Connacht Senior Cup is an association football cup competition organised by the Connacht Football Association. This cup competition should not be confused with the more regularly played Connacht Junior Cup which has effectively been the top level competition for non-League of Ireland clubs when the Senior Cup has been inactive.
History Connacht Senior League Between 1981 and 1982 and 1999–2000, when the Connacht Senior League, was active the Connacht Senior Cup featured the members of the CSL and the champions of four junior leagues based in the province – the Galway & District League, the Sligo-Leitrim League, the Mayo Association Football League and the Roscommon & District League. Junior sides did well and featured in the first ten finals, winning four of them. In later seasons there were two more junior winners but all-Connacht Senior League finals became more common. The competition ended when the Senior league ended in 2000. During this era teams from the CSL also played in a separate league cup competition known as the Connacht Senior League Challenge Cup.Connacht Sentinel @ Irish Newspaper ArchivesGalway City Tribune @ Irish Newspaper ArchivesThe Connaught Telegraph @ Irish Newspaper ArchivesGalway Advertiser Archives Revival In 2007 a second Connacht Senior Cup was launched. This featured the top two teams from the Galway & District League, the Sligo-Leitrim League, the Mayo Association Football League and the Roscommon & District League plus the Connacht teams that played in the League of Ireland.
List of finals Season Winner Score Runners-up−15B.C 2009–10 Salthill Devon 7–0 Ballina Town 2008–09 Westport United2–1Athenry 2007–08 Galway United2–0Mervue United 1999–00 Mervue United 4–2 St Peters (Athlone) 1998–99 NUI Galway 7–1 Mervue United 1997–98 Mervue United 1–0 Straide & Foxford United 1996–97 Renmore1–0Salthill Devon 1995–96 Galway United Reserves2–1UCG 1994–95 Mervue United2–0Galway Hibernians 1993–94 West United 2–1 Straide & Foxford United 1992–93 Mervue United2–1Ballina Town 1991–92 Salthill Devon 1–0 UCG 1990–91 Salthill Devon 1–0 Westport United 1989–90 Salthill Devon 1–1 Salthill Devon won after 3–3 draw and penalties Calry Bohemians 1988–89 Calry Bohemians 5–0 Replay after 1–1 draw Mervue United 1987–88 Calry Bohemians 3–0 Replay after 1–1 draw Mervue United 1986–87 Galway Hibernians 3–1 Mervue United 1985–86 Dynamo Blues2–1 UCG 1984–85 Galway United Reserves1–0Castlebar Celtic 1983–84 Mervue United2–1Collegians 1982–83 Mervue United1–0Collegians 1981–82 Sligo Rovers Reserves 3–2 Galway Hibernians
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