2020 Longford Senior Football Championship

The 2020 Longford Senior Football Championship is the 104th running of the Longford GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Longford, Ireland since the first County Championship was held in 1890 (100 completed since 1890, 1 started but not completed in 1891). The 2020 tournament was originally supposed to consist of 10 teams, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic a total of 12 teams will compete this year (due to Rathcline and St. Mary's Granard receiving a reprieve from relegation to the 2020 I.F.C.). [1] The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Longford S.F.C.
Season2020
Champions??? (??th title)
RelegatedNone
All Ireland SCFCNone
← 2019
2021 →

Killoe Young Emmets were the defending champions after they defeated Longford Slashers in the previous year's final. The defence of their title and quest for a "4-in-a-row" came undone at the Quarter-Final stage this season when losing to north Longford rivals Colmcille by a solitary point. [2]

This year was Fr. Manning Gaels' return to the top-flight for the first time since the 2017 season after claiming the 2019 Longford I.F.C. title. [3]

Team Changes

[4] [5] [6] [7]

The following teams have changed division since the 2019 championship season.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from 2019 I.F.C.

  • Fr. Manning Gaels - (Intermediate Champions)

Group stage

There are 4 groups called Group A, B, C and D. The top two finishers in each group will qualify for the Quarter-Finals. The bottom finishers of each group will not qualify for the Relegation Play Off (relegation was scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic). All games were played at neutral venues.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Finals

Quarter-Finals

The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the quarter finals.

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Semi-Finals
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Final
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gollark: Neon Dragons! YES!
gollark: We just need to sneak into some international chemists' group - whoever defines the periodic table - and change the documents.
gollark: Remove Reds! Red isn't a metal *or* an element!
gollark: Remove Aeons! Aeon isn't an element!
gollark: To be fair, coloured coppers are going to not be elements too.

References
  1. "Longford SFC relegation explained: Mostrim dramatically survive as inferior score difference sees Granard and Rathcline make the drop to Intermediate". Longford leader.ie. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  2. "Longford SFC final: Killoe scrape past Slashers". Hoganstand.com. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. "Longford 2019 IFC final: Goals crucial as Fr Manning Gaels capture the Gerry Hennessy Cup". Longfordleader.ie. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  4. "Longford Leader Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  5. "HoganStand Longford". HoganStand.com. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  6. "Longford Leader". Longfordleader.ie. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  7. "Longford GAA Official Website". Longfordgaa.ie. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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