2018 Kildare Senior Football Championship

The 2018 Kildare Senior Football Championship is the 125th edition of the Kildare GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Kildare, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams with the winner going on to represent Kildare in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship had a different format this year, employing a random draw for the first round, followed by seeded groups and a knock-out stage.

Kildare S.F.C.
Season2018
ChampionsMoorefield
RelegatedLeixlip
Winning Captain???
Man Of The Match???
Winning Manager???
Matches played??
2017
2019

Moorefield were the defending champions after they defeated Celbridge in the previous years final.

This was Raheens' return to the senior grade after 12 years outside the top-flight of Kildare club football.

Team Changes

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[1]

The following teams have changed division since the 2017 championship season.

To S.F.C.

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Promoted from 2017 Kildare I.F.C.

Format

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The 2018 Senior and Intermediate County Championship used a completely new format this year. 16 teams play in eight first round games after which all 16 teams will go into four groups of four with two winners and two losers from the opening round in each of those groups. After which the teams that finish first and second will qualify for the knockout stages while the four bottom clubs have to fend off relegation in a Relegation Semi-Final.

First round

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  • Leixlip 2-20, 3-5 Eadestown, Hawkfield, 9/5/2018, (Replay)

Group stage

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All 16 teams play in the group stage. There are four groups of four, with each group consisting of 2 First Round winners and losers. The top team in each group go into the Quarter-Finals, 2nd and 3rd in each group proceed to the Preliminary Quarter-Finals while the bottom team of each group entered a Relegation Playoff.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knock-out stage

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Preliminary quarter-finals

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15 September 2018 Naas 5-19 - 3-7 Raheens Newbridge
Referee: ???
Man of the Match: ???

16 September 2018 Carbury 2-18 - 0-20 Confey Newbridge
Referee: ???
Man of the Match: ???

16 September 2018 Sarsfields 1-11 - 2-4 Maynooth Newbridge
Referee: ???
Man of the Match: ???

16 September 2018 Johnstownbridge 2-13 - 1-12 Round Towers Newbridge
Referee: ???
Man of the Match: ???

Quarter-finals

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23 September 2018
3:45pm
Moorefield 1-17 - 1-9 Johnstownbridge Newbridge
Referee: ???
Man of the Match: ???

23 September 2018
5:30pm
Athy 2-11 - 0-7 Sarsfields Newbridge
Referee: ???
Man of the Match: ???

29 September 2018 Naas 1-13 - 2-7 St. Laurence's Newbridge
Referee: ???
Man of the Match: ???

29 September 2018 Celbridge 1-15 - 0-10 Carbury Newbridge
Referee: ???
Man of the Match: ???

Semi-finals

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6 October 2018 Athy 0-17 - 1-13 Celbridge Newbridge
Referee: ???
Man of the Match: ???

7 October 2018 Moorefield 0-17 - 0-9 Naas Newbridge
Referee: ???
Man of the Match: ???

Final

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21 October 2018 Moorefield 2-12 - 2-9 Athy Newbridge
Referee: ???
Man of the Match: ???

Relegation playoff

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Relegation semi-finals

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  • Eadestown 1-11, 0-10 Leixlip, Hawkfield, 22/9/2018,
  • Castledermot 0-17, 0-11 Clane, Hawkfield, 22/9/2018,

Relegation final

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  • Clane 0-13, 0-12 Leixlip, Hawkfield, 6/10/2019,

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Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

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References

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  1. ^ "Leinster Leader". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Leiclip Relegated". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.