2020 Armagh Senior Football Championship Explained

Competition:Armagh S.F.C.
Season:2020
Winners:Maghery Seán MacDermott's (2nd S.F.C. Title)
Relegated:??? (7th in the SBFL)
??? (8th in the SBFL)
Continentalcup5:Ulster SCFC
Continentalcup5 Qualifiers:???
Continentalcup1:All Ireland SCFC
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:n/a
Continentalcup2:Winning Captain
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:David Lavery
Continentalcup3:Man of the Match
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Aidan Forker
Continentalcup4:Winning Manager
Continentalcup4 Qualifiers:???
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2021

The 2020 Armagh Senior Football Championship is the 120th edition of Armagh GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The winners will not represent Armagh in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship as the Club Championships were cancelled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

The original championship format was for all sixteen teams to compete in four groups of four teams before proceeding to a knock-out format with the overall winners receiving the Gerry Fegan Cup. Due to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic however, clubs were asked by the Armagh County Board to back the proposal to run a straight-knockout championship, which was passed.

Crossmaglen Rangers were the defending champions after they defeated Ballymacnab Round Towers in the 2019 final.[2]

This was Grange St. Colmcille's and Mullaghbawn Cuchulainns' return to the senior grade after they claimed the 2019 I.F.C./I.A.F.L. titles and second in I.A.F.L. respectively.

Maghery Seán MacDermott's won their second Armagh Senior Football Championship by defeating Crossmaglen Rangers 4–9 to 0–17 in the final.[3]

Team Changes

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

Promoted To S.F.C. from I.F.C.

Relegated to I.F.C. from S.F.C.

Quarter-finals

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 GAA provincial and All-Ireland club championships CANCELLED . Extra.ie . 16 September 2020.
  2. Web site: Crossmaglen Rangers -vs- Ballymacnab Round Towers (2019 S.F.C. Final). 20 October 2019. Irishtimes.com. 20 October 2019.
  3. Web site: Goals critical as Maghery fight back to claim Armagh crown against Crossmaglen. 13 September 2020. rte.ie. 16 September 2020.
  4. Web site: Armagh News Archives. 16 January 2019. Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2019.
  5. Web site: Armagh Football. 16 January 2019. Orchardfans.com. 16 January 2019.
  6. Web site: Armagh HoganStand. 16 January 2019. Hoganstand.com. 16 January 2019.