2014 Leinster Senior Football Championship

The 2014 Leinster Senior Football Championship was that year's installment of the annual Leinster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Leinster GAA. It was one of the four provincial competitions of the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Dublin entered the competition as defending Leinster champions and ended it the same way.

The draw was made on 3 October 2013.[1]

Teams

The Leinster championship is contested by eleven of the counties in the Irish province of Leinster. Kilkenny is the only county to not compete.

Team Colours Sponsor Manager Captain Most recent success
All-Ireland Provincial
Carlow Red, green and gold Dan Morrissey Irl. Ltd. Anthony Rainbow Brendan Kavanagh
1944
Dublin Sky blue and navy American International Group Jim Gavin Stephen Cluxton
2013
2013
Kildare White Brady Family Ham Jason Ryan Eamonn Callaghan
1928
2000
Laois Blue and white MW Hire Services Tomás Ó Flatharta Ross Munnelly
2003
Longford Royal blue and gold Glennon Brothers Jack Sheedy Dermot Brady
1968
Louth Red and white Morgan Fuels Aidan O'Rourke Paddy Keenan
1957
1957
Meath Green and gold Tayto Park Mick O'Dowd Kevin Reilly
1999
2010
Offaly White, green and gold Carroll Cuisine Emmet McDonnell Niall McNamee
1982
1997
Westmeath Maroon and white Renault Paul Bealin Paul Sharry
2004
Wexford Purple and gold Gain Feeds Aidan O’Brien Graeme Molloy
1918
1945
Wicklow Blue and gold Brennan Hotels Harry Murphy Leighton Glynn

Bracket
Preliminary Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Leinster final
Wicklow 1-11  
Laois 0-21     Laois 0-16  
        Dublin 2-21  
          Dublin 2-25  
Longford 0-19       Wexford 1-12  
Offaly 0-15     Longford 1-13  
        Wexford 1-15  
          Dublin 3-20
Westmeath 1-09       Meath 1-10
Louth 1-14     Louth 1-07  
        Kildare 1-22  
          Kildare 0-17  
          Meath 2-16  
        Carlow 0-06      
        Meath 7-13      
     

Fixtures

Preliminary round
Preliminary Round
Westmeath1-09 – 1-14Louth
K Martin (1-01), J Heslin (0-03), G Egan (0-02), J Dolan, D Glennon, D Dolan (0-1 each) Report D Maguire (0-05), R Burns (1-00), D Byrne, P Keenan (0-03 each), A McDonnell (0-02), S Lennon (0-01)
Attendance: 4,500[2]
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)
Preliminary Round
Wicklow1-11 – 0-21Laois
P Cunningham (1-00), S Furlong (0-04), R Finn, L Glynn (0-03 each), C McGraynor (0-01) Report R Munnelly (0-09), D Kingston (0-06), J O’Loughlin (0-03), D Strong (0-02), K Meaney (0-01)
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: R. Hickey (Clare)
Preliminary Round
Longford0-19 – 0-15Offaly
S McCormack (0-07), B Kavanagh, F McGee (0-03 each), M Hughes, P Barden (0-02 each), M Quinn, S Mulligan (0-01 each) Report N McNamee (0-07), P Cunningham, J Maher, G Guilfoyle (0-02 each), R Allen, C Hurley (0-01 each)
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: M. Higgins (Fermanagh)

Quarter-finals
Quarter Final
Longford1-13 – 1-15Wexford
S McCormack (0-05), P F McGee (1-01), Barden (0-03), B Kavanagh (0-02), E Williams, M Quinn (0-01 each) Report C Lyng (1-05), B Brosnan (0-03), R Dempsey (0-02), B Malone, A Flynn, D Waters, PJ Banville, M O'Regan (0-01 each)
Referee: D Gough (Meath)
Quarter Final
Louth1-07 – 1-22Kildare
S Lennon (1-02), P Keenan (0-03), J O'Brien, C Grimes (0-01 each) Report C McNally (1-02), N Kelly, E Bolton, P Brophy, P Fogarty (0-03 each), A Smith (0-02), K Cribbin, O Lyons, P O'Neill, E Callaghan, T Moolick, E O'Flaherty (0-01 each)
Referee: B Cassidy (Derry)
Quarter Final
Dublin2-21 – 0-16Laois
Diarmuid Connolly 1-1, Michael Darragh MacAuley 1-0, Paul Flynn, Cormac Costello, Dean Rock (0-3f) 0-3 each, Stephen Cluxton (2 '45) and Kevin McManamon 0-2 each, James McCarthy, Cian O'Sullivan, Paddy Andrews, Alan Brogan, Eoghan O'Gara, Bernard Brogan (0-1f), Bryan Cullen 0-1 each Report Ross Munnelly 0-7 (0-2f), Donal Kingston 0-3 (0-2f), Darren Strong 0-2, John O'Loughlin, James Finn, David Conway, Niall Donoher 0-1 each
Attendance: 40,960
Referee: P Hughes (Armagh)
Quarter Final
Carlow0-06 – 7-13Meath
P Broderick (0-05), S Kinsella (0-01) Report M Newman (3-02), A Tormey (1-03), B McMahon (1-01), S Bray, D McDonagh (1-00 each), S Kenny, S O’Rourke (0-02 each), D Carroll, D Tobin, M O’Sullivan (0-01 each)
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: P O’Sullivan (Kerry)

Semi-finals
Semi Final
Kildare0-17 – 2-16Meath
P Fogarty (0-06), P O' Neill, E Callaghan (0-03 each), T Moolick, A Smith (0-02 each), N Kelly (0-01) Report A Tormey (1-04), S Bray (0-04), D McDonagh (1-00), D Carroll, P O'Rourke (0-02 each), S O’Rourke, G Reilly, J Wallace, D Bray (0-01 each)
Referee: R Hickey (Clare)
Semi Final
Dublin2-25 – 1-12Wexford
C Costello (1-05), P Flynn (1-02), D Rock (0-04), P Mannion (0-03), E O'Gara, T Brady, D Connolly (0-02 each), P McMahon, N Devereux, MD Macauley, A Brogan, S Cluxton (0-01 each) Report B Brosnan (0-06), D Waters (1-00), PJ Banville (0-03), K O'Grady, J Holmes, C Lyng (0-01 each)
Attendance: 46,279
Referee: C Branagan (Down)

Final
20 July 2014
2:00 pm
Final		 Dublin 3-20 – 1-10 Meath Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 62,660
Referee: Padraig Hughes (Armagh)
Man of the Match: Kevin McManamon
Bernard Brogan 1-6 (0-4f), Kevin McManamon 1-5, Eoghan O’Gara 1-1, Stephen Cluxton (1 '45), Jack McCaffrey, Cian O’Sullivan, Paul Flynn, Alan Brogan, Diarmuid Connolly, Cormac Costello, Dean Rock 0-1 each Report Michael Newman 1-2 (0-1f), Shane O’Rourke (0-2f), Andrew Tormey, Stephen Bray 0-2 each, Damien Carroll and David Bray 0-1 each
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See also

References
  1. "2014 Football Championship Draw: Dublin face either Laois or Wicklow in Leinster opener". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
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