2020 Antrim Senior Football Championship

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2020 Antrim Senior Football Championship
Tournament details
County Antrim
Year2020
TrophyPadraig McNamee Cup
SponsorNorthern Switchgear
DateAugust – September 2020
Teams12
Defending championsErin's Own Cargin
Winners
Champions???
Manager???
Captain???
Qualify for Ulster Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up???
Manager???
Captain???
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)???
  2019
2021  

The 2020 Antrim Senior Football Championship is the 118th edition of the Antrim GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The tournament consists of 13 teams, with the winner going on to represent Antrim in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship changed its format this year. Formerly straight knockout, it now starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

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Erin's Own Cargin were the defending champions after they defeated the Lámh Dhearg after a replay in the previous years final. [1]

This was St James' (2019 I.F.C. Champions) return to the senior grade after at 2 year absence (they were relegated from the S.F.C. to the I.F.C. back in 2017) when claiming the 2019 Antrim I.F.C. title with a final victory over St Ergnat's Moneyglass. [2]

Team changes

[3]

The following teams have changed division since the 2019 championship season.

Group stage

There are 4 groups called Group A, B, C and D. The top two finishers in each group will qualify for the quarter-finals. The bottom finishers of each group will qualify for the Relegation Play Off. Each team plays each other on both a home and away basis, with the first team named at home.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knock-out stage

Relegation play-offs

The four bottom finishers from each group qualify for the relegation play-offs. The team to lose both matches were relegated to the 2021 I.F.C.

?? September 2020
Relegation semi-final
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?? September 2020
Relegation semi-final
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?? September 2020
Relegation final
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Finals

Quarter-finals

The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the quarter-finals.

30 August 2020
Quarter-final
Creggan Kickhams-vs-Naomh ÉannaDunsilly

30 August 2020
Quarter-final
Lámh Dhearg-vs-St Mary's AghagallonCorrigan Park

1 September 2020
Quarter-final
Erin's Own Cargin-vs-O'Donovan RossaAhoghill

1 September 2020
Quarter-final
Roger Casements Portglenone-vs-St Gall'sCorrigan Park

Semi-finals

5 September 2020
Semi-final
???-vs-??????

5 September 2020
Semi-final
???-vs-??????

Final

20 September 2020
Final
Erin's Own, Cargin-vs-Creggan Kickhams???

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