2010 Galway county football team season
# 2010 Galway county football team season

The following is a summary of Galway county football team's 2010 season.

Joe Kernan, the former All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) winning manager with Armagh, was appointed as Liam Sammon's successor as Galway manager.

## Competitions

### National Football League Division 1

The league campaign saw Galway come close to relegation. Galway won three and lost four league games. The team defeated Monaghan by a scoreline of 1–20 to 1–14, Tyrone by a scoreline of 1–15 to 0–14 and Dublin by a scoreline of 1–14 to 0–14, but lost to Mayo by a scoreline of 1–10 to 2–14, to Cork by a scoreline of 1–17 to 1–19, to Kerry by a scoreline of 1–9 to 2–16 and to Derry by a scoreline of 1–12 to 2–13.

Advanced to NFL final  Automatic relegation to Division 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mayo | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9–86 | 5–78 | +20 | 12 |
| Cork | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9–93 | 9–86 | +7 | 10 |
| Dublin | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9–77 | 7–72 | +11 | 10 |
| Kerry | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6–89 | 7–77 | +9 | 6 |
| Galway | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7–97 | 8–104 | −10 | 6 |
| Monaghan | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8–92 | 9–100 | −11 | 4 |
| Derry | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5–85 | 8–87 | −11 | 4 |
| Tyrone | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7–84 | 7–99 | −15 | 4 |

* Cork were placed ahead of Dublin as they won the head-to-head match between the teams (20 March at Páirc Uí Rinn: 2–13 to 2–6).
* Kerry were placed ahead of Galway as they won the head-to-head match between the teams (14 March at Pearse Stadium: 2–16 to 1–9).

### Connacht Senior Football Championship

Galway narrowly avoided defeat to minnows New York in the 2010 Connacht SFC, emerging with a scoreline of 2–13 to 0-12. The Connacht SFC semi-final against Sligo showed little improvement, and at half-time, Galway trailed Sligo by a scoreline of 1–8 to 0–2. However, Galway managed to salvage an undeserved draw, with an Eoin Concannon goal and a Gareth Bradshaw point levelling the match at 1–10 apiece. Sligo defeated Galway in the replay, by a scoreline of 1–14 to 0-16, knocking Galway into the 2010 All-Ireland SFC qualifiers.

### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

In the 2010 All-Ireland SFC qualifier, Galway met Wexford in a Round 2 game at Pearse Stadium, a week after the Sligo defeat. A 1–11 to 0–13 defeat to Wexford knocked Galway out of the All-Ireland SFC, the team's second consecutive single-point All-Ireland SFC qualifier defeat. Kernan resigned as manager on 4 August 2010, after only one year in charge. Kernan said he felt his position as manager was being "undermined".

