The All-Britain Club Football Championship is the Gaelic football provincial club championship competition in Great Britain. The winners of the designated county championship for each British county compete against each other in a knockout format, with the winner declared "All-Britain" champions and qualifying for the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship. The competition is organised by the Provincial Council of Britain of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
History While the Provincial Council of Britain was established in 1926 by the GAA Central Council, the first Gaelic games club was established over 30 years earlier in Wallsend. By 1901, clubs had been established in a number of cities with high Irish migrant populations, including London, Glasgow, Manchester, and Liverpool. By the 1910s, football and hurling were being played all over Britain, and clubs had emerged in the Welsh Valleys, Lanarkshire, and Warwickshire.
The earliest recorded All-Britain champion was St Mary's, London, in 1964. In the 1975-76 season, the British champion entered the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship for the first time, with Sean McDermotts of Warwickshire facing off against eventual runners-up Roscommon Gaels. To date, no British team has won a game in a All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship match. However, in the 2004-05 season, the introduction of the All-Ireland Intermediate and Junior Club Football Championships opened up opportunities for British teams, with two final appearance for John Mitchels in 2009 and 2015 and victories for St Peters and Dunedin Connollys (in 2010-11 and 2019-20 respectively).
Teams
The winning teams from the top championships in each county of Britain compete in the Championship. The exception is London- the London Senior Football Championship competes in the Connacht Senior Football Championship, and the winners of the London Intermediate Football Championship and London Junior Football Championship play in a play-off to qualify for the All-Britain. CountyChampionship GloucestershireGloucestershire Football Championship HertfordshireHertfordshire Football Championship LancashireLancashire Senior Football Championship LondonLondon Intermediate Football Championship/London Junior Football Championship ScotlandScottish Senior Football Championship WarwickshireWarwickshire Senior Football Championship YorkshireGloucestershire Football Championship
Roll of honour
Winners by year Source:
1964 St Marys 1965 Round Towers 1966 St Marys 1967 Parnells 1968 Parnells 1969 St Marys 1970 Garryowen 1971 Sean Treacys 1972 Sean McDermotts 1973 Sean McDermotts 1974 De La Salle College 1975 Sean McDermotts 1976 Kingdom 1977 Kingdom 1978 Kingdom 1979 Kingdom 1980 Tara 1981 Parnells 1982 Hugh O'Neills 1983 Tír Chonaill Gaels 1984 Parnells 1985 Kingdom 1986 Kingdom 1987 Kingdom 1988 John Mitchels, Birmingham 1989 Kingdom 1990 Tír Chonaill Gaels 1991 Parnells 1992 Tír Chonaill Gaels 1993 Tír Chonaill Gaels 1994 Oisín 1995 Tara 1996 Tír Chonaill Gaels 1997 Tír Chonaill Gaels 1998 Tír Chonaill Gaels 1999 Hugh O'Neills 2000 Tír Chonaill Gaels 2001 Tír Chonaill Gaels 2002 St Brendans, London 2003 Tara 2004 St Peters 2005 Harlesden Harps 2006 Fulham Irish 2007 John Mitchels, Liverpool 2008 John Mitchels, Liverpool 2009 Dunedin Connollys 2010 St Peters 2011 Cú Chulainns, Newcastle 2012 St Peters 2013 John Mitchels, Liverpool 2014 John Mitchels, Liverpool 2015 John Mitchels, Liverpool 2016 Dunedin Connollys 2017 Dunedin Connollys 2018 Dunedin Connollys 2019 Thomas MacCurtains 2020 not played 2021 St Brendans, Manchester 2022 Glaschu Gaels 2023 Wandsworth Gaels 2024 Tara 2025 Tara
Winners by club TeamLocationCountyWinsTír Chonaill GaelsWest London London9KingdomNorth London London8TaraWest London London6John MitchelsLiverpool Lancashire5ParnellsNorthwest London London5Dunedin ConnollysEdinburgh Scotland4Sean McDermottsSolihull Warwickshire3St Marys (Naomh Muire)West London London3St PetersManchester Lancashire3Hugh O'NeillsLeeds Yorkshire2Cú ChulainnsNewcastle-upon-Tyne Yorkshire1De La Salle CollegeSalford Lancashire1Fulham IrishWest London London1GarryowenNorthwest London London1Glaschu GaelsGlasgow Scotland1Harlesden HarpsWest London London1John MitchelsBirmingham Warwickshire1OisínManchester Lancashire1Round TowersSouth London London1Sean TreacysSouthwest London London1St BrendansWest London London1St BrendansManchester Lancashire1Thomas McCurtainsEast London London1Wandsworth GaelsSouthwest London London1
Winners by county
+CountyCounty wins London39 Lancashire11 Scotland5 Warwickshire4 Yorkshire3 Gloucestershire0 Hertfordshire0 Participating teams All-Britain winners are given in gold, with the runners-up in silver.
Year Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Lancashire London Scotland Warwickshire Yorkshire2026 Bristol Harps St Colmcilles St Vincents2025 Bristol Harps St Josephs St Brendans Tara Dunedin Connollys Sean McDermotts Hugh O'Neills2024 St Judes St Josephs John Mitchels Tara Dunedin Connollys Roger Casements Hugh O'Neills2023 St Judes Éire Óg John Mitchels Wandsworth Gaels Glaschu Gaels Sean McDermotts Hugh O'Neills2022 St Judes Éire Óg St Brendans Wandsworth Gaels Glaschu Gaels Roger Casements Brothers Pearse2021 St Judes St Josephs St Brendans St Clarets Dunedin Connollys Sean McDermotts St Vincents2020cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2019 St Judes Éire Óg Oisín Thomas McCurtains Glaschu Gaels Sean McDermotts Hugh O'Neills2018 St Judes Éire Óg Oisín Neasden Gaels Dunedin Connollys Sean McDermotts Cú Chulainns2017 St Nicholas St Colmcilles Oisín Thomas McCurtains Dunedin Connollys Sean McDermotts Hugh O'Neills2016 Western Gaels St Colmcilles John Mitchels Neasden Gaels Dunedin Connollys Sean McDermotts St Benedicts Harps2015 Western Gaels Glen Rovers John Mitchels Garryowen Dunedin Connollys Sean McDermotts Hugh O'Neills2014 St Colmcilles Éire Óg John Mitchels North London Shamrocks Dunedin Connollys Sean McDermotts Cú Chulainns2013 St Nicholas Glen Rovers John Mitchels Heston Gaels Dunedin Connollys John Mitchels Cú Chulainns2012 St Colmcillesunknown St Peters Cú Chulainns Tír Conaill Harpsdid not enter Cú Chulainns2011 St Nicholas Glen Rovers John Mitchels Round Towers Dunedin Connollys St Barnabas Cú Chulainns2010 Western Gaels Glen Rovers St Peters Moindearg Dunedin Connollys Sean McDermotts Cú Chulainns2009 St Colmcilles Cambridge Parnells John Mitchels St Kiernans Dunedin Connollys Sean McDermotts Cú Chulainns2008 St Colmcilles St Dympnas John Mitchels Tara Dunedin Connollys Sean McDermotts Cú Chulainns2007 St Colmcilles Cambridge Parnells John Mitchels Thomas McCurtains Dunedin Connollys Sean McDermotts Young Irelands
List of finals YearWinnerScoreRunner-upVenueSourceCountyClubClubCounty2025 LON Tara3-121-13 Sean McDermotts WARPáirc na nÉireann, Solihull2024 LON Tara3-41-7 Roger Casements WARMcGovern Park, Ruislip2023 LON Wandsworth Gaels2-70-6 Sean McDermotts WARPáirc na nÉireann, Solihull2022 SCO Glaschu Gaels1-90-7 St Brendans LANOld Bedians, Didsbury2021 LAN St Brendans2-102-8 Sean McDermotts WARMcGovern Park, Ruislip2020cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2019 LON Thomas McCurtains1-110-7 Glaschu Gaels SCOPáirc Beeston, Leeds2018 SCO Dunedin Connollys3-122-12 Neasden Gaels LONOld Bedians, Didsbury2017 SCO Dunedin Connollys1-171-12 Sean McDermotts WARPáirc Beeston, Leeds2016 SCO Dunedin Connollys2-141-19 John Mitchels LANOld Bedians, Didsbury2015 LAN John Mitchels2-80-8 Sean McDermotts WAR2014 LAN John Mitchels4-123-11 North London Shamrocks LONPáirc na nÉireann, Solihull2013 LAN John Mitchels2-151-11 Dunedin Connollys SCO2012 LAN St Peters2-171-3 St Colmcilles GLO2011 YOR Cú Chulainns1-60-6 John Mitchels LAN2010 LAN St Peters3-122-4 Sean McDermotts WAROld Bedians, Didsbury2009 SCO Dunedin Connollys1-82-4 John Mitchels LAN2008 LAN John Mitchels1-91-4 Tara LON2007 LAN John Mitchels2-100-7 Thomas McCurtains LON2006 LON Fulham Irish1-110-11 Oisín LANPáirc na nÉireann, Solihull2005 LON Harlesden Harps1-110-11 Dunedin Connollys SCOOld Bedians, Didsbury2004 LAN St Peters1-163-9 Dunedin Connollys SCOPáirc Beeston, Leeds2003 LON Tara2-80-9 Sean McDermotts WARPáirc na nÉireann, Solihull2002 LON St Brendans2-150-9 Sean McDermotts WAR2001 LON Tír Chonaill Gaels0-100-8 St Peters LANPáirc na nÉireann, Solihull2000 LON Tír Chonaill Gaels2-121-4 St Brendans WAR1999 YOR Hugh O'Neills1–110–4 Sean McDermotts WAR
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