Football: 2021 SportsDaz Team of the Year – Day 4 Results

It was another exciting day in the penultimate round of polls to determine the 2021 SportsDaz Ladies Football Team of the Year as the remaining contenders were reduced to 32 and they’ll all contest Friday’s Final. (Day 4 Poll Toppers (l-r) – Cathy Carey, Emma Duggan, Theresa Mellon)

The goalkeepers were reduced from 8 to 4; the midfielders also dropped from 8 to 4; and the forwards where whittled down from 24 to 12.

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GOALKEEPER (Semi-Finals) – Meath’s Monica McGuirk topped the pool with 46.3% followed by Westmeath’s Lauren McCormack (40.8%) and Wexford’s Sarah Merrigan (27.6%).

Dublin, Meath, Westmeath and Wexford are represented in the Final.

Among the shock eliminations were Martina O’Brien (Cork) and Dearbhla Gower (Galway).

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MIDFIELDERS (Semi-Finals) – Antrim’s Ciara Brown topped the poll with 41.0% followed by Limerick’s Roisin Ambrose (38.2%) and Meath’s Orlagh Lally (34.4%).

Meath have two finalists while Antrim and Limerick will also be represented.

Among the shock eliminations were Dublin’s Jennifer Dunne and Sligo’s Sarah Reynolds.

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FORWARDS (Semi-Finals) – Meath’s Emma Duggan topped the poll with 59.9% followed by Antrim duo Cathy Carey (55.1%) and Theresa Mellon (54.2%).

Antrim and Meath have three finalists each; while Armagh, Clare, Derry, Donegal, Laois and Westmeath are also represented.

Among the shock eliminations were Dublin’s Carla Rowe, Cork’s Eimear Scally, Westmeath’s Fiona Claffey and Meath’s Niamh O’Sullivan.

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There will be eight polls on Friday (15th October) with four players in each (1×4 Goalkeepers, 3×4 Defenders, 1×4 Midfielders, and 3×4 Forwards)

Unlike previous rounds where the overall score across all polls in each section counted, this time it’s a straight shoot-out.  The top goalkeeper makes the team, the top two midfielders make the team, and the top two in each of the defenders and forwards polls make the team.

Should there be a tie, the semi-final results will be used to separate contenders.  And if still level, the quarter-final results!

So keep an eye out on twitter and make your vote count one last time on Friday when we select the 2021 SportsDaz Football Team of the Year.

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Goalkeeper – Semi-Final Qualifiers

Monica McGuirk – Meath (46.3%), Lauren McCormack – Westmeath (40.8%), Sarah Merrigan – Wexford (27.6%), Ciara Trant – Dublin (22.4%).

Goalkeeper – Eliminated

Louise Gunn – Derry (20.9%), Linda Dempsey – Wicklow (18.8%), Martina O’Brien – Cork (18.0%), Dearbhla Gower – Galway (5.1%)

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Midfield – Semi-Final Qualifiers

Ciara Brown – Antrim (41.0%), Roisin Ambrose – Limerick (38.2%), Orlagh Lally – Meath (34.4%), Máire O’Shaughnessy – Meath (32.2%).

Midfield – Eliminated

Sarah Reynolds – Sligo (22.6%), Erica Burke – Kildare (14.3%), Chloe Moloney – Clare (10.3%), Jennifer Dunne – Dublin (7.0%)

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Forwards – Semi-Final Qualifiers

Emma Duggan – Meath (59.9%), Cathy Carey – Antrim (55.1%), Theresa Mellon – Antrim (54.2%), Vikki Wall – Meath (54.1%), Ciara McGuirk – Derry (39.8%), Gráinne McLaughlin – Antrim (35.3%), Sarah Dillon – Westmeath (34.8%), Stacey Grimes – Meath (30.4%), Aimee Mackin – Armagh (29.4%), Niamh O’Dea – Clare (29.0%), Geraldine McLaughlin – Donegal (24.0%), Mo Nerney – Laois (21.4%)

Forwards – Eliminated

Carla Rowe – Dublin (20.0%), Eimear Scally – Cork (17.9%), Fiona Claffey – Westmeath (17.7%), Leona Archibald – Westmeath (17.7%), Niamh O’Sullivan – Meath (14.2%), Ciara Blundell – Westmeath (12.1%), Ellen McCarron – Monaghan (9.2%), Sadhbh O’Leary – Cork (8.1%), Olivia Divilly – Galway (4.9%), Clodagh Fox – Wicklow (4.6%), Sinead Aherne – Dublin (3.1%), Lyndsey Davey – Dublin (2.9%).

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