Vincent Knightley
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Vincent Knightley is a former Gaelic footballer from Annascaul, County Kerry, Ireland. He played with Kerry during the late 80's and 90's.
He played his club football with Annascaul with whom he won County Intermediate Championships in 1987 and 1992[1] and helped the club to the Kerry Senior Football Championship final in 1993 when Annascaul lost out to Laune Rangers, he did however win a County Under 21 Championship in 1989 and Senior Championship in 1990 with West Kerry[2]
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Under 21
He later joined the Under 21 team where he had more success. He first joined the team in 1990 as the side's captain, where he played in all of Kerry's games as a win over Cork in the Munster final.[4] In the final Knightly and co faced Ulster champions Tyrone. Goals proved to be the difference as The Kingdom hit the Ulster men for 5, in a 5-12 to 2-11 win. It gave Knightly an All-Ireland Under 21 title as well as being the team's captain.[5]
He was underage again in 1991 and had more success. A win over Cork seen Knightly pick up a second Munster Under-21 Football Championship.[6] A win over Meath in the All-Ireland semi-final seen Knightly and co back in the All-Ireland final. It was a repeat of the 1990 final as Kerry faced Tyrone. While goals won it for Kerry the year before it was the other way around this time as Tyrone hit Kerry for 4 in a 4-16 to 1-05 loss for Knightly side.[7]