1973 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1973 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Tyrone (3rd win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Kildare
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Kildare
Ulster Tyrone
Connacht Mayo

The 1973 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 42nd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

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Cork entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Tyrone.

On 23 September 1973, Tyrone won the championship following a 2-11 to 1-6 defeat of Kildare in the All-Ireland final. This was their third All-Ireland title overall and their first in 25 championship seasons. [1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Final

1973Quarter-Final Galway 1-10 - 1-06 Sligo Kilcoyne Park, Tubbercurry

Semi-Finals

1973Semi-Final Roscommon 1-06 - 1-12 Galway McHale Park, Castlebar

Finals

'Home'

8 July 1973Final Mayo 3-07 - 0-03 Galway St Jarlath's Park, Tuam

'England'

29 July 1973Final Mayo 2-14 - 0-02 Herefordshire McHale Park, Castlebar

Munster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Finals

1973Quarter-Final Clare 3–07 – 1–08 Waterford Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary
1973Quarter-Final Tipperary 3–07 – 2–07 Limerick Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Semi-Finals

1973Semi-Final Cork 3–11 – 1–04 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
1973Semi-Final Tipperary 2–07 – 0–13 Kerry Ned Hall Park, Clonmel
1973Semi-Final Replay Tipperary 0–05 – 1–14 Kerry Frank Sheehy Park, Listowel

Final

15 July 1973Final Cork 1–13 – 3–05 Kerry Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary round

1973Preliminary round Down 2-06 - 0-06 Monaghan Carrickmacross

Quarter-Finals

1973Quarter-Final Cavan 3-08 - 2-04 Armagh Breffni Park, Cavan
1973Quarter-Final Derry 6-10 - 0-07 Fermanagh St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown
1973Quarter-Final Antrim 1-06 - 1-07 Tyrone The Playing Fields, Lurgan
1973Quarter-Final Derry 1-12 - 1-11 Donegal

Semi-Finals

1973Semi-Final Cavan 0-05 - 0-09 Down St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
1973Semi-Final Tyrone 2-07 - 1-07 Derry The Playing Fields, Lurgan

Final

29 July 1973Final Tyrone 1-13 - 0-09 Down St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Leinster Minor Football Championship

First round

1973First Round Kilkenny 1-10 - 0-07 Carlow Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
1973First Round Louth 2-09 - 1-06 Dublin Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Second round

1973Second Round Louth 7-06 - 1-03 Kilkenny Dundalk

Quarter-Finals

1973Quarter-Final Wexford 1-11 - 1-11 Dublin Wexford Park, Wexford
1973Quarter-Final Replay Wexford 0-17 - 0-09 Dublin Parnell Park, Dublin
1973Quarter-Final Westmeath 1-09 - 1-08 Meath Cusack Park, Mullingar
1973Quarter-Final Laois 4-08 - 2-03 Wicklow Aughrim Park, Aughrim
1973Quarter-Final Offaly 1-04 - 2-13 Louth Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Semi-Finals

1973Semi-Final Kildare 1-11 - 2-06 Louth Páirc Tailteann, Navan
1973Semi-Final Laois 1-03 - 3-13 Westmeath St Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Final

22 July 1973Final Laois 0-10 - 4-11 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

12 August 1973Semi-Final Mayo 0-08 - 0-09 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin
19 August 1973Semi-Final Tyrone 1-07 - 0-10 Cork Croke Park, Dublin
26 August 1973Semi-Final Replay Tyrone 3-10 - 1-10 Cork Croke Park, Dublin

Final

23 September 1973Final Tyrone 2-11 - 1-06 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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References

  1. "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.