# 2020 Cork Senior A Football Championship

The 2020 Cork Senior A Football Championship was the inaugural staging of the Cork Senior A Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 19 November 2019. The championship was scheduled to begin in April 2020, however, it was postponed indefinitely due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. The championship eventually began on 24 July 2020 and, after being suspended once again on 5 October 2020, eventually concluded on 19 June 2021.
The final was played on 19 June 2021 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Éire Óg and Mallow, in what was their second meeting in that year's championship but their first meeting in a final in any grade. Éire Óg won the match by 2-13 to 1-07 to claim their first championship title and their second successive promotion.
Éire Óg's Daniel Goulding was the championship's top scorer with 2-34.

## Overview
### Format

On 26 March 2019, three championship proposals were circulated to Cork club delegates after an expensive review process of the entire Cork championship system. A core element running through all three proposals, put together by the Cork GAA games workgroup, was that there be a group stage of 12 teams, as well as straight relegation and promotion. On 2 April 2019, a majority of 136 club delegates voted for Option A which provided for one round of games played in April and two more in August – all with inter-county players available.

### Participating teams

| Team | Location | Colours |
| Bandon | Bandon | Yellow and white |
| Bantry Blues | Bantry | Blue and white |
| Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh | Ballingeary | Black and red |
| Clyda Rovers | Mourne Abbey | Black and yellow |
| Dohenys | Dunmanway | Green and white |
| Éire Óg | Oven | Red and yellow |
| Fermoy | Fermoy | Black and yellow |
| Kiskeam | Kiskeam | Black and white |
| Mallow | Mallow | Red and yellow |
| O'Donovan Rossa | Skibbereen | Red and white |
| St Michael's | Blackrock | Green and yellow |
| St. Nicholas' | Blackpool | Black and white |

## Group A
### Table

Advance to play-offs  Advance to relegation play-offs
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| O'Donovan Rossa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7-52 | 5-27 | 31 | 6 |
| St Michael's | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8-43 | 4-32 | 23 | 4 |
| Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2-39 | 4-46 | -13 | 2 |
| St. Nicholas' | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-23 | 7-52 | -41 | 0 |

### Results
## Group B
### Table

Advance to play-offs  Advance to relegation play-offs
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Mallow | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3-36 | 3-28 | 8 | 4 |
| Éire Óg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2-33 | 1-31 | 5 | 4 |
| Kiskeam | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-29 | 3-34 | -2 | 4 |
| Bantry Blues | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1-27 | 3-32 | -11 | 0 |

### Results
## Group C
### Table

Advance to play-offs
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Fermoy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5-34 | 4-28 | 9 | 4 |
| Bandon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-35 | 2-31 | 7 | 3 |
| Clyda Rovers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-24 | 4-26 | -8 | 3 |
| Dohenys | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1-30 | 1-38 | -8 | 2 |

### Results
## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Daniel Goulding | Éire Óg | 2-34 | 40 | 6 | 6.66 |
| 2 | Cian O'Riordan | Mallow | 2-20 | 26 | 5 | 5.20 |
| 3 | Mark Sugrue | Bandon | 1-19 | 22 | 4 | 5.50 |
| 4 | Arthur Coakley | Bantry Blues | 1-16 | 19 | 4 | 4.75 |
| 5 | Donal Óg Hodnett | O'Donovan Rossa | 3-08 | 17 | 4 | 4.25 |
| 5 | Kevin Davis | O'Donovan Rossa | 1-14 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
| 5 | Diarmuid Mac Tomáis | Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh | 0-17 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
| 8 | Ruairí Deane | Bantry Blues | 2-10 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |
| 8 | Mark Buckley | Dohenys | 1-13 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |
| 8 | Ruairí O'Hagan | Fermoy | 0-16 | 16 | 4 | 4.00 |

#### In a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Daniel Goulding | Éire Óg | 2-07 | 13 | Kiskeam |
| 2 | Kevin Davis | O'Donovan Rossa | 1-08 | 11 | St. Nicholas' |
| 2 | Arthur Coakley | Bantry Blues | 1-08 | 11 | St. Nicholas' |
| 4 | Barry Collins | Bandon | 2-04 | 10 | Fermoy |
| 5 | Daniel Goulding | Éire Óg | 0-09 | 9 | St Michael's |
| 6 | Cian O'Riordan | Mallow | 1-05 | 8 | Bantry Blues |
| 6 | Cian O'Riordan | Mallow | 1-05 | 8 | Bandon |
| 6 | Ruairí Deane | Bantry Blues | 1-05 | 8 | Mallow |
| 6 | Mark Sugrue | Bandon | 1-05 | 8 | Mallow |
| 10 | Martin Brennan | Fermoy | 2-01 | 7 | Clyda Rovers |
| 10 | Donal Óg Hodnett | O'Donovan Rossa | 2-01 | 7 | St. Nicholas' |
| 10 | Ben Searten | Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh | 1-04 | 7 | O'Donovan Rossa |
| 10 | Mark Buckley | Dohenys | 1-04 | 7 | Clyda Rovers |
| 10 | Eoghan Buckley | St Michael's | 1-04 | 7 | Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh |
| 10 | Mark Sugrue | Bandon | 0-07 | 7 | Clyda Rovers |

### Miscellaneous

* Éire Óg are the first winners of the Senior A Championship.