2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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Event 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date18 September 2016
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Man of the Match John Small
Referee Conor Lane (Cork)
Weather16°C, fine
2015
2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final replay
Date1 October 2016
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Man of the Match Michael Fitzsimons
Referee Maurice Deegan (Laois)
WeatherShowers which cleared
2017

The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, the 129th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, was a Gaelic football match played at Croke Park in Dublin on 18 September 2016 [1] and was replayed on 1 October 2016.

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Defending champions Dublin and qualifiers Mayo competed for the Sam Maguire Cup, in a repeat of the 2013 final. [2] Mayo qualified despite defeat in its provincial championship, under the system of second chances introduced in 2001. The first match ended in a draw, Mayo 0–15 Dublin 2–9. The replay finished Dublin 1–15 Mayo 1–14, meaning Dublin retained the Sam Maguire Cup for the first time since 1977. This was the eighth final that Mayo have lost since their last success in 1951. [3] [4] [5]

The game was televised nationally by RTÉ2 as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Joe Brolly, Pat Spillane, and Colm O'Rourke.

Background

Dublin entered the final having won the Leinster championship (by defeating Laois, Meath and Westmeath) [6] [7] [8] and then overcoming the challenges presented by both Donegal and Kerry. [9] [10] Mayo became the first team to reach the final via the qualifier route since 2010, when both Cork and Down did so. In doing so they overcame London [11] then lost to Galway in the Connacht Championship, [12] then overcame Fermanagh, [13] Kildare [14] Westmeath, [15] Tyrone [16] and Tipperary. [17]

Demand for tickets for the final was extremely high. There was no general sale, with all tickets being distributed via the county boards and clubs. The GAA warned that the holders of any tickets that becomes known to them as having been bought on the black market could be denied entry to the match. [18]

Conor Lane of Cork refereed the first match, his first All-Ireland senior final. [19] Both teams named their line-ups during the week. This left Dublin unchanged from their semi-final win over Kerry, while Mayo had Tom Parsons take to the pitch in place of Barry Moran. [20]

Delayed entry

Dublin delayed entry onto the field of play for the first match. They were scheduled as the first of the teams onto the pitch at 14:56, according to Croke Park's strict timetable. However, they informed stewards they would enter the field of play at 15:00, though then did not do so until 15:02. Mayo, scheduled for entry at 14:58 (two minutes later after Dublin's scheduled time of entry) were then asked enter the pitch earlier than their scheduled time. In the end both teams ran onto the pitch at the same time, though Dublin muscled aside Mayo to make the bench for the team photograph. [21]

Match 1

Summary

Mayo started well, taking two points through Tom Parsons and Cillian O'Connor. The first goal of the match came in the 9th minute, when the ball hit Mayo's Kevin McLoughlin and trickled over the line for Dublin. O'Connor leveled the match with another point before the 23rd minute, which saw the ball bounce off Colm Boyle's leg and over the line for another goal to Dublin's advantage. Donal Vaughan pulled a point back for Mayo and shortly after, James McCarthy was black carded for tackling O'Connor off the ball. In the 28th minute, Aidan O'Shea put the ball in the Dublin net but was penalised for fouling Dublin's Jonny Cooper. No Dublin player scored until the 31st minute when Rock tapped over a free. Dublin's first point from play came as the half concluded. It was by Paddy Andrews, who had replaced McCarthy, and Andrews's point was swiftly followed by another from him. These were Dublin's only scores from play in the first half. A single point from Jason Doherty wrapped up the first half with Dublin leading by five points. [20] [22]

Andy Moran opened the scoring in the second half, starting a run of five successive points for Mayo. Further points by Patrick Durcan and O'Connor levelled the match on 45 minutes. Brian Fenton and Rock pushed Dublin ahead, but by the 61st minute the game was again level, with Alan Dillon equalising to bring the scoreline to Dublin 2–6 Mayo 0–12. A string of three points by John Small, Rock and Diarmuid Connolly towards the end of normal time meant that Dublin were leading by two points. Seven minutes of additional time were announced just before the end of normal time, though ultimately more than that was played. Vaughan's point on 70+2 minutes and O'Connor's 44 yd (40 m) kick in the final minute set the final up for a replay. [20] The final score was unusual for a drawn match in that, taking own goals into account, 21 of the 30 points were scored by players of one team. [23]

Details

Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 2–09 – 0–15 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo
Dean Rock (0–4)
Paddy Andrews (0–2)
John Small 0-1
Brian Fenton 0-1
Diarmuid Connolly 0–1
Kevin McLoughlin 1–0 own goal
Colm Boyle 1–0 own goal
Report Cillian O’Connor (0–7)
Donal Vaughan 0-2
Alan Moran 0–2
Patrick Durcan 0-1
Tom Parsons 0-1
Alan Dillon 0-1
Jason Doherty 0–1
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 82,257
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
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Mayo
GK1 Stephen Cluxton (c)
CB2 Philly McMahon
FB3 Jonny Cooper
CB4 David Byrne Sub off.svg 66'
WB5 James McCarthy Blackcard.pngSub off.svg 24'
HB6 Cian O'Sullivan
WB7 John Small
MF8 Brian Fenton
MF9 Michael Darragh MacAuley Sub off.svg 53'
WF10 Paul Flynn Sub off.svg 74'
HF11 Kevin McManamon Yellow card.svg 4'Sub off.svg 47'
WF12 Ciarán Kilkenny
CF13 Dean Rock
FF14 Diarmuid Connolly Yellow card.svg 61'
CF15 Bernard Brogan Sub off.svg 62'
Substitutes:
GK16 Michael Savage
FW17 Paddy Andrews Sub on.svg 24'
MF18 Denis Bastick Sub on.svg 74'
DF19 Tomás Brady
FW20 Cormac Costello
DF21 Darren Daly Sub on.svg 66'
DF22 Michael Fitzsimons Sub on.svg 53'
DF23 Eric Lowndes
FW24 Paul Mannion Sub on.svg 47'
FW25 Con O'Callaghan
FW26 Eoghan O'Gara Sub on.svg 62'

Manager:
Jim Gavin
GK1 David Clarke
CB2 Brendan Harrison
FB3 Donal Vaughan
CB4 Keith Higgins
WB5 Lee Keegan Yellow card.svg 61'
HB6 Colm Boyle Sub off.svg 58'
WB7 Patrick Durcan
MF8 Séamus O'Shea Sub off.svg 54'
MF9 Tom Parsons
WF10 Kevin McLoughlin
HF11 Aidan O'Shea
WF12 Diarmuid O'Connor Sub off.svg 67'
CF13 Jason Doherty
FF14 Andy Moran Sub off.svg 71'
CF15 Cillian O'Connor (c)
Substitutes:
GK16 Rob Hennelly
DF17 Chris Barrett Sub on.svg 58'
DF18 Kevin Keane
MF19 Stephen Coen Sub on.svg 67'
FW20 Evan Regan Sub on.svg 71'Sub off.svg 79'
DF21 David Drake
FW22 Alan Dillon Sub on.svg 54'Sub off.svg 67'
FW23 Conor O'Shea
MF24 Barry Moran Sub on.svg 67'
FW25 Alan Freeman
FW26 Conor Loftus Sub on.svg 79'

Manager:
Stephen Rochford

Man of the Match:
John Small (Dublin) [24]

Match 2

Summary

By the 6th minute, Dublin had stormed ahead and led by four points through Dean Rock and Kevin McManamon. Mayo came back with points from Patrick Durcan, Cillian O'Connor and Andy Moran to tie the game. [25] Two free kicks by Rock gave Dublin back the lead but was undone when Mayo's Lee Keegan scored the first goal of the match from 14 yd (13 m). Dublin suffered a further setback when Jonny Cooper was black carded for tripping Donal Vaughan. Goalscorer Keegan was also black carded late into the first half for impeding Diarmuid Connolly. However, Dublin finished strongly, taking another four points to lead by a single point at half time. [26] [27]

The second half was equally tense, as Mayo regained the lead briefly before Dublin took control. Mayo goalkeeper Rob Hennelly was black carded for pulling down Paddy Andrews and the subsequent penalty by Connolly made the score 1–11 1–08 in favour of Dublin. [28] The three point lead was one Mayo was unable to overturn. Mayo replied with points from O'Connor, Kevin McLoughlin and Durcan but substitutes Bernard Brogan and Cormac Costello kept Dublin ahead. [29] Dublin led 1–14 1–13 on 70 minutes, with an additional six minutes of injury time. Late into injury time, Mayo's point scoring hero from the first match, O'Connor had an opportunity to level the match and send the game into extra time, but his 44 yd (40 m) free kick missed the target and went wide. The win ensured that Dublin retained the cup for the first time since 1977. [25] [30]

Details

Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 1–15 – 1–14 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo
Dean Rock 0–9
Diarmuid Connolly 1–1
Cormac Costello 0–3
Kevin McManamon 0-1
Bernard Brogan 0–1
Report Cillian O'Connor 0–9
Lee Keegan 1–0
Patrick Durcan 0–2
Andy Moran 0-1
Diarmuid O'Connor 0-1
Kevin McLoughlin 0–1
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 82,249
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)
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Mayo
GK1 Stephen Cluxton (c)
CB2 Philly McMahon
FB3 Jonny Cooper Blackcard.pngSub off.svg 21'
CB22 Michael Fitzsimons
WB5 James McCarthy
HB6 Cian O'Sullivan Sub off.svg 72'
WB7 John Small Yellow card.svg 35+4'Sub off.svg 60'
MF8 Brian Fenton Yellow card.svg 31'
MF10 Paul Flynn Yellow card.svg 47'
WF12 Ciarán Kilkenny
HF14 Diarmuid Connolly Yellow card.svg 35+4'
WF24 Paul Mannion Sub off.svg 52'
CF13 Dean Rock
FF17 Paddy Andrews Sub off.svg 47'
CF11 Kevin McManamon Sub off.svg 56'
Substitutes:
GK16 Michael Savage
DF4 David Byrne Sub on.svg 21'
MF9 Michael Darragh MacAuley Sub on.svg 52'
FW15 Bernard Brogan Sub on.svg 47'
MF18 Denis Bastick
DF19 Tomás Brady
FW20 Cormac Costello Sub on.svg 56'
DF21 Darren Daly Sub on.svg 72'
DF23 Eric Lowndes Sub on.svg 60'
FW25 Con O'Callaghan
FW26 Eoghan O'Gara

Manager:
Jim Gavin
GK16 Rob Hennelly Blackcard.pngSub off.svg 41'
CB2 Brendan Harrison
FB3 Donal Vaughan Yellow card.svg 35+4'Sub off.svg HT'
CB4 Keith Higgins
WB5 Lee Keegan Blackcard.pngSub off.svg 35+1'
HB6 Colm Boyle Sub off.svg 71'
WB7 Patrick Durcan
MF8 Séamus O'Shea
MF9 Tom Parsons
WF10 Kevin McLoughlin
HF11 Aidan O'Shea
WF12 Diarmuid O'Connor
CF13 Jason Doherty Sub off.svg 60'
FF14 Andy Moran Sub off.svg 55'
CF15 Cillian O'Connor (c)
Substitutes:
GK1 David Clarke Sub on.svg 41'
DF17 Chris Barrett Sub on.svg 71'
DF18 Kevin Keane
MF19 Stephen Coen Sub on.svg 35+1'
FW20 Evan Regan
DF21 David Drake
FW22 Alan Dillon Sub on.svg 60'
FW23 Conor O'Shea Sub on.svg HT'
MF24 Barry Moran Sub on.svg 55'
FW25 Alan Freeman
FW26 Conor Loftus

Manager:
Stephen Rochford

Man of the Match:
Michael Fitzsimons (Dublin) [31]

Reaction

Dublin manager Jim Gavin speaking after the match was satisfied with the performance of the team after a long season saying "What is it now, the 40th week of the year, and we’ve been back since the second week in January, our first game in the O’Byrne Cup, so in terms of the intercounty cycle, it’s been a long season of giving it everything. And I couldn’t ask for any more from the players, and particularly from the management team, the backroom and the support team there who pushed really hard during the season, particularly the last two weeks (since the drawn game) to do their very best for the player group. [32] Everybody's pushing to get these players to be their best, and there's been a really collective togetherness about the squad this year, and we gave it our all. If it didn't work out for us on Saturday I would have no complaints because everybody just gave their all. That's all we ever ask: from myself, or the backroom team, or the players.” [33]

Mayo goalkeeper Rob Hennelly, who was named in the team as a late replacement for David Clarke and subsequently conceded a penalty and was then black carded, revealed his heartache after the final with a post on Instagram, saying "I'll never be able to fully describe what was going through my head at this moment. What I was expecting to be one of my best days turned out to be the opposite, and it breaks my heart I didn't come through for my team and county". [34]

Mayo manager Stephen Rochford speaking after the match said "We did our analysis on Dublin. They had pushed with a formation in the first game, pushing four guys inside. They were trying to cut off our short kick-out and as the game developed in the drawn game they were getting more comfort or more reward and it was probably something they were going to try and maximise further. Robbie's kick-out gave us a bit more length, a bit more option and that was the reason behind it, When you look at a one-point defeat you look at every single play, every single decision, every single moment in it and question what could have been. That’s just the way it is.” [35]

Trophy presentation

Dublin captain Stephen Cluxton accepted the Sam Maguire Cup from GAA president Aogán Ó Fearghail in the Hogan Stand.

Celebrations

The Dublin team had a homecoming celebration on 2 October at Smithfield in Dublin which started at 4:30pm. [36] The night before, players and their management team celebrated their win at The Gibson Hotel. [37] [38]

Broadcasting

Both matches were shown live on television in Ireland on The Sunday Game . RTÉ television coverage was presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Joe Brolly, Pat Spillane, and Colm O'Rourke. [39] Match commentary was by Ger Canning with comments by Martin Carney. Sky Sports also showed the match live with Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney presenting and Peter Canavan, Jim McGuinness and James Horan providing in-studio analysis.

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