2019 FBD Insurance League

2019 FBD Insurance League
Tournament details
Province	Connacht
Year	2019
Sponsor	FBD
Winners
Champions	Roscommon (5th win)
Manager	Anthony Cunningham
Captain	Enda Smith
Runners-up
Runners-up	Galway
Manager	Kevin Walsh
Captain	Shane Walsh
Other
Matches played	4
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 FBD Insurance League (sometimes referred to as the Connacht SFL) was an inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of Connacht. All five Connacht county teams participated, but there are no college or university teams.

After the 2018 tournament featured a busy schedule with several postponements due to bad weather, the 2019 tournament was a straight knockout with teams playing just one or two games (as opposed to 4 games in the previous year).^[1]^[2]^[3]

The competition featured an historic penalty shootout in which Mayo defeated Leitrim by 4-1 to advance to the semi-final after the teams could not be separated following seventy minutes of play.^[4]

Competition format

The competition was a straight knockout. Drawn games went a penalty shoot-out without the playing of extra-time. This occurred in Mayo v Leitrim.

Fixtures and results

6 January 2019 (2019-01-06) Quarter-final	Leitrim	2-13 (19) – (19) 2-13 (1–4 pen)	Mayo	Carrick-on-Shannon
13:30 GMT (UTC±0)		(HT: 0-8 – 2-9)		Venue: Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
		Report		Referee: James Molloy (Galway)
		Penalty shootout
	Ryan O'Rourke Y Mark Plunkett N Domhnaill Flynn N		Y Jason Doherty Y Brian Reape Y Fergal Boland Y Evan Regan

13 January 2019 (2019-01-13) Semi-final	Galway	1-09 (12) – (12) 1-09 (4–2 pen)	Mayo	Tuam
13:30 GMT (UTC±0)		(HT: 0-03 – 1-05)		Venue: St Jarlath's Park
		Report		Referee: Patrick Neilan (Roscommon)
		Penalty shootout
	Liam Silke Y Johnny Heaney Y Barry McHugh Y Tom Flynn Y		N Diarmuid O'Connor Y Brian Reape Y James Kelly N Andy Moran

13 January 2019 (2019-01-13) Semi-final	Roscommon	2-18 (24) – (19) 1-16	Sligo	Roscommon
13:30 GMT (UTC±0)		(HT: 1-06 – 1-10)		Venue: Dr. Hyde Park
		Report		Referee: J Henry (Mayo)

20 January 2019
13:30 GMT (UTC±0)
Final

Report

Galway	1-05 (08) – (13) 0-13	Roscommon
(HT: 0-04 – 0-06)
Gls: B McHugh 1 Pts: G O’Donnell 2, S Walsh 2 (1f), B McHugh 1(f)		Pts: D Smith 8 (5f), C Lennon 2, S Killoran 1, U Harney 1, C Compton 1

St Jarlath's Park, Tuam
Referee: Liam Devenney (Mayo)

References

^ "New knock-out format for 2019 FBD League - HoganStand". hoganstand.com.
^ "Hyland's first outing with Leitrim on Sunday in Oldcastle".
^ "FBD League is a knockout as Connacht GAA release 2019 Fixtures list".
^ Sweeney, Peter (7 January 2019). "Leitrim player sent off, plays on and sets up vital score". RTÉ Sport.

[1] "New knock-out format for 2019 FBD League - HoganStand". hoganstand.com.

[2] "Hyland's first outing with Leitrim on Sunday in Oldcastle".

[3] "FBD League is a knockout as Connacht GAA release 2019 Fixtures list".

[4] Sweeney, Peter (7 January 2019). "Leitrim player sent off, plays on and sets up vital score". RTÉ Sport.

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