| Year: | 2010 |
| Dates: | 2 May – 19 September 2010 |
| Teams: | 33 |
| Connacht: | Roscommon |
| Munster: | Kerry |
| Leinster: | Meath |
| Ulster: | Tyrone |
| Matches: | 64 |
| Poty: | Bernard Brogan |
| Team: | Cork |
| Titles: | 7th |
| Captain: | Graham Canty |
| Manager: | Conor Counihan |
| Team2: | Down |
| Captain2: | Brendan Coulter and Ambrose Rogers |
| Manager2: | James McCartan Jnr |
| Totalgoals: | 107 (1.67 per game) |
| Totalpoints: | 1638 (25.59 per game) |
| Topscorer: | Johnny Doyle (1-49) |
| Previous: | 2009 |
| Next: | 2011 |
The 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 124th edition of the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament, played between 31 of the 32 counties of Ireland plus London and New York.
The draw for the championship took place on 22 October 2009.[1] The championship began on 2 May 2010 and concluded with the All-Ireland final at Croke Park on 19 September 2010. Cork defeated Down by 0-16 to 0-15 to win their seventh All-Ireland senior title, and their first since 1990.
The 2010 championship was unusual in that all four provincial champions (Kerry, Meath, Roscommon and Tyrone) were knocked out in the All-Ireland quarter-finals,[2] and all four provincial runners-up (Limerick, Louth, Sligo and Monaghan) were eliminated in the fourth and final round of the All-Ireland qualifiers. Kerry and Sligo were defeated by Down, Meath and Monaghan by Kildare, Roscommon and Limerick by Cork, and Tyrone and Louth by Dublin. Cork then defeated Dublin in the first All-Ireland semi-final, before Down defeated Kildare in the second.
Four knockout (single elimination format) provincial championships were played. London and New York competed in Connacht. The four provincial champions advanced to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.
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The 16 teams which failed to reach a provincial semi-final took part in Round 1 of the qualifiers (New York do not compete). A draw was held on 13 June 2010 to decide which of these teams would face each other.[3]
The draw for Round 2 was held on 28 June 2010. The eight Round 1 winners were each drawn against one of the losing provincial semi-finalists.[4]
The draw for Round 3 was held on 11 July 2010. The eight Round 2 winners play-off to reduce the number of teams to four.[5]
The draw for Round 4 was held on 18 July 2010. The four Round 3 winners were each drawn against one of the losing provincial finalists.[6]
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See main article: 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.
| Name | Team | Tally | Total | Games | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Doyle | Kildare | 1-49 | 52 | 8 | 6.5 |
| 2 | Bernard Brogan | Dublin | 3-42 | 51 | 6 | 8.5 |
| 3 | Daniel Goulding | Cork | 1-39 | 42 | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | Donal Shine | Roscommon | 1-32 | 35 | 4 | 8.75 |
| 5 | Martin Clarke | Down | 1-30 | 33 | 8 | 4.13 |
| 6 | Colm Cooper | Kerry | 1-27 | 30 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Cian Ward | Meath | 2-23 | 29 | 6 | 4.83 |
| 8 | Pádraic Joyce | Galway | 1-23 | 26 | 4 | 6.5 |
| 9 | Bryan Sheehan | Kerry | 2-19 | 25 | 5 | 5 |
| 10 | Joe Sheridan | Meath | 5-11 | 26 | 6 | 3.83 |
| Name | Tally | Total | County | Opposition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Tubridy | 0-12 | 12 | Clare | v | Offaly |
| 2 | Donal Shine | 1-8 | 11 | Roscommon | v | Leitrim |
| 2 | Bryan Sheehan | 2-5 | 11 | Kerry | v | Tipperary |
| 4 | Paddy Cunningham | 0-10 | 10 | Antrim | v | Kildare |
| 4 | Francis McGee | 1-7 | 10 | Longford | v | Down |
| 4 | Bernard Brogan | 2-4 | 10 | Dublin | v | Wexford |
| 4 | PJ Banville | 2-4 | 10 | Wexford | v | London |
| 4 | Donal Shine | 0-10 | 10 | Roscommon | v | Sligo |
| Month | Vodafone Player of the Month | Opel GPA Player of the Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | County | Player | County | ||
| May | Benny Coulter | Down | Benny Coulter | Down | |
| June | Paddy Keenan | Louth | David Kelly | ||
| July | Eamonn Callaghan | Kildare | James Kavanagh | Kildare | |
| August | Martin Clarke | Down | Bernard Brogan | Dublin | |
| September | Aidan Walsh | Cork | Daniel Goulding | Cork | |