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East Cork Junior A Football Championship

The East Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Michael O'Connor Motor Factors East Cork Junior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Imokilly Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1927 for junior Gaelic football teams in East Cork.

East Cork Junior A Football Championship
Founded1927; 97 years ago (1927)
TrophyJim Ryan Cup
No. of teams12
Title holdersLisgoold (1st title)
Most titlesGlanmire (20 titles)
SponsorsMichael O'Connor Motor Factors

The series of games begin in March, with the championship culminating with the final in the autumn. The championship includes a knock-out stage and a "back door" for teams defeated in the first round.

The East Cork Junior Championship is an integral part of the wider Cork Junior Football Championship. The winners of the East Cork championship join their counterparts from the other seven divisions to contest the county championship.

As of 2023, 12 clubs were participating in the East Cork Championship.[citation needed] The title has been won at least once by 17 different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Glanmire, who have won a total of 20 titles.

Lisgoold are the title-holders, defeating Carrignavar by 2-09 to 0-10 in the 2023 championship final.[1]

Format edit

The East Cork Junior Championship is effectively a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random — there are no seeds.[citation needed]

Each match is played as a single leg. If a match ends as a draw there is a period of extra time, however, if both sides are still level at the end of extra time a replay takes place and so on until a winner is found.[citation needed]

Teams edit

2023 Teams edit

Team Location Colours Position in 2023 In championship since Championship Titles Last Championship Title
  Aghada Aghada Green and white 4 1989
  Bride Rovers Rathcormac Green, white and gold 3 2021
  Carrignavar Carrignavar Green and red 1 1975
  Carrigtwohill Carrigtwohill Blue and yellow 3 2000
  Castlemartyr Castlemartyr Red and white 6 1991
  Cloyne Cloyne Red and black 6 2016
  Erin's Own Caherlag Red and blue 6 2019
  Fr. O'Neill's Ballymacoda Red and green 4 2015
  Glenbower Rovers Killeagh Green and white 3 2014
  Lisgoold Lisgoold Blue and yellow 1 2023
  Midleton Midleton Black and white 12 2020

List of finals edit

Year Winners Runners-up #
Club Score Club Score
2023 Lisgoold 2-09 Carrignavar 0-10
2022 Cobh 4-11 Castlemartyr 2-09
2021 Bride Rovers 3-09 Cobh 0-10
2020 Midleton [2]
2019 Erin's Own [2]
2018 Midleton [2]
2017 Erin's Own [2]
2016 Cloyne [2]
2015 Fr. O'Neill's [2]
2014 Glenbower Rovers [2]
2013 Glenbower Rovers [2]
2012 Glenbower Rovers [2]
2011 Glenbower Rovers [2]
2010 Cloyne [2]

Roll of honour edit

# Team Wins Years won
1   Glanmire 20 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1977
2   Midleton 12 1928, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1949, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1992, 2018, 2020
3   Cobh 10 1927, 1944, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1988, 2022
4   Youghal 7 1940, 1941, 1945, 1952, 1959, 1984, 1999[2]
  Glenville 7 1948, 1961, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1995
6   Castlemartyr 6 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991
  Cloyne 6 1976, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016
  Erin's Own 6 1994, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2017, 2019
9   Aghada 4 1980, 1981, 1983, 1989
  Fr. O'Neill's 4 1996, 1998, 2006, 2015
11   Carrigtwohill 3 1993, 1997, 2000
  Glenbower Rovers 4 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014[2]
  Bride Rovers 3 2004, 2007, 2021
14   Russell Rovers 1 1931
Combined Services 1 1941
19th Battalion 1 1942
  Carrignavar 1 1975
Lisgoold 1 2023

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2023 final".
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Roll Of Honour - Junior A Football Winners". eastcorkgaa.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.

External links edit

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