All ireland senior football championship

The article discusses information for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship from to the present. Kilkenny do not compete anymore, having won three Leinster Senior Football Championships in the distant past. Nowadays, Kilkenny dominate the sport of hurling instead.

Contested by the top male inter-county football teams in Ireland, the tournament has taken place every year since , except in when the competition was not played due to a tour of the United States by would-be competitors. The winning team receives the Sam Maguire Cup. The final has been played at Croke Park in Dublin since , with the exception of the final which was played at the Polo Grounds in New York. Teams from the southern province of Munster shared the early titles, with Limerick, Tipperary and Cork winning the first three finals. The first Championship featured club teams who represented their respective counties after their county championship. The 21 a-side final, played in Beech Hill, Donnybrook on 29 April , was contested between Commercials of Limerick and Young Irelands of Louth, with Commercials winning by 1—4 to 0—3.

All ireland senior football championship

County teams compete against each other and the winner is declared All-Ireland Champions. Organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association GAA , the championship has been contested every year except one since For the majority of its existence, the All-Ireland Championship has been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship. In more recent years, the qualification procedures for the championship have changed several times. Currently, qualification is limited to teams competing in 6 feeder competitions; the finalists of the 4 provincial championships : Connacht , Leinster , Munster and Ulster , the Tailteann Cup holders and the best non-qualified National Football League teams to make the 16 team group stage. Thirty three teams currently participate in the All-Ireland Championship, with Kerry , Dublin , Galway and Cavan being the most successful teams in their respective provinces. The title has been won by 19 different counties, 17 of whom have won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders are Kerry , who have won the championship on 38 occasions. Dublin are the current title holders, defeating Kerry by to in the final. The first Championship to be held featured club teams who represented their respective counties after their county championship.

The second Championship was unfinished owing to the American Invasion Tour. Hogan Stand.

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County teams compete against each other and the winner is declared All-Ireland Champions. Organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association GAA , the championship has been contested every year except one since For the majority of its existence, the All-Ireland Championship has been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship. In more recent years, the qualification procedures for the championship have changed several times. Currently, qualification is limited to teams competing in 6 feeder competitions; the finalists of the 4 provincial championships : Connacht , Leinster , Munster and Ulster , the Tailteann Cup holders and the best non-qualified National Football League teams to make the 16 team group stage. Thirty three teams currently participate in the All-Ireland Championship, with Kerry , Dublin , Galway and Cavan being the most successful teams in their respective provinces. The title has been won by 19 different counties, 17 of whom have won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders are Kerry , who have won the championship on 38 occasions.

All ireland senior football championship

The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the th edition of the Gaelic Athletic Association 's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament since its establishment in Thirty one of the thirty two Irish counties took part — Kilkenny did not compete, while London and New York completed the lineup. The championship worked as a two-tier system for the second time, with the Tailteann Cup being the second tier competition for those that do not qualify for the Sam Maguire Cup competition. The draws for the provincial championships took place on 15 October Dublin won their 31st title after a 1—15 to 1—13 win against Kerry. Connacht , Leinster , Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. All provincial matches are knock-out. The other 17 county teams compete in the Tailteann Cup. In the All-Ireland Championship round-robin, 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four teams. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.

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Wicklow senior Gaelic football team's most notable recent achievement was winning the NFL Division 4 final. Retrieved 4 November Unlike in other European countries, such as neighbouring England , where annual sports events were cancelled during the twentieth century due to the First and Second World Wars , the All-Ireland Championship has been running continuously since , with the final running since the competition was played but no final was held due to the Invasion mentioned above. Division 3 and 4 teams from the National Football League that fail to reach a provincial final will not proceed to the All-Ireland qualifiers and will instead play in the Tailteann Cup. Gaelic football. From to , the Championship was played using the Quarter-finals format. All teams are based in Ireland, except for London and New York. The final has been played at Croke Park in Dublin since , with the exception of the final which was played at the Polo Grounds in New York. Retrieved 18 September Two grades are played on each final day, the senior team and the minor team consisting of younger players, under the age of 18, who have participated in that year's All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. Teams from the first two levels are eligible for the All-Ireland series in that year. Donegal , Leitrim. Extra-time would only be used for Replays and Qualifier Matches. The Sydney Morning Herald.

Contested by the top male inter-county football teams in Ireland, the tournament has taken place every year since , except in when the competition was not played due to a tour of the United States by would-be competitors.

In , Joe Stafford of Cavan became the first player to be sent off in an all-Ireland senior football final. Michael Collins Cork. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the semi-finals. The All-Ireland Qualifiers were introduced in Clubs Ireland Elsewhere Competitions Stadiums. Retrieved 2 June Another issue touched on by John O'Keeffe in his interview was the strange decision to extend senior championship provincial finals, All-Ireland semi-finals and finals to 80 minutes — which was an extra third on the previous duration of an hour. The qualifiers took place over four rounds rather than two, and the four winners of the fourth round proceeded to the All-Ireland Super 8s. The duration of certain championship matches increased from 60 to 80 minutes during the s. All-Ireland Senior Football Championship records and statistics. Wexford won four consecutive titles between and , while Kildare were the first winners of the Sam Maguire Cup in The winning team captain receives the Sam Maguire Cup.