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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
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was the 125th edition of the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football
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tournament, played between 31 counties of Ireland (excluding Kilkenny who only take part in the hurling championship), London
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and New York
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. The draw for the 2011 championship took place on 7 October 2010. The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 2011 All-Ireland Football Final was the 124th event of its kind. It was the culmination of Gaelic football's premier competition, the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, and was played between Kerry and Dublin on 18 September 2011 at ...
took place at Croke Park
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on 18 September 2011, with Dublin
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winning their 23rd title.
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).
Format
Four knockout (single elimination format) provincial championships were played.Kilkenny
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did not contest the football championship. London
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and New York
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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
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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
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Fixtures and results
Munster Senior Football Championship
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Leinster Senior Football Championship
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Connacht Senior Football Championship
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Ulster Senior Football Championship
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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 fromNew York
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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.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.Round 4
All-Ireland series
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. 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 inCroke Park
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, Dublin
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Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
*Donegal Donegal may refer to:
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won their first Ulster title since 1992
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won their first-ever qualifier match, beating London.
Scoring
*First goal of the championship: Kevin Higgins forRoscommon
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against New York
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(Connacht Quarter-final)
*Last goal of the championship: Kevin McManamon for Dublin
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against Kerry
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(All-Ireland Final)
*Widest winning margin: 18 points
**Cork
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5-17 - 2-8 Waterford
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(Munster Semi-final)
*Most goals in a match: 7
**Cork
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(Munster semi-final)
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(Qualifier round 1)
*Most points in a match: 39
**Wexford
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1-24 - 0-15 Westmeath
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(Leinster quarter-final)
*Most goals by one team in a match: 5
**Cork
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(Munster semi-final)
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(Qualifier round 1)
* Highest aggregate score: 47 points
**Kerry
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1-26 - 3-9 Limerick
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(Munster semi-final)
*Lowest aggregate score: 14 points
**Dublin
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0-8 - 0-6 Donegal Donegal may refer to:
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(All-Ireland semi-final)
*Most goals scored by a losing team: 3
**Limerick
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3-9 - 1-26 Kerry
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(Munster semi-final)
*Most points scored by a losing team: 17
**Wexford
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1-17 - 1-18 Limerick
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(Qualifier round 4)
Top scorers
;Season ;Single gameAwards
;Monthly ;All Stars Awards The 2011 All Stars Awards nominations were announced on 3 October 2011. On 21 October, the winners of the awards were announced at an event at the National Convention Centre in Dublin.Alan Brogan
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was named All Stars Footballer of the Year
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and Cillian O'Connor
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Career
O'Connor made his Ballintub ...
was named All Stars Young Footballer of the Year
The GAA & GPA
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Media
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''This Is Our Year''
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ers from Ulster
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. The book achieved notoriety after Donegal Donegal may refer to:
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footballer Kevin Cassidy
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was dropped from the team squad by manager Jim McGuinness
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over his contributions. He released a statement in November 2011 saying it "appears my inter-county career is over".
See also
*2011 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
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* 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
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References
{{Kerry Football Team 2011All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
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