2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates 1 May - 18 September 2011
Teams 33
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Dublin (23rd win)
Captain Bryan Cullen
Manager Pat Gilroy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Kerry
Captain Colm Cooper
Manager Jack O'Connor
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Dublin
Ulster Donegal
Connacht Mayo
Championship statistics
No. matches played 61
Goals total 111 (1.82 per game)
Points total 1,528 (25.05 per game)
Top Scorer Colm Cooper (2-27)
Player of the Year Alan Brogan
2010
2012

The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 125th edition of the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament, played between 31 counties of Ireland (excluding Kilkenny who only take part in the hurling championship), London and New York. The draw for the 2011 championship took place on 7 October 2010.[1] The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final took place at Croke Park on 18 September 2011, with Dublin winning their 23rd title.[2][3]

Dublin and Donegal's All-Ireland semi-final in the 2011 championship was the lowest scoring in the era of 70-minute games (1975 onwards).[4]

Format

Four knockout (single elimination format) provincial championships were played. Kilkenny did not contest the football championship. London and New York competed in Connacht. The four provincial champions advanced to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

Fixtures and results

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Munster final
 Tipperary 0-11  
 Kerry 2-16      Kerry 1-26  
          Limerick 3-9  
            Kerry 1-15
            Cork 1-12
          Waterford 2-8
 Clare 0-11      Cork 5-17    
 Cork 1-23  

3 July 2011
Final
Kerry 1-15 - 1-12 Cork
Declan O'Sullivan 0-5, Darran O'Sullivan 1-0, C Cooper (1f) B Sheehan, K Donaghy 0-2 each, K O'Leary, D Walsh, E Brosnan, J O'Donoghue 0-1 each Report D Goulding 0-5 (3f), D O'Connor 1-1 (1-0 pen), P Kerrigan 0-3, C Sheehan, A O'Connor, P Kelly 0-1 each
FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney
Attendance: 40,892
Referee: D Coldrick (Meath)

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Leinster final
 Kildare 0-12  
 Wicklow 0-5      Kildare 0-16  
          Meath 0-10  
            Kildare 1-11  
 Laois 0-10        Dublin 1-12  
 Longford 0-9      Laois 0-11  
          Dublin 1-16  
            Wexford 1-12
 Wexford 2-16        Dublin 2-12
 Offaly 0-8      Wexford 1-24  
          Westmeath 0-15  
            Wexford 4-12  
            Carlow 0-10  
          Carlow 0-14       
          Louth 0-13       
      

10 July 2011
2:00pm
Final
Wexford 1-12 - 2-12 Dublin
B Brosnan 0-9 (4f, 2 '45), R Barry 1-0, C Lyng 0-2, A Flynn 0-1 Report J McCarthy 1-0, A Brogan, B Brogan (1f) 0-3 each, S Cluxton (1'45), D Bastick, P Flynn, B Cullen, K McMenamin, R McConnell 0-1 each, G Molloy 1-0 (o.g.)
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 43,983[5]
Referee: J Mc Quillan (Cavan)

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Connacht final
 New York 1-11  
 Roscommon 3-21      Roscommon 2-12  
 Sligo 0-10      Leitrim 0-6  
 Leitrim 1-10        Roscommon 0-11
            Mayo 0-13
          Galway 1-6
 London 2-10      Mayo 1-12    
 Mayo 0-19  

17 July 2011
2:00pm
Final
Roscommon 0-11 - 0-13 Mayo
D Shine (0-4fs, 0-1 '45) 0-8, D Ward, S Kilbride, C Cregg 0-1 each Report C O'Connor (0-8f) 0-8, P Gardiner, K McLoughlin, A Moran, A Dillon, E Varley 0-1 each
Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
Attendance: 25,609
Referee: M Collins (Cork)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Ulster final
      
          Derry 1-18  
          Fermanagh 1-10  
            Derry 3-14  
            Armagh 1-11  
          Armagh 1-15  
          Down 1-10  
            Derry 0-08
            Donegal 1-11
          Tyrone 1-13  
          Monaghan 1-11  
            Tyrone 0-9  
            Donegal 2-6  
          Cavan 1-8       
 Donegal 1-10      Donegal 2-14       
 Antrim 0-7  

17 July 2011
4:00pm
Final
Derry 0-08 - 1-11 Donegal
J Kielt 0-04 (2f), C Kielt 0-02, C Gilligan (f), M Donaghy 0-01 each Report M Murphy 1-02 (1-00 pen), C McFadden 0-04 (2f), M Hegarty, A Thompson 0-02 each, R Bradley 0-01
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 28,364
Referee: M Deegan (Laois)

All-Ireland qualifiers

Round 1

On 12 June 2011, the draw was made for the first round of the All Ireland Qualifiers. This draw contained all the teams who had been knocked out of their provincial competitions prior to the semi final stage, apart from New York.[6]


Round 2

On the 26th of June 2011, the draw for Round 2 took place in Castlebar. This consisted with the winners of round one and losers of provincial semi-finals. Home advantage was given to the team drawn first.[7]

Round 3

On the 10th of July 2011, the draw for Rounds 3 and 4 took place. Round 3 consisted with the 8 winners of round two playing each other to reduce the number to 4. Round 4 consisted of losers of provincial finals playing the winners of Round 3. For Round 3, home advantage was given to the team drawn first, while Round 4 would be played at neutral venues.[8]

Round 4

All-Ireland series

Donegal defeated Kildare in the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in Jim McGuinness's first season in charge.
Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
         
Kerry 1-20
Limerick 0-10
Kerry 1-20
Mayo 1-11
Mayo 1-13
Cork 2-06
Kerry 1-11
Dublin 1-12
Donegal 1-12
Kildare 0-14
Donegal 0-06
Dublin 0-08
Dublin 0-22
Tyrone 0-15

Quarter-finals

The draw for the All-Ireland quarter-finals took place on 24 July 2011, and consisted of the provincial winners playing against the winners of round 4 of the qualifiers.[9] Originally, all the matches were due to take place on the weekend of 30 July 2011, but due to a draw requiring a replay during the qualifiers, one match was scheduled for the following weekend. All matches were scheduled to be played in Croke Park, Dublin.

31 July
2:00pm
Quarter-final
Kerry 1-20 - 0-10 Limerick
Darran O'Sullivan 1-3, Bryan Sheehan 0-6 (4f, 1 '45), C Cooper 0-3 (2f), T O Se, Declan O'Sullivan 0-2 each, K Young, A Maher, K Donaghy, J O'Donoghue 0-1 each Report S Kelly 0-4, I Ryan 0-2 (2f), J Riordan, G Collins, S O'Carroll, B Scanlon ('45) 0-1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 22,732
Referee: P McEnaney (Monaghan)

31 July
4:00pm
Quarter-final
Mayo 1-13 - 2-06 Cork
K McLoughlin 1-1, C O'Connor 0-6 (5f), E Varley (1f), K Higgins, A Dillon, A Moran, J Doherty, R Hennelly (1'45) 0-1 each Report D O'Connor 1-2 (1-0 pen, 0-1 '45), P Kerrigan 1-2, J Miskella, F Goold (1f) 0-1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 22,732
Referee: R Hickey (Clare)

30 July
6:00pm
Quarter-final
Donegal 1-12 - 0-14
A.E.T.
Kildare
C Toye 1-1, M Murphy 0-3 (1f), K Cassidy 0-2, K Lacey, R Kavanagh, M McHugh, R Bradley, P McBrearty, D Molloy 0-1 each Report E O'Flaherty 0-6 (4f), A Smith 0-2, E Bolton, P O'Neill, E Callaghan, J Kavanagh, G White (f), R Sweeney 0-1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 39,612
Referee: D Coldrick (Meath)

6 August 2011
7:00pm
Quarter-final
Dublin 0-22 - 0-15 Tyrone
D Connolly 0-7, B Brogan 0-5 (1f), A Brogan 0-3, P Flynn, S Cluxton (1f, 1 '45) 0-2 each, D Bastick, B Cullen, B Cahill 0-1 each Report S Cavanagh (3f), M Penrose (3f) 0-4 each, M Donnelly, Stephen O'Neill 0-2 each, B Dooher, E McGinley, P Harte (1f) 0-1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 52,661
Referee: J Mc Quillan (Cavan)

Semi-finals

21 August 2011
3:30pm
Semi-final
Mayo 1-11 - 1-20 Kerry
C O'Connor 1-3 (0-3f), D Vaughan 0-3, E Varley (1f), A Moran 0-2 each, L Keegan 0-1. Report C Cooper 1-7 (0-4f), B Sheehan 0-3 (3f), K O'Leary, K Donaghy, P Galvin 0-2 each, T O Se, Darran O'Sullivan, E Brosnan, S Scanlon 0-1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 50,643
Referee: D Coldrick (Meath)

28 August 2011
3:30pm
Semi-final
Dublin 0-08 - 0-06 Donegal
B Brogan 0-04 (4f), S Cluxton 0-02 (1f, 1 '45), B Cullen, K McManamon 0-01 each Report C McFadden 0-4 (2f), K Cassidy, R Bradley 0-01 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 81,436
Referee: M Deegan (Laois)

Final

18 September 2011
3:30pm
Final
Kerry 1-11 - 1-12 Dublin
C Cooper 1-03 (2f), B Sheehan 0-04 (2f, 1 ‘45), K Donaghy 0-02, Declan O’Sullivan, P Galvin 0-01 each Report B Brogan 0-06 (4f), K McManaman 1-00, S Cluxton (2f), A Brogan 0-02 each, K Nolan, D Bastick 0-01 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 82,300
Referee: J McQuillan (Cavan)

Statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Season
NameTeamTallyTotalGamesAverage
1Colm CooperKerry2-273365.5
2Ben BrosnanWexford0-323256.4
3Bernard BroganDublin0-292964.8
4John DoyleKildare2-212764.5
5Donncha O'ConnorCork4-142655.2
6Ciarán LyngWexford1-212454.8
6Cian WardMeath4-122446
8Daniel GouldingCork2-162245.5
8Martin ClarkeDown2-162254.4
8Donie ShineRoscommon1-192245.5
8Sean CavanaghTyrone2-162263.66
Single game
NameTallyTotalCounty Opposition
1Cian Ward4-315MeathvLouth
2Darren Clarke1-811LouthvMeath
3Colm Cooper1-0710KerryvMayo
3Ciarán Lyng0-1010WexfordvWestmeath
3Ian Ryan1-710LimerickvOffaly
3Donncha O'Connor1-710CorkvDown
3Shane Roche2-410WexfordvCarlow
3Seánie Furlong2-410WicklowvArmagh
9Sean McCormack0-99LongfordvCavan
9Adrian Marren0-99SligovWicklow
9Ciarán Lyng0-99WexfordvOffaly

Awards

Monthly
MonthPlayerCounty
MayBen BrosnanWexford
JuneAlan BroganDublin
JulyKarl LaceyDonegal
AugustColm CooperKerry
SeptemberDarran O'SullivanKerry
All Stars Awards

The 2011 All Stars Awards nominations were announced on 3 October 2011.[10] On 21 October, the winners of the awards were announced at an event at the National Convention Centre in Dublin. Alan Brogan was named All Stars Footballer of the Year and Cillian O'Connor was named All Stars Young Footballer of the Year.[11]

Position Winners Other Nominees
GoalkeepersStephen Cluxton (Dublin)Brendan Kealy (Kerry)Paul Durcan (Donegal)
Full-backsMichael Foley (Kildare)Cian O'Sullivan (Dublin)Frank McGlynn (Donegal)
Marc Ó Sé (Kerry)Rory O'Carroll (Dublin)Tom O'Sullivan (Kerry)
Neil McGee (Donegal)Joe McMahon (Tyrone)Hugh McGrillen (Kildare)
Half-backsKarl Lacey (Donegal)Donal Vaughan (Mayo)Trevor Mortimer (Mayo)
Kevin Nolan (Dublin)Emmet Bolton (Kildare)Tomás Ó Sé (Kerry)
Kevin Cassidy (Donegal)Killian Young (Kerry)Ger Brennan (Dublin)
MidfieldersBryan Sheehan (Kerry)Alan O'Connor (Cork)Seán Cavanagh (Tyrone)
Michael Darragh Macauley (Dublin)John Doyle (Kildare)Denis Bastick (Dublin)
Half-forwardsAlan Brogan (Dublin)Ben Brosnan (Wexford)Declan O'Sullivan (Kerry)
Darran O'Sullivan (Kerry)Alan Dillon (Mayo)Kevin McManamon (Dublin)
Paul Flynn (Dublin)Paddy Kelly (Cork)Eamonn Callaghan (Kildare)
Full-forwardsBernard Brogan (Dublin)Donnacha O'Connor (Cork)Michael Murphy (Donegal)
Colm Cooper (Kerry)Colm McFadden (Donegal)Eoin Bradley (Derry)
Andy Moran (Mayo)Diarmuid Connolly (Dublin)Cillian O'Connor (Mayo)

Media

Media coverage

Country/Countries or Continent Broadcaster(s)
Africa Setanta Africa
Australia Setanta Sports
Ireland RTÉ (including island of Ireland only web coverage on RTÉ website)
Setanta Sports 1 (Northern Ireland only, for matches broadcast to the Republic by TV3)
TV3 (Republic of Ireland only, including Republic of Ireland only web coverage on TV3 website)
BBC Northern Ireland
Great Britain Premier Sports
USA/Caribbean Premium Sports

This Is Our Year

Main article: This Is Our Year

This Is Our Year is a 2011 book by journalist Declan Bogue. The book examines the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship from the perspectives of ten Gaelic footballers from Ulster. The book achieved notoriety after Donegal footballer Kevin Cassidy was dropped from the team squad by manager Jim McGuinness over his contributions.[12][13][14] He released a statement in November 2011 saying it "appears my inter-county career is over".[15][16]

See also

References

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  2. "Cluxton the hero as Dublin win All-Ireland". RTÉ Sport. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  3. "Dublin end 16 years of hurt as heroic fightback sends capital into ecstasy". Irish Independent. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  4. Breheny, Martin (22 June 2013). "'Score goals or you have no chance of beating Donegal': Former scoring ace Tony Boyle issues challenge to Sam pretenders". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  5. O'Riordan, Ian (11 July 2011). "Final cut is cruel as Wexford's own goal is decisive". The Irish Times.
  6. "Parnell set to host 'replay' of last year's Leinster final". RTÉ Sport. 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  7. "Qualifier draw means old pals will do battle". Irish Independent. 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
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  9. "Cork to meet Mayo in last eight". RTÉ Sport. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  10. "All-Star football nominees are named". RTÉ Sport. 2011-10-21. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  11. "Fennelly & Brogan are Players of the Year". RTÉ Sport. 2011-10-21. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  12. Keys, Colm (9 November 2011). "Donegal hero Cassidy axed for breaking code of silence on McGuinness methods". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  13. "Cassidy dropped from Donegal panel". RTÉ Sport. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  14. "Sometimes it's better when you say nothing at all". Donegal Democrat. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  15. "Cassidy makes statement on removal from panel". RTÉ Sport. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  16. "Cassidy at a loss to explain dismissal". The Irish Times (Irish Times Trust). 10 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.