2021 Kerry Senior Football Championship
Tournament details | |
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County | Kerry |
Year | 2021 |
Trophy | Bishop Moynihan Cup |
Sponsor | Garvey's Supervalu |
Teams | 16 |
Defending champions | East Kerry |
Winners | |
Champions | Austin Stacks |
Manager | Wayne Quillinan |
Captain | Dylan Casey |
Promotion/Relegation | |
Relegated team(s) | Legion |
Other | |
Website | Kerry GAA |
The 2021 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 120th edition of Kerry GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior teams in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams (8 club teams and 8 divisional teams), with the winners representing Kerry in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship if they are a club team. If the winners are a divisional team the winners of the Kerry Club Football Championship represent the county.
The championship usually has a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. Generally, any team to lose two matches will be knocked out of the championship. This year however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic seen the competition employ a straight knockout format.
Format Structure Change
[edit ]8 club teams and 8 divisional teams (16 in total) will take part in this year's S.F.C.
Kenmare District did not field a team for this year's S.F.C.
Relegation (See below): The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship (The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in two pools in the Club Championship. The two teams that finished bottom of the Group Pools enter a Relegation Final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2021. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship).
The winner of the 2021 I.F.C. will be promoted to the 2022 Senior County and Club Championships.
Team Changes
[edit ]The following teams have changed division since the 2020 championship season.
To S.F.C.
[edit ]Promoted from 2020 I.F.C.
- Spa - (Intermediate Champions)
From S.F.C.
[edit ]Relegated to 2020 I.F.C.
- Kenmare District - (defunct)
- Kilcummin
Participating teams
[edit ]The teams taking part in the 2021 Kerry Senior Football Championship are:
Team | Team Location | Club/Divisional | Club's Divisional Side |
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Austin Stacks | Tralee | Club | St. Brendan's |
Dingle | Dingle | Club | West Kerry |
Dr. Crokes | Killarney | Club | East Kerry |
East Kerry | x | Divisional (Firies, Fossa, Glenflesk, Gneevguilla, Kilgarvan, Listry, Rathmore, Kilcummin, Tousist) | x |
Feale Rangers | x | Divisional (Clounmacon, Duagh, Finuge, Listowel Emmets, Moyvane, St. Senan's) | x |
Kenmare Shamrocks | Kenmare | Club | East Kerry |
Kerins O'Rahillys | Tralee | Club | St. Brendan's |
Spa | Spa | Club | East Kerry |
Killarney Legion | Killarney | Club | East Kerry |
Mid Kerry | x | Divisional (Beaufort, Cromane, Glenbeigh-Glencar, Keel, Laune Rangers, Milltown/Castlemaine) | x |
Shannon Rangers | x | Divisional (Asdee, Ballydonoghue, Ballyduff, Ballylongford, Beale, Tarbert) | x |
South Kerry | x | Divisional (Derrynane, Dromid Pearses, Renard, Skellig Rangers, Sneem, St. Mary's, St. Michael's/Foilmore, Valentia Young Islanders, Waterville) | x |
St. Brendan's | x | Divisional (Ardfert, Churchill, John Mitchell's, Na Gaeil, St. Patrick's Blennerville) | x |
St. Kieran's | x | Divisional (Ballymacelligott, Brosna, Castleisland Desmonds, Cordal, Currow, Knocknagoshel, Scartaglin) | x |
Templenoe | Templenoe | Club | South Kerry |
West Kerry | x | Divisional (An Ghaeltacht, Annascaul, Castlegregory, Lispole) | x |
Results
[edit ]Round 1
[edit ][1] All 16 teams enter the competition in Round 1. The eight winners proceed to the Quarter-Finals while the eight losers are eliminated.
15:00
Round 1 Spa 0-16 - 1-13
(aet)
Legion win 5-4 on penalties Killarney Legion Fitzgerald Stadium
Referee: Seamus Mulvihill
15:00
Round 1 Feale Rangers 0-05 - 2-16 South Kerry Milltown/Castlemaine
Referee: Donal Casey
17:00
Round 1 St Kieran's 0-09 - 1-16 Kerins O'Rahilly's Austin Stack Park
Referee: Billy O'Shea
19:00
Round 1 Austin Stacks 1-07 - 1-05 East Kerry Austin Stack Park
Referee: Brendan Griffin
13:00
Round 1 Templenoe 1-09 - 0-05 Shannon Rangers Fitzgerald Stadium
Referee: Brendan Brosnan
15:00
Round 1 Kenmare Shamrocks 0-10 - 2-09 St Brendan's Board Fitzgerald Stadium
Referee: Jonathan Griffin
15:00
Round 1 West Kerry 1-03 - 0-13 Dr Crokes Austin Stack Park
Referee: Paul Hayes
Quarter-finals
[edit ]17:00
Quarter-Final Dingle 0-13 - 2-16 Kerins O'Rahilly's Austin Stack Park
Referee: Seamus Mulvihill
19:00
Quarter-Final Legion 1-09 - 1-17 St Brendan's Board Austin Stack Park
Referee: Billy O Shea
12:45
Quarter-Final Templenoe 0-06 - 1-22 Dr Crokes Fitzgerald Stadium
Referee: Padraig O Sullivan
2:45
Quarter-Final Austin Stacks 0-14 - 0-06 South Kerry Fitzgerald Stadium
Referee: Jonathan Griffin
Semi-finals
[edit ]5:30pm
Semi-Final Austin Stacks 2-09 - 1-12
(AET, Austin Stacks win 5-3 on penalties) St Brendan's Board Austin Stack Park
Referee: Eddie Walsh
2:30pm
Semi-Final Kerins O'Rahilly's 0-15 - 0-14 Dr Crokes Austin Stack Park
Referee: Brendan Griffin
Final
[edit ]Relegation play-off
[edit ]The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship. The 8 senior clubs are placed into two groups containing four teams during the Club Championship. The teams to finish bottom of both groups will face off in the Relegation Final, with the loser being relegated to the I.F.C. for 2020. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship.
Dr Crokes | 2-18 - 1-08 | Killarney Legion |
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T Brosnan (0-7, 2f), B Looney (1-1), T Doyle (1-0), M Burns (0-3), G O’Shea and J Kiely (0-2 each), D Shaw, G White and D Casey (0-1). | Report | J O’Donoghue (0-5, 2f), C Keane (1-0), R O’Grady (0-2, 1f), C Gammell (0-1). |
Championship statistics
[edit ]Top scorers
[edit ]Miscellaneous
[edit ]- Austin Stacks win the title for the first time since 2014.
- Austin Stacks go back level with Dr Crokes at the top of the Roll of Honor with a 13th title.
- Kerins O'Rahillys qualify for the final for the first time since 2008.
- Austin Stacks and Kerins O'Rahillys face each other in the final for the first time since 1936.
- It is a first all Tralee final since 1963.
- Killarney Legion are relegated having been a senior club since 2006.