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East Cork Junior A Football Championship
Founded1927; 97 years ago (1927)
TrophyJim Ryan Cup
No. of teams12
Title holdersCobh (10th title)
Most titlesGlanmire (20 titles)
SponsorsMichael O'Connor Motor Factors

The East Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Michael O'Connor Motor Factors East Cork Junior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Imokilly Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1927 for junior Gaelic football teams in East Cork.

The series of games begin in March, with the championship culminating with the final in the autumn. The championship includes a knock-out stage and a "back door" for teams defeated in the first round.

The East Cork Junior Championship is an integral part of the wider Cork Junior Football Championship. The winners of the East Cork championship join their counterparts from the other seven divisions to contest the county championship.

15 clubs currently participate in the East Cork Championship. The title has been won at least once by 17 different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Glanmire, who have won a total of 20 titles.

Cobh are the title-holders after defeating Castlemartyr by 4-11 to 2-09 in the 2022 championship final.

The championship

Overview

The East Cork Junior Championship is effectively a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random — there are no seeds.

Each match is played as a single leg. If a match ends as a draw there is a period of extra time, however, if both sides are still level at the end of extra time a replay takes place and so on until a winner is found.

Teams

2023 Teams

Team Location Colours Championship Titles Last Championship Title
Aghada Aghada Green and white 4 1989
Bride Rovers Rathcormac Green, white and gold 3 2021
Carrignavar Carrignavar Green and red 1 1975
Carrigtwohill Carrigtwohill Blue and yellow 3 2000
Castlemartyr Castlemartyr Red and white 6 1991
Cloyne Cloyne Red and black 6 2016
Erin's Own Caherlag Red and blue 6 2019
Fr. O'Neill's Ballymacoda Red and green 4 2015
Glenbower Rovers Killeagh Green and white 3 2014
Lisgoold Lisgoold Blue and yellow 1 2023
Midleton Midleton Black and white 12 2020
Youghal Youghal Maroon and white 8 2011

List of Finals

Year Winners Runners-up
Club Score Club Score
2023 Lisgoold 2-09 Carrignavar 0-10
2022 Cobh 4-11 Castlemartyr 2-09
2021 Bride Rovers 3-09 Cobh 0-10
2020 Midleton
2019 Erin's Own
2018 Midleton
2017 Erin's Own
2016 Cloyne
2015 Fr. O'Neill's
2014 Glenbower Rovers
2013 Glenbower Rovers
2012 Glenbower Rovers
2011 Youghal
2010 Cloyne

Roll of honour

# Team Wins Years won
1 Glanmire 20 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1977
2 Midleton 12 1928, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1949, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1992, 2018, 2020
3 Cobh 10 1927, 1944, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1988, 2022
4 Youghal 8 1940, 1941, 1945, 1952, 1959, 1984, 1999, 2011
5 Glenville 7 1948, 1961, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1995
6 Castlemartyr 6 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991
Cloyne 6 1976, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016
Erin's Own 6 1994, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2017, 2019
9 Aghada 4 1980, 1981, 1983, 1989
Fr. O'Neill's 4 1996, 1998, 2006, 2015
11 Carrigtwohill 3 1993, 1997, 2000
Glenbower Rovers 3 2012, 2013, 2014
Bride Rovers 3 2004, 2007, 2021
14 Russell Rovers 1 1931
Combined Services 1 1941
19th Battalion 1 1942
Carrignavar 1 1975

Records

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of East Cork Junior Football Championship titles, is as follows:

Gaps

Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:

2023 Championship

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Midleton 3 2 0 1 +16 4 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Bride Rovers 3 2 0 1 -1 4
3 Castlemartyr 3 2 0 1 -8 4
4 Youghal 3 0 0 3 -7 0

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Aghada 3 3 0 0 +15 6 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Lisgoold 3 2 0 1 +3 4
3 Cloyne 3 1 0 2 -11 2
4 Glenbower Rovers 3 0 0 3 -7 0 Advance to relegation playoff

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Fr. O'Neill's 3 3 0 0 +30 6 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Carrignavar 3 2 0 1 +9 4
3 Carrigtwohill 3 1 0 2 -8 2
4 Erin's Own 3 0 0 3 -31 0 Advance to relegation playoff

Knockout stage

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
Fr. O'Neill's 2-06
Midleton 1-08 Lisgoold 2-08
Lisgoold 1-10 Lisgoold 2-09
Carrignavar 0-10
Aghada 0-10
Carrignavar 3-12 Carrignavar 2-10
Bride Rovers 1-10

Relegation playoff

Glenbower Rovers 0-06 - 9-08 Erin's Own

See also

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