2020 Galway county football team season

Galway
2020 season
ManagerPádraic Joyce
StadiumPearse Stadium, Salthill
NFL D13rd
All-Ireland SFCDid not compete
Connacht SFCFinalist
FBDWinner
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The following is a summary of Galway county football team's 2020 season. The season was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season resumed in mid-October of the same year.

Competitions

FBD

Main article: 2020 FBD Insurance Connacht GAA Senior Football Competition

Fixtures were confirmed in November 2019.[1]

Fixtures

12 January 2020 (2020-01-12) Semi-final Mayo 1-17 (20) – (20) 1-17
(2–3 pen) 		Galway Castlebar  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0) (HT: 0-9 – 0-8) Venue: MacHale Park
Report Referee: P. Guckian (Leitrim)
Attendance: 7,000
    Penalty shootout

Fergal Boland Red XN
Liam Irwin checkY
Kevin McLoughlin checkY
Gary Boylan Red XN
Brian Walsh Red XN

  checkY Shane Walsh
Red XN Paul Conroy
checkY Damien Comer
Red XN Adrian Varley
checkY Tom Flynn
18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) Final Roscommon 0-11 (11) – (17) 1-14 Galway Roscommon  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0) (HT: 0-5 – 0-7) Venue: Dr Hyde Park

Pts: Ciarán Lennon 5 (3f), Donie Smith 2 (1f), Niall Kilroy 1, Richard Hughes 1, Andrew Glennon 1, Cathal Cregg 1 		Report Gls: Shane Walsh 1 (pen)
Pts: Shane Walsh 8 (6f, 1 mark), Paul Conroy 2, Robert Finnerty 2, Michael Boyle 1, Seán Mulkerrin 1 		Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo)
Attendance: 3,217


National Football League Division 2

Main article: 2020 National Football League (Ireland)

The league was originally scheduled to end in March 2020, but the public health measures introduced to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the final two league rounds being delayed to October.[2][3][4]

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.

Fixtures

26 January 2020 (2020-01-26) 1 Galway 1-14 (17) – (16) 0-16 Monaghan Salthill  
14:30 GMT (UTC+0) Venue: Pearse Stadium
Report Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)


1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 2 Kerry 1-15 (18) – (17) 2-11 Galway Tralee  
19:00 GMT (UTC+0) Venue: Austin Stack Park
Report Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)


9 February 2020 (2020-02-09) 3 Donegal 2-07 (13) – (14) 2-08 Galway Letterkenny  
15:00 GMT (UTC+0) Venue: O'Donnell Park
Report Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)


23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 4 Galway 2-25 (31) – (12) 0-12 Tyrone Salthill  
14:00 GMT (UTC+0) Venue: Pearse Stadium
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)


1 March 2020 (2020-03-01) 5 Meath 1-12 (15) – (17) 1-14 Galway Navan  
14:30 GMT (UTC+0) Venue: Páirc Tailteann
Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)


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


25 October 2020 (2020-10-25) 7 Galway 0-15 (15) – (21) 2-15 Dublin Salthill  
14:00 GMT (UTC+0) Venue: Pearse Stadium
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)
TV: TG4


Connacht Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2020 Connacht Senior Football Championship

On 17 March, the GAA confirmed that the opening fixture – due to have taken place at Gaelic Park in The Bronx on 3 May – had been postponed due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.[6] The Galway vs Sligo Connacht SFC semi-final was not played as Sligo were affected by COVID-19 cases. As a result, Galway advanced to the provincial final without playing a single match for the first time since 1965. So Galway's first (and, as it turned out, last) match was the Connacht SFC final. The Connacht SFC had only four teams instead of the usual seven. This previously only ever happened during the period when all Connacht SFC finals were between Galway and Mayo (1933–1940), and again in 1965.[7]

Since 2020 been postponed of hosting Sligo they hosted them in the 2023 Connacht final and Connacht semi-final in 2024. In 2025 will finally be hosting New York at the Quarter final stage of the Connacht championship.

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


Fixtures

1 November 2020 (2020-11-01) Quarter-final Galway w/o – conc New York New York  
Venue: Gaelic Park


7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) Semi-final Galway w/o – conc Sligo Galway  
Venue: Pearse Stadium


15 November 2020 (2020-11-15)
13:30 GMT (UTC+0)
Final
Galway 0-13 (13) – (14) 0-14 Mayo
(HT: 0-5 - 0-8)

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

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2020 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 Galway did not win the Connacht Championship, they did not qualify for the 2020 All-Ireland Championship.

References

  1. ^ "FBD League Fixtures for January Published". 26 November 2019.
  2. ^ "U21 championship delayed with Clare Cup start deferred". 12 March 2020.
  3. ^ GBFM, Sport (12 March 2020). "Sporting Events Postponed Due to Coronavirus Scare".
  4. ^ "Coronavirus: A comprehensive guide as Irish and global sport shuts down in effort to contain spread of Covid-19". independent. 12 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Allianz FL D1: Mayo cruise to victory against Galway". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  6. ^ Cormican, Eoghan (18 March 2020). "Galway and New York clash first major casualty of pandemic". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  7. ^ "GAA Fixtures".