2016 Galway county football team season

The following is a summary of Galway county football team's 2016 season.

Galway
2016 season
ManagerKevin Walsh
StadiumPearse Stadium, Galway City
NFL Division 23rd
All-Ireland SFCQuarter-finalist
Connacht SFCWinner
FBD Insurance LeagueWinner
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Danny Cummins (2–8)
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Galway began their campaign by securing a 6th FBD Insurance League title, with a win over Roscommon. Galway ended Mayo's bid for a sixth consecutive Connacht SFC title with an unlikely three-point victory at McHale Park. In the 2016 All-Ireland SFC quarter-final Galway were defeated by Tipperary.[1]

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Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed/Cancelled

Fixtures

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Date Round Home Score Away Ground
3 Jan Group   Galway 2-9 v 0-12   Sligo Tuam
10 Jan Group   Galway 1-8 v 1-5   Leitrim Tuam
17 Jan Group   Galway 0-13 v 0-10   GMIT Tuam

Table

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Team Pld W D L Pts Diff
  Galway 3 3 0 0 6 +14
  Leitrim 3 2 0 1 4 +18
  GMIT 3 1 0 2 2 –23
  Sligo 3 0 0 3 0 –9

Fixtures

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Date Round Home Score Away Ground
31 Jan Group   Laois 1-10 - 3-12   Galway O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
7 Feb Group   Galway 1-9 - 1-11   Tyrone Pearse Stadium, Salthill
28 Feb Group   Derry 2-12 - 1-18   Galway Páirc na gCeilteach, Derry
6 Mar Group   Galway 0-15 - 1-12   Meath Pearse Stadium, Salthill
13 Mar Group   Armagh 1-15 - 1-15   Galway Athletic Grounds, Armagh
27 Mar Group   Galway 0-15 - 0-15   Fermanagh St Jarlath's Park, Tuam
3 Apr Group   Cavan 1-16 - 1-12   Galway Breffni Park, Cavan

Table

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  Compete in Division 2 final and automatic promotion to Division 1
  Automatic relegation to Division 3

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
 Tyrone 7 5 2 0 6-89 3-76 22 12
 Cavan 7 5 0 2 8-102 3-81 36 10
 Galway 7 2 3 2 7-96 7-91 5 7
 Fermanagh 7 2 2 3 2-85 6-75 -2 6
 Meath 7 2 2 3 6-82 5-91 -6 6
 Derry 7 2 2 3 13-86 9-106 -8 6
 Armagh 7 2 2 3 4-86 6-96 -16 6
 Laois 7 1 1 5 4-93 11-103 -31 3

1Fermanagh, Meath, Derry and Armagh are ranked by scoring difference.


Fixtures

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Date Round Team 1 Score Team 2 Ground
Sunday 5 June 2016 Semi-final   Mayo 0-12 - 1-12   Galway McHale Park
Sunday 10 July 2016 Final   Galway 0-13 - 1-10   Roscommon Pearse Stadium, Salthill
Sunday 17 July 2016 Final replay   Galway 3-16 - 0-14   Roscommon McHale Park

Bracket

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Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  New York 0-17
  Roscommon 1-15   Roscommon 1-21
  Leitrim 0-11
  Roscommon 4-16
  Sligo 2-13
  Roscommon
(R)
1-10
0-14
  Galway
(R)
0-13
3-16
  London 0-9
  Mayo 2-16
  Mayo 0-12
  Galway 1-12


Fixtures

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Date Round Team 1 Score Team 2 Ground
Sunday 31 July 2016 AI SFC quarter-final   Tipperary 3-13 - 1-10   Galway Croke Park

References

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  1. ^ O'Brien, Kevin. "As it happened: Galway v Tipperary, All-Ireland SFC quarter-final". The42.