1985 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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1985 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
All Ireland Champions
Winners Galway (4th win)
CaptainConor O'Dea
ManagerBilly Joyce
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Warwickshire
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Dublin
Ulster Armagh
Connacht Galway
← 1984
1986 →

The 1985 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 55th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

Cork entered the championship as the defending champions but lost to Kerry in the opening round of the Munster Championship. [1]

The All-Ireland final was played in Tuam on 6 October 1985 between Galway and Warwickshire, in what was the first ever meeting in a final between the two counties. Galway won the match by twenty-five points to claim their first title at the grade since 1965 and a fourth overall.

Results

Munster Junior Football Championship

21 June 1985 [2] Final Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry 0-07 - 0-07 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary Moyvane, Kerry
Referee: P. Lane (Limerick)
28 June 1985 [3] Final (replay) Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 1-04 - 1-05 Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary
Referee: R. Moloney (Limerick)

Leinster Junior Football Championship

12 June 1985 [4] Final Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 3-16 - 2-04 Colours of Louth.svg Louth Páirc Tailteann, Navan
C. Richardson 2-1, D. Delappe 1-5, J. Sheedy, J. Watson, E. McHugh 0-2 each, C. Griffin, D. McCarthy, A. Costello, M. Cooke 0-1 eachS. McGahon 1-1, P. Hand 1-0, S. Melia, J. O'Donoghue, F. Taaffe 0-1 eachReferee: P. Kavanagh (Meath)
GK1Brian Campbell (Beann Éadair)
RCB2Tomás Mannion (Ballymun Kickhams)
FB3Martin Cooke (Kilmore)
LCB4Peter Nolan (Robert Emmets)
RHB5Ciarán Griffin (Fingal Ravens)
CHB6Tom Byrne (An Caisleán)
LHB7Donal McCarthy (Scoil Uí Chonaill)
MF8Anthony White (Clann Mhuire)
MF9Anthony Costello (Naomh Fionnbarra)
RHF10David Delappe (St Anne's)
CHF11Edward McHugh (An Caisleán)
LHF12Jack Sheedy Lucan Sarsfields)
RCF13Joe Watson (Skerries Harps)
FF14Richie Crean (Lucan Sarsfields)
LCF15Ciarán Richardson (Robert Emmets)
GK1Mal Clarke (Oliver Plunketts)
RCB2Tom Conlon (Naomh Malachi)
FB3Declan Healy (Naomh Máirtín)
LCB4Jim Matthews (Hunterstown Rovers)
RHB5Barry O'Brien (Seán O'Mahony's)
CHB6Mickey Rossiter (Oliver Plunketts) (c)
LHB7Stephen Matthews (St Kevin's)
MF8 Stephen Melia (John Mitchels)
MF9Brian Gorham (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RHF10John O'Donoghue (Oliver Plunketts)
CHF11Denis Kelleher (Dreadnots)
LHF12Vincent O'Connor (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCF13Gerry Reynolds (Stabannon Parnells)
FF14Frank Taaffe (Oliver Plunketts)
LCF15Seán McGahon (Seán McDermott's)
Substitutes:
16Pádraig Califf (Dreadnots) for O'Connor
17Pat Hand (Naomh Fionnbarra) for Reynolds
18Noel Healy (Naomh Máirtín) for Gorham

Ulster Junior Football Championship

7 June 1985 [5] Final Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 2-09 - 0-12 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal Healy Park, Omagh
Referee: S. Corr (Tyrone)

Connacht Junior Football Championship

11 May 1985 [6] Final Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 0-07 - 0-10 Colours of Galway.svg Galway Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-On-Shannon
Referee: S. McCusker (Mayo)

All-Ireland semi-finals

6 July 1985 [7] Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 2-08 - 1-13 Colours of Galway.svg Galway Parnell Park, Dublin
Referee: M. Greenan (Cavan)
6 July 1985 [8] Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry 1-08 - 0-07 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh Strand Road, Tralee
Referee: S. O'Grady (Galway)

All-Ireland home final

18 August 1985 [9] Final Colours of Galway.svg Galway 0-09 - 0-09 Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: C. Conlon (Westmeath)
8 September 1985 [10] Final (replay) Colours of Galway.svg Galway 0-11 - 0-07 Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: C. Conlon (Westmeath)

All-Ireland final

6 October 1985 [11] Final Colours of Galway.svg Galway 4-17 - 0-04 Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire Tuam Stadium, Galway
T. McHugh 0-10, F. Stockwell, P. O'Dea 1-2 each, G. Burke 1-1, H. Bleheane 1-0, C. O'Dea, S. Burke 0-1 eachE. Tolan 0-2, D. Brennan, S. Dunne 0-1 eachReferee: P. Lane (Limerick)

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References

  1. ↑ "Kerry Are Hot Favourites For Junior Title". The Kerryman . 31 May 1985.
  2. ↑ "Tipp Hold Kerry". Tipperary Star . 29 June 1985.
  3. ↑ "This was a sweet one for Mulvihill". The Kerryman . 5 July 1985.
  4. ↑ "Another Evening Of Misery". Dundalk Democrat . 15 June 1985.
  5. ↑ "Junior Side Beaten In Ulster Final". Donegal Democrat . 14 June 1985.
  6. ↑ "Leitrim Fall At Final Hurdle". Leitrim Observer . 18 May 1985.
  7. ↑ "Juniors give Dubs a lesson in finishing". Connacht Tribune . 12 July 1985.
  8. ↑ "O'Connor Paves Way". Irish Examiner . 8 July 1985.
  9. ↑ "Juniors fail to deliver but earn a reprieve". Connacht Tribune . 23 August 1985.
  10. ↑ "Good work by Galway rewarded". Irish Independent . 9 September 1985.
  11. ↑ "Galway have it easy". Irish Press . 7 October 1985.
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