2020 Tipperary county football team season

Tipperary county football team

2020 season
Manager	David Power
Captain	Conor Sweeney
All-Ireland SFC	Semi-finalist
Munster SFC	Winners
NFL D3	5th

The following is a summary of Tipperary county football team's 2020 season. David Power was in his first year as manager. 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]

On 22 November 2020, Tipperary won the Munster Senior Football Championship after a 0–17 to 0–14 win against Cork in the final. It was Tipperary's first Munster SFC title in 85 years.[3][4][5][6]

To mark the centenary of Bloody Sunday, Tipperary wore special commemorative jerseys in white and green in the final, a replica of the colours worn by the Tipperary team which played Dublin at Croke Park in 1920.[7][8]

Tipperary went on to play Mayo in the All-Ireland Semi-final on 6 December.[9] In foggy conditions they lost the game by 5–20 to 3-13 after being behind by 4–12 to 1–5 at half-time.[10][11][12][13]

Competitions

National Football League

Main article: 2020 National Football League (Ireland)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cork (P)	7	7	0	0	132	90	+42	14	NFL Division 3 champions and promotion to 2021 NFL Division 2
2	Down (P)	7	4	1	2	87	87	0	9[a]	Promotion to 2021 NFL Division 2
3	Derry	7	4	1	2	110	95	+15	9[a]
4	Longford	7	3	1	3	96	90	+6	7[b]
5	Tipperary	7	3	1	3	99	104	−5	7[b]
6	Offaly	7	2	1	4	102	111	−9	5
7	Leitrim (R)	7	1	1	5	90	109	−19	3	Relegation to 2021 NFL Division 4
8	Louth (R)	7	1	0	6	105	135	−30	2

Updated to match(es) played on 25 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.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head result: Down 0-14 – 0-12 Derry.
2. Head-to-head result: Longford 3-12 – 3-7 Tipperary.

Tipperary v Down

26 January 2020 (2020-01-26) 1	Tipperary	0-10 (10) – (10) 0-10	Down	Clonmel
				Referee: Anthony Nolan

Louth v Tipperary

2 February 2020 (2020-02-02) 2	Louth	1-07 (10) – (11) 0-11	Tipperary	Drogheda
				Venue: Gaelic Grounds
				Referee: John Hickey

Derry v Tipperary

9 February 2020 (2020-02-09) 3	Derry	0-10 (10) – (05) 0-05	Tipperary	Derry
13:00				Venue: Celtic Park
				Referee: Jerome Henry

Tipperary v Cork

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 4	Tipperary	0-21 (21) – (22) 3-13	Cork	Thurles
				Venue: Semple Stadium
				Referee: Brendan Cawley

Longford v Tipperary

1 March 2020 (2020-03-01) 5	Longford	3-12 (21) – (16) 3-07	Tipperary	Longford
				Venue: Pearse Park
				Referee: Niall McKenna

Tipperary v Offaly

18 October 2020 6	Tipperary	1-16 (19) – (16) 0-16	Offaly	Thurles
16:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Semple Stadium

Leitrim v Tipperary

25 October 2020 (2020-10-25) 7	Leitrim	0-15 (15) – (17) 2-11	Tipperary	Carrick-on-Shannon
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
				Referee: Padraig Hughes (Armagh)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Waterford		0-9
	Limerick		2-14			Limerick		2-11
	Tipperary		2-11			Tipperary		1-15
	Clare		1-11								Tipperary		0-17
											Cork		0-14
						Cork		1-12
						Kerry		0-13

Tipperary v Clare

1 November 2020 (2020-11-01) Quarter-final	Tipperary	2–11 (17) – (14) 1–11	Clare	Thurles
13:00 GMT (UTC+0)		(HT: 1-06 – 0-05)		Venue: Semple Stadium
	Gls: C Sweeney 1, B Maher 1. Pts: C Sweeney 4 (2f); J Kennedy 3 (3f); L Casey 2; L Boland 1, E Moloney 1.	Report	Gls: J Feehan 1 (og). Pts: E Cleary 4 (4f); K Sexton 2 (2f), P Collins 2; Gary Brennan 1, C O'Connor 1, J Malone 1.	Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)

Limerick v Tipperary

7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) Semi-final	Limerick	2–11 (17) – (18) 1–15 (a.e.t.)	Tipperary	Limerick
13:15 GMT (UTC+0)		(HT: 2–6 – 0–5)		Venue: LIT Gaelic Grounds
	Gls: S McSweeney 1, C Fahey 1 Pts: S McSweeney 2, H Bourke 2 (2f), D O’Sullivan (1f, ’45) 2, T Griffin 1, K Ryan 1, D Treacy 1, C Sheehan 1, C Fahey 1.	Report	Gls: L Casey 1 Pts: C Sweeney 7 (5f), J Kennedy 2 (2f), L Boland 2, M Quinlivan 1, K Fahey 1, R Kiely 1, B Fox 1.	Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Main article: 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship Final

Tipperary v Cork

RTÉ

22 November 2020 (2020-11-22) 13:30 GMT (UTC+0) Final

Report

Tipperary	0-17 (17) – (14) 0-14	Cork
(HT: 0-11 - 0-07)
Pts: C Sweeney 7 (2fs, 2m); M Quinlivan 5 (1f); L Casey 2 (f); K Fahey 1, E Comerford 1 (free), P Austin 1.		Pts: L Connolly 4 (2fs, 1 45), M Collins 4 (4fs); J O’Rourke 2; C O’Callaghan 1, B Hurley 1, S White 1, C O’Mahony 1 (f).

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Mayo v Tipperary

RTÉ Sky Sports

6 December 2020 (2020-12-06) 15:30 GMT (UTC+0) Semi-Final

Report

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.

Croke Park, Dublin Referee: David Gough ((Meath) Attendance: 0[note 1]

Awards

In January 2021, Kevin Fahey, Bill Maher, Colin O’Riordan and Conor Sweeney were nominated for an All-Star award.[14][15]

On 19 February 2021, Conor Sweeney was named at full-forward on the All-Star team for 2020, becoming the third ever Tipperary player to win an All-Star award.[16][17][18]

Notes

1. The game was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland

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