1999 Ulster Senior Football Championship final

1999 Ulster SFC Final

Event	1999 Ulster Senior Football Championship
Armagh Down 3-12 (21) 0-10 (10)
Date	1 August 1999
Venue	St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Referee	Paddy Russell (Tipperary)
Attendance	36,345 [1]
← 1998 * 2000 →

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

1 August 1999
Final

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)

Armagh

Down

1 B Tierney 2 E McNulty 3 G Reid 4 J McNulty  28' 5 K Hughes 6 K McGeeney  31' 7 A McCann 8 J Burns (c) 9 P McGrane 10 P McKeever 11 J McEntee 12 J Rafferty  50' 13 C O'Rourke  69' 14 D Marsden 15 O McConville Substitutes: T McEntee  50' G Houlihan  69' Manager: Brian McAlinden and Brian Canavan	1 M McVeigh 2 F Caulfield 3 Sean Ward  24' 62' 4 P Matthews  44' 5 P Higgins 6 M Magill  19' 7 S Poland 8 B Burns 9 A Molloy 10 R Carr  42' 11 S Mulholland 12 G Deegan 13 M Linden  10' 14 C McCabe  45' 15 Shane Ward Substitutes: G McCartan  33' 54' A Farrell  58' J McCartan  61' Manager: Pete McGrath

Man of the Match: Oisín McConville (Armagh)

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.