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Back for 2026 with a kind of league format with all teams guaranteed to get three games. 


Round 1 3rd/4th January

Sligo v Mayo

Galway v London

Roscommon v Leitrim

Round 2 9th/10th January

Leitrim v Galway

London v Sligo

Mayo v Roscommon

After 2 rounds the following will be the Finals situation:

17th /18th January 2026

Top 2 teams FBD Cup Final

3rd & 4th teams Shield Final

5th & 6th teams Plate Final



Competition Regulations

Panel of 26 Players
All Players are allowed play, although once substituted a player shall not be allowed to return to the game (Unless a Blood Sub or Head Injury Sub)
A Maximum of 6 substitutes allowed during second half of a given game

@Captain Scarlet can update the thread title to 2025.

Kildare v Louth this weekend will decide the full set or Tailteann Cup seedings, with New York to join at the preliminary quarter-final stage. 


First Seeds: Offaly, Kildare / Louth, Fermanagh, Westmeath

Second Seeds: Sligo, Laois, Limerick, Wexford

Third Seeds: Antrim, Leitrim, Wicklow, Carlow

Fourth Seeds: Tipperary, Longford, London, Waterford

Gets underway in 8 days.

Mayo the defending champions and will be expected to retain the title, 10/11 outright odds suggests that too.

Galway, like Mayo last year really shouldn't have allowed themselves to drop to Div 2 and now might have a point to prove. Will draw encouragement that they only lost the Connacht final by 1 point in November and now will Likely be up against Mayo without Cillian O'Connor.

Roscommon have good recent record for winning Connacht titles after league relegation but the short time frame from the end of the league to the start of the championship will probably end any hopes of that happening again?

Leitrim, Sligo who will give Mayo the best game? Both Div 4 teams and neither was good enough to even push for promotion.

Subject to change due to covid, matches currently penciled in for the Connacht GAA Centre.

Starts on Friday. Old style knock out championship. Games all streamed.

Friday 23rd Oct – QF – Leitrim v Galway – 7.30pm

Thursday 29th Oct – SF 1 – Mayo v Sligo – 7.30pm

Friday 30th Oct – SF 2 – Leitrim/Galway v Roscommon – 7.30pm

Friday 6th Nov - FINAL  – 7.30pm

All games in the Connacht GAA centre

https://connachtgaa.ie/news/connacht-minor-football-championship-to-be-streamed/

Great player ruined by injury. https://twitter.com/Meehan_MJ/status/943575543416541185/photo/1

20 refs for the summer ahead Niall Cullen from Fermanagh and Mayo's Jerome Henry called up for the first time.

Ciaran Branagan (Down), Barry Cassidy (Derry), David Coldrick (Meath), Niall Cullen (Fermanagh), Maurice Deegan (Laois), Marty Duffy (Sligo), David Gough (Meath), Jerome Henry (Mayo), Rory Hickey (Clare), Padraig Hughes (Armagh), Sean Hurson (Tyrone), Fergal Kelly (Longford), Conor Lane (Cork), Joe McQuillan (Cavan), Noel Mooney (Cavan), Paddy Neilan (Roscommon), Anthony Nolan (Wicklow), Derek O'Mahony (Tipperary), Padraig O'Sullivan (Kerry), Cormac Reilly (Meath

Hoganstand.com taking the piss with their picture of the return of Cormac Reily.

The provisional draft of fixtures for the 2017 national football league is as follows:
 

Allianz FL Division 1

Round 1
Saturday 4 February - Mayo v Monaghan
Sunday 5 February - Cavan v Dublin, Donegal v Kerry, Tyrone v Roscommon

Round 2
Saturday 11 February - Dublin v Tyrone, Kerry v Mayo
Sunday 12 February - Roscommon v Donegal, Monaghan v Cavan

Round 3
Saturday 25 February - Mayo v Roscommon, Tyrone v Cavan
Sunday 26 February - Donegal v Dublin, Kerry v Monaghan

Round 4
Saturday 4 March - Cavan v Donegal, Dublin v Mayo, Tyrone v Monaghan
Sunday 5 March - Roscommon v Kerry

Round 5
Saturday 18 March - Donegal v Tyrone
Sunday 19 March - Kerry v Dublin, Mayo v Cavan, Monaghan v Roscommon

Round 6
Saturday 25 March - Dublin v Roscommon, Donegal v Monaghan
Sunday 26 March - Cavan v Kerry, Tyrone v Mayo

Round 7
Sunday 2 April - Kerry v Tyrone, Mayo v Donegal, Monaghan v Dublin, Roscommon v Cavan


Allianz FL Division 2

Round 1
Saturday 4 February - Down v Fermanagh
Sunday 5 February - Derry v Clare, Galway v Cork, Meath v Kildare

Round 2
Sunday 12 February - Clare v Down, Fermanagh v Galway, Kildare v Cork, Meath v Derry

Round 3
Saturday 25 February - Down v Meath
Sunday 26 February - Cork v Fermanagh, Derry v Kildare, Galway v Clare

Round 4
Sunday 5 March - Clare v Cork, Meath v Galway, Derry v Down, Kildare v Fermanagh

Round 5
Saturday 18 March - Down v Kildare
Sunday 19 March - Cork v Meath, Fermanagh v Clare, Galway v Derry

Round 6
Sunday 26 March - Derry v Cork, Kildare v Clare, Meath v Fermanagh, Down v Galway

Round 7
Sunday 2 April - Clare v Meath, Cork v Down, Fermanagh v Derry, Galway v Kildare
 

Allianz FL Division 3

Round 1
Saturday 4 February - Laois v Louth
Sunday 5 February - Longford v Offaly, Sligo v Armagh, Tipperary v Antrim

Round 2
Saturday 11 February - Armagh v Laois
Sunday 12 February - Louth v Longford, Offaly v Antrim, Tipperary v Sligo

Round 3
Saturday 25 February - Laois v Tipperary
Sunday 26 February - Antrim v Sligo, Longford v Armagh, Offaly v Louth

Round 4
Sunday 5 March - Armagh v Offaly, Louth v Antrim, Sligo v Laois, Tipperary v Longford

Round 5
Sunday 19 March - Longford v Sligo, Louth v Armagh, Offaly v Tipperary, Antrim v Laois

Round 6
Saturday 25 March - Armagh v Antrim, Laois v Longford
Sunday 26 March - Sligo v Offaly, Tipperary v Louth

Round 7
Sunday 2 April - Armagh v Tipperary, Louth v Sligo, Offaly v Laois, Antrim v Longford
 

Allianz FL Division 4

Round 1
Sunday 5 February - Waterford v London, Westmeath v Carlow, Wicklow v Leitrim, Wexford v Limerick

Round 2
Saturday 11 February - Waterford v Wicklow
Sunday 12 February - Carlow v London, Limerick v Westmeath, Leitrim v Wexford

Round 3
Sunday 26 February – Wicklow v London, Westmeath v Leitrim, Carlow v Limerick, Wexford v Waterford

Round 4
Sunday 5 March - Limerick v London, Leitrim v Carlow, Waterford v Westmeath, Wicklow v Wexford

Round 5
Saturday 18 March - Carlow v Waterford
Sunday 19 March - Wexford v London, Limerick v Leitrim, Westmeath v Wicklow

Round 6
Saturday 25 March - Waterford v Limerick
Sunday 26 March – Leitrim v London, Wexford v Westmeath, Wicklow v Carlow

Round 7
Sunday 2 April - Westmeath v London, Leitrim v Waterford, Carlow v Wexford, Limerick v Wicklow