2020 Mayo Senior Football Championship

2020 Mayo Senior Football Championship

Tournament details
County	Mayo
Year	2020
Trophy	Paddy Moclair Cup
Sponsor	Connacht Gold
Teams	16
Defending champions	Ballintubber
Winners
Champions	???
Manager	???
Captain	???
Qualify for	Connacht Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up	???
Captain	???
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)	???
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The 2020 Mayo Senior Football Championship was the 119th edition of the Mayo GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Mayo, Ireland. Sixteen teams competed with the winners not going on to represent Mayo in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship, due to the latter competition's cancellation. In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, the format for the championship was not altered. The championship started with a group stage and progressed to a knock out stage. The winners received the Paddy Moclair Cup.

The Neale made their first ever appearance in the top-flight of Mayo club football, having claimed the 2019 Mayo I.F.C. title with a final victory over Ballyhaunis. ^{[1] [2]}

Ballintubber were the defending champions for the second year running after they defeated Ballaghaderreen in the 2019 S.F.C. final. ^[3]

The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 9 March 2020 with the games commencing on 31 July 2020. ^[4]

Team Changes

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

To S.F.C. Promoted from 2019 I.F.C. The Neale - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C. Relegated to 2020 I.F.C. Hollymount-Carramore [5]

Clubs

The 2020 Championship was contested by 16 clubs: 4 of them from South Mayo, 4 from North Mayo, 4 from West Mayo, 4 from East Mayo. ^[6]

Team	Team colours	Position in 2018
Aghamore
Ballaghaderreen
Ballina Stephenites
Ballintubber		Champions
Belmullet		I.F.C. Champions
Breaffy		Finalists
Castlebar Mitchels
Charlestown Sarsfields
Claremorris
Davitts
Garrymore
Kiltane
Knockmore
Moy Davitts
The Neale
Westport

Group stage

All 16 teams entered the competition at this stage. The top 2 teams in each group qualified for the quarter-finals while the bottom team of each group entered a Relegation Playoff. All teams played one home match, one away match and one match at a neutral venue. In the event of two teams finishing on the same points total, placings were decided by head-to-head record between the teams, then by scoring difference.

Group A

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Ballaghaderreen 3 3 0 0 55 37 +18 6 The Neale 3 1 1 1 40 46 -6 3 Belmullet 3 1 1 1 36 43 -7 3 Garrymore 3 0 0 3 33 38 -5 0 Round 1 1 August 2020 Ballaghaderreen 3-11 - 2-4 Belmullet Belmullet 1 August 2020 The Neale 1-9 - 0-11 Garrymore Cong Round 2 8 August 2020 Garrymore 0-13 - 2-8 Ballaghaderreen 9 August 2020 Belmullet 2-8 - 0-14 The Neale Round 3 28 August 2020 Ballaghaderreen 3-12 - 1-11 The Neale Ballindine 28 August 2020 Belmullet 2-6 - 1-6 Garrymore Ballina Group B Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Ballintubber 3 2 1 0 54 22 +32 5 Aghamore 3 2 1 0 41 31 +10 5 Davitts 3 0 1 2 26 46 -20 1 Moy Davitts 3 0 1 2 31 53 -22 1 Round 1 1 August 2020 Davitts 0-9 - 0-9 Moy Davitts Ballindine 1 August 2020 Ballintubber 0-7 - 1-4 Aghamore Clogher Round 2 8 August 2020 Aghamore 0-18 - 0-12 Davitts 8 August 2020 Ballintubber 3-19 - 1-7 Moy Davitts Round 3 29 August 2020 Aghamore 1-13 - 1-9 Moy Davitts Ballaghaderreen 29 August 2020 Ballintubber 1-16 - 0-5 Davitts Ballinrobe Group C Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Ballina Stephenites 3 3 0 0 54 33 +21 6 Knockmore 3 2 0 1 58 35 +23 4 Kiltane 3 1 0 2 40 63 -23 2 Claremorris 3 0 0 3 39 60 -21 0 Round 1 2 August 2020 Knockmore 0-19 - 0-10 Claremorris Knockmore 2 August 2020 Ballina Stephenites 3-11 - 1-5 Kiltane Ballina Round 2 9 August 2020 Claremorris 1-10 - 1-18 Ballina Stephenites 9 August 2020 Knockmore 3-18 - 0-12 Kiltane Round 3 29 August 2020 Ballina Stephenites 1-10 - 0-12 Knockmore Crossmolina 29 August 2020 Kiltane 3-11 - 1-13 Claremorris Knockmore Group D Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Westport 3 2 1 0 48 40 +8 5 Breaffy 3 2 0 1 52 50 +2 4 Castlebar Mitchels 3 1 0 2 38 43 -5 2 Charlestown Sarsfields 3 0 1 2 47 52 -5 1 Round 1 1 August 2020 Castlebar Mitchels 1-13 - 1-9 Charlestown Sarsfields Charlestown 2 August 2020 Westport 2-11 - 0-16 Breaffy Breaffy Round 2 8 August 2020 Westport 2-10 - 2-10 Charlestown Sarsfields 9 August 2020 Breaffy 0-16 - 0-14 Castlebar Mitchels Round 3 29 August 2020 Breaffy 0-20 - 2-13 Charlestown Sarsfields Claremorris 29 August 2020 Westport 0-15 - 0-8 Castlebar Mitchels Breaffy Knock-Out Stage Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final                   Ballintubber Knockmore ??? ??? Ballina Stephenites Aghamore ??? ??? Westport The Neale ??? ??? Ballaghaderreen Breaffy Quarter-finals ??? v ??? 29 August 2020Quarter-Final  ??? -vs-  ??? ??? Referee: ??? ??? v ??? 29 August 2020Quarter-Final  ??? -vs-  ??? ??? Referee: ??? ??? v ??? 29 August 2020Quarter-Final  ??? -vs-  ??? ??? Referee: ??? ??? v ??? 29 August 2020Quarter-Final  ??? -vs-  ??? ??? Referee: ??? Semi-finals ??? v ??? 5 September 2020Semi-Final  ??? -vs-  ??? ??? Referee: ??? ??? v ??? 5 September 2020Semi-Final  ??? -vs-  ??? ??? Referee: ??? Final ??? v ??? 19 September 2020Final  ??? -vs-  ??? ??? Referee: ??? References "The Neale -vs- Ballyhaunis (2019 I.F.C. Final)". Westmeathexaminer.ie. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019. "The Neale -vs- Ballyhaunis (2019 I.F.C. Final)". Advertiser.ie. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019. "Ballintubber -vs- Ballaghaderreen (2019 S.F.C. Final)". Advertiser.ie. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019. "2020 Mayo S.F.C. Draws". The42.ie. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020. "Moy Davitts -vs- Hollymount/Carramore (2019 Relegation)". Mayonews.ie. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019. "Mayo News Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.