2020 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship

The 2020 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship was the 23rd contested edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's secondary inter-county Ladies' Gaelic football tournament.

2020 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship
Tournament details
LevelIntermediate
Year2020
TrophyMary Quinn Memorial Cup
SponsorTG4, Lidl, AIG[1]
Date31st of October – 20th of December
Teams13
Winners
ChampionsMeath LGFA (1st win)
ManagerEamon Murray
CaptainMáire O'Shaughnessy
Qualify forSenior Ladies' Football Championship
Runners-up
Runners-upWestmeath LGFA
ManagerSean Finnegan
CaptainFiona Claffey
Other
Matches played18
Total scored91 goals (5 gpg) 342 points (19 ppg)
Player of the Year Vicki Wall[2] (Meath)
Top Scorer Stacey Grimes (4,18) 30 points
Websitehttps://ladiesgaelic.ie/
← 2019
2021 →

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games forced the delay of the tournament until late in the year.[3][4][5]

Meath LGFA were the winners for the first time in their history and were promoted to the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship in 2021.[6][7][8]

Format

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Group stage

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13 counties competed in the 2020 tournament. There were three groups of three and one group of four. Each team played the other team's in their group once, earning three points for a win and one for a draw.[9]

Knockout stage

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

Teams

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Counties Flag
colours
Captain (2020) Manager (2020) Intermediate Championships Last Win
Clare LGFA   Ellie O'Gorman James Murrihy 3 2009
Down LGFA   Kate McKay Caoibhe Sloan & Peter Lynch 1 2014
Kildare LGFA   Grace Clifford Daniel Moynihan 1 2016
Laois LGFA   Anna Healy Donie Brennan 1 2000
Leitrim LGFA   Clare Owens Hugh Donnelly 1 2007
Longford LGFA   Michelle Farrell Enda Sheridan 1 1996
Louth LGFA   Aoife Byrne Wayne Freeman
Meath LGFA   Máire O'Shaughnessy Eamon Murray 1 2020
Offaly LGFA   Annie Kehoe John Ryan
Roscommon LGFA   Laura Fleming & Jenny Higgins Michael Finneran 1 2005
Sligo LGFA   Nicola Brennan Micheál Bohan
Westmeath LGFA   Fiona Claffey Sean Finnegan 2 2011
Wexford LGFA   Aoife Tormey Paul Carty

Venues

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Fixtures and results

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Key to colours
     Advance to All-Ireland semi-finals

Group 1 Table

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Team Pld W D L Group
Points
Score
Difference
 Roscommon 2 2 0 0 6 +12
 Wexford 2 1 0 1 3 +5
 Offaly 2 0 0 2 0 –17

Group 1 Results

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21st of October 2020
13:00 GMT
Group 1 Rd 1
 Wexford 3-10 (19) 1-08 (11)  Offaly
(HT: 3-05 – 0-5)
Gls: B Breen 1, C Murray 1, A Murphy 1
Pts: B Breen 2, S Hamilton 2, A Wilson 1, C Murray 5
Gls: C Sheridan 1
Pts: M Byrne 1, G Egan 3, K Kenny 2, E McEvoy 2
Clane, County Kildare
Referee: Kevin Phelan (County Laois)
Attendance: 0
8th of November
13:00 GMT
Group 1 Rd 2
 Offaly 1-15 (18) 2-09 (15)  Wexford
(HT: 1-10 – 1-04)
Gls: S Glennon 1
Pts: L Fleming 3, A Gavin 4, A O'Connor 5, S Fleming 1, J Cregg 1, L Brady 1
Gls: C Murray 1, A Murphy 1
Pts: C Murray 4, C Banville 3, A Murphy 1, S Harding Kenny 1
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones, County Monaghan
Referee: Brendan Rice (County Down)
Attendance: 0
15th of November
13:00 GMT
Group 1 Rd 3
 Offaly 4-04 (16) 5-10 (25)  Roscommon
(HT: 3-02 – 2-04)
Gls: K Kenny 1, E McEvoy 1, M Byrne 1, G Egan 1
Pts: K Kenny 2, G Egan 2
Gls: J Cregg 1, S Glennon 2, A O'Connor 1, L O'Rourke 1
Pts: L Fleming 3, A Gavin 1, S Glennon 1, A O'Connor 5
Kinnegad, County Westmeath
Referee: Shane Curley (County Galway)
Attendance: 0

Group 2 Table

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Team Pld W D L Group
Points
Score
Difference
  Westmeath 2 2 0 0 6 +36
  Louth 2 1 0 1 3 −3
  Longford 2 0 0 2 0 −33

Group 2 Results

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31st of October
13:00 GMT
Group 2 Rd 1
  Longford 2-06 (12) 9-09 (36)   Westmeath
(HT: 1-04 – 5-04)
Gls: M Farrell 1, G Shannon 1
Pts: A Darcy 4, K Shannon 4, M Farrell 1
Gls: A Jones 1, L McCartan 1, L Archibold 1, C Blundell 1, K Hegarty 2, V Carr 1, S McCormack 2
Pts: A Jones 1, L McCartan 3, L Archibold 2, K Hegarty 2
Mullahoran, County Cavan
Referee: Declan Carolan (County Down)
Attendance: 0
8th of November
13:00 GMT
Group 2 Rd 2
  Louth 4-10 (22) 2-07 (13)  Longford
(HT: 1-05 – 0-04)
Gls: A Breen 1, E Byrne 1, L Boyle 1, K Flood 1
Pts: C Donnelly 1, A Byrne 1, E Byrne 1, L Boyle 4, K Flood 3
Gls: A Darcy 1, C Lohan 1-0
Pts: G Shannon 1, A Darcy 4, E Heaney 1, L McGuire 1
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones, County Monaghan
Referee: Brendan Rice (County Down)
Attendance: 0
15th of November
13:00 GMT
Group 2 Rd 3
  Westmeath 3-11 (20) 1-05 (8)   Louth
(HT: 1-07 – 0-02)
Gls: L Archibold 1, C Blundell 2
Pts: J Maher 1, R Dillon 1, V Carr 1, L Archibold 3, C Blundell 1, A Jones 1, L Slevin 3
Gls: N Rice 1
Pts: K Flood 1, E Byrne 1, N Rice 1, L Boyle 2
Donaghmore Ashbourne, County Meath
Referee: Barry Redmond (County Wexford)
Attendance: 0

Group 3 Table

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Team Pld W D L Group
Points
Score
Difference
  Meath 2 2 0 0 6 +25
  Down 2 1 0 1 3 +6
  Leitrim 2 0 0 2 0 −31

Group 3 Results

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1st of November
13:00 GMT
Group 3 Rd 1
  Meath 0-11 (11) 1-06 (9)   Down
(HT: 0-8 – 0-0)

Pts: N Gallogly 2, M O'Shaughnessy 1, M Thynne 1, E Duggan 2, S Grimes 4, B Lynch 1
Gls: J Foy 1
Pts: J Foy 5, N Ferris 1
Lannleire GFC, County Louth
Referee: Shane Curley (County Galway)
Attendance: 0
8th of November
13:00 GMT
Group 3 Rd 2
  Leitrim 0-10 (10) 5-18 (33)   Meath
(HT: 0-04 – 3-10)

Pts: L O'Dowd 1, M Devaney 2, L Fox 1, V Egan 1, M Guckian 5
Gls: M Thynne 1, S Grimes 2, B Lynch 2
Pts: M O'Shaughnessy 1, K Byrne 1, M Thynne 1, E Duggan 5, V Wall 1, N O'Sullivan 3, S Grimes 5, B Lynch 1
Mullahoran, County Cavan
Referee: Mel Kenny (County Mayo)
Attendance: 0
15th of November
13:00 GMT
Group 3 Rd 3
  Down 3-12 (21) 1-10 (13)   Leitrim
(HT: 2-06 – 0-07)
Gls: A McCarvill 1, J Foy 1, N Ferris 1
Pts: M Kavanagh 1, A McCarvill 1, O Swail 1, K McKay 2, J Foy 3, N Ferris 4
Gls: R McHugh 1
Pts: L O'Dowd 2, V Egan 2, M Guckian 2, M Devaney 2, R McHugh 2
Inniskeen, County Monaghan
Referee: Garryowen McMahon (County Mayo)
Attendance: 0

Group 4 Table

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Team Pld W D L Group
Points
Score
Difference
  Clare 3 2 0 1 6 +44
  Kildare 3 2 0 1 6 +24
  Laois 3 2 0 1 6 +9
  Sligo 3 0 0 3 0 −77

Group 4 Results

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1st of November
13:00 GMT
Group 4 Rd 1
  Kildare 2-11 (17) 1-12 (15)   Clare
(HT: 0-06 – 1-07)
Gls: N Dooley 1, E Dowling 1
Pts: G Clifford 1, L Curran 3, N Dooley 2, R Byrne 0-5
Gls: C Moloney 1
Pts: E O'Connor 1, N O'Dea 1, R Considine 1, G Nolan 1, F Marrinan 2, C Moloney 5, C Blake 1
St. Rynaghs Banagher, County Offaly
Referee: Seamus Mulvihill (County Kerry)
Attendance: 0
1st of November
13:00 GMT
Group 4 Rd 1
  Sligo 1-04 (7) 5-08 (23)   Laois
(HT: 1-02 – 3-05)
Gls: L Boles 1
Pts: L Boles 1, S Regan 1, R O'Brien 2
Gls: E Lawlor 1, R Fitzgerald 1, L Nerney 1, S A Fitzgerald 1, A Moran 1
Pts: M Nerney 3, E Lawlor 1, L Tarpey 2, O Hennessy 2
Kiltoom, County Roscommon
Referee: Mel Kenny (County Mayo)
Attendance: 0
8th of November
13:00 GMT
Group 4 Rd 2
  Sligo 0-04 (4) 5-13 (28)   Kildare
(HT: 0-02 – 4-07)

Pts: C Gilroy 1, S Cunney 1, R O'Brien 1, L Boles 1
Gls: R Byrne 2, N Dooley 1, S O'Sullivan 1, E Burke 1
Pts: L Curran 4, R Byrne 4, N Dooley 2, G Clifford 3
Kinnegad, County Westmeath
Referee: Garryowen McMahon (County Mayo)
Attendance: 0
8th of November
13:00 GMT
Group 4 Rd 2
  Clare 5-07 (22) 1-10 (13)   Laois
(HT: 3-04 – 0-05)
Gls: N O'Dea 2, C Moloney 2, G Nolan 1
Pts: R Considine 1, C Moloney 5, G Nolan 1
Gls: M Nerney 1
Pts: L Tarpey 2, L Nerney 1, M Nerney 6, K Whelan 1, E Lawlor 1
Clonmel, County Tipperary
Referee: Eamonn Moran (County Kerry)
Attendance: 0
15th of November
13:00 GMT
Group 4 Rd 3
  Kildare 3-08 (17) 2-13 (19)   Laois
(HT: 0-03 – 1-08)
Gls: R Byrne 2, N Dooley 1
Pts: L Curran 2, R Byrne 3, N Dooley 2, E Dowling 1
Gls: L Tarpey 1, S A Fitzgerald 1
Pts: E Healy 1, M Nerney 8, E Lawlor 2, S A Fitzgerald 1, R Williams 1
Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: Eamonn Moran (County Kerry)
Attendance: 0
15th of November
13:00 GMT
Group 4 Rd 3
  Clare 7-18 (39) 0-02 (2)   Sligo
(HT: 5-05 – 0-02)
Gls: N O'Dea 2, G Nolan 2, A Sexton 3
Pts: C Harvey 1, N O'Dea 2, C Moloney 2, G Nolan 7, F Marrinan 4, T Kelly 1, E Keane 1

Pts: L Kelly 1, R O'Brien 1
St. Jarlath's Park, Tuam, County Galway
Referee: John Devlin (County Galway)
Attendance: 0

All-Ireland Semi-Finals

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28th of November 2020
13:30 GMT
Semi-Final 2
  Clare 0-04 (4) 4-13 (25)   Meath
(HT: 0-04 – 2-06)

Pts: N O'Dea 1, G Nolan 3
Gls: N O'Sullivan 1-0, S Grimes 2, B Lynch 1
Pts: E Troy 1, V Wall 1, S Grimes 6, M Thynne 1, E Duggan 1, M O'Shaughnessy 1, E White 1
O'Moore Park, Laois
Referee: Shane Curley (Galway)
Attendance: 0
29th of November 2020
13:00 GMT
Semi-Final 1
 Roscommon 0-13 (13) 2-09 (15)   Westmeath
(HT: 0-08 – 2-06)

Pts: L Fleming 1, A O'Connor 2, J Cregg 1, J Higgins 1, N McHugh 1
Gls: C Blundell 1, K Hegarty 1
Pts: C Blundell 2, J Maher 1, L Archibold 4, K Hegarty 1, L Slevin 1
Pearse Park, Longford
Referee: John Devlin (Galway)
Attendance: 0

All Ireland Intermediate Final

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20th of December 2020
13:15 GMT
Final
  Meath 2-17 (23) 4-05 (17)   Westmeath
(HT: 2-08 – 3-03)
Gls: V Wall 1, B Lynch 1
Pts: E Duggan 7 (5f), V Wall 3, S Grimes 3 (3f), E Troy 1, M O’Shaughnessy 1, N O’Sullivan 1, A Leahy 1
Gls: A Jones 1, L McCartan 2, L Archibold 1 (1 pen)
Pts: A Jones 5 (4f)
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Seamus Mulvihill (Kerry)
Attendance: 0

Awards

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TG4 Intermediate Players’ Player of the Year

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Vikki Wall   Meath[10]

Intermediate Team of the Championship

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No. Position Player Team Flag
1 Goalkeeper Monica McGuirk Meath  
2 Right corner back Rachel Dillon Westmeath  
3 Full back Lucy Power Westmeath  
4 Left corner back Emma Troy Meath  
5 Right half back Róisín Considine Clare  
6 Centre half back Fiona Claffey Westmeath  
7 Left half back Megan Thynne Meath  
8 Midfield Jennifer Higgins Roscommon  
9 Midfield Máire O’Shaughnessy Meath  
10 Right half forward Emma Duggan Meath  
11 Centre half forward Vikki Wall Meath  
12 Left half forward Anna Jones Westmeath  
13 Right corner forward Stacey Grimes Meath  
14 Full forward Niamh O'Dea Clare  
15 Left corner forward Róisín Byrne Kildare  

Season Statistics

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Scoring list
No. Name Team Flag Goals Points Total points
1 Stacey Grimes Meath   4 18 30
2 Róisín Byrne Kildare   4 12 24
3 Chloe Moloney Clare   3 12 21
Gráinne Nolan Clare   3 12 21
4 Mo Nerney Laois   1 17 20
5 Leona Archibold Westmeath   3 9 18
6 Niamh O'Dea Clare   4 4 16
7 Ciara Blundell Westmeath   4 3 15
Emma Duggan Meath   0 15 15
Aimee O'Connor Roscommon   1 12 15
Neasa Dooley Kildare   3 6 15
Catriona Murray Wexford   2 9 15
8 Bridgetta Lynch Meath   4 2 14
Laura Fleming Roscommon   0 14 14
Jessica Foy Down   2 8 14
9 Anna Jones Westmeath   2 7 13
10 Karen Hegarty Westmeath   3 3 12
Lucy McCartan Westmeath   3 3 12
11 Aoife Darcy Longford   1 8 11
12 Sinead Glennon Roscommon   3 1 10
13 Amy Sexton Clare   3 0 9
Lara Curran Kildare   0 9 9
Lauren Boyle Louth   1 6 9
14 Gráinne Egan Offaly   1 5 8
Natasha Ferris Down   1 5 8
Vikki Wall Meath   1 5 8
15 Kate Kenny Offaly   1 4 7
Niamh O'Sullivan Meath   1 4 7
Leah Tarpey Laois   1 4 7
Kate Flood Louth   1 4 7
Emma Lawlor Laois   1 4 7
Michelle Guckian Leitrim   0 7 7
Sarah Anne Fitzgerald Laois   2 1 7
Aishling Murphy Wexford   2 1 7
16 Fidelma Marrinan Clare   0 6 6
Megan Thynne Meath   1 3 6
Sarah McCormack Westmeath   2 0 6
17 Eimear Byrne Louth   1 2 5
Roisin McHugh Leitrim   1 2 5
Bernie Breen Wexford   1 2 5
Lauren Boles Sligo   1 2 5
Joanne Cregg Roscommon   1 2 5
Ellie McEvoy Offaly   1 2 5
Leanne Slevin Westmeath   0 5 5
Aoife Gavin Roscommon   0 5 5
18 Laura Nerney Laois   1 1 4
Grace Shannon Longford   1 1 4
Marie Byrne Offaly   1 1 4
Ellen Dowling Kildare   1 1 4
Muireann Devaney Leitrim   0 4 4
Aoibheann McCarvill Down   1 1 4
Niamh Rice Louth   1 1 4
Vicky Carr Westmeath   1 1 4
Michelle Farrell Longford   1 1 4
Rachel O'Brien Sligo   0 4 4
Grace Clifford Kildare   0 4 4
Máire O'Shaughnessy Meath   0 4 4
19 Lisa O'Rourke Roscommon   1 0 3
Rachel Fitzgerald Laois   1 0 3
Andrea Moran Laois   1 0 3
Chloe Sheridan Offaly   1 0 3
Erica Burke Kildare   1 0 3
Siobhan O'Sullivan Kildare   1 0 3
Clodagh Lohan Longford   1 0 3
Vivienne Egan Leitrim   0 3 3
Ciara Banville Wexford   0 3 3
Laura O'Dowd Leitrim   0 3 3
Aine Breen Louth   1 0 3
20 Johanna Maher Westmeath   0 2 2
Shereen Hamilton Wexford   0 2 2
Roisin Considine Clare   0 2 2
Kate McKay Down   0 2 2
Niamh Gallogly Meath   0 2 2
Emma Troy Meath   0 2 2
Orla Hennessy Laois   0 2 2
21 Sarah Harding Kenny Wexford   0 1 1
Ellen Healy Laois   0 1 1
Claire Donnelly Louth   0 1 1
Louise Brady Roscommon   0 1 1
Sarah Cunney Sligo   0 1 1
Natalie McHugh Roscommon   0 1 1
Tara Kelly Clare   0 1 1
Lauren McGuire Longford   0 1 1
Emer Heaney Longford   0 1 1
Jenny Higgins Roscommon   0 1 1
Mairead Kavanagh Down   0 1 1
Eimear Keane Clare   0 1 1
Ciara Gilroy Sligo   0 1 1
Cliodhna Blake Clare   0 1 1
Orla Swail Down   0 1 1
Shauna Fleming Roscommon   0 1 1
Sinéad Regan Sligo   0 1 1
Rachel Dillon Westmeath   0 1 1
Claire Donnelly Louth   0 1 1
Caoimhe Harvey Clare   0 1 1
Aoibheann Leahy Meath   0 1 1
Rachel Williams Laois   0 1 1
Aoife Byrne Louth   0 1 1
Kate Whelan Laois   0 1 1
Leah Fox Leitrim   0 1 1
Kara Shannon Longford   0 1 1
Emma White Meath   0 1 1
Amy Wilson Wexford   0 1 1
Leahy Kelly Sligo   0 1 1
Eimear O'Connor Clare   0 1 1
Season Statistics Breakdown
Teams Total score Games Points per game average Goals Points 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
  Clare 80 4 20 13 41 47 11.75 33 8.25 1 11
  Down 30 2 15 4 18 12 6 18 9 1 11
  Kildare 62 3 20.67 10 32 28 9.33 34 11.33 1 7
  Laois 56 3 18.67 8 32 30 10 26 8.67 0 11
  Leitrim 23 2 11.5 1 20 11 5.5 12 6 0 5
Longford   32 2 16 4 13 11 5.5 21 10.5 0 7
  Louth 30 2 15 5 15 10 5 20 10 0 7
  Meath 92 4 23 11 59 53 13.25 39 9.75 2 12
 Offaly 27 2 13.5 5 12 16 8 11 5.5 0 5
 Roscommon 46 3 15.3 3 37 34 11.33 12 4 0 10
  Sligo 13 3 4.33 1 10 9 3 4 1.33 0 6
  Westmeath 88 4 22 18 34 53 13.25 35 8.75 1 10
 Wexford 34 2 17 5 19 21 10.5 13 6.5 0 7

See also

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References

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