2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
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The 2011 All-Ireland Football Final was the 124th event of its kind. It was the culmination of Gaelic football
's premier competition, the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
, and was played between Kerry
and Dublin
on 18 September 2011 at Croke Park
, Dublin.
Dublin were victorious by a single point, achieving their first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title since 1995
. This was the first Kerry–Dublin final since 1985
. History was made as the winning point was scored by a goalkeeper, Stephen Cluxton
of Dublin, the first time this had ever happened in the final. Cluxton's point gave the title to Dublin as, with the teams level, the match would have had to be replayed at a later date had it ended with both teams on the same score. RTÉ called it "one of the most gripping Sam Maguire Cup
deciders of the modern era" and the BBC said it was a "dramatic comeback victory."
Going into the 2011 Championship Cork were the defending champions after defeating Down
in the 2010 final
. However, Cork were eliminated in the quarter-finals in 2011 by Mayo
. On 30 August 2011, Joe McQuillan was confirmed as the referee for the senior final. This was his first time to referee an All Ireland Senior Football final. Ahead of the game, Irish politicians Leo Varadkar
and Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
were censured by officials for flying unauthorised flags from their car windows in public. The flags favoured the Dublin team. After the game, Dublin captain Bryan Cullen
was offered the role of coaching Leinster Rugby
's academy players.
The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final attracted an audience share of almost 75 per cent, with three quarters of the available audience watching the final from beginning to end. This compared with an audience share of just over 65 per cent who watched the shock Ireland national rugby union team
defeat of Australia
at the 2011 Rugby World Cup
in New Zealand
the previous day.
and Dublin
met in an All-Ireland football final and the first since 1985. Kerry had won eight of the previous meetings, and Dublin had won three.
Kerry are the most successful Gaelic football team taking part in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
, having previously won 36 and taken part in 55 All Ireland Football finals since the competition's inception in 1887. Dublin are the second most successful team, having won 22 and taken part in 35 finals prior to this match.
The first senior final meeting between Dublin and Kerry was in 1892
. Dublin defeated Kerry in the 1923 final
but would not do so again until the 1976 final
. The 1970s was a particularly important time in the history of the rivalry between the sides due to the regularity with which the teams encountered one another. In the decade before the 2011 final Dublin and Kerry had met on five occasions, with Kerry regularly dispatching Dublin aside with ease. Their previous meeting (in the quarter-finals of the 2009 championship
) saw Kerry defeat Dublin by 17 points.
, Limerick
and Cork to win the Munster Senior Football Championship
. They went on to defeat Limerick
for a second time in the All-Ireland Quarter final and then Mayo
in the semi final.
Dublin defeated Laois
, Kildare
and Wexford
to win the Leinster Senior Football Championship
. They went on to defeat Tyrone
in the All Ireland Quarter Final and Donegal
in the semi final. The Donegal versus Dublin football semi-final had the largest crowd attendance of the season prior to the final (81,436).
defeated Dublin in the minor final
to take their first minor football title since 1934, it was an extraordinary 3-09 to 1–14 comeback after the Dublin minors appeared to have them dead and buried with Tipperary coming from six points behind at one stage in the second half.
named an unchanged team from that which had played Mayo in the semi final. There was some concern that Eoin Brosnan
would be unable to play following an ankle injury, but he had recovered sufficiently to be named on the starting team. Three days later, Pat Gilroy
, the Dublin Manager, named his starting 15, which also featured no changes since their semi final match against Donegal. Following a red card
for striking Donegal player Marty Boyle in the semi final, Dublin's Diarmuid Connolly
was initially ineligible to play in the final. Having appealed this decision to the CHC, he was, however, cleared to play.
fisting the ball over the bar. 9 minutes later, after several wides from both sides, Alan Brogan
curled a shot inside the upright to equalise. Paul Flynn
was booked for a high challenge on Aidan O'Mahony
a minute later. In the 15th minute, Alan Brogan scored his second point of the match to give Dublin the lead. Two minutes later, Darren O'Sullivan broke through the Dublin defence and offloaded the ball to Colm Cooper
who put it past Stephen Cluxton
to score a goal for Kerry. With the score at Kerry 1-01 – 0-02 Dublin, Bernard Brogan
got his first point of the day from a free. In the 24th minute, Rory O'Carroll
was given a yellow card for an off-the-ball incident with Darren O'Sullivan. A minute later, Kerry made their first substitution, bringing on Paul Galvin
for corner-forward Kieran O'Leary
. In the 28th minute, goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton scored for Dublin from a free and then Bernard Brogan scored his second and third points, giving Dublin a 2 point lead. Substitute Galvin then scored his first point, leaving the score Kerry 1-02 – 0-06 Dublin at half time.
was given a yellow card for an unfair challenge on Michael Darragh MacAuley
. Bernard Brogan scored the free from a relatively easy position. Two minutes later, Brogan combined with Denis Bastick
to give Bastick his first point of the afternoon. In the 42nd minute, Sheehan was fouled 15m out from goal, giving Kerry their first score of the half. They followed this up with a fisted point from Kieran Donaghy
a minute later, and a free from Colm Cooper
after Ger Brennan
was booked for fouling Declan O'Sullivan
. 6 minutes later, Sheehan went around three men to score another Kerry point and leave the score at Kerry 1-06 – 0-08 Dublin. At this point, both sides made a substitution. For Dublin, Kevin McManamon
came on for Paul Flynn and for Kerry, Barry John Keane
came on for Donnacha Walsh
. The teams swapped frees, with Sheehan scoring at one end and Brogan at the other. In the 56th minute, Sheehan scored another free and Dublin introduced Eoghan O'Gara
, replacing Barry Cahill
. Cooper then scored another free and another point from play to give Kerry a 4 point lead with 10 minutes left in the match. In the 64th minute, Alan Brogan fed the ball through to McManamon, who rounded his marker and put the ball past goalkeeper, Brendan Kealy
for a Dublin goal and to reduce the gap to a single point. A minute later, Kevin Nolan
scored the equaliser and in the 68th minute, Bernard Brogan put Dublin a point ahead. Entering injury time, Kieran Donaghy
levelled the scores again with a point from 35 metres out. With seconds left on the clock, McManamon was fouled, leaving Stephen Cluxton
to convert a free kick to make Dublin All-Ireland champions for the 23rd time.
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DUBLIN:
1
Stephen Cluxton
2
Cian O'Sullivan
3
Rory O'Carroll
4
Michael Fitzsimons
5
James McCarthy
6
Ger Brennan
7
Kevin Nolan
8
Denis Bastick
9
Michael Darragh MacAuley
10
Paul Flynn
11
Barry Cahill
12
Bryan Cullen
13
Alan Brogan
14
Diarmuid Connolly
15
Bernard Brogan
Substitutes:
20
Eoghan O'Gara
21
Philip McMahon
24
Kevin McManamon
25
Eamonn Fennell
Manager:
Pat Gilroy
by GAA president Christy Cooney
. After the presentation the Dublin team and management went on a lap of honour around the Croke Park pitch. Along the way, they met former Dublin manager, Paul Caffrey
, who was on duty in his capacity as a garda
.
A Dublin fan also sneaked onto the pitch to celebrate. He put on Eamonn Fennell
's discarded tracksuit top after joining the substitutes' bench and was seen on live television and in photographs.
was named as the official GAA Man of the match
on RTÉ
's The Sunday Game
programme the evening after the match. Other publications selected different players. For example, the Irish Independent
selected Kevin McManamon
.
Andrew Montague
invited the winning Dublin team to the Mansion House
the following evening for a civic reception in their honour. The public was welcomed. An estimated 35,000 people turned up to the homecoming at Merrion Square
.
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
's premier competition, the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2011
-Leinster Senior Football Championship:-----------------------------------------Connacht Senior Football Championship:-------------------------Ulster Senior Football Championship:--------------------------------...
, and was played between Kerry
Kerry GAA
The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry...
and Dublin
Dublin GAA
Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...
on 18 September 2011 at Croke Park
Croke Park
Croke Park in Dublin is the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association , Ireland's biggest sporting organisation...
, Dublin.
Dublin were victorious by a single point, achieving their first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title since 1995
1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 108th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland....
. This was the first Kerry–Dublin final since 1985
1985 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1985 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 98th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1985 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland....
. History was made as the winning point was scored by a goalkeeper, Stephen Cluxton
Stephen Cluxton
Stephen "Clucko" Cluxton is a Gaelic football goalkeeper with Dublin. He plays his club football for Parnells. Cluxton is unusual for a goalkeeper as he often opts to take frees during games...
of Dublin, the first time this had ever happened in the final. Cluxton's point gave the title to Dublin as, with the teams level, the match would have had to be replayed at a later date had it ended with both teams on the same score. RTÉ called it "one of the most gripping Sam Maguire Cup
Sam Maguire Cup
The Sam Maguire Cup, often called The Sam , is the name of the cup that is awarded to winners of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland...
deciders of the modern era" and the BBC said it was a "dramatic comeback victory."
Going into the 2011 Championship Cork were the defending champions after defeating Down
Down GAA
The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Down GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Down...
in the 2010 final
2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 2010 All-Ireland Football Final was the 123rd event of its kind, and the last football match of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2010, it was played between Cork and Down on 19 September 2010 in Croke Park, Dublin....
. However, Cork were eliminated in the quarter-finals in 2011 by Mayo
Mayo GAA
The Mayo County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Mayo GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Mayo and the Mayo inter-county teams.-History:...
. On 30 August 2011, Joe McQuillan was confirmed as the referee for the senior final. This was his first time to referee an All Ireland Senior Football final. Ahead of the game, Irish politicians Leo Varadkar
Leo Varadkar
Leo Varadkar is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He has been a Teachta Dála for the Dublin West constituency since June 2007. He is currently the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, being appointed on 9 March 2011....
and Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin is an Irish Labour Party politician. He was elected as a Teachta Dála for the Dublin North Central constituency at the 2011 general election. He was previously a member of Dublin City Council for the Clontarf electoral area from 2004–11. He is a former teacher and was Principal...
were censured by officials for flying unauthorised flags from their car windows in public. The flags favoured the Dublin team. After the game, Dublin captain Bryan Cullen
Bryan Cullen
Bryan Cullen is an Irish Gaelic footballer who currently plays as a left wing-forward for the Dublin senior team.Cullen made his first appearance for the team during the 2003 championship and has become a regular player over the last few seasons. During that time he has won one All-Ireland...
was offered the role of coaching Leinster Rugby
Leinster Rugby
Leinster Rugby, usually referred to simply as Leinster, is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Dublin, representing the Irish province of Leinster, that competes in the RaboDirect Pro 12 and also competes in the Heineken Cup...
's academy players.
The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final attracted an audience share of almost 75 per cent, with three quarters of the available audience watching the final from beginning to end. This compared with an audience share of just over 65 per cent who watched the shock Ireland national rugby union team
Ireland national rugby union team
The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...
defeat of Australia
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
at the 2011 Rugby World Cup
2011 Rugby World Cup
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005...
in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
the previous day.
Background
This was the 12th time KerryKerry GAA
The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry...
and Dublin
Dublin GAA
Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...
met in an All-Ireland football final and the first since 1985. Kerry had won eight of the previous meetings, and Dublin had won three.
Kerry are the most successful Gaelic football team taking part in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn...
, having previously won 36 and taken part in 55 All Ireland Football finals since the competition's inception in 1887. Dublin are the second most successful team, having won 22 and taken part in 35 finals prior to this match.
The first senior final meeting between Dublin and Kerry was in 1892
1892 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1892 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the fifth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1892 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland....
. Dublin defeated Kerry in the 1923 final
1923 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1923 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 36th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1923 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland....
but would not do so again until the 1976 final
1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 89th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland....
. The 1970s was a particularly important time in the history of the rivalry between the sides due to the regularity with which the teams encountered one another. In the decade before the 2011 final Dublin and Kerry had met on five occasions, with Kerry regularly dispatching Dublin aside with ease. Their previous meeting (in the quarter-finals of the 2009 championship
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2009
The 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the inter-county Gaelic football tournament played between 31 counties of Ireland, London and New York. The draw for the 2009 championship took place on October 9, 2008. The tournament kicked off on May 10, 2009...
) saw Kerry defeat Dublin by 17 points.
Paths to the final
Kerry defeated TipperaryTipperary GAA
The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or C is one of over 30 regional executive boards throughout the world. These executive boards are known as County Boards even though some no longer correspond to the area under the jurisdiction of the counties from which their names...
, Limerick
Limerick GAA
The Limerick County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Limerick GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Limerick...
and Cork to win the Munster Senior Football Championship
Munster Senior Football Championship
The Munster Senior Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of football played in the province of Munster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Munster Council and are played during the summer months...
. They went on to defeat Limerick
Limerick GAA
The Limerick County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Limerick GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Limerick...
for a second time in the All-Ireland Quarter final and then Mayo
Mayo GAA
The Mayo County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Mayo GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Mayo and the Mayo inter-county teams.-History:...
in the semi final.
Dublin defeated Laois
Laois GAA
The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Laois GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Laois and the Laois inter-county teams.-History:...
, Kildare
Kildare GAA
For more information see Kildare Senior Club Football Championship or Kildare Senior Club Hurling Championship.The Kildare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Kildare GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kildare...
and Wexford
Wexford GAA
The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Wexford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Wexford. The county board is also responsible for the Wexford inter-county teams.-History:Hurling has been played in...
to win the Leinster Senior Football Championship
Leinster Senior Football Championship
The GAA Leinster Senior Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of football played in the province of Leinster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Leinster Council and are played during the summer months. The competition involves the counties of...
. They went on to defeat Tyrone
Tyrone GAA
The Tyrone County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Tyrone GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Tyrone. The county board is also responsible for the Tyrone inter-county teams....
in the All Ireland Quarter Final and Donegal
Donegal GAA
The Donegal County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Donegal GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Donegal. The county board is also responsible for the Donegal inter-county teams.Gaelic football is strongest in the...
in the semi final. The Donegal versus Dublin football semi-final had the largest crowd attendance of the season prior to the final (81,436).
Match
Prior to the senior final, TipperaryTipperary GAA
The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or C is one of over 30 regional executive boards throughout the world. These executive boards are known as County Boards even though some no longer correspond to the area under the jurisdiction of the counties from which their names...
defeated Dublin in the minor final
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition for under-18 competitors of the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland...
to take their first minor football title since 1934, it was an extraordinary 3-09 to 1–14 comeback after the Dublin minors appeared to have them dead and buried with Tipperary coming from six points behind at one stage in the second half.
Team selection
On 13 September 2011, Kerry manager, Jack O'ConnorJack O'Connor (GAA)
Jack O'Connor is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He played football with his local club Dromid Pearses from the 1970s until the early 2000s and is currently in his second term as manager of the Kerry senior inter-county team...
named an unchanged team from that which had played Mayo in the semi final. There was some concern that Eoin Brosnan
Eoin Brosnan
Eoin Brosnan is an Irish Gaelic football player who plays at centre forward. He is a former member of the for Kerry senior county team and plays his club football for Dr. Crokes. He is particularly renowned for his goal-scoring ability...
would be unable to play following an ankle injury, but he had recovered sufficiently to be named on the starting team. Three days later, Pat Gilroy
Pat Gilroy
Pat Gilroy is a former Dublin Gaelic football player and current Dublin senior football manager. Gilroy had Mickey Whelan, Paul Nugent and Paddy O'Donoghue as his selectors for 2009. David Hickey replaced Paul Nugent as a selector in October 2009 for the 2010 season.He played his club football for...
, the Dublin Manager, named his starting 15, which also featured no changes since their semi final match against Donegal. Following a red card
Penalty card
A penalty card is used in many sports as a means of warning, reprimanding or penalising a player, coach or team official. Penalty cards are most commonly used by referees or umpires to indicate that a player has committed an offense. The referee will hold the card above his or her head while...
for striking Donegal player Marty Boyle in the semi final, Dublin's Diarmuid Connolly
Diarmuid Connolly
Diarmuid Connolly is a Dublin Gaelic football and Hurling player who plays his club hurling and football for St Vincents.-Hurling:...
was initially ineligible to play in the final. Having appealed this decision to the CHC, he was, however, cleared to play.
First half
Kerry were the first team to score, after just 2 minutes of the match, with Declan O'SullivanDeclan O'Sullivan
Declan O'Sullivan Declan O'Sullivan Declan O'Sullivan (born 1983 in Cahersiveen, County Kerry is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Dromid Pearses, his divisional side South Kerry and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2003...
fisting the ball over the bar. 9 minutes later, after several wides from both sides, Alan Brogan
Alan Brogan
Alan Brogan is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Dublinwho plays for St. Oliver Plunkett's. He is the son of famous Dublin footballer Bernard Brogan. He can play in the full forward line but usually plays centre half forward for Dublin...
curled a shot inside the upright to equalise. Paul Flynn
Paul Flynn (footballer)
Paul Flynn is a Gaelic football player for Dublin and Fingallians. He is from Swords, County Dublin. He made his Dublin debut when appearing as a second half substitute in Dublin's first round O'Byrne Cup victory over Wicklow on January 5 in Parnell Park...
was booked for a high challenge on Aidan O'Mahony
Aidan O'Mahony
Aidan O'Mahony is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Kerry senior football team. O'Mahony is a member of An Garda Síochána.O'Mahony played for Kerry's U21 team in 2000 and 2001....
a minute later. In the 15th minute, Alan Brogan scored his second point of the match to give Dublin the lead. Two minutes later, Darren O'Sullivan broke through the Dublin defence and offloaded the ball to Colm Cooper
Colm Cooper
Colm ‘Gooch’ Cooper is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Dr. Croke’s and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2002. Cooper is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation.-Club:Cooper helped Dr. Crokes win the 2000 Kerry...
who put it past Stephen Cluxton
Stephen Cluxton
Stephen "Clucko" Cluxton is a Gaelic football goalkeeper with Dublin. He plays his club football for Parnells. Cluxton is unusual for a goalkeeper as he often opts to take frees during games...
to score a goal for Kerry. With the score at Kerry 1-01 – 0-02 Dublin, Bernard Brogan
Bernard Brogan (junior)
Bernard Brogan is a Gaelic football player who plays inter-county football with Dublin and his club football for St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh. Bernard alongside most of his family hove all attended St. Declan's College on the Navan Road...
got his first point of the day from a free. In the 24th minute, Rory O'Carroll
Rory O'Carroll
Rory O'Carroll is a football and hurling player with Dublin and Kilmacud Crokes. He currently lines out as the full back on the Dublin team. He is the brother of inter county footballer Ross O'Carroll. Rory made his debut for Dublin against Kerry in March 2009.-Football:Rory is the holder of two...
was given a yellow card for an off-the-ball incident with Darren O'Sullivan. A minute later, Kerry made their first substitution, bringing on Paul Galvin
Paul Galvin (footballer)
Paul Galvin is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Finuge, his divisional side Feale Rangers and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2003. Galvin had the honour of being named as the 1000th All-Star.Galvin writes a weekly fashion column...
for corner-forward Kieran O'Leary
Kieran O'Leary
Kieran O'Leary is an Irish Gaelic footballer. He plays at U21 and senior levels with the Dr. Crokes club team and the Kerry county team. In 2007, O'Leary was a kery member of the Dr. Crokes team that reached the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final on St. Patrick's Day...
. In the 28th minute, goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton scored for Dublin from a free and then Bernard Brogan scored his second and third points, giving Dublin a 2 point lead. Substitute Galvin then scored his first point, leaving the score Kerry 1-02 – 0-06 Dublin at half time.
Second half
Three minutes into the second half, Kerry midfielder, Bryan SheehanBryan Sheehan
Bryan Sheehan is an Irish Gaelic footballer with the St. Mary's club, South Kerry divisional side and Kerry county team.-Career:Sheehan was a member of the Kerry squad for the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship from 2001 to 2003, winning the Munster Minor Football Championship on all 3...
was given a yellow card for an unfair challenge on Michael Darragh MacAuley
Michael Darragh MacAuley
Michael Darragh MacAuley is a Dublin born inter-county Gaelic football player for Dublin. He plays his club football with Ballyboden St. Enda's whom he won a Dublin Senior Football Championship with in 2009.-Inter-county:...
. Bernard Brogan scored the free from a relatively easy position. Two minutes later, Brogan combined with Denis Bastick
Denis Bastick
Denis Bastick is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Dublin and Templeogue Synge St. Denis attended St. Josephs BNS Primary School in Terenure. Denis Basticks club side Templeogue Synge Street won promotion to the top league in Dublin football for 2007. Bastick is unlikely to feature in the...
to give Bastick his first point of the afternoon. In the 42nd minute, Sheehan was fouled 15m out from goal, giving Kerry their first score of the half. They followed this up with a fisted point from Kieran Donaghy
Kieran Donaghy
Kieran Donaghy is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Kerry. Donaghy has won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, two Munster Championships and a National League title with the county. He has also been awarded two All Stars.He plays his club football for Austin Stacks in...
a minute later, and a free from Colm Cooper
Colm Cooper
Colm ‘Gooch’ Cooper is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Dr. Croke’s and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2002. Cooper is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation.-Club:Cooper helped Dr. Crokes win the 2000 Kerry...
after Ger Brennan
Ger Brennan
Ger Brennan is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Dublin and St Vincents. He won the 2007 O'Byrne Cup for Dublin against Laois at O'Connor Park in Offaly. The game finished on a scoreline of 1-18 to 2-13 against Laois. He finished the tournament with a total of 0-04. Brennan will make his...
was booked for fouling Declan O'Sullivan
Declan O'Sullivan
Declan O'Sullivan Declan O'Sullivan Declan O'Sullivan (born 1983 in Cahersiveen, County Kerry is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Dromid Pearses, his divisional side South Kerry and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2003...
. 6 minutes later, Sheehan went around three men to score another Kerry point and leave the score at Kerry 1-06 – 0-08 Dublin. At this point, both sides made a substitution. For Dublin, Kevin McManamon
Kevin McManamon
Kevin McManamon is an Irish Gaelic footballer for Dublin who plays for St Judes alongside his elder brother Brendan McManamon and has been a member of the Dublin since 2010.McManamon made his senior debut in O'Byrne Cup against Wexford...
came on for Paul Flynn and for Kerry, Barry John Keane
Barry John Keane
Keane, Barry John is an Irish Gaelic footballer with Kerry GAA and has played with them at minor Under 21 and seinor level. He is the grandson of the famous former Kerry player John Dowling. He plays with the Kerins O'Rahilly's club in Tralee...
came on for Donnacha Walsh
Donnacha Walsh
Donnchadh Walsh is an Irish Gaelic footballer. He plays his football with the Cromane club, the Mid Kerry divisional side and the Kerry county panel.-Football career:...
. The teams swapped frees, with Sheehan scoring at one end and Brogan at the other. In the 56th minute, Sheehan scored another free and Dublin introduced Eoghan O'Gara
Eoghan O'Gara
Eoghan O'Gara is a Gaelic footballer who plays as a forward for the Dublin inter-county team. Eoghan attended St. Josephs BNS Primary School in Terenure.-Intercounty Football:...
, replacing Barry Cahill
Barry Cahill
Barry Cahill is a Gaelic football player for county Dublin. He plays his club football with St. Brigids in Castleknock and has also represented his province....
. Cooper then scored another free and another point from play to give Kerry a 4 point lead with 10 minutes left in the match. In the 64th minute, Alan Brogan fed the ball through to McManamon, who rounded his marker and put the ball past goalkeeper, Brendan Kealy
Brendan Kealy
Brendan Joseph David Kealy is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Kilcummin and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2010....
for a Dublin goal and to reduce the gap to a single point. A minute later, Kevin Nolan
Kevin Nolan
Kevin Anthony Jance Nolan is an English professional footballer who plays for and is the current club captain of West Ham United in the Football League Championship. An attacking midfielder, he has represented England at under-21 level....
scored the equaliser and in the 68th minute, Bernard Brogan put Dublin a point ahead. Entering injury time, Kieran Donaghy
Kieran Donaghy
Kieran Donaghy is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Kerry. Donaghy has won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, two Munster Championships and a National League title with the county. He has also been awarded two All Stars.He plays his club football for Austin Stacks in...
levelled the scores again with a point from 35 metres out. With seconds left on the clock, McManamon was fouled, leaving Stephen Cluxton
Stephen Cluxton
Stephen "Clucko" Cluxton is a Gaelic football goalkeeper with Dublin. He plays his club football for Parnells. Cluxton is unusual for a goalkeeper as he often opts to take frees during games...
to convert a free kick to make Dublin All-Ireland champions for the 23rd time.
Match details
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| 1 | Brendan Kealy Brendan Kealy Brendan Joseph David Kealy is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Kilcummin and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2010.... |
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| 2 | Killian Young Killian Young Killian Young is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Renard, diviaional side South Kerry and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2006... |
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| 3 | Marc Ó Sé Marc Ó Sé Marc Ó Sé is an Irish sportsman. A teacher by profession, he plays Gaelic football for the Kerry county team and the local An Ghaeltacht club. His older brothers Darragh and Tomás also represent Kerry.- 2002 :... |
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| 4 | Tom O'Sullivan Tom O'Sullivan Tom O'Sullivan is an Irish Gaelic football player from County Kerry. A Garda Síochána by profession, he plays his club football for Rathmore and his county football for Kerry GAA.-Underage Playing Career:... |
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| 5 | Tomás Ó Sé Tomás Ó Sé Tomás Ó Sé is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club An Ghaeltacht and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1998.-Club:... |
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| 6 | Eoin Brosnan Eoin Brosnan Eoin Brosnan is an Irish Gaelic football player who plays at centre forward. He is a former member of the for Kerry senior county team and plays his club football for Dr. Crokes. He is particularly renowned for his goal-scoring ability... |
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| 7 | Aidan O'Mahony Aidan O'Mahony Aidan O'Mahony is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Kerry senior football team. O'Mahony is a member of An Garda Síochána.O'Mahony played for Kerry's U21 team in 2000 and 2001.... |
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| 8 | Anthony Maher Anthony Maher (footballer) Anthony Maher; is a Gaelic footballer from Duagh, County Kerry, in Ireland. He plays for the Duagh GAA club, Feale Rangers divisional side and Kerry senior football team.-Club football career:... |
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| 9 | Bryan Sheehan Bryan Sheehan Bryan Sheehan is an Irish Gaelic footballer with the St. Mary's club, South Kerry divisional side and Kerry county team.-Career:Sheehan was a member of the Kerry squad for the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship from 2001 to 2003, winning the Munster Minor Football Championship on all 3... |
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| 10 | Darran O'Sullivan Darran O'Sullivan Darran O'Sullivan is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Glenbeigh-Glencar, his divisional side Mid Kerry and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2005... |
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| 11 | Declan O'Sullivan Declan O'Sullivan Declan O'Sullivan Declan O'Sullivan Declan O'Sullivan (born 1983 in Cahersiveen, County Kerry is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Dromid Pearses, his divisional side South Kerry and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2003... |
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| 12 | Donnacha Walsh Donnacha Walsh Donnchadh Walsh is an Irish Gaelic footballer. He plays his football with the Cromane club, the Mid Kerry divisional side and the Kerry county panel.-Football career:... |
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| 13 | Colm Cooper Colm Cooper Colm ‘Gooch’ Cooper is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Dr. Croke’s and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2002. Cooper is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation.-Club:Cooper helped Dr. Crokes win the 2000 Kerry... |
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| 14 | Kieran Donaghy Kieran Donaghy Kieran Donaghy is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Kerry. Donaghy has won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, two Munster Championships and a National League title with the county. He has also been awarded two All Stars.He plays his club football for Austin Stacks in... |
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| 15 | Kieran O'Leary Kieran O'Leary Kieran O'Leary is an Irish Gaelic footballer. He plays at U21 and senior levels with the Dr. Crokes club team and the Kerry county team. In 2007, O'Leary was a kery member of the Dr. Crokes team that reached the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final on St. Patrick's Day... |
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| 17 | Daniel Bohan | ||
| 18 | Paul Galvin Paul Galvin (footballer) Paul Galvin is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Finuge, his divisional side Feale Rangers and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2003. Galvin had the honour of being named as the 1000th All-Star.Galvin writes a weekly fashion column... |
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| 21 | Barry John Keane Barry John Keane Keane, Barry John is an Irish Gaelic footballer with Kerry GAA and has played with them at minor Under 21 and seinor level. He is the grandson of the famous former Kerry player John Dowling. He plays with the Kerins O'Rahilly's club in Tralee... |
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| Jack O'Connor Jack O'Connor (GAA) Jack O'Connor is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He played football with his local club Dromid Pearses from the 1970s until the early 2000s and is currently in his second term as manager of the Kerry senior inter-county team... |
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Stephen Cluxton
Stephen "Clucko" Cluxton is a Gaelic football goalkeeper with Dublin. He plays his club football for Parnells. Cluxton is unusual for a goalkeeper as he often opts to take frees during games...
Cian O'Sullivan
Cian O'Sullivan is a senior Gaelic footballer for Kilmacud Crokes and the U21 football captain with Dublin. Cian won his first and only Dublin Senior Football Championship medal for Kilmacud Crokes in 2008. He won a Leinster Senior Club Football Championship medal and a All-Ireland Senior Club...
Rory O'Carroll
Rory O'Carroll is a football and hurling player with Dublin and Kilmacud Crokes. He currently lines out as the full back on the Dublin team. He is the brother of inter county footballer Ross O'Carroll. Rory made his debut for Dublin against Kerry in March 2009.-Football:Rory is the holder of two...
Michael Fitzsimons
Michael Fitzsimons is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Dublin who plays for Cuala CLG in Dalkey. Cuala is a traditional hurling stronghold in Dublin and he is only the second player from Cuala to play intercounty football along with the late Mick Holden....
James McCarthy (Gaelic footballer)
James McCarthy is a current player for Dublin. James won his first Leinster Senior Football Championship with Dublin against Wexford at Croke Park in July 2011...
Ger Brennan
Ger Brennan is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Dublin and St Vincents. He won the 2007 O'Byrne Cup for Dublin against Laois at O'Connor Park in Offaly. The game finished on a scoreline of 1-18 to 2-13 against Laois. He finished the tournament with a total of 0-04. Brennan will make his...
Kevin Nolan (Gaelic footballer)
Kevin Nolan is a Gaelic footballer for Dublin and Kilmacud Crokes. His made his championship debut for Dublin against Wexford in the Leinster Senior Football Championship final.-Football:...
Denis Bastick
Denis Bastick is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Dublin and Templeogue Synge St. Denis attended St. Josephs BNS Primary School in Terenure. Denis Basticks club side Templeogue Synge Street won promotion to the top league in Dublin football for 2007. Bastick is unlikely to feature in the...
Michael Darragh MacAuley
Michael Darragh MacAuley is a Dublin born inter-county Gaelic football player for Dublin. He plays his club football with Ballyboden St. Enda's whom he won a Dublin Senior Football Championship with in 2009.-Inter-county:...
Barry Cahill
Barry Cahill is a Gaelic football player for county Dublin. He plays his club football with St. Brigids in Castleknock and has also represented his province....
Bryan Cullen
Bryan Cullen is an Irish Gaelic footballer who currently plays as a left wing-forward for the Dublin senior team.Cullen made his first appearance for the team during the 2003 championship and has become a regular player over the last few seasons. During that time he has won one All-Ireland...
Alan Brogan
Alan Brogan is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Dublinwho plays for St. Oliver Plunkett's. He is the son of famous Dublin footballer Bernard Brogan. He can play in the full forward line but usually plays centre half forward for Dublin...
Diarmuid Connolly
Diarmuid Connolly is a Dublin Gaelic football and Hurling player who plays his club hurling and football for St Vincents.-Hurling:...
Bernard Brogan (junior)
Bernard Brogan is a Gaelic football player who plays inter-county football with Dublin and his club football for St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh. Bernard alongside most of his family hove all attended St. Declan's College on the Navan Road...
Eoghan O'Gara
Eoghan O'Gara is a Gaelic footballer who plays as a forward for the Dublin inter-county team. Eoghan attended St. Josephs BNS Primary School in Terenure.-Intercounty Football:...
Philip McMahon
Philip McMahon is a Gaelic football player for Dublin and Ballymun Kickhams.-Playing career:Philip was on Dublins winning team for the 2008 O'Byrne Cup winning team which defeated Longford in the final. He made his Championship debut in same year against Louth as a sub...
Kevin McManamon
Kevin McManamon is an Irish Gaelic footballer for Dublin who plays for St Judes alongside his elder brother Brendan McManamon and has been a member of the Dublin since 2010.McManamon made his senior debut in O'Byrne Cup against Wexford...
Eamonn Fennell
Eamonn Fennell is a Gaelic football player for Dublin and St Vincents. Fennell formerly played with northside club O'Tooles.-Intercounty:...
Pat Gilroy
Pat Gilroy is a former Dublin Gaelic football player and current Dublin senior football manager. Gilroy had Mickey Whelan, Paul Nugent and Paddy O'Donoghue as his selectors for 2009. David Hickey replaced Paul Nugent as a selector in October 2009 for the 2010 season.He played his club football for...
Man of the Match: Kevin Nolan Kevin Nolan (Gaelic footballer) Kevin Nolan is a Gaelic footballer for Dublin and Kilmacud Crokes. His made his championship debut for Dublin against Wexford in the Leinster Senior Football Championship final.-Football:... Linesmen: Pat McEnaney (Monaghan Monaghan GAA The Monaghan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Monaghan GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Monaghan and the Monaghan inter-county football and hurling teams. Separate county boards are responsible for the... ) David Coldrick (Meath Meath GAA The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Meath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Meath, as well as for Meath inter-county teams.- Pre-1960s :... ) Sideline Official Umpires Tommy O'Reilly Ciaran Brady TP Gray Jimmy Galligan |
Trophy presentation
The trophy was presented from the Hogan stand to Dublin captain Bryan CullenBryan Cullen
Bryan Cullen is an Irish Gaelic footballer who currently plays as a left wing-forward for the Dublin senior team.Cullen made his first appearance for the team during the 2003 championship and has become a regular player over the last few seasons. During that time he has won one All-Ireland...
by GAA president Christy Cooney
Christy Cooney
Christy Cooney is the current President of the Gaelic Athletic Association...
. After the presentation the Dublin team and management went on a lap of honour around the Croke Park pitch. Along the way, they met former Dublin manager, Paul Caffrey
Paul Caffrey
Paul Caffrey is a former Dublin Gaelic football Senior manager and a Dublin-based Garda.-Biographical Information:Caffrey grew up on Dorset St. on the Northside of Dublin, where his parents ran a greengrocers' shop...
, who was on duty in his capacity as a garda
Garda Síochána
, more commonly referred to as the Gardaí , is the police force of Ireland. The service is headed by the Commissioner who is appointed by the Irish Government. Its headquarters are located in the Phoenix Park in Dublin.- Terminology :...
.
A Dublin fan also sneaked onto the pitch to celebrate. He put on Eamonn Fennell
Eamonn Fennell
Eamonn Fennell is a Gaelic football player for Dublin and St Vincents. Fennell formerly played with northside club O'Tooles.-Intercounty:...
's discarded tracksuit top after joining the substitutes' bench and was seen on live television and in photographs.
Man of the match
Dublin's Kevin NolanKevin Nolan (Gaelic footballer)
Kevin Nolan is a Gaelic footballer for Dublin and Kilmacud Crokes. His made his championship debut for Dublin against Wexford in the Leinster Senior Football Championship final.-Football:...
was named as the official GAA Man of the match
Man of the match
In sport, a Man of the Match or Player of the Game or Man of the Series award is given to the outstanding player, almost always the one who makes the most impact, in a particular match or series. The term was originally used more often in cricket before being adopted by other sports. This can be a...
on RTÉ
RTE
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's The Sunday Game
The Sunday Game
The Sunday Game is Raidió Teilifís Éireann's main Gaelic games television programme. It is shown on RTÉ Two every Sunday during the Football Championship and Hurling Championship seasons. It is one of RTÉ Two’s longest-running shows, having been on air since 1979, one year after the channel first...
programme the evening after the match. Other publications selected different players. For example, the Irish Independent
Irish Independent
The Irish Independent is Ireland's largest-selling daily newspaper that is published in both compact and broadsheet formats. It is the flagship publication of Independent News & Media.-History:...
selected Kevin McManamon
Kevin McManamon
Kevin McManamon is an Irish Gaelic footballer for Dublin who plays for St Judes alongside his elder brother Brendan McManamon and has been a member of the Dublin since 2010.McManamon made his senior debut in O'Byrne Cup against Wexford...
.
Homecoming
On the evening of their victory, Lord Mayor of DublinLord Mayor of Dublin
The Lord Mayor of Dublin is the honorific title of the Chairman of Dublin City Council which is the local government body for the city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. The incumbent is Labour Party Councillor Andrew Montague. The office holder is elected annually by the members of the...
Andrew Montague
Andrew Montague (Irish politician)
Andrew Montague is an Irish Labour Party politician and member of Dublin City Council. He is the current Lord Mayor of Dublin.He was first elected to Dublin City Council in the Irish local elections, 2004 as a member for the Ballymun-Whitehall local electoral area...
invited the winning Dublin team to the Mansion House
Mansion House, Dublin
The Mansion House on Dawson Street, Dublin, is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin since 1715.-Features:The Mansion House's most famous features include the "Round Room", where the First Dáil assembled on 21 January 1919 to proclaim the Irish Declaration of Independence...
the following evening for a civic reception in their honour. The public was welcomed. An estimated 35,000 people turned up to the homecoming at Merrion Square
Merrion Square
Merrion Square is a Georgian square on the southside of Dublin city centre. It was laid out after 1762 and was largely complete by the beginning of the 19th century. It is considered one of the city's finest surviving squares...
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External links
- Official team websites: Dublin Kerry
- Official GAA website