London Junior Football Championship
The London Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier London GAA clubs.
Wandsworth Gaels are the title holders (2022) defeating Tara in the Final. Conor Gilsenan, the former professional rugby player and star of The Apprentice on the BBC, played for the winning team in that game.[1]
Finals listed by year[edit]
| Year | Winner | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| 2022[2][1] | Wandsworth Gaels 0-10 | Tara 0-9 |
| 2021 | St Clarets 1-12 | St Kiernans 1-5 |
| 2020 | Harlesden Harps 1-11 | St Clarets 1-7 |
| 2019 | Dulwich Harps?[3] | Wandsworth Gaels |
| 2018 | Tír Chonaill Gaels (two-point win)[4] | Dulwich Harps[4] |
| 2017 | Thomas McCurtains 1-10 | Dulwich Harps 0-12 |
| 2016[5] | Tara 4-8 (20) | Tír Chonaill Gaels 2-11 (17) |
| 2015 | ||
| 2009 | St Joseph's (Greenford) | Dulwich[6] |
| 1997 | St Kiernan's | |
| 1996 | Harlesden Harps 1-10 (R) | St Anthony's 1-9 |
| 1995 | ||
| 1994 | ||
| 1993 | ||
| 1992 | Harlesden Harps 2-9 | Sam Maguire's 1-7 |
| 1991 | Western Exiles | Harlesden Harps |
| 1980 | Thomas McCurtains | |
| 1966 | Thomas McCurtains | |
Wins listed by club[edit]
 |
- Thomas McCurtains (3): 1966, 1980, 2017
- St Kiernan's (1): 1997
- Wandsworth Gaels (1): 2022
- St Clarets (1): 2021
Format[edit]
Six clubs contest the competition.
- Brothers & Shalloe Pearse
- Cuchullains
- Dulwich Harps
- Garyowen
- Robert Emmetts
- St Anthony's
The winning team is promoted to the Intermediate Football Championship. In 2009, St Joseph's won so were promoted and replaced by Cuchullains who were relegated from the intermediate championship in 2009.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "'Mullingar Massive!' — Niall Horan enjoys Wandsworth Gaels' London JFC title win". Hogan Stand. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ Doherty, Oisín (4 September 2022). "Niall Horan spotted at GAA match as local club pick up rare championship title: Wandsworth Gaels, of which Horan was formerly a member of, picked up their first London Junior Football title in the club's history". Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ Dolan, Damian (25 September 2019). "Wandsworth stand between Dulwich and elusive junior title". The Irish World. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
Junior bridesmaids in recent years, Dulwich Harps will be hoping that 2019 is finally the year they get to be the bride. Dulwich face Wandsworth in Sunday's Toureen JFC Final at McGovern Park (1:30pm).
- ^ a b "Wandsworth stand between Dulwich and elusive junior title". The Irish World. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
Beaten in the final by Thomas McCurtains in 2017 (by a solitary point) and last year by Tír Chonaill Gaels by just two points, if Dulwich do prevail on Sunday no one can say they haven't paid their dues.
- ^ "Tara win London Junior Football Championship after eventful final with Tir Chonaill Gaels". The Irish Post. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ Dolan, Damian (25 September 2019). "Wandsworth stand between Dulwich and elusive junior title". The Irish World. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
They also lost to St Joseph's in the 2009 final.
- ^ Vanderhoeven, Paul (4 December 2021). "London Beefeaters fall short in first-ever junior football championship shot". Retrieved 12 November 2022.
