2016 Wexford Senior Football Championship

Wexford S.F.C.

Season	2016
Champions	Gusserane O'Rahillys (6th S.F.C. Title)
Relegated	Adamstown St Abban's
Leinster SCFC	???
All Ireland SCFC	n/a
Winning Captain	???
Man of the Match	???
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The 2016 Wexford Senior Football Championship is the 118th edition of the Wexford GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Wexford, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Wexford in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

St James' Ramsgrange were the defending champions after they defeated St. Martin's in the previous years final, however they relinquished their title to the same outfit at the Quarter-Final stage.

This was Glynn–Barntown's return to the senior grade after claiming the 2015 Wexford Intermediate Football Championship title.

Adamstown St Abban's were relegated back to the I.F.C. for 2017 after 20 years as a senior club with two S.F.C. final appearances in this period.

On 9 October 2016 Gusserane O'Rahillys claimed their 6th S.F.C. title when they defeated Glynn–Barntown on a scoreline of 0-11 to 0-10 at Wexford Park. This ended a 41-year wait for the club for S.F.C. honours.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from I.F.C.

• Glynn–Barntown – (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C.

Relegated to I.F.C.

• St Fintan's

Group stage

There are 2 groups called Group A and B. The top 4 in each group qualify for the Quarter Finals. The bottom finisher in each group will qualify for the Relegation Final.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Castletown Liam Mellows	5	5	0	0	74	51	+23	10
St Anne's Rathangan	5	3	2	0	70	56	+14	6
Glynn–Barntown	5	3	2	0	70	62	+8	6
St James'	5	2	2	1	53	56	-3	5
Horeswood	5	1	3	1	55	74	-19	3
Starlights	5	0	5	0	64	87	-23	0

Round 1

• Castletown 2-12, 3-7 Glynn–Barntown, 8/4/2016,
• Horeswood 4-10, 2-13 Starlights, 23/4/2016,
• St James' 0-12, 1-7 St Anne's, 24/4/2016,

Round 2

• St Anne's 1-7, 0-9 Glynn–Barntown, 15/4/2016,
• Castletown 0-10, 0-9 Horeswood, 15/4/2016,
• St James' 3-6, 0-10 Starlights, 17/4/2016,

Round 3

• Glynn–Barntown 0-15, 0-9 Horeswood, 28/5/2016,
• Castletown 1-11, 0-8 St James', 4/6/2016,
• St Anne's 2-13, 1-8 Starlights, 4/6/2016,

Round 4

• Horeswood 1-5, 0-8 St James', 6/8/2016,
• Castletown 1-14, 0-9 St Anne's Rathangan,7/8/2016,
• Glynn–Barntown 2-10, 0-15 Starlights, 7/8/2016,

Round 5

• St Anne's 2-16, 1-4 Horeswood, 19/8/2016,
• Glynn–Barntown 1-11, 2-4 St James', 19/8/2016,
• Castletown 1-12, 1-6 Starlights, 20/8/2016,

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
St Martin's	5	5	0	0	94	44	+50	10
Shelmaliers	5	3	1	1	65	51	+14	7
Gusserane O'Rahilly's	5	3	2	0	59	59	+0	6
St Mogue's Fethard	5	2	3	0	57	61	-4	4
Sarsfields	5	1	4	0	59	95	-36	2
Adamstown St Abban's	5	0	4	1	52	76	-24	1

Round 1

• Shelmaliers 1-16, 1-5 Sarsfields, 8/4/2016,
• Gusserane 2-8, 1-8 Adamstown, 24/4/2016,
• St Martin's 0-10, 1-3 Fethard, 24/4/2016,

Round 2

• Shelmaliers 0-10, 0-9 Gusserane, 17/4/2016,
• Fethard 1-11, 3-4 Sarsfields, 17/4/2016,
• St Martin's 3-12, 0-6 Adamstown, 17/4/2016,

Round 3

• Fethard 3-7, 0-11 Adamstown, 28/5/2016,
• Gusserane 1-14, 1-6 Sarsfields, 31/5/2016,
• St Martin's 1-11, 0-11 Shelmaliers, 5/6/2016,

Round 4

• Shelmaliers 1-10, 0-8 Fethard, 6/8/2016,
• Sarsfields 2-7, 0-12 Adamstown, 7/8/2016,
• St Martin's 1-13, 0-5 Gusserane, 7/8/2016,

Round 5

• Shelmaliers 0-12, 1-9 Adamstown, 20/8/2016,
• St Martin's 4-21, 2-10 Sarsfields, 20/8/2016,
• Gusserane 1-11, 1-10 Fethard, 20/8/2016,

Knock-out Stages

Relegation Final

The bottom finisher from both groups qualify for the Relegation final. The loser will be relegated to the 2017 Intermediate Championship.

• Starlights 3-10, 1-11 Adamstown, Enniscorthy, 2/9/2016,

Finals

The top 4 teams from each group qualify for the Quarter-Finals with 1st -vs- 4th and 2nd -vs- 3rd in each case.

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
	Castletown		2-12
	St Mogue's Fethard		1-9			Castletown		0-6
	Gusserane O'Rahilly's		1-12			Gusserane O'Rahilly's		0-9
	St Anne's Rathangan		1-6								Gusserane O'Rahillys
	Shelmaliers		0-13								Glynn–Barntown
	Glynn–Barntown		0-14			Glynn–Barntown		2-12
	St. James'		0-8			St Martin's		0-9
	St Martin's		0-12

Quarter-Finals:

9/2/16

Castletown Liam Mellows	2-12 – 1-9	Fethard
Donnacha Holmes 2-1, Brendan Halpin and Anthony Masterson 0-2 each, Richard Farrell, Andy Merrigan, Stephen Moloney (1 '45), Conor Carty (0-1f), Pierce Maxwell, Yusuf Frih 0-1 each		Ruairi Tubrid 1-0, Richard Waters (0-3f) and Mikie Dwyer (0-1f) 0-3 each, John Tubritt 0-2, Mark Wallace 0-1

Bellefield

Referee: Billy Dodd (Sarsfields)

9/3/16

Glynn–Barntown	0-14 – 0-13	Shelmaliers
Michael O'Regan 0-5 (0-4f), Mark Fanning 0-3, Craig Doyle and Robert Dempsey 0-2 each, Michael Doyle and Matthew Joyce 0-1 each		Derek Walsh 0-3f, Tommy Barron 0-2, Brian Malone, Glen Malone, Aaron Murphy, Adam Whitmore (0-1f), Craig McCabe, Brendan Barron, Barry O'Connor (0-1f), Conor Hearne 0-1 each

Bellefield

Referee: Anthony Tobin (Geraldine O'Hanrahans)

9/3/16

St Martin's	0-12 – 0-8	St James'
Ciaran Lyng 0-5 (0-2f), Jack O'Connor 0-2 (0-1f, 1 '45), Jake Firman, Paudie Kelly, Ryan Murphy, Ciaran Redmond, Joe Coleman 0-1 each		Kevin O'Grady 0-4 (0-1f), Adam Parle 0-2 (0-1f), Matthew O'Hanlon (0-1f) and Mark Molloy 0-1 each

Wexford Park

Referee: John Carton (Monageer–Boolavogue)

9/3/16

Gusserane O'Rahilly's	1-12 – 1-6	St Anne's
Shane Cullen 1-4 (0-4f), Adrian Flynn 0-3f, Paraic Conway and Sean Ryan 0-2 each, Jamie Cooney 0-1		Francis Simpson 1-1, Sean Gaul 0-4 (0-3f), David Fogarty 0-1

Wexford Park

Referee: Kevin Carty (Sarsfields)

Semi-Finals:

• Gusserane O'Rahilly's 0-9, 0-6 Castletown Liam Mellows, Wexford Park, 25/9/2016, Report
• Glynn–Barntown 2-12, 0-9 St Martin's, Wexford Park, 25/9/2016, Report

Final:

• Gusserane O'Rahilly's 0-11, 0-10 Glynn–Barntown, Wexford Park, 9/10/2016,

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

Main article: 2016–17 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship