Tommy Murphy Cup
{{Short description|Gaelic football competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox GAA tournament
| name = Tommy Murphy Cup
| currentlyrunning =
| image =
| caption =
| irish = Corn Tomáis Uí Mhurchú
| code = Gaelic football
| founded = 2004
| abolished = 2008
| region =
| trophy = Tommy Murphy Cup
| number of teams = between 4 and 13
| firstwin = Clare
| title holders = Antrim
| currentordinal = 1
| super = st
| most titles = 5 teams
| mostordinal = 1
| sponsors =
| tv = TG4
| motto =
| website =
}}
The Tommy Murphy Cup was a Gaelic football competition, featuring senior county teams eliminated from the early stages of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and also Kilkenny when not fielding a team in the main All-Ireland. The series of games, organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association, were played during the summer months, with the final being played in August at Croke Park. The Cup was named after Tommy Murphy, a footballer from County Laois who was, appropriately for the competition, the only member of the Team of the Millennium from a county which had not won an All-Ireland.
Later changes to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship meant that the 2008 Tommy Murphy Cup featured the eight lowest-ranking teams in National Football League, unless the teams reached the final of their respective provincial championships. Antrim defeated the holder Wicklow in the final.[http://www.gaa.ie/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=15367 News | Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Official Website - GAA.ie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926224857/http://www.gaa.ie/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=15367 |date=2007-09-26 }} The cup was cancelled after the 2008 tournament.{{cite news|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=111393|title=Dempsey: Bring back Murphy Cup|date=12 May 2009|accessdate=12 May 2009}}
Format
The Tommy Murphy Cup was a single elimination tournament. Each team was afforded only one defeat before being eliminated from the championship. Pairings for matches were drawn at random and there was no seeding. Each match was played as a single leg. If a match was drawn there was a period of extra time; however, if both sides were still level at the end of extra time, a replay took place, and so on until a winner was found.
Teams
= Debut of counties =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Year !Debutants !Total |
| 2004
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim, File:Colours_of_Clare.svg Clare, File:Colours_of_London.svg London, File:Colours_of_Louth.svg Louth, File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg Sligo |5 |
| 2005
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow, File:Colours_of_Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh, File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny, File:Colours_of_Leitrim.svg Leitrim, File:Colours_of_Longford.svg Longford, File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg Roscommon, File:Colours_of_Tipperary.svg Tipperary, File:Colours_of_Waterford.svg Waterford, File:Colours_of_Wexford.svg Wexford, File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow |10 |
| 2006
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Cavan.svg Cavan, File:Colours_of_Monaghan.svg Monaghan |2 |
| 2007
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg Offaly |1 |
| 2008
| style="text-align:left" |None |0 |
| Total
| style="text-align:left" | |18 |
= List of Tommy Murphy Cup counties =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!County !Total years !First year in Championship !Most recent year in Championship !Championship titles !Last championship title !Best Tommy Murphy Cup finish |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim
|5 |2004 |2008 |1 |2008 |1st |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow
|4 |2005 |2008 |0 |— |Semi-finals |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Cavan.svg Cavan
|1 |2006 |2006 |0 |— |Quarter-finals |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Clare.svg Clare
|4 |2004 |2008 |1 |2004 |1st |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh
|1 |2005 |2005 |0 |— |Quarter-finals |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny
|4 |2005 |2008 |0 |— |Preliminary round |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Leitrim.svg Leitrim
|3 |2005 |2008 |0 |— |2nd |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_London.svg London
|5 |2004 |2008 |0 |— |Semi-finals |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Longford.svg Longford
|1 |2005 |2005 |0 |— |Semi-finals |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Louth.svg Louth
|2 |2004 |2006 |1 |2006 |1st |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Monaghan.svg Monaghan
|1 |2006 |2006 |0 |— |Quarter-finals |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg Offaly
|1 |2007 |2007 |0 |— |Quarter-finals |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg Roscommon
|2 |2005 |2006 |0 |— |Semi-finals |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg Sligo
|2 |2004 |2008 |0 |— |2nd |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Tipperary.svg Tipperary
|3 |2005 |2007 |1 |2005 |1st |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Waterford.svg Waterford
|4 |2005 |2008 |0 |— |Semi-finals |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Wexford.svg Wexford
|1 |2005 |2005 |0 |— |2nd |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow
|4 |2005 |2008 |1 |2007 |1st |
= Seasons in Tommy Murphy Cup =
The number of years that each county team played in the Tommy Murphy Cup between 2004 and 2008. A total of 18 counties have competed in at least one season of the Tommy Murphy Cup. Antrim and London have participated in the most championships. The counties in bold participated in the 2008 Tommy Murphy Cup.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Years !Counties |
| 5 |
| 4 |
| 3 |
| 2 |
| 1
| align="left" |Cavan, Fermanagh, Longford, Monaghan, Offaly, Wexford |
List of finals
| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |Year ! rowspan="2" |Date ! colspan="2" |Winners ! colspan="2" |Runners-up ! rowspan="2" |Venue ! rowspan="2" |Winning captain ! rowspan="2" |Winning margin ! rowspan="2" |Referee ! rowspan="2" |No. of Teams |
| style="background:#efefef"
!County ! Score !County ! Score |
| align="center"
| 2008 | 2 August | Antrim | 3–12 (21) | Wicklow | 1–15 (18) | |3 | | 9 |
| align="center"
| 2007 | 4 August | Wicklow | 3–13 (22) | Antrim | 1–17 (20) | |2 | | 9 |
| align="center"
| 2006 | 27 August | Louth | 3–14 (23) | Leitrim | 1–11 (14) | Martin Farrelly |9 | Jimmy McKee | 13 |
| align="center"
| 2005 | 4 September | 3–10 (19) | Wexford | 0–15 (15) | |4 |J White (Donegal) | 9 |
| align="center"
| 2004 | 22 August | Clare | 1–11 (14) | Sligo | 0–11 (11) | |3 | | 4 |
Roll of honour
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+Performances in the Tommy Murphy Cup by county ! scope="col" |County ! scope="col" |Title(s) ! scope="col" |Runners-up ! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Years won ! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Years runner-up |
| align="center"
! scope="row"| File:Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow |1 |1 |2007 |2008 |
| align="center"
! scope="row"| File:Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim |1 |1 |2008 |2007 |
| align="center"
! scope="row"| File:Colours of Clare.svg Clare |1 |0 |2004 | — |
| align="center"
! scope="row"| File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary |1 |0 |2005 | — |
| align="center"
! scope="row"| File:Colours of Louth.svg Louth |1 |0 |2006 | — |
| align="center"
! scope="row"| File:Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo |0 |1 | — |2004 |
| align="center"
! scope="row"| File:Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford |0 |1 | — |2005 |
| align="center"
! scope="row"| File:Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim |0 |1 | — |2006 |
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+Performances in the Tommy Murphy Cup final by province ! scope="col" |Province ! scope="col" |Winners ! scope="col" |Runners-up ! scope="col" |Total |
| scope="row" |File:Flag_of_Leinster.svg Leinster
| align="center" |2 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |4 |
|---|
| scope="row" |File:Flag of Munster.svg Munster
| align="center" |2 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |2 |
| scope="row" |File:Flag of Ulster.svg Ulster
| align="center" |1 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |2 |
| scope="row" |File:Flag of Connacht.svg Connacht
| align="center" |0 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |2 |
Team records and statistics
= Team results =
== Legend ==
- {{bg|gold|1st}} – Champions
- {{bg|silver|2nd}} – Runners-up
- {{bg|#cc9966|3rd}} – Semi-Final
- {{bg|#cceeee|QF/PR}} – Quarter-finals/Preliminary Round
- AI – All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
For each year, the number of teams in each championship (in brackets) are shown.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Team !2004 (5) !2005 (12) !2006 (13) !2007 (9) !2008 (9) !Years |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF | bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF | bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | bgcolor="gold" |1st !5 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow
|AI | bgcolor="#cceeee" |PR | bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF | bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF | bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF !4 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Cavan.svg Cavan
|AI |AI | bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF |AI |AI !1 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Clare.svg Clare
| bgcolor="gold" |1st |AI | bgcolor="#cceeee" |PR | bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF | bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF !4 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh
|AI | bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF |AI |AI |AI !1 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny
|— | bgcolor="#cceeee" |PR | bgcolor="#cceeee" |PR | bgcolor="#cceeee" |PR | bgcolor="#cceeee" |PR !4 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Leitrim.svg Leitrim
|AI | bgcolor="#cceeee" |PR | bgcolor="silver" |2nd |AI | bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF !3 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_London.svg London
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF | bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF | bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF | bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF | bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF !5 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Longford.svg Longford
|AI | bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF |AI |AI |AI !1 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Louth.svg Louth
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF |AI | bgcolor="gold" |1st |AI |AI !2 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Monaghan.svg Monaghan
|AI |AI | bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF |AI |AI !1 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg Offaly
|AI |AI |AI | bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF |AI !1 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg Roscommon
|AI | bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF | bgcolor="#cceeee" |PR |AI |AI !2 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg Sligo
| bgcolor="silver" |2nd |AI |AI |AI | bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF !2 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Tipperary.svg Tipperary
|AI | bgcolor="gold" |1st | bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF | bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF |AI !3 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Waterford.svg Waterford
|AI | bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF | bgcolor="#cceeee" |PR | bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF | bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF !4 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Wexford.svg Wexford
|AI | bgcolor="silver" |2nd |AI |AI |AI !1 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow
|AI | bgcolor="#cceeee" |PR | bgcolor="#cceeee" |PR | bgcolor="gold" |1st | bgcolor="silver" |2nd !4 |
= Semi-final appearances =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!# !County !No. !Semi-final appearance years |
| 1
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim |4 |2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 |
| rowspan="4" |2
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow |2 |2007, 2008 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Louth.svg Louth
|2 |2004, 2006 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Clare.svg Clare
|2 |2004, 2007 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Leitrim.svg Leitrim
|2 |2006, 2008 |
| rowspan="8" |6
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg Sligo |1 |2004 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Tipperary.svg Tipperary
|1 |2005 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Wexford.svg Wexford
|1 |2005 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg Roscommon
|1 |2005 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Longford.svg Longford
|1 |2005 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow
|1 |2006 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_Waterford.svg Waterford
|1 |2007 |
| align="left" |File:Colours_of_London.svg London
|1 |2008 |
= All time table =
Legend
| class="wikitable"
! width="150" |Colours |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
|Currently competing in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
|Currently competing in the Tailteann Cup |
| Currently competing in the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship |
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!# ! width="150" |Team ! width="50" |{{Tooltip|Pld|Games Played}} ! width="50" |{{Tooltip|W|Wins}} ! width="50" |{{Tooltip|D|Draws}} ! width="50" |{{Tooltip|L|Losses}} ! width="50" |{{Tooltip|Points|Points}} |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
| align="center" |1 | align="left" |File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim | align="center" |12 | align="center" |8 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |16 |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
|2 | align="left" |File:Colours_of_Tipperary.svg Tipperary |7 |5 |0 |2 |10 |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
|= | align="left" |File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow |8 |5 |0 |3 |10 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
| align="center" |4 | align="left" |File:Colours_of_Louth.svg Louth | align="center" |5 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |8 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
|= | align="left" |File:Colours_of_Clare.svg Clare | align="center" |7 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |3 | align="center" |8 |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
|6 | align="left" |File:Colours_of_Leitrim.svg Leitrim |6 |3 |0 |3 |6 |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
|= | align="left" |File:Colours_of_London.svg London |8 |3 |0 |5 |6 |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
|8 | align="left" |File:Colours_of_Longford.svg Longford |3 |2 |0 |1 |4 |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
|= | align="left" |File:Colours_of_Wexford.svg Wexford |3 |2 |0 |1 |4 |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
| align="center" |= | align="left" |File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow | align="center" |6 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |4 |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
| align="center" |11 | align="left" |File:Colours_of_Cavan.svg Cavan | align="center" |2 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |2 |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
|= | align="left" |File:Colours_of_Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh |2 |1 |0 |1 |2 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
| align="center" |= | align="left" |File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg Roscommon | align="center" |3 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |2 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
| align="center" |= | align="left" |File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg Sligo | align="center" |3 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |2 |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
|= | align="left" |File:Colours_of_Waterford.svg Waterford |5 |1 |0 |4 |2 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
|16 | align="left" | File:Colours_of_Monaghan.svg Monaghan | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
|= | align="left" |File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg Offaly | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 |
| =
| align="left" | File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny | align="center" |4 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |0 |
= Other records =
== Finishing positions ==
- Most championships
- 1, File:Colours_of_Clare.svg Clare (2004)
- 1, File:Colours_of_Tipperary.svg Tipperary (2005)
- 1, File:Colours_of_Louth.svg Louth (2006)
- 1, File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow (2007)
- 1, File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim (2008)
- Most second-place finishes
- 1, File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg Sligo (2004)
- 1, File:Colours_of_Wexford.svg Wexford (2005)
- 1, File:Colours_of_Leitrim.svg Leitrim (2006)
- 1, File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim (2007)
- 1, File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow (2008)
- Most semi-final finishes
- 2, File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim (2004, 2006)
== Unbeaten sides ==
- All 5 teams have won the Tommy Murphy Cup unbeaten:
- File:Colours_of_Clare.svg Clare had 3 wins in 2004.
- File:Colours_of_Tipperary.svg Tipperary had 4 wins in 2005.
- File:Colours_of_Louth.svg Louth had 4 wins in 2006.
- File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow had 3 wins in 2007.
- File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim had 3 wins in 2008.
== Beaten sides ==
The knockout format of the cup has resulted in 0 'back-door' Tommy Murphy Cup champions.
== Final success rate ==
Only 3 counties have appeared in the final, being victorious on all occasions:
- File:Colours_of_Clare.svg Clare (2004)
- File:Colours_of_Tipperary.svg Tipperary (2005)
- File:Colours_of_Louth.svg Louth (2006)
On the opposite end of the scale, only 3 counties has appeared in the final, losing on each occasion:
== Consecutive participations ==
Antrim and London have the record number of consecutive participations in the Tommy Murphy Cup, taking part in all 5 seasons.
== Winning other trophies ==
Although not an officially recognised achievement, one team has achieved the distinction of winning the Tommy Murphy Cup and their respective Division in the National Football League:
- File:Colours_of_Louth.svg Louth in 2006 (Division 2).
== Biggest wins ==
== Scoring Events ==
- Most goals in a match:
- 00 – 0000: 000 vs 000
- Most points in a match:
- 00 – 0000: 000 vs 000
- Most goals by one team in a match:
- 00 – 0000: 000 vs 000
- Most points by one team in a match:
- 00 – 0000: 000 vs 000
- Highest aggregate score:
- 00 points – 0000: 000 vs 000
- Lowest aggregate score:
- 00 points – 0000: 000 vs 000
== Successful defending ==
Some defending champions have a chance to retain their title. None have achieved this. These are:
- File:Colours_of_Tipperary.svg Tipperary on 0 attempts out of 1 (2006)
- File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow on 0 attempts out of 1 (2008)
== Gaps ==
- Longest gaps between successive Tommy Murphy Cup final appearances:
- 1 year: File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim (2007–2008)
- 1 year: File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow (2007–2008)
- Longest gap between successive championship appearances
- 4 years: File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg Sligo (2004–2008)
== Provinces ==
- The Tommy Murphy Cup final has never involved two teams from the same province.
- The province providing the highest number of different winning teams is Leinster and Munster, with 2:
- Leinster: File:Colours_of_Louth.svg Louth and File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow
- Munster: File:Colours_of_Clare.svg Clare and File:Colours_of_Tipperary.svg Tipperary
== Longest undefeated run ==
The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 00 games held by 000 (0000–0000).
== Miscellaneous ==
- Best finish by a debuting team
- Champions, File:Colours_of_Clare.svg Clare (2004)
- Best finish by a debuting team (after 2004)
- Champions, File:Colours_of_Tipperary.svg Tipperary (2005)
- Highest winning record
- 80%, File:Colours_of_Louth.svg Louth (4 wins in 5 matches)
- Lowest winning record
- 0%, File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny (0 wins in 4 matches)
- 0%, File:Colours_of_Monaghan.svg Monaghan (0 wins in 1 match)
- 0%, File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg Offaly (0 wins in 1 match)
- Most played match
- 00, 000 vs 000 (0000)
See also
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
- All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship (1990–2000)
- Tailteann Cup (2022–present)
References
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