

Round 2A
Caherlistrane 2-13 - 1-13 St. James'
Round 2A
Tuam Stars 2-10 - 0-12 Salthill-Knocknacarra
Round 2A
Annaghdown 0-14 - 0-10 Mountbellew-Moylough
Round 2A
Corofin 2-17 - 0-11 Moycullen
Round 2A
Monivea-Abbey 2-12 - 1-9 Leitir Móir

Round 2B

The 10 losers from Round 1 enter this round. The 5 winners will go into the Round 3 while the 5 losers will enter the Relegation Playoffs.

Round 2B
Killanin 2-10 - 0-11 Cortoon Shamrocks
Round 2B
Kilconly 3-9 - 1-13 Carraroe
Clonbur
Round 2B
Míchael Breathnach 1-10 - 0-8 Barna
Round 2B
St. Michael's 0-15 - 1-9 Killererin
Corofin
Round 2B
Milltown 0-10 - 0-7 Caltra

Round 3

The 5 losers from Round 2A enter this round and they play the 5 winners from Round 2B. The 5 winners will go into the draw for the Preliminary Quarter-Finals while the 5 losers will enter the Relegation Playoffs.

Round 3
Mountbellew-Moylough 2-17 - 0-11 Milltown
Michael Daly 1-4, Barry McHugh 0-6 (0-4f), Paul Donnellan 1-1, Cathal Kenny and Colm Mannion 0-2 each, Joe Bergin and Colin Ryan 0-1 each Michael Martin (0-2f) and Liam Costello 0-3 each, Mark Hehir 0-2f, C Brennan, Damien Brennan, Cathal Blake 0-1 each
Referee: James Molloy
Round 3
Leitir Móir 2-11 - 1-11 Kilconly
Iarla Ó Curraoin 2-2 (0-1f, 1 '45), Daithí MacDonnacha 0-5, Ferdia Breathnach and Maolra MacDonnacha 0-2 each Michael Murphy 0-8 (0-5f), Kevin Brady 1-0 pen, Caolan McCafferty, Teddy Kerrigan, Niall Daly 0-1 each
Clonbur
Referee: Frank Kinneen
Round 3
Moycullen 1-11 - 0-13 Killanin
Peter Cooke 0-7 (0-4f, 1 '45), Conor Bohan 1-0 pen, Phillip Lydon 0-2, David Wynne (0-1f) and Mark Lydon 0-1 each Enda Kelly 0-5 (0-4f), Niall Walsh 0-3, Cathal Sweeney and Patrick Sweeney 0-2 each, Johnny Heaney 0-1
Referee: Richard McNicholas
Round 3
St. James' 2-9 - 0-12 Míchael Breathanach
Neil Lydon and Mike Fahy 1-0 each, Paul Conroy (0-2f) and Eoin Concannon (0-1f) 0-3 each, Eoghan O'Regan 0-2, Cathal O'Regan 0-1 Pete Kenny 0-4f, Ronan McDonagh 0-2f, Barry Ó Conghaile, Diarmuid Feeney, Joe Conroy, Seán Denvir, Gearoid Willie Ó Fátharta, Cian Ó Gríofa 0-1 each
Referee: Gearóid Ó Conámha
Round 3
Salthill Knocknacarra 0-17 - 1-12 St. Michael's
Sean Armstrong 0-9 (0-3f), Tadhg Haran, Evan Murphy, Brian Conlon 0-2 each, Conor Halloran and Marcus Mac Donnachadha 0-1 each Eddie Hoare 0-3 (0-1f), Aghabue-Ayo Osas 1-0, Éamonn Brannigan and Keith Ward 0-2 each, Frank Daly, Damian Connaughton, Shane Maloney, Eamon O'Donnell, Greg Rogan (0-1f) 0-1 each

Knockout Stage

Preliminary Quarter-Finals

The 5 Round 2A winners and the 5 Round 3 winners are entered into a draw to choose 4 teams to play in this round. The 2 winners (along with the 6 teams who receive byes) will proceed to the Quarter-Finals.

Preliminary Quarter-Final
Tuam Stars 1-13 - 1-10 Caherlistrane
Referee: Noel Dempsey
Preliminary Quarter-Final
Corofin 1-18 - 2-12 Salthill-Knocknacarra
Referee: Martin Flaherty
Annaghdown -vs- Bye
Moycullen -vs- Bye
St. James' -vs- Bye

Quarter-Finals

The 2 winners from the Preliminary Quarter-Finals (along with the 6 teams who received byes) enter the Quarter-Finals.

Quarter-Final
Monivea-Abbey 3-9 - 1-10 Tuam Stars
James Mannion 1-1, Paul Flaherty 1-1, Stephen Walsh 1-1, Paddy Mullins 0-3 (0-2f), Brian Flaherty, Cillian McDaid, Rory O'Connor 0-1 each Joseph Lowry 1-1, Jamie Murphy 0-3f, Alan O'Connell and Cormac McWalter 0-2 each, Shane Curtin (1 '45) and Seamus Kelly 0-1 each
Corofin
Referee: Kieran Quinn
Quarter-Final
Mountbellew-Moylough 3-20 - 0-10 St. James'
Barry McHugh 0-8 (0-3f, 1 '45), Cathal Kenny 1-2, Paul Donnellan and Stephen Boyle 1-1 each, Joe Bergin and Michael Daly 0-3 each, Colm Mannion and Ger Donoghue 0-1 each Eoin Concannon 0-6 (0-4f), Paul Conroy 0-3 (0-2f), Eoghan O'Regan 0-1
Referee: Shane Hehir
Quarter-Final
Corofin 4-13 - 2-8 Moycullen
Ian Burke 2-3, Michael Farragher 2-0, Gary Sice 0-3 (0-2f), Martin Farragher, Jason Leonard (0-1f), Justin Burke 0-2 each, Ronan Steede 0-1 Conor Bohan 2-0 (1-0 pen), Peter Cooke 0-5 (0-2f), David Wynne, Eoin Walsh, Dessie Conneely 0-1 each
Referee: Tommy Faherty
Quarter-Final
Annaghdown 3-13 - 0-10 Leitir Móir
Frankie Burke 2-6 (0-3f), Conor Moloney 1-2, Damien Comer 0-2, TJ Forde (1 '45), Jonathan Creaven, Keith Greaney 0-1 each Iarla Ó Curraoin 0-6 (0-4f, 1 '45), Pádraig Mac an Rí, Eamonn Ó Loingsigh (1 '45), Maitias Barrett, Aonghus Ó Fátharta 0-1 each
Referee: James Molloy

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final
Corofin 0-11 - 1-7 Annaghdown
Jason Leonard 0-4 (0-2f), Justin Burke 0-3, Kieran Molloy, Liam Silke, Gary Sice (0-1f), Ian Burke 0-1 each Frankie Burke 1-0 pen, Damien Comer 0-3 (0-1f), TJ Forde (1 '45), Darragh Meehan, Jonathan Creaven, Conor Moloney 0-1 each
Referee: James Molloy
Semi-Final
Mountbellew-Moylough 3-15 - 1-4 Monivea-Abbey
Barry McHugh 2-4 (1-0 pen, 0-4f), Michael Daly 0-4, Paul Donnellon 1-0, Joe Bergin 0-3, Eoin Finnerty 0-2, Colm Mannion and Joe Meehan (0-1f) 0-1 each Paddy Mullins 0-4f and Craig Kennedy 1-0
Referee: Gearoid Ó Conamha

Final

15 October 2017
4:00 pm
Final		 Corofin 2-14 - 0-10 Mountbellew-Moylough Tuam Stadium
Referee: Muiris Mac Gearailt (Micheal Breathnach)
Man of the Match: Dylan Wall
Jason Leonard 0-6 (0-4f), Martin Farragher 1-1, Conor Cunningham 1-0, Ronan Steede 0-2 and Gary Sice (0-1f) 0-2 each, Michael Farragher, Dylan Wall, Ian Burke 0-1 each Report Barry McHugh 0-6 (0-4f), Paul Donnelan 0-2, Joe Bergin and Eoin Finnerty 0-1 each

Last Ten

Preliminary Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
Corofin 1-18  
Salthill/Knocknacarra 2-12     Corofin 4-13  
        Moycullen 2-8  
          Corofin 0-11  
          Annaghdown 1-7  
        Annaghdown 3-13  
        Leitir Móir 0-10  
          Corofin 2-14
          Mountbellew/Moylough 0-10
        Mountbellew/Moylough 3-20  
        St. James' 0-10  
          Mountbellew/Moylough 3-15  
Tuam Stars 1-13       Monivea-Abbey 1-4  
Caherlistrane 1-10     Tuam Stars 1-10      
        Monivea-Abbey 3-9      
     

Relegation Playoffs

The 5 Round 2B losers and 5 Round 3 losers enter the Relegation Playoff.

Relegation Preliminary Round

A draw was conducted and 4 teams were chosen to play in the Relegation Preliminary Round. The 2 winners earn their place in the S.F.C. for 2017 while the losers enter the Relegation Quarter-Finals along with the 6 clubs who received byes.

Relegation Preliminary Round
Milltown 2-12 - 0-13 Kilconly
Referee: Gearóid O'Conamha
Relegation Preliminary Round
St. Michael's 0-13 - 0-10 Mícheál Breathnach
Spiddal
Referee: Gerry Daly

Relegation Quarter-Finals

The 2 Relegation Preliminary Round losers enter the Relegation Quarter-Finals along with the 6 clubs who received byes. The 4 winners will earn their place in the 2017 S.F.C. while the 4 losers will enter the Relegation Semi-Finals.

Relegation Quarter-Final
Killererin 1-7 - 0-8 Barna
Corofin
Referee: Frank Kinneen
Relegation Quarter-Final
Killanin 3-18 - 3-10 Carraroe
Referee: Richard McNicholas
Relegation Quarter-Final
Cortoon Shamrocks 1-12 - 1-7 Kilconly
Referee: Gerry Daly
Relegation Quarter-Final
Caltra 1-14 - 0-8 Mícheál Breathnach
Referee: Richard McNicholas

Relegation Semi-Finals

The 4 Relegation Quarter-Final losers play against each other in this round. The 2 winners will earn their place in the 2017 S.F.C. while the 2 losers will enter the Relegation Final.

Relegation Semi-Final
Barna 2-17 - 0-11 Kilconly
Referee: Martin Flaherty
Relegation Semi-Final
Carraroe 1-12 - 1-10 Mícheál Breathnach
Referee: Gearoid Ó Conamha

Relegation Final

The winner will earn their place in the 2017 S.F.C. while the loser will be relegated to the Intermediate grade.

Final
Mícheál Breathnach 3-08 - 2-13 Kilconly
Report
The Prairie, Salthill
Referee: Frank Kineen

References

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    1. ↑ "Leitir Móir vs St. Michael's".
    2. ↑ "Tuam Stars vs Kilanin".
    3. ↑ "Five-in-a-row! 14-man Corofin crowned kings of Galway against Mountbellew-Moylough".
    4. ↑ "Kilconly v Michael Breathnachs relegation final". Connacht Tribune. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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