2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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Event 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Dublin Mayo
Dublin colours.PNG Mayo colours.PNG
1–17
(20)		1–16
(19)
Date17 September 2017
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Man of the Match James McCarthy
Referee Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Attendance82,243
Weather16 °C, fine
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The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, the 130th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 17 September 2017. [1] [2]

Contents

The final was the fourth occasion that the two counties met in the final, following matches in 1921, 2013 and 2016. Prior to the game, Dublin were seeking their third consecutive All-Ireland title, while Mayo were aiming for their first All-Ireland since 1951. The same two counties played in the ladies' All-Ireland final. This was only the second time that the final pairing had been the same in the men's and ladies' championships; the first time was in 1982, when Kerry played Offaly in the men's and ladies' finals. It was the second consecutive year that a team qualified under the system of second chances introduced in 2001; Mayo played despite defeat in its provincial championship.

Dublin won the final by a point on a 1–17 to 1–16 scoreline to claim their third title in a row, the first time this has happened since 1921–23. [3] [4] [5]

The final was played before a capacity attendance of 82,243 people. The match drew a peak audience of 1.3 million, which made it the most watched RTÉ broadcast of 2017, surpassing the hurling final. [6] The following year, Martin Breheny listed this as the fourth greatest All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. [7]

The game was televised nationally on 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. [8] Match commentary was provided by Ger Canning with analysis by Dessie Dolan. The game was also televised internationally by Sky Sports, presented by Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney.

Paths to the final

The two teams had widely varying paths to the final. Whereas Mayo struggled (losing to Galway, needing extra time to beat Derry and Cork and replays to beat Roscommon and Kerry), Dublin breezed to the final, winning their five games by 12, 31, 9, 10 and 12 points respectively.

Mayo

Connacht Quarter-final
Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg 2–14 – 0–11 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo
Cillian O’Connor 1–6 (0-5f), Diarmuid O’Connor 1–0, Fergal Boland and Andy Moran 0–2 each, Patrick Durcan, Kevin McLoughlin, Jason Doherty, Danny Kirby 0–1 each Report Adrian Marren 0–4 (0-2f, 1 '45), Mark Breheny (0-2f) and Stephen Coen 0–2 each, Aidan Devaney (0-1f), Paddy O'Connor, Niall Murphy 0–1 each
MacHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 14,661
Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
Connacht Semi-final
Galway Colours of Galway.svg 0–15 – 1–11 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo
Sean Armstong 0–6 (3f, 3 '45), Damien Comer 0–2, G Sice 0–2 (2f), G Bradshaw, Johnny Heaney, Shane Walsh, Michael Daly, Eamonn Brannigan 0–1 each. Report Cillian O'Connor 0–6 (5f), Kevin McLoughlin 1–1, P Durcan, Fergal Boland, Diarmuid O'Connor, Andy Moran 0–1 each.
Pearse Stadium, Galway
Attendance: 22,046
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Qualifier Round 2A
Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg 2–21 – 1–13
(AET)		 Colours of Derry.svg Derry
Cillian O’Connor 0–12 (0-9f, 1 '45); Conor Loftus 1–1, Jason Doherty 1–1, Andy Moran 0–2, Kevin McLoughlin, Aidan O’Shea, Diarmuid O’Connor, Lee Keegan, Patrick Durcan 0–1 each Report Niall Loughlin 0–6 (5f), Mark Lynch 1–1, Ryan Bell 0–3, Benny Heron, James Kielt, Danny Heavron 0–1 each
MacHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 11,433
Referee: M Deegan (Laois)
Qualifier Round 3A
Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg 2–14 – 0–13 Colours of Clare.svg Clare
Cillian O’Connor 1–5 (5f), Diarmuid O’Connor 1–1, Andy Moran 0–3, Kevin McLoughlin 0–2, Lee Keegan, Keith Higgins, and Aidan O’Shea 0–1 each Report David Tubridy 0–4 (4fs), Eoin Cleary 0–3 (2fs), Keelan Sexton 0–2 (1 45), Jamie Malone, Sean Collins, Gary Brennan, and Gearoid O’Brien 0–1 each
Cusack Park, Ennis
Attendance: 11,576
Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
Qualifier Round 4A
Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg 0–27 – 2–20
(AET)		 Colours of Cork.svg Cork
Cillian O’Connor 0–11 (0-4f, 1 '45), Andy Moran 0–4, Aidan O’Shea 0–3, Patrick Durcan and Conor Loftus 0–2 each, Keith Higgins, Lee Keegan, Tom Parsons, Diarmuid O'Connor, Jason Doherty 0–1 each Report Donncha O'Connor 0–6 (0-4f), Luke Connolly 1–1 (0-1f), Sean Powter 1–0, John O'Rourke, Paul Kerrigan, Colm O'Neill (0-1f) 0–3 each, Michael Hurley 0–2, Tomas Clancy and Barry O'Driscoll 0–1 each
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Attendance: 13,505
Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down)
All-Ireland Quarter-final
Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg 1–12 – 2–9 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon
Lee Keegan 1–3, Cillian O'Connor 0–3 (0-2f), Patrick Durcan and Andy Moran 0–2 each, Colm Boyle and Jason Doherty 0–1 each Report Ciaran Murtagh 1–2 (0-2f), Fintan Cregg 1–1, Diarmuid Murtagh and Donie Smith (0-1f) 0–2 each, Enda Smith and Conor Devaney 0–1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 65,746
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
All-Ireland Quarter-final Replay
Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg 4–19 – 0–9 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon
Cillian O’Connor 1–6 (0-5f), Andy Moran 1–1, Keith Higgins and Kevin McLoughlin 1–0 each, Aidan O’Shea, Jason Doherty, Shane Nally 0–2 each, Donal Vaughan, Chris Barrett, Tom Parsons, Diarmuid O’Connor, David Drake, Stephen Coen 0–1 each Report Diarmuid Murtagh 0–4 (0-2f), Sean Mullooly, Enda Smith, Niall Kilroy, Conor Devaney, Donie Smith 0–1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 39,154
Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)
All-Ireland Semi-final
Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg 2–14 – 2–14 Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry
Andy Moran 1–5, Cillian O’Connor 0–4 (0-1f), Colm Boyle 1–0, Tom Parsons 0–2, Donal Vaughan, Jason Doherty, Patrick Durcan 0–1 each Report Paul Geaney 0–7 (0-4f), Johnny Buckley, Stephen O’Brien 1–0 each, James O’Donoghue 0–3 (0-2f), Killian Young, Paul Murphy, Kieran Donaghy, Barry John Keane 0–1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 66,195
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)
All-Ireland Semi-final Replay
Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg 2–16 – 0–17 Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry
Cillian O'Connor 0-6f, Andy Moran 1–1, Diarmuid O'Connor 1–0, Jason Doherty 0–3 (0-1f, 1 '45), Kevin McLoughlin and Conor Loftus 0–2 each, Chris Barrett and Patrick Durcan 0–1 each Report Paul Geaney 0–9 (0-7f), James O'Donoghue 0–3 (0-1f), Jack Barry, Jonathan Lyne, Johnny Buckley, Fionn Fitzgerald 0–1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 53,032
Referee: David Gough (Meath)

Dublin

3 June 2017
19:00
Leinster Quarter-final 		Dublin Colours of Dublin.svg 0–19 – 0–7 Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Attendance: 13,238
Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
Man of the Match: Sean Murphy
Dean Rock 0-6f, Ciaran Kilkenny 0–3, Jack McCaffrey, Con O’Callaghan (0-2f), Bernard Brogan 0–2 each, Niall Scully, Paul Mannion, Diarmuid Conolly (1 '45), Conor McHugh 0–1 each Report Paul Broderick 0-3f, Danny Moran, Brendan Murphy, Sean Murphy, Darragh Foley (0-1f) 0–1 each
25 June 2017
4:00 pm
Leinster Semi-final 		Dublin Colours of Dublin.svg 4–29 – 0–10 Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath Croke Park
Attendance: 33,370
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
Man of the Match: Paul Mannion
Dean Rock 1–5 (0-3f, 2 '45), Paul Mannion 0–8, Ciaran Kilkenny 1–3, Kevin McManamon 1–1, Con O’Callaghan 0–3, Eoghan O’Gara 1–0, Brian Fenton, Paddy Andrews, Bernard Brogan (0-1f), Shane B. Carthy 0–2 each, Jack McCaffrey 0–1. Report John Heslin 0–4 (0-3f), Kieran Martin 0–3, John Egan 0–2, Ger Egan 0–1
16 July 2017
4:00 pm
Leinster Final 		Dublin Colours of Dublin.svg 2–23 – 1–17 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare Croke Park
Attendance: 66,734
Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)
Man of the Match: Con O'Callaghan
Con O’Callaghan 0–12 (0-6f), Bernard Brogan 0–5, James McCarthy, Dean Rock 1–0 each, Ciaran Kilkenny 0–2, Paul Mannion, Paddy Andrews, Shane B. Carthy, Brian Howard 0–1 each Report Paddy Brophy 1–3 (0-1f), Kevin Feely 0–5 (0-4f), Daniel Flynn and Cathal McNally 0–2 each, Johnny Byrne, Keith Cribbin, Niall Kelly, David Slattery, Fionn Dowling 0–1 each
5 August
6:00 pm
All-Ireland Quarter-final		 Dublin Colours of Dublin.svg 1–19 – 0–12 Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
Man of the Match: Dean Rock
Dean Rock 1–8 (0-7f, 1 '45), Paul Mannion and Paddy Andrews 0–3 each, James McCarthy, Con O’Callaghan, Jack McCaffrey, Paul Flynn, Eoghan O’Gara 0–1 each Report Conor McManus 0–4 (0-3f), Conor McCarthy 0–3, Rory Beggan (0-1f), Colin Walshe, Karl O’Connell, Darren Hughes, Ryan McAnespie 0–1 each
27 August
4:00 pm
All-Ireland Semi-final		 Dublin Colours of Dublin.svg 2–17 – 0–11 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 82,300
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)
Con O'Callaghan 1–2, Dean Rock 0–5 (0-4f), Eoghan O'Gara 1–1, Paul Flynn 0–3, Paddy Andrews 0–2, Jack McCaffrey, Brian Fenton, Ciaran Kilkenny, Paul Mannion 0–1 each Report Peter Harte 0–4 (0-3f), Colm Cavanagh and Niall Sludden 0–2 each, Tiernan McCann, Sean Cavanagh (0-1f), Declan McClure 0–1 each

Pre-match

Jubilee team

The Donegal team that won the 1992 All-Ireland Final were presented to the crowd before the match to mark 25 years. [9]

Ticketing

Demand for tickets was extremely high in both counties with Dublin and Mayo receiving around 32,000 tickets between them. Stand tickets were priced at €80 with terrace at €40.

The 2017 All-Ireland Minor Football Final was played between Kerry and Derry as a curtain-raiser to the senior final, with Kerry winning by 6–17 to 1–8. [10]

Match

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A Mayo flag flying on the day of the 2017 All-Ireland SFC final

Officials

On 4 September, Cavan's Joe McQuillan was confirmed as the referee for the final. It was McQuilllan's third All Ireland final having previously been in charge in 2011 and 2013. Cork's Conor Lane was the standby referee, the other linesman was Padraig O’Sullivan from Kerry and the Sideline official was Niall Cullen. [11]

Build-up

The All-Ireland final was played between Dublin and Mayo, the second consecutive meeting of the teams in the decisive match. [12] The reigning champions, Dublin, had defeated Mayo following a replay, and were looking to claim their third consecutive title. Dublin were favourites to win prior to throw-in. Pre-match discussion in the media revolved around the Mayo curse, a superstition held among GAA fans that Mayo will not win the All-Ireland until every member of the victorious 1951 team had died. The curse allegedly arose after a priest punished the team for celebrating rapturously in front of a funeral procession. [13]

The game attracted additional international information as association football pundits Jeff Stelling and Chris Kamara made their commentary debut at a GAA game, alongside legendary GAA commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh. [14] [15]

Team news

Dublin and Mayo both named the same fifteen players that played in the semi-final wins for the final. [16] [17] Prior to the start of the match, Eoghan O'Gara was named to start for Dublin instead of Niall Scully, with Paddy Durcan also starting instead of Diarmuid O'Connor for Mayo. [18]

Summary

The game took place in Croke Park before a capacity audience of 82,000. After 90 seconds of play, Dublin took a definitive lead as Con O'Callaghan scored a goal when he ran at the Mayo defence before shooting low along the ground to the corner of the net at the hill 16 end. [19] However, despite this early three-point lead, Mayo played dominantly throughout the opening 35 minutes, scoring seven points from play to take a one-point lead in at half-time, 0–9 to 1–05. Andy Moran was responsible for three of these points, and his first-half performance was praised by pundits. [20]

However, after the second half began, the game took on a different complexion as Dublin seized the lead by scoring three consecutive points. However, Mayo reclaimed the lead early into the half as Lee Keegan scored a goal to put his team one point ahead. The talking point of the match occurred in the 48th minute, as Dublin's John Small, who had previously received a yellow card in the first half, was sent off for a foul on Colm Boyle. [21] However, Donal Vaughan of Mayo was also sent off after striking Small in the face in retaliation for the foul. This left both teams reduced to fourteen men for the remaining duration of the game. After seventy minutes of the game had elapsed, the teams were tied at 1–16 apiece, and it appeared that the game was destined for a draw and replay. In the seventy-first minute, Mayo were awarded a kickable free and an opportunity to go ahead. Cillian O'Connor, who had missed a free under a similar scenario in the previous final, took the kick, and missed, having it strike the post and rebound away from goal. [22] Then, with a mere minute of the six additional minutes remaining, Diarmuid Connolly was fouled approximately forty-five metres from the Mayo goal, leaving Dublin with a kick to win the game. Dean Rock, the son of Barney Rock, one of the most famous Gaelic footballers from the capital, took the free. Lee Keegan controversially threw a GPS device at Rock as he took the free, yet the Dubliner was undeterred and converted. [23] This left the defending champions one point ahead. Ciarán Kilkenny was then given a black card as Dublin looked to win the Mayo kickout. With Dublin now down to 13 men, they reclaiming possession as David Clarke kicked the ball over the Cusack stand sideline. Dublin maintained possession for approximately 90 seconds until the final whistle was blown. Stephen Cluxton, the Dublin captain, then lifted the Sam Maguire Cup for the fifth time in seven years. [24] [25]

Details

Dublin Colours of Dublin.svg 1–17 – 1–16 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo
Dean Rock 0–7 (0-3f)
Con O’Callaghan 1–0
Paul Mannion 0–3
James McCarthy 0–2
John Small 0–1
Brian Fenton 0–1
Eoghan O’Gara 0–1
Diarmuid Connolly 0–1
Kevin McManamon 0–1		 Report Cillian O’Connor 0–7 (0-4f)
Lee Keegan 1–0
Andy Moran 0–3
Kevin McLoughlin 0–2
Jason Doherty 0–2
Donal Vaughan 0–1
Colm Boyle 0–1
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 82,243
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
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Dublin
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Mayo
GK1 Stephen Cluxton (c)
CB2 Philly McMahon Yellow card.svg 60'
FB4 Michael Fitzsimons
CB5 Jonny Cooper
WB6 John Small Yellow card.svg 27,48' Yellow-red card.svg
HB3 Cian O'Sullivan
WB7 Jack McCaffrey Sub off.svg 10'
MF8 Brian Fenton
MF9 James McCarthy
WF10 Ciarán Kilkenny Blackcard.png Sub off.svg 70+5'
HF11 Con O'Callaghan Sub off.svg 68'
WF13 Paul Mannion Yellow card.svg 17'Sub off.svg 70+1'
CF14 Paddy Andrews Sub off.svg 36'
FF26 Eoghan O'Gara Sub off.svg 36'
CF15 Dean Rock
Substitutes:
GK16 Evan Comerford
FW12 Niall Scully Sub on.svg 68'Yellow card.svg 70+5'
FW17 Bernard Brogan Sub on.svg 65'
DF18 David Byrne
FW19 Diarmuid Connolly Sub on.svg 36'
FW20 Cormac Costello Sub on.svg 70+4'Yellow card.svg 70+6'
DF21 Darren Daly
FW22 Paul Flynn Sub on.svg 10'Sub off.svg 65'
DF23 Eric Lowndes
MF24 Michael Darragh MacAuley
FW25 Kevin McManamon Sub on.svg 36'

Manager:
Jim Gavin
GK1 David Clarke
CB6 Chris Barrett
FB2 Brendan Harrison
CB4 Keith Higgins Sub off.svg 70+6'
WB5 Lee Keegan Yellow card.svg 27'
HB7 Colm Boyle Yellow card.svg 35+4'Sub off.svg 56'
WB18 Patrick Durcan
MF8 Séamus O'Shea Sub off.svg 50'
MF9 Tom Parsons
WF10 Kevin McLoughlin Sub off.svg 70+5'
HF11 Aidan O'Shea
WF3 Donal Vaughan Red card.svg 48'
CF13 Jason Doherty Sub off.svg 70'
FF15 Andy Moran Sub off.svg 63'
CF14 Cillian O'Connor (c)
Substitutes:
GK16 Rob Hennelly
FW12 Diarmuid O'Connor Sub on.svg 50'
DF17 Ger Cafferkey Sub on.svg 70+6'
DF19 Stephen Coen Sub on.svg 56'
DF20David DrakeSub on.svg 70'
DF21Shane Nally
FW22Danny KirbySub on.svg 70+5'
FW23 Conor Loftus Sub on.svg 63'
MF24Conor O'Shea
MF25 Barry Moran
FW26 Alan Dillon

Manager:
Stephen Rochford

Man of the Match:
James McCarthy

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James McCarthy received the man of the match award.

Trophy presentation

Dublin captain Stephen Cluxton accepted the Sam Maguire Cup from GAA president Aogán Ó Fearghail in the Hogan Stand. Cluxton was making a record 91st championship appearances and lifted the cup for a record fourth time. He was one of 12 Dublin players who collected their fifth senior All-Ireland winners medal. [26] The 12 Dublin players became the only men outside of Kerry to win five senior All-Ireland winners medals in Gaelic football. [27]

Reaction

Highlights of the final were shown on The Sunday Game programme which aired at 9:30 pm that night on RTÉ2 and was presented by Des Cahill. James McCarthy, Dean Rock and Chris Barrett were shortlisted for the Man of the Match award. The winner was James McCarthy with GAA president Aogán Ó Fearghail presenting the award at the Dublin post match function, held in the Gibson hotel. [28] [29]

Celebrations

The Dublin team had a homecoming celebration the day after the final at Smithfield in Dublin which started at 6:30 pm. [30] [31] The night before, players and their management team celebrated their win at The Gibson Hotel. [32] [33] [34]

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