2020 Armagh county football team season

Armagh county football team
2020 season
Manager	Kieran McGeeney
Stadium	Athletic Grounds, Armagh
NFL D2	2nd (promoted)
All-Ireland SFC	Did not compete
Ulster SFC	Semi-finalist
Dr McKenna Cup	Group Stage (2nd)
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The following is a summary of Armagh county football team's 2020 season. The season was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] The season resumed in mid-October of the same year.^[2]

Competitions[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed/Cancelled

Dr McKenna Cup[edit]

The draw for the 2020 Dr McKenna Cup was made on 4 December 2019.^[3]^[4]

Table[edit]

Section C
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PR	Pts	Qualification
1	Tyrone	2	2	0	46	37	1.243	4	Advance to semi-final
2	Armagh	2	1	1	47	43	1.093	2
3	Cavan	2	0	2	29	42	0.690	0

Updated to match(es) played on 8 January 2020. Source: Ulster GAA

Ranking of section runners-up[edit]

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PR	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Monaghan	2	1	1	34	29	1.172	2	Advance to semi-final
2	C	Armagh	2	1	1	47	43	1.093	2
3	B	Antrim	2	1	1	28	36	0.778	2

Updated to match(es) played on 8 January 2020. Source: Ulster GAA

Reports[edit]

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) Round 1	Cavan	1-13 (16) – (23) 2-17	Armagh	Cavan
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Breffni Park
		Report		Referee: Niall McKenna

8 January 2020 (2020-01-08) Round 3	Armagh	3-15 (24) – (27) 3-18	Tyrone	Armagh
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Athletic Grounds
		Report

National Football League Division 2[edit]

Armagh competed in Division Two for the 2020 National League season. Fixtures were published by the GAA on 26 November 2019.^[5]^[6]^[7]

On 12 March 2020 the GAA suspended the National League in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8] Games resumed in October 2020. ^[2]

Fixtures[edit]

Competition	Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Link to report
NFL 2020 Round 1	Armagh	2-18	Cavan	1-08	Match Report
NFL 2020 Round 2	Laois	0-16	Armagh	0-10	Match Report
NFL 2020 Round 3	Armagh	0-16	Kildare	0-10	Match Report
NFL 2020 Round 4	Westmeath	3-12	Armagh	2-15	Match Report
NFL 2020 Round 5	Fermanagh	0-10	Armagh	3-14	Match Report
NFL 2020 Round 6	Armagh	0-15	Roscommon	3-10	Enter Link
NFL 2020 Round 7	Clare	1-13	Armagh	1-18	Enter Link

Table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Roscommon (P)	7	5	1	1	113	90	+23	11	NFL Division 2 champions and promotion to 2021 NFL Division 1
2	Armagh (P)	7	4	1	2	130	103	+27	9	Promotion to 2021 NFL Division 1
3	Kildare	7	4	0	3	106	99	+7	8
4	Westmeath	7	3	1	3	106	111	−5	7^[a]
5	Laois	7	3	1	3	104	113	−9	7^[a]
6	Clare	7	3	0	4	90	99	−9	6^[b]
7	Cavan (R)	7	3	0	4	115	119	−4	6^[b]	Relegation to 2021 NFL Division 3
8	Fermanagh (R)	7	1	0	6	85	115	−30	2	Relegation to 2021 NFL Division 3

Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2020. Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: 1) League points 2) Where only two teams are involved, the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the competition 3) Scoring Difference 4) Highest Total Score For 5) A Play-Off.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head result: Westmeath 1-18 – 0-13 Laois.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head result: Clare 1-14 – 0-15 Cavan.

Reports[edit]

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) 1	Armagh	2-18 (24) – (11) 1-08	Cavan	Armagh
				Venue: Athletic Grounds
		Report		Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 3	Laois	0-16 (16) – (10) 0-10	Armagh	Portlaoise
18:00 UTC (UTC)				Venue: O'Moore Park
				Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo)

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 3	Armagh	0-16 (16) – (10) 0-10	Kildare	Armagh
19:00				Venue: Athletic Grounds
				Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 4	Westmeath	3-12 (21) – (21) 2-15	Armagh	Mullingar
				Venue: TEG Cusack Park
		Report		Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 5	Fermanagh	0-10 (10) – (23) 3-14	Armagh	Enniskillen
				Venue: Brewster Park
		Report		Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down)

17 October 2020 6	Armagh	0-15 (15) – (19) 3-10	Roscommon	Armagh
				Venue: Athletic Grounds

24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 7	Clare	1-13 (16) – (21) 1-18	Armagh	Ennis
14:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Cusack Park
				Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary)

Ulster Senior Football Championship[edit]

The draw for the 2020 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 9 October 2019.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Fixtures[edit]

Ulster Quarter Final	Derry	0-15	Armagh	0-17	Enter Link

Bracket[edit]

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Donegal

1–13

Tyrone

1–11

Donegal

1–22

Armagh

0–13

Derry

0–15

Armagh

0–17

Donegal

0–12

Cavan

1–13

Fermanagh

0–11

Down

1–15

Down

1–13

Cavan

1–14

Antrim

0–9

Monaghan

1–17

Cavan

0–13

Cavan

2–15

Reports[edit]

BBC NI

1 November 2020
16:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Quarter-final

Report

Derry	0-15 (15) – (17) 0-17	Armagh
(HT: 0-5 – 0–11)
Pts: S McGuigan 7 (7f); N Loughlin 4 (3f); E Doherty 1, C McFaul 1, P Kearney 1, C McKaigue 1.		Pts: R O'Neill 4 (4f); R Grugan 3 (1f), J Clarke 3; A Forker 2, O O'Neill 2; C O'Neill 1, M Shields 1, J Óg Burns 1

Celtic Park, Derry
Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Sky Sports Mix

14 November 2020
13:15 GMT (UTC+0)
Semi-final

Report

Donegal	1-22 (25) – (13) 0-13	Armagh
(HT: 1-12 – 0-3)
Gls: P Mogan 1. Pts: M Langan 3, P Mogan 2, R McHugh 2, J Brennan 2, C McGonigle 2 (1m), C Thompson 2 (1f), N O’Donnell 2 (1m), M Murphy 2 (2f), EB Gallagher 1, H McFadden 1 (m), P McBrearty 1, O Gallen 1, A McClean 1		Pts: R O’Neill 7 (6f, 1x’45′), J Clarke 2, C Turbitt 2 (1m), O O’Neil 1, N Grimley 1 (1m).

Breffni Park, Cavan
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)
Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship[edit]

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, the GAA announced that there would be no back-door route into the All-Ireland Championship. Therefore, because Armagh did not win the Ulster Championship, they did not qualify for the 2020 All-Ireland Championship.

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b The game was played behind closed doors due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.

References[edit]

^ "GAA, FAI & IRFU suspend all games, Euro 2020 under review". RTÉ. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Leinster bides time as GAA confirms 2020 inter-county fixtures". RTÉ. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ "McKenna Cup: Holders Tyrone drawn against Armagh and Cavan". BBC. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ "McKenna Cup draw: holders Tyrone grouped with Armagh and Cavan". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ "GAA Master Fixture schedule for 2020 published". GAA. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ "Football League and All-Ireland Club SFC dates confirmed as GAA release fixture schedule". BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ "Dubs and Kerry to renew battle in Allianz Football League opener". RTÉ. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ "GAA, FAI & IRFU suspend all games, Euro 2020 under review". RTÉ. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
^ "Donegal and Tyrone to clash in 2020 Ulster SFC Quarter-Finals". GAA. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
^ "Donegal to take on Tyrone in 2020 Ulster SFC quarter-finals". Irish Times. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
^ "Ulster SFC: Fierce rivals Donegal and Tyrone clash in quarter-finals". BBC. Retrieved 9 October 2019.

[table_hth_WES0.58602959177738-9] Head-to-head result: Westmeath 1-18 – 0-13 Laois.

[table_hth_CLA0.58602959177738-10] Head-to-head result: Clare 1-14 – 0-15 Cavan.

[Behind_closed_doors-14] The game was played behind closed doors due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.

[1] "GAA, FAI & IRFU suspend all games, Euro 2020 under review". RTÉ. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

[Resumption-2] "Leinster bides time as GAA confirms 2020 inter-county fixtures". RTÉ. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[3] "McKenna Cup: Holders Tyrone drawn against Armagh and Cavan". BBC. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

[4] "McKenna Cup draw: holders Tyrone grouped with Armagh and Cavan". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

[5] "GAA Master Fixture schedule for 2020 published". GAA. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

[6] "Football League and All-Ireland Club SFC dates confirmed as GAA release fixture schedule". BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

[7] "Dubs and Kerry to renew battle in Allianz Football League opener". RTÉ. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

[8] "GAA, FAI & IRFU suspend all games, Euro 2020 under review". RTÉ. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

[11] "Donegal and Tyrone to clash in 2020 Ulster SFC Quarter-Finals". GAA. Retrieved 9 October 2019.

[12] "Donegal to take on Tyrone in 2020 Ulster SFC quarter-finals". Irish Times. Retrieved 9 October 2019.

[13] "Ulster SFC: Fierce rivals Donegal and Tyrone clash in quarter-finals". BBC. Retrieved 9 October 2019.

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