2020 Connacht Senior Football Championship

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2020 Connacht SFC
Tournament details
Year2020
TrophyJ. J. Nestor Cup
Winners
Champions Mayo
Runners-up
Runners-up Galway
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The 2020 Connacht Senior Football Championship was the 121st instalment of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship organised by Connacht GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The winning team (Mayo) received the J. J. Nestor Cup, named after J. J. Nestor of Quinaltagh, County Galway. [1]

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The draw for the Connacht Championship was made on 8 October 2019. [2]

On 17 March, the GAA confirmed that the opening fixture – due to have taken place at Gaelic Park in The Bronx on 3 May – had been postponed due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. [3]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, London, New York and Sligo did not compete in the championship. [4] As a result, Galway advanced to the provincial final without playing a single match for the first time since 1965. Sligo returned for the 2021 championship. London and New York returned for the 2022 championship.

The Connacht semi-final between Galway and Sligo was rescheulded for the 2023 Connacht final. London and New York games were rescheduled for the 2025 season.

Only 4 teams for the first since 1952.

Teams

The Connacht championship is contested by the five counties in the Irish province of Connacht plus London and New York.

TeamColoursSponsorManagerCaptainMost recent success
All-IrelandProvincial
Galway Colours of Galway.svg Maroon and white Supermac's Pádraic Joyce Shane Walsh [5]
Leitrim Colours of Leitrim.svg Green and goldJ.P. Clarke's Saloon, New YorkTerry HylandWayne McKeon
London* Colours of London.svg Green and white
Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg Green and red Intersport Elverys James Horan Aidan O'Shea
New York* Colors of New York.svg Red, white and blue
Roscommon Colours of Roscommon.svg Blue and yellow Ballymore Anthony Cunningham Enda Smith
Sligo+ Colours of Sligo.svg Black and white AbbVie Paul Taylor Paddy O'Connor[ citation needed ]

Due to Covid-19 withdrew teams: + = Back in 2021, * = Back in 2022.

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Colours of Galway.svg Galway w/o
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo conc
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 0-13
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 0-14
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 0-13
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 2-15 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 1-16
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 0-10

Quarter-finals

Summary

DivTeam 1ScoreTeam 2Div
1 Galway Colours of Galway.svg w/o - conc Colours of New York.svg New York
2 Roscommon Colours of Roscommon.svg w/o - conc Colours of London.svg London
3 Leitrim Colours of Leitrim.svg 0-10 - 2-15 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 1

Matches

1 November 2020 (2020-11-01)Quarter-final Galway Colours of Galway.svg w/o – conc New York Colors of New York.svg New York  
Venue: Gaelic Park


1 November 2020 (2020-11-01)Quarter-final London Colours of London.svg scr – w/o Roscommon Colours of Roscommon.svg Ruislip  
Venue: McGovern Park


1 November 2020 (2020-11-01)Quarter-final Leitrim Colours of Leitrim.svg 0–10 (10)–(21) 2–15 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo Carrick-on-Shannon  
13:15 GMT (UTC+0)(HT: 0-06 – 1-06)Venue: Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada

Pts: K Beirne 5 (5f), C Dolan 1, S Quinn 1, E Sweeney 1, D Flynn 1, D Casey 1.		 Report Gls: C O'Connor 1, T Conroy 1.
Pts: C O’Connor 9 (4f, 2 ’45), A O’Shea 2, B Walsh 1, M Runae 1, J Carr 1, C Loftus 1.		Referee: Paul Faloon (Down)
Attendance: 0
TV: RTÉ News Now


Semi-finals

Summary

DivTeam 1ScoreTeam 2Div
1 Galway Colours of Galway.svg w/o - conc Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 4
2 Roscommon Colours of Roscommon.svg 0-13 - 1-16 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 1

Matches

7 November 2020 (2020-11-07)Semi-final Galway Colours of Galway.svg w/o – conc Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo Galway  
Venue: Pearse Stadium


8 November 2020 (2020-11-08)Semi-final Roscommon Colours of Roscommon.svg 0–13 (13)–(19) 1–16 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo Roscommon  
13:30 GMT (UTC±0)(HT: 0-05 – 1-08)Venue: Dr Hyde Park

Pts: C Cox 2 (1m, 1f), C McKeon 2 (2f), D Smith 3 (1f); D Murtagh 2; N Daly 1, T O'Rourke 1.		 Report Gls: D O’Connor 1
Pts: C O'Connor 9 (6f); P Durcan 2; A O'Shea 1, T Conroy 1, K McLoughlin 1, C Loftus 1, D O'Connor 1.		Referee: David Gough (Meath)
Attendance: 0
TV: RTÉ


Final

15 November 2020 (2020-11-15)
13:30 GMT (UTC+0)
Final
Galway Colours of Galway.svg 0-13 (13)–(14) 0-14 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo
(HT: 0-05 - 0-08)

Pts: S Walsh 7 (4f), P Conroy 3, D Conneely 1, P Kelly 1, G O’Donnell 1.
Pts: C O’Connor 4 (2f), T Conroy 3, M Ruane 2, B Walsh 2, P Durcan 1, D O’Connor 1, R O’Donoghue 1.
Pearse Stadium , Galway
Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
Attendance: 0

Miscellaneous

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Tuam Herald – Connemara, Clonfert and Dunmore links to the Dublin hurling team". The Tuam Herald. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Connacht SFC Draw 2020 Made". Connacht GAA. 8 October 2019.
  3. ↑ Cormican, Eoghan (18 March 2020). "Galway and New York clash first major casualty of pandemic". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. ↑ https://www.gaa.ie/football/connacht-gaa-football-senior-championship/fixtures GAA Fixtures
  5. ↑ "Shane Walsh to captain Galway for 2020". Galway Bay FM. 8 January 2020.
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