Connacht Senior Cup (association football)

Connacht Senior Cup is an association football cup competition organised by the Connacht Football Association. This cup competition should not be confused with the more regularly played Connacht Junior Cup which has effectively been the top level competition for non-League of Ireland clubs when the Senior Cup has been inactive.

Connacht Senior Cup
Organising bodyConnacht Football Association
Founded1981
Region Connacht
Most successful club(s)Mervue United (6)

History

Connacht Senior League

Between 1981 and 1982 and 1999–2000, when the Connacht Senior League, was active the Connacht Senior Cup featured the members of the CSL and the champions of four junior leagues based in the province – the Galway & District League, the Sligo-Leitrim League, the Mayo Association Football League and the Roscommon & District League. Junior sides did well and featured in the first ten finals, winning four of them. In later seasons there were two more junior winners but all-Connacht Senior League finals became more common. The competition ended when the Senior league ended in 2000. During this era teams from the CSL also played in a separate league cup competition known as the Connacht Senior League Challenge Cup.[1][2][3][4][5]

Revival

In 2007 a second Connacht Senior Cup was launched. This featured the top two teams from the Galway & District League, the Sligo-Leitrim League, the Mayo Association Football League and the Roscommon & District League plus the Connacht teams that played in the League of Ireland.

List of finals
Season Winner Score Runners-up −15B.C
2009–10Salthill Devon7–0Ballina Town
2008–09Westport United[6]2–1Athenry
2007–08Galway United[7]2–0Mervue United
1999–00Mervue United[8]4–2St Peters (Athlone)
1998–99NUI Galway7–1Mervue United
1997–98Mervue United[8]1–0Straide & Foxford United
1996–97Renmore[9]1–0Salthill Devon
1995–96Galway United Reserves[7]2–1UCG
1994–95Mervue United[8]2–0Galway Hibernians
1993–94West United2–1Straide & Foxford United
1992–93Mervue United[8]2–1Ballina Town
1991–92Salthill Devon1–0UCG
1990–91Salthill Devon1–0[10] Westport United
1989–90Salthill Devon1–1 [note 1]Calry Bohemians
1988–89Calry Bohemians5–0 [note 2]Mervue United
1987–88Calry Bohemians3–0 [note 3]Mervue United
1986–87Galway Hibernians3–1Mervue United
1985–86Dynamo Blues2–1UCG
1984–85Galway United Reserves[7]1–0Castlebar Celtic
1983–84Mervue United[8]2–1Collegians
1982–83Mervue United[8]1–0Collegians
1981–82Sligo Rovers Reserves3–2Galway Hibernians

Source:[2][3][4][5]

Notes
  1. Salthill Devon won after 3–3 draw and penalties
  2. Replay after 1–1 draw
  3. Replay after 1–1 draw

References
  1. "Connacht Senior League 1980s". connacht-sl.netne.net. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  2. Connacht Sentinel @ Irish Newspaper Archives
  3. Galway City Tribune @ Irish Newspaper Archives
  4. The Connaught Telegraph @ Irish Newspaper Archives
  5. Galway Advertiser Archives
  6. "Westport claim Connacht Senior Cup after extra time". advertiser.ie. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  7. "Galway United Club History". galwayunitedfc.ie. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  8. "Mervue United Club Role of Honour". mervueunited.com. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  9. "Renmore AFC Honours". renmoreafc.com. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  10. "Westport Utd F.C., History 1980 – 2001". mayo-ireland.ie. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
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