2020 Galway county football team season

Last updated
Galway
2020 season
Manager Pádraic Joyce
Stadium Pearse Stadium, Salthill
NFL D1 3rd
All-Ireland SFC Did not compete
Connacht SFC Finalist
FBD Winner
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The following is a summary of Galway county football team's 2020 season. The season was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season resumed in mid-October of the same year.

Contents

Competitions

FBD

Fixtures were confirmed in November 2019. [1]

Fixtures

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: 0-9 – 0-8)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: 0-5 – 0-7)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


National Football League Division 2

The league was originally scheduled to end in March 2020, but the public health measures introduced to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the final two league rounds being delayed to October. [2] [3] [4]

Table

PosTeam
PldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry (C)7511133112+2111National Football League champions
2 Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 7421126112+1410
3 Colours of Galway.svg Galway 7403128127+18 [a]
4 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 7403109126−178 [a]
5 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 7313117109+87
6 Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 7223113114−16
7 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo (R)7214122123−15Relegation to 2021 NFL Division 2
8 Colours of Meath.svg Meath (R)7016103128−251
Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2020. Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: 1) League points 2) Where only two teams are involved, the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the competition 3) Scoring Difference 4) Highest Total Score For 5) A Play-Off.
(C) League champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head result: Galway 2-25 – 0-12 Tyrone.

Fixtures

26 January 2020 (2020-01-26)1 Galway Colours of Galway.svg 1-14 (17)–(16) 0-16 Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan Salthill  
14:30 GMT (UTC+0)Venue: Pearse Stadium
Report Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)


1 February 2020 (2020-02-01)2 Kerry Colours of Kerry.svg 1-15 (18)–(17) 2-11 Colours of Galway.svg Galway Tralee  
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)Venue: Austin Stack Park
Report Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)


9 February 2020 (2020-02-09)3 Donegal Colours of Donegal.svg 2-07 (13)–(14) 2-08 Colours of Galway.svg Galway Letterkenny  
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)Venue: O'Donnell Park
Report Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)


23 February 2020 (2020-02-23)4 Galway Colours of Galway.svg 2-25 (31)–(12) 0-12 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone Salthill  
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)Venue: Pearse Stadium
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)


1 March 2020 (2020-03-01)5 Meath Colours of Meath.svg 1-12 (15)–(17) 1-14 Colours of Galway.svg Galway Navan  
14:30 GMT (UTC+0)Venue: Páirc Tailteann
Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)


18 October 2020 (2020-10-18)6 Galway Colours of Galway.svg 0-17 (17)–(32) 3-23 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo Salthill  
14:00 IST (UTC+1)Venue: Pearse Stadium
[5] Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)
TV: TG4


25 October 2020 (2020-10-25)7 Galway Colours of Galway.svg 0-15 (15)–(21) 2-15 Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin Salthill  
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)Venue: Pearse Stadium
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)
TV: TG4


Connacht Senior Football Championship

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. [6] The Galway vs Sligo Connacht SFC semi-final was not played as Sligo were affected by COVID-19 cases. As a result, Galway advanced to the provincial final without playing a single match for the first time since 1965. So Galway's first (and, as it turned out, last) match was the Connacht SFC final. The Connacht SFC had only four teams instead of the usual seven. This previously only ever happened during the period when all Connacht SFC finals were between Galway and Mayo (1933–1940), and again in 1965. [7]

Since 2020 been postponed of hosting Sligo they hosted them in the 2023 Connacht final and Connacht semi-final in 2024 and New York in 2025.

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

Fixtures

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


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


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: 0-5 - 0-8)

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

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, there was no back-door route into the All-Ireland Championship. Therefore, because Galway did not win the Connacht Championship, they did not qualify for the 2020 All-Ireland Championship.

References

  1. ↑ "FBD League Fixtures for January Published". 26 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "U21 championship delayed with Clare Cup start deferred". 12 March 2020.
  3. ↑ GBFM, Sport (12 March 2020). "Sporting Events Postponed Due to Coronavirus Scare".
  4. ↑ "Coronavirus: A comprehensive guide as Irish and global sport shuts down in effort to contain spread of Covid-19". independent. 12 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Allianz FL D1: Mayo cruise to victory against Galway". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Cormican, Eoghan (18 March 2020). "Galway and New York clash first major casualty of pandemic". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "GAA Fixtures".
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