2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

2008 All-Ireland Football Final

Event

2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Tyrone	Kerry

1-15	0-14

Date

21 September 2008

Venue

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee

Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Attendance

82,204

The 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 121st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Background

Kerry and Tyrone defined the decade. Since 2000, they had hoovered up titles in 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007 (Kerry) and 2003, 2005 (Tyrone). This led to Martin Breheny calling the 2008 final the "most decade-defining clash since Dublin v Kerry in the late 1970s".^[1]

2008 was the first final between two teams who had been beaten in their Provincial Championship. Kerry were reigning champions and were gunning for three-in-a-row. Tyrone had looked dead and buried after being knocked out of their Ulster quarter-final by Down after extra-time in a replay but had bounced back through the rear door.^[2]^[3]

Tyrone had beaten Wexford in their semi-final, while Kerry had beaten Cork after a replay in their semi-final.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Match summary

Tyrone beat Kerry by four points to claim their third All-Ireland.

Kerry v Tyrone

21 September 2008
Final

Kerry	0-14 - 1-15	Tyrone
C Cooper 0-6 (3f), B Sheehan 0-2 (2f), Declan O'Sullivan 0-2, T Walsh, Darren O'Sullivan, T Ó Sé, D Ó Sé 0-1 each	Report	S Cavanagh 0-5,T McGuigan 1-1 (1f), B Dooher 0-2, C McCullagh 0-1 (1f), D Harte, E McGinley, M Penrose, R Mellon, K Hughes, C Cavanagh 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

References

↑ Breheny, Martin (3 September 2008). "The snarl-off for Sam: Two big dogs of the decade - Kerry and Tyrone - are primed for Croker day of reckoning". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
↑ Murray, Shane (21 September 2008). "Kerry 0-14 Tyrone 1-15 matchtracker". RTÉ Sport. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
↑ "Way cleared for intriguing football final". Hogan Stand. 2 September 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
↑ "Tyrone 0-23 Wexford 1-14". RTÉ Sport. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 31 August 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
↑ "Cork 3-07 Kerry 1-13". RTÉ Sport. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 25 August 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
↑ "Kerry 3-14 Cork 2-13". RTÉ Sport. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 31 August 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.

Tyrone – 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (3rd title)
16 P. McConnell 2 R. McMenamin 3 Justin McMahon 12 Joe McMahon 5 D. Harte 6 C. Gormley 7 P. Jordan 8 C. Holmes 9 E. McGinley 10 B. Dooher (Cap.) 29 M. Penrose 12 R. Mellon 13 T. McGuigan 14 S. Cavanagh 15 C. McCullagh Substitutes used Stephen O'Neill* for McCullagh (25') K. Hughes for Holmes (half-time) B. McGuigan for Penrose (51') E. Mulligan for Mellon (57') C. Cavanagh for T. McGuigan (68') Substitutes not used J. Curran D. Carlin P. Donnelly N. Gormley C. McCarron D. McCaul M. McGee C. Gourley R. Mulgrew E. Mulligan Shaun O'Neill P. J. Quinn P. Quinn* Manager M. Harte
(Team as of 21 September 2008 versus Kerry)
Notes: J Devine was on the starting lineup but had to withdraw from the squad due to a family bereavement. Stephen O'Neill's name was not in the match program due to there only being space for thirty names. He played, and came on as a substitute with the number 31 on his back. Paul Quinn's name was not in the match program due to there only being space for thirty names.

Kerry – 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 28 P. Galvin for T. Walsh; 19 Darran O'Sullivan for E. Brosnan; 17 T. Griffin for S. Scanlon; 23 M. F. Russell for B. Sheehan; 27 D. Moran for B. Sheehan

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 18 S. O'Sullivan; 20 M. Quirke; 21 D. Walsh; 22 D. Bohane; 24 R. Ó Flatharta; 25 P. O'Connor; 26 K. O'Leary; 29 A. Maher; 30 P. Corridan; 31 M. Moloney; 32 K. Quirke; 33 A.O'Shea

Manager: P. O'Shea
Selectors: D. Geaney; S. Geaney

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