1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event 1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Down Meath
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1-16
(19)		1-14
(17)
Date15 September 1991
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Man of the Match James McCartan
Referee Séamus Prior (Leitrim) [1]
Attendance64,500
WeatherSunny
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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.

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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 final, and their fourth win from four. [3] [4] [5]

Match

Details

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 0-1Bernard 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)
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Down
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Meath
1Neil Collins
2Brendan McKernan
3Conor Deegan
4Paul Higgins
5John Kelly
6 Paddy O'Rourke (c)
7 D. J. Kane
8Barry BreenSub off.svg 54'
9 Éamonn Burns
10 Ross Carr
11 Greg Blaney
12Gary Mason
13 Mickey Linden
14Peter WithnellSub off.svg 66'
15 James McCartan
Substitutes:
16Pat Donnan
17Mick Quinn
18Martin Laverty
19Paul McCartan
20Mark McCartan
21Liam AustinSub on.svg 54'
22Jarlath Austin
23Cathal Murray
24Ambrose RogersSub on.svg 66'

Manager:
Pete McGrath
1 Michael McQuillan
2 Brendan Reilly
3 Mick Lyons Sub off.svg 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 Sub off.svg 43'
9 P. J. Gillic Sub off.svg 59'
14 Brian Stafford
15 Bernard Flynn
Substitutes:
16Donal Smyth
13 Colm O'Rourke Sub on.svg 43'
18Mattie McCabeSub on.svg 59'
19Alan BrowneSub on.svg 52'
20 John McDermott
21Hugh Carolan
22Seán Kelly
23Finian Murtagh
24Ian Kearney

Manager:
Seán Boylan

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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.
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