1999 Ulster Senior Football Championship final

1999 Ulster SFC Final
Event1999 Ulster Senior Football Championship
Date1 August 1999
VenueSt Tiernach's Park, Clones
RefereePaddy Russell (Tipperary)
Attendance36,345 [1]

The 1999 Ulster Senior Football Championship Final was the showpiece game of that year's Ulster Championship, contested by Armagh and Down and played at St Tiernach's Park, Clones on 1 August 1999.[2]

Armagh won the game by 3–12 to 0–10, thereby ending a 17-year wait for a provincial title.[3][4]

Details

Armagh3-12 - 0-10Down
O. McConville 2-7, D. Marsden 1-2, P. McGrane, J. McEntee, T McEntee Report S. Mulholland 0-4, C. McCabe 0-2 B. Burns, R. Carr, S. Ward, G. McCartan
Attendance: 36,345
Armagh
Down
1 B Tierney
2 E McNulty
3 G Reid
4 J McNulty  28'
5 K Hughes
6 K McGeeney  31'
7 A McCann
8 J Burns (c)
9 P McGrane
10 P McKeever
11 J McEntee
12 J Rafferty  50'
13 C O'Rourke  69'
14 D Marsden
15 O McConville
Substitutes:
T McEntee  50'
G Houlihan  69'

Manager:
Brian McAlinden and Brian Canavan
1 M McVeigh
2 F Caulfield
3 Sean Ward  24' 62'
4 P Matthews  44'
5 P Higgins
6 M Magill  19'
7 S Poland
8 B Burns
9 A Molloy
10 R Carr  42'
11 S Mulholland
12 G Deegan
13 M Linden  10'
14 C McCabe  45'
15 Shane Ward
Substitutes:
G McCartan  33'  54'
A Farrell  58'
J McCartan  61'

Manager:
Pete McGrath

Man of the Match:
Oisín McConville (Armagh)

References

  1. ^ Irish Independent - Monday 02 August 1999 Page 33
  2. ^ Evening Herald (Dublin) 2 August 1999 Page 33
  3. ^ "Back in the Day - Armagh deny Down in Ulster GAA final - the Irish News, August 2 1999". 2 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Armagh 1999 breakthrough: The start of the glory days". 26 April 2024.