1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Down Meath
1–16
(19)		 1–14
(17)
Date15 September 1991
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Man of the MatchJames McCartan
RefereeSéamus Prior (Leitrim)[1]
Attendance64,500
WeatherSunny

The 1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 104th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

Meath had beaten Dublin in the famous four-game saga, but Down stormed into an 11-point lead and Meath's rally was too little, too late.[2]

This was Down's fourth appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final, and their fourth win from four.[3][4][5]

Details

Down1–16 – 1–14Meath
Ross Carr 0–5 (0–4f), Gary Mason 0–4 (0–3f), Barry Breen 1–0, James McCartan 0–3, Éamonn Burns 0–2, Mickey Linden 0–1, Greg Blaney 0–1 Bernard Flynn 0–6, Brian Stafford 0–5 (0–4f), Liam Hayes 1–1, Colm O'Rourke 0–1, David Beggy 0–1
Attendance: 64,500
Referee: Séamus Prior (Leitrim)
Down
Meath
1 Neil Collins
2 Brendan McKernan
3 Conor Deegan
4 Paul Higgins
5 John Kelly
6 Paddy O'Rourke (c)
7 D. J. Kane
8 Barry Breen  54'
9 Éamonn Burns
10 Ross Carr
11 Greg Blaney
12 Gary Mason
13 Mickey Linden
14 Peter Withnell  66'
15 James McCartan
Substitutes:
16 Pat Donnan
17 Mick Quinn
18 Martin Laverty
19 Paul McCartan
20 Mark McCartan
21 Liam Austin  54'
22 Jarlath Austin
23 Cathal Murray
24 Ambrose Rogers  66'

Manager:
Pete McGrath
1 Michael McQuillan
2 Brendan Reilly
3 Mick Lyons  52'
4 Terry Ferguson
5 Kevin Foley
6 Liam Harnan
7 Martin O'Connell
8 Liam Hayes (c)
17 Gerry McEntee
10 David Beggy
11 Tommy Dowd
12 Colm Coyle  43'
9 P. J. Gillic  59'
14 Brian Stafford
15 Bernard Flynn
Substitutes:
16 Donal Smyth
13 Colm O'Rourke  43'
18 Mattie McCabe  59'
19 Alan Browne  52'
20 John McDermott
21 Hugh Carolan
22 Seán Kelly
23 Finian Murtagh
24 Ian Kearney

Manager:
Seán Boylan

References

  1. ^ "1991 All Ireland SFC Final Down v Meath — Referee Seamus Prior". 29 May 2020.
  2. ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  3. ^ "Down fans travel to All-Ireland final". The News Letter. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Flashback: 1991 All-Ireland SFC Final - Down v Meath". GAA.ie. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. ^ "'To say we didn't deserve an All-Ireland was crass, Down never got credit for '91'". The 42. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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