2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

none April 2024 2011 Donegal beat Kildare in the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final.jpg 1 May – 18 September 2011 33 Mayo Kerry Dublin Donegal 61 border|20px Alan Brogan Dublin 23rd Bryan Cullen Pat Gilroy Kerry Colm Cooper Jack O'Connor 111 (1.82 per game) 1,528 (25.05 per game) border|20px Colm Cooper (2–27) 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.http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/1007/draws.html Provincial Championship 2011 draws take place RTÉ Sport 2010-10-07 2010-10-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20101008171625/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/1007/draws.html 8 October 2010 dead The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final took place at Croke Park on 18 September 2011, with Dublin winning their 23rd title.http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/0918/dublin_kerry.html Cluxton the hero as Dublin win All-Ireland 18 September 2011 RTÉ Sport 21 September 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110923161110/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/0918/dublin_kerry.html 23 September 2011 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/dublin-end-16-years-of-hurt-as-heroic-fightback-sends-capital-into-ecstasy-2880407.html Dublin end 16 years of hurt as heroic fightback sends capital into ecstasy 19 September 2011 Irish Independent 21 September 2011 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).Martin Breheny http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/score-goals-or-you-have-no-chance-of-beating-donegal-29364186.html '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 22 June 2013 22 June 2013 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. The sixteen teams eliminated before reaching a provincial semi-final competed in Round One of the Qualifiers (New York did not compete). The eight winners of Round One advanced to Round Two. Qualifiers, Round Two: The eight teams eliminated in provincial semi-finals each played one of the eight winners of Round One. Qualifiers, Round Three: The eight winners of Round Two played off to reduce the number to four. Qualifiers, Round Four: The four teams eliminated in provincial finals each played one of the four winners of Round Three. All-Ireland Quarter-finals: The four provincial champions each played one of the four winners of Round Four. The winners of the All-Ireland Quarter-finals then advanced to the semi-finals, and the winners of the semi-finals went on to the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Fixtures and results Munster Senior Football Championship Quarter-finals Semi-finals Munster final 35 Cork 1–23 Clare 0–11 Tipperary 0–11 Kerry 2–16 Cork 5–17 Waterford 2–08 Limerick 3–09 Kerry 1–26 Kerry 1–15 Cork 1–12 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 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 D Coldrick (Meath) Report 40,892 Leinster Senior Football Championship Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Leinster final 35 Kildare 0–12 Wicklow 0–5 Laois 0–10 Longford 0–9 Wexford 2–16 Offaly 0–8 Kildare 0–16 Meath 0–10 Laois 0–11 Dublin 1–16 Wexford 1–24 Westmeath 0–15 Carlow 0–14 Louth 0–13 Kildare 1–11 Dublin 1–12 Wexford 4–12 Carlow 0–10 Wexford 1–12 Dublin 2–12 2011 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final 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 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 J Mc Quillan (Cavan) Report 43,983http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/0711/1224300495335.html Final cut is cruel as Wexford's own goal is decisive O'Riordan Ian 11 July 2011 The Irish Times Connacht Senior Football Championship Quarter-finals Semi-finals Connacht final 35 New York 1–11 Roscommon 3–21 Sligo 0–10 Leitrim 1–10 London 2–10 Mayo 0–19 Roscommon 2–12 Leitrim 0–6 Galway 1–6 Mayo 1–12 Roscommon 0–11 Mayo 0–13 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 C O'Connor (0-8f) 0–8, P Gardiner, K McLoughlin, A Moran, A Dillon, E Varley 0–1 each Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon M Collins (Cork) Report 25,609 Ulster Senior Football Championship Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Ulster final 35 Donegal 1–10 Antrim 0–7 Derry 1–18 Fermanagh 1–10 Armagh 1–15 Down 1–10 Tyrone 1–13 Monaghan 1–11 Cavan 1–8 Donegal 2–14 Derry 3–14 Armagh 1–11 Tyrone 0–9 Donegal 2–6 Derry 0–08 Donegal 1–11 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 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 M Deegan (Laois) Report 28,364 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.Parnell set to host 'replay' of last year's Leinster final http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/parnell-set-to-host-replay-of-last-years-leinster-final-2672915.html RTÉ Sport 2011-06-13 2011-06-13 25 June 2011 3:00pm Round 1 Clare 1–12 – 1–13 Down D Tubridy 0–4 (3f), T Ryan 1–0, J Dowling, G Quinlan 0–2 each, A Clohessy, John Hayes, G Brennan, M Tubridy 0–1 each C Laverty 1–3, P McComiskey 0–4 (2f), M Clarke 0–2 (2fs), B McArdle, C Mooney, M Poland, B Coulter 0–1 each Cusack Park, Ennis P O'Sullivan (Kerry) Report 1,640 25 June 2011 7:00pm Round 1 Laois 2–16 – 0–11 Tipperary MJ Tierney 0–5 (3 '45s'), D Strong 1–2, C Begley 1–1, R Munnelly, D Kingston(2fs) 0–3 each, J O'Loughlin 0–2 B Grogan 0-4f, B Mulvihill 0–2, G Hannigan, S Grogan, H Coghlan, J Cagney; P Austin 0–1 each O'Moore Park, Portlaoise M Condron (Waterford) Report 2,105 25 June 2011 2:00pm Round 1 Antrim 0–16 – 1–7 Westmeath T McCann 0–4 (2f, 2'45'), G O'Boyle 0–3 (2f), J Loughrey, B Herron, T Scullion 0–2 each, C Murray, K Niblock, P Cunningham 0–1 each J Heslin 0–4 (3f), J Dolan 1–0, B Murtagh, P Greville (f), D Dolan 0–1 each. Casement Park, Belfast M Sludden (Tyrone) Report 4,000 25 June 2011 7:00pm Round 1 Louth 2–8 – 5–8 Meath D Clarke 1–8 (0-7f), P Keenan 1–0 (pen) C Ward 4–3 (0-3f), S O'Rourke 0–3, P Gilsenan 1–0, G Reilly, J Sheridan 0–1 each Breffni Park, Cavan M Deegan (Laois) Report 18,243 25 June 2011 1:30pm Round 1 London 0–15 – 0–9 Fermanagh E O'Neill 0–4 (2f), K O'Leary, P McGoldrick, C McCallion 0–2 each, P Geraghty, M Gottsche, T Gaughan, K Phair, C O'Sullivan 0–1 each J O'Flanaghan 0–5 (2f), D Kille (1f) 0–2, T Corrigan, B Og Maguire 0–1 each Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip D Fahy (Longford) Report 1,200 25 June 2011 5:00pm Round 1 Cavan 0–11 – 2–16 Longford E Keating 0–4 (1f), S Johnston 0–3 (2f), J McEnroe, M McKeever, Michael Brennan (45), N McDermott (1f) 0–1 each S McCormack 0–9 (7f), P Barden 1–3, B Kavanagh 1–2, B McElvaney, C Smith 0–1 each Breffni Park, Cavan M Duffy (Sligo) Report 18,243 25 June 2011 5:00pm Round 1 Wicklow 1–18 – 0–16 Sligo C McGraynor 1–1, T Hannon 0–4 (1f, 2 '45s'), L Glynn (1f), S Furlong (1f) 0–3 each, N Mernagh, J Stafford 0–2 each, D Hayden, R Finn, P Earls 0–1 each A Marren 0–9 (7f), T Taylor 0–3, E O'Hara, B Egan, M Breheny, S Coen 0–1 each Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim E Kinsella (Laois) Report 3,500 25 June 2011 7:00pm Round 1 Offaly 1–18 – 1–10 Monaghan N McNamee 1–4, C McManus 0–4 (3f), R Dalton 0–3, S Lonergan 0–2, K Casey, B Allen, N Darby, R Brady (f), D Egan 0–1 each C McGuinness 1–0, P Finlay (2f), O Duffy, N McAdam, C McManus (1f) 0–2 each, B O'Brien, C Hanratty 0–1 each O'Connor Park, Tullamore S Doyle (Wexford) Report 3,600 Round 2 On 26 June 2011, the draw for Round 2 took place in Castlebar. This consisted of the winners of round one and losers of provincial semi-finals. Home advantage was given to the team drawn first.Qualifier draw means old pals will do battle http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/qualifier-draw-means-old-pals-will-do-battle-2806398.html Irish Independent 2011-06-27 2011-06-27 9 July 2011 2:00pm Round 2 Limerick 3–13 – 0–15 Offaly I Ryan 1–7, G Collins 1–2, S O'Carroll 1–0, S Kelly 0–2 (2f), Thomas Lee, E O'Connor 0–1 each C McManus 0–7 (7f), K Casey, N McNamee 0–2 each, B Darby, N Darby, B Allen, P Bracken 0–1 each Gaelic Grounds, Limerick M Condon (Waterford) Report 3,500 9 July 2011 3:00pm Round 2 Down 1–16 – 1–8 Leitrim B Coulter 0–7, M Clarke 1–2 (1-0pen, 1'45), C Laverty, M Poland (1f) 0–2 each, K McKernan, L Doyle, P Fitzpatrick 0–1 each A Croal 1–1, E Mulligan 0–3 (3fs), R Lowe, B McDonald, J Glancy, C Kelly 0–1 each Páirc Esler, Newry M Sludden (Tyrone) Report 6,000 9 July 2011 7:00pm Round 2 Laois 0–10 – 3–16 Kildare D Kingston 0–3 (2f), N Donoher, MJ Tierney (2f) 0–2 each, P Clancy, B Quigley, R Munnelly 0–1 each J Doyle 1–4 (1 pen, 4f), J Kavanagh 1–1, T O'Connor 1–0, H Lynch 0–3, P O'Neill, E O'Flaherty (1 '45) 0–2 each, O Lyons, E Callaghan, F Dowling, B Flanagan 0–1 each O'Moore Park, Portlaoise D Coldrick (Meath) Report 11,395 9 July 2011 7:15pm Round 2 Longford 0–15 – 1–17 Tyrone S McCormack 0–6 (2f), F McGee, B Kavanagh 0–3 each, N Farrell, D McElligott, P Barden 0–1 each P Harte 0–7 (1f), M Donnelly 1–2, S Cavanagh (2f), C Cavanagh, M Penrose (1f) 0–2 each, K Coney, T McGuigan 0–1 each Pearse Park, Longford P Mc Enaney (Monaghan) Report 7,120 9 July 2011 7:00pm Round 2 Armagh 0–19 – 2–13 A.E.T. Wicklow J Clarke 0–5, S McDonnell 0–4 (1f, 1'45), A Kernan, M Mackin 0–3 each, C Vernon, M O'Rourke, J Hanratty, G McParland 0–1 each S Furlong 2–4 (3f), L Glynn 0–4, T Hannon 0–3 (1f, 1'45), J Stafford, N Mernagh 0–1 each Athletic Grounds, Armagh P Fox (Westmeath) Report 6,491 9 July 2011 7:10pm Round 2 Meath 0–11 – 0–10 Galway S Bray 0–3, G O'Brien, S McAnarney, S O'Rourke, B Meade, J Sheridan, G Reilly, B Farrell, C Ward (f) 0–1 each P Joyce 0–4 (1f), C Bane 0–3 (1f), J Duane, G Bradshaw, M Clancy 0–1 each Páirc Tailteann, Navan M Collins (Cork) Report 17,000 9 July 2011 3:00pm Round 2 Antrim 1–13 – 2–9 Carlow M Dougan 1–1, P Cunningham 0–3 (0-1f), C Murray, T McCann (0-1f), J Loughrey, K Niblock 0–2 each, G O'Boyle 0–1 (0-1sl) D St Ledger 0–4 (0-3f, 0–1 '45'), P Hickey, B Murphy 1–0 each, D Foley 0–3 (0-2f), T Walsh, B Murphy (0-1f) 0–1 each Casement Park, Belfast E Kinsella (Laois) Report 9 July 2011 6:30pm Round 2 London 0–13 – 1–17 Waterford T Gaughan, E O'Neill (3f) 0–3 each, K Phair 0-2f, P Geraghty, S McVeigh, P McGoldrick (1f), S Kelly (1f), M Gottsche ('45') 0–1 each P Whyte 0–7 (4f), G Hurney 1–3, W Hennessy 0–3, S Fleming, B Wall (2f) 0–2 each Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip S Doyle (Wexford) Report 3,000 16 July 2011 7.00pm Round 2 replay Wicklow 0–10 – 2–9 Armagh T Hannon 0–3 (0-2f, 0–1 '45'), P Earls, L Glynn, S Furlong (0-1f) 0–2 each, A O'Malley 0–1 J Clarke 2–2, M O'Rourke, S McDonnell (0-1f) 0–2 each, P Duffy, A Kernan (0-1f), G McParland 0–1 each Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim R Hickey (Clare) Report 6,500 Round 3 On 10 July 2011, the draw for Rounds 3 and 4 took place. Round 3 consisted of 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.Meath and Kildare to meet in qualifiers http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/0710/qualifier.html RTÉ Sport 2011-07-11 2011-07-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110713000451/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/0710/qualifier.html 2011-07-13 16 July 2011 7.00pm Round 3 Limerick 0–14 – 0–9 Waterford S Kelly 0–7 (3f), J Mullane, S O'Carroll, G Collins (1f) 0–2 each, J Cooke 0–1 P Whyte 0–4 (2f), P Hurney 0–2, B Wall, S Fleming, G Hurney 0–1 each Gaelic Grounds, Limerick C Reilly (Meath) Report 2,385 16 July 2011 7.00pm Round 3 Antrim 0–10 – 3–13 Down B Herron, K Niblock, P Cunnighan (2f) 0–2 each, G O'Boyle, D O'Hagan, J Crozier, T McCann ('45') 0–1 each M Clarke 1–4 (3f, 1 '45'), M Poland 0–4 (4f), C Laverty, C Mooney 1–0 each, B Coulter 0–2, A Branagan, K McKernan, P McComiskey 0–1 each Casement Park, Belfast P Hughes (Armagh) Report 9,500 16 July 2011 7.00pm Round 3 Meath 0–14 – 2–11 Kildare C Ward 0–9 (5f, 2 '45), S Kenny, S Bray 0–2 each, S O'Rourke 0–1 E Bolton, J Doyle (1-2f) 1–2 each, H McGrillen, M O'Flaherty, P O'Neill, E Callaghan, F Dowling, J Kavanagh, R Sweeney 0–1 each Páirc Tailteann, Navan J Mc Quillan (Cavan) Report 20,000 23 July 2011 7.00pm Round 3 Tyrone 2–13 – 0–13 Armagh T McGuigan 1–1, P Harte 0–4 (3f), Joe McMahon 1–0, M Donnelly 0–3, S O'Neill, S Cavanagh (1f), B McGuigan, K Coney 0–1 each S McDonnell 0–8 (5f, 1 pen), M O'Rourke 0–2, A Kernan (1f), B J Padden, M Mackin 0–1 each Healy Park, Omagh M Duffy (Sligo) Report 13,682 Round 4 23 July 2011 6:00pm Round 4 Down 0–14 – 2–20 Cork M Clarke 0–3 (2f), B Coulter, P McComiskey 0–2 each, C Garvey, C Maginn, D Hughes, M Poland, K McKernan, A Rogers, C Laverty 0–1 each D O'Connor 1–7 (4f), F Goold 1–2, P Kerrigan 0–3, P Kelly 0–2, D Goulding 0–1 (1f), P Kissane, P O'Neill, G Canty, A Walsh, J Miskella 0–1 each Croke Park, Dublin M Duffy (Sligo) Report 31,072 23 July 2011 7:00pm Round 4 Limerick 1–18 – 1–17 Wexford I Ryan (1f), S Kelly (3f) 0-05 each, G Collins 0-04 (2f), E O'Connor 1–0, J Cooke 0-02, T Lee, S O'Carroll 0-01 each E Bradley 1–0, R Barry, PJ Banville, B Brosnan (2f) 0-03 each, A Morrissey, A Flynn, C Lyng (2f) 0-02 each, S Roche, B Malone 0-01 each O'Moore Park, Portlaoise D Fahy (Longford) Report 3,700 23 July 2011 4:00pm Round 4 Kildare 0–19 – 0–13 Derry J Doyle 0–6 (6f), J Kavanagh 0–4, R Kelly, T O'Connor 0–2 each, H McGrillen, E Callaghan, E O'Flaherty, P O'Neill, R Sweeney 0–1 each C Gilligan 0–4 (3f), D Mullan 0–3, S Leo McGoldrick, E. Muldoon, J Kielt (0-1f), J Diver, G O'Kane, B McGoldrick 0–1 each Croke Park, Dublin S Doyle (Wexford) Report 31,072 30 July 2011 4:00pm Round 4 Tyrone 3–19 – 1–14 Roscommon S Cavanagh 2-03 (1f), M Donnelly 1-01, P Harte 0-04 (3f, 1 '45), C Cavanagh, K Coney, B McGuigan 0-02 each, P Jordan, K Hughes, C Gormley, O Mulligan, S O'Neill 0-01 each K Mannion 1-02, D Shine (2f), S Kilbride (1f) 0-04 each, D McDermott 0-02, J Rogers (1f), C Cregg 0-01 each Croke Park, Dublin M Deegan (Laois) Report 39,612 All-Ireland series right|thumb|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 Mayo 1–13 Cork 2–06 Donegal 1–12 Kildare 0–14 Dublin 0–22 Tyrone 0–15 Kerry 1–20 Mayo 1–11 Donegal 0–06 Dublin 0–08 Kerry 1–11 Dublin 1–12 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.Cork to meet Mayo in last eight http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/0724/qualifier_draw.html RTÉ Sport 2011-07-24 2011-07-24 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110805171956/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/0724/qualifier_draw.html 2011-08-05 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 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 P McEnaney (Monaghan) Report 22,732 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 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 R Hickey (Clare) Report 22,732 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 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 D Coldrick (Meath) Report 39,612 6 August 2011 7:00pm Quarter-final 0–22 – 0–15 Dublin 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 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 J Mc Quillan (Cavan) Report 52,661 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. 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 D Coldrick (Meath) Report 50,643 Donegal v Dublin (2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship) 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 C McFadden 0–4 (2f), K Cassidy, R Bradley 0-01 each Croke Park, Dublin M Deegan (Laois) Report 81,436 Final 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 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 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 Joe McQuillan (Cavan) Report 82,300 Statistics Scoring First goal of the championship: Kevin Higgins for Roscommon against New York (Connacht Quarter-final) Last goal of the championship: Kevin McManamon for Dublin against Kerry (All-Ireland Final) Widest winning margin: 18 points Cork 5–17 – 2–8 Waterford (Munster Semi-final) Most goals in a match: 7 Cork 5–17 – 2–8 Waterford (Munster semi-final) Meath 5–8 – 2–8 Louth (Qualifier round 1) Most points in a match: 39 Wexford 1–24 – 0–15 Westmeath (Leinster quarter-final) Most goals by one team in a match: 5 Cork 5–17 – 2–8 Waterford (Munster semi-final) Meath 5–8 – 2–8 Louth (Qualifier round 1) Highest aggregate score: 47 points Kerry 1–26 – 3–9 Limerick (Munster semi-final) Lowest aggregate score: 14 points Dublin 0–8 – 0–6 Donegal (All-Ireland semi-final) Most goals scored by a losing team: 3 Limerick 3–9 – 1–26 Kerry (Munster semi-final) Most points scored by a losing team: 17 Wexford 1–17 – 1–18 Limerick (Qualifier round 4) Top scorers Season NameTeamTallyTotalGamesAverage1Colm CooperKerry2–273365.52Ben BrosnanWexford0–323256.43Bernard BroganDublin0–292964.84John DoyleKildare2–212773.85Donncha O'ConnorCork4–142655.26Ciarán LyngWexford1–212454.86Cian WardMeath4–1224468Cillian O'ConnorMayo1–192254.48Daniel GouldingCork2–162245.58Martin ClarkeDown2–162254.48Donie ShineRoscommon1–192245.58Seán CavanaghTyrone2–162263.66 Single game NameTallyTotalCounty Opposition1Cian Ward4–315MeathvLouth2Darren Clarke1–811LouthvMeath3Colm Cooper1-0710KerryvMayo3Ciarán Lyng0–1010WexfordvWestmeath3Ian Ryan1–710LimerickvOffaly3Donncha O'Connor1–710CorkvDown3Shane Roche2–410WexfordvCarlow3Seánie Furlong2–410WicklowvArmagh9Sean McCormack0–99LongfordvCavan9Adrian Marren0–99SligovWicklow9Ciarán Lyng0–99WexfordvOffaly Miscellaneous Donegal won a first Ulster title since 1992. Waterford won a first-ever qualifier match, beating London.https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/waterford-punish-exiles-indiscipline-26750257.html Waterford punish Exiles' indiscipline independent First year since introduction of the Back door in 2001 that all Provincial champions reached the All Ireland semi-finals. Awards Monthly MonthPlayerCountyMayBen BrosnanWexfordJuneAlan BroganDublinJulyKarl LaceyDonegalAugustColm CooperKerrySeptemberDarran O'SullivanKerry All Stars Awards The 2011 All Stars Awards nominations were announced on 3 October 2011.All-Star football nominees are named http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/1004/allstarnominations.html RTÉ Sport 2011-10-04 2011-10-21 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111004234419/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/1004/allstarnominations.html 2011-10-04 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.Fennelly & Brogan are Players of the Year http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/1021/allstars1.html RTÉ Sport 2011-10-21 2011-10-21 June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes PositionWinnersOther NomineesGoalkeepersStephen 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 International television rights 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 PPV web coverage also available on Setanta-i website. This Is Our Year 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.Colm Keys http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/donegal-hero-cassidy-axed-for-breaking-code-of-silence-on-mcguinness-methods-2929381.html Donegal hero Cassidy axed for breaking code of silence on McGuinness methods Irish Independent Independent News & Media 9 November 2011 9 November 2011http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/1108/cassidyk_donegal.html Cassidy dropped from Donegal panel RTÉ Sport 8 November 2011 8 November 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111109173032/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/1108/cassidyk_donegal.html 9 November 2011 http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/local-sport/sometimes_it_s_better_when_you_say_nothing_at_all_1_3235502 Sometimes it's better when you say nothing at all Donegal Democrat 10 November 2011 10 November 2011 dead https://archive.today/20120730231419/http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/local-sport/sometimes_it_s_better_when_you_say_nothing_at_all_1_3235502 30 July 2012 He released a statement in November 2011 saying it "appears my inter-county career is over".http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/1110/donegal_cassidyk.html Cassidy makes statement on removal from panel RTÉ Sport 10 November 2011 10 November 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111111080141/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/1110/donegal_cassidyk.html 11 November 2011 http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/gaa/2011/1110/1224307347704.html Cassidy at a loss to explain dismissal The Irish Times Irish Times Trust 10 November 2011 10 November 2011 See also 2011 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship