2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event | 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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Date | 18 September 2011 | ||||||
Venue | 2012 → |
The 2011 All-Ireland Football Final was the 124th event of its kind. It was the culmination of Gaelic football's premier competition, the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, and was played between Kerry and Dublin on 18 September 2011 at Croke Park, Dublin.
Dublin were victorious by a single point, achieving their first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title since
Going into the 2011 Championship
The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final attracted an audience share of almost 75 per cent, with three quarters of the available audience watching the final from beginning to end. This compared with an audience share of just over 65 per cent who watched the shock Ireland victory over Australia at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand the previous day.[9] In 2018, Martin Breheny listed this as the twelfth greatest All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[10]
Paths to the final
Kerry defeated Tipperary,[11] Limerick[12] and Cork[13] to win the Munster Senior Football Championship. They went on to defeat Limerick for a second time in the All-Ireland Quarter final[14] and then Mayo in the semi-final.[15]
Dublin defeated Laois,[16] Kildare[17] and Wexford[18] to win the Leinster Senior Football Championship. They went on to defeat Tyrone in the All Ireland Quarter-final[19] and Donegal in the semi-final.[20] The Donegal versus Dublin football semi-final had the largest crowd attendance of the season prior to the final (81,436).[21]
History
This was the 12th time Kerry and Dublin met in an All-Ireland football final and the first since 1985. Kerry had won eight of the previous meetings, and Dublin had won three.
Kerry are the most successful Gaelic football team taking part in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having previously won 36 and taken part in 55 All Ireland Football finals since the competition's inception in 1887. Dublin are the second most successful team, having won 22 and taken part in 35 finals prior to this match.
The first senior final meeting between Dublin and Kerry was in
Pre-match
Team selection
On 13 September 2011, Kerry manager, Jack O'Connor named an unchanged team from that which had played Mayo in the semi-final. There was some concern that Eoin Brosnan would be unable to play following an ankle injury, but he had recovered sufficiently to be named on the starting team.[23] Three days later, Pat Gilroy, the Dublin Manager, named his starting 15, which also featured no changes since their semi final match against Donegal.[24] Following a red card for striking Donegal player Marty Boyle in the semi-final, Dublin's Diarmuid Connolly was initially ineligible to play in the final. Having appealed this decision to the CHC, he was, however, cleared to play.[25]
Minors
Prior to the senior final, Tipperary defeated Dublin in the minor final to take their first minor football title since 1934, it was an extraordinary 3–09 to 1–14 comeback after the Dublin minors appeared to have them dead and buried with Tipperary coming from six points behind at one stage in the second half.[26]
Match
Summary
First half
Kerry were the first team to score, after just two minutes of the match, with
Second half
Three minutes into the second half, Kerry midfielder,
Details
Dublin | 1–12 – 1–11 | Kerry |
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Bernard Brogan (0-06, 4f) Kevin McManaman (1-00) Stephen Cluxton (0-02, 2f) Alan Brogan (0-02) Kevin Nolan (0-01) Denis Bastick (0-01) |
Report | Colm Cooper (1-03, 2f) Bryan Sheehan (0-04, 2f, 1 '45) Kieran Donaghy (0-02) Declan O'Sullivan 0-01 Paul Galvin 0-01 |
Dublin
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Kerry
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Man of the Match:
Linesmen:
Sideline Official Umpires
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Post-match
Trophy presentation
The trophy was presented from the Hogan Stand to Dublin captain Bryan Cullen by GAA president Christy Cooney. After the presentation the Dublin team and management went on a lap of honour around the Croke Park pitch. Along the way, they met former Dublin manager, Paul Caffrey, who was on duty in his capacity as a garda.
A Dublin fan also sneaked onto the pitch to celebrate. He put on Eamonn Fennell's discarded tracksuit top after joining the substitutes' bench and was seen on live television and in photographs.[31]
Man of the match
Dublin's
Homecoming
On the evening of their victory, Lord Mayor of Dublin Andrew Montague invited the winning Dublin team to the Mansion House the following evening for a civic reception in their honour. The public was welcomed.[33] An estimated 35,000 people turned up to the homecoming at Merrion Square.[34][35]
References
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- ^ Met Eireann: Monthly Summaries - September 2011
- ^ a b "All-Ireland Football Final: Dublin 1–12 1–11 Kerry" Archived 19 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine. BBC Sport. 18 September 2011.
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 19 September 2010. Archived from the originalon 20 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
- ^ "Mayo 1–13 Cork 2-06". RTÉ Sport. 31 July 2011. Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
- ^ "McQuillan to referee football final". RTÉ Sport. 30 August 2011. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ Sheahan, Fionnan (15 September 2011). "'True blue' Varadkar gets red card as Dáil officials flag problem". Irish Independent.
- ^ "'The GAA are not in a position to offer him a job'". Irish Independent. 22 September 2011.
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Archived from the originalon 23 September 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ Breheny, Martin. "Martin Breheny's Greatest All-Ireland Finals". Irish Independent. 1 September 2018, p. 16–17.
- ^ McCarthy, Kieran (23 May 2011). "O Se red card dampens Kerry's mood". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ "Gooch masterclass for rampant Kerry". Irish Independent. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ Breheny, Martin (4 July 2011). "Kerry hit route one to punish lethargic Rebels". Irish Independent. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ "Kerry 1–20 Limerick 0–10". RTÉ Sport. 31 July 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ Breheny, Martin (22 August 2011). "Kingdom come to top table again". Irish Independent. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ "Dreadful fare as Dubs sleepwalk to victory". Irish Independent. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ Breheny, Martin (27 June 2011). "Lilywhites cry foul at 'cruel' finale". Irish Independent. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ Murphy, Cian (11 July 2011). "Gilroy happy to survive on rare Brogan off-day". Irish Independent. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ "Dublin 0–22 Tyrone 0–15". RTÉ Sport. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Breheny, Martin (29 August 2011). "Dubs hurdle defensive wall to earn long-awaited shot at Sam". Irish Independent. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ Breheny, Martin (1 September 2011). "GAA lifted by crowd figures as qualifiers prove big draw". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ "Kerry pioneers the kings of the urban-rural frontier". The Irish Times. 17 September 2011.
- ^ "Galvin named on bench for All-Ireland final". RTÉ Sport. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Dublin unchanged for Sunday's final". RTÉ Sport. 16 September 2011. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "Connolly free to face Kerry in final". RTÉ Sport. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Tipp beat Dubs in minor football final". RTÉ Sport. 18 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ a b "As It Happened: Dublin Win Sam". RTÉ Sport. 18 September 2011. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ a b "As it happened: Dublin v Kerry in the All-Ireland football final". thejournal.ie. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ Setanta Ireland. 18 September 2011. Archived from the originalon 23 September 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ "10 years on: The inside story of Dublin's 2011 All-Ireland final win". The 42. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ "Who are ya? Impostor Stephen pitches up in the middle of Dublin's All-Ireland celebrations". The Belfast Telegraph.
- ^ "The game at a glance". Irish Independent. 19 September 2011. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ "Merrion Square Event for Sam Homecoming". Hill 16. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ Glennon, Micil (20 September 2011). "Thousands celebrate Dublin victory". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ "Huge crowd welcome All-Ireland winners". Irish Examiner. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- Timelines
- As It Happened: Dublin Win Sam RTÉ Sport, 18 September 2011
External links
- Official team websites: Dublin Kerry
- Official GAA website
- "Tomás Ó Sé on the story behind an iconic photo". RTÉ Sport. 7 April 2020.