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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

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National Football League

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Main article: 2020 National Football League (Ireland)

Pos Team
 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. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Down 0-14 – 0-12 Derry.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Longford 3-12 – 3-7 Tipperary.
26 January 2020 (2020-01-26) 1 Tipperary 0-10 (10) – (10) 0-10 Down Clonmel  
Referee: Anthony Nolan


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


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


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


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


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


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

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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


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)


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

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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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.

Awards

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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

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

References

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  2. ^ "Leinster bides time as GAA confirms 2020 inter-county fixtures". RTÉ. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Tipperary end 85-year wait for Munster senior football glory with famous win over Cork". The 42. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Tipperary end 85-year wait to win Munster crown". RTE Sport. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Greatest day of shocks in football history? How Tipperary and Cavan upset odds to taste provincial glory". The 42. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  6. ^ "TIPPERARY 0-17 CORK 0-14". GAA.ie. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Here are the jerseys Dublin and Tipperary will wear to mark Bloody Sunday centenary". The 42. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Tipperary footballers back in blue and gold for All-Ireland semi-final against Mayo". RTE Sport. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Mayo 5-20 Tipperary 3-13: Westerners demolish Premier to set up Dublin finale". Sky Sports. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  10. ^ "All-Ireland semi-final recap: Mayo 5-20 Tipperary 3-13". RTE Sport. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Mayo 5-20 Tipperary 3-13: as it happened". The 42. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  12. ^ "All-Ireland SFC semi-final: O'Connor on fire in the fog as Mayo maul Tipp". Hogan Stand. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  13. ^ "All-Ireland Football semi-final: Mayo maul Tipperary to set up Dublin decider". BBC Sport. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  14. ^ "2020 PwC All-Stars Football nominations announced". GAA.ie. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Dublin dominate football All Star nominations with 13". Irish Times. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  16. ^ "9 awards for Dublin as 2020 All-Star football team is named". The 42. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  17. ^ "Cavan trio recognised as Dublin dominate All-Stars". RTE Sport. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  18. ^ "All-Stars 2020: Dublin claim joint-record nine awards". Irish Examiner. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.