2019 FBD Insurance League

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.

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
← 2018 2020 →

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

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

6 January 2019 (2019-01-06) 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 Y Mark Plunkett N Domhnaill Flynn N		Y Jason Doherty Y Brian Reape Y Fergal Boland Y Evan Regan

Leitrim v Mayo

13 January 2019 (2019-01-13) 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 Y Johnny Heaney Y Barry McHugh Y Tom Flynn Y		N Diarmuid O'Connor Y Brian Reape Y James Kelly N Andy Moran

Galway v Mayo

13 January 2019 (2019-01-13) 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)

Roscommon v Sligo

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

Galway v Roscommon

20 January 2019 (2019-01-20) 13:30 GMT (UTC±0) Final

Report

St Jarlath's Park, Tuam Referee: Liam Devenney (Mayo)