1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Event	1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Down Meath 1–16 (19) 1–14 (17)
Date	15 September 1991
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Man of the Match	James McCartan
Referee	Séamus Prior (Leitrim) [1]
Attendance	64,500
Weather	Sunny
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The 1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 104th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

Meath had beaten Dublin in the famous four-game saga, but Down stormed into an 11-point lead and Meath's rally was too little, too late. ^[2]

This was Down's fourth appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final, and their fourth win from four. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Details

15 September 1991

15:30 IST (UTC+1)

Down	1–16 – 1–14	Meath
Ross Carr 0–5 (0–4f), Gary Mason 0–4 (0–3f), Barry Breen 1–0, James McCartan 0–3, Éamonn Burns 0–2, Mickey Linden 0–1, Greg Blaney 0–1		Bernard Flynn 0–6, Brian Stafford 0–5 (0–4f), Liam Hayes 1–1, Colm O'Rourke 0–1, David Beggy 0–1

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 64,500

Referee: Séamus Prior (Leitrim)

Down

Meath

1 Neil Collins 2 Brendan McKernan 3 Conor Deegan 4 Paul Higgins 5 John Kelly 6 Paddy O'Rourke (c) 7 D. J. Kane 8 Barry Breen  54' 9 Éamonn Burns 10 Ross Carr 11 Greg Blaney 12 Gary Mason 13 Mickey Linden 14 Peter Withnell  66' 15 James McCartan Substitutes: 16 Pat Donnan 17 Mick Quinn 18 Martin Laverty 19 Paul McCartan 20 Mark McCartan 21 Liam Austin  54' 22 Jarlath Austin 23 Cathal Murray 24 Ambrose Rogers  66' Manager: Pete McGrath

1 Michael McQuillan 2 Brendan Reilly 3 Mick Lyons  52' 4 Terry Ferguson 5 Kevin Foley 6 Liam Harnan 7 Martin O'Connell 8 Liam Hayes (c) 17 Gerry McEntee 10 David Beggy 11 Tommy Dowd 12 Colm Coyle  43' 9 P. J. Gillic  59' 14 Brian Stafford 15 Bernard Flynn Substitutes: 16 Donal Smyth 13 Colm O'Rourke  43' 18 Mattie McCabe  59' 19 Alan Browne  52' 20 John McDermott 21 Hugh Carolan 22 Seán Kelly 23 Finian Murtagh 24 Ian Kearney Manager: Seán Boylan

References

1. "1991 All Ireland SFC Final Down v Meath — Referee Seamus Prior". 29 May 2020.
2. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
3. "Down fans travel to All-Ireland final". The News Letter. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "Flashback: 1991 All-Ireland SFC Final - Down v Meath". GAA.ie. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
5. "'To say we didn't deserve an All-Ireland was crass, Down never got credit for '91'". The 42. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

External links

• All-Ireland final 1991: Down's knickerbocker glory