Connacht Junior Cup (association football)

Connacht Junior Cup
Organising body Connacht Football Association
Founded 1928
Region Connacht Connacht
Current champions Athenry
Most successful club(s) Castlebar Celtic (9)
Galway Bohemians (9) [1]

The Connacht Junior Cup or Connaught Junior Cup is a cup competition organized by the Connacht Football Association for junior association football clubs. In the seasons when there has been no active Connacht Senior League or Connacht Senior Cup, this junior cup competition has effectively been the top level competition for non-League of Ireland clubs affiliated to the CFA. As a result it is often simply just referred to as the Connacht Cup or Connaught Cup. The inaugural winners were Galway Town. The competition's most successful clubs have been Castlebar Celtic and Galway Bohemians who have been winners at least nine times each. Sligo Rovers, Longford Town, Galway Rovers and Mervue United were all winners before going on to join the League of Ireland. [1][2][3]

List of finals

Date Winner Score Runners-up Venue
2015–16 Athenry [4]7–0Ballinasloe TownLecarrow
2014–15 Mervue United2–1AthenryEamonn Deacy Park
2013–14 Ballinasloe Town [5]0–0 [note 1]Castlebar CelticMilebush Park, Castlebar
2012–13 Ballinasloe Town Athenry
2011–12 Westport United
2010–11 Athenry
2009–10 Athenry
2008–09 Castlerea Celtic
2007–08 Athenry
2006–07 Athenry
2005–06 Abbey United Castlebar Celtic
2004–05 Mervue United4–1Glenview Stars
2003–04 Ballinasloe Town2–1Manulla
2002–03 Castlebar Celtic Moyne Villa
2001–02 Mervue United
2000–01 Galway Hibernians 2–1Skyvalley
1999–2000 Galway Hibernians 4–2Charlestown Athletic
1998–99 Strand Celtic Ballyglass
1997–98 Mervue United Crescent United
1996–97 Galway Bohemians
1995–96 Calry Bohemians1–0Ballyglass
1994–95 Galway Hibernians
1993–94 Galway Hibernians 2–0Abbey United
1992–93 Galway Bohemians
1991–92 Crescent United1–0Urlaur United
1990–91 Mervue United
1989–90 Mervue United
1988–89 Castlebar Town4–0Calry Bohemians
1987–88 Sligo Corinthians
1986–87 Westport United2–1 [6] West United
1985–86 Castlebar Celtic2–1Galway Hibernians
1984–85 Castlebar Celtic3–2Mervue United [3]
1983–84 Sligo Collegians
1982–83 Galway Hibernians
1981–82 West United
1980–81 Coolera Rovers
1979–80 Castlebar Celtic Mervue United [3]
1978–79 UCG
1977–78 Galway Bohemians
1976–77 Ballina Town2–1Galway Descpo
1975–76 UCG West United
1974–75 West United 5–1Westport
1973–74 Westport United1–0 [7]OLBC (Galway)Westport Sports Park
1972–73 UCG2–0Ballina Town
1971–72 Galway Bohemians
1970–71 Gilooly Rangers
1969–70 Galway Bohemians
1968–69 unknown winners
1967–68 Collegians
1966–67 UCG 1–0Sligo Collegians
1965–66 Shannon (Sligo)
1964–65 UCG
1963–64 Castlebar Celtic5–2Westport United
1962–63 OLBC (Galway)
1961–62 Collegians
1960–61 Westport United4–1Sligo Rangers
1959–60 Castlebar Celtic3–0OLBC (Galway)
1958–59 Castlebar Celtic2–1Sligo Collegians
1957–58 Galway Rovers
1956–57 Shamrock Athletic Sligo St. Annes
1955–56 Galway Bohemians
1954–55 Castlebar Celtic
1953–54 Sligo Bohemians
1952–53 Galway Bohemians
1951–52 [note 2]
1950–51 Galway Hibernians
1949–50 Westport Town
1948–49 Sligo Bohemians
1947–48 M.C.R. Sligo Castlebar Celtic
1946–47 Castlebar Celtic1–0Galway Rovers
1945–46 Galway Bohemians
1944–45 Westport Town
1943–44 unknown winners
1942–43 Sligo Bohemians
1941–42 Westport Town3–2Galway Bohemians
1940–41 St Mary's (Sligo)
1939–40 Killybegs
1938–39 Galway Bohemians
1937–38 unknown winners
1936–37 Distillery F.C. (Sligo)
1935–36 Sligo

Bohemians
1934–35 Sligo Bohemians
1933–34 Killybegs 5–4Galway
1932–33 unknown winners
1931–32 Longford Town
1930–31 Hibernians (Athlone)5–1 [note 3]Galway [8]
1929–30 Sligo Rovers
1928–29 Galway Town1–1 [note 4]Hibernians (Athlone) [8] Sligo

Source:[1][9][10][3][11][12]

Notes

  1. ↑ Ballinasloe Town won 4–2 on penalties
  2. ↑ The list of Connaught Junior Cup Past Finals at foot.ie lists Galway Bohemians and Killybegs as winners and runners up respectively
  3. ↑ This was a second replay. Two earlier games both finished 1–1
  4. ↑ The game finished 1–1 and Hibernians (Athlone) refused to play extra time. Galway Town were awarded cup following a meeting of the Connacht Football Association

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mayo Football League Roll Of Honour" (PDF). inform.fai.ie. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Castlebar Celtic – Club History". www.castlebarceltic.com. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Mervue United Club Role of Honour". www.mervueunited.com. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "It's seven up for Athenry in one-sided Junior Cup final". Connacht Tribune. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Ballinasloe Town retain Connacht Junior Cup with win over Castlebar Celtic". thejuniorsoccerportal. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Westport Utd F.C., History 1980 - 2001". www.mayo-ireland.ie. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Westport Utd FC, History 1911 - 1980". www.mayo-ireland.ie. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  8. 1 2 Lynch, Frank (1991). A History of Athlone Town F.C: The First 101 Years. Athlone: Arcadia.
  9. ↑ "Castlebar Celtic – Roll Of Honour". www.castlebarceltic.com. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Wesport United – Club History". www.westportunited.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Athenry F.C. – Club Honours". www.athenryfootballclub.com. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "Connaught Junior Cup Past Finals". foot.ie. 5 April 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
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