1989 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

1989 All-Ireland Senior Football Final

Event

1989 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Cork	Mayo

0-17	1-11

Date

17 September 1989

Venue

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee

Paddy Collins (Westmeath)

Attendance

65,519

The 1989 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was a Gaelic football match played at Croke Park on 17 September 1989 to determine the winners of the 1989 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the 103rd season of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champions of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Mayo of Connacht and Cork of Munster, with Cork winning by 0-17 to 1-11.

In what is regarded as one of the best and most entertaining finals of its era, the Cork and Mayo All-Ireland decider provided "great fun at a time when football badly needed some".^[1]< Cork entered the game hoping to avoid the unwanted accolade of becoming the first team in almost fifty years to lose three successive All-Ireland finals. Inspired by this they got off to a great start with three quick points before Mayo settled into the match. At half time Cork led by 0-10 to 0-8.

Mayo were rejuvenated after the interval. An Anthony Finnerty goal in the 38th minute gave Mayo a brief lead. Finnerty’s goal looked as though it might swing the tide in Mayo’s favour. Cork hit back to equalize through Dave Barry and a brace of scores from John Cleary handed the Rebels the initiative. Mayo's Noel Durkan set Finnerty free again minutes later, however, in a key turning point of the game, he planted his shot into the side-netting. Mayo failed to score for the last sixteen minutes as Mick McCarthy and Teddy McCarthy kicked over the final points of the game.^[2]^[3]

Cork's All-Ireland victory was their first since 1973. The win gave them their fifth All-Ireland title over all and put them joint fourth on the all-time roll of honour along with Meath, Cavan and Wexford.

Mayo were appearing in their first All-Ireland final since they triumphed in 1951. Defeat at the hands of Cork was the first of eight All-Ireland defeats without victory between 1989 and 2016.

Match

Details

Mayo v Cork

17 September 1989
15:15 IST

Mayo	1-11 - 0-17	Cork

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 65,519
Referee: P Collins (Westmeath)

Mayo

Cork

References

↑ Carey, Daniel (14 September 2009). "1989: One that got away for Mayo". The Mayo News. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
↑ "Down memory lane: A potted history of Cork v Mayo". The 42. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
↑ "Jubilee Team: Cork 1989". GAA website. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

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