2021 Louth county football team season

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Louth county football team
2021 season
Manager Mickey Harte
NFL D4 North 2nd (promoted)
All-Ireland SFC Did not compete
Leinster SFC Preliminary round
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The following is a summary of Louth county football team's 2021 season.

Contents

Competitions

O'Byrne Cup

There was no O'Byrne Cup in 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. [1]

National Football League Division 4 North

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim (P)33006360+36Advance to Division 4 semi-finals; both finalists are promoted to Division 3
2 Colours of Louth.svg Louth (P)32016345+184
3 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 31026367−42Advance to Division 4 Shield Final
4 Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 30035067−170
Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2021. Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted

Fixtures

15 May 20211Louth3-8 (17)–(18) 1-15Antrim Haggardstown  
15:00Venue: McGeough Park
Referee: Barry Tiernan


23 May 20212Leitrim0-10 (10)–(19) 0-19Louth Carrick-on-Shannon  
15:00Venue: Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
Referee: Patrick Maguire


30 May 20213Louth3-18 (27)–(17) 1-14Sligo Haggardstown  
15:00Venue: McGeough Park
Referee: Sean Laverty


Semi-final
Louth1-23 – 1-15Carlow
Mulroy 0-7 (5f, 1'45), Grimes 1-2, Keenan 0-3, Downey 0-3, C. Byrne 0-3, Jackson 0-2, Callaghan 0-1, Duffy 0-1, D. Byrne 0-1
Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)
GK1Craig Lynch (Naomh Máirtin)
RCB2Dan Corcoran (Geraldines)
FB3Dermot Campbell (Dreadnots)
LCB4Donal McKenny (St Mary's)
RHB5Emmet Carolan (Newtown Blues)
CHB6Niall Sharkey (Glyde Rangers)
LHB7Eoghan Callaghan (Naomh Máirtin)
MF8Bevan Duffy (St Fechin's)
MF9 Ciarán Byrne (St Mochta's)
RHF10Liam Jackson (St Mary's)
CHF11 Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtin) (c)
LHF12Ciarán Downey (Newtown Blues)
RCF13Ciarán Keenan (St Mary's)
FF14Conor Grimes (Glen Emmets)
LCF15Ryan Burns (Hunterstown Rovers)
Substitutes:
16Leonard Grey (St Patrick's) for Corcoran
17Declan Byrne (St Mochta's) for Burns
18Dáire Nally (Newtown Blues) for Campbell
19Conal McKeever (Clan Na Gael) for Duffy
20John Clutterbuck (Naomh Máirtin) for Carolan
13 June 2021
12:15 IST (UTC+1)
Semi-final
Waterford0-11 – 1-15Antrim
Fraher Field , Dungarvan
Referee: David Murnane

Antrim and Louth shared the Division 4 title, as Louth had a championship game on 27 June 2021.

Leinster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the preliminary rounds and quarter-finals took place on 20 April 2021. [3]

Bracket

Preliminary round
27 June 		Quarter-finals
4 July 		Semi-finals
18 July 		Final
1 August
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 1-15
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 3-19 AET Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 0-13
Colours of Louth.svg Louth 0-19 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 2-14
Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 0-18
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 1-10
Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 3-20
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 1-9
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 0-20
Colours of Meath.svg Meath 4-22
Colours of Longford.svg Longford 0-25 Colours of Longford.svg Longford 0-12
Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 2-13 Colours of Meath.svg Meath 1-13
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 2-16
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 0-15
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 2-11 Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 0-7
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 0-14

Fixtures

27 June 2021
13:30
Round 1		 Offaly Colours of Offaly.svg 3-19 - 0-19 aet Colours of Louth.svg Louth Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Attendance: 0
Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
Cian Farrell 0-7 (0-3f), Niall McNamee 1-3, Peter Cunningham 1-1, Bernard Allen 1-0, Paddy Dunican 0-2 (0-1f, 1 '45), Niall Darby, Jordan Hayes, Ruairi McNamee, Bill Carroll, Eoin Carroll, Mark Abbott 0-1 each Report Sam Mulroy 0-6 (0-4f), Ciarán Byrne 0-3, Ciarán Keenan 0-2, Dermot Campbell, Anthony Williams, Eoghan Callaghan, Liam Jackson, Ciarán Downey, Conor Grimes, Ryan Burns, Declan Byrne 0-1 each

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 Louth did not win the Leinster Championship, they did not qualify for the 2021 All-Ireland Championship.

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References

  1. ↑ "GAA fixture calendar for 2021 revealed". Impartial Reporter. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Harte's troops march on to Division Three with comprehensive win over Carlow". Dundalk Democrat . 19 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Duffy, Emma (20 April 2021). "Here's the draw for the 2021 Leinster football championship". The42.
  4. ↑ BBC 23-11-2020: Mickey Harte appointed new Louth manager 10 days after leaving Tyrone post
  5. ↑ Mickey Harte appointed new Louth manager
  6. ↑ RTE 23-11-2020: Mickey Harte appointed new Louth football manager
  7. ↑ Sky Sports 24-11-2020: Mickey Harte appointed Louth senior football manager
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