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1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Field	Value
title	1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
image	1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final programme.jpg
image_size	250
event	[1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](1987-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
team1	Meath
team1association	[[File:Colours of Meath.svg	40px]]
team1score	1–14
(17)
team2	Cork
team2association	[[File:Colours of Cork.svg	40px]]
team2score	0–11
(11)
date	20 September 1987
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
referee	Pat Lane (Limerick)
attendance	68,431
previous	[1986](1986-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)
next	[1988](1988-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)

(17) (11) The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 100th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

Meath won with a goal by Colm O'Rourke. The win was also helped by poor shooting from Larry Tompkins, as he missed 6 of 8 frees in the second half.

The game was played a crowd of over 68,000 spectators.
Meath emerged victorious with a scoreline of 1-14 to 0-11.
The decisive moment came when Colm O'Rourke and Brian Stafford led a strong attacking display, while Gerry McEntee controlled the midfield.

Details

Meath

1 M. McQuillan
2 R. O'Malley
3 M. Lyons (c)
4 T. Ferguson
5 K. Foley
6 L. Harnan
7 M. O'Connell
8 L. Hayes
9 G. McEntee
10 D. Beggy
11 J. Cassells
12 P. J. Gillic
13 C. O'Rourke
14 B. Stafford
15 B. Flynn

;Subs used : 21 C. Coyle for J. Cassells : 17 P. Lyons for M. O'Connell

;Subs not used : 16 D. Smith : 18 F. Murtagh : 19 M. McCabe : 20 F. Foley

;Manager : S. Boylan

Cork

1 J. Kerins
2 T. Davis
3 C. Corrigan
4 D. Walsh
5 T. Nation
6 C. Counihan (c)
7 N. Cahalane
8 S. Fahy
9 T. McCarthy
10 J. O'Driscoll
11 L. Tompkins
12 J. Kerrigan
13 C. O'Neill
14 C. Ryan
15 J. Cleary

;Subs used : 17 J. Evans for C. Corrigan : 20 T. Leahy for S. Fahy : 21 P. Hayes for C. Ryan

;Subs not used : 16 F. Delaney : 18 M. Slocum : 19 D. Culloty : 22 B. Coffey : 23 T. Mannix : 24 M. McCarthy : 25 N. Creedon

;Manager : B. Morgan

References

Kinsella, Colm. (10 January 2020). "Sadness at passing of Limerick All-Ireland final referee". Limerick Leader.
''High Ball'' magazine, issue #6, 1998.
"The GAA Book of Lists' by Eoghan Corry, Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005".

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