2011 Connacht Senior Football Championship

The 2011 Connacht Senior Football Championship was that year's installment of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Connacht GAA. It was won by Mayo who defeated Roscommon in the final. This was Mayo's 42nd Connacht senior title.^[1] They played the same team in the final as the semi-final victory over Galway.^[2] That semi-final was hailed as the "Connacht Classico."^[3] The winning Mayo team received the J. J. Nestor Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Connacht final
	New York		1-11
	Roscommon		3-21			Roscommon		2-12
	Sligo		0-10			Leitrim		0-6
	Leitrim		1-10								Roscommon		0-11
											Mayo		0-13
						Galway		1-6
	London		2-10			Mayo		1-12
	Mayo		0-19

Quarter-finals

Leitrim v Sligo

22 May 2011 3:30pm Quarter Final

Leitrim	1-10 - 0-10	Sligo
C Beirne 1-3 (0-1f), E Mulligan 0-2f, W McKeon, T Beirne, P Brennan, A Croal, J Glancy 0-1 each.	Report	A Marren 0-4 (2f), M Breheny 0-2 (1f), T Taylor, F Quinn, S Coen, D Maye (f) 0-1 each.

Markievicz Park, Sligo Attendance: 7.354 Referee: J Curley (Meath)

New York v Roscommon

1 May 2011 8:00pm Quarter Final

New York	1-11 - 3-21	Roscommon
D Doona 0-4f, K O'Connor 1-1, J Kelly (1f, 1 '45'), CJ Molloy (1f) 0-2 each, S Harold, F Cleary 0-1 each.	Report	D Shine 0-5 (1f, 1 '45'), S Kilbride 1-4 (1f), K Higgins, C Cregg 1-1 each, C Devanney 0-3, I Kilbride, M Finneran, E Kenny, D Ward, P Domican, K Mannion, S O'Neill 0-1 each

Gaelic Park, New York Attendance: 2,500 Referee: P McEnaney (Monaghan)

London v Mayo

29 May 2011 3:00pm Quarter Final

London	2-10 - 0-19 A.E.T.	Mayo
P Geraghty 1-1, C O'Sullivan 1-0, E O'Neill (2f), B Comer, K Phair (1f) 0-2 each, M Gottsche, J Collins, S McVeigh 0-1 each	Report	A Moran 0-7 (2f), A Dillon 0-4, K McLoughlin 0-2, J Doherty, T Mortimer, J Kilcullen, C O'Connor, A Freeman, R Hennelly ('45) 0-1 each

Ruislip Attendance: 4,000 Referee: M Collins (Cork)

Semi-finals

Leitrim v Roscommon

12 June 2011 2:00pm Semi Final

Leitrim	0-6 - 2-12	Roscommon
E Mulligan, C Beirne (2f) 0-2 each, A Croal, R Gallagher 0-1 each.	Report	S Kilbride 0-5 (2f), D Shine, C Devaney 1-1 each, K Higgins 0-2, K Mannion, C Cregg, S O'Grady 0-1 each

Páirc Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon Attendance: 13,577 Referee: P McEnaney (Monaghan)

Mayo v Galway

26 June 2011 2:00pm Semi Final

Mayo	1-12 - 1-6	Galway
A Freeman 1-2, R Hennelly 0-2 (2f), T Mortimer, K McLoughlin, A Dillon (0-1f), A Moran, C O'Connor, J Doherty, E Varley, R McGarrity 0-1 each	Report	C Bane 0-4 (3f), P Conroy 1-0, P Joyce, E Concannon 0-1 each

McHale Park, Castlebar Attendance: 19,375 Referee: R Hickey (Clare)

Final

Roscommon v Mayo

17 July 2011 2:00pm Final

Roscommon	0-11 - 0-13	Mayo
D Shine (0-4fs, 0-1 '45) 0-8, D Ward, S Kilbride, C Cregg 0-1 each	Report	C O'Connor (0-8f) 0-8, P Gardiner, K McLoughlin, A Moran, A Dillon, E Varley 0-1 each

Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon Attendance: 25,609 Referee: M Collins (Cork)

References

1. Finnerty, Mike (20 July 2011). "New Mayo weather final storm". Mayo News. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
2. "Mayo boss sticks with tried and trusted". BreakingNews.ie. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
3. "JOE's Championship preview: Part 1 - Sunday's provincial semis". JOE.ie. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011. The lads at Newstalk, who have the radio rights to this one on Sunday, have been bigging it up as the Connacht Clasico. The rivalry is age-old and despite the fact that both have slipped a few notches in recent years - Galway were dismal during the League and Mayo were also hovering around the nether regions of Division 1 in the spring – the temperatures will definitely rise at McHale Park. Defending champions Roscommon await in the final.

External links

• Connacht GAA website