The 2004 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 78th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

This was Ballivor's first year in this grade since 2002, after just 1 years in the Senior grade since being relegated in 2003. .

Wolfe Tones were promoted after claiming the 2003 Meath Junior Football Championship title, their first year in the intermediate grade since being relegated in the 1980s and only their 2nd ever period as an intermediate club, and in 2004, Wolfe Tones claimed their first Intermediate championship title when they defeated Duleek 2-10 to 1-12 .

Curraha were relegated after 3 years as an Intermediate club.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2003 championship season.

From I.F.C. Promoted to S.F.C. Navan O'Mahonys - (Intermediate Champions) Relegated to J.A.F.C.To I.F.C. Relegted from S.F.C. Ballivor Promoted from J.A.F.C. Wolfe Tones - (Junior 'A' Champions)

Group stage

There are 2 groups called Group A and B. The 4 top finishers in Group A and B will qualify for the quarter-finals. The 2 teams that finish last in their groups will play in a relegation play off.

Group A

TeamPldWLDPFPAPDPts
Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Wolfe Tones 7 7 0 0 119 69 +50 14 Nobber 7 5 2 0 111 74 +37 10 Carnaross 7 4 3 0 99 83 +16 8 Ballivor 7 4 3 0 90 76 +14 8 Drumconrath 7 4 3 0 79 84 -5 8 Na Fianna 7 3 4 0 95 89 +6 6 Drumree 7 1 6 0 63 111 -48 2 Curraha 7 0 7 0 49 118 -69 0Round 1: Wolfe Tones 1-5, 0-4 Curraha, Duleek, Nobber 2-13, 0-5 Drumconrath, Meath Hill, Na Fianna 1-14, 0-6 Carnaross, Dunsany, Ballivor 2-9, 0-9 Drumree, Summerhill, Round 2: Wolfe Tones 1-7, 0-9 Ballivor, Dunderry, Nobber 3-19, 0-8 Curraha, Slane Drumconrath 0-11, 0-8 Carnaross, Kilmainhamwood, Na Fianna 2-12, 2-6 Drumree, Summerhill, Round 3: Wolfe Tones 5-10, 0-10 Na Fianna, Dunderry, Nobber 0-13, 1-8 Ballivor, Pairc Tailteann, Carnaross 2-13, 2-3 Drumree, Bective, Drumconrath 2-12, 0-8 Curraha, Rathkenny, Round 4: Wolfe Tones 2-11, 2-6 Carnaross, Kells, Nobber 1-8, 1-7 Na Fianna, Dunsany, Drumconrath 1-10, 1-6 Drumree, Walterstown, Ballivor 1-10, 0-8 Curraha, Dunsany, Round 5: Wolfe Tones 3-16, 0-7 Drumree, Skryne, Carnaross 1-12, 1-8 Nobber, Carlanstown, Ballivor 1-12, 0-7 Drumconrath, Simonstown, Na Fianna 2-13, 0-6 Curraha, Dunsany, Round 6: Wolfe Tones 1-12, 2-6 Drumconrath, Castletown, Nobber 2-8, 0-6 Drumree, Bective, Carnaross 2-15, 0-8 Curraha, Kilberry, Ballivor 2-11, 1-8 Na Fianna, Round 7: Wolfe Tones 2-13, 2-9 Nobber, Castletown, Carnaross 2-12, 0-10 Ballivor, Kells, Drumconrath 0-12, 1-7 Na Fianna, Bective, Drumree 1-8, 0-7 Curraha, Dunshaughlin,
Wolfe Tones770011969+5014
Nobber752011174+3710
Carnaross74309983+168
Ballivor74309076+148
Drumconrath74307984-58
Na Fianna73409589+66
Drumree716063111-482
Curraha707049118-690

Group B

TeamPldWLDPFPAPDPts
Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Duleek 7 5 1 1 86 61 +25 11 Syddan 7 5 2 0 82 75 +7 10 Oldcastle 7 5 2 0 84 57 +27 10 Castletown 7 4 2 1 80 68 +12 9 St. Colmcille's 7 2 4 1 62 66 -4 5 Rathkenny 7 2 4 1 65 91 -26 5 Slane 7 1 4 2 71 88 -17 4 Donaghmore/Ashbourne 7 0 5 2 58 82 -24 2Round 1: Duleek 0-12,0-6 Rathkenny, Donore, Oldcastle 0-9, 0-7 St. Colmcille's, Syddan 0-11, 0-6 Donaghmore/Ashbourne, Duleek, Castletown 1-12, 0-6 Slane, Rathkenny, Round 2: Duleek 1-8, 0-8 St. Colmcille's, Stamullen, Oldcastle 0-11, 0-6 Slane, Simonstown, Syddan 1-9, 1-8 Castletown, Drumconrath, Rathkenny 0-12, 1-6 Donaghmore/Ashbourne, Round 3: Duleek 0-11, 0-11 Slane, Donore, Oldcastle 1-13, 0-8 Castletown, Rathkenny 1-6, 0-8 Syddan, Slane, Donaghmore/Ashbourne 2-5, 0-11 St. Colmcille's, Duleek, Round 4: Duleek 1-9, 0-10 Oldcastle, Kilberry, Syddan 0-11, 1-6 St. Colmcille's, Duleek, Slane 1-11, 0-11 Donaghmore/Ashbourne, Duleek, Castletown 2-11, 0-9 Rathkenny, Syddan, Round 5: Castletown 2-5, 0-9 Duleek, Rathkenny, Oldcastle 0-12, 1-5 Donaghmore/Ashbourne, Syddan 2-11, 2-8 Slane, Rathkenny, St. Colmcille's 1-9, 0-10 Rathkenny, Duleek, Round 6: Duleek 0-13, 0-4 Donaghmore/Ashbourne, Ratoath, Syddan 0-12, 1-5 Oldcastle, Kells, Slane 1-12, 1-12 Rathkenny, Kilberry, Castletown 1-6, 0-7 St. Colmcille's, Round 7: Duleek 1-15, 1-8 Syddan, Donore, Oldcastle 2-12, 0-4 Rathkenny, St. Colmcille's 0-8, 0-5 Slane, Duleek, Castletown 1-6, 1-6 Donaghmore/Ashbourne,
Duleek75118661+2511
Syddan75208275+710
Oldcastle75208457+2710
Castletown74218068+129
St. Colmcille's72416266-45
Rathkenny72416591-265
Slane71427188-174
Donaghmore/Ashbourne70525882-242

Knock-out stage

Relegation play off

The two bottom finishers from the group stage qualify for the relegation final.

Relegation final:

  • Donaghmore/Ashbourne 0-10, 1-4 Curraha, Ratoath,

Finals

The teams in the quarter-finals are the second placed teams from each group and one group winner. The teams in the semi-finals are two group winners and the quarter-final winners.

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal1Wolfe Tones1-13 (AET)8Castletown1-11 (AET)Wolfe Tones3-11Nobber1-64Nobber2-115Oldcastle1-9Wolfe Tones2-10Duleek1-122Carnaross2-97Syddan0-13Carnaross0-9Duleek0-163Duleek1-126Ballivor0-7Quarter-finals: Duleek 1-12, 0-7 Ballivor, Dunsany, 5/9/2004, Nobber 2-11, 1-9 Oldcastle, Kells, 5/9/2004, Wolfe Tones 1-13, 1-11 Castletown, Nobber, 5/9/2004, (AET) Carnaross 2-9, 0-13 Syddan, Moynalty, 5/9/2004, Semi-finals: Duleek 0-16, 0-9 Carnaross, Pairc Tailteann, 19/9/2004, Wolfe Tones 3-11, 1-6 Nobber, Pairc Tailteann, 19/9/2004, Final: Wolfe Tones 2-10, 1-12 Duleek, Pairc Tailteann, 3/10/2004,
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
1Wolfe Tones1-13 (AET)
8Castletown1-11 (AET)
Wolfe Tones3-11
Nobber1-6
4Nobber2-11
5Oldcastle1-9
Wolfe Tones2-10
Duleek1-12
2Carnaross2-9
7Syddan0-13
Carnaross0-9
Duleek0-16
3Duleek1-12
6Ballivor0-7

Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship

Preliminary round:

  • Wolfe Tones 1-10, 2-5 Ballymore, Kilberry, 13/11/2004,

Quarter-final:

  • Wolfe Tones 2-6, 0-6 Parnells, Kilberry, 20/11/2004,

Semi-final:

  • Wolfe Tones 2-13, 1-7 Avondale, Kilberry, 28/11/2004,

Final:

  • Wolfe Tones 1-10, 0-8 Naas, Kilberry, 4/12/2004,

All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship

Semi-final:

  • Pomeroy Plunketts 1-7, 0-7 Wolfe Tones, Breffni Park, 20/2/2005,

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