2020 Mayo county football team season

Mayo county football team
2020 season
ManagerJames Horan
StadiumMacHale Park, Castlebar
NFL D17th (relegated)
All-Ireland SFCFinalist
Connacht SFCWinners
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The following is a summary of Mayo county football team's 2020 season. The season was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The season resumed in mid-October of the same year.[2]

Competitions

National Football League Division 1

Main article: 2020 National Football League (Ireland)

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Kerry (C) 7 5 1 1 133 112 +21 11 National Football League champions
2 Dublin 7 4 2 1 126 112 +14 10 Runners–up
3 Galway 7 4 0 3 128 127 +1 8[a]
4 Tyrone 7 4 0 3 109 126 −17 8[a]
5 Donegal 7 3 1 3 117 109 +8 7
6 Monaghan 7 2 2 3 113 114 −1 6
7 Mayo (R) 7 2 1 4 122 123 −1 5 Relegation to 2021 NFL Division 2
8 Meath (R) 7 0 1 6 103 128 −25 1
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. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Galway 2-25 – 0-12 Tyrone.

Reports

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) 1 Donegal 0-19 (19) – (19) 2-13 Mayo Ballybofey  
19:15 GMT (UTC+0) Venue: MacCumhaill Park
Report Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)


1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 2 Mayo 0-08 (08) – (14) 1-11 Dublin Castlebar  
19:00 GMT (UTC+0) Venue: MacHale Park
Report Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)


9 February 2020 (2020-02-09) 3 Meath 2-05 (11) – (12) 1-09 Mayo Navan  
14:00 GMT (UTC+0) Venue: Páirc Tailteann
Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)


23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 4 Monaghan 2-16 (22) – (13) 0-13 Mayo Clones  
14:00 GMT (UTC+0) Venue: St Tiernach's Park
Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)


1 March 2020 (2020-03-01) 5 Mayo 1-13 (16) – (17) 1-14 Kerry Castlebar  
13:30 GMT (UTC+0) Venue: MacHale Park
Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)


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


25 October 2020 (2020-10-25) 7 Mayo 1-19 (22) – (23) 3-14 Tyrone Castlebar  
14:00 GMT (UTC+0) Venue: MacHale Park
Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)


Connacht Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2020 Connacht Senior Football Championship

Fixtures

1 November 2020 (2020-11-01) Quarter-final Leitrim 0–10 (10) – (21) 2–15 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


8 November 2020 (2020-11-08) Semi-final Roscommon 0–13 (13) – (19) 1–16 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


15 November 2020 (2020-11-15)
13:30 GMT (UTC+0)
Final
Galway 0-13 (13) – (14) 0-14 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

Bracket

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


All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
6 December 2020 (2020-12-06)
15:30 GMT (UTC+0)
Semi-Final
Mayo 5–20 (35) – (22) 3–13 Tipperary
(HT: 4–12 – 1-05)
Gls: C O'Connor 4, D O'Connor 1.
Pts: C O’Connor 9 (6fs); T Conroy 4 (1m); D Coen 2; M Ruane 1, P Durcan 1, K McLoughlin 1, A O’Shea 1, C Loftus 1.		 Gls: C Sweeney 1, B Fox 1, P Feehan 1.
Pts: C Sweeney 9 (8fs); C O’Riordan 2; S O’Brien 1, K Fahey 1.
Main article: 2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
19 December 2020 (2020-12-19)
17:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Final
Dublin 2–14 (20) – (15) 0–15 Mayo
(HT: 2-06 – 0–10)
Gls: D Rock 1, C O'Callaghan 1.
Pts: D Rock 4 (fs); C Kilkenny 3; C O'Callaghan 1, S Bugler 1, P Small 1, N Scully 1, B Fenton 1, P Mannion 1 (f), B Howard 1.
Pts: C O’Connor 9 (5fs, 2ms); R O’Donoghue 2; O Mullen 1, C Loftus 1, S Coen 1 (m), D Coen 1.
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: D Coldrick (Meath)
Attendance: 0[note 1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b The game was played behind closed doors due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.

Management team

As of December 2020:[4]

References

  1. ^ "GAA, FAI & IRFU suspend all games, Euro 2020 under review". RTÉ. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. ^ Ryan, Eoin (25 September 2020). "Leinster bides time as GAA confirms 2020 inter-county fixtures". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Allianz FL D1: Mayo cruise to victory against Galway". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  4. ^ O'Kane, Cahair (18 December 2020). "Mayo's backroom team of 17". The Irish News.