2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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2004 All-Ireland Football Final
Event 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry Mayo
Gort GAA colours.png Mayo colours.PNG
1-20
(23)		2-9
(15)
Date26 September 2004
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee Pat McEnaney (Monaghan)
Attendance79,749
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The 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 117th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

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Mayo were hoping to bridge a gap that stretched all the way back to their All-Ireland football title winning team of 1951. [1] They failed, though less miserably than in 2006. Mayo lost their fourth final in a row; in the end Kerry only won by eight points. Dara Ó Cinnéide was the winning captain, while manager Jack O'Connor won the title in his first season in charge. [2] The match was shown live in Ireland on RTÉ2 as part of The Sunday Game with match commentary from Ger Canning and Martin Carney.

Croke Park kitted out in the green and red of long-suffering Mayo fans at the 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Mayo's losing streak in All-Ireland finals continued as they were hammered by Kerry Croke Park from the Hill - 2004 All-Ireland Football Championship Final.jpg
Croke Park kitted out in the green and red of long-suffering Mayo fans at the 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Mayo's losing streak in All-Ireland finals continued as they were hammered by Kerry

Largely regarded as one of the most disappointing All-Ireland football finals for many years, Mayo's capitulation drove spectators from the stadium in their thousands with Kerry leading by 1-12 to 1-4 at half time. [2] Kerry racked up a total of 1-20, the highest team score in an All-Ireland football final since the time of 'Bomber' Liston and the 5-11 that decimated Dublin in 1978. [2] Mayo returned to the final two years later, to be torn apart by Kerry all over again in a final when Kerry surpassed the score they achieved in 2004.

In 2022, Martin Breheny listed it among "five of the worst" All-Ireland SFC finals since 1972. [3]

Match details

Final
Kerry 1–20 – 2–09 Mayo
Report
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Pat McEnaney
Kerry:
1 Diarmuid Murphy
2 Tom O'Sullivan
3 Michael McCarthy
4 Aidan O'Mahony
5 Tomás Ó Sé Sub off.svg
6 Éamonn Fitzmaurice
7 Marc Ó Sé
8 Eoin Brosnan
9 William Kirby
10 Liam Hassett Sub off.svg
11 Declan O'Sullivan
12 Paul Galvin Sub off.svg
13 Colm Cooper
14 Dara Ó Cinnéide (Captain)Sub off.svg
15 Johnny Crowley Sub off.svg
Substitutes:
Seamus Moynihan Sub on.svg
Mike Frank Russell Sub on.svg
Ronan O'Connor Sub on.svg
Paddy Kelly Sub on.svg
Brendan Guiney Sub on.svg
Manager:
Jack O'Connor
Mayo:
1 Peter Burke
2 Dermot Geraghty Sub off.svg
3 David Heaney Sub off.svg
4 Gary Ruane (Captain)
5 Peadar Gardiner
6 James Nallen
7 Pat Kelly
8 Ronan McGarrity
9 Fergal Kelly Sub off.svg
10 James Gill Sub off.svg
11 Ciarán McDonald
12 Alan Dillon
13 Conor Mortimer Sub off.svg
14 Trevor Mortimer
15 Brian Maloney
Substitutes:
David Brady Sub on.svg
C. MoranSub on.svg
Michael Conroy Sub on.svg
Andy Moran Sub on.svg
P. NavinSub on.svg
Manager:
John Maughan

References: [2]

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References

  1. ↑ McGee, Eugene (6 February 2006). "First signs that Mayo might be set to turn back the clock". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 6 February 2006.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Breheny, Martin (27 September 2004). "Croker rout as Kerry go heavy on Mayo". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 27 September 2004.
  3. ↑ Breheny, Martin (9 August 2022). "Five of the worst All-Ireland football finals since 1972". Irish Independent.
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