2016 Galway county football team season

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Galway 2016 football season

Galway2016 season

Manager| Kevin Walsh
Stadium| Pearse Stadium, Galway City
NFL Division 2| 3rd
All-Ireland SFC| Quarter-finalist
Connacht SFC| Winner
FBD Insurance League| Winner
Top goalscorer| League:
All: Danny Cummins (2–8)

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The following is a summary of Galway county football team's 2016 season.

Galway began their campaign by securing a 6th FBD Insurance League title, with a win over Roscommon. Galway ended Mayo's bid for a sixth consecutive Connacht SFC title with an unlikely three-point victory at McHale Park. In the 2016 All-Ireland SFC quarter-final Galway were defeated by Tipperary.[1]

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## Competitions

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## FBD League

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### Fixtures

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3 Jan | Group |  Galway | 2-9 v 0-12 |  Sligo | Tuam
10 Jan | Group |  Galway | 1-8 v 1-5 |  Leitrim | Tuam
17 Jan | Group |  Galway | 0-13 v 0-10 |  GMIT | Tuam

### Table

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | Pts  | Diff

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Galway | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +14
Leitrim | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | +18
GMIT | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | –23
Sligo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | –9

## National Football League Division 2

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### Fixtures

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Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground

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31 Jan | Group |  Laois | 1-10 - 3-12 |  Galway | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
7 Feb | Group |  Galway | 1-9 - 1-11 |  Tyrone | Pearse Stadium, Salthill
28 Feb | Group |  Derry | 2-12 - 1-18 |  Galway | Páirc na gCeilteach, Derry
6 Mar | Group |  Galway | 0-15 - 1-12 |  Meath | Pearse Stadium, Salthill
13 Mar | Group |  Armagh | 1-15 - 1-15 |  Galway | Athletic Grounds, Armagh
27 Mar | Group |  Galway | 0-15 - 0-15 |  Fermanagh | St Jarlath's Park, Tuam
3 Apr | Group |  Cavan | 1-16 \- 1-12 |  Galway | Breffni Park, Cavan

### Table

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Compete in Division 2 final and automatic promotion to Division 1
Automatic relegation to Division 3

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | F  | A  | Diff  | Pts

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Tyrone | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6-89 | 3-76 | 22 | 12
Cavan | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8-102 | 3-81 | 36 | 10
Galway | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7-96 | 7-91 | 5 | 7
Fermanagh | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2-85 | 6-75 | -2 | 6
Meath | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6-82 | 5-91 | -6 | 6
Derry | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13-86 | 9-106 | -8 | 6
Armagh | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4-86 | 6-96 | -16 | 6
Laois | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4-93 | 11-103 | -31 | 3

1Fermanagh, Meath, Derry and Armagh are ranked by scoring difference.

## Connacht Senior Football Championship

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### Fixtures

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Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground

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Sunday 5 June 2016 | Semi-final |  Mayo | 0-12 - 1-12 |  Galway | McHale Park
Sunday 10 July 2016 | Final |  Galway | 0-13 - 1-10 |  Roscommon | Pearse Stadium, Salthill
Sunday 17 July 2016 | Final replay |  Galway | 3-16 - 0-14 |  Roscommon | McHale Park

### Bracket

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| Preliminary round | | | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | | | Final |

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|  New York | 0-17 | | | |
|  Roscommon | 1-15 | | |  Roscommon | 1-21 |
| | | |  Leitrim | 0-11 |
| | | | | | |  Roscommon | 4-16 |
| | | | | |  Sligo | 2-13 |
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| | | | |  Roscommon
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0-14 |
| | | | | | |  Galway
(R) | 0-13
3-16 |
| | | |  London | 0-9 | | | |
| | | |  Mayo | 2-16 |
| | | | | | |  Mayo | 0-12 |
| | | | | |  Galway | 1-12 |

## 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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### Fixtures

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Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground

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Sunday 31 July 2016 | AI SFC quarter-final |  Tipperary | 3-13 \- 1-10 |  Galway | Croke Park

## References

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1. ^ O'Brien, Kevin. "As it happened: Galway v Tipperary, All-Ireland SFC quarter-final". The42.

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Stadiums|

* Pearse Stadium
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Key historical figures|

* John "Tull" Dunne
* Frank Stockwell
* Seán Purcell
* Mattie McDonagh
* Noel Tierney
* Johnny Geraghty
* Enda Colleran
* Seamus Leydon
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Rivalries|

* Cork
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Competitions|

* All-Ireland SFC
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All-Ireland SFCs|

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Football|

| Championship|

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* final
* Connacht SFC
* final

* All-Ireland qualifiers
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League (NFL)|

* Division 1
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Preseason competitions|

* Dr McKenna Cup
* FBD League
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* O'Byrne Cup

Other competitions|

* Interprovincial Championships
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County team seasons|

* Donegal
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Hurling|

| Championship|

* Leinster SHC
* final
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* All-Ireland qualifiers
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* Christy Ring Cup
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* Nicky Rackard Cup
* final
* Lory Meagher Cup

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League (NHL)|

* Division 1A
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* Division 3A
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Preseason competitions|

* Walsh Cup
* Kehoe Cup
* Munster Senior Hurling League

Other competitions|

* Fitzgibbon
* Hurling/Shinty International Series
* Interprovincial Championships
* Ulster SHC

County team seasons|

* Tipperary

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