2018 Cavan Senior Football Championship

2018 Cavan SFC
Tournament details
County	Cavan
Province	Ulster
Year	2018
Trophy	Oliver Plunkett Cup
Sponsor	Hotel Kilmore
Date	10 August - 21 October 2018
Teams	12
Defending champions	Cavan Gaels
Winners
Champions	Castlerahan (1st win)
Manager	Donal Keogan
Captain	Ronan Flanagan
Qualify for	2018 Ulster Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Crosserlough
Manager	Darragh McCarthy
Captain	Dara McVeety
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)	Ballinagh
Other
Player of the Year	Paul Smith (Castlerahan)
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Cavan Senior Football Championship was the 110th edition of Cavan GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner representing Cavan in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.

The championship starts with a league stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Due to reconstruction of the stadium in 2018, Breffni Park was not used as a venue for any matches during this season's S.F.C., except for the final.

Cavan Gaels were the defending champions after they defeated Castlerahan in the previous years final.

This was Shercock's return the senior grade for the first time since the mid 1980s after claiming the 2017 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship title.

The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 30 April 2018.

Castlerahan won their first title, defeating Crosserlough in the final.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Team Changes[]

^[4]

The following teams have changed division since the 2017 championship season.

To S.F.C.[]

Promoted from 2017 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship

Shercock - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C.[]

Relegated to 2018 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship

Arva
Cúchulainn's
Mullahoran

League Stage[]

All 12 teams enter the competition at this stage. A random draw determines which teams face each other in each of the four rounds. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top 8 teams go into a seeded draw for the Quarter-Finals while the bottom 4 teams will enter a Relegation Playoff. If teams are level on points and a place in the Quarter-Final is at stake, a Playoff will be conducted to determine who goes through.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PD	Pts
1	Crosserlough	4	3	1	0	+22	6
2	Castlerahan	4	2	1	1	+8	5
3	Gowna	4	1	0	3	+8	5
4	Lavey	4	2	1	1	+7	5
5	Lacken	4	2	1	1	-18	5
6	Cavan Gaels	4	1	1	2	+23	4
7	Kingscourt Stars	4	2	2	0	+3	4
8	Ramor United	4	1	1	2	-1	4
9	Cootehill	4	2	2	0	-4	4
10	Killygarry	4	1	2	1	-6	3
11	Ballinagh	4	1	3	0	-18	2
12	Shercock	4	0	3	1	-24	1

Round 1[]

10 August 2018 Round 1	Killygarry	3-11 – 1-16	Cavan Gaels	showJoe Crowe Park
				Referee: Joe McQuillan

11 August 2018 Round 1	Castlerahan	2-14 – 1-11	Cootehill	showDolan Park
				Referee: Conor Dourneen

11 August 2018 Round 1	Gowna	3-13 – 0-14	Ballinagh	showPáirc Naomh Fionnán
				Referee: Michael Lee

12 August 2018 Round 1	Crosserlough	3-18 – 1-10	Shercock	showLavey GAA Grounds
				Referee: John Emmo

12 August 2018 Round 1	Kingscourt Stars	3-8 – 0-14	Lavey	showSt. Anne's Park
				Referee: Padraig Sheridan

12 August 2018 Round 1	Ramor United	2-12 – 3-9	Lacken	showOur Lady of Lourdes Park
				Referee: Margeret Farrelly

Round 2[]

17 August 2018 Round 2	Cavan Gaels	1-12 – 1-12	Castlerahan	showLavey GAA Grounds
				Referee: Conor Dourneen

18 August 2018 Round 2	Shercock	0-9 – 0-9	Gowna	showAnnalee Park
				Referee: Pat Clarke

18 August 2018 Round 2	Lavey	2-17 – 3-7	Ballinagh	showSt. Felim's Park
				Referee: Chris McCaffrey

18 August 2018 Round 2	Ramor United	0-17 – 1-11	Killygarry	showSt. Matthew's Park
				Referee: Brendan Sweeney

19 August 2018 Round 2	Cootehill	1-12 – 1-11	Crosserlough	showAthletic Grounds
				Referee: Packie Smith

19 August 2018 Round 2	Kingscourt Stars	2-8 – 1-14	Lacken	showDolan Park
				Referee: Padraig Sheridan

Round 3[]

31 August 2018 Round 3	Kingscourt Stars	2-9 – 0-8	Shercock	showEdwin Carolan Community Park
				Referee: Gerry Sheridan

1 September 2018 Round 3	Cootehill	0-4 – 0-7	Lacken	showAnnalee Park
				Referee: Chris McCaffrey

1 September 2018 Round 3	Castlerahan	2-16 – 3-9	Ramor United	showSt. Matthew's Park
				Referee: Joe McQuillan

1 September 2018 Round 3	Crosserlough	3-16 – 3-11	Ballinagh	showSheelin Park
				Referee: James Clarke

1 September 2018 Round 3	Cavan Gaels	1-11 – 0-14	Gowna	showJoe Crowe Park
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

1 September 2018 Round 3	Lavey	1-11 – 1-11	Killygarry	showDolan Park
				Referee: Jim Giblin

Round 4[]

9 September 2018 Round 4	Killygarry	2-14 – 5-9	Cootehill	showPáirc Emmet
				Referee: Margaret Farrelly

9 September 2018 Round 4	Gowna	1-12 – 1-12	Ramor United	showSt. Matthew's Park
				Referee: Martin Sexton

9 September 2018 Round 4	Kingscourt Stars	0-13 – 2-11	Crosserlough	showSt. Anne's Park
				Referee: Ollie Donohoe

9 September 2018 Round 4	Shercock	0-9 – 0-12	Lavey	showP. J. Duke Park
				Referee: Michael Lee

9 September 2018 Round 4	Cavan Gaels	4-19 – 0-7	Lacken	showPáirc Naomh Fionnán
				Referee: Joe McQuillan

9 September 2018 Round 4	Castlerahan	0-18 – 3-11	Ballinagh	showSheelin Park
				Referee: Harry Conaty

Knock-Out Stage[]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Lavey

0-10
2-12 (R)

Lacken

0-10
1-13 (R)

Lavey

0-11
1-16 (R)

Castlerahan

0-11
1-19 (R)

Castlerahan

0-12

Kingscourt Stars

0-7

Castlerahan

2-11

Crosserlough

1-13

Gowna

2-13

Cavan Gaels

0-15

Gowna

1-8
1-6 (R)

Crosserlough

0-11
0-11 (R)

Crosserlough

2-17

Ramor United

2-14

Quarter-Finals[]

15 September 2018 Quarter-final	Lavey	0-10 – 0-10	Lacken	showAthletic Grounds
				Referee: Padraig Sheridan

15 September 2018 Quarter-final	Castlerahan	0-12 – 0-7	Kingscourt Stars	showEdwin Carolan Community Park
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

16 September 2018 Quarter-final	Gowna	2-13 – 0-15	Cavan Gaels	showJoe Crowe Park
				Referee: James Clarke

16 September 2018 Quarter-final	Crosserlough	2-17 – 2-14	Ramor United	showSt. Matthew's Park
				Referee: Conor Dourneen

23 September 2018 Quarter-final replay	Lacken	1-13 – 2-12	Lavey	showSt. Matthew's Park
				Referee: Joe McQuillan

Semi-Finals[]

6 October 2018 Semi-final	Gowna	1-8 – 0-11	Crosserlough	showO'Raghallaigh Park
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

7 October 2018 Semi-final	Lavey	0-12 – 0-12	Castlerahan	showO'Raghallaigh Park
				Referee: Oliver Óg O'Reilly

13 October 2018 Semi-final replay	Crosserlough	0-11 – 1-6	Gowna	showHugh O'Reilly Memorial Park
				Referee: Joe McQuillan

13 October 2018 Semi-final replay	Lavey	1-16 – 1-19	Castlerahan	showO'Raghallaigh Park
				Referee: Gerry Sheridan

Final[]

21 October 2018 Final	Castlerahan	2-11 – 1-13	Crosserlough	showBreffni Park
	O. O'Connell 1-3, S. Brady 1-1, C. Mackey 0-4 (0-4f), E. Flanagan 0-3	Report	P. Smith 0-5 (0-2f), J. Smith 1-0, P. Lynch (1 '45), S. Smith, M. Stuart 0-2 each, D. Gaffney, P. McEvoy 0-1 each	Attendance: 8,469^[5] Referee: Conor Dourneen Man of the Match: Sean Brady (Castlerahan)

Relegation Play-Offs[]

The 4 bottom placed teams the league phase will play off against each other. The 2 winners will maintain their senior status for 2019 while the 2 losers will face off in a Relegation-Final. The ultimate loser will be relegated to the 2019 I.F.C.

21 September 2018 Relegation Semi-final	Cootehill	1-8 – 1-9	Shercock	showO'Raghallaigh Park
				Referee: Joey Curley

23 September 2018 Relegation Semi-final	Killygarry	1-20 – 1-8	Ballinagh	showSt. Felim's Park
				Referee: Pat Clarke

29 September 2018 Relegation Final	Cootehill	2-15 – 2-10	Ballinagh	showSt. Felim's Park
				Referee: Margaret Farrelly

References[]

^ "Fourth time lucky as Castlerahan finally reign in Cavan". RTE.ie. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ "Castlerahan come from six points down to take Cavan title". Irish Times. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ "Castlerahan escape cycle of defeat to land maiden Cavan crown". Independent. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ "The Anglo Celt Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
^ "Cavan head list of best-attended club football finals". Independent. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

External links[]

[1] "Fourth time lucky as Castlerahan finally reign in Cavan". RTE.ie. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[2] "Castlerahan come from six points down to take Cavan title". Irish Times. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[3] "Castlerahan escape cycle of defeat to land maiden Cavan crown". Independent. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[4] "The Anglo Celt Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

[5] "Cavan head list of best-attended club football finals". Independent. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

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Stadiums	Breffni Park
Club scene	Clubs Senior Football Championship 19 Senior Hurling Championship 19 Intermediate Football Championship 19 Junior Football Championship 19 Under-20 Football Championship 19 Minor Football Championship 19
Key historical figures	John Joe O'Reilly P. J. Duke Phil Brady Mick Higgins Charlie Gallagher Gabriel Kelly Dermot McCabe
Honours	Football Honours All Stars
All-Ireland Senior Football Championships (5)	1933 1935 1947 1948 1952
Affiliations	Championship: Ulster League: Division 2 Cup: McKenna

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Clubs	Castlerahan Cavan Gaels Crosserlough Gowna Killygarry Kingscourt Stars Lacken Celtic Laragh United Lavey Mullahoran Ramor United Shercock