1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Meath Cork
1-11
(14)		 1-8
(11)
Date26 September 1999
Venue
2000
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The 1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 112th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Meath captained by Graham Geraghty defeated Cork to claim the last All-Ireland football final of the Millennium.[3]

Pre-match

Meath had "unquestionably" played more key games at Croke Park in the 1990s than any other Leinster county.[4]

Cork's Seán Óg Ó hAilpín went into the match aiming to emulate Teddy McCarthy's achievement of winning two senior All-Ireland championship medals in the same season.[5]

Match

Meath won by three points, recovering from the double blow of a penalty miss and the concession of a spectacular Joe Kavanagh goal at the start of the second half to eventually take control and win in style.[6] It was Trevor Giles that missed the penalty.[7] Kevin O'Dwyer, in the Cork goal, saved the penalty which was low to his left.[8] If Giles had scored, Meath would have been two goals clear—Cork counterattacked, scored a point, then a goal.[9]

Cork had almost 60% of the possession and were in control of the game for most of the first half, yet still lost.[10] The average age of the Cork team was just over 23.[11] Trevor Giles scored a crucial 45 eleven minutes from the end; the score put Meath one point ahead.[12] Graham Geraghty captained Meath to victory and raised the Sam Maguire Cup aloft.[13] The manager of the Meath team that day was Sean Boylan.[14] Giles was viewed as "dictating the shape of the large picture like a director of epic movies."[15] The performance of Meath's Mark O'Reilly was also praised.[16]

"Some of the widest wides ever seen in Croke Park this century" occurred during the game.[17]

Cork player

1993 defeat.[18]

Details

Meath1-11 - 1-08Cork
T. Giles 0-4, O. Murphy 1-0, E. Kelly, G. Geraghty 0-3 each, D. Curtis 0-1 Report P. Clifford 0-5, J. Kavanagh 1-1, Mark O'Sullivan, P. O'Mahony 0-1 each
Attendance: 63,226
Referee: M. Curley (Galway)

Legacy

Meath's second All-Ireland football title of the decade following their success in

1994.[19] Meath footballer Cormac Murphy, who afterwards expressed his relief that he had not retired before the game, said "I don't know. I don't think this achievement will make us team of the nineties. You have Down, you have Cork again, there have been a lot of good teams. Ask me again this time next year."[20]

This was the last All-Ireland SFC final to be held with the old Hogan Stand in place at Croke Park.[21]

References

  1. ^ "Brilliant O'Reilly keeps the proud Summerhill link alive". Irish Independent. 27 September 1999. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ Keys, Colm (4 February 2005). "Curley to join referee exodus". Irish Independent.
  3. ^ O'Sullivan, Jim; Mulqueen, Charlie (1999). "Masterful Meath in seventh heaven". Irish Examiner.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Boylan sees his battling quarrymasters dig out victory". Irish Examiner. 1999.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Ó hAilpín keeps it in perspective". Irish Examiner. 1999.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ O'Sullivan, Jim (1999). "Meath's crowning glory". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
  7. ^ Mooney, Brendan (1999). "Penalty miss redeemed by crucial points". Irish Examiner.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Larkin, Brendan (1999). "Defeat is so hard to bear for O'Dwyer". Irish Examiner.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Boylan sorcery conjures up more Meath magic". Irish Examiner. 1999.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ Davis, Tony (1999). "Rebels forward line not on form". Irish Examiner.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Counihan looks ahead to next year but finds defeat difficult". Irish Examiner. 1999.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Royals revelled in tight finish". Irish Examiner. 1999.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "Captain overcome with emotion as he places daughter in Cup". Irish Examiner. 1999.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ Gallagher, Mark (1999). "High King of Tara celebrates success". Irish Examiner.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "Character sees Meath defy destiny and despair". Irish Examiner. 1999.[permanent dead link]
  16. ^ Mooney, Brendan (1999). "O'Reilly joins list of great Meath wing backs". Irish Examiner.[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ McConnell, Cormac (1999). "High King of Tara celebrates success". Irish Examiner.[permanent dead link]
  18. ^ Larkin, Brendan (1999). "Gutted Kavanagh says they simply under-achieved". Irish Examiner.[permanent dead link]
  19. ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  20. ^ "Murphy so glad he didn't retire". Irish Examiner. 1999.[permanent dead link]
  21. ^ O'Riordan, Ian (25 September 1999). "Historic final will be Hogan's last stand". The Irish Times.
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