2020 FBD Insurance Connacht GAA Senior Football Competition

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2020 FBD Insurance Connacht GAA Senior Football Competition
Tournament details
ProvinceConnacht
Year2020
Sponsor FBD
Winners
Champions Galway (9th win)
Manager Pádraic Joyce
Captain Shane Walsh
Runners-up
Runners-up Roscommon
Manager Anthony Cunningham
CaptainConor Devaney
Other
Matches played4
  2019
2022  

The 2020 FBD Insurance Connacht GAA Senior Football Competition was an inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of Connacht. All five Connacht county teams participated, but there are no college or university teams. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Galway were the winners.

Competition format

The competition is a straight knockout. Drawn games go to a penalty shoot-out without the playing of extra-time.

Fixtures and results

5 January 2020 (2020-01-05)Quarter-final Sligo Colours of Sligo.svg 0-14 (14)(18) 1-15 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon Sligo  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)(HT: 0-04 – 0-09)Venue: Markievicz Park
Report Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo)


12 January 2020 (2020-01-12)Semi-final Roscommon Colours of Roscommon.svg 7-16 (37)(7) 0-07 Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim Carrick-on-Shannon  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)(HT: 4-07 – 0-01)Venue: Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
Report


12 January 2020 (2020-01-12)Semi-final Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg 1-17 (20)(20) 1-17
(2–3 pen)
Colours of Galway.svg Galway Castlebar  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)(HT: 0-09 – 0-08)Venue: MacHale Park
Report Referee: P Guckian (Leitrim)
Attendance: 7,000
   Penalty shootout

Fergal Boland Red x.svgN
Liam Irwin Yes check.svgY
Kevin McLoughlin Yes check.svgY
Gary Boylan Red x.svgN
Brian Walsh Red x.svgN

 Yes check.svgY Shane Walsh
Red x.svgN Paul Conroy
Yes check.svgY Damien Comer
Red x.svgN Adrian Varley
Yes check.svgY Tom Flynn
18 January 2020 (2020-01-18)Final Roscommon Colours of Roscommon.svg 0-11 (11)(17) 1-14 Colours of Galway.svg Galway Roscommon  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)(HT: 0-05 – 0-07)Venue: Dr. Hyde Park

Pts: Ciarán Lennon 5 (3f), Donie Smith 2 (1f), Niall Kilroy 1, Richard Hughes 1, Andrew Glennon 1, Cathal Cregg 1
Report Gls: Shane Walsh 1 (pen)
Pts: Shane Walsh 8 (6f, 1 mark), Paul Conroy 2, Robert Finnerty 2, Michael Boyle 1, Seán Mulkerrin 1
Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo)
Attendance: 3,217


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References

  1. "Sligo GAA - Early start for county Footballers -FBD". www.sligogaa.ie.
  2. "FBD League Fixtures for January Published". 26 November 2019.
  3. "2020 FBD Connacht SFL fixtures released - HoganStand". hoganstand.com.