2020 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship Explained

2020 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship
Year:	2020
Trophy:	Mary Quinn Memorial Cup
Level:	Intermediate
Sponsor:	TG4, Lidl, AIG^[1]
Date:	31st of October – 20th of December
Num Teams:	13
Ordinal:	1
Manager:	Eamon Murray
Captain:	Máire O'Shaughnessy
Qualify For:	Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Runnerupmanager:	Sean Finnegan
Runnerupcaptain:	Fiona Claffey
Matches:	18
Total Scored:	91 goals (5 gpg) 342 points (19 ppg)
Poty:	Vicki Wall^[2] (Meath)
Topscorer:	Stacey Grimes (4,18) 30 points
Website:	https://ladiesgaelic.ie/
Previous:	2019
Next:	2021

The 2020 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship was the 23rd contested edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's secondary inter-county Ladies' Gaelic football tournament.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games forced the delay of the tournament until late in the year.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Meath LGFA were the winners for the first time in their history and were promoted to the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship in 2021.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Format

Group stage

13 counties competed in the 2020 tournament. There were three groups of three and one group of four. Each team played the other team's in their group once, earning three points for a win and one for a draw.^[9]

Knockout stage

The winners of each group competed in the All-Ireland semi-finals.

Teams

Counties	Flag colours	Captain (2020)	Manager (2020)	Intermediate Championships	Last Win
Clare LGFA		Ellie O'Gorman	James Murrihy	3	2009
Down LGFA		Kate McKay	Caoibhe Sloan & Peter Lynch	1	2014
Kildare LGFA		Grace Clifford	Daniel Moynihan	1	2016
Laois LGFA		Anna Healy	Donie Brennan	1	2000
Leitrim LGFA		Clare Owens	Hugh Donnelly	1	2007
Longford LGFA		Michelle Farrell	Enda Sheridan	1	1996
Louth LGFA		Aoife Byrne	Wayne Freeman	–	–
Meath LGFA		Máire O'Shaughnessy	Eamon Murray	1	2020
Offaly LGFA		Annie Kehoe	John Ryan	–	–
Roscommon LGFA		Laura Fleming & Jenny Higgins	Michael Finneran	1	2005
Sligo LGFA		Nicola Brennan	Micheál Bohan	–	–
Westmeath LGFA		Fiona Claffey	Sean Finnegan	2	2011
Wexford LGFA		Aoife Tormey	Paul Carty	–	–

Fixtures and results

Key to colours

Advance to All-Ireland semi-finals

Group 1 Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Group Points	Score Difference
Roscommon	2	2	0	0	6	+12
Wexford	2	1	0	1	3	+5
Offaly	2	0	0	2	0	–17

Group 1 Results

Group 2 Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Group Points	Score Difference
Westmeath	2	2	0	0	6	+36
Louth	2	1	0	1	3	−3
Longford	2	0	0	2	0	−33

Group 2 Results

Group 3 Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Group Points	Score Difference
Meath	2	2	0	0	6	+25
Down	2	1	0	1	3	+6
Leitrim	2	0	0	2	0	−31

Group 3 Results

Group 4 Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Group Points	Score Difference
Clare	3	2	0	1	6	+44
Kildare	3	2	0	1	6	+24
Laois	3	2	0	1	6	+9
	3	0	0	3	0	−77

Group 4 Results

Awards

TG4 Intermediate Players’ Player of the Year

Vikki Wall Meath^[10]

Intermediate Team of the Championship

No.	Position	Player	Team	Flag
1	Goalkeeper	Monica McGuirk	Meath
2	Right corner back	Rachel Dillon	Westmeath
3	Full back	Lucy Power	Westmeath
4	Left corner back	Emma Troy	Meath
5	Right half back	Róisín Considine	Clare
6	Centre half back	Fiona Claffey	Westmeath
7	Left half back	Megan Thynne	Meath
8	Midfield	Jennifer Higgins	Roscommon
9	Midfield	Máire O’Shaughnessy	Meath
10	Right half forward	Emma Duggan	Meath
11	Centre half forward	Vikki Wall	Meath
12	Left half forward	Anna Jones	Westmeath
13	Right corner forward	Stacey Grimes	Meath
14	Full forward	Niamh O'Dea	Clare
15	Left corner forward	Róisín Byrne	Kildare

Season Statistics

Scoring list! No.

Name	Team	Flag	Goals	Points	Total points
1	Stacey Grimes	Meath		4	18	30
2	Róisín Byrne	Kildare		4	12	24
3	Chloe Moloney	Clare		3	12	21
	Gráinne Nolan	Clare		3	12	21
4	Mo Nerney	Laois		1	17	20
5	Leona Archibold	Westmeath		3	9	18
6	Niamh O'Dea	Clare		4	4	16
7	Ciara Blundell	Westmeath		4	3	15
	Emma Duggan	Meath		0	15	15
	Aimee O'Connor	Roscommon		1	12	15
	Neasa Dooley	Kildare		3	6	15
	Catriona Murray	Wexford		2	9	15
8	Bridgetta Lynch	Meath		4	2	14
	Laura Fleming	Roscommon		0	14	14
	Jessica Foy	Down		2	8	14
9	Anna Jones	Westmeath		2	7	13
10	Karen Hegarty	Westmeath		3	3	12
	Lucy McCartan	Westmeath		3	3	12
11	Aoife Darcy	Longford		1	8	11
12	Sinead Glennon	Roscommon		3	1	10
13	Amy Sexton	Clare		3	0	9
	Lara Curran	Kildare		0	9	9
	Lauren Boyle	Louth		1	6	9
14	Gráinne Egan	Offaly		1	5	8
	Natasha Ferris	Down		1	5	8
	Vikki Wall	Meath		1	5	8
15	Kate Kenny	Offaly		1	4	7
	Niamh O'Sullivan	Meath		1	4	7
	Leah Tarpey	Laois		1	4	7
	Kate Flood	Louth		1	4	7
	Emma Lawlor	Laois		1	4	7
	Michelle Guckian	Leitrim		0	7	7
	Sarah Anne Fitzgerald	Laois		2	1	7
	Aishling Murphy	Wexford		2	1	7
16	Fidelma Marrinan	Clare		0	6	6
	Megan Thynne	Meath		1	3	6
	Sarah McCormack	Westmeath		2	0	6
17	Eimear Byrne	Louth		1	2	5
	Roisin McHugh	Leitrim		1	2	5
	Bernie Breen	Wexford		1	2	5
	Lauren Boles	Sligo		1	2	5
	Joanne Cregg	Roscommon		1	2	5
	Ellie McEvoy	Offaly		1	2	5
	Leanne Slevin	Westmeath		0	5	5
	Aoife Gavin	Roscommon		0	5	5
18	Laura Nerney	Laois		1	1	4
	Grace Shannon	Longford		1	1	4
	Marie Byrne	Offaly		1	1	4
	Ellen Dowling	Kildare		1	1	4
	Muireann Devaney	Leitrim		0	4	4
	Aoibheann McCarvill	Down		1	1	4
	Niamh Rice	Louth		1	1	4
	Vicky Carr	Westmeath		1	1	4
	Michelle Farrell	Longford		1	1	4
	Rachel O'Brien	Sligo		0	4	4
	Grace Clifford	Kildare		0	4	4
	Máire O'Shaughnessy	Meath		0	4	4
19	Lisa O'Rourke	Roscommon		1	0	3
	Rachel Fitzgerald	Laois		1	0	3
	Andrea Moran	Laois		1	0	3
	Chloe Sheridan	Offaly		1	0	3
	Erica Burke	Kildare		1	0	3
	Siobhan O'Sullivan	Kildare		1	0	3
	Clodagh Lohan	Longford		1	0	3
	Vivienne Egan	Leitrim		0	3	3
	Ciara Banville	Wexford		0	3	3
	Laura O'Dowd	Leitrim		0	3	3
	Aine Breen	Louth		1	0	3
20	Johanna Maher	Westmeath		0	2	2
	Shereen Hamilton	Wexford		0	2	2
	Roisin Considine	Clare		0	2	2
	Kate McKay	Down		0	2	2
	Niamh Gallogly	Meath		0	2	2
	Emma Troy	Meath		0	2	2
	Orla Hennessy	Laois		0	2	2
21	Sarah Harding Kenny	Wexford		0	1	1
	Ellen Healy	Laois		0	1	1
	Claire Donnelly	Louth		0	1	1
	Louise Brady	Roscommon		0	1	1
	Sarah Cunney	Sligo		0	1	1
	Natalie McHugh	Roscommon		0	1	1
	Tara Kelly	Clare		0	1	1
	Lauren McGuire	Longford		0	1	1
	Emer Heaney	Longford		0	1	1
	Jenny Higgins	Roscommon		0	1	1
	Mairead Kavanagh	Down		0	1	1
	Eimear Keane	Clare		0	1	1
	Ciara Gilroy	Sligo		0	1	1
	Cliodhna Blake	Clare		0	1	1
	Orla Swail	Down		0	1	1
	Shauna Fleming	Roscommon		0	1	1
	Sinéad Regan	Sligo		0	1	1
	Rachel Dillon	Westmeath		0	1	1
	Claire Donnelly	Louth		0	1	1
	Caoimhe Harvey	Clare		0	1	1
	Aoibheann Leahy	Meath		0	1	1
	Rachel Williams	Laois		0	1	1
	Aoife Byrne	Louth		0	1	1
	Kate Whelan	Laois		0	1	1
	Leah Fox	Leitrim		0	1	1
	Kara Shannon	Longford		0	1	1
	Emma White	Meath		0	1	1
	Amy Wilson	Wexford		0	1	1
	Leahy Kelly	Sligo		0	1	1
	Eimear O'Connor	Clare		0	1	1

Season Statistics Breakdown

Teams	Total score	Games	Points per game average	Goals	Points	First half (total score)	Average points (first half)	Second half (total score)	Average points (second half)	Clean sheets (goals)	No. of scoring players in season
Clare	80	4	20	13	41	47	11.75	33	8.25	1	11
Down	30	2	15	4	18	12	6	18	9	1	11
Kildare	62	3	20.67	10	32	28	9.33	34	11.33	1	7
Laois	56	3	18.67	8	32	30	10	26	8.67	0	11
Leitrim	23	2	11.5	1	20	11	5.5	12	6	0	5
	32	2	16	4	13	11	5.5	21	10.5	0	7
Louth	30	2	15	5	15	10	5	20	10	0	7
Meath	92	4	23	11	59	53	13.25	39	9.75	2	12
Offaly	27	2	13.5	5	12	16	8	11	5.5	0	5
Roscommon	46	3	15.3	3	37	34	11.33	12	4	0	10
Sligo	13	3	4.33	1	10	9	3	4	1.33	0	6
Westmeath	88	4	22	18	34	53	13.25	35	8.75	1	10
Wexford	34	2	17	5	19	21	10.5	13	6.5	0	7

See also

• 2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
• 2020 All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship
• All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship
• Ladies' Gaelic football
• Ladies' Gaelic Football Association
• Ladies' Gaelic Football All Stars Awards
• All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
• All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship
• Ladies' National Football League

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sponsors & Supporters . www.ladiesgaelic.ie . LGFA . 13 March 2021.
2. Web site: Cahill . Jackie . Mackin sees off competition from Dublin duo to claim Player of the Year award . www.the42.ie . 27 February 2021 . 13 March 2021.
3. Web site: Tipperary drawn with Galway and Monaghan in Ladies Football Championship . July 2020 . Nenagh Guardian . 12 March 2021.
4. Web site: London Ladies call for decision barring them from 2020 All-Ireland Championship to be reviewed . Irish Post . 12 March 2021.
5. Web site: Draws made for All-Ireland Ladies Football Championships . rte.ie . 30 June 2020 . RTE . 12 March 2021.
6. News: Meath ladies finally get over the line to claim Intermediate title . The Irish Times . 12 March 2021.
7. Web site: Meath make it third time lucky in intermediate final . rte.ie . 20 December 2020 . RTE . 12 March 2021 . Rooney . Declan .
8. Web site: Meath crowned TG4 Ladies Intermediate Football champions . gaa.ie . GAA . 12 March 2021.
9. Web site: Cahill . Jackie . No relegation as draws for ladies football championship confirmed . www.sportsjoe.ie . Sportsjoe . 13 March 2021.
10. Web site: Aimee Mackin, Vikki Wall and Eimear Smyth named as 2020 TG4 Players' Player of the Year award winners . www.ladiesgaelic.ie . 27 February 2021 . LGFA . 13 March 2021.