2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

2006 All-Ireland Football Final
Event 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date 17 September 2006
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee Brian Crowe (Cavan)
Attendance 82,289

The 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 119th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Kerry won by 13 points.

Mayo were hoping to bridge a gap that stretched all the way back to their All-Ireland football title winning team of 1951.[1] They failed yet again, having lost to Kerry in 2004 and 1997, Meath in 1996 and Cork in 1989.[2]

17 September 2006
15:30 (IST)
Final
Kerry 4-15 - 3-05 Mayo
C Cooper, K Donaghy, D O'Sullivan 1-2 each, E Brosnan 1-1, M F Russell, A O'Mahony 0-2 each, S Moynihan, P Galvin, S O'Sullivan 0-1 each, Report K O'Neill 2-0, P Harte 1-0, C Mortimer 0-3, B J Padden, C McDonald 0-1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 82,289
Referee: B. Crowe (Cavan)
Kerry
Green and Yellow Shirts/White shorts/Green Socks
4-15 - 3-5
(final score after 70 minutes)
Mayo
Green and Red shirts/White shorts/Red socks
Manager: Jack O'Connor

Team:
Diarmuid Murphy (GK)
Marc Ó Sé
Michael McCarthy
Tom O'Sullivan
Tomás Ó Sé
Séamus Moynihan(0-1)
Aidan O'Mahony(0-2)
Darragh Ó Sé
Tommy Griffin
Seán O'Sullivan(0-01)
Declan O'Sullivan(1-2)(Capt.)
Paul Galvin(0-1)
Colm Cooper(1-2)
Kieran Donaghy(1-2)
Mike Frank Russell(0-2)


Substitutes:
Eoin Brosnan(1-1)
Darren O’Sullivan
B Sheehan(0-1)
E Fitzmaurice
B Guiney

Half-time:
3-08 - 3-02

Competition:
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
(Final)

Date:
15.30 BST
Sunday, September 17, 2006

Venue:
Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance:
82,289

Referee:
Brian Crowe
(Cavan)

Match rules:
70 minutes.
Replay if scores still level.
Maximum of 5 substitutions.

Manager: Mickey Moran

Team:
David Clarke (GK)
Dermot Geraghty
David Heaney
Keith Higgins
Aidan Higgins
James Nallen
Peadar Gardiner
Ronan McGarrity
Pat Harte (1-0)
Billy Joe Padden (0-1)
Ger Brady
Alan Dillon
Kevin O'Neill (2-0)
Conor Mortimer (0-3)
Ciarán McDonald (0-1)


Substitutes:
D. Brady
Trevor Mortimer
Barry Moran
A Kilcoyne
Andy Moran

References

  1. McGee, Eugene (6 February 2006). "First signs that Mayo might be set to turn back the clock". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 6 February 2006.
  2. "All-Ireland final match-tracker". RTÉ Sport. 17 September 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
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