2011 Leinster Senior Football Championship
The 2011 Leinster Senior Football Championship was that year's installment of the annual Leinster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Leinster GAA. It was won by Dublin who defeated Wexford in the final.[1] Dublin had been level with Kildare in injury time of their semi-final, but a late intervention by Cormac Reilly was enough to see them over the line by a point. Dublin won their 50th Leinster football title, and their sixth in seven years. Pundits lashed them for their lackadaisical approach and described it as having been won in "perhaps the most unconvincing fashion of the lot." Wexford had not won a Leinster football title since 1945.[2]
Wexford entered the All-Ireland Qualifiers but lost their next game, to Limerick. The winning Dublin team received the Delaney Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. They went on to win the All-Ireland title, their first in a very very very long time.[3]
Bracket[edit]
| Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Kildare | 0-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wicklow | 0-5 | Kildare | 0-16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Meath | 0-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kildare | 1-11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Laois | 0-10 | Dublin | 1-12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Longford | 0-9 | Laois | 0-11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dublin | 1-16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wexford | 1-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wexford | 2-16 | Dublin | 2-12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Offaly | 0-8 | Wexford | 1-24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Westmeath | 0-15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wexford | 4-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carlow | 0-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carlow | 0-14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Louth | 0-13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Preliminary round[edit]
| Kildare | 0-12 - 0-5 | Wicklow |
|---|---|---|
| J Doyle 0-4 (3f), A Smith 0-3, G White ('45), H Lynch, T O'Connor, E Bolton, P Fogarty 0-1 each | Report | A O'Malley, S Furlong (1f) 0-2 each, L Glynn 0-1 (f). |
| Laois | 0-10 - 0-9 | Longford |
|---|---|---|
| D Carroll 0-4 (1f), B Sheehan, N Donoher 0-2 each, MJ Tierney, R Munnelly (f) 0-1 each | Report | S McCormack 0-6 (3f), B Kavanagh, M Brady, B McElvaney (f) 0-1 each. |
| Wexford | 2-16 - 0-8 | Offaly |
|---|---|---|
| C Lyng 1-6 (4f), B Brosnan 0-7 (3f, 1 '45'), R Barry 1-0, R Quinlivan, P Byrne, A Morrissey 0-1 each. | Report | N McNamee 0-4, B Allen 0-2, N Dunne, K Casey 0-1 each. |
Quarter-finals[edit]
| Kildare | 0-16 - 0-10 | Meath |
|---|---|---|
| John Doyle (0-1f) and Eamonn Callaghan 0-4 each, Eoghan O'Flaherty 0-3 (0-1f, 1 '45), James Kavanagh 0-2, Alan Smith, Emmet Bolton, R Kelly 0-1 each | Report | Paddy O'Rourke (2 '45) and Shane O'Rourke (0-1f) 0-3 each, Joe Sheridan 0-2, Stephen Bray and Brian Farrell (0-1f) 0-1 each |
| Laois | 0-11 - 1-16 | Dublin |
|---|---|---|
| Ross Munnelly 0-4 (0-2f), Padraig McMahon, Damien Carroll, Gary Kavanagh 0-2 each, Colm Begley 0-1 | Report | Diarmuid Connolly 1-3, Bernard Brogan 0-5 (0-2f), Stephen Cluxton (3 '45) and Alan Brogan 0-3 each, Bryan Cullen and Tomas Quinn (0-1f) 0-1 each |
| Wexford | 1-24 - 0-15 | Westmeath |
|---|---|---|
| C Lyng 0-10 (3f), B Brosnan 0-7 (5f), R Barry 1-3, A Flynn, R Quinlivan, S Roche, E Bradley 0-1 each. | Report | D Dolan 0-7 (2f), Denis Glennon 0-4, P Greville 0-2 (2f), A Finnan, J Heslin 0-1 each. |
| Carlow | 0-14 - 0-13 | Louth |
|---|---|---|
| D St Ledger 0-4 (3f); Brendan Murphy 0-3; Brian Murphy 0-2 (1f); D Foley 0-2 (2f); P Hickey, S Gannon, E Finnegan 0-1 each. | Report | S Lennon 0-6 (3f); P Keenan 0-2; D Reid, B Donnelly, D Maguire, D Crilly, R Carroll 0-1 each. |
Semi-finals[edit]
| 26 June 2011 2:00pm Semi Final |
Wexford | 4-12 - 0-10 | Carlow | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 58,723 Referee: M Collins (Cork) Man of the Match: Shane Roche (Geraldine O'Hanrahan's) |
| Shane Roche 2-4, Ben Brosnan 0-6 (0-2f, 3 '45), Eric Bradley 1-1, PJ Banville 1-0, Ciaran Lyng 0-1 | Report | Brian Murphy 0-3f, Brendan Murphy, Daniel St Ledger (0-1f), Cormac Mullins 0-2 each, Darragh Foley 0-1f |
| 26 June 2011 4:00pm Semi Final |
Dublin | 1-12 - 1-11 | Kildare | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 58,723 Referee: C Reilly (Meath) Man of the Match: Alan Brogan (St. OP/ER) |
| Bernard Brogan 0-6 (0-5f), Paul Flynn 1-1, Stephen Cluxton (0-1f, 1 '45) and Alan Brogan 0-2 each, Bryan Cullen 0-1 | Report | Eamonn Callaghan 1-2, Eoghan O'Flaherty 0-4 (0-1f), R Kelly 0-2, Emmet Bolton, John Doyle (0-1f), Ronan Sweeney 0-1 each |
Final[edit]
| Wexford | 1-12 - 2-12 | Dublin |
|---|---|---|
| B Brosnan 0-9 (4f, 2 '45), R Barry 1-0, C Lyng 0-2, A Flynn 0-1 | Report | J McCarthy 1-0, A Brogan, B Brogan (1f) 0-3 each, S Cluxton (1'45), D Bastick, P Flynn, B Cullen, K McMenamin, R McConnell 0-1 each, G Molloy 1-0 (o.g.) |
References[edit]
- ^ Murphy, Cian (11 July 2011). "Gilroy happy to survive on rare Brogan off-day". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ O'Riordan, Ian (11 July 2011). "Final cut is cruel as Wexford's own goal is decisive". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ "Cluxton the hero as Dublin win All-Ireland". RTÉ Sport. 18 September 2011. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
