2012 Connacht Senior Football Championship

The 2012 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 Sligo in the final. This was Mayo's 43rd Connacht senior title.^[1] Mayo were drawn at home with London or Leitrim in their semi-final, while Sligo's route was the harder—playing away to New York and overcoming Galway in their semi-final, only to fall at the final hurdle once again.^[2][3][4] The winning Mayo team received the J. J. Nestor Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Sligo entered the All-Ireland Qualifiers but soon exited, with a tame 0-13 - 0-04 defeat by Kildare in their next game. Kildare were subsequently overhauled in their next game by Cork (2-19 - 0-12) and Cork in their next game by Donegal (0-16 - 1-11), who defeated Connacht champions Mayo with ease in the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Connacht final
	New York		0-6
	Sligo		3-21			Sligo		2-14
	Galway		3-15			Galway		0-15
	Roscommon		0-10								Sligo		0-10
											Mayo		0-12
						Mayo		4-20
	London		1-8			Leitrim		0-10
	Leitrim		0-12

Quarter-finals

New York v Sligo

6 May 2012 8:00pm Quarter Final

New York	0-6 - 3-21	Sligo
E Carew 0-3 (3f), CJ Molloy 0-2 (2f), S Kelly 0-1	Report	S Coen 2-4, A Marren 0-6 (2f), M Breheny 0-3 (3f), P Hughes 1-1, B Egan, S McManus, P McGovern, T Taylor, A Costello, R Donovan, E Mullen 0-1 each

Gaelic Park, New York Referee: E Kinsella (Laois)

Roscommon v Galway

20 May 2012 4:00pm Quarter Final

Roscommon	0-10 - 3-15	Galway
S Kilbride 0-3 (2f), D O'Gara , D Shine (2f) 0-2 each, C Cregg, K Mannion, G Heneghan 0-1 each	Report	P Conroy 1-4, G Sice 1-3 (2f), M Hehir 1-0, J Bergin, G Bradshaw, M Meehan (1f) 0-2 each, S Armstrong, K McGrath 0-1 each

Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon Attendance: 12,962 Referee: J McQuillan (Cavan)

London v Leitrim

3 June 2012 3:00pm Quarter Final

London	1-8 - 0-12	Leitrim
L Colfer 0-5 (4f), P McGoldrick 1-1, S Kelly, E O'Neill (f) 0-1 each.	Report	E Mulligan 0-5 (3f), J Glancy (Glencar-Manorhamilton) 0-2, C Clarke, A Croal, E Williams, D Sweeney, S Moran 0-1 each

Emerald GAA Grounds, London Attendance: 1,000 Referee: R Hickey (Clare)

Semi-finals

Sligo v Galway

9 June 2012 6:00pm Semi Final

Sligo	2-14 - 0-15	Galway
A Marren 2-6 (1-0 pen, 0-1 '45, 0-1f), A Costello 0-3 (1f) D Kelly 0-2, S McManus, M Breheny, P Hughes 0-1 each	Report	M Hehir 0-7 (6f), P Conroy 0-3, G Sice 0-3 (3f), M Meehan, S Armstrong 0-1 each

Pearse Stadium, Galway Attendance: 8,556 Referee: M Deegan (Laois)

Mayo v Leitrim

24 June 2012 3:30pm Semi Final

Mayo	4-20 - 0-10	Leitrim
A Moran 2-0, C O'Connor 0-6f, K McLoughlin 1-2, A Freeman 1-0, A Dillon 0-3, C Mortimer 0-2 (1f), K Higgins, L Keegan, B Moran, D Geraghty, R McGarrity, M Conroy and E Varley 0-1 each	Report	E Mulligan 0-7 (5f), D Beck, D Sweeney and R Cox 0-1 each

McHale Park, Castlebar Attendance: 14,398 Referee: M Higgins (Fermanagh)

Final

Sligo v Mayo

15 July 2012 2:00pm Final

Sligo	0-10 - 0-12	Mayo
A Marren 0-3 (2f), D Maye (f, '45'), A Costello (2f), M Breheny (1f) 0-2 each, D Kelly 0-1.	Report	C O’Connor 0-3 (2f, 1 ’45), A Dillon 0-2, A Moran, B Moran, L Keegan, C Boyle, A O’Shea, D Geraghty, E Varley (f) 0-1 each.

Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon Attendance: 23,257 Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath).

References

1. Finnerty, Mike (20 July 2011). "New Mayo weather final storm". Mayo News. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
2. Breheny, Martin (6 October 2011). "Cats get last-four spot". Irish Independent. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
3. "Football draw offers fascinating ties". RTÉ Sport. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
4. Boyle, Donnchadh (26 April 2012). "Galway leave Joyce out of All-Ireland squad". Irish Independent. Retrieved 26 April 2012.

External links

• Connacht GAA website