2019 Kildare Senior Football Championship

The 2019 Kildare Senior Football Championship is the 126th edition of the Kildare GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Kildare, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams with the winner going on to represent Kildare in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship had a different format this year, employing a random draw for the first round, followed by seeded groups and a knock-out stage.

Kildare S.F.C.
Season2019
ChampionsSarsfields (25th S.F.C. Title)
RelegatedTwo Mile House
Winning CaptainSean Campbell
Man Of The MatchDaragh Ryan
Winning ManagerDavy Burke[1]
Matches played47
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Moorefield were the defending champions for the second year running after they defeated Athy in the previous years final. They were looking to do the first 3 in a row since the great Sarsfields teams of the 50's and looked good only for Barry Coffey to score an equalising point in injury time to send the final to a replay. Their title challenge was undone when Newbridge rivals Sarsfields defeated them 2-15 to 2-9 on 27 October 2019 at St. Conleth's Park. This was Sarsfields' 25th S.F.C. crown. [2]

This was Two Mile House's debut in the senior grade after claiming the 2018 Kildare I.F.C. however they were relegated back the I.F.C. for 2020 when losing their Relegation Final to Raheens.

Team Changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 2018 championship season.

Format

The 2019 Senior and Intermediate County Championship follows the same format as 2018. 16 teams play in eight first round games after which all 16 teams will go into four groups of four with two winners and two losers from the opening round in each of those groups. After which the teams that finish first and second will qualify for the knockout stages while the four bottom clubs have to fend off relegation in a Relegation Semi-Final.

First round
  • Celbridge 0-13, 0-11 Maynooth, 27/4/2019,
  • Eadestown 1-15, 2-9 Clane, 27/4/2019,
  • Castledermot 1-12, 1-6 Raheens, 27/4/2019,
  • Moorefield 1-11, 0-7 Naas, 27/4/2019,
  • Johnstownbridge 1-13, 0-13 Carbury, 28/4/2019,
  • Athy 1-13, 0-14 Sarsfields, 28/4/2019,
  • Confey 1-15, 2-7 Two Mile House, 28/4/2019,
  • St. Laurence’s 1-10, 0-12 Round Towers, 4/5/2019,

Group stage

All 16 teams play in the group stage. There are four groups of four, with each group consisting of two First Round winners and two losers. The top team in each group go into the quarter-finals, 2nd and 3rd in each group proceed to the Preliminary Quarter-Finals while the bottom team of each group entered a Relegation Playoff.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knock-Out Stage

Preliminary Quarter-Finals
  • Eadestown 0-16, 1-12 Castledermot, 7/9/2019,
  • Moorefield 2-9, 1-10 Clane, 7/9/2019,
  • Confey 0-16, 0-10 St. Laurence's, 8/9/2019,
  • Johnstownbridge 3-8, 0-16 Carbury, 8/9/2019,

Quarter-finals
  • Celbridge 2-13, 0-6 Confey, 14/9/2019,
  • Moorefield 3-16, 0-5 Maynooth, 14/9/2019,
  • Sarsfields 5-8, 2-9 Eadestown, 15/9/2019,
  • Athy 0-15, 0-11 Johnstownbridge, 15/9/2019,

Semi-finals
  • Sarsfields 0-9, 0-5 Celbridge, 5/10/2019,
  • Moorefield 2-10, 1-11 Athy, 5/10/2019,

Final
20 October 2019 Sarsfields 0-15 - 2-9 Moorefield Newbridge
Referee: ???
Man of the Match: ???
27 October 2019
Final replay		 Sarsfields 2-15 - 2-9 Moorefield Newbridge
Referee: ???
Man of the Match: ???
Report

Relegation Playoffs

Relegation Semi-Finals
  • Round Towers 0-17, 0-10 Two Mile House, 14/9/2019,
  • Naas 1-6, 1-4 Raheens, 15/9/2019,

Relegation Final
  • Raheens 0-17, 1-13 Two Mile House, Hawkfield, 27/9/2019,

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Leinster Senior Club Football Championship
Main article: 2019–20 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

References
  1. "Wicklow boss Davy Burke open to recruiting surplus Dubs". RTÉ. 7 November 2019. Late last month, Burke guided Sarsfields to the Kildare SFC title and he will for the time being combine the dual roles of preparing Wicklow for 2020 and overseeing the Kildare champions' Leinster campaign.
  2. "2019 S.F.C. Final: Sarsfields -vs- Moorefield". Rte.ie. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. "Leinster Leader". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  4. "Raheens Survive as House Fall Through Senior Championship Trapdoor". Irishnewsarchive.com. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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