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1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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FieldValue
dates9 May – 26 September 1999
teams33
year1999
teamMeath
titles7th
captainGraham Geraghty
managerSeán Boylan
team2Cork
captain2Philip Clifford
manager2Larry Tompkins
topscorer[[File: Colours of Armagh.svgborder20px]] Oisín McConville (3–18)
munsterCork
leinsterMeath
ulsterArmagh
connachtMayo
poty[[File: Colours of Meath.svgborder20px]] Trevor Giles
matches36
totalgoals76 (2.11 per game)
totalpoints814 (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

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Oisín McConvilleArmagh3–172655.20
2Maurice SheridanMayo0–212145.25
3Podsie O'MahonyCork1–172045.00
Philip CliffordCork1–172045.00
5Dessie DolanWestmeath2–131929.50
Trevor GilesMeath0–191953.80
7Ollie MurphyMeath3–91853.60
Pádraic JoyceGalway2–121844.50
Ger HeavinWestmeath1–151836.00
Declan DarcyDublin0–181844.50
4Diarmaid MarsdenArmagh3–71655.20

;Single game

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Oisín McConvilleArmagh2–713Down
2Podsie O'MahonyCork1–912Limerick
3Dessie DolanWestmeath1–710Longford
4Ciaran McCabeDown2–39Tyrone
Ger HeavinWestmeath0–99Carlow
Dessie DolanWestmeath1–69Laois
Maurice SheridanMayo0–99Roscommon
8Shane KingFermanagh2–28Monaghan
Declan SmythMonaghan1–58Fermanagh
Pádraic JoyceGalway1–58London
Ger HeavinWestmeath1–58Longford
Ollie MurphyMeath1–58Dublin
Damien O'NeillCork1–58Waterford
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