2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship 2020
Championship details
Dates31 October – 20 December 2020
Teams12
All-Ireland champions
WinnersDublin (5th win)
CaptainSinéad Aherne
ManagerMick Bohan
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upCork
CaptainDoireann O'Sullivan
ManagerEphie Fitzgerald
Provincial champions
Championship Statistics
Matches Played15
Total Goals59 (3.93 per game)
Total Points363 (24.20 per game)
Top Scorer Aimee Mackin (5-17) (32 points)
Player of the Year Aimee Mackin (Armagh)
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The 2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 47th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county ladies' Gaelic Football tournament.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games forced the delay of the tournament until late in the year, and it was shortened, with no provincial championships taking place.[1][2][3]

Dublin were the winners for the fourth year in a row.[4]

Format

Group stage

The 12 teams are drawn into four groups of three teams. Each team play each other team in its group once, earning three points for a win and one for a draw.

Knockout stage

The winners of each group compete in the All-Ireland semi-finals.

Teams

Counties Flag
colours		 Captain (2020) Manager (2020) Championships won Last championship
Armagh LGFA Kelly Mallon Ronan Murphy — —
Cavan LGFA Neasa Byrd James Daly 1 1977
Cork LGFA Doireann O'Sullivan Ephie Fitzgerald 11 2016
Donegal LGFA Geraldine McLaughlin Maxi Curran — —
Dublin LGFA Sinéad Ahearne Mick Bohan 5 2020
Galway LGFA Louise Ward Tim Rabbitt 1 2004
Kerry LGFA Anna Galvin Darragh Long & Declan Quill 11 1993
Mayo LGFA Sinéad Cafferky Peter Leahy 4 2003
Monaghan LGFA Cora Courtney Ciarán Murphy 2 1997
Tipperary LGFA Samantha Lambert Shane Ronayne 3 1980
Tyrone LGFA Neamh Woods Gerry Moane — —
Waterford LGFA Karen McGrath Ciaran Curran 5 1998

Venues

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Venues used for the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship.

Fixtures and results

Group games took place between 30 October and 15 November 2020.[5]

Key to colours
     Advance to All-Ireland semi-finals

Group stage

Group 1 table result

Team Pld W D L Group
Points 		Score
Difference
Cork 2 2 0 0 6 +21
Kerry 2 1 0 1 3 +13
Cavan 2 0 0 2 0 –34

Group 1 results

1st of November 2020
13:00 GMT
Group 1 Round 1
Kerry 5–14 (29) – 0–13 (13) Cavan
(HT: 2–07 – 0–6)
Gls: L Ní Mhuircheartaigh 2, S O'Shea 2, A Murphy 1
Pts: L Ní Mhuircheartaigh 4 (1f), S O'Shea 2, A Murphy 1, L Scanlon 2, F Tagney 2, D O'Leary 1, H O'Donoghue 1, E O'Leary 1.
Pts: A Gilsenan 0–5 (4f), A Sheridan 0–3, D English 0–2, L McVeety 0–1, G Sheridan 0–1, E Halton 0–1.
St. Brendan's Park, Birr, County Offaly
Referee: Jonathan Murphy (Carlow)
Attendance: 0
7th of November 2020
15:00 GMT
Group 1 Round 2
Cork 1–14 (17) – 0–14 (14) Kerry
(HT: 0–9 – 1–5)
Gls: S Noonan 1
Pts: O Finn 0–5 (5f), S Noonan 2, D O'Sullivan 4, C O'Sullivan 2, A T O'Sullivan 1
Pts: L Ní Mhuircheartaigh 10 (8f), S O'Shea 2, A Galvin 1, A Murphy 1.
Austin Stack Park, Tralee, County Kerry
Referee: John Devlin (Galway)
Attendance: 0
15th of November 2020
13:00 GMT
Group 1 Round 3
Cavan 2-06 (12) – 7-09 (30) Cork
(HT: 2-2 – 3-4)
Gls: L McVeety 1 (1 pen), G Sheridan 1
Pts: A Gilsenan 4 (2f), D English 1, C Finnegan 1		 Gls: Á O'Sullivan 3, O Finn 1, S Noonan 2, S O'Leary 1-0
Pts: Á O'Sullivan 1, O Finn 3 (2f), S Noonan 2, D O'Sullivan 3.
Austin Stack Park, Tralee, County Kerry
Referee: Seamus Mulvihill (Kerry)
Attendance: 0

Group 2 table result

Team Pld W D L Group
Points 		Score
Difference
Galway 2 2 0 0 6 +2
Monaghan 2 1 0 1 3 0
Tipperary 2 0 0 2 0 –2

Group 2 results

31st of October 2020
15:00 GMT
Group 2 Round 1
Tipperary 1–14 (17) – 1–15 (18) Galway
(HT: 0–5 – 1–10)
Gls: A Moloney 1
Pts: A Moloney 10 (7f), C Kennedy 0–1, O O'Dwyer 0–1, E Morrissey 0–1, R Howard 0–1		 Gls: L Hannon 1
Pts: T Leonard 0–6 (6f), L Hannon 1, M Glynn 2, L Noone 1, O Divilly 1, M Seoighe 1, N Ward 1, A Davoren 1, L Ward 1.
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: Eamonn Moran (Kerry)
Attendance: 0
6th of November 2020
19:30 GMT
Group 2 Round 2
Monaghan 0–17 (17) – 2–10 (16) Tipperary
(HT: 0–12 – 2–6)

Pts: C McAnespie 3, L Kerley 3 (3f), E McCarron 3, M Atkinson 2, C Courtney 2, C Treanor 1, L McEnaney 1, A McAnespie 1, S Coyle 1		 Gls: A Moloney 1, R Howard 1
Pts: A Moloney 7 (5f), R Howard 1, E Morrissey 1, S Lambert 1.
Parnell Park, Dublin
Referee: Kevin Phelan (Laois)
Attendance: 0
15th of November
13:00 GMT
Group 2 Round 3
Galway 2–13 (19) – 3–09 (18) Monaghan
(HT: 0–10 – 0–06)
Gls: L Ward 1, L Noone 1
Pts: O Divilly 5 (1f), T Leonard 5 (4f), L Ward 1, A Davoren 1, L Hannon 1		 Gls: E McCarron 2, T McNally-Scott 1
Pts: E McCarron 7 (2f), R Courtney 1, C Courtney 1.
Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Leitrim
Referee: Mel Kenny (Mayo)
Attendance: 0

Group 3 table result

Team Pld W D L Group
Points 		Score
Difference
Dublin 2 2 0 0 6 +7
Donegal 2 1 0 1 3 +7
Waterford 2 0 0 2 0 –14

Group 3 results

31st of October
17:00 GMT
Group 3 Round 1
Dublin 2–13 (19) – 2–10 (16) Donegal
(HT: 1–07 – 1–02)
Gls: S Aherne 1, N Healy 1
Pts: S Aherne 6, N Healy 2, J Dunne 2, L Magee 1, S McCaffrey 1, S Goldrick 1		 Gls: G McLaughlin 1, N Gordon 1
Pts: G McLaughlin 5 (5f), K Guthrie 3 (2f), Y Bonner 1, K Herron 1
Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan
Referee: Brendan Rice (Down)
Attendance: 0
7th of November
13:00 GMT
Group 3 Round 2
Waterford 1–10 (13) – 0–17 (17) Dublin
(HT: 0–09 – 0–07)
Gls: R Tobin 1
Pts: C Fennell 7 (5f), R Tobin 1, K Murray 1, A Wall 1
Pts: S Aherne 6 (4f), C Rowe 3, N McEvoy 2, C O'Connor 2, O Nolan 1, L Davey 1, S McCaffrey 1, L Collins 1
Baltinglass, Wicklow
Referee: Barry Redmond (Wexford)
Attendance: 0
14th of November 2020
13:00 GMT
Group 3 Round 3
Donegal 2–13 (19) – 0–09 (9) Waterford
(HT: 2–06 – 0–03)
Gls: G McLaughlin 1, K Guthrie 1
Pts: G McLaughlin 5 (3f), K Guthrie 3, Y Bonner 2, K Herron 2, N Gordon 1
Pts: C Fennell 6 (6f), A Wall 1, K Murray 1, R Tobin 1.
Cusack Park, Mullingar, County Westmeath
Referee: Declan Carolan (Down)
Attendance: 0

Group 4 table result

Team Pld W D L Group
Points 		Score
Difference
Armagh 2 2 0 0 6 +17
Mayo 2 1 0 1 3 +20
Tyrone 2 0 0 2 0 –37

Group 4 results

30th of October 2020
19:30 GMT
Group 4 Round 1
Tyrone 3–13 (22) – 6–16 (34) Armagh
(HT: 2–09 – 5–07)
Gls: N O'Neill 2, C McCaffrey 1
Pts: N O'Neill 4, C McCaffrey 4, G Rafferty 3, E Brennan 1, C Kelly 1		 Gls: A McCoy 3, A Mackin 1, K Mallon 1, C O'Hanlon 1
Pts: A Mackin 6 (1fs), K Mallon 3 (3f), C O'Hanlon 2, C Marley 2, Lavery 2, Grimes 1
Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan
Referee: Garryowen McMahon (Mayo)
Attendance: 0
7th of November 2020
13:00 GMT
Group 4 Round 2
Mayo 4–17 (29) – 0–4 (4) Tyrone
(HT: 2–05 – 0–1)
Gls: S Rowe 2, D Doherty 1, T O'Connor 1
Pts: S Rowe 9 (4f), D Doherty 2, G Kelly 3, A Gilroy 1, F Doherty 1, Clodagh McManamon 1
Pts: E Brennan 0–2, N O'Neill 0–1, G Rafferty 0–1 (1f).
Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Leitrim
Referee: Shane Curley (Galway)
Attendance: 0
14th of November 2020
15:15 GMT
Group 4 Round 3
Armagh 4–12 (24) – 1–16 (19) Mayo
(HT: 2–07 – 0–11)
Gls: A Mackin 2, K Mallon 1, C Marley 1
Pts: A Mackin 7 (2f), K Mallon 3 (2f), B Mackin 1, A McCoy 1.		 Gls: F Doherty 1
Pts: G Kelly 4, A Gilroy 1, S Rowe 2, S Cafferky 2, D Doherty 4 (2f), M McHale 2, F Doherty 1.
Parnell Park, Dublin
Referee: Jonathan Murphy (Carlow)
Attendance: 0

All-Ireland semi-finals

28 November 2020
16:30 GMT
Semi-final 2
Armagh 3–08 (17) – (22) 3–13 Dublin
(HT: 2–06 – 2–06)
Gls: A Mackin 2 (1pen), A McCoy 1
Pts: A Mackin 4 (2fs), K Mallon 2fs, C Marley 1, B Mackin 1		 Gls: C Rowe 2 (1pen), N Owens 1
Pts: C Rowe 4 (2fs), N Healy 3, L Davey 2, S McCaffrey 1, S Aherne 1f, S Killeen 1, K Sullivan 1
Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan
Referee: Gerryowen McMahon (Mayo)
Attendance: 0

After the semi-final between Cork and Galway, LGFA president Marie Hickey criticised the Galway ladies for not vacating their dressing room in sufficient time to complete their warm-up, after they complained about being hurried into doing so.[6][7][8]

6 December 2020
13:00 GMT
Semi-final 1
Cork 2–17 (23) – (13) 0–13 Galway
(HT: 2–05 – 0–04)
Gls: C O'Sullivan 1, M Duggan 1
Pts: O Finn 9 (8f), C O'Sullivan 2, M Duggan 1, Á O'Sullivan 1, E Kiely 1, D O'Sullivan 1, S O'Leary 1, M O'Callaghan 1
Pts: T Leonard 6 (5f), M Seoighe 3, O Divilly 2, A Trill 1, A Morrissey 1
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Seamus Mulvihill (Kerry)
Attendance: 0

All-Ireland final

Main article: 2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final
20 December 2020
15:30 GMT
Final
Dublin 1–10 (13) – (8) 1–05 Cork
(HT: 0–03 – 1–03)
Gls: C Rowe 1(pen)
Pts: C Rowe (3fs), N Healy 2, N Owens 2, A Kane 1, S Aherne (1f), K Sullivan 1		 Gls: A O'Sullivan 1
Pts: O Finn 3 (2fs), A O'Sullivan 1, C O'Sullivan 1
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Jonathan Murphy (Carlow)
Attendance: 0

Awards

Player of the Year

TG4 Senior Players' Player of the Year – Aimee Mackin Armagh

Senior Team of the Year

No. Position Player Team Flag No. of All Stars
1 Goalkeeper Martina O'Brien Cork 1
2 Right corner back Martha Byrne Dublin 1
3 Full back Clodagh McCambridge Armagh 1
4 Left corner back Eimear Meaney Cork 1
5 Right half back Melissa Duggan Cork 2
6 Centre half back Blaithin Mackin Armagh 1
7 Left half back Sinéad Goldrick Dublin 8
8 Midfield Jennifer Dunne Dublin 1
9 Midfield Louise Ward Galway 2
10 Right half forward Carla Rowe Dublin 4
11 Centre half forward Lyndsey Davey Dublin 6
12 Left half forward Aimee Mackin Armagh 3
13 Right corner forward Áine O'Sullivan Cork 1
14 Full forward Aishling Moloney Tipperary 1
15 Left corner forward Noëlle Healy Dublin 5

Championship statistics

Scoring list

Scoring list
No. Name Team Flag Goals Points Total points
1 Aimee Mackin Armagh 5 17 32
2 Aishling Moloney Tipperary 2 17 23
Orla Finn Cork 1 20 23
3 Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh Kerry 2 14 20
4 Carla Rowe Dublin 3 10 19
5 Sarah Rowe Mayo 2 11 17
Sinéad Ahearne Dublin 1 14 17
Tracey Leonard Galway 0 17 17
6 Aine O'Sullivan Cork 4 4 16
Geraldine McLaughlin Donegal 2 10 16
7 Ellen McCarron Monaghan 2 8 14
Kelly Mallon Armagh 2 8 14
8 Aoife McCoy Armagh 4 1 13
Saoirse Noonan Cork 3 4 13
Chloe Fennell Waterford 0 13 13
9 Niamh O'Neill Tyrone 2 5 11
10 Síofra O'Shea Kerry 2 4 10
Noëlle Healy Dublin 1 7 10
11 Karen Guthrie Donegal 1 6 9
Deirdre Doherty Mayo 1 6 9
Aisling Gilsenan Cavan 0 9 9
12 Ciara O'Sullivan Cork 1 5 8
Doireann O'Sullivan Cork 0 8 8
13 Chloe McCaffrey Tyrone 1 4 7
Grace Kelly Mayo 0 7 7
Olivia Divilly Galway 0 7 7
14 Catherine Marley Armagh 1 3 6
15 Louise Ward Galway 1 2 5
Fiona Doherty Mayo 1 2 5
Andrea Murphy Kerry 1 2 5
Nicole Owens Dublin 1 2 5
Roisin Howard Tipperary 1 2 5
Caroline O'Hanlon Armagh 1 2 5
Roisin Tobin Waterford 1 2 5
Lucy Hannon Galway 1 2 5
16 Lynsey Noone Galway 1 1 4
Melissa Duggan Cork 1 4 4
Geraldine Sheridan Cavan 1 1 4
Sadhbh O'Leary Cork 1 1 4
Nicole Gordon Donegal 1 1 4
Lauren McVeety Cavan 1 1 4
Mairéad Seoighe Galway 0 4 4
Gráinne Rafferty Tyrone 0 4 4
17 Tamara O'Connor Mayo 1 0 3
Therese Scott Monaghan 1 0 3
Louise Kerley Monaghan 0 3 3
Donna English Cavan 0 3 3
Katy Herron Donegal 0 3 3
Sarah McCaffrey Dublin 0 3 3
Aishling Sheridan Cavan 0 3 3
Emma Brennan Tyrone 0 3 3
Shauna Coyle Monaghan 0 3 3
Lyndsey Davey Dublin 0 3 3
Ciara McAnespie Monaghan 0 3 3
Yvonne Bonner Donegal 0 3 3
Cora Courtney Monaghan 0 3 3
18 Blaithin Mackin Armagh 0 2 2
Emma Morrissey Tipperary 0 2 2
Niamh McEvoy Dublin 0 2 2
Megan Glynn Galway 0 2 2
Jennifer Dunne Dublin 0 2 2
Sinéad Cafferky Mayo 0 2 2
Kate Sullivan Dublin 0 2 2
Muireann Atkinson Monaghan 0 2 2
Andrea Trill Galway 0 2 2
Eve Lavery Armagh 0 2 2
Katie Murray Waterford 0 2 2
Lorraine Scanlon Kerry 0 2 2
Aileen Gilroy Mayo 0 2 2
Fiadhna Tangney Kerry 0 2 2
Ailbhe Davoren Galway 0 2 2
Aileen Wall Waterford 0 2 2
Mary McHale Mayo 0 2 2
19 Sinéad Goldrick Dublin 0 1 1
Orlagh Nolan Dublin 0 1 1
Emma Halton Cavan 0 1 1
Lauren Magee Dublin 0 1 1
Aoife McAnespie Monaghan 0 1 1
Orla O'Dwyer Tipperary 0 1 1
Anna Galvin Kerry 0 1 1
Eilish O'Leary Kerry 0 1 1
Caitlin Kelly Tyrone 0 1 1
Ciara Finnegan Cavan 0 1 1
Clodagh McManamon Mayo 0 1 1
Tiarna Grimes Galway 0 1 1
Samantha Lambert Tipperary 0 1 1
Aoife Kane Dublin 0 1 1
Nicole Ward Galway 0 1 1
Máire O'Callaghan Cork 0 1 1
Siobhán Killeen Dublin 0 1 1
Lucy Collins Dublin 0 1 1
Rosemary Courtney Monaghan 0 1 1
Laura McEneaney Monaghan 0 1 1
Caitlin Kennedy Tipperary 0 1 1
Eimear Kiely Cork 0 1 1
Hannah O'Donoghue Kerry 0 1 1
Danielle O'Leary Kerry 0 1 1

Team statistics

Team statistics breakdown
Teams Total score Games Points per game average Points Per Game Rank Goals Points Goals Rank Points Rank First half (total score) Average points (first half) Second half (total score) Average points (second half) Clean sheets (goals) No. of scoring players in season
Cork 78 4 19.5 4th 11 45 2nd 2nd 39 9.75 39 9.75 2 9
Armagh 75 3 25 1st 13 36 1st 4th 47 15.67 28 9.33 0 8
Dublin 71 4 17.75 5th 6 53 3rd 1st 32 8 39 9.75 0 16
Galway 49 3 16.33 8th 3 40 6th 3rd 27 9 22 7.33 0 10
Mayo 48 2 24 2nd 5 33 4th 5th 22 11 26 13 1 9
Kerry 43 2 21.5 3rd 5 28 4th 6th 21 10.5 22 11 1 9
Donegal 35 2 17.5 6th 4 23 5th 9th 17 8.5 18 9 1 5
Monaghan 35 2 17.5 6th 3 26 6th 7th 18 9 17 8.5 0 11
Tipperary 33 2 16.5 7th 3 24 6th 8th 17 8.5 16 8 1 6
Tyrone 26 2 13 9th 3 17 6th 11th 16 8 10 5 0 5
Cavan 25 2 12.5 10th 2 19 7th 10th 14 7 11 5.5 0 7
Waterford 22 2 11 11th 1 19 8th 10th 12 6 10 5 1 4

Miscellaneous statistics

  • Most goals by team in the season – 13 goals Armagh
  • Most points by team in the season – 53 points Dublin
  • Top scorer in a single game – Sarah Rowe (2,09) 15 points ( Mayo vs Tyrone) (Group 4 Round 2)
  • Widest winning margin – 25 points ( Mayo (4–17) vs (0–04) Tyrone) (Group 4 Round 2)
  • Most goals in a single match – 9 goals Tyrone (3–13) vs (6–16) Armagh & Cavan (2–06) vs (7–09) Cork
  • Most points in a single match – 30 points Cork (2–17) vs (0–13) Galway (Semi-Final 2)
  • Most goals by one team in a match – 7 goals Cavan (2–06) vs (7–09) Cork (Group 1 Round 3)
  • Highest aggregate score in a single match – 56 points Tyrone (3–13) vs (6–16) Armagh (Group 4 Round 1)
  • Lowest aggregate score in a single match – 21 points Dublin (1–10) vs (1–05) Cork (Final)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Draws made for All-Ireland Ladies Football Championship". RTE. 30 June 2020.
  2. ^ Audley, Fiona. "London Ladies call for decision barring them from 2020 All-Ireland Championship to be reviewed". The Irish Post.
  3. ^ "Tipperary drawn with Galway and Monaghan in Ladies Football Championship". Nenagh Guardian. July 2020.
  4. ^ Duffy, Emma (20 December 2020). "As it happened: Dublin v Cork, All-Ireland senior ladies football final". The42.
  5. ^ "2020 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Championship Fixtures revealed". 21 July 2020.
  6. ^ "LGFA President blames Galway for changing slowly in semi-final". 7 December 2020.
  7. ^ "'We thought we were doing something brilliant by getting the game into Croke Park'". 7 December 2020.
  8. ^ "'They had the opportunity to get onto the pitch earlier' - LGFA President shrugs off criticism from Galway camp". Irish Independent. 7 December 2020.