Laois Ladies Senior Football Club Championship

Laois Ladies Football Championship
Code	Ladies Football
Founded	1976
Trophy	Lulu Carroll trophy
Title holders	Sarsfields (5th title)
First winner	The Heath
Most titles	Timahoe (12 titles)

The Laois Ladies senior football club championship has been running since 1976 - 40 finals. The competition has seen five clubs winning the title, with Sarsfields (Mountmellick) winning the latest in 2015, captained by Jenny McEvoy. The final has been played in a number of grounds around the county, often in O'Moore Park (29 times including replays). The cup is named after Lulu Carroll who was one of Laois' greatest ever ladies footballers. The winners progress on into the provincial championship and Laois has a good record for a small county, having won the Leinster championship on 13 occasions. All-Ireland glory has proven more elusive, however, with The Heath securing Laois' only two titles, in 1985 & 1986.

Key

¶ Denotes that the club reached the Leinster final. Denotes that the club went on to win the Leinster championship.

Denotes that the club reached the All Ireland final. § Denotes that the club won the All Ireland final.

By Year

Year	Venue	Winner	Score	Tot	Runner-up	Score	Tot	Margin
2015	Crettyard [aet]	Sarsfields ¶	4-10	22	Timahoe	1-11	14	8
	O'Moore Park	Sarsfields	2-10	16	Timahoe	2-10	16	0
2014 [1]	O'Moore Park	Sarsfields	4-15	27	Timahoe	0-9	9	18
2013	Ratheniska	Sarsfields	3-7	16	Timahoe	0-12	12	4
2012	Crettyard	Timahoe	2-9	15	Sarsfields	2-8	14	1
2011	O'Moore Park	Sarsfields ¶	2-8	14	Timahoe	0-9	9	5
2010	O'Moore Park	Timahoe	2-10	16	Sarsfields	0-14	14	2
2009	O'Moore Park	Timahoe	2-11	17	Sarsfields	2-8	14	3
2008	O'Moore Park	Sarsfields	1-10	13	Timahoe	0-6	6	7
2007	O'Moore Park	Timahoe ¶	1-7	10	Sarsfields	1-6	9	1
2006	O'Moore Park	Shanahoe	2-9	15	Sarsfields	1-9	12	3
	Ratheniska	Shanahoe	0-10	10	Sarsfields	1-7	10	0
2005	Ballylinan	Timahoe ¶	1-9	12	Crettyard	0-11	11	1
2004	O'Moore Park	Crettyard	2-9	15	Shanahoe	1-9	12	3
2003	O'Moore Park	Timahoe	0-16	16	Sarsfields	0-9	9	7
2002	Ballylinan	Crettyard	2-10	16	Timahoe	1-7	10	6
2001	O'Moore Park	Timahoe	4-12	24	Crettyard	5-4	19	5
2000	O'Moore Park	Timahoe	3-8	17	Crettyard	0-7	7	10
	O'Moore Park	Timahoe	3-8	17	Crettyard	3-8	17	0
1999	O'Moore Park	Timahoe ¶	1-12	15	Crettyard	1-5	8	7
1998	Stradbally	Timahoe ¶	2-14	20	Crettyard	1-4	7	13
1997	O'Moore Park	Crettyard ¶	2-11	17	Timahoe	1-11	14	3
1996	O'Moore Park	Timahoe ¶	1-11	14	Crettyard	0-9	9	5
1995	Ballylinan	Crettyard	1-8	11	Timahoe	1-6	9	2
1994	O'Moore Park	Crettyard	2-12	18	Timahoe	0-6	6	12
1993 [2]	O'Moore Park	Crettyard	1-6	9	Timahoe	0-4	4	5
1992	O'Moore Park	Timahoe	1-9	12	Crettyard	2-5	11	1
1991	O'Moore Park	Crettyard ¶	1-8	11	Timahoe	1-6	9	2
	O'Moore Park	Crettyard	1-7	10	Timahoe	1-7	10	0
1990	O'Moore Park	Crettyard	3-5	14	Timahoe	2-4	10	4
1989	O'Moore Park	The Heath ¶	1-7	10	Crettyard	1-4	7	3
	O'Moore Park	The Heath	1-5	8	Crettyard	1-5	8	0
1988 [3]	Timahoe	The Heath ¶	1-6	9	Crettyard	0-7	7	2
1987 [4]	Timahoe	Crettyard ¶	2-5	11	The Heath	1-5	8	3
1986	O'Moore Park	The Heath §	2-16	22	Crettyard	0-5	5	17
1985 [5]	Timahoe	The Heath §	3-7	16	Crettyard	0-3	3	13
1984 [6]	Timahoe	The Heath	2-5	11	Crettyard	0-2	2	9
1983	Timahoe	The Heath	0-9	9	Crettyard	1-3	6	3
1982	Timahoe	The Heath	3-8	17	Crettyard	2-4	10	7
1981	Ballylinan	The Heath	5-3	18	Crettyard	1-1	4	14
1980	O'Moore Park	The Heath	3-6	15	Crettyard	3-4	13	2
1979	Timahoe	Crettyard	3-2	11	The Heath	3-0	9	2
1978	O'Moore Park	Crettyard	1-2	5	Ballyroan	0-4	4	1
1977	O'Moore Park	The Heath	4-5	17	Crettyard	2-4	10	7
1976	O'Moore Park	The Heath	0-11	11	Ballyroan	1-1	4	7

By Club Club No First Last RU First Last Timahoe 12 1992 2012 12 1990 2015 The Heath 11 1976 1989 2 1979 1987 Crettyard 11 1978 2004 17 1977 2005 Sarsfields 5 2008 2015 6 2003 2012 Shanahoe 1 2006 1 2004 Ballyroan 0 - 2 1976 1978

Back-to-back wins No. Team (Years) 7 The Heath (1980–86) 4 Timahoe (1998-01) 3 Crettyard (1993–95) Sarsfields (2013–15) 2 The Heath (1976–77) Crettyard (1978–79) The Heath (1988–89) Crettyard (1990–91) Timahoe (2009–10)

Consecutive Appearances No. Team (Years) 26 Crettyard (1977-02) 14 Timahoe (1990-03) 11 The Heath (1979–89) 10 Sarsfields (2006–15) 9 Timahoe (2007–15) 2 The Heath (1976–77) Crettyard (2004–05)

Head-to-Head Matrix Winner\Loser B C Sa Sh TH Ti Wins Ballyroan - 0 0 0 0 0 0 Crettyard 1 - 0 1 2 7 11 Sarsfields 0 0 - 0 0 5 5 Shanahoe 0 0 1 - 0 0 1 The Heath 1 10 0 0 - 0 11 Timahoe 0 7 5 0 0 - 12 Losses 2 17 6 1 2 12 40

Statistics & Notable Scores

• Crettyard have appeared in a record 28 finals - including a record 26-in-a-row between 1977 & 2002. They have played and beaten every other club in finals except Sarsfields.
• The competition has thrown up many repeated finals where two teams go head-to-head for a number of years in a row. These are:
  • Crettyard v The Heath (11 years/12 matches) 1979-1989
  • Crettyard v Timahoe (13 years/15 matches) 1990-2002
  • Timahoe v Sarsfields (9 years/10 matches) 2007-2015.
• The most common match-ups have been Crettyard v Timahoe (14 finals), The Heath v Crettyard (12 finals) and Timahoe v Sarsfields (10 finals).
• Sarsfield's 18pt winning margin in 2014 set a new record by beating the 1986 record of 17pts when The Heath beat Crettyard.
• Sarsfield's 4-15 (27pts) total in 2014 set a new scoring record for the final, beating the previous record of 4-12 (24pts) set in 2001 by Timahoe.
• Crettyard's losing score of 5-4 in 2001 would have won all bar the 1986, 1998, 2014 finals and the 2015 replay.
• Crettyard also posted the lowest score of any team in the final: 0-2 in 1984.
• The lowest winning score is 5pts - 1978 by Crettyard.
• The highest scoring final was the 2001 final between Timahoe and Crettyard. Timahoe won 4-12 5-4, a total of 43 points.
• The lowest scoring final was in 1978 when only 9 points were scored between the two teams.
• There have been five draws: 1989, 1991, 2000, 2006 & 2015.
  • 2000 had the highest-scoring draw (17 points each), with 1989, the lowest (8 points each).
  • Timahoe's win over Crettyard in the 2001 replay was the biggest winning margin in a replay (10 points).
  • Sarsfield's 4-10 in 2015 is the highest score in a replay.
  • 2015 also had the highest-scoring replay (36 points).
• Timahoe is the only team to have won the final in four different venues - the first victory in each of the four grounds were as follows: 1992 O'Moore Park, 1998 Stradbally, 2005 Ballylinan and 2012 Crettyard.

References

1. "Laois Ladies Final 2014". Leinster Express. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
2. Leinster Express November 1993
3. Leinster Express August 1988
4. Leinster Express August 1987
5. Leinster Express October 1985
6. Leinster Express September 1984