Dublin lead way with 13 football all star awards for 2020

All-Ireland football champions Dublin lead the way for the 2020 PwC Football All-Star Awards with 13 nominees.

Mayo, the beaten finalists, have 12 nominees.

The two counties share the most representatives with 25 nominees on the 45-player shortlist.

Overall, 10 counties are represented on the list.

Dublin’s tally of 13 nominees matches their 2017 and 2019 totals.

Six players on the shortlist were awarded All-Star honours last year with Stephen Cluxton, Michael Fitzsimons, Patrick Durcan, Brian Fenton, Con O’Callaghan and David Clifford picking up the award.

The nominees were decided by a committee of GAA media correspondents and chaired by GAA President John Horan. The All-Star team will be announced late next month in a TV show that will be in line with Covid-19 restrictions.

Dublin’s Brian Fenton and Ciaran Kilkenny with Mayo’s Cillian O’Connor have been nominated for footballer of the year.

Full list of nominees 2020 All-Star Football Awards

Goalkeepers

David Clarke (Mayo)
Stephen Cluxton (Dublin)
Raymond Galligan (Cavan)

Defenders

David Byrne (Dublin)
Michael Fitzsimons (Dublin)
Eoin Murchan (Dublin)
John Small (Dublin)
Robbie McDaid (Dublin)
Oisín Mullin (Mayo)
Eoghan McLaughlin (Mayo)
Lee Keegan (Mayo)
Chris Barrett (Mayo)
Patrick Durcan (Mayo)
Ciarán Brady (Cavan)
Pádraig Faulkner (Cavan)
Gerry Smith (Cavan)
Kevin Fahey (Tipperary)
Bill Maher (Tipperary)
Iain Corbett (Limerick)
Aidan Forker (Armagh)
Peadar Mogan (Donegal)

Midfielders

James McCarthy (Dublin)
Brian Fenton (Dublin)
Colin O’Riordan (Tipperary)
Gearóid McKiernan (Cavan)
Matthew Ruane (Mayo)
Ian Maguire (Cork)

Forwards

Niall Scully (Dublin)
Con O’Callaghan (Dublin)
Ciarán Kilkenny (Dublin)
Dean Rock (Dublin)
Seán Bugler (Dublin)
Cillian O’Connor (Mayo)
Kevin McLoughlin (Mayo)
Ryan O’Donoghue (Mayo)
Aidan O’Shea (Mayo)
Tommy Conroy (Mayo)
Martin Reilly (Cavan)
Thomas Galligan (Cavan)
Shane Walsh (Galway)
Paul Conroy (Galway)
Michael Langan (Donegal)
Ciarán Thompson (Donegal)
Conor Sweeney (Tipperary)
David Clifford (Kerry)