New York county football team

The New York county football team represents the New York metropolitan area in men's Gaelic football and is governed by New York GAA, the County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in two of the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and the Connacht Senior Football Championship; they do not currently compete in the National Football League.

This article is about the Gaelic football team. For association football, see soccer in the New York metropolitan area.

New York's home ground is Gaelic Park, New York City. The team's manager is Gerry Fox.

New York last won the National League in 1967. New York has never won the Connacht Senior Championship or All-Ireland Senior Championship.

History

Gerry Fox, the former Longford footballer, was appointed manager for the 2020 season.[1] But the team withdrew due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.

League record

New York have three league titles.

1950: New York defeated Cavan in the final.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

1964: Dublin made the trip to The Bronx for the final, also billed as the "World Championship". A Brendan O'Donnell goal after half-time allowed NY to build up a seven-point lead, which a Dublin rally reduced to one point. Late in the game, players brawled on the field and were joined by a spectator, who received a black eye. New York captain Tom Hennessy scored a late point to seal victory.[8][9]

1967: Three-in-a-row All-Ireland champions Galway were defeated in the final.[10][11][12][13][14]

Championship record

New York first competed in the Connacht Senior Football Championship in 1999.[15]

1999: Mayo 3-13 New York 0-10, MacHale Park

2000: Galway 1-15 New York 1-5, Tuam Stadium

2001: Roscommon 3-13 New York 1-9, Dr Hyde Park

2002: New York 1-11 Sligo 1-19, Gaelic Park, NY

2003: New York 0-12 Leitrim 0-14 AET, Gaelic Park, NY

2004: New York 1-8 Mayo 3-28, Gaelic Park, NY

2005: New York 0-6 Galway 3-14, Gaelic Park, NY

2006: New York 0-9 Roscommon 1-14, Gaelic Park, NY

2007: New York 1-3 Sligo 2-18, Gaelic Park, NY

2008: New York 0-6 Leitrim 0-18, Gaelic Park, NY

2009: New York 1-7 Mayo 1-18, Gaelic Park, NY

2010: New York 0-12 Galway 2-13, Gaelic Park, NY

2010 brought the visit of Galway to Gaelic Park and despite suffering the loss of two players to sendings off early in the second half, New York gave The Tribesmen a scare, though eventually capitulating by 2-13 to 0-12.[16]

2011: New York 1-11 Roscommon 3-21, Gaelic Park, NY

New York took on 2010 Connacht Champions Roscommon at Gaelic Park on 1 May 2011. They lost on a scoreline of Roscommon 3-21 New York 1-11 [17]

2012: New York 0-6 Sligo 3-21, Gaelic Park, NY

2013: New York 0-7 Leitrim 4-19, Gaelic Park, NY

2014: New York 0-8 Mayo 4-18, Gaelic Park, NY

2015: New York 0-8 Galway 2-18, Gaelic Park, NY

2016: New York 0-17 Roscommon 1-15, Gaelic Park, NY [18]

A late burst in 2016 took New York to within one point of opponents Roscommon, who had contested the National Football League Division 1 semi-finals only one month earlier.[15]

2017: New York 1-13 Sligo 1-21 , Gaelic Park, NY.

2018: New York 1-15 Leitrim 0-19, Gaelic Park, NY.

2019: New York 0-4 Mayo 1-22, Gaelic Park, NY.

2020: Withdrew due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.

New York remain winless in the Connacht Senior Football Championship, having lost four times each to Galway, Sligo, Roscommon and Leitrim and five to Mayo.

Galway are scheduled to play them in the Connacht Championship in 2021 instead of 2020 due to COVID-19. Moving Roscommon from 2021 to 2022, Sligo 2022 to 2023, Leitrim 2023 to 2024 and Mayo to be moved from 2024 to 2025.

In addition, in 2010, New York took part in the Connacht Minor Football Championship for the first time. They played Galway in their first game but suffered a heavy defeat. The next year New York Minor football returned to Ireland to play in the Connacht Championship once again. History repeated itself with another heavy loss to Roscommon.

References
  1. Gerry Fox to manage NY GAA footballers, Dec 12, 2019.
  2. Mayo results archive, 1949
  3. "GAA Archive 1949". Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  4. "GAA Final Teams". Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  5. New York GAA - Irish Abroad
  6. "Cavan's All Ireland Finals". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  7. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  8. GAA Final Teams
  9. Terrace Talk 1963
  10. GAA Final Teams
  11. ""The Great Days of 1967" - IrishAbroad". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  12. "NEW YORK SCORES OVER GALWAY, 14-9; 12,000 See Gaelic Football Here--Furlong Is Star" - New York Times
  13. New York All-Stars Beat Galway in Gaelic Football for 2nd Straight Time; CUMMINS IS STAR IN 15-10 TRIUMPH His 2 Straight Goals Late in Game Give New York Irish National Title
  14. The GAA: An Oral History, chapter 4, John Scally.
  15. Breheny, Martin; Verney, Michael (6 May 2017). "Sligo on high alert over New York threat". Irish Independent.
  16. "New York 0-12 Galway 2-13". RTÉ. 2 May 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. Nolan, Pat (5 May 2017). "New York have a long GAA history as they look for first victory in Connacht SFC". irishmirror. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
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