The Meath Senior Football Championship is an annual

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club competition between the top

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clubs in Meath,

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Qualification for subsequent competitions

The winners of the Meath Senior Football Championship winners qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship and in turn, go on to the

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Competition format

From 2020, 16 teams compete in the championship, with four groups of four teams. The top two finishers in each group qualify for the quarter-finals. The bottom two teams in each group progress to the relegation playoffs. The overall loser in the relegation playoffs gets relegated to the Intermediate Division. In the 2020 Meath Senior Football Championship, due to the short window available to complete the championship because of the

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, the Meath county board decided that only the top team in each group would qualify for the semi-finals while only the bottom team in each group would take part in the relegation playoffs.

History

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-winning captain Tommy Dowd also joined the club around this time. In the

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final,

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defeated

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0-12 to 0–11 to win their third Keegan Cup.

Senior teams

The 16 teams competing in the 2022 Senior Football Championship are:

Top winners

Roll of honour

* The 1965 final was abandoned mid-game. Skryne awarded the title.

Records

*Most titles: **20 - Navan O'Mahonys **13 - Skryne **10 - Navan Gaels *Most consecutive titles: **6 - Bohermeen: 1909-1914 **5 - Navan O'Mahonys: 1957-1961 **4 - Summerhill: 1974-1977 *Most appearances in the SFC ** 86+ - Skryne *Most consecutive appearances in the SFC ** 84 - Skryne: 1938–present ** 62 - Trim: 1949-2011 ** 54 - Seneschalstown: 1968–present ** 51 - Walterstown: 1965-2015 *Biggest win **44 points - Kilmainhamwood 10–19, 0-5 St Colmcille's: 1996 **35 points - Summerhill 5-27, 0-7 Curraha: 2018 *Most points scored **174 - Summerhill: 2019 **169 - Ratoath: 2019 **168 - Kilmainhamwood: 1996 *Most points conceded **161 - Longwood: 2019 **153 - Duleek/Bellewstown: 2017 **141 - Gaeil Colmcille: 2004 *Leinster SCFC titles **2 - Walterstown: 1980, 1983 **1 - Dunsaughlin: 2002; Summerhill: 1977

References

External links

Official Meath WebsiteMeath on HoganstandChampionship Proposal 2012
{{Meath GAA, state=expanded 1 Gaelic football competitions in Leinster Senior Gaelic football county championships