2018_Offaly_Senior_Football_Championship

2018 Offaly Senior Football Championship

2018 Offaly Senior Football Championship

Football league season

The 2018 Offaly Senior Football Championship was the 121st edition of Offaly GAA's premier Gaelic football competition for senior graded clubs in County Offaly, Ireland. Eight teams compete, with the winner representing Offaly in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

The championship starts a league stage and progresses to a knockout stage.

Rhode were the defending champions after they defeated Clara in the previous years final, and they successfully defended their title to claim a "3-in-a-row" when defeating Ferbane in the final.

This was Durrow's return to the senior grade after claiming the 2017 Offaly Senior B Football Championship title, however they were relegated back to Senior B for 2019 when suffering relegation at the hands of Durrow.[clarification needed]

Team Changes

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

League Phase

The top two in the group went directly to the semi-final. The third through sixth place teams contested the quarter-finals. The two bottom finishers qualified for the Relegation Final.

More information Team, Pld ...

Knock-out Stage

Quarter-finals

16 September 2018
Quarter-Final		 Clara 0-11 - 1-5 Gracefield O'Connor Park
Referee: ???
Man of the Match: ???
16 September 2018
Quarter-Final		 Tullamore 3-10 - 1-10 Edenderry O'Connor Park
Referee: ???
Man of the Match: ???

Semi-finals

30 September 2018
Semi-Final		 Rhode 2-9 - 1-10 Tullamore O'Connor Park
Referee: ???
Man of the Match: ???
30 September 2018
Semi-Final		 Ferbane 3-10 - 1-10 Clara O'Connor Park
Referee: ???
Man of the Match: ???

Final

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14 October 2018
Final		 Rhode 1-18 - 0-10 Ferbane O'Connor Park
Referee: ???
Man of the Match: ???

Relegation play-off

The two bottom placed teams from each group play off in the relegation final with the loser relegated to the 2019 Senior B Championship.

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

References

  1. [1]
    "Offaly Express Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Uibhfhaili.com". www.uibhfhaili.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Dominant Rhode ride roughshod over Ferbane in Offaly". rte.ie. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
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