1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Football match
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The 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 101st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
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| Event | 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 18 September 1988 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Larry Tompkins | ||||||
| Referee | Tommy Sugrue (Kerry)[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 65,000 | ||||||
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| Date | 9 October 1988 | ||||||
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| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Martin O'Connell[2] | ||||||
| Referee | Tommy Sugrue (Kerry) | ||||||
| Attendance | 64,069 | ||||||
Match 1
Summary
Cork scored a goal three minutes in and Brian Stafford scored a controversial equaliser[contradictory][3]
David Beggy brought the sides level to force a replay.[4]
Details
| 18 September 1988 Final | Meath | 0–12 – 1–9 | Cork | Croke Park, Dublin |
| B Stafford 0–8, C O'Rourke 0–4. | L Tompkins 0–8, T McCarthy 1–0, M McCarthy 0–1. | Attendance: 65,898 Referee: Tommy Sugrue (Kerry) |
Match 2
Summary
Meath's Gerry McEntee was sent off in the seventh minute of the replay.[5] He was guilty of striking Niall Cahalane.[5]
The match was dominated by Meath's aggressive play.[6]
According to Colm Keys, the replay was "one of the most brutal finals" due to Meath's style of play.[6]
Meath won the replay by a point.[3] Colm O'Rourke scored Meath's last point — which proved to be the winning score, when Cork began to close in on Meath towards the end.[2]
In 2018, Martin Breheny listed the replay as the tenth greatest All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[5]
Details
| 9 October 1988 Final replay | Meath | 0–13 – 0–12 | Cork | Croke Park, Dublin |
| B Stafford 0–7, C O'Rourke 0–3, B Flynn 0–1, D Beggy 0–1, J Cassells 0–1. | L Tompkins 0–8, B Coffey 0–2, D Allen 0–1, D Barry 0–1. | Attendance: 64,069 Referee: Tommy Sugrue (Kerry) |
Meath (is this the replay or the drawn game?)
- 1 M. McQuillan
- 2 R. O'Malley
- 3 M. Lyons
- 4 T. Ferguson
- 5 C. Coyle
- 6 L. Harnan
- 7 M. O'Connell
- 8 L. Hayes
- 9 G. McEntee
- 10 D. Beggy
- 11 J. Cassells (c)
- 12 P. J. Gillic
- 13 C. O'Rourke
- 14 B. Stafford
- 15 B. Flynn
- Sub used
- 19 M. McCabe
- Subs not used
- 16 S. Smyth
- 17 P. Lyons
- 18 F. Murtagh
- 20 F. Foley
- 21 K. Foley
- Manager
- S. Boylan
Cork (is this the replay or the drawn game?)
- 1 J. Kerins
- 2 N. Cahalane
- 3 C. Corrigan
- 4 S. O'Brien
- 5 T. Davis
- 6 C. Counihan
- 7 T. Nation (c)
- 8 S. Fahy
- 9 T. McCarthy
- 10 P. McGrath
- 11 L. Tompkins
- 12 B. Coffey
- 13 D. Allen
- 14 D. Barry
- 15 M. McCarthy
- Subs used
- 20 C. O'Neill for M. McCarthy
- 21 J. O'Driscoll for P. McGrath
- Subs not used
- 16 M. Maguire
- 17 D. Walsh
- 18 M. Burns
- 19 D. Culloty
- 22 J. Cleary
- 23 J. Kerrigan
- 24 M. Slocum
- Manager
- B. Morgan