2012 Meath Senior Football Championship
| Season | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
Navan O'Mahonys 18th Senior Football Championship title |
| Relegated | None |
| Leinster SCFC |
Navan O'Mahonys Navan O'Mahonys 0-8 Killoe 2-13 |
| All Ireland SCFC | N/A |
| Winning Captain | Marcus Brennan (Navan O'Mahonys) |
| Man of the Match | Shane Gillespie (Navan O'Mahonys) |
| Matches played | 47 |
|
← 2011
2013 →
|
|
The 2012 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 120th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 17 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.
Summerhill were the defending champions after they defeated Dunshaughlin in the previous years final.
Moynalvey were promoted after claiming the 2011 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title, their first year in the senior grade since being relegated in 2000 and only their 2nd ever period as a senior club.
The draw for the group stages of the championship was made at Áras Tailteann on 13 February 2012, with the games commencing on the weekend of 15 April 2012.
On 28 October 2012, Navan O'Mahonys claimed their 18th senior championship title when they defeated Wolfe Tones 1-11 to 0-7. Shane Gillespie was named as Man-of-the-Match and captain Marcus Brennan raised the Keegan Cup for O'Mahonys.
The following teams have changed division since the 2011 championship season.
Promoted from I.F.C.
Relegated to I.F.C.
The teams taking part in the 2012 Meath Senior Football Championship are:
During the winter of 2011/2012 proposals to change the structure of the Senior Football Championship by increasing the number of teams from 17 to 18 were passed, so that teams will have no byes during the group phase. In the 2012 Senior championship, there will be two groups of 6 teams and one group of 5 teams, however there will be no relegation from the Senior championship at the end of the season and the Intermediate championship winners will be promoted leaving the number of teams at 18 for the 2013 campaign.
There are 3 groups called Group A,B and C. The 3 top finishers in Group A and B and the top 2 finshers in Group C will qualify for the quarter finals. The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 13 February 2012.
Round 1:
Round 2:
...
Wikipedia