1999 Ulster Senior Football Championship Final

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1999 Ulster SFC Final
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Event 1999 Ulster Senior Football Championship
Date1 August 1999
Venue St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Referee Paddy Russell (Tipperary)
Attendance36,345 [1]

The 1999 Ulster Senior Football Championship Final was the showpiece game of that year's Ulster Championship, contested by Armagh and Down and played at St Tiernach's Park, Clones on 1 August 1999. [2]

Armagh won the game by 3–12 to 0–10, thereby ending a 17-year wait for a provincial title. [3] [4]

Details

Armagh 3-12 - 0-10 Down
O. McConville 2-7, D. Marsden 1-2, P. McGrane, J. McEntee, T McEntee Report S. Mulholland 0-4, C. McCabe 0-2 B. Burns, R. Carr, S. Ward, G. McCartan
Clones
Attendance: 36,345
Referee: Paddy Russell (Tipperary)
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Armagh
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Down
1B Tierney
2E McNulty
3G Reid
4 J McNulty Yellow card.svg 28'
5K Hughes
6K McGeeneyYellow card.svg 31'
7A McCann
8 J Burns (c)
9P McGrane
10P McKeever
11J McEntee
12J RaffertySub off.svg 50'
13C O'RourkeSub off.svg 69'
14D Marsden
15O McConville
Substitutes:
T McEnteeSub on.svg 50'
G HoulihanSub on.svg 69'

Manager:
Brian McAlinden and Brian Canavan
1M McVeigh
2F Caulfield
3Sean WardYellow card.svg 24'Yellow card.svg 62' Red card.svg
4P MatthewsSub off.svg 44'
5P Higgins
6M MagillYellow card.svg 19'
7S Poland
8B Burns
9A Molloy
10R CarrYellow card.svg 42'
11S Mulholland
12G Deegan
13 M Linden Sub off.svg 10'
14C McCabeYellow card.svg 45'
15Shane Ward
Substitutes:
G McCartanSub on.svg 33'Yellow card.svg 54'
A FarrellSub on.svg 58'
J McCartanSub on.svg 61'

Manager:
Pete McGrath

Man of the Match:
Oisín McConville (Armagh)

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References

  1. Irish Independent - Monday 02 August 1999 Page 33
  2. Evening Herald (Dublin) 2 August 1999 Page 33
  3. "Back in the Day - Armagh deny Down in Ulster GAA final - the Irish News, August 2 1999". 2 August 2019.
  4. "Armagh 1999 breakthrough: The start of the glory days". 26 April 2024.