East Cork Junior A Football Championship

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.

East Cork Junior A Football Championship
Founded1927 (1927)
TrophyJim Ryan Cup
Title holdersErin's Own (5th title)
Most titlesGlanmire (20 titles)
SponsorsMichael O'Connor Motor Factors

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 and runners-up of the East Cork championship join their counterparts from the other seven divisions to contest the county championship.

14 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.

Erin's Own are the title-holders after defeating Glenbower Rovers by 3-10 to 1-5 in the 2017 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.

Roll of honour

# Team Wins Winning Years
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 11 1928, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1949, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1992, 2020
3 Cobh 9 1927, 1944, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1988
4 Youghal 8 1940, 1941, 1945, 1952, 1959, 1984, 1999, 2011
5 Glenville 7 1948, 1961, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1995
6 Cloyne 6 1976, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016
Castlemartyr 6 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991
8 Erin's Own 5 1994, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2017
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
13 Bride Rovers 2 2004, 2007
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:

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