1970 Meath Senior Football Championship

November 2019 November 2019 Meath S.F.C. 1970 Kilbride 4th Senior Championship Title Oldcastle Winning Captain Owen Sullivan (Kilbride) Man of the Match 40 1969 1971 The 1970 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 78th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 14 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 Drumree's return to the top flight after claiming the 1969 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title. Kilbride were the defending champions after they defeated Skryne in the previous years final, and they successfully defended their title to claim a 2-in-a-row of titles and their 3rd in 4 seasons when defeating Navan O'Mahonys 0-9 to 0-7 in the final in Pairc Tailteann. It was also their 6th final appearance in 7 seasons, winning 4 of them. Oldcastle applied to be regraded to the 1971 I.F.C. at the end of the campaign. 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 1969 championship season. To S.F.C. Promoted from I.F.C. Drumree - (Intermediate Champions). From S.F.C. Regraded to I.F.C. None Group stage Group A Team Pld Played W Won L Lost D Draw PF Points For PA Points Against PD Point Difference Pts Points Navan O'Mahonys660000+012Kilbride641100+09Ballinlough641100+09Drumree633000+06St. Vincent's624000+04St. Patrick's 615000+02Trim606000+00 Round 1: Kilbride w, l Drumree, Skryne, 22/3/1970, Ballinlough 0-9, 1-3 Trim, Athboy, 5/4/1970, Navan O'Mahonys w, l St. Vincent's, Duleek, 5/4/1970, St. Patrick's - Bye, Round 2: Kilbride 1-5, 0-8 Ballinlough, Pairc Tailteann, 19/4/1970, Drumree 1-7, 0-7 Trim, Kilmessan, 19/4/1970, Navan O'Mahonys w, l St. Patrick's, St. Vincent's - Bye, Round 3: St. Vincent's w, l St. Patrick's, Duleek, 19/4/1970, Ballinlough 4-6, 2-10 Drumree, Pairc Tailteann, 3/5/1970, Kilbride 3-10, 1-5 Trim, Kilmessan, 17/5/1970, Navan O'Mahonys - Bye, Round 4: Navan O'Mahonys w, l Drumree, Skryne, 17/5/1970, Ballinlough 3-11, 0-4 St. Vincent's, Pairc Tailteann, 31/5/1970, Kilbride w, l St. Patrick's, Duleek, 31/5/1970, Trim - Bye, Round 5: Navan O'Mahonys w/o, scr Trim, Pairc Tailteann, 31/5/1970, Drumree 1-12, 2-6 St. Patrick's, Skryne, 7/6/1970, Kilbride 1-7, 1-4 St. Vincent's, Duleek, 26/7/1970, Ballinlough - Bye, Round 6: Navan O'Mahonys 2-12, 2-11 Ballinlough, Kells, 28/6/1970, Drumree w, l St. Vincent's, Skryne, 12/7/1970, St. Patrick's w/o, scr Trim, Kilbride - Bye, Round 7: Navan O'Mahonys 1-10, 1-5 Kilbride, Dunshaughlin, 23/8/1970, Ballinlough 3-14, 1-6 St. Patrick's, Pairc Tailteann, 23/8/1970, St. Vincent's w/o, scr Trim, Drumree - Bye, Semi-final playoff: Kilbride w, l Ballinlough, Group B Team Pld Played W Won L Lost D Draw PF Points For PA Points Against PD Point Difference Pts Points Gaeil Colmcille660000+012Skryne 651000+010Walterstown 642000+08Seneschalstown633000+06Slane624000+04Duleek615000+02Oldcastle606000+00 Round 1: Gaeil Colmcille 4-6, 0-5 Skryne, Pairc Tailteann, 22/3/1970, Seneschalstown 2-8, 0-10 Slane, Pairc Tailteann, 22/3/1970, Walterstown 1-9, 1-3 Oldcastle, Kells, 5/4/1970, Duleek - Bye, Round 2: Seneschalstown 3-8, 1-4 Duleek, Pairc Tailteann, 5/4/1970, Skryne 2-9, 0-8 Oldcastle, Kells, 3/5/1970, Gaeil Colmcille +4, -4 Walterstown, Pairc Tailteann, 3/5/1970, Slane - Bye, Round 3: Slane w, l Duleek, Seneschalstown, 5/4/1970, Gaeil Colmcille w, l Oldcastle, Gibbstown, 17/5/1970, Skryne 1-14, 2-5 Walterstown, Pairc Tailteann, 28/6/1970, Seneschalstown - Bye, Round 4: Gaeil Colmcille 0-12, 1-7 Seneschalstown, Pairc Tailteann, 24/5/1970, Slane 2-4, 2-3 Oldcastle, Gibbstown, 24/5/1970, Skryne w, l Duleek, Seneschalstown, 12/7/1970, Walterstown - Bye, Round 5: Walterstown 1-10, 1-7 Seneschalstown, Duleek, 26/7/1970, Gaeil Colmcille w, l Duleek, Pairc Tailteann, 26/7/1970, Skryne w, l Slane, Seneschalstown, 30/8/1970, Oldcastle - Bye, Round 6: Walterstown +1, -1 Duleek, Skryne, 16/8/1970, Seneschalstown 3-7, 1-6 Oldcastle, Athboy, 30/8/1970, Gaeil Colmcille w, l Slane, Skryne - Bye, Round 7: Skryne 2-4, 0-7 Seneschalstown, Duleek, 6/9/1970, Walterstown w, l Slane, Duleek w/o, scr Oldcastle, Gaeil Colmcille - Bye, Knock-out Stages The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the semi-finals. Semi-finals Final 50 Navan O'Mahonys 1-9 R Gaeil Colmcille 1-7 R Skryne 0-10 Kilbride 2-8 Navan O'Mahonys 0-7 Kilbride 0-9 Semi-finals: Kilbride 2-8, 0-10 Skryne, Pairc Tailteann, 4/10/1970, Navan O'Mahonys 0-10, 1-7 Gaeil Colmcille, Pairc Tailteann, 4/10/1970, Navan O'Mahonys 1-9, 1-7 Gaeil Colmcille, Pairc Tailteann, 25/10/1970, Final: Kilbride 0-9, 0-7 Navan O'Mahonys, Pairc Tailteann, ??/11/1970, References External links Meath Senior Football Championship Category:Meath Senior Football Championship