1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

June 2018 June 2018 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.jpg 250 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Meath 40px 0–12(12) Cork 40px 1–9(12) 18 September 1988 Croke Park Dublin Larry Tompkins Tommy Sugrue (Kerry)Tomás Ó Sé Tomás Ó Sé https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-independent/20190914/281621012036681 Reshuffle to swing it for Dublin Sunday Independent 14 September 2019 14 September 2019 He [Dr Con Murphy] reminded me that far worse than anything this year [2019] was when they got a Kerryman — Tommy Sugrue — to ref the 1988 All-Ireland final between Cork and Meath. 65,000 1987 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final replay Meath 40px 0–13 Cork 40px 0–12 9 October 1988 Croke Park Dublin Martin O'Connell Tommy Sugrue (Kerry) 64,069 1989 The 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 101st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Match 1 Summary Cork scored a goal three minutes in and Brian Stafford scored a controversial equaliserThe online source that follows states that David Beggy got the last equaliser. Did Brian Stafford get an earlier equaliser that proved "controversial"? September 2019 David Beggy brought the sides level to force a replay.Colm Keys https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/comedians-at-large-in-kingdom-setup-38493564.html Scoring the equaliser proves great leveller Irish Independent Independent News & Media 13 September 2019 13 September 2019 Does it present any advantage in an All-Ireland final replay to have scored the equaliser in the drawn game? A look back on the last six drawn football finals shows honours even in that regard... Twice, Meath came from behind to equalise (David Beggy 1988), Colm Coyle (1996) to win replays against Cork and Mayo. Details 18 September 1988 Final Meath 0–12 – 1–9 Cork B Stafford 0–8, C O'Rourke 0–4. L Tompkins 0–8, T McCarthy 1–0, M McCarthy 0–1. Croke Park, Dublin Tommy Sugrue (Kerry) 65,898 Match 2 Summary Meath's Gerry McEntee was sent off in the seventh minute of the replay. He was guilty of striking Niall Cahalane. The match was dominated by Meath's aggressive play. According to Colm Keys, the replay was "one of the most brutal finals" due to Meath's style of play.Colm Keys https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-independent/20190914/283244509674569 History against Kerry as favourites usually deliver in replay Sunday Independent 14 September 2019 14 September 2019 Meath won the replay by a point.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998. Colm O'Rourke scored Meath's last point — which proved to be the winning score, when Cork began to close in on Meath towards the end.John Fogarty https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/gaa/replay-readings-suggest-this-will-be-tight-with-a-busy-referee-950313.html Replay readings suggest this will be tight, with a busy referee Irish Examiner 12 September 2019 12 September 2019 In 1996, Colm Coyle and Liam McHale was ushered to the line following a mass brawl while in '88 Gerry McEntee was sent off early... Brendan O'Reilly lofted over the winner in 1996 and eight years previous it was a Colm O'Rourke point that gave Meath the cushion before Cork's late fight-back... Michael Fitzsimons (2016), Seamus Moynihan (2000) and Martin O'Connell (1988). Tommy Dowd was given the 1996 award but the honour has become the preserve of the defender. In 2018, Martin Breheny listed the replay as the tenth greatest All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.Breheny, Martin. "Martin Breheny's Greatest All-Ireland Finals". Irish Independent. 1 September 2018, p. 14. Details 9 October 1988 Final replay Meath 0–13 – 0–12 Cork B Stafford 0–7, C O'Rourke 0–3, B Flynn 0–1, D Beggy 0–1, J Cassells 0–1. L Tompkins 0–8, B Coffey 0–2, D Allen 0–1, D Barry 0–1. Croke Park, Dublin Tommy Sugrue (Kerry) 64,069 Meath (is this the replay or the drawn game?) 1 M. McQuillan 2 R. O'Malley 3 M. Lyons 4 T. Ferguson 5 C. Coyle 6 L. Harnan 7 M. O'Connell 8 L. Hayes 9 G. McEntee 10 D. Beggy 11 J. Cassells (c) 12 P. J. Gillic 13 C. O'Rourke 14 B. Stafford 15 B. Flynn Sub used 19 M. McCabe Subs not used 16 S. Smyth 17 P. Lyons 18 F. Murtagh 20 F. Foley 21 K. Foley Manager S. Boylan Cork (is this the replay or the drawn game?) 1 J. Kerins 2 N. Cahalane 3 C. Corrigan 4 S. O'Brien 5 T. Davis 6 C. Counihan 7 T. Nation (c) 8 S. Fahy 9 T. McCarthy 10 P. McGrath 11 L. Tompkins 12 B. Coffey 13 D. Allen 14 D. Barry 15 M. McCarthy Subs used 20 C. O'Neill for M. McCarthy 21 J. O'Driscoll for P. McGrath Subs not used 16 M. Maguire 17 D. Walsh 18 M. Burns 19 D. Culloty 22 J. Cleary 23 J. Kerrigan 24 M. Slocum Manager B. Morgan References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1988 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