The 1989 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 97th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club

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tournament for senior graded teams in

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. The tournament consists of 13 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the

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. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage. This was St. Colmcille's first year ever as a senior club after claiming the 1988 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title. Navan O'Mahonys were the defending champions after they defeated Walterstown in the previous years final, and they successfully defended their title to claim their 14th S.F.C. title (their 3rd in a row) when beating Skryne 0–17 to 3–6 in the final at

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on 1 October 1989. Finian Murtagh raised the Keegan Cup for O'Mahonys while

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of Skryne claimed the 'Man of the Match' award, becoming the first man to claim this accolade after losing the final. No team was relegated from the S.F.C. this year.

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 1988 championship season.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from I.F.C. * St. Colmcille's - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C.

Regraded to I.F.C. * St. Patrick's

Group stage

Group A

Round 1 * Skryne 2–5, 2-5 Trim, 23/4/1989, * Slane 1-6, 0-1 Castletown, 23/4/1989, Round 2 * Skryne 1-7, 0-8 Slane, 14/5/1989, * Trim 1-5, 0-2 Castletown, 14/5/1989, Round 3 * Skryne 2-13, 1-2 Castletown, 25/6/1989, * Trim 0-9, 0-3 Slane, 25/6/1989,

Group B

Round 1 * Nobber 0–8, 0-8 Summerhill, Dunderry, 18/6/1989, * Oldcastle 1-11, 0-6 Gaeil Colmcille, 18/6/1989, Round 2 * Nobber 0-5, 0-4 Gaeil Colmcille, 14/5/1989, * Summerhill d, d Oldcastle, Round 3 * Nobber 0-7, 0-6 Oldcastle, 21/5/1989, * Summerhill 1-14, 2-7 Gaeil Colmcille, 21/5/1989,

Group C

Round 1 * Navan O'Mahonys 0-11, 0-10 Seneschalstown, * Walterstown 0-7, 1-2 Moynalvey, * St. Colmcille's - Bye, Round 2 * Navan O'Mahonys 1-11, 0-6 Moynalvey, * Walterstown w, l St. Colmcille's, * Seneschalstown - Bye, Round 3 * Navan O'Mahonys 3-12, 1-5 St. Colmcille's, * Seneschalstown 2-13, 2-4 Moynalvey, 25/6/1989, * Walterstown - Bye Round 4 * Seneschalstown 1-10, 1-3 Walterstown,

, 9/7/1989, * St. Colmcille's w/o, scr Moynalvey, Skryne, 9/7/1989, * Navan O'Mahonys - Bye, Round 5 * Walterstown 1-7, 0-8 Navan O'Mahonys, Kells, 26/7/1989, * Seneschalstown 1-16, 0-7 St. Colmcille's, Donore, 26/7/1989, * Moynalvey - Bye Quarter-final Playoffs: * Walterstown 0-12, 0-6 Seneschalstown,

, 20/8/1989, * Navan O'Mahonys 0-13, 2-6 Seneschalstown, ???, 23/8/1989,

Knock-out Stages

The teams in the quarter-finals are the second placed teams from each group and the Group A winner. The teams in the semi-finals are Group B and C winners along with the quarter-final winners. Quarter-finals: * Skryne 0-10, 0-8 Summerhill, Trim, 27/8/1989, * Navan O'Mahonys 0-10, 0-8 Trim, Kells, 27/8/1989, Semi-finals: * Navan O'Mahonys 0-12, 0-4 Nobber, Kells, 10/9/1989, * Skryne 2-5, 0-7 Walterstown,

, 10/9/1989, Final: * Navan O'Mahonys 0-17, 3-6 Skryne,

, 1/10/1989,

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

Quarter-final: * Navan O'Mahonys 1-9, 1-8

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, 28/10/1989, Semi-final: * Thomas Davis 0-15, 0-9 Navan O'Mahonys,

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, 12/11/1989,

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