2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

none November 2019 November 2019 2001 All-Ireland Football Championship final 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Galway 40px 0–17 Meath 40px 0–8 23 September 2001 Croke Park Dublin Michael Collins (Cork) 70,482 2000 2002 The 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 114th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Galway defeated Meath.Tom Kenny http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/38701/the-men-who-first-brought-sam-to-galway The men who first brought Sam to Galway Galway Advertiser 14 April 2011 14 April 2011 Kerry beat us in 2000 by 1 – 17 to 1 – 10, but the following year we won, beating Meath by 0 – 17 to 0 – 8. Neither side contested a final again until Galway's semi-final victory over Derry in 2022. 9 July 2022 All-Ireland SFC semi-final: Derry v Galway updates https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2022/0709/1309336-all-ireland-sfc-semi-final-derry-v-galway-updates/ Ireland 9 July 2022 Competition structure the competition All-Ireland Senior Football Championship county sides County (Gaelic games) Each of the 32 traditional counties of Ireland is represented by a county side. Every county, except Kilkenny, participated in the 2001 All-Ireland SFC. The "overseas county" of New York also participated, while London played no part in the competition due to the outbreak of Foot-and-mouth disease.Championship exclusion hits London hard The Irish Times 12 May 2001 Each county in Ireland is located in a province; for the purpose of the All-Ireland SFC, London and New York are located in Connacht. The 2001 All-Ireland SFC began with the four provincial championships – knock-out competitions between county sides in the same province. The four winners of these championships progressed automatically to the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals. The sides which did not win a provincial championship entered the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers to determine which other four teams would play in the quarter-finals. New York, however, only competed in the provincial championship. Background the sport and the terminology used in this article Gaelic football right|thumb|Galway (left) and Meath (right) shown within Ireland The 2001 championship was the first to feature the qualifying system,What might have been... Irish Independent 27 February 2010 in which sides who had not won their provincial championship competed for the right to join the provincial winners in the "All-Ireland series". Galway, who had lost to Roscommon in the Connacht Championship semi-final, thus became the first side to contest an All-Ireland Final having not won their provincial championship.http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/galway-must-keep-focus-to-deny-improving-derry-336650.html Galway must keep focus to deny improving Derry Irish Independent Independent News & Media 25 August 2001 Whatever the outcome, the winner of tomorrow's All-Ireland football semi-final will create their own special place in history as the first team to reach the final, having been earlier beaten in the provincial series. Galway had previously contested the final on 21 occasions, winning 8 times (in 1925, 1934, 1938, 1956, 1964, 1965, 1966 and 1998), and losing on 13 occasions, the most recent of which was the previous year.Campbell John GAA: A Royal command performance looms Belfast Telegraph 21 September 2001 They were appearing in the final for the third time in four years.Wide boys Galway turn it around; Galway 1-14, Derry 1-11 Moran Sean The Irish Times 27 August 2001 Meath had won the title 7 times (in 1949, 1954, 1967, 1987, 1988, 1996 and 1999), and lost on 8 occasions. Manager Seán Boylan had been in charge for 8 of Meath's previous final appearances, including replays.O'Hara Eamonn Boylan pays Tribe-ute to opposition's class Irish News 21 September 2001 The two counties had not played each other in the championship since 1970, when Meath won by four points. In 1966, the sides contested the final. Earlier in 2001, Galway lost the National Football League final against Mayo.O'Riordan Ian Party put on hold as Mayo reset their sights The Irish Times 1 May 2001 Routes to the final Galway 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Round Opposition Scorea Note 1 2nd qualifying round Wicklow 3–12 – 1–9 3rd qualifying round Armagh 0–13 – 0–12 4th qualifying round Cork 1–14 – 1–10 Quarter-final Roscommon 0–14 – 1–5 Semi-final Derry 1–14 – 1–11 In previous years, Galway, having lost to Roscommon in the Connacht Senior Football Championship (SFC) semi-final, would have played no part in the All-Ireland series as they did not win their provincial championship. However, the introduction of the qualifier system this year gave them a second opportunity to reach the final. The county entered at the second qualifying round, against Wicklow,No Aughrim ambush for Galway; Galway 3-12, Wicklow 1-9 Moran Sean The Irish Times 2 July 2001 and with further victories against ArmaghGalway's flight of clancy McGeary Michael Sunday Life 8 July 2001 and Cork,Galway put O'Mahony through it; Galway 1-14, Cork 1-10 Moran Sean The Irish Times 23 July 2001 joined Meath at the quarter-final stage. Going into the final quarter of their semi-final against Derry, Galway were trailing by five points, but ultimately won the game 1–14 (seventeen points) to 1–11 (fourteen points). Derry had named an unchanged line-up from their quarter-final against Tyrone,Derry again unchanged Ian O'Riordan The Irish Times 24 August 2001 while Galway initially did not name anyone at right wing-forward as they were waiting on fitness reports for Jarlath Fallon and Paul Clancy;Galway leave vacancy in attack Sean Moran The Irish Times 23 August 2001 Fallon went on to start the game. Galway were leading 0–5 – 0–4 when Enda Muldoon scored Derry's goal in the 26th minute.GAA: Galway carve up case for defence John Campbell Belfast Telegraph 27 August 2001 Matthew Clancy scored Galway's goal in the 66th minute. Meath Round Opposition Scoreb Note 2 Quarter-final Westmeath 2–12 – 3–9 Quarter-final replay Westmeath 2–10 – 0–11 Semi-final Kerry 2–14 – 0–5 Meath won the year's Leinster Senior Football Championship (SFC), by virtue of victories against Westmeath,Meath show their survival instincts Reid Philip The Irish Times 4 June 2001 KildareNormal service resumed as Meath rise to occasion Moran Sean The Irish Times 25 June 2001 and Dublin,Dogged Dublin lack attacking bite The Irish Times 16 July 2001 to seal their place in an All-Ireland SFC quarter-final.GAA:Roscommon's rare glory opportunity Belfast Telegraph 18 July 2001 Meath were drawn against Westmeath in that All-Ireland SFC quarter-final, and Galway were scheduled to play Roscommon; both of these fixtures were repeats of matches played in the provincial championships.Dublin drawn against champions Kerry The Irish Times 23 July 2001 There was no repeat of Galway's earlier defeat as they triumphed 0–14 to 1–5 (eight points) in Castlebar.Galway bounce back to silence the detractors; Galway 0-14, Roscommon 1-05 Duggan Keith The Irish Times 6 August 2001 Westmeath, who had lost to Meath by a single point in the Leinster SFC,Westmeath remember their place in things The Irish Times 6 August 2001 were leading Meath by nine points on 20 minutes, but the game eventually finished a 2–12 (eighteen points) – 3–9 (eighteen points) draw (Meath score given first). Despite having Hank Traynor sent off, Meath won the replay 2–10 (sixteen points) – 0–11.Meath give romance short shrift; Meath 2-10, Westmeath 0-11 Duggan Keith The Irish Times 13 August 2001 Meath reached the All-Ireland SFC final following a 2–14 (twenty points) to 0–5 victory against the defending champions Kerry.Meath hordes tear down Kingdom; Meath 2-14, Kerry 0-5 Sean Moran The Irish Times 3 September 2001 Kerry, who started the game with all but two of the players who won the title the previous year,Hassett takes over from Ó Sé Ian O'Riordan The Irish Times 29 August 2001 only managed to score a single point in the second half. Meath's line-up was unchanged from the previous round;Reynolds loses out in reshuffle Ian O'Riordan The Irish Times 31 August 2001 only 2 players did not start the 1999 final. John McDermott scored Meath's first goal towards the end of the first half to give his side a five-point lead at the break. The lead was extended to eleven points, following six unanswered points at the beginning of the second half. John Cullinane scored Meath's second goal in the 66th minute; an earlier goal was disallowed for an infringement on the square ball rule. Kerry's Éamonn Fitzmaurice was sent off late in the game. Pre-match Meath were expected to win their eighth All-Ireland SFC title.Martin Breheny http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/galway-have-the-stomach-to-digest-meath-333385.html Galway have the stomach to digest Meath Irish Independent Independent News & Media 22 September 2001 22 September 2001 So much money has flooded onto Meath to win their eighth All-Ireland senior football title tomorrow that it's virtually impossible to believe that this is essentially the same side which took to the championship road last June shackled by uncertainty.Colm O'Rourke Colm O'Rourke http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/expect-a-royal-party-by-tea-510520.html Expect a Royal party by tea Sunday Independent Independent News & Media 23 September 2001 23 September 2001 ...I expect that Meath, by teatime, will have started a Royal party. Referee Michael Collins had also officiated Galway's semi-final match. Galway's hurlers contested the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final on 9 September, but lost to Tipperary.Tipperary prove team spirit counts Eamonn Cregan The Irish Times 10 September 2001 Alan Kerins, a dual player who started the hurling final, was named as a substitute for the football final.Kerins fails to make Galway cut Sean Moran The Irish Times 17 September 2001 The Galway and Tipperary managers complained about the condition of the Croke Park pitch following the hurling final;Campbell John GAA: Croker worries come to surface Belfast Telegraph 11 September 2001 a few days later, Croke Park spokesman Danny Lynch stated every effort was being made to prepare the pitch for the football final. The new Hogan Stand of the stadium was under construction at the time.Campbell John GAA: Hogan Stand just ticket Belfast Telegraph 22 September 2001 The build-up to the final was overshadowed by the September 11 attacks.Galway fans bet on the hope that Meath have popped their corks Frank McNally The Irish Times 22 September 2001 The atmosphere in Galway and Meath was more muted than it would normally be leading up to an All-Ireland SFC final. Match Galway won easily, their second title in four years. At full-time it was Galway 0–17 : 0–8 Meath. In the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final, held just before the senior game, Tyrone and Dublin drew 0–15 – 1–12.Barton Damian Tyrone prove they have nothing to fear from Dubs; All-Ireland MFC final: Tyrone 0-15 Dublin 1-12 The Irish News 24 September 2001 Meath, who announced their starting line-up on their then recently launched website a couple of days before the final, started with the same fifteen players who began the semi-final against Kerry.Moran Sean Boylan names strongest line-up The Irish Times 19 September 2001 All but two of the side had started the final two years previously; Richie Kealey and Ray McGee replaced Paddy Reynolds and Enda McManus. Summary The first half lacked quality play. Both sides scored six points,Duggan Keith Final verdict: Score-by-score The Irish Times 24 September 2001 but also amassed many wides. Galway's Donnellan sent two frees wide. Meath's Ollie Murphy was substituted on 45 minutes after breaking a finger.Moran Sean Meath the victims as Galway turn it on; Galway 0-17, Meath 0-8 The Irish Times 24 September 2001 Nigel Nestor was sent off following a second yellow card shortly afterwards, with Meath trailing by two points.Carney Martin Turning Points The Irish Times 24 September 2001 In the 59th minute, with the score 0–13 – 0–8, Trevor Giles missed a penalty for Meath. Some commentators suggested John McDermott dived to win the penalty. Pádraic Joyce scored ten points for Galway, nine of which came in the second half.Archer Kenny A qualified success but joy for Tribe; Bank of Ireland All-Ireland SFC final: Galway 0-17 Meath 0-8 Irish News 24 September 2001 Meath's full-forwards had little of the ball - they only amassed two wides during the game,Stynes Brian GAA: ALL-IRELAND FINAL: GALWAY V MEATH - THE FIRST EVER BACK-DOOR WINNERS HAVE BROUGHT US TO A BRAND NEW ERA; NOW WE CAN CALL GALWAY GREAT Irish Daily Mirror 24 September 2001 and only scored two points in the second half.O'Hara Eamonn Galway secure Sam with second half blitz Irish News 24 September 2001 Details 23 September 2001 Galway football 40px|border 0–17 – 0–08 Report Meath football 40px|border P Joyce (0–10) J Bergin (0–2) P Clancy (0–2) M Donnellan (0–1) J Fallon (0–1) D Meehan (0–1) R McGee (0–2) N Crawford (0–1) J Cullinane (0–1) T Giles (0–1) E Kelly (0–1) J McDermott (0–1) O Murphy (0–1) Croke Park, Dublin 70,482 Michael Collins (Cork) Galway kit _nike_borderonwhite _ arsenal9698h _nike_borderonwhite 800000 800000 800000 800000 Galway Meath kit _goldshoulders _Roma1 _goldshoulders _gold 2E8B57 2E8B57 2E8B57 2E8B57 Meath Galway:1 Alan Keane 2 Kieran Fitzgerald 3 Gary Fahey (c) 4 Richard Fahey 5 Declan Meehan 6 Tomás Mannion 7 Seán Óg De Paor 8 Kevin Walsh 9 Michael Donnellan 10 Paul Clancy 11 Jarlath Fallon 12 Joe Bergin 71 13 Derek Savage 14 Pádraic Joyce 15 Tommy Joyce 71 Substitutes:21 Alan Kerins 71 23 Kieran Comer 71 Manager: John O'MahonyMeath:1 Cormac Sullivan 2 Mark O'Reilly 3 Darren Fay 4 Cormac Murphy 57 5 Donal Curtis 6 Nigel Nestor 2 507 Hank Traynor 8 Nigel Crawford 9 John McDermott 10 Evan Kelly 11 Trevor Giles (c) 12 Richie Kealy 50 13 Ollie Murphy 45 14 Graham Geraghty 15 Ray Magee 70 Substitutes: Paddy Reynolds 45 John Cullinane 50 Niall Kelly 57 Adrian Kenny 70 Manager: Seán Boylan References:GAA: 'Sam' sits proudly over Galway Bay Campbell John Belfast Telegraph 24 September 2001 Galway subs not used 16 Pádraig Lally 17 Michael Comer 18 Tomás Meehan 19 Mícheál Ó Callaráin 20 Seán Ó Domhnaill 22 Matthew Clancy 24 John Donnellan Meath subs not used 16 D. Gallagher 18 P. Shankey 21 D. Kealy 23 M. O'Dowd 24 J. Devine Post-match With 10 points during the match, Pádraic Joyce was named as the man of the match. https://www.connachttribune.ie/news/galway-gaa-2001-team-now-8815300 Galway 2001 football team where are they now as All Ireland Final winners celebrated 27 July 2026 Connacht Tribune 28 July 2026 The Galway side returned to the county the day after the final.Tierney Ciaran Happy return for All-Ireland victors The Irish Times They made appearances in Ballinasloe, Tuam and Galway city, where a civic reception was held, to greet fans. The city's mayor, Donal Lyons, said Galway people across the world were proud when watching the side. More than 10,000 fans gathered in Tuam. Tomás Mannion announced his retirement after the final.Jones Adrian Mannion says enough after second Sam; Gaelic Games Irish News 25 September 2001 Notes a Note 1 Galway score given first. b Note 2 Meath score given first. 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