Laois Ladies' Senior Football Club Championship

Laois Ladies' Football Championship
CodeLadies' Football
Founded1976
TrophyLulu Carroll trophy
Title holders Portlaoise (4th title)
Most titles Timahoe (12 titles)

The Laois Ladies' Senior Football Club Championship has been running since 1976 - 46 finals. The competition has seen seven clubs winning the title, with St Conleths winning the latest in 2021, captained by Mary Cotter. The final has been played in a number of grounds around the county, often in O'Moore Park (32 times including replays). The cup is named after Lulu Carroll who was one of Laois' greatest ever ladies' footballers. The winners progress on into the provincial championship and Laois has a good record for a small county, having won the Leinster championship on 14 occasions. All-Ireland glory has proven more elusive, however, with The Heath securing Laois' only two titles, in 1985 & 1986.

Key

All-Ireland winnerstwice
All-Ireland finaliststhree times
Leinster winnerseight times
Leinster finalists13 times

By Year

YearVenueWinnerTotRunner-upTotMarg
2025[1]StradballyPortlaoise 3-1120St Conleths 1-11146
2024[2]O'Moore ParkSt Conleths 0-1212Portlaoise 1-08111
2023[3]StradballyPortlaoise 1-069St Conleths 0-0772
2022O'Moore ParkPortlaoise 0-1212St Conleths 2-05111
2021O'Moore ParkSt Conleths 0-1111Sarsfields 0-0883
2020O'Moore ParkPortlaoise 1-1212Sarsfields 0-12123
2019CrettyardSarsfields 4-1325Timahoe 1-101312
2018O'Moore ParkSarsfields 0-1111Portlaoise 0-0774
2017VicarstownSarsfields 3-1524Portlaoise 0-03321
2016PortarlingtonSarsfields 2-1117Portlaoise 0-12125
2015Crettyard [aet]Sarsfields 4-1022Timahoe 1-11148
O'Moore ParkSarsfields 2-1016Timahoe 2-10160
2014 [4]O'Moore ParkSarsfields 4-1527Timahoe 0-09918
2013 [5]RatheniskaSarsfields 3-0716Timahoe 0-12124
2012CrettyardTimahoe 2-0915Sarsfields 2-08141
2011O'Moore ParkSarsfields 2-0814Timahoe 0-0995
2010O'Moore ParkTimahoe 2-1016Sarsfields 0-14142
2009 [6]O'Moore ParkTimahoe 2-1117Sarsfields 2-08143
2008 [7]O'Moore ParkSarsfields 1-1013Timahoe 0-0667
2007O'Moore ParkTimahoe 1-0710Sarsfields 1-0691
2006
[8][9]		O'Moore ParkShanahoe 2-0915Sarsfields 1-09123
RatheniskaShanahoe 0-1010Sarsfields 1-07100
2005 [10]BallylinanTimahoe 1-0912Crettyard 0-11111
2004 [11]O'Moore ParkCrettyard 2-0915Shanahoe 1-09123
2003 [12]O'Moore ParkTimahoe 0-1616Sarsfields 0-0997
2002BallylinanCrettyard 2-1016Timahoe 1-07106
2001 [13]O'Moore ParkTimahoe 4-1224Crettyard 5-04195
2000
[14][15]		O'Moore ParkTimahoe 3-0817Crettyard 0-07710
O'Moore ParkTimahoe 3-0817Crettyard 3-08170
1999 [16]O'Moore ParkTimahoe 1-1215Crettyard 1-0587
1998 [17]StradballyTimahoe 2-1420Crettyard 1-04713
1997 [18]O'Moore ParkCrettyard 2-1117Timahoe 1-11143
1996 [19]O'Moore ParkTimahoe 1-1114Crettyard 0-0995
1995 [20]BallylinanCrettyard 1-0811Timahoe 1-0692
1994 [21]O'Moore ParkCrettyard 2-1218Timahoe 0-06612
1993 [22]O'Moore ParkCrettyard 1-069Timahoe 0-0445
1992 [23]O'Moore ParkTimahoe 1-0912Crettyard 2-05111
1991
[24][25]		O'Moore ParkCrettyard 1-0811Timahoe 1-0692
O'Moore ParkCrettyard 1-0710Timahoe 1-07100
1990 [26]O'Moore ParkCrettyard 3-0514Timahoe 2-04104
1989
[27]		O'Moore ParkThe Heath 1-0710Crettyard 1-0473
O'Moore ParkThe Heath 1-058Crettyard 1-0580
1988 [28]TimahoeThe Heath 1-069Crettyard 0-0772
1987 [29]TimahoeCrettyard 2-0511The Heath 1-0583
1986 [30]O'Moore ParkThe Heath 2-1622Crettyard 0-05517
1985 [31]TimahoeThe Heath 3-0716Crettyard 0-03313
1984 [32]TimahoeThe Heath 2-0511Crettyard 0-0229
1983 [33]TimahoeThe Heath 0-099Crettyard 1-0363
1982TimahoeThe Heath 3-0817Crettyard 2-04107
1981 [34]BallylinanThe Heath 5-0318Crettyard 1-01414
1980 [35]O'Moore ParkThe Heath 3-0615Crettyard 3-04132
1979TimahoeCrettyard 3-0211The Heath 3-0092
1978 [36]O'Moore ParkCrettyard 1-025Ballyroan 0-0441
1977O'Moore ParkThe Heath 4-0517Crettyard 2-04107
1976 [37]O'Moore ParkThe Heath 0-1111Ballyroan 1-0147

By Club

ClubWinnerFirstLastFinalistFirstLast
Timahoe
12
19922012
13
19902019
The Heath
11
19761989
2
19791987
Crettyard
11
19782004
17
19772005
Sarsfields
9
20082019
8
20032021
Portlaoise
3
20202023
3
20162018
Shanahoe
1
2006
1
2004
St Conleths
2
20212024
2
20222023
Ballyroan
0
-
2
19761978

Back-to-back wins

No.Team (Years)
7The Heath (1980–86)
Sarsfields (2013–19)
4Timahoe (1998-01)
3 Crettyard (1993–95)
2 The Heath (1976–77)
Crettyard (1978–79)
The Heath (1988–89)
Crettyard (1990–91)
Timahoe (2009–10)

Head-to-Head Matrix

Winner\LoserBallCretPortSarsShanStCoHeatTimaWINS
-00000000
1-00102711
00-101002
003-00069
0001-0001
St Conleths
00010-001
1100000-011
0705000-12
LOSSES217381121346

Consecutive Appearances

AppsTeam (Years)
26Crettyard (1977-02)
16Sarsfields (2006–21)
14Timahoe (1990-03)
11The Heath (1979–89)
9Timahoe (2007–15)
3Portlaoise (2016–18)
2 The Heath (1976–77)
Crettyard (2004–05)
St Conleths (2021–22)

Top10 All-Time Scorers (Finals)

PosPlayerScoreFinals scoredYears
1Tracey Lawlor ( Sarsfields)4-65 (77pts)13 games2006-2018
2Sue Ramsbottom ( Timahoe)5-56 (71pts)17 games1991-2007
3Martina Dunne ( Timahoe)1-47 (50pts)11 games2005-2015
4Linda Brennan ( Crettyard)3-39 (48pts)13 games1990-2002
5Mary Keogh ( Crettyard)5-25 (40pts)11 games1990-2004
6Claire Conlon ( Sarsfields)1-30 (33pts)12 games2003-2021
=7Aileen O'Loughlin ( Sarsfields)5-17 (32pts)8 games2003-2019
=7Laura Marie Maher ( Sarsfields)8-8 (32pts)8 games2011-2020
8Mo Nerney ( Timahoe)4-18 (30pts)7 games2010-2019
9Lulu Carroll ( Timahoe)3-19 (28pts)11 games1991-2002
10Claire Conlon ( Sarsfields)1-25 (28pts)11 games2003-2020

Top10 Single-Game Scorers (Finals)

PosPlayerScoreYear/Opponent
1Tracey Lawlor ( Sarsfields)2-7 (13pts)2014 vs Timahoe
=2Sue Ramsbottom ( Timahoe)2-6 (12pts)2001 vs Crettyard
=2Theresa Swayne ( Crettyard)4-0 (12pts)2001 vs Timahoe
=4Mary Conroy ( The Heath)3-1 (10pts)1981 vs Crettyard
=4Tracey Lawlor ( Sarsfields)1-7 (10pts)2016 vs Portlaoise
=4Mo Nerney ( Timahoe)1-7 (10pts)2019 vs Sarsfields
=7Linda Brennan ( Crettyard)2-3 (9pts)1992 vs Timahoe
=7Tracey Lawlor ( Sarsfields)0-9 (9pts)2010 vs Timahoe
9Eight players equal on 8 points
  • missing scorers: Ballyroan 1-1 (1976), Crettyard 2-4 (1982), Crettyard 0-5 (1995), Timahoe 0-3 (1995), Crettyard 0-2 (2005), Timahoe 0-1 (2007), Sarsfields 0-1 (2007) & Timahoe 0-1 (2015)
  • name in italics: the player was on the losing team that year.

Statistics & Notable Scores

  • SCORERS
    • 77 - The overall finals' top scorer is Tracey Lawlor (Sarsfields) who has a total of 4-65 (77pts), scored in 13 finals.
    • 13 - The top scorer for a single game is Tracey Lawlor (Sarsfields) who hit 2-7 (13pts) in 2014 vs Timahoe.
    • 12 -The previous record for a single game was set in 2001, and was, amazingly, a joint record where Sue Ramsbottom scored 2-6 and Theresa Swayne scored 4-0 in the same game!
  • APPEARANCES
    • 28 - Crettyard have appeared in a record 28 finals - including a record 26-in-a-row between 1977 & 2002.
    • The competition has thrown up many repeated finals where two teams go head-to-head for a number of years in a row. These are:
      • Crettyard v The Heath (11 years/12 matches) 1979-1989
      • Crettyard v Timahoe (13 years/15 matches) 1990-2002
      • Timahoe v Sarsfields (9 years/10 matches) 2007-2015
      • Sarsfields v Portlaoise (3 years/3 matches) 2016-2018
    • The most common match-ups have been Crettyard v Timahoe (15 finals), The Heath v Crettyard (12 finals) and Timahoe v Sarsfields (11 finals).
    • The Heath, in the first final, and St Conleths (2021) are the only teams to have won on their first appearance. The Heath beat Ballyroan in 1976, while St Conleths beat Sarsfields in 2021. All the other teams - Crettyard (1977), Timahoe (1990), Sarsfields (2003), Shanahoe (2004) and Portlaoise (2016) - have lost on their first attempt.
    • Sarsfields & Portlaoise are the only sides to lose three finals before winning one. Ballyroan & Timahoe lost two, while Crettyard & Shanhoe both lost one.
  • TEAM SCORING
    • 21 - Sarsfields' 21pt winning margin in 2017 set a new record, beating their old record from 2014, which in turn had bridged a 28 year old gap in beating The Heath's 1986 record of 17pts.
    • 27 - Sarsfields' 4-15 (27pts) total in 2014 set a new scoring record for the final, beating the previous record of 4-12 (24pts) set in 2001 by Timahoe.
    • 19 - Crettyard's losing score of 5-4 in 2001 would have won all bar the 1986, 1998, 2014 finals and the 2015 replay.
    • 2 - Crettyard also posted the lowest score of any team in the final: 0-2 in 1984.
    • 5 - The lowest winning score is 5pts - 1978 by Crettyard.
  • FINALS SCORING
    • 43 - The highest scoring final was the 2001 final between Timahoe and Crettyard. Timahoe won 4-12 5-4, a total of 43 points.
    • 9 - The lowest scoring final was in 1978 when only 9 points were scored between the two teams.
    • 2 - Only two finals have finished goal-less: 2003 & 2018.
  • DRAWS
    • 5 - There have been five draws: 1989, 1991, 2000, 2006 & 2015.
    • 17 - 2000 had the highest-scoring draw (17 points each).
    • 8 - 1989 had the lowest-scoring drawn game (8 points each).
    • 10 -Timahoe's win over Crettyard in the 2001 replay was the biggest winning margin in a replay (10 points).
    • 22 - Sarsfield's 4-10 in 2015 is the highest score in a replay.
    • 36 - 2015 also had the highest-scoring replay (36 points).
  • VENUES
    • 5 - Sarsfields have won finals in five different venues - their first wins in each venue were: 2008 O'Moore Park, 2013 Ratheniska, 2015 Crettyard, 2016 Portarlington & 2017 Annanough.
  • HEAD TO HEAD
    • Crettyard are the only team to beat four opponents in finals, while Sarsfields are the only side to lose to four different opponents.

References

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