2020 Tipperary county football team season

The following is a summary of Tipperary county football team's 2020 season. David Power was in his first year as manager. 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]

Tipperary county football team
2020 season
Manager David Power
Captain Conor Sweeney
All-Ireland SFC Semi-finalists
Munster SFC Winners
National League 5th Division 3

On 22 November 2020, Tipperary won the Munster Senior Football Championship after a 0–17 to 0–14 win against Cork in the final. It was Tipperary's first Munster SFC title in 85 years.[3][4][5][6]

To mark the centenary of Bloody Sunday, Tipperary wore special commemorative jerseys in white and green in the final, a replica of the colours worn by the Tipperary team which played Dublin at Croke Park in 1920.[7][8]

2020 National Football League
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cork (P) 7 7 0 0 132 90 +42 14 NFL Division 3 champions and
promotion to 2021 NFL Division 2
2 Down (P) 7 4 1 2 87 87 0 9[lower-alpha 1] Promotion to 2021 NFL Division 2
3 Derry 7 4 1 2 110 95 +15 9[lower-alpha 1]
4 Longford 7 3 1 3 96 90 +6 7[lower-alpha 2]
5 Tipperary 7 3 1 3 99 104 −5 7[lower-alpha 2]
6 Offaly 7 2 1 4 102 111 −9 5
7 Leitrim (R) 7 1 1 5 90 109 −19 3 Relegation to 2021 NFL Division 4
8 Louth (R) 7 1 0 6 105 135 −30 2
Updated to match(es) played on 25 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:
  1. Head-to-head result: Down 0-14 – 0-12 Derry.
  2. Head-to-head result: Longford 3-12 – 3-7 Tipperary.

2020 Munster Senior Football Championship
Quarter-Finals
 Semi-Finals Final
     
        Waterford 0-9  
        Limerick 2-14  
          Limerick 2-11  
          Tipperary 1-15  
        Tipperary 2-11  
        Clare 1-11  
          Tipperary 0-17
          Cork 0-14
             
             
          Cork 1-12  
          Kerry 0-13  
                 
                 
     
Main article: 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship Final
22 November 2020 (2020-11-22)
13:30 GMT (UTC+0)
Final
Tipperary 0-17 (17) – (14) 0-14 Cork
(HT: 0-11 - 0-07)

Pts: C Sweeney 7 (2fs, 2m); M Quinlivan 5 (1f); L Casey 2 (f); K Fahey 1, E Comerford 1 (free), P Austin 1.
Pts: L Connolly 4 (2fs, 1 45), M Collins 4 (4fs); J O’Rourke 2; C O’Callaghan 1, B Hurley 1, S White 1, C O’Mahony 1 (f).

2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
6 December 2020 (2020-12-06)
15:30 GMT (UTC+0)
Semi-Final
Mayo 5-20 (35) – (22) 3-13 Tipperary
(HT: 4-12 – 1-05)
Gls: C O'Connor 4, D O'Connor 1.
Pts: C O’Connor 9 (6fs); T Conroy 4 (1m); D Coen 2; M Ruane 1, P Durcan 1, K McLoughlin 1, A O’Shea 1, C Loftus 1.		 Gls: C Sweeney 1, B Fox 1, P Feehan 1.
Pts: C Sweeney 9 (8fs); C O’Riordan 2; S O’Brien 1, K Fahey 1.

Notes
  1. The game was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland

References
  1. "GAA, FAI & IRFU suspend all games, Euro 2020 under review". RTÉ. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. "Leinster bides time as GAA confirms 2020 inter-county fixtures". RTÉ. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  3. "Tipperary end 85-year wait for Munster senior football glory with famous win over Cork". The 42. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  4. "Tipperary end 85-year wait to win Munster crown". RTE Sport. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  5. "Greatest day of shocks in football history? How Tipperary and Cavan upset odds to taste provincial glory". The 42. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  6. "TIPPERARY 0-17 CORK 0-14". GAA.ie. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  7. "Here are the jerseys Dublin and Tipperary will wear to mark Bloody Sunday centenary". The 42. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  8. "Tipperary footballers back in blue and gold for All-Ireland semi-final against Mayo". RTE Sport. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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