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1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship

Football championship

FieldValue
year1988
dates8 May – 9 October 1988
teams32
teamMeath
titles5th
captainJoe Cassells
managerSeán Boylan
team2Cork
captain2Tony Nation
manager2Billy Morgan
munsterCork
leinsterMeath
ulsterMonaghan
connachtMayo
poty[[File: Colours of Meath.svgborder20px]] Robbie O'Malley
topscorer[[File: Colours of Meath.svgborder20px]] Brian Stafford (0–38)
matches33
previous[1987](1987-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
next[1989](1989-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)

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The 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 102nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 8 May 1988 and ended on 9 October 1988.

For the second year in a row, the final was between Meath and Cork. Again, the outcome was the same, Meath winning the replay by a scoreline of 0–13 to 0–12.

Results

[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]

Semi-finals

Finals

Main article: 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Overall

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Brian StaffordMeath0–383857.60
2Larry TompkinsCork0–343456.80

;Single game

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Joey CunninghamArmagh2–511Fermanagh
John McCormackLongford1–811Wicklow
3Maurice FitzgeraldKerry0–1010Cork
Ronan CarolanCavan0–1010Monaghan
5Mark ButlerMayo1–69Sligo
Pat SpillaneKerry1–69Waterford
Brian StaffordMeath0–99Mayo
8Eamonn McEneaneyMonaghan1–58Down
Larry TompkinsCork0–88Meath
Brian StaffordMeath0–88Cork
Larry TompkinsCork0–88Meath
Brian StaffordMeath0–88Offaly

Miscellaneous

  • Carlow's 3–5 to 2–7 defeat of Laois in the Leinster preliminary round is their first defeat of their neighbours since 1961.
  • Monaghan's 0–16 to 0–14 defeat of Cavan in the Ulster quarter-final is their first defeat of their neighbours since 1930.
  • The All Ireland semi-final between Cork and Monaghan was the first meeting between the teams.
  • The All-Ireland final ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time since 1972.
  • Meath were All Ireland Champions for 2 in a row and Leinster Champions for 3 in a row and they shared their 2 in a row with Galway in the Hurling.

Roll of Honour

  • Kerry – 30 (1986)
  • Dublin – 21 (1983)
  • Galway – 7 (1966)
  • Wexford – 5 (1918)
  • Meath – 5 (1988)
  • Cavan – 5 (1952)
  • Cork – 4 (1973)
  • Kildare – 4 (1928)
  • Tipperary – 4 (1920)
  • Offaly – 3 (1982)
  • Down – 3 (1968)
  • Louth – 3 (1957)
  • Mayo – 3 (1951)
  • Roscommon – 2 (1944)
  • Limerick – 2 (1896)

References

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