1972 Meath Senior Football Championship

November 2019 November 2019 Meath S.F.C. 1972 Seneschalstown 1st Senior Championship Title St. Vincent's Leinster SCFC Seneschalstown (preliminary round) St. Mary's Ardee w, l Seneschalstown All Ireland SCFC n/a Winning Captain Mickey Collins (Seneschalstown) Man of the Match 40 1971 1973 The 1972 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 80th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 15 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage. This season saw Ballivor's return to the top flight after claiming the 1971 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title.. Kilbride were the defending champions after they defeated Skryne in the previous years final after a replay, however this season relinquished their crown which they held for 3 consecutive years when failing to progress past the Group stage. St. Vincent's applied to be regraded to the 1973 I.F.C. at the end of the campaign. On 5 November 1972, Seneschalstown won their first Meath S.F.C. title when they defeated Navan O'Mahonys 0-11 to 1-5 in the final replay in Pairc Tailteann. Mickey Collins raised the Keegan Cup for the Furze men. Team changes http://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/Default.aspx#panel=document Meath Chronicle Archives 16 January 2018 Irishnewsarchive.com 16 January 2018 17 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200517081432/https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/#panel=document deadhttp://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/Default.aspx#panel=document Meath Gaelic Football Champions Roll of Honor 16 January 2018 Hoganstand.com 16 January 2018 17 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200517081432/https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/#panel=document dead The following teams have changed division since the 1971 championship season. To S.F.C. Promoted from I.F.C. Ballivor - (Intermediate Champions). From S.F.C. Regraded to I.F.C. Drumree Group stage Group A Team Pld Played W Won L Lost D Draw PF Points For PA Points Against PD Point Difference Pts Points Seneschalstown761000+012Navan O'Mahonys751100+011Trim751100+011Gaeil Colmcille631200+07Dunderry633000+06Slane615000+02Duleek504100+01St. Patrick's 606000+00 Round 1: Slane w, l St. Patrick's, Duleek, 9/4/1972, Gaeil Colmcille d, d Duleek, Kilberry, 9/4/1972, Seneschalstown 2-10, 2-7 Dunderry, Pairc Tailteann, 16/4/1972, Navan O'Mahonys 0-7, 1-4 Trim, Trim, 7/5/1972, Round 2: Seneschalstown w, l Slane, Duleek, 23/4/1972, Dunderry 1-9, 1-7 St. Patrick's, Duleek, 30/4/1972, Navan O'Mahonys w, l Duleek, Seneschalstown, 28/5/1972, Gaeil Colmcille 3-6, 0-14 Trim, Pairc Tailteann, 2/7/1972, Round 3: Seneschalstown w, l St. Patrick's, Duleek, 21/5/1972, Dunderry w, l Slane, Seneschalstown, 28/5/1972, Trim 2-11, 2-4 Duleek, Pairc Tailteann, 9/7/1972, Navan O'Mahonys 0-11, 1-3 Gaeil Colmcille, Martry, 9/7/1972, Round 4: Navan O'Mahonys w, l St. Patrick's, ???, 23/7/1972, Seneschalstown 1-17, 0-2 Duleek, Skryne, 23/7/1972, Trim 2-8, 0-12 Dunderry, Pairc Tailteann, 23/7/1972, Gaeil Colmcille 4-10, 1-6 Slane, Kilberry, 23/7/1972, Round 5: Seneschalstown 0-10, 0-7 Gaeil Colmcille, Martry, 30/7/1972, Navan O'Mahonys 0-11, 1-6 Dunderry, Kells, 6/8/1972, St. Patrick's v Duleek, Ardcath, 30/7/1973, Trim w, l Slane, Round 6: Trim 2-6, 1-7 Seneschalstown, Pairc Tailteann, 27/8/1972, Navan O'Mahonys w, l Slane, Dunderry w, l Duleek, Gaeil Colmcille w, l St. Patrick's, Round 7: Seneschalstown 0-12, 0-8 Navan O'Mahonys, Kells, 3/9/1972, Trim w, l St. Patrick's, Slane v Duleek, Gaeil Colmcille v Dunderry, Semi-final playoff: Navan O'Mahonys 2-7, 0-9 Trim, Pairc Tailteann, 1/10/1972, Group B Team Pld Played W Won L Lost D Draw PF Points For PA Points Against PD Point Difference Pts Points Ballivor660000+012Skryne 641100+09Walterstown 642000+08Kilbride632100+07Ballinlough624000+04Syddan614100+03St. Vincent's605100+01 Round 1: Syddan d, d St. Vincent's, Pairc Tailteann, 9/4/1972, Ballinlough 1-10, 0-7 Kilbride, Pairc Tailteann, 16/4/1972, Ballivor w, l Walterstown, Dunshaughlin, 16/4/1972, Skryne - Bye, Round 2: Walterstown 2-14, 0-7 Syddan, Kilberry, 30/4/1972, Ballivor w, l St. Vincent's, Dunshaughlin, 30/4/1972, Skryne 0-9, 2-3 Kilbride, Dunshaughlin, 7/5/1972, Ballinlough - Bye, Round 3: Walterstown 7-10, 0-8 St. Vincent's, Skryne, 21/4/1972, Skryne 2-9, 0-2 Ballinlough, Kells, 28/5/1972, Ballivor 3-1, 1-4 Syddan, Kells, 28/5/1972, Kilbride - Bye, Round 4: Kilbride w, l St. Vincent's, Stamullen, 4/6/1972, Walterstown 2-14, 0-10 Ballinlough, Pairc Tailteann, 18/6/1972, Skryne w, l Syddan, Kilberry, 9/7/1972, Ballivor - Bye, Round 5: Ballivor 2-6, 1-6 Kilbride, Trim, 9/7/1972, Skryne w/o, scr St. Vincent's, Duleek, 23/7/1972, Syddan 2-6, 0-4 Ballinlough, Gibbstown, 13/8/1972, Walterstown - Bye, Round 6: Walterstown 2-16, 3-3 Kilbride, Dunshaughlin, 30/7/1972, Ballivor 2-4, 1-6 Skryne, Trim, 6/8/1972, Ballinlough w/o, scr St. Vincent's, Syddan - Bye, Round 7: Skryne 2-7, 0-9 Walterstown, Pairc Tailteann, 3/9/1972, Kilbride w, l Syddan, Ballivor w, l Ballinlough, St. Vincent's - Bye, Knock-out Stages The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the semi-finals. Semi-finals Final 50 Ballivor 0-10 Navan O'Mahonys 1-9 Seneschalstown 3-7 Skryne 1-8 Seneschalstown 0-11 R Navan O'Mahonys 1-5 R Semi-finals: Seneschalstown 3-7, 1-8 Skryne, Pairc Tailteann, 1/10/1972, Navan O'Mahonys 1-9, 0-10 Ballivor, Trim, 8/10/1972, Final & final Replay: Seneschalstown 0-9, 1-6 Navan O'Mahonys, Pairc Tailteann, 22/10/1972, Seneschalstown 0-11, 1-5 Navan O'Mahonys, Pairc Tailteann, 5/11/1972, Leinster Senior Club Football Championship Preliminary round: St. Mary's Ardee w, l Seneschalstown, References External links Meath Senior Football Championship Category:Meath Senior Football Championship