2017 Tipperary Senior Football Championship

Tipperary S.F.C.
Season2017
ChampionsClonmel Commercials (17th title)
RelegatedFethard
Winning CaptainDonal Lynch
Man of the MatchMichael Quinlivan
Winning ManagerCharlie McGeever[1]
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The 2017 Tipperary Senior Football Championship was the 127th edition of the Tipperary GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Tipperary, Ireland. The tournament consisted of 16 teams with the winner going on to represent Tipperary in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship began with a Group stage before proceeding to a knock-out format.

Loughmore-Castleiney were the defending champions after they defeated Moyle Rovers in the previous years final.[2]

This was Fethard's first ever year in the senior grade after claiming the 2016 Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship title, however they will drop back to the I.F.C. for 2018 after losing the Relegation final. They will be replaced by I.F.C. champions Kiladangan.

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.

Format

The 16 teams are drawn into random groups of four. The top two teams automatically enter the knock-out stages. Should a team finish third or fourth in their group but win their regional championship (West Tipperary S.F.C./Mid Tipperary S.F.C./South Tipperary S.F.C.), they will be re-instated into the county series in a Preliminary Quarter-Final in a random draw against any of the second placed teams.

Regional Champions

West Tipperary S.F.C. Final:

  • Arravale Rovers 4-10, 2-10 Galtee Rovers, Annacarty, 2/9/2017,

Mid Tipperary S.F.C. Final:

  • Loughmore/Castleiney 0-17, 0-6 Upperchurch/Drombane, Littleton, 9/9/2017,

South Tipperary S.F.C. Final:

  • Clonmel Commercials 0-8, 0-8 Moyle Rovers, Clonmel, 7/1/2018, (A.E.T.),

(Final never re-fixed; competition incomplete)

Group stage

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All 16 teams enter the competition at this stage. The top 2 teams in each group go into the Quarter-Finals while the bottom team of each group will enter a Relegation Playoff.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Relegation play-off

Relegation Semi-Final

10/1/17
Relegation Semi-Final 		Drom & Inch 1-12 - 0-14 Cahir ???
10/1/17
Relegation Semi-Final 		Ardfinnan 1-12 - 0-4 Fethard ???

Relegation Final

7 October 2017
1:30 pm
Relegation Final 		Cahir 1-13 - 2-6 Fethard Monroe

Knockout stage

Preliminary Quarter Final

Arravale Rovers won the West Tipperary S.F.C. in 2017, and thus qualified for the Knock-out stage despite finishing third in Group B.

9/23/17
8:00 pm
Preliminary Quarter-Final 		Arravale Rovers 1-8 - 0-5 Éire Óg Annacarty Clonoulty
Referee: Sean Lonergan (Moyle Rovers)
James Hogan 1-1, Bryan Lowry 0-3f, Shane Leahy 0-2, Kieran Lowry and Mikie O'Dwyer 0-1 each Padraic O'Dwyer 0-2, Willie O'Neill, Dinny Crosse (0-1f) and Darragh Mooney 0-1 each

Quarter finals

9/23/17
4:00 pm
Quarter-Final 		Loughmore-Castleiney 0-14 - 0-7 Kilsheelan-Kilcash Golden
Referee: Paddy Russell (Emly)
Liam McGrath 0-5 (0-2f), John McGrath and Liam Treacy 0-2 each, Brian McGrath, Evan Sweeney, Eamon Connolly, Tommy Maher, Joseph Nyland 0-1 each Report Evan Comerford (0-1f, 1 '45) and Brendan Martin (0-1f) 0-2 each, Eoghan Kelly, Mark Kehoe, David Smith 0-1 each
9/23/17
4:00 pm
Quarter-Final 		Killenaule 3-14 - 2-5 Aherlow New Inn
Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Ardfinnan)
Kieran Bergin 2-1, John O'Dwyer 0-5 (0-3f, 2 '45), Liam Maher 1-0, Declan Fanning 0-3, Tony Doyle (0-2f) and Michael Doyle 0-2 each, Dean O'Connor 0-1 Report Seamus Grogan and Bernard O'Brien (0-1f) 1-1 each, Tom Hanley, Barry Grogan, Ciaran McDonald 0-1 each
9/24/17
5:00 pm
Quarter-Final 		Moyle Rovers 1-19 - 0-9 Ballyporeen Cahir
Referee: Sean Everard (Moyne-Templetuohy)
Liam Boland 1-8 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), Sean Carey 0-4, Craig Condon and Shane Foley 0-2 each, Stephen Quirke, Aidan McGrath, Brian Mulvihill 0-1 each Conor Sweeney 0-6 (0-2f) and Darragh Lyons 0-3
9/27/17
8:00 pm
Quarter-Final 		Clonmel Commercials 0-10 - 0-9 Arravale Rovers Ballyporeen
Referee: John Butler (Upperchurch/Drombane)
Jack Kennedy 0-4 (0-2f), Michael Quinlivan 0-2, Kevin Fahey, Jason Lonergan (0-1f), Shane Flynn, Alan Lonergan 0-1 each Report James Hogan 0-4 (0-3f), Bryan Lowry 0-3 (0-2f), Paddy Dalton and Niall Dovovan (0-1f) 0-1 each

Semi finals

1 October 2017
2:00 pm
Semi-Final 		Killenaule 2-16 - 1-18 Moyle Rovers Cahir
Referee: Sean Everard
Man of the Match: John O'Dwyer
John O'Dwyer 2-3 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), Michael Doyle 0-4, Paidi Feehan and Tony Doyle 0-3 each, Kieran Bergin 0-2, Joe O'Dwyer 0-1 Report Liam Boland 0-10 (0-6f), Diarmuid Foley 1-1, Danny Owens and Shane Foley 0-2 each, Aidan McGrath, Sean Carey, Darragh Dwyer 0-1 each
1 October 2017
2:00 pm
Semi-Final 		Clonmel Commercials 1-9 - 1-6 Loughmore-Castleiney Cashel
Referee: David Grogan (Aherlow)
Man of the Match: Jason Lonergan
Jason Lonergan 1-2, Jack Kennedy (0-3f) and Michael Quinlivan 0-3 each, Pauric Looram 0-1 Report Liam McGrath 0-4f, Noel McGrath 1-0, Ciaran McGrath and Evan Sweeney 0-1 each

Final

15 October 2017
3:30 pm
Final 		Clonmel Commercials 2-9 - 0-8 Killenaule Semple Stadium
Attendance: 2,451
Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Ardfinnan)
Man of the Match: Michael Quinlivan
Michael Quinlivan 0-4, Jamie Peters and Richie Gunne 1-0 each, Jason Lonergan 0-3 (0-2f), Jack Kennedy (0-1f) and Eoin Fitzgerald 0-1 each Report Kieran Bergin 0-3 (0-2f), John O'Dwyer 0-2, Matthew O'Donnell (1 '45), Paddy Codd, Tony Doyle (0-1f) 0-1 each

References

  1. ^ "Clonmel Commercials land Tipperary Senior Football Championship title". Irish Examiner. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Loughmore-Castleiney continue Tipp football dominance". Irish Times. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  3. ^ "2017 County Senior Football Championship Draw" (PDF). Tipperary GAA. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.