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1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date15 September 1991
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Man of the MatchJames McCartan
RefereeSéamus Prior (Leitrim)[1]
Attendance64,500
WeatherSunny
1990
1992

The 1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 104th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Meath had beaten Dublin in the famous four-game saga, but Down stormed into an 11-point lead and Meath's rally was too little, too late.[2]

This was Down's fourth appearance in an All-Ireland final, and their fourth win from four.[3][4][5]

Match

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Details

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Down1–16 – 1–14Meath
Ross Carr 0-5 (0-4f), Gary Mason 0-4 (0-3f), Barry Breen 1-0, James McCartan 0-3, Éamonn Burns 0-2, Mickey Linden 0-1, Greg Blaney 0-1 Bernard Flynn 0-6, Brian Stafford 0-5 (0-4f), Liam Hayes 1-1, Colm O'Rourke 0-1, David Beggy 0-1
Attendance: 64,500
Referee: Séamus Prior (Leitrim)
Down
Meath
1 Neil Collins
2 Brendan McKernan
3 Conor Deegan
4 Paul Higgins
5 John Kelly
6 Paddy O'Rourke (c)
7 D. J. Kane
8 Barry Breen downward-facing red arrow 54'
9 Éamonn Burns
10 Ross Carr
11 Greg Blaney
12 Gary Mason
13 Mickey Linden
14 Peter Withnell downward-facing red arrow 66'
15 James McCartan
Substitutes:
16 Pat Donnan
17 Mick Quinn
18 Martin Laverty
19 Paul McCartan
20 Mark McCartan
21 Liam Austin upward-facing green arrow 54'
22 Jarlath Austin
23 Cathal Murray
24 Ambrose Rogers upward-facing green arrow 66'

Manager:
Pete McGrath
1 Michael McQuillan
2 Brendan Reilly
3 Mick Lyons downward-facing red arrow 52'
4 Terry Ferguson
5 Kevin Foley
6 Liam Harnan
7 Martin O'Connell
8 Liam Hayes (c)
17 Gerry McEntee
10 David Beggy
11 Tommy Dowd
12 Colm Coyle downward-facing red arrow 43'
9 P. J. Gillic downward-facing red arrow 59'
14 Brian Stafford
15 Bernard Flynn
Substitutes:
16 Donal Smyth
13 Colm O'Rourke upward-facing green arrow 43'
18 Mattie McCabe upward-facing green arrow 59'
19 Alan Browne upward-facing green arrow 52'
20 John McDermott
21 Hugh Carolan
22 Seán Kelly
23 Finian Murtagh
24 Ian Kearney

Manager:
Seán Boylan

References

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  1. ^ "1991 All Ireland SFC Final Down v Meath — Referee Seamus Prior". 29 May 2020.
  2. ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  3. ^ "Down fans travel to All-Ireland final". The News Letter. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Flashback: 1991 All-Ireland SFC Final - Down v Meath". GAA.ie. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. ^ "'To say we didn't deserve an All-Ireland was crass, Down never got credit for '91'". The 42. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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