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 |
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[edit]
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[edit]
| 6 January 2019 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 |
 Jason Doherty Brian Reape Fergal Boland Evan Regan
|
| 13 January 2019 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 |
 Diarmuid O'Connor Brian Reape James Kelly Andy Moran
|
| 13 January 2019 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)
|
| 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 | |
References[edit]
- ^ "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.