The 2020 FBD Insurance Connacht GAA Senior Football Competition was an inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of Connacht. All five Connacht county teams participated, but there are no college or university teams.[1][2][3]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Province | Connacht |
| Year | 2020 |
| Sponsor | FBD |
| Winners | |
| Champions | Galway (9th win) |
| Manager | Pádraic Joyce |
| Captain | Shane Walsh |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Roscommon |
| Manager | Anthony Cunningham |
| Captain | Conor Devaney |
| Other | |
| Matches played | 4 |
Galway were the winners.
Competition format
editThe competition is a straight knockout. Drawn games go to a penalty shoot-out without the playing of extra-time.
Fixtures and results
edit| 5 January 2020 Quarter-final | Sligo 
|
0-14 (14) – (18) 1-15 |  Roscommon
|
Sligo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 GMT (UTC±0) | (HT: 0-04 – 0-09) | Venue: Markievicz Park | |||
| Report | Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo)
|
| 12 January 2020 Semi-final | Roscommon
|
7-16 (37) – (7) 0-07 |  Leitrim
|
Carrick-on-Shannon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 GMT (UTC±0) | (HT: 4-07 – 0-01) | Venue: Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada | |||
| Report |
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| 12 January 2020 Semi-final | Mayo 
|
1-17 (20) – (20) 1-17 (2–3 pen) |
 Galway
|
Castlebar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 GMT (UTC±0) | (HT: 0-09 – 0-08) | Venue: MacHale Park | |||
| Report | Referee: P Guckian (Leitrim) Attendance: 7,000 | ||||
| Penalty shootout | |||||
|
Fergal Boland |
 Shane Walsh Paul Conroy Damien Comer Adrian Varley Tom Flynn
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| 18 January 2020 Final | Roscommon
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0-11 (11) – (17) 1-14 | Galway
|
Roscommon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 GMT (UTC±0) | (HT: 0-05 – 0-07) | 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
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References
edit- ^ "Sligo GAA - Early start for county Footballers -FBD". www.sligogaa.ie.
- ^ "FBD League Fixtures for January Published". 26 November 2019.
- ^ "2020 FBD Connacht SFL fixtures released - HoganStand". hoganstand.com.