2004 Tommy Murphy Cup

The first Tommy Murphy Cup, a Gaelic football tournament, was held in 2004. All those teams that lost in the early rounds of the championship were invited to play, but only four actually competed. Clare were the inaugural champions, Ordan O'Dwyer scoring the crucial goal in the final. [1]

Format

• The 2004 Tommy Murphy was straight knockout

Teams

General information

Five counties will compete in the Tommy Murphy Cup:

County	Last Cup title	Last Provincial Title	Last All-Ireland Title	Position in 2003 Championship	Appearance
Antrim	—	1951	—		1st
Clare	—	1992	—		1st
London	—	—	—		1st
Louth	—	1957	1957		1st
Sligo	—	1975	—		1st

Personnel and kits

County	Manager	Captain(s)	Sponsor
Antrim
Clare
London
Louth
Sligo

Bracket

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Clare

w/o

London

scr

Clare

2-11

Louth

0-08

Clare

1-11

Sligo

0-11

Antrim

1-10

Sligo

1-11 aet

Quarter-finals

Matches

Quarter-Final

Clare	w/o - scr	London

Semi-finals

August 7
Semi-Final

Clare	2-11 - 0-8	Louth

Referee: T. Quigley

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August 7
Semi-Final

Antrim	1-10 - 1-11 (aet)	Sligo

Dungannon

Final

August 22
Final

Clare	1-11 - 0-11	Sligo

Croke Park, Dublin

Stadia and locations

Main article: List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums

Statistics

Scoring events

• Widest winning margin: 9 points
  • Clare 2-11 - 0-08 Louth (Semi-finals)
• Most goals in a match: 2
  • Clare 2-11 - 0-08 Louth (Semi-finals)
  • Antrim 1-10 - 1-11 Sligo (Semi-finals)
• Most points in a match: 35
  • Clare 1-11 - 0-11 Sligo (Final)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 2
  • Clare 2-11 - 0-08 Louth (Semi-finals)
• Most points by one team in a match: 11
  • Clare 2-11 - 0-08 Louth (Semi-finals)
  • Antrim 1-10 - 1-11 Sligo (Semi-finals)
  • Clare 1-11 - 0-11 Sligo (Final)
• Highest aggregate score: 27 points
  • Antrim 1-10 - 1-11 Sligo (Semi-finals)
• Lowest aggregate score: 25 points
  • Clare 2-11 - 0-08 Louth (Semi-finals)
  • Clare 1-11 - 0-11 Sligo (Final)

Miscellaneous

• Clare win their 1st championship in 12 years, last winning the 1992 Munster Senior Football Championship.

See also

• 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship