2020 Armagh Senior Football Championship

Armagh S.F.C.
Season2020
ChampionsMaghery Seán MacDermott's (2nd S.F.C. Title)
Relegated??? (7th in the SBFL)
 ??? (8th in the SBFL)
All Ireland SCFCn/a
Winning CaptainDavid Lavery
Man of the MatchAidan Forker
Winning Manager???
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The 2020 Armagh Senior Football Championship is the 120th edition of Armagh GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The winners will not represent Armagh in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship as the Club Championships were cancelled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

The original championship format was for all sixteen teams to compete in four groups of four teams before proceeding to a knock-out format with the overall winners receiving the Gerry Fegan Cup. Due to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic however, clubs were asked by the Armagh County Board to back the proposal to run a straight-knockout championship, which was passed.[citation needed]

Crossmaglen Rangers were the defending champions after they defeated Ballymacnab Round Towers in the 2019 final.[2]

This was Grange St. Colmcille's and Mullaghbawn Cuchulainns' return to the senior grade after they claimed the 2019 I.F.C./I.A.F.L. titles and second in I.A.F.L. respectively.[citation needed]

Maghery Seán MacDermott's won their second Armagh Senior Football Championship by defeating Crossmaglen Rangers 4–9 to 0–17 in the final.[3]

Team Changes

[4] [5] [6]

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

Round 1

7 August 2020
Round 1 		Clann Éireann Lurgan 2-8 - 1-10 Granemore St. Mary's
7 August 2020
Round 1 		Mullaghbawn Cuchulainns 4-13 - 0-13 Annaghmore Pearses
8 August 2020
Round 1 		Killeavy St. Moninna's 2-15 - 0-14 Grange St. Colmcille's
8 August 2020
Round 1 		Maghery Seán McDermott's 1-13 - 1-9 Dromintee St. Patrick's
8 August 2020
Round 1 		Madden Rapparees 2-16 - 2-12 Ballymacnab Round Towers
9 August 2020
Round 1 		Armagh Harps 2-21 - 2-11 St. Peter's Lurgan
9 August 2020
Round 1 		Crossmaglen Rangers 3-10 - 1-8 Silverbridge Haprs
9 August 2020
Round 1 		Pearse Óg 1-11 - 0-12 St. Patrick's Cullyhanna

Quarter-finals

  • Pearse Óg win 5 - 3 on penalties.
15 August 2020
Quarter-Final 		Pearse Óg 0-17 - 2-11 (a.e.t.) Madden Raparees Athletic Grounds
16 August 2020
Quarter-Final 		Crossmaglen Rangers 4-18 - 0-10 Mullaghabawn Cúchulainns Athletic Grounds
16 August 2020
Quarter-Final 		Killeavy St. Moninna's 0-17 - 0-9 Armagh Harps Athletic Grounds
17 August 2020
Quarter-Final 		Maghery Seán McDermott's 0-13 - 0-12 Clann Éireann Lurgan Athletic Grounds

Semi-finals

29 August 2020
19:00
Semi-Final 		Maghery Seán MacDermott's 1-12 - 0-10 Pearse Óg Athletic Grounds
30 August 2020
17:30
Semi-Final 		Crossmaglen Rangers 0-15 - 0-13 Killeavy St. Moninna's Athletic Grounds

Final

13 September 2020
16:00
Final 		Crossmaglen Rangers 0-17 - 4-9 Maghery Seán MacDermott's Athletic Grounds

References

  1. ^ "2020 GAA provincial and All-Ireland club championships CANCELLED". Extra.ie. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Crossmaglen Rangers -vs- Ballymacnab Round Towers (2019 S.F.C. Final)". Irishtimes.com. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Goals critical as Maghery fight back to claim Armagh crown against Crossmaglen". rte.ie. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Armagh News Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Armagh Football". Orchardfans.com. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Armagh HoganStand". Hoganstand.com. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.