1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Championship details
Dates	9 May – 26 September 1999
Teams	33
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Meath (7th win)
Captain	Graham Geraghty
Manager	Seán Boylan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Cork
Captain	Philip Clifford
Manager	Larry Tompkins
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Meath
Ulster	Armagh
Connacht	Mayo
Championship statistics
No. matches played	36
Goals total	76 (2.11 per game)
Points total	814 (22.61 per game)
Top Scorer	Oisín McConville (3-18)
Player of the Year	Trevor Giles
← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 113th edition of the GAA's premier Gaelic football competition. The championship began on 9 May 1999 and ended on 26 September 1999.

Galway entered the championship as defending champions; however, they were beaten by Mayo in the Connacht final.

On 26 September 1999, Meath beat Cork by 1-11 to 1-8 in the All-Ireland final, thus winning their second All-Ireland title in four years and their seventh in all. In the process, they denied Cork the Double, the hurlers having claimed the Liam MacCarthy Cup two weeks previously.

The provincial championships were run on a knock-out basis as usual, with the provincial winners going on to contest the All-Ireland semi finals. The Leinster Senior Football Championship consisted of 2 preliminary rounds to determine the 8th team in the Leinster quarter finals.

The usual knock-out four-province setup was used. New York played in the Connacht Senior Football Championship for the first time. Normal format is back for the Munster championship with two quarter-finals and semi-finals.

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Leitrim		1-07
	Roscommon		0-15			Roscommon		0-10
	New York		0-10			Mayo		0-21
	Mayo		3-13								Mayo		1-14
											Galway		1-10
						Sligo		1-07
	London		1-08			Galway		1-17
	Galway		1-18

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	1st round					2nd round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Longford		1-13, 2-15
	Wexford		0-16, 0-11
											Laois		1-16
											Westmeath		1-08
						Westmeath		3-17
						Longford		2-09
																Laois		1-11
																Dublin		0-16
											Louth		0-14
											Dublin		2-15
																					Dublin		0-12
																					Meath		1-14
											Offaly		0-11
											Kildare		0-07
																Offaly		0-09
																Meath		1-13
											Wicklow		0-06
											Meath		2-10

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	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Kerry		1-11
	Tipperary		0-08			Kerry		3-17
						Clare		0-12
											Kerry		2-04
											Cork		2-10
						Limerick		1-06
	Waterford		0-04			Cork		4-13
	Cork		3-23

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	Preliminary round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						Cavan		0-05
						Derry		2-14
											Derry		0-12
											Armagh		1-10
						Donegal		0-12
						Armagh		2-11
																Armagh		3-12
																Down		0-10
						Antrim		0-14
						Down		1-15
											Down		2-14
	Monaghan		1-10								Tyrone		0-15
	Fermanagh		2-12			Fermanagh		0-08
						Tyrone		0-18

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	Semi-finals					Final
	Cork		2-12
	Mayo		0-12
						Cork		1-08
						Meath		1-11
	Meath		0-15
	Armagh		2-05

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• Both Red and Yellow cards were introduced to all matches played from this year onwards.
• New York in their first season in the Connacht championship like London play each county in rotation.
• On 20 June 1999, the Munster semi-final between Cork vs Limerick was the first ever championship game played at Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork.
• Armagh won the Ulster title for the first time since 1982.
• Meath-Armagh All Ireland semi-final was the first championship meeting between the teams.

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Oisín McConville	Armagh	3-17	26	5	5.20
2	Maurice Sheridan	Mayo	0-21	21	4	5.25
3	Podsie O'Mahony	Cork	1-17	20	4	5.00
	Philip Clifford	Cork	1-17	20	4	5.00
5	Dessie Dolan	Westmeath	2-13	19	2	9.50
	Trevor Giles	Meath	0-19	19	5	3.80
7	Ollie Murphy	Meath	3-9	18	5	3.60
	Pádraic Joyce	Galway	2-12	18	4	4.50
	Ger Heavin	Westmeath	1-15	18	3	6.00
	Declan Darcy	Dublin	0-18	18	4	4.50
4	Diarmaid Marsden	Armagh	3-7	16	5	5.20

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Oisín McConville	Armagh	2-7	13	Down
2	Podsie O'Mahony	Cork	1-9	12	Limerick
3	Dessie Dolan	Westmeath	1-7	10	Longford
4	Ciaran McCabe	Down	2-3	9	Tyrone
	Ger Heavin	Westmeath	0-9	9	Carlow
	Dessie Dolan	Westmeath	1-6	9	Laois
	Maurice Sheridan	Mayo	0-9	9	Roscommon
8	Shane King	Fermanagh	2-2	8	Monaghan
	Declan Smyth	Monaghan	1-5	8	Fermanagh
	Pádraic Joyce	Galway	1-5	8	London
	Ger Heavin	Westmeath	1-5	8	Longford
	Ollie Murphy	Meath	1-5	8	Dublin
	Damien O'Neill	Cork	1-5	8	Waterford