2020 Kerry Senior Football Championship
# 2020 Kerry Senior Football Championship

The 2020 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 119th edition of Kerry GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior teams in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams (8 club teams and 8 divisional teams), with the winners representing Kerry in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship if they are a club team. If the winners are a divisional team the winners of the Kerry Club Football Championship represent the county.

The championship usually has a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. Generally, any team to lose two matches will be knocked out of the championship. This year however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic seen the competition employ a straight knockout format.

It was Templenoe's first ever year as a senior club. Rathmore (who were relegated to the I.F.C. for 2020) will provide the East Kerry Divisional side with players for the S.F.C. Additionally, the Kenmare District board ceased to run competitions this year meaning that Kenmare Shamrocks, Kilgarvan, and Tousist will move to East Kerry to make it a 16-club division. The fourth club in the Kenmare District, Templenoe, who have been promoted to senior for 2020, joined the South Kerry Division.

East Kerry were the 2019 champions after they defeated Dr. Crokes in the final.

## Format Structure Change

8 club teams and 8 divisional teams (16 in total) will take part in this year's S.F.C.

Kenmare District did not field a team for this year's S.F.C.

Relegation (See below): The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship (The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in two pools in the Club Championship. The two teams that finished bottom of the Group Pools enter a Relegation Final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2021. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship).

The winner of the 2020 I.F.C. will be promoted to the 2021 Senior County and Club Championships.

## Team Changes

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

## Participating teams

The teams taking part in the 2020 Kerry Senior Football Championship are:

| Team | Team Location | Club/Divisional | Club's Divisional Side |
| - | - | - | - |
| Austin Stacks | Tralee | Club | St. Brendan's |
| Dingle | Dingle | Club | West Kerry |
| Dr. Crokes | Killarney | Club | East Kerry |
| East Kerry | x | Divisional (Firies, Fossa, Glenflesk, Gneevguilla, Kilgarvan, Listry, Rathmore, Spa, Tousist) | x |
| Feale Rangers | x | Divisional (Clounmacon, Duagh, Finuge, Listowel Emmets, Moyvane, St. Senan's) | x |
| Kenmare Shamrocks | Kenmare | Club | East Kerry |
| Kerins O'Rahillys | Tralee | Club | St. Brendan's |
| Kilcummin | Kilcummin | Club | East Kerry |
| Killarney Legion | Killarney | Club | East Kerry |
| Mid Kerry | x | Divisional (Beaufort, Cromane, Glenbeigh-Glencar, Keel, Laune Rangers, Milltown/Castlemaine) | x |
| Rathmore | Rathmore | Club | East Kerry |
| Shannon Rangers | x | Divisional (Asdee, Ballydonoghue, Ballyduff, Ballylongford, Beale, Tarbert) | x |
| South Kerry | x | Divisional (Derrynane, Dromid Pearses, Renard, Skellig Rangers, Sneem, St. Mary's, St. Michael's/Foilmore, Valentia Young Islanders, Waterville) | x |
| St. Brendan's | x | Divisional (Ardfert, Churchill, John Mitchell's, Na Gaeil, St. Patrick's Blennerville) | x |
| St. Kieran's | x | Divisional (Ballymacelligott, Brosna, Castleisland Desmonds, Cordal, Currow, Knocknagoshel, Scartaglin) | x |
| Templenoe | Templenoe | Club | South Kerry |
| West Kerry | x | Divisional (An Ghaeltacht, Annascaul, Castlegregory, Lispole) | x |

## Results

### Round 1

All 16 teams enter the competition in Round 1. The eight winners proceed to the Quarter-Finals while the eight losers are eliminated.

| 22 August 2020 Round 1 | East Kerry | 1-14 - 0-03 | Feale Rangers | Frank Sheehy Park Referee: B O'Shea |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 August 2020 Round 1 | D Roche (1-3, 0-2 frees); D Clifford (0-6, 0-4 frees, 0-1 mark); P Clifford (0-3, 0-1 free, 0-1 45’);D Moynihan, M Foley (0-1 each). | Report | S Keane (0-2, 0-2 frees); D Lynch (0-1 free). | Frank Sheehy Park Referee: B O'Shea |
| 22 August 2020 Round 1 | Dingle | 1-12 - 3-07 | Templenoe | Páirc an Aghasaigh Referee: B Brosnan (Glenflesk) |
| 22 August 2020 Round 1 | C Geaney (0-5, 2 frees), M O Flaherty (1-0), T O’Sullivan (0-3), D Geaney (0-2 each), D O’Connor, G Durant (0-1 each). | Report | K Spillane (1-5, 2 frees), J Crowley Holland (1-0), T Doyle (1- 0), B Crowley, S O’Sullivan (0-1 each). | Páirc an Aghasaigh Referee: B Brosnan (Glenflesk) |
| 22 August 2020 Round 1 | Austin Stacks | 2-17 - 3-19 | Dr. Crokes | Austin Stack Park Referee: J Griffin |
| 22 August 2020 Round 1 | S Quilter (0-5, 0-2 frees, 0-1 mark); D O’Brien (0-4, 0-3 frees); J O’Connor (1-1); K Donaghy (1-0); C Griffin, J Morgan, D Casey, W Guthrie (0-1 free), F O’Brien (0-1 free), S O’Callaghan, J O’Shea (0-1 each). | Report | T Brosnan (2-10, 2-0 pen, 0-6 frees); B Looney (1-1); M Burns (0-3, 0-1 free); C Doncel, G O’Shea, K O’Leary, C O’Regan, A O’Sullivan (0-1 each). | Austin Stack Park Referee: J Griffin |
| 22 August 2020 Round 1 | Kenmare Shamrocks | 0-13 - 0-09 | Shannon Rangers | Fr. Breen Park Referee: T Moriarty (Killarney Legion) |
| 22 August 2020 Round 1 | Paul O’Connor (0-5, 3f), S O’Brien and S O’Shea (2f) (0-3 each), K O’Sullivan and T Murnane (0-1 each) | Report | J Kennelly (0-5, 3f, 1m, 1p), J O’Sullivan, M Buckley, P Kennelly; D Keane (0-1 each) | Fr. Breen Park Referee: T Moriarty (Killarney Legion) |
| 23 August 2020 Round 1 | Killarney Legion | 1-11 - 0-13 | Kerins O'Rahilly's | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: B Griffin |
| 23 August 2020 Round 1 | J O’Donoghue (0-3); D Lyne (1-0); C Keane (0-1 free), R Leen, J O’Sullivan (0-2 each); B Kelly (0-1 ‘45), P McCarthy (0-1 each). | Report | J Savage (0-7, 0-2 frees); C Hayes (0-3); G O’Brien, S Walsh, P Begley (0-1). | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: B Griffin |
| 23 August 2020 Round 1 | Mid Kerry | 3-15 - 0-12 | Kilcummin | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: S Mulvihill (St Senans) |
| 23 August 2020 Round 1 | G O’Grady (1-7, 4 frees), L Carey (1free) and F Clifford (1-2 each), C Kennedy, M Breen, D Roche and D O’Sullivan (0-1 each). | Report | N Duggan (0-4 frees), P O’Shea (0-4), K McCarthy (0-2), M Keane and K Gorman (0-1 each). | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: S Mulvihill (St Senans) |
| 23 August 2020 Round 1 | St. Brendan's Board | 1-15 - 0-14 | West Kerry | Austin Stack Park |
| 23 August 2020 Round 1 | I Parker (0-9, 0-2 frees); M Kelliher (1-0); E O’Brien (0-2, 0-2 frees); D Griffin, C Fitzgerald, T Kearns, J Lenihan (0-1 each). | Report | R Ó Beaglaoich (0-5, 0-2 frees, 0-1 m); E Ó Conchúir (0-4, 0-3 frees); T Ó Sé (0-1 m), K Falvey (0-2 each); B Ó Beaglaoich (0-1). | Austin Stack Park |
| 23 August 2020 Round 1 | South Kerry | 3-11 - 0-22 | St. Kieran's | Austin Stack Park Referee: P O'Sullivan (Firies) |
| 23 August 2020 Round 1 | J Daly and N O’Shea (1-0 pen) (1-1 each), D Donoghue and D Daly (0-4 each), M O’Sullivan (1-0), G O’Sullivan (0-1). | Report | P Walsh (0-7, 1 free, 1 mark), E Horan (0-6, 2 frees), T Hickey (0-4), T Lynch, A Breen, P O’Connor, S Horan and L Brosnan (0-1 each). | Austin Stack Park Referee: P O'Sullivan (Firies) |

### Quarter-finals

| 29 August 2020 Quarter-Final | Killarney Legion | 1-09 - 2-17 | St. Brendan's Board | Austin Stack Park Referee: B O'Shea (Keel) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 August 2020 Quarter-Final | J O’Donoghue (0-5, 4 frees), J O’Sullivan (1-1), C Keane (0-2 frees), J Lyne (0-1) | Report | D O’Connor ( 1-3), I Parker ( 0-6, 3 frees), J Barry (1-0), A O’Donoghue and M Kelliher ( 0-2 each ), K O’Dwyer, C Fitzgerald, I McCarthy and J Myers ( 0-1 each). | Austin Stack Park Referee: B O'Shea (Keel) |
| 29 August 2020 Quarter-Final | East Kerry | 2-13 - 1-14 | St. Kieran's | Austin Stack Park Referee: J Griffin (Glenbeigh-Glencar) |
| 29 August 2020 Quarter-Final | D Clifford (1-5, 4 frees), P Clifford (1-1), D Roche (0-4, 2 frees), E Cronin (0-2), J Sherwood (0-1). | Report | E Horan (0-8, 5 frees), J Walsh (1-1), P Walsh (0-2, 1 free), S Og O Ciardubhain (’45), P O’Connor and M Hickey (0-1 each). | Austin Stack Park Referee: J Griffin (Glenbeigh-Glencar) |
| 30 August 2020 Quarter-Final | Dr. Crokes | 1-16 - 0-11 | Templenoe | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: S Mulvihill |
| 30 August 2020 Quarter-Final | T Brosnan (0-8, 0-2 marks, 2 frees); M Burns (0-4, 1 '45); G White (1-0); K O’Leary (0-2); C Doncel, B Looney (0-1 each). | Report | K Spillane (0-6, 0-2 frees); A Spillane (0-2); S O’Sullivan (0-1 mark), T Doyle, B Crowley (0-1 each). | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: S Mulvihill |
| 30 August 2020 Quarter-Final | Mid Kerry | 1-13 - 1-12 | Kenmare Shamrocks | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: P Hayes |
| 30 August 2020 Quarter-Final | G O’Grady (1-3, 1-0 pen, 0-1 ‘45); L Carey (0-3, 0-1 free); C Kennedy (0-2); P Crowley, J O’Connor, D O’Sullivan (0-1 free), P Kilkenny, F Clifford (0-1 each). | Report | P O’Connor (1-7, 0-3 frees); K O’Sullivan (0-2); S O’Brien, R O’Sullivan, M Crowley (0-1 each). | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: P Hayes |

### Semi-finals

| 11 September 2020 Semi-Final | East Kerry | 1-11 - 0-08 | St. Brendan's Board | Austin Stack Park Referee: B Griffin |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 September 2020 Semi-Final | E Cronin (1-2); D Roche (0-5, 0-4 frees); D Moynihan (0-2); P Clifford, M Foley (0-1 each). | Report | D O’Connor (0-2); E O’Brien (0-1 free), T Kerins, I Parker (0-1 free), M Kelliher, J Conway, A Barry (0-1 each). | Austin Stack Park Referee: B Griffin |
| 13 September 2020 Semi-Final | Mid Kerry | 3-20 - 3-19 (aet) | Dr. Crokes | Austin Stack Park Referee: P Hayes (Kerins O'Rahilly's) |
| 13 September 2020 Semi-Final | G O’Grady (1-8, 3 frees), L Carey (0-4, 1 free), R Murphy (1-1), C Kennedy (1-0), D Mangan, P Kilkenny, D Roche, F Clifford, C Moriarty, C Teahan, J O’Connor (0-1 each). | Report | M Burns (1-5), K O’Leary (0-5, 1 free), C Doncel (1-1), G White (1-1), B Looney, D Shaw (0-2 each), F Fitzgerald, J Buckley, M O’Shea (0-1 each). | Austin Stack Park Referee: P Hayes (Kerins O'Rahilly's) |

## Final

| 26 September 2020 Final | East Kerry | 2-15 - 0-09 | Mid Kerry | Austin Stack Park Referee: P Hayes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 September 2020 Final | D Clifford (1-4); D Roche (1-3, 0-1 mark, 0-1 free); E Cronin (0-3, 0-1 mark); R Buckley, D Moynihan (0-2 each); B O’Donoghue (0-1 each). | Report | L Carey (0-6, 0-4 frees); D Roche, C Kennedy (0-1 free), G O’Grady (0-1) each. | Austin Stack Park Referee: P Hayes |

## Relegation play-off

The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship. The 8 senior clubs are placed into two groups containing four teams during the Club Championship. The teams to finish bottom of both groups will face off in the Relegation Final, with the loser being relegated to the I.F.C. for 2020. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship.

## Championship statistics

### Top scorers

**Overall**

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gavan O'Grady | Mid Kerry | 3-19 | 28 | 4 | 7.00 |
| 2 | Tony Brosnan | Dr. Crokes | 2-18 | 24 | 2 | 12.00 |
| 2 | Killian Spillane | Templenoe | 2-18 | 24 | 3 | 8.00 |
| 4 | David Clifford | East Kerry | 2-15 | 21 | 3 | 7.00 |
| 4 | Darragh Roche | East Kerry | 2-15 | 21 | 4 | 5.25 |
| 6 | Liam Carey | Mid Kerry | 1-15 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |
| 7 | Ivan Parker | St. Brendan's Board | 0-16 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |
| 8 | Paul O'Connor | Kenmare Shamrocks | 1-12 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 |
| 8 | Micheál Burns | Dr. Crokes | 1-12 | 15 | 3 | 5.00 |
| 10 | Eddie Horan | St. Brendan's Board | 0-14 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 |

**In a single game**

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tony Brosnan | Dr. Crokes | 2-10 | 16 | Austin Stacks |
| 2 | Gavan O'Grady | Mid Kerry | 1-08 | 11 | Dr. Crokes |
| 3 | Gavan O'Grady | Mid Kerry | 1-07 | 10 | Kilcummin |
| 3 | Paul O'Connor | Kenmare Shamrocks | 1-07 | 10 | Mid Kerry |
| 5 | Ivan Parker | St. Brendan's Board | 0-09 | 9 | West Kerry |
| 6 | Killian Spillane | Templenoe | 1-05 | 8 | Kilcummin |
| 6 | Micheál Burns | Dr. Crokes | 1-05 | 8 | Mid Kerry |
| 6 | David Clifford | East Kerry | 1-05 | 8 | St. Kieran's |
| 6 | Eddie Horan | St. Kieran's | 0-08 | 8 | East Kerry |
| 6 | Tony Brosnan | Dr. Crokes | 0-08 | 8 | Templenoe |

### Miscellaneous

* Templenoe make their first appearance at senior level.
* Kenmare District fail to field a team.
