2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Format

Four knockout (single elimination format) provincial championships were played. London and New York competed in Connacht. The four provincial champions advanced to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

• The 16 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 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Provincial championships

[[2010 Munster Senior Football Championship|Munster Senior Football Championship]]

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[[2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster Senior Football Championship]]

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[[2010 Connacht Senior Football Championship|Connacht Senior Football Championship]]

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[[2010 Ulster Senior Football Championship|Ulster Senior Football Championship]]

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All-Ireland Qualifiers

Round 1

The 16 teams which failed to reach a provincial semi-final took part in Round 1 of the qualifiers (New York do not compete). A draw was held on 13 June 2010 to decide which of these teams would face each other.

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Round 2

The draw for Round 2 was held on 28 June 2010. The eight Round 1 winners were each drawn against one of the losing provincial semi-finalists.

Round 3

The draw for Round 3 was held on 11 July 2010. The eight Round 2 winners play-off to reduce the number of teams to four.

Round 4

The draw for Round 4 was held on 18 July 2010. The four Round 3 winners were each drawn against one of the losing provincial finalists.

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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Main article: 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Louth reach their first Leinster final since 1960.
• For the first time since 1947 neither Mayo or Galway contested the Connacht final.
• Kerry lost their first All-Ireland Quarter-final against Down.
• All of the provincial champions were defeated in the quarter-finals, and thus all the semi-finalists were from the qualifiers. This is the only time this has happened since the qualifier system was introduced in 2001.
• Down reach their first All-Ireland final since 1994.

Scoring

• First goal of the championship: Pádraic Joyce for Galway against New York (Connacht Quarter Final)
• Last goal of the championship: Eamon Callaghan for Kildare against Down (All Ireland Semi Final)
• Widest winning margin: 25 points
  • Wexford 4–22 – 0–9 London (Qualifiers Round 1)
• Most goals in a match: 5
  • Dublin 0–13 – 5–9 Meath (Leinster Semi Final)
• Most points in a match: 38
  • Louth 1–22 – 1–16 Kildare (Leinster Quarter Final)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 5
  • Dublin 0–13 – 5–9 Meath (Leinster Semi Final)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 2
  • Offaly 2–7 – 1–20 Meath (Leinster Preliminary Round)
  • Tipperary 2–6 – 2–18 Kerry (Munster Quarter Final)
  • Donegal 2–10 – 1–15 Down (Ulster Quarter Final)
  • Carlow 2–9 – 1–18 Derry (Qualifiers Round 1)
  • Cavan 0–15 – 2–8 Wicklow (Qualifiers Round 1)
  • Fermanagh 2–8 – 0–21 Monaghan (Ulster Semi Final)
• Most points scored by a losing team: 18
  • Clare 1–18 – 2–18 Offaly (Qualifiers Round 1)

Top scorers

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Awards

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References

References

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