1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

November 2019 November 2019 1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final 1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Meath 40px 1–11(14) Cork 40px 1–8(11) 26 September 1999 Croke Park Dublin Mark O'Reillyhttps://www.independent.ie/sport/brilliant-oreilly-keeps-the-proud-summerhill-link-alive-26139624.html Brilliant O'Reilly keeps the proud Summerhill link alive 27 September 1999 Irish Independent 17 January 2023 Mick Curley (Galway)https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/curley-to-join-referee-exodus-25998104.html Curley to join referee exodus Irish Independent Colm Keys 4 February 2005 63,276 Dry 1998 2000 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 SFC title of the Millennium.Jim O'Sullivan Charlie Mulqueen http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/09/27/shead_324.htm Masterful Meath in seventh heaven Irish Examiner 1999January 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes This was the last All-Ireland SFC final to be held with the old Hogan Stand in place at Croke Park.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/historic-final-will-be-hogan-s-last-stand-1.231185 Historic final will be Hogan's last stand The Irish Times Ian O'Riordan 25 September 1999 Pre-match Meath had "unquestionably" played more key games at Croke Park in the 1990s than any other Leinster county.http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/09/27/shead_319.htm Boylan sees his battling quarrymasters dig out victory Irish Examiner 1999January 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 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.http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/09/27/shead_316.htm Ó hAilpín keeps it in perspective Irish Examiner 1999January 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Match Summary 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.Jim O'Sullivan http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/09/27/shead_333.htm Meath's crowning glory Irish Examiner 1999 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110629125411/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/09/27/shead_333.htm 2011-06-29 It was Trevor Giles that missed the penalty.Brendan Mooney http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/09/27/shead_306.htm Penalty miss redeemed by crucial points Irish Examiner 1999January 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Kevin O'Dwyer, in the Cork goal, saved the penalty which was low to his left.Brendan Larkin http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/09/27/shead_314.htm Defeat is so hard to bear for O'Dwyer Irish Examiner 1999January 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes If Giles had scored, Meath would have been two goals clear—Cork counterattacked, scored a point, then a goal.http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/09/27/shead_325.htm Boylan sorcery conjures up more Meath magic Irish Examiner 1999January 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Cork had almost 60% of the possession and were in control of the game for most of the first half, yet still lost.Tony Davis http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/09/27/shead_305.htm Rebels forward line not on form Irish Examiner 1999January 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes The average age of the Cork team was just over 23.http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/09/27/shead_313.htm Counihan looks ahead to next year but finds defeat difficult Irish Examiner 1999January 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Trevor Giles scored a crucial 45 eleven minutes from the end; the score put Meath one point ahead.http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/09/27/shead_315.htm Royals revelled in tight finish Irish Examiner 1999January 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Graham Geraghty captained Meath to victory and raised the Sam Maguire Cup aloft.http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/09/27/shead_317.htm Captain overcome with emotion as he places daughter in Cup Irish Examiner 1999January 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes The manager of the Meath team that day was Seán Boylan.Mark Gallagher http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/09/27/shead_318.htm High King of Tara celebrates success Irish Examiner 1999January 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Giles was viewed as "dictating the shape of the large picture like a director of epic movies."http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/09/27/shead_326.htm Character sees Meath defy destiny and despair Irish Examiner 1999January 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes The performance of Meath's Mark O'Reilly was also praised.Brendan Mooney http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/09/27/shead_328.htm O'Reilly joins list of great Meath wing backs Irish Examiner 1999 June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes "Some of the widest wides ever seen in Croke Park this century" occurred during the game.Cormac McConnell http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/09/27/shead_323.htm High King of Tara celebrates success Irish Examiner 1999January 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Details 26 September 1999Final Meath football 1–11 - 1–8 Cork football T. Giles 0–4, O. Murphy 1–0, E. Kelly, G. Geraghty 0–3 each, D. Curtis 0–1 P. Clifford 0–5, J. Kavanagh 1–1, Mark O'Sullivan, P. O'Mahony 0–1 each Croke Park, Dublin 63,226 Mick Curley (Galway) Report 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 Meath 1 C. Sullivan 2 M. O'Reilly 3 D. Fay 4 C. Murphy 5 P. Reynolds 6 E. McManus 7 H. Traynor 8 N. Crawford 9 J. McDermott 10 E. Kelly 11 T. Giles 12 N. Nestor 13 O. Murphy 14 G. Geraghty (c) 15 D. Curtis Subs R. Kealy for Nestor B. Callaghan for Traynor T. Dowd for Kelly Manager S. Boylan Cork 1 K. O'Dwyer 2 R. McCarthy 3 S. Óg Ó hAilpín 4 A. Lynch 5 C. O'Sullivan 6 O. Sexton 7 M. Cronin 8 N. Murphy 9 Micheál O'Sullivan 10 M. Ó Cróinín 11 J. Kavanagh 12 P. O'Mahony 13 P. Clifford (c) 14 D. Davis 15 Mark O'Sullivan Subs used 20 F. Murray for ? 19 F. Collins for ? 17 M. O'Donovan for ? Subs not used 16 A. Quirke 18 M. O'Connor 21 B. J. O'Sullivan 22 B. Walsh 23 A. Dorgan 24 J. Miskella Manager L. Tompkins Post-match Cork player Joe Kavanagh said it was as bad as the 1993 defeat.Brendan Larkin http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/09/27/shead_327.htm Gutted Kavanagh says they simply under-achieved Irish Examiner 1999January 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Meath's second All-Ireland football title of the decade following their success in 1996, they were joint "team of the decade" for the 1990s with Down who won two titles in 1991 and 1994.http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/kerry-on-honour-roll-1885579.html Kerry on honour roll Irish Independent Independent News & Media 14 September 2009 14 September 2009 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."http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/09/27/shead_312.htm Murphy so glad he didn't retire Irish Examiner 1999January 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Cork county football team matches Category:Meath county football team matches