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1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
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| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| dates | 9 May – 26 September 1999 | ||
| teams | 33 | ||
| year | 1999 | ||
| team | Meath | ||
| titles | 7th | ||
| captain | Graham Geraghty | ||
| manager | Seán Boylan | ||
| team2 | Cork | ||
| captain2 | Philip Clifford | ||
| manager2 | Larry Tompkins | ||
| topscorer | [[File: Colours of Armagh.svg | border | 20px]] Oisín McConville (3–18) |
| munster | Cork | ||
| leinster | Meath | ||
| ulster | Armagh | ||
| connacht | Mayo | ||
| poty | [[File: Colours of Meath.svg | border | 20px]] Trevor Giles |
| matches | 36 | ||
| totalgoals | 76 (2.11 per game) | ||
| totalpoints | 814 (22.61 per game) | ||
| previous | [1998](1998-all-ireland-senior-football-championship) | ||
| next | [2000](2000-all-ireland-senior-football-championship) |
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The 1999 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 113th edition of the GAA's premier Gaelic football competition. The championship began on 9 May 1999 and ended on 26 September 1999.
Galway entered the championship as defending champions; however, they were beaten by Mayo in the Connacht final.
On 26 September 1999, Meath beat Cork by 1–11 to 1–8 in the All-Ireland final, thus winning their second All-Ireland title in four years and their seventh in all. In the process, they denied Cork the Double, the hurlers having claimed the Liam MacCarthy Cup two weeks previously.
Format
The provincial championships were run on a knock-out basis as usual, with the provincial winners going on to contest the All-Ireland semi finals. The Leinster Senior Football Championship consisted of 2 preliminary rounds to determine the 8th team in the Leinster quarter finals.
The usual knock-out four-province setup was used. played in the Connacht Senior Football Championship for the first time. Normal format is back for the Munster championship with two quarter-finals and semi-finals.
Results
[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]
| team-width=100px | score-width=35px | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Leitrim | RD1-score1=1–07 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Roscommon | RD1-score2=0–15 | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=London | RD1-score7=1–08 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Galway | RD1-score8=1–18 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=New York | RD1-score3=0–10 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Mayo | RD1-score4=3–13 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Roscommon | RD2-score1=0–10 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Mayo | RD2-score2=0–21 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Galway | RD2-score4=1–17 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Sligo | RD2-score3=1–07 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Mayo | RD3-score1=1–14 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Galway | RD3-score2=1–10
Quarter-finals
Quarter-final |}}
Quarter-final |}}
Quarter-final |}}
Semi-finals
Semi-final |}}
Semi-final |}}
Semi-final Replay |}}
Final
Final |}}
[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]
| team-width=100px | score-width=70px | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Longford | RD1-score1=1–13, 2–15 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Wexford | RD1-score2=0–16, 0–11 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Westmeath | RD2-score3=3–17 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Longford | RD2-score4=2–09 | RD3-seed7= | RD3-team7=Wicklow | RD3-score7=0–06 | RD3-seed8= | RD3-team8=Meath | RD3-score8=2–10 | RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=Louth | RD3-score3=0–14 | RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=Dublin | RD3-score4=2–15 | RD3-team2=Westmeath | RD3-score2=1–08 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Laois | RD3-score1=1–16 | RD3-seed5= | RD3-team5=Offaly | RD3-score5=0–11 | RD3-seed6= | RD3-team6=Kildare | RD3-score6=0–07 | RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=Laois | RD4-score1=1–11 | RD3-seed2= | RD4-team2=Dublin | RD4-score2=0–16 | RD4-seed4= | RD4-team4=Meath | RD4-score4=1–13 | RD4-seed3= | RD4-team3=Offaly | RD4-score3=0–09 | RD5-seed1= | RD5-team1=Dublin | RD5-score1=0–12 | RD5-seed2= | RD5-team2=Meath | RD5-score2=1–14
1st preliminary round
Round 1 |}}
Round 1 |}}
Round 1 replay |}}
2nd preliminary round
Round 2 |}}
Quarter-finals
Quarter-final |}}
Quarter-final |}}
Quarter-final |}}
Quarter-final |}}
Semi-finals
Semi-final |}}
Semi-final |}}
Semi-final Replay |}}
Final
Final |}}
[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]
| team-width=100px | score-width=35px | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Kerry | RD1-score1=1–11 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Tipperary | RD1-score2=0–08 | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=Waterford | RD1-score7=0–04 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Cork | RD1-score8=3–23 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Clare | RD2-score2=0–12 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Kerry | RD2-score1=3–17 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Cork | RD2-score4=4–13 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Limerick | RD2-score3=1–06 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Kerry | RD3-score1=2–04 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Cork | RD3-score2=2–10
Quarter-finals
Quarter-final |}}
Quarter-final |}}
Semi-finals
Semi-final |}}
Semi-final |}}
Final
Final |}}
[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]
| team-width=100px | score-width=35px | RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=Monaghan | RD1-score13=1–10 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=Fermanagh | RD1-score14=2–12 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Cavan | RD2-score1=0–05 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Derry | RD2-score2=2–14 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Donegal | RD2-score3=0–12 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Armagh | RD2-score4=2–11 | RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=Antrim | RD2-score5=0–14 | RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=Down | RD2-score6=1–15 | RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=Fermanagh | RD2-score7=0–08 | RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=Tyrone | RD2-score8=0–18 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Derry | RD3-score1=0–12 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Armagh | RD3-score2=1–10 | RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=Down | RD3-score3=2–14 | RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=Tyrone | RD3-score4=0–15 | RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=Armagh | RD4-score1=3–12 | RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=Down | RD4-score2=0–10
Preliminary round
Preliminary round |}}
Quarter-finals
Quarter-final |}}
Quarter-final Replay |}}
Quarter-final |}}
Quarter-final |}}
Quarter-final |}}
Semi-finals
Semi-final |}}
Semi-final |}}
Final
Main article: 1999 Ulster Senior Football Championship final
Final |}}
[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]
| team-width=100px | score-width= 35px | RD1-seed1= | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team1=Cork | RD1-team2=Mayo | RD1-score1=2–12 | RD1-score2=0–12 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team3=Meath | RD1-team4=Armagh | RD1-score3=0–15 | RD1-score4=2–05 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team1=Cork | RD2-team2=Meath | RD2-score1=1–08 | RD2-score2=1–11
Semi-finals
Semi-final |}}
Semi-final |}}
Final
Main article: 1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Final |}}
Statistics
Miscellaneous
- The Munster Quarter-final Cork vs Waterford was the worst championship defeat for Waterford.
- Both red and yellow cards were introduced to all matches played from this year onwards.
- New York, in their first season in the Connacht championship, like London play each county in rotation.
- On 20 June 1999, the Munster semi-final between Cork and Limerick was the first ever championship game played at Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork.
- Armagh won the Ulster title for the first time since 1982.
- Meath-Armagh All Ireland semi-final was the first championship meeting between the teams.
Top scorers
;Overall
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oisín McConville | Armagh | 3–17 | 26 | 5 | 5.20 |
| 2 | Maurice Sheridan | Mayo | 0–21 | 21 | 4 | 5.25 |
| 3 | Podsie O'Mahony | Cork | 1–17 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 |
| Philip Clifford | Cork | 1–17 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 | |
| 5 | Dessie Dolan | Westmeath | 2–13 | 19 | 2 | 9.50 |
| Trevor Giles | Meath | 0–19 | 19 | 5 | 3.80 | |
| 7 | Ollie Murphy | Meath | 3–9 | 18 | 5 | 3.60 |
| Pádraic Joyce | Galway | 2–12 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 | |
| Ger Heavin | Westmeath | 1–15 | 18 | 3 | 6.00 | |
| Declan Darcy | Dublin | 0–18 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 | |
| 4 | Diarmaid Marsden | Armagh | 3–7 | 16 | 5 | 5.20 |
;Single game
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oisín McConville | Armagh | 2–7 | 13 | Down |
| 2 | Podsie O'Mahony | Cork | 1–9 | 12 | Limerick |
| 3 | Dessie Dolan | Westmeath | 1–7 | 10 | Longford |
| 4 | Ciaran McCabe | Down | 2–3 | 9 | Tyrone |
| Ger Heavin | Westmeath | 0–9 | 9 | Carlow | |
| Dessie Dolan | Westmeath | 1–6 | 9 | Laois | |
| Maurice Sheridan | Mayo | 0–9 | 9 | Roscommon | |
| 8 | Shane King | Fermanagh | 2–2 | 8 | Monaghan |
| Declan Smyth | Monaghan | 1–5 | 8 | Fermanagh | |
| Pádraic Joyce | Galway | 1–5 | 8 | London | |
| Ger Heavin | Westmeath | 1–5 | 8 | Longford | |
| Ollie Murphy | Meath | 1–5 | 8 | Dublin | |
| Damien O'Neill | Cork | 1–5 | 8 | Waterford |
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