2014 Leinster Senior Football Championship

The 2014 Leinster Senior Football Championship was that year's installment of the annual Leinster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Leinster GAA. It was one of the four provincial competitions of the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Dublin entered the competition as defending Leinster champions and ended it the same way.

The draw was made on 3 October 2013.[1]

Teams

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The Leinster championship was contested by 11 of the 12 county teams in Leinster, a province of Ireland. Kilkenny was the only county team not to compete.

Team Colours Sponsor Manager Captain Most recent success
All-Ireland Provincial
Carlow Red, green and gold Dan Morrissey Irl. Ltd. Anthony Rainbow Brendan Kavanagh 1944
Dublin Sky blue and navy American International Group Jim Gavin Stephen Cluxton 2013 2013
Kildare White Brady Family Ham Jason Ryan Eamonn Callaghan 1928 2000
Laois Blue and white MW Hire Services Tomás Ó Flatharta Ross Munnelly 2003
Longford Royal blue and gold Glennon Brothers Jack Sheedy Dermot Brady 1968
Louth Red and white Morgan Fuels Aidan O'Rourke Paddy Keenan 1957 1957
Meath Green and gold Tayto Park Mick O'Dowd Kevin Reilly 1999 2010
Offaly White, green and gold Carroll Cuisine Emmet McDonnell Niall McNamee 1982 1997
Westmeath Maroon and white Renault Paul Bealin Paul Sharry 2004
Wexford Purple and gold Gain Feeds Aidan O'Brien Graeme Molloy 1918 1945
Wicklow Blue and gold Brennan Hotels Harry Murphy Leighton Glynn

Bracket

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Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Wicklow 1-11
Laois 0-21 Laois 0-16
Dublin 2-21
Dublin 2-25
Longford 0-19 Wexford 1-12
Offaly 0-15 Longford 1-13
Wexford 1-15
Dublin 3-20
Westmeath 1-09 Meath 1-10
Louth 1-14 Louth 1-07
Kildare 1-22
Kildare 0-17
Meath 2-16
Carlow 0-06
Meath 7-13

Fixtures

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Preliminary round

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Preliminary Round
Westmeath1-09 – 1-14Louth
K Martin (1-01), J Heslin (0-03), G Egan (0-02), J Dolan, D Glennon, D Dolan (0-1 each) Report D Maguire (0-05), R Burns (1-00), D Byrne, P Keenan (0-03 each), A McDonnell (0-02), S Lennon (0-01)
Attendance: 4,500[2]
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)
Preliminary Round
Wicklow1-11 – 0-21Laois
P Cunningham (1-00), S Furlong (0-04), R Finn, L Glynn (0-03 each), C McGraynor (0-01) Report R Munnelly (0-09), D Kingston (0-06), J O’Loughlin (0-03), D Strong (0-02), K Meaney (0-01)
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: R. Hickey (Clare)
Preliminary Round
Longford0-19 – 0-15Offaly
S McCormack (0-07), B Kavanagh, F McGee (0-03 each), M Hughes, P Barden (0-02 each), M Quinn, S Mulligan (0-01 each) Report N McNamee (0-07), P Cunningham, J Maher, G Guilfoyle (0-02 each), R Allen, C Hurley (0-01 each)
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: M. Higgins (Fermanagh)

Quarter-finals

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Quarter Final
Longford1-13 – 1-15Wexford
S McCormack (0-05), P F McGee (1-01), Barden (0-03), B Kavanagh (0-02), E Williams, M Quinn (0-01 each) Report C Lyng (1-05), B Brosnan (0-03), R Dempsey (0-02), B Malone, A Flynn, D Waters, PJ Banville, M O'Regan (0-01 each)
Referee: D Gough (Meath)
Quarter Final
Louth1-07 – 1-22Kildare
S Lennon (1-02), P Keenan (0-03), J O'Brien, C Grimes (0-01 each) Report C McNally (1-02), N Kelly, E Bolton, P Brophy, P Fogarty (0-03 each), A Smith (0-02), K Cribbin, O Lyons, P O'Neill, E Callaghan, T Moolick, E O'Flaherty (0-01 each)
Referee: B Cassidy (Derry)
8 June 2014
4.00pm
Quarter Final 		Dublin 2-21 – 0-16 Laois Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 40,960
Referee: P Hughes (Armagh)
Man of the Match: Jonny Cooper (Na Fianna)
Diarmuid Connolly 1-1, Michael Darragh MacAuley 1-0, Paul Flynn, Cormac Costello, Dean Rock (0-3f) 0-3 each, Stephen Cluxton (2 '45) and Kevin McManamon 0-2 each, James McCarthy, Cian O'Sullivan, Paddy Andrews, Alan Brogan, Eoghan O'Gara, Bernard Brogan (0-1f), Bryan Cullen 0-1 each Report Ross Munnelly 0-7 (0-2f), Donal Kingston 0-3 (0-2f), Darren Strong 0-2, John O'Loughlin, James Finn, David Conway, Niall Donoher 0-1 each
Quarter Final
Carlow0-06 – 7-13Meath
P Broderick (0-05), S Kinsella (0-01) Report M Newman (3-02), A Tormey (1-03), B McMahon (1-01), S Bray, D McDonagh (1-00 each), S Kenny, S O’Rourke (0-02 each), D Carroll, D Tobin, M O’Sullivan (0-01 each)
Referee: P O’Sullivan (Kerry)

Semi-finals

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Semi Final
Kildare0-17 – 2-16Meath
P Fogarty (0-06), P O' Neill, E Callaghan (0-03 each), T Moolick, A Smith (0-02 each), N Kelly (0-01) Report A Tormey (1-04), S Bray (0-04), D McDonagh (1-00), D Carroll, P O'Rourke (0-02 each), S O’Rourke, G Reilly, J Wallace, D Bray (0-01 each)
Referee: R Hickey (Clare)
29 June 2014
4:00pm
Semi Final 		Dublin 2-25 – 1-12 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 46,279
Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down)
Man of the Match: Paul Flynn (Fingallians)
Cormac Costello 1-5 (0-2f), Paul Flynn 1-2, Dean Rock 0-4f, Paul Mannion 0-3, Diarmuid Conolly (0-1f), Eoghan O'Gara, Tomás Brady 0-2 each, Stephen Cluxton (1 '45), Philly McMahon, Nicky Devereux, Michael Darragh McCauley, Alan Brogan 0-1 each Report Ben Brosnan 0-6 (0-3f), Daithi Waters 1-0, PJ Banville 0-3, James Holmes, Ciaran Lyng (0-1f), Kevin O'Grady 0-1 each

Final

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20 July 2014
2:00 pm
Final 		Dublin 3-20 – 1-10 Meath Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 62,660
Referee: Padraig Hughes (Armagh)
Man of the Match: Kevin McManamon
Bernard Brogan 1-6 (0-4f), Kevin McManamon 1-5, Eoghan O’Gara 1-1, Stephen Cluxton (1 '45), Jack McCaffrey, Cian O’Sullivan, Paul Flynn, Alan Brogan, Diarmuid Connolly, Cormac Costello, Dean Rock 0-1 each Report Michael Newman 1-2 (0-1f), Shane O’Rourke (0-2f), Andrew Tormey, Stephen Bray 0-2 each, Damien Carroll and David Bray 0-1 each

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2014 Football Championship Draw: Dublin face either Laois or Wicklow in Leinster opener". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  2. ^ Crowd: see post 20/05/2014 @ 12:39:47
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