2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

September 2020 September 2020 2008 All-Ireland Football Championship final 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Tyrone 40px 1–15(18) Kerry 40px 0–14(14) 21 September 2008 Croke Park Dublin Maurice Deegan (Laois) 82,204 2007 2009 The 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 121st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Pre-match thumb|House decorated with Tyrone colours, Strabane, 2008 Kerry and Tyrone defined the decade. Since 2000, they had hoovered up titles in 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007 (Kerry) and 2003, 2005 (Tyrone). This led to Martin Breheny calling the 2008 final the "most decade-defining clash since Dublin v Kerry in the late 1970s".Martin Breheny http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/the-snarloff-for-sam-1468180.html The snarl-off for Sam: Two big dogs of the decade - Kerry and Tyrone - are primed for Croker day of reckoning Irish Independent Independent News & Media 3 September 2008 3 September 2008 2008 was the first final between two teams who had been beaten in their Provincial Championship. Kerry were reigning champions and were gunning for three-in-a-row. Tyrone had looked dead and buried after being knocked out of their Ulster SFC quarter-final by Down after extra-time in a replay, but had bounced back through the back door.Shane Murray http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2008/0921/238480-kerry_tyrone/ Kerry 0-14 Tyrone 1-15 matchtracker RTÉ Sport RTÉ 21 September 2008 21 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20140726081807/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2008/0921/238480-kerry_tyrone/ 26 July 2014 live http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=100549 Way cleared for intriguing football final Hogan Stand 2 September 2008 2 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132637/http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=100549 4 March 2016 live Tyrone had beaten Wexford in their semi-final, while Kerry had beaten Cork after a replay in their semi-final.http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2008/0831/237449-tyrone_wexford/ Tyrone 0-23 Wexford 1-14 RTÉ Sport RTÉ 31 August 2008 31 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20121106052235/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2008/0831/237449-tyrone_wexford/ 6 November 2012 live http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2008/0824/237156-cork_kerry/ Cork 3-07 Kerry 1-13 RTÉ Sport RTÉ 25 August 2008 25 August 2008http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2008/0831/237444-cork_kerry/ Kerry 3-14 Cork 2-13 RTÉ Sport RTÉ 31 August 2008 31 August 2008 Match Summary more details about the game January 2025 Tyrone beat Kerry by four points to claim their third All-Ireland SFC title. Details Final 21 September 2008 Croke Park, Dublin Kerry football C Cooper 0–6 (3f), B Sheehan 0–2 (2f), Declan O'Sullivan 0–2, T Walsh, Darren O'Sullivan, T Ó Sé, D Ó Sé 0–1 each 0–14 – 1–15 Tyrone football S Cavanagh 0–5, T McGuigan 1–1 (1f), B Dooher 0–2, C McCullagh 0–1 (1f), D Harte, E McGinley, M Penrose, R Mellon, K Hughes, C Cavanagh 0–1 each Report _Kerry11 _Kerry11 _Kerry11 _green_stripes_adidas _hoops gold 057A10 057A10 057A10 ffffff 357A10 Kerry _adidas_redstripes _adidas_redshoulder _adidas_redstripes _white_stripes_adidas ffffff ffffff ffffff ff0000 ff0000 Tyrone section January 2025 the teams not being laid out as, for instance, at 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final#Details, with full names visible, substitutes in numerical order and 'subon'/'suboff' templates included Tyrone = 16 P. McConnell 2 R. McMenamin 3 Justin McMahon 12 Joe McMahon 5 D. Harte 6 C. Gormley 7 P. Jordan 8 C. Holmes 9 E. McGinley 10 B. Dooher (c) 29 M. Penrose 25 R. Mellon 13 T. McGuigan 14 S. Cavanagh 15 C. McCullagh Substitutes used Stephen O'Neill* for McCullagh (25') K. Hughes for Holmes (half-time) B. McGuigan for Penrose (51') O. Mulligan for Mellon (57') C. Cavanagh for T. McGuigan (68') Substitutes not used J. Curran D. Carlin P. Donnelly N. Gormley C. McCarron D. McCaul M. McGee C. Gourley R. Mulgrew O. Mulligan Shaun O'Neill P. J. Quinn P. Quinn* Manager M. Harte Notes: J Devine was on the starting lineup but had to withdraw from the squad due to a family bereavement.Stephen O'Neill's name was not in the match program due to there only being space for thirty names. He played, and came on as a substitute with the number 31 on his back.Paul Quinn's name was not in the match program due to there only being space for thirty names. Kerry = 1 D. Murphy 2 M. Ó Sé 3 T. O'Sullivan 4 P. Reidy 5 T. Ó Sé (c) 6 A. O'Mahony 7 K. Young 8 D. Ó Sé 9 S. Scanlon 10 B. Sheehan 11 Declan O'Sullivan 12 E. Brosnan 13 C. Cooper 14 K. Donaghy 15 T. Walsh Subs used 28 P. Galvin for T. Walsh 19 Darran O'Sullivan for E. Brosnan 17 T. Griffin for S. Scanlon 23 M. F. Russell for B. Sheehan 27 D. Moran for B. Sheehan Subs not used 16 K. Cremin 18 S. O'Sullivan 20 M. Quirke 21 D. Walsh 22 D. Bohane 24 R. Ó Flatharta 25 P. O'Connor 26 K. O'Leary 29 A. Maher 30 P. Corridan 31 M. Moloney 32 K. Quirke 33 A.O'Shea Manager P. O'Shea References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Kerry county football team matches Category:Tyrone county football team matches Category:September 2008 in Ireland