City Junior A Football Championship
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (July 2021) |
| City Junior A Football Championship | |
|---|---|
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| Founded | 1926 |
| Title holders | Delaney Rovers (5th title) |
| Most titles | (10 titles) |
| Sponsors | Sports Turf Solutions |
The City Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the EBO Home Rescue City Junior A Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Seandún Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1926 for junior Gaelic football teams in Cork, Ireland.
The series of games begin in May, with the championship culminating with the final in the autumn. The championship has always been run as a knock-out competition with no second chance for beaten teams.
The City Junior Championship is an integral part of the wider Cork Junior Football Championship. The winners and runners-up of the City Championship join their counterparts from the other seven divisions to contest the county championship.
10 clubs currently participate in the City Championship.
Passage West are the title-holders after defeating Delaney's by 1-13 to 0-7 in the 2020 championship final.
The championship[]
Participating teams[]
| Team | Location | Colours |
|---|---|---|
| Bishopstown | Bishopstown | Maroon and white |
| Brian Dillons | Montenotte | Blue and white |
| Delaney Rovers | Dublin Hill | Green and yellow |
| Na Piarsaigh | Fair Hill | Black and yellow |
| Nemo Rangers | South Douglas Road | Black and green |
| Passage | Passage West | Green and white |
| St. Finbarr's | Toger | Blue and yellow |
| St Michael's | Blackrock | Green and yellow |
| St. Nicholas' | Blackpool | Black and white |
| White's Cross | Ballinvriskig | Green and white |
Roll of honour[]
| # | Team | Wins | Winning Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940 | |
| 2 | St. Finbarr's | 9 | 1941, 1947, 1951, 1960, 1961, 1988, 2011, 2013, 2014 |
| Nemo Rangers | 9 | 1957, 1967, 1979, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2007 | |
| St. Nicholas' | 9 | 1930, 1943, 1958, 1963, 1972, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985 | |
| 5 | Mayfield | 7 | 1959, 1968, 1975, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003 |
| Brian Dillons | 7 | 1936, 1938, 1977, 1978, 1991, 1998, 2016 | |
| Passage | 7 | 1969, 1980, 1982, 1989, 1993, 1994, 2020 | |
| 8 | Delaney Rovers | 6 | 1954, 1955, 1977, 2015, 2017, 2018 |
| Douglas | 6 | 1962, 1970, 1973, 2004, 2012, 2021 | |
| 10 | St Michael's | 5 | 1952, 1953, 1956, 1987, 2019 |
| 11 | White's Cross | 4 | 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 |
| Na Piarsaigh | 4 | 1964, 1965, 1974, 2005 | |
| 13 | St. Vincent's | 3 | 1946, 1950, 1966 |
| 3 | 1944, 1945, 1949 | ||
| 15 | Bishopstown | 2 | 1971, 1992 |
| 2 | 1942, 1948 | ||
| 2 | 1926, 1928 | ||
| 18 | Lough Rovers | 1 | 1986 |
Records[]
Gaps[]
Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:
- 39 years: Brian Dillons (1938-1977)
- 38 years: Delaney Rovers (1977-2015)
- 31 years: St Michael's (1956-1987)
- 31 years: Na Piarsaigh (1974-2005)
- 31 years: Douglas (1973-2004)
- 27 years: St. Finbarr's (1961-1988)
- 26 years Passage (1994-2020) (The suffering ends)
- 23 years: St. Finbarr's (1988-2011)
- 22 years: Delaney Rovers (1955-1977)
- 22 years: Mayfield (1975-1997)
- 21 years: Bishopstown (1971-1992)
External link[]
- Gaelic football competitions in County Cork