# 2018 Louth Senior Football Championship

The 2018 Louth Senior Football Championship was the 125th edition of the Louth GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Louth, Ireland. The tournament consisted of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Louth in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship started with a group stage and then progressed to a knock out stage. The draw for the group stages of the championship was made on 8 March 2018.
Newtown Blues were the defending champions after they defeated the Dundalk Gaels in the previous year's final. This was O'Connell's return to the senior grade after claiming the 2017 Louth Intermediate Football Championship title, making a straight bounce back to the top flight after they were relegated to the I.F.C. in 2016.

## Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2017 championship season.

## Group stage

The top two finishers in each group (A, B, C, and D) qualified for the quarter-finals. The bottom finishers of each group qualified for the Relegation Play-off. The draw for the group stages of the championship was made on 8 March 2018.

### Group D
## Knock-out Stages
### Relegation play-off

The four bottom finishers from each group qualified for the relegation play off. The team to lose both matches was relegated to the 2018 Intermediate Championship.
| 26 August 2018 11:30am Relegation Semi-Final | O'Raghallaighs | 1-21 - 1-20 (a.e.t.) | Kilkerley Emmets | Castlebellingham Referee: David Fedigan |
| 26 August 2018 1:00pm Relegation Semi-Final | Ardee St. Mary's | 0-20 - 1-7 | Geraldines | Castlebellingham Referee: Stephen Murphy |
| 14 September 2018 Relegation Final | Geraldines | 3-7 0-6 | Kilkerley Emmets | Darver |

### Finals

The winners and runners up of each group qualified for the quarter-finals.
| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Newtown Blues | Newtown Blues | 1-18 | | | | | | |
| St. Joseph's Dromisken | St. Joseph's Dromisken | 0-9 | Newtown Blues | Newtown Blues | 0-14 | | | |
| Dreadknots | Dreadknots | 5-9 | Dredknots | Dredknots | 0-7 | | | |
| Dundalk Gaels | Dundalk Gaels | 0-9 | | | | Newtown Blues | Newtown Blues | 1-11 |
| Naomh Máirtín | Naomh Máirtín | 5-16 | | | | Naomh Máirtín | Naomh Máirtín | 1-10 |
| O'Connells | O'Connells | 1-9 | Naomh Máirtín | Naomh Máirtín | 3-13 | | | |
| St. Patrick's Lordship | St. Patrick's Lordship | 0-12 | St.Patrick's Lordship | St.Patrick's Lordship | 1-8 | | | |
| Sean O'Mahonys | Sean O'Mahonys | 1-8 | | | | | | |

## Quarter-finals

| 15 September 2018 4:45pm | Naomh Máirtín | 5-16 - 1-9 | O'Connells | Dunleer |
| 15 September 2018 6:15pm | Newtown Blues | 1-18 - 0-9 | St. Joseph's Dromisken | Dunleer |
| 16 September 2018 4:30pm | Dreadnots | 5-9 - 0-11 | Dundalk Gaels | Castlebellingham |
| 16 September 2018 7:00pm | St. Patrick's Lordship | 0-12 - 1-8 | Seán O'Mahonys | Ecco Road |

## Semi-finals

| 30 September 2018 | Newtown Blues | 0-14 - 0-7 | Dreadnots | Gaelic Grounds |
| 29 September 2018 | Naomh Mairtin | 3-13 - 1-8 | St. Patrick's Lordship | Ardee St Marys |

## Final

| 21 October 2018 | Newtwon Blues | 1-11 - 1-10 | Naomh Mairtin | Drogheda Park, Louth |
| 21 October 2018 | | Report | | Drogheda Park, Louth |