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).[4]
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.
B Brosnan 0-9 (4f, 2 '45), R Barry 1-0, C Lyng 0-2, A Flynn 0-1
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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.)
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.[6]
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.[7]
D Kingston 0-3 (2f), N Donoher, MJ Tierney (2f) 0-2 each, P Clancy, B Quigley, R Munnelly 0-1 each
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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
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.[8]
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
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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
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.[9] 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.
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
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S Kelly 0-4, I Ryan 0-2 (2f), J Riordan, G Collins, S O'Carroll, B Scanlon ('45) 0-1 each
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
PPV web coverage also available on Setanta-i website[permanent dead link].
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.[13][14][15] He released a statement in November 2011 saying it "appears my inter-county career is over".[16][17]
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^Breheny, Martin (22 June 2013). "'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. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^O'Riordan, Ian (11 July 2011). "Final cut is cruel as Wexford's own goal is decisive". The Irish Times.
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^"Fennelly & Brogan are Players of the Year". RTÉ Sport. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
^Keys, Colm (9 November 2011). "Donegal hero Cassidy axed for breaking code of silence on McGuinness methods". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
^"Cassidy dropped from Donegal panel". RTÉ Sport. 8 November 2011. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
^"Sometimes it's better when you say nothing at all". Donegal Democrat. 10 November 2011. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
^"Cassidy makes statement on removal from panel". RTÉ Sport. 10 November 2011. Archived from the original on 11 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
^"Cassidy at a loss to explain dismissal". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.