2018 Kerry Senior Football Championship
The 2018 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 117th edition of Kerry GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior teams in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament consists of 17 teams (8 club teams and 9 divisional teams), with the winners representing Kerry in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship if they are a club team. If the winners are a divisional team the winners of the Kerry Club Football Championship represent the county.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| County | Kerry |
| Year | 2018 |
| Trophy | Bishop Moynihan Cup |
| Sponsor | Garvey's Supervalu |
| Date | 25 August - 28 October |
| Teams | 17 |
| Defending champions |  Dr. Crokes |
| Winners | |
| Champions | Dr. Crokes |
| Manager | Pat O'Shea |
| Captain | John Payne |
| Qualify for | Munster Club SFC |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Dingle |
| Manager | Sean Geaney |
| Captain | ??? |
| Promotion/Relegation | |
| Promoted team(s) | Kilcummin |
| Relegated team(s) | An Ghaeltacht |
| Other | |
| Player of the Year | Tom O'Sullivan |
| Top Scorer | Paul Geaney |
| Website | Kerry GAA |
The championship has a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. Generally, any team to lose two matches will be knocked out of the championship.
This was An Ghaeltacht's return to the senior ranks, meaning they will no longer provide players to the West Kerry District panel for this season. Kilcummin (who were relegated to the I.F.C. for 2018) will provide the East Kerry Divisional side with players for the S.F.C.
Dr. Crokes were the 2017 champions after they defeated South Kerry in the final.
Format Structure Change
8 club teams and 9 divisional teams (17 in total) will take part in this year's S.F.C. It was decided that only 8 divisional sides would take part in the competition proper so the 2 lowest ranked divisional sides from the previous 5 years would play off in a qualification match with the winner entering the draw for the 2017 County Championship proper.
Relegation (See below): The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship (The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in Round 1 of the Club Championship. The 4 losers enter a relegation playoff with the losers entering a relegation final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2017. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship).
The winner of the 2017 I.F.C. will be promoted to the 2018 Senior County and Club Championships.
Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.
To S.F.C.Promoted from 2017 Kerry Intermediate Football Championship
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From S.F.C.Relegated to 2018 I.F.C.
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Participating Teams
The teams taking part in the 2018 Kerry Senior Football Championship are:
| Team | Team Location | Club/Divisional | Club's Divisional Side |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Ghaeltacht | Ballyferriter, Dunquin, Feohanagh, Gallarus & Ventry | Club | West Kerry |
| Austin Stacks | Tralee | Club | St. Brendan's |
| Dingle | Dingle | Club | West Kerry |
| Dr. Crokes | Killarney | Club | East Kerry |
| East Kerry | x | Divisional (Firies, Fossa, Glenflesk, Gneevguilla, Kilcummin, Listry, Spa) | x |
| Feale Rangers | x | Divisional (Clounmacon, Duagh, Finuge, Listowel Emmets, Moyvane, St. Senan's) | x |
| Kenmare District | x | Divisional (Templenoe, Tousist, Kilgarvan) | x |
| Kenmare Shamrocks | Kenmare | Club | Kenmare District |
| Kerins O'Rahillys | Tralee | Club | St. Brendan's |
| Killarney Legion | Killarney | Club | East Kerry |
| Mid Kerry | x | Divisional (Beaufort, Cromane, Glenbeigh-Glencar, Keel, Laune Rangers, Milltown/Castlemaine) | x |
| Rathmore | Rathmore | Club | East Kerry |
| Shannon Rangers | x | Divisional (Asdee, Ballydonoghue, Ballyduff, Ballylongford, Beale, Tarbert) | x |
| South Kerry | x | Divisional (Derrynane, Dromid Pearses, Renard, Skellig Rangers, Sneem, St. Mary's, St. Michael's/Foilmore, Valentia Young Islanders, Waterville) | x |
| St. Brendan's | x | Divisional (Ardfert, Churchill, John Mitchell's, Na Gaeil, St. Patrick's Blennerville) | x |
| St. Kieran's | x | Divisional (Ballymacelligott, Brosna, Castleisland Desmonds, Cordal, Currow, Knocknagoshel, Scartaglin) | x |
| West Kerry | x | Divisional (Annascaul, Castlegregory, Lispole) | x |
Championship Qualifier
It was decided that only 8 of the 9 Divisional Teams would play in the Senior Championship proper. To determine which team would be excluded, all divisional teams were ranked on their performances in the County Championship over the most recent 5-year period (2013-2017 inclusive). These rankings were based on a win counting for 2 points and a draw counting for 1 point.
The 2 lowest placed sides were St. Brendan's and West Kerry. These sides then met in a qualifier to decide who would make it into the championship proper. The loser of this qualifier will play the lowest ranked team on completion of the 2018 Championship, to decide the 8 divisional teams for the 2019 Championship, except in the event of more than one team giving a walk over in this year’s Championship. In that case the teams that conceded walk-overs play in 2019 Championship Qualifier.
| 26 August 2018 Qualifying Round |
St. Brendan's | 0-16 - 1-9 | West Kerry | Austin Stack Park Referee: ??? |
Rounds 1 to 3
Round 1
The sixteen remaining teams play in eight matches in Round 1. The winners proceed to Round 2A while the losers play in Round 2B.
| 25 August 2018 Round 1 |
Dr. Crokes | 1-18 - 2-13 | St. Kieran's | Lewis Road, Killarney Referee: ??? |
| 25 August 2018 Round 1 |
Mid Kerry | 2-14 - 0-10 | An Gaeltacht | Beaufort Referee: ??? |
| 25 August 2018 Round 1 |
Killarney Legion | 2-14 - 2-12 | Rathmore | Rathmore Referee: ??? |
| 25 August 2018 Round 1 |
South Kerry | 1-14 - 0-13 | Kenmare Shamrocks | Caherciveen Referee: ??? |
| 1 September 2018 Round 1 |
Austin Stacks | 2-22 - 0-6 | Kenmare District | Connolly Park, Tralee Referee: ??? |
| 1 September 2018 Round 1 |
Dingle | 3-18 - 0-9 | Shannon Rangers | Dingle Referee: ??? |
| 1 September 2018 Round 1 |
Kerins O'Rahilly's | 3-15 - 0-16 | Feale Rangers | Listowel Referee: ??? |
| 1 September 2018 Round 2A |
East Kerry | 4-20 - 2-11 | St. Brendan's | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: ??? |
Round 2A
The eight winners from Round 1 play each other in this round. The winners proceed to the knock-out quarter finals while the losers play in Round 3.
| 8 September 2018 Round 2A |
Killarney Legion | 2-13 - 2-9 | Mid Kerry | JP O'Sullivan Park Referee: Jermiah Lynch |
| 9 September 2018 Round 2A |
Kerins O'Rahillys | 3-18 - 2-16 | Dr. Crokes | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Jonathan Griffin |
| 9 September 2018 Round 2A |
Austin Stacks | 4-7 - 1-15 | South Kerry | Caherciveen Referee: James O'Sullivan |
| 9 September 2018 Round 2A |
East Kerry | 6-16 - 2-10 | Dingle | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Paul Hayes |
Round 2B
The eight losers from Round 1 play each other in this round. The winners proceed to Round 3 while the losers are eliminated from the championship having lost two games.
| 8 September 2018 Round 2B |
An Ghaeltacht | 2-18 - 0-5 | Kenmare District | Gallarus Referee: Donal Casey |
| 8 September 2018 Round 2B |
St. Brendan's | 6-11 - 0-16 | Shannon Rangers | Tarbert Referee: John Dineen |
| 8 September 2018 Round 2B |
Rathmore | 0-17 - 0-15 | Kenmare Shamrocks | Rathmore Referee: Seamus Mulvihill |
| 9 September 2018 Round 2B |
St. Kieran's | 1-14 - 1-13 | Feale Rangers | Sheehy Park Referee: Tom Moriarty |
Round 3
The four Round 2A losers (who won a game and lost a game) play the four Round 2B winners (who lost a game and won a game) in this round. The four winners progress to the knock-out quarter finals while the losers are eliminated from the championship.
| 15 September 2018 Round 3 |
South Kerry | 1-15 - 0-11 | Rathmore | Killorglin Referee: Brendan Griffin |
| Bryan Sheehan (1-2), Graham O'Sullivan (0-4), Denis Daly (0-3), Niall O'Shea (0-3), John Curran (0-1), Chris Farley (0-1), Jack Daly (0-1) | Report [1] | Shane Ryan (0-6, 5f), Mark Reen (0-2,1 f), Chrissy Spiers (0-2), Mark Ryan (0-1) |
| 15 September 2018 Round 3 |
Dingle | 1-14 - 1-11 | St. Kieran's | Austin Stack Park Referee: Edmund Walsh |
| Barry O'Sullivan, (1-3), Tom O'Sullivan (0-3), Mikey Geaney (0-3, 1f), Tomas Sheehy (0-3, 1f), Aiden O'Connor (0-2) | Report [2] | Philip O'Connor (0-4, 3f), Adam Barry (0-3, 2f), Danny Hickey (1-0), Luka Brosnan (0-1), Seamus Scanlon (0-1), Vincent Horan (0-1), Seamus Brosnan (0-1), |
| 16 September 2018 Round 3 |
St. Brendan's | 3-18 - 1-18 | Mid Kerry | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Padraig O'Sullivan |
| Ciaran Kennedy (1-3; 1-0 pen, 1f), Fiachra Clifford (0-4, 2f), Darran O'Sullivan (0-4), Mike Breen (0-2), Gary Sayers (Keel, 0-2), Jonathon Tyther (0-1), Liam Carey (0-1), Donnchadh Walsh (0-1) | Report [3] | Ivan Parker (2-8; 0-5f), Diarmuid O'Connor (0-2); David O'Callaghan (0-2), Killian Fitzgerald (1-0), Daithi Griffin (0-1), Niall Sheehy (0-1f), Kevin O'Dwyer (0-1), Stefan Okunbor (0-1), Brandon Barrett (0-1); Jack Barry (0-1) |
| 16 September 2018 Round 3 |
Dr. Crokes | 3-28 - 2-15 | An Ghaeltacht | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Sean Joy |
| Tony Brosnan (1-14; 0-4f), Kieran O’Leary (2-2), David Shaw (0-4), Johnny Buckley (0-2), Micheal Burns (0-2), Brian Looney (0-2), Billy Courtney (0-1) | Report [4] | Dara Ó Sé (0-9; 6f), Roibeard Ó Sé (1-1), Tomás Ó Sé (1-1), Brian Ó Beaglaoich (0-1), Éanna Ó Conchúir (0-1), Seán M Ó Conchúir (0-1f), Ciarán Ó Coileáin (0-1), Seán Ó Bambaire (0-1) |
Knock-Out Stage
Quarter-Finals
The four Round 2A winners play the four Round 3 winners in the quarter-finals.
| 29 September 2018 Quarter-Final |
Austin Stacks | 0-9 - 3-9 | Dingle | Austin Stack Park Referee: Padraig O'Sullivan |
| Darragh O'Brien (0-5, 3f), Dylan Casey (0-1), Ronan Shanahan (0-1), Shane O'Callaghan (0-1), Jack O'Shea (0-1) | Report [5] | Paul Geaney (2-3, 2f), Tom Sullivan (0-3), Paul Devane (0-2), Tomás Sheehy (0-1f), Matthew Flaherty (1-0) |
| 29 September 2018 Quarter-Final |
Kerins O'Rahillys | 3-11 - 1-15 | St. Brendan's | Austin Stack Park Referee: Edmund Walsh |
| Report [6] |
| 30 September 2018 Quarter-Final |
Killarney Legion | 0-9 - 1-20 | Dr. Crokes | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Seamus Mulvihill Man of the Match: Tony Brosnan |
| James O’Donoghue 0-6 (0-3 frees), Billy McGuire, Danny Sheahan 0-1, C Keane 0-1 | Report [7] | Tony Brosnan 0-9 (0-4 frees), Brian Looney 1-2, Daithi Casey 0-2 (2 frees), Kieran O’Leary 0-2, David Shaw 0-2, Micheal Burns 0-1, Colm Cooper 0-1, Jordan Kiely 0-1 |
| 30 September 2018 Quarter-Final |
East Kerry | 4-12 - 2-10 | South Kerry | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Jonathan Griffin Man of the Match: Paudie Clifford |
| D Roche 2-3 (1 free), D Clifford 1-4 (3 frees), N Duggan 1-0, D Moynihan 0-2, P Clifford 0-1, E Cronin 0-1, C O’Donoghue 0-1 | Report [8] | B Sheehan 1-6 (0-5 frees), C Keating 1-0, N O’Shea 0-1, K Young 0-1, D Daly 0-1, A Walsh 0-1 |
Semi-Finals
| 14 October 2018 2:00 pm Semi-Final |
East Kerry | 2-10 - 1-13 | Dingle | Austin Stack Park Referee: Sean Joy |
| David Clifford 2-4 (0-1f), Dara Roche 0-2 (1f), Jack Sherwood 0-1, Philip Casey 0-1, Paudie Clifford 0-1 ’45′, Liam Kearney 0-1 | Report [9] | Paul Geaney 0-6 (5f), Tom O’Sullivan 1-1, Tomas Sheehy 0-2, Michael Geaney 0-2, Michael Flannery 0-1, Barry O’Sullivan 0-1 |
| 14 October 2018 3:45 pm Semi-Final |
Kerins O'Rahillys | 2-10 - 2-19 | Dr. Crokes | Austin Stack Park Referee: Brendan Griffin |
| Gavin O’Brien 2-1, Jack Savage 0-3f, Barry John Keane 0-2, David Moran 0-2 (1 ’45′), Karl Mullins 0-1, Tommy Walsh 0-1 | Report [10] | Tony Brosnan 0-6 (0-3f), Jordan Kiely 2-0, Kieran O’Leary 0-5, Johnny Buckley 0-2, Micheal Burns 0-2, David Shaw 0-2, Shane Murphy 0-1 ’45′, Brian Looney 0-1 |
| 21 October 2018 3:00 pm Semi-Final Replay |
East Kerry | 0-12 - 4-13 | Dingle | Austin Stack Park Referee: Paul Hayes |
| David Clifford 0-3 (2f), Paudie Clifford 0-3 (1f), Dara Moynihan 0-2 (1f), Darragh Roche 0-2, Chris O’Donoghue 0-1, Jeff O’Donoghue 0-1 ’45′ | Report [11] | Paul Geaney 3-1 (1-0 pen), Tom O’Sullivan 0-5, Michael Geaney 1-2 (0-1f), Tomas Sheehy 0-1f, Gavin Curran 0-1 ’45′, Barry O’Sullivan 0-1, Padraig O’Connor 0-1, Niall Geaney 0-1 |
Final
| 28 October 2018 3:00pm Final |
Dr. Crokes | 1-15 - 0-12 | Dingle | Austin Stack Park Referee: Seamus Mulvihill |
| David Shaw 0-4, Daithi Casey 0-4 (0-3f), Gavin White 1-1, Tony Brosnan 0-2, Johnny Buckley 0-1, Gavin O’Shea 0-1, Brian Looney 0-1, Jordan Kiely 0-1 | Report [12] | Paul Geaney 0-6 (0-5f), Tom O’Sullivan 0-2, Tomas Sheehy 0-1, Michael Geaney 0-1, Matthew Flaherty 0-1, Barry O’Sullivan 0-1 |
Relegation
The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship. The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in Round 1 of the Club Championship. The 4 losers enter a relegation playoff with the losers entering a relegation final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2019. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship.
| An Ghaeltacht | 2-7 - 0-18 | Kenmare Shamrocks |
|---|---|---|
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