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06 Sept 2025

Reserve football fate to be decided on at regulations meeting on Monday night 

The CCC previously established a working group to examine the state of reserve football in the county and explore the possibility of decoupling it from senior

Reserve football fate to be decided on at regulations meeting on Monday night 

Donegal GAA clubs will vote on the restructuring of reserve football at a regulations meeting in Convoy on Monday night. 

Prior to Christmas, Donegal GAA clubs attended a fixtures information evening at the Villa Rose Hotel, Ballybofey with Controls Committee Chairman (CCC) chairman David McLoone presiding over matters. 

The CCC previously established a working group to examine the state of reserve football in the county - explore the possibility of decoupling it from senior - with the findings of the panel then presented on the same night.

Two of the options centred on regionalised reserve leagues while a third option suggested tying reserve leagues to the bottom end of the All-County League senior tiers. 

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In the end, that third option was the proposal circulated to clubs and the one they will now vote on. 

That would see Division 1B becoming the new Division 4, Division 2B becoming the new Division 5 all the way down to a Division 7.

Promotion and relegation would apply in that third scenario. There are no charges proposed for the championship formats in 2025. 

If passed, the new format would be looked at over the course of an initial two-year period. 

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