All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2000
Championship details
Dates 7 May - 7 October 2000
Teams 33
All-Ireland champions
Winners Kerry (32nd win)
Captain Seamus Moynihan
Manager Páidí Ó Sé
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Galway
Captain Pádraic Joyce
Manager John O'Mahony
Provincial champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Kildare
Ulster Armagh
Connacht Galway
Championship Statistics
Matches Played 36
Total Goals 74 (2.06 per game)
Total Points 898 (24.95 per game)
Top Scorer Dara Ó Cinnéide
Player of the Year Johnny Crowley
1999
2001

The 2000 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 114th edition of the GAA's premier gaelic football competition. It was played between May and October 2000. This was the final year that the provincial knockout format was used before the qualifier system was introduced in 2001. The final, between Kerry and Galway, went to a replay for the first time since the 1996 All-Ireland Football Final. Kerry claimed their 32nd All-Ireland Football title with 0-17 to 1-10 victory in the replay.[1]

Contents

Format

The Ulster, Munster and Connacht championships were conducted as straight knock-out competitions. The Leinster championship consisted of a round robin format between Wicklow, Wexford, Longford and Carlow to determine the 8th team to play in the Leinster quarter finals. The winners of each provincial competition went on to play in the All Ireland semi-finals.

Connacht Senior Football Championship

  Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
 Mayo 1-10  
 Sligo 1-13      Sligo 0-04  
 New York 1-05      Galway 0-22  
 Galway 1-15        Galway 1-13
            Leitrim 0-08
          Leitrim 1-13
 London 0-10      Roscommon 3-06    
 Roscommon 4-18  

4 June 2000
Quarter Final
Roscommon 4-18 - 0-10 London Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
Report

10 June 2000
Quarter Final
Galway 1-15 - 1-05 New York Tuam Stadium, Tuam
Report

11 June 2000
Quarter Final
Sligo 1-13 - 1-10 Mayo Markievicz Park, Sligo
Report

2 July 2000
Semi Final
Roscommon 3-06 - 1-13 Leitrim Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
Report

9 July 2000
Semi Final
Sligo 0-04 - 0-22 Galway Markievicz Park, Sligo
Report

30 July 2000
Final
Galway 1-13 - 0-08 Leitrim Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon

Munster Senior Football Championship

  Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
 Clare 0-15  
 Waterford 1-07      Clare 0-15  
          Tipperary 0-10  
            Clare 0-08
            Kerry 3-15
          Kerry 2-15
 Limerick 2-08      Cork 1-13    
 Cork 3-13  

14 May 2000
Quarter Final
Clare 0-15 - 1-07 Waterford Cusack Park, Ennis

20 May 2000
Quarter Final
Limerick 2-08 - 3-13 Cork Kilmallock

18 June 2000
Semi Final
Kerry 2-15 - 1-13 Cork FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney
Report

25 June 2000
Semi Final
Tipperary 0-10 - 0-15 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Report

16 July 2000
Final
Kerry 3-15 - 0-08 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Report

Ulster Senior Football Championship

  Preliminary Round Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
      
          Donegal 0-13  
 Monaghan 1-10      Fermanagh 1-12  
 Fermanagh 3-12        Fermanagh 0-12  
            Armagh 0-13  
          Tyrone 0-08  
          Armagh 0-12  
            Armagh 1-12
            Derry 1-11
          Cavan 1-05  
          Derry 2-13  
            Derry 1-17  
            Antrim 2-05  
          Down 1-07       
          Antrim 0-13       
      

14 May 2000
1st Round
Monaghan 1-10 - 3-12 Fermanagh Brewster Park, Enniskillen
Report

14 May 2000
Quarter Final
Cavan 1-05 - 2-13 Derry Breffni Park, Cavan

28 May 2000
Quarter Final
Down 1-07 - 0-13 Antrim Casement Park, Belfast
Report

4 June 2000
Quarter Final
Tyrone 0-08 - 0-12 Armagh St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Report

11 June 2000
Quarter Final
Fermanagh 1-12 - 0-13 Donegal MacCumhail Park, Ballybofey
Report

18 June 2000
Semi Final
Antrim 2-08 - 0-14 Derry Casement Park, Belfast

25 June 2000
Semi Final
Armagh 0-13 - 0-12 Fermanagh St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Report

2 July 2000
Semi Final Replay
Antrim 2-05 - 1-17 Derry Casement Park, Belfast
Report

16 July 2000
Final
Armagh 1-12 - 1-11 Derry St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Report

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Round robin stage

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Scores for Scores against Points
1 Wexford 3 2 1 0 6-30 0-35 5
2 Longford 3 2 0 1 2-42 6-27 4
3 Wicklow 3 1 1 1 2-31 3-29 3
4 Carlow 3 0 0 3 2-25 3-37 0

7 May 2000
Round 1
Wexford 3-09 - 0-12 Longford New Ross

7 May 2000
Round 1
Wicklow 1-08 - 0-07 Carlow Aughrim

14 May 2000
Round 2
Longford 2-12 - 1-10 Wicklow Pearse Park, Longford

14 May 2000
Round 2
Carlow 0-10 - 2-11 Wexford Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: M Monaghan (Kildare)
J Nevin (1f) 0-4, M Dowling (3f) 0-3, J Kavanagh, S Kavanagh, P Kiernan 0-1each L O'Brien (7f) 0-8, J Lawlor 1-2, J Berry 1-0, R Dunphy 0-1

20 May 2000
Round 3
Wicklow 0-13 - 1-10 Wexford Aughrim

20 May 2000
Round 3
Carlow 2-08 - 0-18 Longford Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Wexford qualify as 8th team for the Leinster Championship

Knockout stage

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 Westmeath 1-12  
 Laois 0-11      Westmeath 0-11  
 Dublin 2-20      Dublin 1-14  
 Wexford 1-08        Dublin 0-12
 Offaly 0-13        Kildare 2-11
 Meath 0-09      Offaly 2-08
 Kildare 1-12      Kildare 0-17    
 Louth 0-12  

4 June 2000
Quarter Final
Offaly 0-13 - 0-09 Meath Croke Park, Dublin
Report

5 June 2000
Quarter Final
Westmeath 1-12 - 0-11 Laois O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Report

11 June 2000
Quarter Final
Dublin 2-20 - 1-08 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin
Report

11 June 2000
Quarter Final
Kildare 1-12 - 0-12 Louth Croke Park, Dublin
Report

25 June 2000
Semi Final
Kildare 0-11 - 1-08 Offaly Croke Park, Dublin
Report

2 July 2000
Semi Final
Dublin 1-14 - 0-11 Westmeath Croke Park, Dublin
Report

16 July 2000
Semi Final Replay
Kildare 0-17 - 2-08 Offaly Croke Park, Dublin
Report

30 July 2000
Final
Dublin 0-14 - 0-14 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: P Russell (Tipperary)
B Stynes, J Sherlock, C Moran 0-3 each, J Gavin (f), C Whelan, D Farrell, J Magee, V Murphy 0-1 each Report P Brennan 0-5 (4f), T Fennin, J Doyle 0-3 (2f) 0-3 each, A Rainbow, R Sweeney, M Lynch 0-1 each

12 August 2000
Final Replay
Dublin 0-12 - 2-11 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: P McEnaney (Monaghan)
C Moran 0-3, C Whelan, D Farrell, V Murphy 0-2 each, J Gavin, B Stynes, J Sherlock 0-1 each Report P Brennan 0-5, D Earley, T Fennin 1-0 each, W McCreery, J Doyle 0-2 each, M Lynch, B Murphy 0-1 each

All Ireland Series

Semi Finals

20 August 2000
Semi-Final
Kerry 2-11 - 2-11 Armagh Croke Park, Dublin
Report

27 August 2000
Semi-Final
Galway 0-15 - 2-6 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin
Report

2 September 2000
Semi-Final Replay
Kerry 2-15 - 1-15
AET
Armagh Croke Park, Dublin
Report

Final


24 September 2000
3:30pm
Final
Kerry 0-14 - 0-14 Galway Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: P McEneaney (Monaghan)
Report

7 October 2000
3:30pm
Final Replay
Kerry 0-17 - 1-10 Galway Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 64,094
Referee: B White (Wexford)
D O'Cinneide 0-4, L Hassett, J Crowley, A MacGearailt 0-3 each, M F Russell 0-2, E Fitzmaurice, M FitzGerald 0-1 each Report D Meehan 1-0, N Finnegan, M Donnellan 0-2 each, S Walsh, K Walsh, S Og de Paor, P Joyce, T Joyce, J Bergin 0-1 each

Top scorers

Player County Tally Total Matches Average
Dara Ó Cinnéide Kerry 3-22 31 6 5.22
Oisin McConville Armagh 1-22 25 5 5
Pádraic Joyce Galway 0-24 24 6 4
Rory Gallagher Fermanagh 1-19 22 3 7.14
Mike Frank Russell Kerry 2-16 22 6 3.66
Padraig Brennan Kildare 0-21 21 6 3.5

Individual feats

Player County Tally Opposition
Oisin McConville Armagh 1-09 Kerry
Colin Corkery Cork 1-08 Westmeath
Dara Ó Cinnéide Kerry 2-05 Meath
Padraig Davis Longford 0-09 Carlow
Rory Gallagher Fermanagh 1-06 Kerry
Tommy Gill Wicklow 1-06 Longofrd

References

See also