The Connacht Junior Cup or Connaught Junior Cup is a cup competition organised by the Connacht Football Association for junior association football clubs. In the seasons when there has been no active Connacht Senior League or Connacht Senior Cup, this junior cup competition has effectively been the top level competition for non-League of Ireland clubs affiliated to the CFA. As a result, it is often simply just referred to as the Connacht Cup or Connaught Cup. The inaugural winners were Galway Town. The competition's most successful clubs have been Castlebar Celtic and Galway Bohemians who have been winners at least nine times each. Sligo Rovers, Longford Town, Galway Rovers and Mervue United were all winners before going on to join the League of Ireland.[1][2][3]
| Organising body | Connacht Football Association |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1928 |
| Region |  Connacht |
| Current champions | Athenry FC |
| Most successful club(s) | Castlebar Celtic (9) Galway Bohemians (9)[1] |
| Website | www.connachtfa.com |
List of finals
edit| Date | Winner | Score | Runners-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Athenry | 5-4 PENS | Castlebar Celtic | Solar 21 Park, Castlebar |
| 2019–20 | Salthill Devon | 2–1 | Westport United | Mile Bush, Castlebar |
| 2018–19 | Corrib Rangers | 1–0 | Manulla | Eamonn Deacy Park |
| 2017–18 | Mervue United | 5–4 PENS | Carbury FC | The Showgrounds |
| 2016–17 | Ballinasloe Town | 3–2 | West United | Eamonn Deacy Park |
| 2015–16 | Athenry[4] | 7–0 | Ballinasloe Town | Lecarrow |
| 2014–15 | Mervue United | 2–1 | Athenry | Eamonn Deacy Park |
| 2013–14 | Ballinasloe Town[5] | 0–0 [note 1] | Castlebar Celtic | Milebush Park, Castlebar |
| 2012–13 | Ballinasloe Town | Athenry | ||
| 2011–12 | Westport United | |||
| 2010–11 | Athenry | |||
| 2009–10 | Athenry | |||
| 2008–09 | Castlerea Celtic | |||
| 2007–08 | Athenry | |||
| 2006–07 | Athenry | |||
| 2005–06 | Abbey United | Castlebar Celtic | ||
| 2004–05 | Mervue United | 4–1 | Glenview Stars | |
| 2003–04 | Ballinasloe Town | 2–1 | Manulla | |
| 2002–03 | Castlebar Celtic | Moyne Villa | ||
| 2001–02 | Mervue United | |||
| 2000–01 | Galway Hibernians | 2–1 | Skyvalley | |
| 1999–2000 | Galway Hibernians | 4–2 | Charlestown Athletic | |
| 1998–99 | Strand Celtic | Ballyglass | ||
| 1997–98 | Mervue United | Crescent United | ||
| 1996–97 | Galway Bohemians | Cliffoney Celtic | ||
| 1995–96 | Calry Bohemians | 1–0 | Ballyglass | |
| 1994–95 | Galway Hibernians | |||
| 1993–94 | Galway Hibernians | 2–0 | Abbey United | |
| 1992–93 | Galway Bohemians | |||
| 1991–92 | Crescent United | 1–0 | Urlaur United | |
| 1990–91 | Mervue United | |||
| 1989–90 | Mervue United | |||
| 1988–89 | Castlebar Town | 4–0 | Calry Bohemians | |
| 1987–88 | Sligo Corinthians | |||
| 1986–87 | Westport United | 2–1[6] | West United | |
| 1985–86 | Castlebar Celtic | 2–1 | Galway Hibernians | |
| 1984–85 | Castlebar Celtic | 3–2 | Mervue United[3] | |
| 1983–84 | Sligo Collegians | |||
| 1982–83 | Galway Hibernians | |||
| 1981–82 | West United | |||
| 1980–81 | Coolera Rovers | |||
| 1979–80 | Castlebar Celtic | Mervue United[3] | ||
| 1978–79 | UCG | |||
| 1977–78 | Galway Bohemians | |||
| 1976–77 | Ballina Town | 2–1 | Galway Descpo | |
| 1975–76 | UCG | West United | ||
| 1974–75 | West United | 5–1 | Westport | |
| 1973–74 | Westport United | 1–0[7] | OLBC (Galway) | Westport Sports Park |
| 1972–73 | UCG | 2–0 | Ballina Town | |
| 1971–72 | Galway Bohemians | |||
| 1970–71 | Gilooly Rangers | |||
| 1969–70 | Galway Bohemians | |||
| 1968–69 | collegians | |||
| 1967–68 | Collegians | |||
| 1966–67 | UCG | 1–0 | Sligo Collegians | |
| 1965–66 | Shannon (Sligo) | |||
| 1964–65 | UCG | |||
| 1963–64 | Castlebar Celtic | 5–2 | Westport United | |
| 1962–63 | OLBC (Galway) | |||
| 1961–62 | Collegians | |||
| 1960–61 | Westport United | 4–1 | Sligo Rangers | |
| 1959–60 | Castlebar Celtic | 3–0 | OLBC (Galway) | |
| 1958–59 | Castlebar Celtic | 2–1 | Sligo Collegians | |
| 1957–58 | Galway Rovers | |||
| 1956–57 | Shamrock Athletic | Sligo St. Annes | ||
| 1955–56 | Galway Bohemians | |||
| 1954–55 | Castlebar Celtic | |||
| 1953–54 | Sligo Bohemians | |||
| 1952–53 | Galway Bohemians | |||
| 1951–52 | [note 2] | |||
| 1950–51 | Galway Hibernians | |||
| 1949–50 | Westport Town | |||
| 1948–49 | Sligo Bohemians | |||
| 1947–48 | M.C.R. Sligo | Castlebar Celtic | ||
| 1946–47 | Castlebar Celtic | 1–0 | Galway Rovers | |
| 1945–46 | Galway Bohemians | |||
| 1944–45 | Westport Town | |||
| 1943–44 | Galway Bohemians | |||
| 1942–43 | Sligo Bohemians | |||
| 1941–42 | Westport Town | 3–2 | Galway Bohemians | |
| 1940–41 | St Mary's (Sligo) | |||
| 1939–40 | Killybegs | |||
| 1938–39 | Galway Bohemians | |||
| 1937–38 | Galway Bohemians | |||
| 1936–37 | Distillery F.C. (Sligo) | |||
| 1935–36 | Sligo
Bohemians |
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| 1934–35 | Sligo Bohemians | |||
| 1933–34 | Killybegs | 5–4 | Galway | |
| 1932–33 | Glen Celtic AFC | |||
| 1931–32 | Longford Town | |||
| 1930–31 | Hibernians (Athlone) | 5–1 [note 3] | Galway[8] | |
| 1929–30 | Sligo Rovers | |||
| 1928–29 | Galway Town | 1–1 [note 4] | Hibernians (Athlone)[8] | Sligo |
Notes
edit- ^ Ballinasloe Town won 4–2 on penalties
- ^ The list of Connaught Junior Cup Past Finals at foot.ie lists Galway Bohemians and Killybegs as winners and runners up respectively
- ^ This was a second replay. Two earlier games both finished 1–1
- ^ The game finished 1–1 and Hibernians (Athlone) refused to play extra time. Galway Town were awarded cup following a meeting of the Connacht Football Association
References
edit- ^ a b c "Mayo Football League Roll Of Honour" (PDF). inform.fai.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "Castlebar Celtic – Club History". castlebarceltic.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Mervue United Club Role of Honour". mervueunited.com. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "It's seven up for Athenry in one-sided Junior Cup final". Connacht Tribune. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ "Ballinasloe Town retain Connacht Junior Cup with win over Castlebar Celtic". thejuniorsoccerportal. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "Westport Utd F.C., History 1980 – 2001". mayo-ireland.ie. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "Westport Utd FC, History 1911 – 1980". mayo-ireland.ie. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ a b Lynch, Frank (1991). A History of Athlone Town F.C: The First 101 Years. Athlone: Arcadia.
- ^ "Castlebar Celtic – Roll Of Honour". castlebarceltic.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ "Wesport United – Club History". westportunited.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ "Athenry F.C. – Club Honours". athenryfootballclub.com. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "Connaught Junior Cup Past Finals". foot.ie. 5 April 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2016.