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1925 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship

Field	Value
year	1925
team	Galway
titles	1st
captain	Michael Walsh (St Grellan's, Ballinasloe)
team2	Cavan
leinster	Wexford
munster	Kerry
ulster	Cavan
connacht	Galway
previous	[1924](1924-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
next	[1926](1926-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)

The 1925 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 39th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Galway were the winners.

In 1924 Kerry won the All Ireland title.

The championship has become known for the farcical manner in which the title was awarded. There was no 1925 All-Ireland Football Final.

The Connacht final had not been held by the time the semi-finals were played; Mayo were nominated to represent the province. In the semi-finals, Mayo beat Wexford and Kerry beat Cavan. However, both Kerry and Cavan were disqualified for fielding illegal players. This meant that Mayo were declared champions without the need for a final. Following this, however, Galway defeated Mayo in the Connacht final. Galway were therefore proclaimed All-Ireland champions.

Following protests from Galway, Kerry and Mayo, the GAA Central Council organised a substitute competition between the four provincial champions, with Galway as Connacht champions. However, Kerry complained that their semi-final victory over Cavan should stand in this new competition. When the GAA insisted that it should not stand, Kerry withdrew, leaving Cavan to automatically proceed to the final. Galway defeated Cavan in the final of that tournament, which was played on 10 January 1926.

Results

Connacht

Connacht Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final An objection was made and a replay ordered.

Semi-Final

Quarter-Final, 1st Replay A.E.T.

Quarter-Final, 2nd Replay A.E.T.

Quarter-Final, 3rd Replay A.E.T.

Quarter-Final, 4th Replay An objection was made and a replay ordered.

Semi-Final, 1st Replay A.E.T.

Quarter-Final, 5th Replay

Semi-Final, 2nd Replay

Semi-Final

Final

Leinster

Leinster Senior Football Championship Preliminary Round

Preliminary Round

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

Munster

Munster Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final An objection was made and a replay ordered.

Quarter-Final Replay

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

Ulster

Ulster Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final An objection was made and a replay ordered.

Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final Replay

Semi-Final

Final

Final Replay

Semi-finals

The Connacht championship was not finished in time, so Mayo were nominated to play in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Semi-Final Both teams lodged objections against each other, and both were disqualified.

Semi-Final

With both Kerry and Cavan disqualified, Mayo now had no opponent to play in the All-Ireland final. And when Galway defeated Mayo in the Connacht final, the GAA decided to award the All-Ireland title to Galway.

Galway were declared All-Ireland Champions on 5 December 1925. The All-Ireland Championship of 1925 was declared to be finished.

A substitute competition was organised by Central Council. Kerry, Cavan, Wexford and Galway were invited to participate. Kerry wanted their victory over Cavan to stand, but when they were ordered to replay it, they withdrew in protest.

Galway won the substitute competition, but this game had no bearing on their status as All-Ireland Champions. They entered the final game as All-Ireland Champions and the match had no bearing on the destination of the title.

Central Council Tournament

Semi-Final

Main article: 1925 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Final

Statistics

Miscellaneous

There were a number of replays, mostly due to draws, but on some occasions resulting from objections: in the Connacht championship Galway met Leitrim three times and Sligo met Roscommon six times (once after a disputed result); in the Munster championship the Kerry vs Tipperary match went to a replay due to a disputed result; and in the Ulster championship Monaghan vs Armagh was also replayed following an objection.
Galway became the first Connacht county to win an All-Ireland title and first not from Munster or Leinster.

References

"Football Results 1911 – 1940".
"All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887–2010".
"Leinster Senior Football Champions".
(10 December 2013). "Mayo's 'lost' All-Ireland". Mayo News.
"Ar 'Cuala' Tú an Scéal Faoi?…".
"Why Galway are Champions", Irish Independent, 7 December 1925, p.9
(5 July 2010). "Bulletin: All-Ireland SFC, July 5".
"1925 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final".

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