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| Down Intermediate Football Championship | |
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Current season or competition: 2022 Down Intermediate Football Championship | |
| Irish | Cluiche Ceannais Péil An Dúin |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Trophy | WJ Farrell Cup |
| Title holders |  Saval (2nd title) |
| Most titles |  Ballyholland Harps Atticall Warrenpoint(3 titles) |
| Sponsors | The Parador Lodge |
The Down Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Down GAA clubs.
Saval are the title holders (2022) defeating Rostrevor in the Final.
Format
16 clubs compete in the competition.
History
The 2022 final between Rostrevor and Saval pitted Benny Coulter and Danny Hughes (teammates when Down got as far as the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final) against each other on the sideline.
Qualification for subsequent competitions
The Down IFC winner qualifies for the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship. It is the only team from Down to qualify for this competition. The Down IFC winner may enter the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship at either the preliminary round or the quarter-final stage. They often do well there, with the likes of Rostrevor among the clubs from Down to play in at least one Ulster Championship final after winning the Down Intermediate Football Championship.
All-Ireland Championship
The Down IFC winner — by winning the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship — may qualify for the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship, at which it would enter at the semi-final stage, providing it hasn't been drawn to face the British champions in the quarter-finals.
Down Senior Football Championship
The winner of the Down IFC also qualifies to play in the Down Senior Football Championship.
Finals listed by year
| Also won the Ulster and All-Ireland competitions in the same season |
| Also won the Ulster competition in the same season |
| Year | Winner | Score | Score | Opponents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Saval
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1–12 | 1–09 |  Rostrevor
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| 2021 | An Ríocht
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2–06 | 0–11 | Darragh Cross
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| 2020 |  Saul
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3–10 | 0–14 |  Drumgath
|
| 2019 |  Glenn
|
1–12 | 1–10 | Newry Shamrocks
|
| 2018 | Bredagh
|
3–13 | 1–17 | Liatroim Fontenoys
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| 2017 | Rostrevor
|
1–10 | 1–06 |  Annaclone
|
| 2016 | Bredagh
|
3–13 | 1–10 | An Ríocht
|
| 2015 | Loughinisland
|
3–11 | 0–08 | An Ríocht
|
| 2014 | Warrenpoint
|
1–22 | 1–09 |  Ballymartin
|
| 2013 | Drumgath
|
0–15 | 1–07 | Newry Bosco
|
| 2012 | Warrenpoint
|
1–08 | 0–08 | Newry Bosco
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| 2011 | Kilclief
|
1–09 | 0–09 | Ballymartin
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| 2010 | Tullylish
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4–07 | 4–06 | Annaclone
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| 2009 | Ballymartin
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0–15 | 0–07 | Darragh Cross
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| 2008 | Annaclone
|
1–13 | 0–13 | Darragh Cross
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| 2007 | RGU Downpatrick
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0–12 | 0–09 | Ballymartin
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| 2006 | Drumgath
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Atticall
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| 2005 | RGU Downpatrick
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| 2004 | Atticall
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| 2003 | Ballyholland Harps
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| 2002 |  Longstone
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Saval
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| 2001 | Warrenpoint
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Longstone
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| 2000 | Atticall
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| 1999 | Ballyholland Harps
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| 1998 | Liatroim Fontenoys
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| 1997 | Atticall
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Annaclone
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| 1996 | Newry Bosco
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| 1995 | Saval
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| 1994 | Ballyholland Harps
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Annaclone
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| 1993 | Ballymartin
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| 1992 | Drumaness
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Ballymartin
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| 1991 | Glenn
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Drumaness
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| 1990 |  Dromara
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Ballymartin
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| 1973 | Greencastle |
Wins listed by club
| # | Team | Wins | Years won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballyholland Harps
|
3 | 1994, 1999, 2003 |
| Atticall
|
3 | 1997, 2000, 2004 | |
| Warrenpoint
|
3 | 2001, 2012, 2014 | |
| 4 | Glenn
|
2 | 1991, 2019 |
| Ballymartin
|
2 | 1993, 2009 | |
| Saval
|
2 | 1995, 2022 | |
| RGU Downpatrick
|
2 | 2005, 2007 | |
| Drumgath
|
2 | 2006, 2013 | |
| Bredagh
|
2 | 2016, 2018 | |
| 10 | Greencastle | 1 | 1973 |
| Dromara
|
1 | 1990 | |
| Drumaness
|
1 | 1992 | |
| Newry Bosco
|
1 | 1996 | |
| Liatroim Fontenoys
|
1 | 1998 | |
| Longstone
|
1 | 2002 | |
| Annaclone
|
1 | 2008 | |
| Tullylish
|
1 | 2010 | |
| Kilclief
|
1 | 2011 | |
| Loughinisland
|
1 | 2015 | |
| Rostrevor
|
1 | 2017 | |
| Saul
|
1 | 2020 | |
| An Ríocht
|
1 | 2021 |
References
- Malone, Steve (15 October 2022). "Saval to give Reds their fill". Newry Democrat. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- "Bredagh regain Down Intermediate Football honours". Belfastmedia.com. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- "Previews: Down Senior, Intermediate and Junior Football finals". Gaelic Life. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
Former teammates Benny Coulter and Danny Hughes, who helped Down reach the All-Ireland final in 2010, will face off on the sideline this weekend and this one could go right down to the wire.
- Watters, Andy (3 November 2018). "Down champions Bredagh travel south for Ulster Intermediate clash with Cavan outfit Mullahoran". The Irish News. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
Down champions Bredagh swap the city streets of south Belfast for small town county Cavan this afternoon for a run-in with the once all-conquering 'Dreadnoughts'.
- Watters, Andy (12 November 2022). "Down champions Saval make Ulster championship debut against Monaghan's Corduff". The Irish News. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
Seventy-three years since their foundation, Down champions Saval make their Ulster debut against a Corduff side that passed their first test at this level with a nerve-jangling victory over Armagh's Shane O'Neill's in last weekend's preliminary round.
- Malone, Steve (15 October 2022). "Saval to give Reds their fill". Retrieved 3 December 2022.
Rostrevor won the title in 2017 and reached the Ulster Final where they lost to Moy by a point, who went on to win the Intermediate All-Ireland.
- Watters, Andy (12 November 2022). "Down champions Saval make Ulster championship debut against Monaghan's Corduff". The Irish News. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
Saval clinched their maiden Down intermediate title with victory over Rostrevor on October 15
- Malone, Steve (15 October 2022). "Saval to give Reds their fill". Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- Casey, Shaun (4 December 2021). "An Ríocht chasing more glory days". Gaelic Life. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
An Ríocht picked up their first ever championship success at senior level with a 2-6 to 0-11 win over Darragh Cross in the Intermediate final. It was a historic day for the Kingdom and a result that didn't look likely heading into the last water break. Bernie Ruane's side trailed 0-11 to 0-5 but late goals from Eoin Sloan and Kory Colgan completed a comeback that will live long in the memory.
{{cite news}}: no-break space character in|quote=at position 3 (help) - O Meiscill, Padraig (21 September 2020). "Saul's hat-trick of majors ensures victory in Down IFC final". The Irish News.
- Malone, Steve (16 October 2019). "Captains character inspires Glenn". Newry Democrat.
- "Bredagh regain Down Intermediate Football honours". Belfastmedia.com. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- Watters, Andy (3 November 2018). "Down champions Bredagh travel south for Ulster Intermediate clash with Cavan outfit Mullahoran". The Irish News. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
Jody Gormley steered Bredagh to the Down Intermediate title this year
- Malone, Steve (15 October 2022). "Saval to give Reds their fill". Retrieved 3 December 2022.
Rostrevor won the title in 2017 and reached the Ulster Final where they lost to Moy by a point, who went on to win the Intermediate All-Ireland.
- "Kilcoo Take County Title". newry.ie. 23 October 2012.
- Malone, Steve (15 October 2022). "Saval to give Reds their fill". Retrieved 3 December 2022.
Saval last won the Championship in 1995
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