1986 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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1986 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
All Ireland Champions
Winners London (6th win)
CaptainBarry Herlihy
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Cork
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Meath
Ulster Tyrone
ConnachtNot Played
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1987 →

The 1986 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 56th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's second tier Gaelic football championship.

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Galway were the defending champions, however, they surrendered their title when the Connacht Junior Championship was suspended. [1]

The All-Ireland final was played on 19 October 1986 at the Emerald GAA Grounds in Ruislip, between London and Cork, in what was their first meeting in the final in 20 years. London won the match by 1–09 to 0–07 to claim their sixth championship title overall and a first title in 15 years. [2] [3]

Results

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All-Ireland semi-final

3 July 1986Semi-final Tyrone 1–05 – 3–06 Cork Healy Park

All-Ireland home final

24 August 1986Home final Cork 0–09 – 1–06 Meath Croke Park
6 September 1986Home final replay Cork 0–11 – 1–04 Meath O'Moore Park

All-Ireland final

19 October 1986Final London 1–09 – 0–07 Cork Emerald GAA Grounds

References

  1. ↑ "Galway profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Junior football". Munster GAA website. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "When London's boys of '86 stunned Cork". The Irish World. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
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