1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final programme.jpg
Event 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date20 September 1987
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee Pat Lane (Limerick) [1]
Attendance68,431
1986
1988

The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 100th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Contents

Match

Summary

Meath won with a goal by Colm O'Rourke. The win was also helped by poor shooting from Larry Tompkins, as he missed 6 of 8 frees in the second half. [2]

Details

20 September 1987 Meath 1-14 - 0-11 Cork Croke Park, Dublin
B Stafford 0-7, C O'Rourke 1-1, D Beggy 0-3, G McEntee 0-1, B Flynn 0-1, PJ Gillic 0-1.L Tompkins 0-6, J Cleary 0-1,k C Ryan 0-1, N Cahalane 0-1, J O'Driscoll 0-1, C O'Neill 0-1.Attendance: 68,431
Referee: P Lane (Limerick)

Meath

Subs used
21 C. Coyle for J. Cassells
17 P. Lyons for M. O'Connell
Subs not used
16 D. Smith
18 F. Murtagh
19 M. McCabe
20 F. Foley
Manager
S. Boylan

Cork

Subs used
17 J. Evans for C. Corrigan
20 T. Leahy for S. Fahy
21 P. Hayes for C. Ryan
Subs not used
16 F. Delaney
18 M. Slocum
19 D. Culloty
22 B. Coffey
23 T. Mannix
24 M. McCarthy
25 N. Creedon
Manager
B. Morgan

References

  1. Kinsella, Colm (10 January 2020). "Sadness at passing of Limerick All-Ireland final referee". Limerick Leader.
  2. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.