1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Pre-game

Redmond sustained a groin injury while practising free-taking on the Thursday ahead of the match. Dublin manager Dr Pat O'Neill told Redmond (according to Redmond's own account) the day before the game: "We'll look after you, we'll give you an injection, we'll sort it out". Redmond said: "So in my head I was thinking I was going to have an injection that was going to sort me out. So 20 minutes before the game, I said, 'Okay, Pat, I'm ready to get the injection'. He says, 'I don't give injections'. I said, 'What are you talking about?' He says, 'Charlie, I have never given a player a pain-killing injection and I never will, if you can't play put your track-suit on. If you can play then get out and play'. He knew by telling me I'd get an injection that I'd relax from the Friday or Saturday".

Match

Summary

Redmond opted to start the game in spite of his groin injury. The final is best remembered though for one incident early in the second half.

Redmond, the Dublin goal scorer, appeared to attempt a headbutt on Feargal Logan after Logan dropped his knee into Redmond's back while Redmond was on the ground. Referee Paddy Russell spoke to Redmond and Redmond did not leave the field. Note that Seán Moran, writing in The Irish Times in 2019, noted that: "Watched on YouTube, the forbidden period on the field comes in at 28 seconds — admittedly that's nearly half a minute more than ideal, but not nearly the length of time some had thought, and during which Redmond never touched the ball".

Details

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Dublin subs used = : 19 P. Gilroy for K. Galvin : 21 R. Boyle for M. Galvin : 20 V. Murphy for D. Farrell

Dublin subs not used = : 16 D. Byrne : 17 J. O'Callaghan : 18 B. Barnes : 22 S. Cahill : 23 E. Sheehy : 24 B. Whelan : 25 S. Keogh

Post-match

Redmond joked afterwards that he thought Russell was "waving to his family".

The incident prompted the GAA to introduce red and yellow cards.

Many years later, Redmond encountered Russell at a function. Redmond said Russell remembered it better than he did. "I apparently said, 'Paddy, you are making a huge mistake and you will be able to see it tonight on television' and he said, 'Well, that's a mistake I'm willing to make'".

Redmond is teased by children who he says were unborn at the time of the incident.

Peter Canavan was named Footballer of the Year.

Tyrone would not appear in another All-Ireland final until 2003.

Dublin would not appear in another All-Ireland final until 2011.

This was Dublin's last All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title until they won the 2011 final.

The two teams did not meet again in an All-Ireland final until 2018 won by Dublin.

References

References

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2. Keys, Colm. (20 September 2013). "The 25 best Dublin players of the past 25 years". Irish Independent.
3. (2021). "The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES". DBA.
4. He scored Dublin's goal late in the first half, further damaging his groin as he did so. [[Peter Canavan]] hit eleven of Tyrone's twelve points, but missed a late free that would have tied the game.''High Ball'' magazine, issue 6, 1998
5. Play resumed and Redmond became involved in a further Dublin attack receiving the ball from [[Mick Deegan]], Deegan having had it passed to him by [[Keith Barr (Gaelic footballer)
6. Moran, Seán. (11 September 2019). "Will time be on Dublin's side once more?". [[The Irish Times]].
7. Sweeney, Peter. (7 January 2019). "Leitrim player sent off, plays on and sets up vital score". [[RTÉ Sport]].
8. Keane, Paul. (31 August 2018). "Charlie Redmond remembers infamous red card: 'There's two fellas getting the gate here or nobody'". [[Irish Examiner]].
9. (18 September 2011). "Cluxton the hero as Dublin win All-Ireland". [[RTÉ Sport]].
10. (18 September 2011). "All-Ireland Football Final: Dublin 1-12 1-11 Kerry". [[BBC]].