2017 Louth Senior Football Championship

Louth S.F.C.
Season	2017
Champions	Newtown Blues (21st title)
Relegated	Cooley Kickhams
All Ireland SCFC	n/a
Winning Captain	Andy McDonnell
Winning Manager	Ronan Phillips
Man of the Match	Ross Nally
Matches played	24
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Louth Senior Football Championship was the 124th edition of the Louth GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Louth, Ireland. The tournament consisted of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Louth in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship started with a group stage and then progressed to a knock out stage.

Seán O'Mahonys were the defending champions after they defeated the St. Mary's Ardee in the previous years final.

This was St. Joseph's return to the senior grade after claiming the 2016 Louth Intermediate Football Championship title. This ended their 8-year absence from the senior grade after they were relegated to the I.F.C. in 2008.

The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 9 March 2018.

Team changes

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The following teams changed division since the 2016 championship season.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from 2016 Louth Intermediate Football Championship

St. Joseph's Dromiskin – (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C.

Relegated to 2017 Louth Intermediate Football Championship

O'Connells

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 9 March 2017.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Seán O'Mahonys	2	2	0	0	20	18	+2	4
St. Joseph's Dromiskin	2	0	1	1	24	25	-1	1
St. Mary's Ardee	2	0	1	1	24	25	-1	1

Round 1

St. Mary's Ardee 0-15, 0-15 St. Joseph's, Castlebellingham, 8/7/2017,

Round 2

Seán O'Mahonys 1-7, 0-9 St. Mary's Ardee, Dunleer, 15/7/2017,

Round 3

Seán O'Mahonys 1-7, 0-9 St. Joseph's, Knockbridge, 22/7/2017,

Quarter-Final Play-off

St. Joseph's 0-17, 0-14 St. Mary's Ardee, Dunleer, 12/8/2017,

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Newtown Blues	2	2	0	37	29	+8	4
Dreadnots	2	1	1	36	24	+12	2
Kilkerley Emmets	2	0	2	29	49	-20	0

Round 1

Newtown Blues 4-11, 3-10 Kilkerley Emmets, Castlebellingham, 8/7/2017,

Round 2

Newtown Blues 0-14, 0-10 Dreadnots, Drogheda Park, 14/7/2017,

Round 3

Dreadnots 2-20, 0-10 Kilkerley Emmets, Stabannon, 22/7/2017,

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Naomh Máirtín	2	2	0	48	36	+12	4
Dundalk Gaels	2	1	1	31	36	-5	2
Cooley Kickhams	2	0	2	24	31	-7	0

Round 1

Dundalk Gaels 0-10, 1-6 Cooley Kickhams, Dowdallshill, 9/7/2017,

Round 2

Naomh Máirtín 4-15, 2-15 Dundalk Gaels, Castlebellingham, 15/7/2017,

Round 3

Naomh Máirtín 2-15, 1-12 Cooley Kickhams, Castlebellingham, 23/7/2017,

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Geraldines	2	2	0	40	27	+13	4
St. Patrick's Lordship	2	1	1	34	30	+4	2
O'Raghallaighs	2	0	2	26	43	-17	0

Round 1

Geraldines 1-14, 0-14 St. Patrick's Lordship, Dowdallshill, 9/7/2017,

Round 2

Geraldines 0-23, 1-10 O'Raghallaighs, Castlebellingham, 15/7/2017,

Round 3

St. Patrick's Lordship 2-14, 2-7 O'Raghallaighs, Castlebellingham, 23/7/2017,

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.

19 August 2017 Relegation Semi-Final	O'Raghallaighs	4-11 -3-13	Kilkerley Emmets
		Report

20 August 2017 Relegation Semi-Final	St. Mary's Ardee	1-12 – 0-10	Cooley Kickhams
		Report

10 September 2017 11:30 am Relegation Final	Kilkerley Emmets	2-15 – 0-15	Cooley Kickhams	Dowdallshill
		Report		Dowdallshill

Finals

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

Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Final

Newtown Blues	1-10
St. Patrick's Lordship	2-6	Newtown Blues	1-11
Geraldines	0-11	St. Joseph's	0-8
St. Joseph's	0-11			Newtown Blues	2-10
Naomh Máirtín	2-15			Dundalk Gaels	0-05
Dreadnots	2-15	Naomh Máirtín	1-11
Seán O'Mahonys	1-6	Dundalk Gaels	0-15
Dundalk Gaels	0-9

Quarter-finals

19 August 2017 17:30 Quarter-Final	Naomh Máirtín	2-15 – 2-15	Dreadnots	Dunleer Referee: David Fedigan (Hunterstown Rovers)
	Sam Mulroy 0-4 (0-3f), Padraig McDonagh and Brian Berrill 1-0 each, Stephen Campbell 0-3, Eoghan Callaghan and Conor Whelan (0-1f) 0-2 each, Bryan McQuillan, John Clutterbuck, Wayne Campbell, Francis McCullough 0-1 each	Report	Paraic Smith 0-5 (0-3f), Peter Kirwan 1-1, Derek Shevlin 1-0, James Califf 0-3f, Pat Lynch and Liam Shevlin 0-2 each, David O'Brien and Carl Monaghan 0-1 each	Dunleer Referee: David Fedigan (Hunterstown Rovers)

19 August 2017 19:00 Quarter-Final	Newtown Blues	1-10 – 2-6	St. Patrick's Lordship	Dunleer Referee: Jonathan Conlon (O'Connells)
	Ross Nally 0-4 (0-3f), John Kermode 1-0, Andy McDonnell and Colm Judge (0-1f) 0-2 each, Robert Carr and Hugh McGinn 0-1 each	Report	Eoin O'Connor and Daniel O'Connor 1-1 each, Paddy Keenan 0-3 (0-2f), Evan White 0-1	Dunleer Referee: Jonathan Conlon (O'Connells)

20 August 2017 17:30 Quarter-Final	Seán O'Mahonys	1-6 – 0-9	Dundalk Gaels	Knockbridge Referee: Stephen Johnson (Glen Emmets)
	Stephen Kilcoyne 1-2 (0-1f), Conor Finnegan 0-2f, Ben McLoughlin, Conor Martin and Stephen Fisher 0-1 each	Report	David Maloney, Sean Murray, Eanna McArdle (0-1f), Ger McSorley (0-1f) 0-2 each, Sean McCann 0-1	Knockbridge Referee: Stephen Johnson (Glen Emmets)

20 August 2017 19:00 Quarter-Final	Geraldines	0-11 – 0-11	St. Joseph's Dromisken	Knockbridge Referee: Stephen Murphy (Naomh Máirtín)
	Jim McEneaney 0-6 (0-2f), Dara Hamill 0-2, Stephen Reidy, Josh Arrowsmith, Glen Trainor 0-1 each	Report	Alan Quigley 0-5 (0-4f), Derek Mulligan 0-3, Conal O'Hanlon 0-2 (0-1f), Daire Smyth 0-1	Knockbridge Referee: Stephen Murphy (Naomh Máirtín)

9 September 2017 17:30 Quarter-Final Replay	St. Joseph's Dromisken	3-10 – 1-11	Geraldines	Castlebellingham Referee: David J. McArdle
		Report		Castlebellingham Referee: David J. McArdle

10 September 2017 15:30 Quarter-Final Replay	Naomh Máirtín	3-14 – 1-12	Dreadnots	Drogheda Park Referee: Paul Kneel
				Drogheda Park Referee: Paul Kneel

10 September 2017 19:00 Quarter-Final Replay	Dundalk Gaels	0-12 – 0-11	Seán O'Mahonys	Haggardstown Referee: Noel Hand
		Report		Haggardstown Referee: Noel Hand

Semi-finals

23 September 2017 17:30 Semi-Final	Newtown Blues	1-11 – 0-8	St. Joseph's Dromisken	Castlebellingham Referee: Paul Kneel (Kilkerley Emmets)
		Report		Castlebellingham Referee: Paul Kneel (Kilkerley Emmets)

1 October 2017 15:00 Semi-Final	Dundalk Gaels	0-15 – 1-11	Naomh Máirtín	Castlebellingham Referee: Anthony Briscoe (Stabannon Parnells)
		Report

Final

15 October 2017 3:30 pm Final	Newtown Blues	2-10 – 0-5	Dundalk Gaels	Drogheda Park, Louth Referee: David Fedigan (Hunterstown Rovers) Man of the Match: Ross Nally
	Ross Nally 1-5 (0-4f), Ciaran Downey 0-3, Conor Moore 1-0, Kevin Carr and Robert Carr 0-1 each	Report	Éanna McArdle 0-2f, Derek Crilly (0-1f), David Moloney, Barry Watters 0-1 each

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.

[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.

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