2018 Louth Senior Football Championship

Louth S.F.C.
Season	2018
Champions	???
Relegated	Cooley Kickhams
All Ireland SCFC	n/a
Winning Captain	???
Winning Manager	???
Man of the Match	???
Matches played	24
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Louth Senior Football Championship is the 125th edition of the Louth GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Louth, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Louth in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Newtown Blues were the defending champions after they defeated the Dundalk Gaels in the previous years final.

This was O'Connell's return to the senior grade after claiming the 2017 Louth Intermediate Football Championship title, making a straight bounce back to the top flight after they were relegated to the I.F.C. in 2016.

The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 8 March 2018.

Team Changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 2017 championship season.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from 2017 Louth Intermediate Football Championship

O'Connell's - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C.

Relegated to 2018 Louth Intermediate Football Championship

Cooley Kickhams

Group stage

There are 4 groups called Group A, B, C and D. The top two finishers in each group will qualify for the Quarter-Finals. The bottom finishers of each group will qualify for the Relegation Play Off. The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 8 March 2018.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Dreadnots	2	2	0	35	27	+8	4
Seán O'Mahonys	2	1	1	33	36	-3	2
St. Mary's Ardee	2	0	2	39	44	-5	0

Round 1

Dreadnots 1-17, 2-12 St. Mary's Ardee, Dunleer, 8/7/2018,

Round 2

Dreadnots 2-9, 0-9 Seán O'Mahonys, Castlebellingham, 15/7/2018,

Round 3

Seán O'Mahonys 3-15, 3-12 St. Mary's Ardee, Ecco Road, 21/7/2018,

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Newtown Blues	2	2	0	39	22	+17	4
Naomh Mairtin	2	1	1	30	31	-1	2
Kilkerley Emmets	2	0	2	24	40	-16	0

Round 1

Newtown Blues 1-16, 1-7 Naomh Mairtin, Dunleer, 8/7/2018,

Round 2

Newtown Blues 1-17, 1-9 Kilkerley Emmets, Castlebellingham, 15/7/2018,

Round 3

Naomh Mairtin 3-11, 1-9 Kilkerley Emmets, Dunleer, 22/7/2018,

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
St. Patrick's	2	1	1	25	22	+2	2
Dundalk Gaels	2	1	1	27	28	-1	2
Geraldines	2	1	1	22	24	-2	2

Round 1

Geraldines 0-10, 0-9 St. Patrick's, Dowdallshill, 8/7/2018,

Round 2

Dundalk Gaels 1-12, 0-12 Geraldines, Ecco Road, 15/7/2018,

Round 3

St. Patrick's 1-13, 0-12 Dundalk Gaels, Ecco Road, 21/7/2018,

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
O'Connell's	2	1	1	40	36	+4	2
St. Joseph's Dromisken	2	1	1	29	28	+1	2
O'Raghallaighs	2	1	1	35	40	-5	2

Round 1

O'Raghallaighs 1-12, 0-13 St. Joseph's, Castlebellingham, 7/7/2018,

Round 2

O'Connell's 3-18, 3-11 O'Raghallaighs, Dunleer, 14/7/2018,

Round 3

St. Joseph's 0-16, 1-10 O'Connell's, Dunleer, 22/7/2018,

Knock-out Stages

Relegation Play Off

The four bottom finishers from each group qualify for the relegation play off. The team to lose both matches will be relegated to the 2018 Intermediate Championship.

26 August 2018 11:30am Relegation Semi-Final	O'Raghallaighs	1-21 - 1-20	Kilkerley Emmets	Castlebellingham Referee: David Fedigan
				Castlebellingham Referee: David Fedigan

26 August 2018 1:00pm Relegation Semi-Final	Ardee St. Mary's	0-20 - 1-7	Geraldines	Castlebellingham Referee: Stephen Murphy
				Castlebellingham Referee: Stephen Murphy

14 September 2018 Relegation Final	Geraldines	-vs-	Kilkerley Emmets	Darver
				Darver

Finals

The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the quarter finals.

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

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Quarter-Finals

15 September 2018 4:45pm	Naomh Mairtin	-vs-	O'Connells	Dunleer
				Dunleer

15 September 2018 6:15pm	Newtown Blues	-vs-	St. Joseph's Dromisken	Dunleer
				Dunleer

16 September 2018 4:30pm	Dreadnots	-vs-	Dundalk Gaels	Castlebellingham
				Castlebellingham

16 September 2018 7:00pm	Seán O'Mahonys	-vs-	St. Patrick's Lordship	Ecco Road
				Ecco Road

Semi-Finals

2018	???	-vs-	???	???
				???

2018	???	-vs-	???	???
				???

Final

2018	???	-vs-	???	Drogheda Park, Louth
				Drogheda Park, Louth

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

References

↑ "Dundalk Democrat Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
↑ "Louth Gaelic Football Champions Roll of Honor". Hoganstand.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

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[1] "Dundalk Democrat Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

[2] "Louth Gaelic Football Champions Roll of Honor". Hoganstand.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.