All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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For the this years Gaelic football All-Ireland Football Championship, see 2006 All-Ireland.

The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Football Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Football Final being played on the third or fourth Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin. The prize for the winning team is the Sam Maguire Cup.

Every county in Ireland participates in the Championship so the competition is much more open than the Hurling Championship. The most dominant teams have always come from the provinces of Leinster and Munster. Kerry and Dublin are the most successful football teams. In recent years the Ulster football teams gave the impression that they might dominate the Championship with Armagh and Tyrone winning All-Ireland titles in recent years. Kerry are the current All-Ireland Senior Football Champions winning their 34th title following a comprehensive win over Mayo. This is by far the most titles won by any county, confirming Kerry's longstanding dominance of the game.

1 Latest Changes
2 Format
3 Past winners
- 3.1 Notes
4 Top Winners
5 External link

[edit] Latest Changes

The changes affect the 2007 and possibly 2008 All-Ireland Senior football championships. The All-Ireland qualifiers series has been reduced to three rounds. There will be an open draw for each round, meaning that teams that played each other in the Provincial Championships could play each other again. Previously, it was not possible to play the same team. The lowest ranking eight teams from the National Football League of that season immediately qualify for the Tommy Murphy Cup unless they win their first round provincial matches.[1]

[edit] Format

The county is a geographical region in Ireland, and each of the thirty-two counties in Ireland organises its own GAA affairs through a County Board. The county teams play in their respective Provincial Championships in Munster, Leinster, Connacht (including London and New York), and Ulster. If successful the county team will go on the play in the All-Ireland series. The football championship qualifying structure (for teams that have been knocked out of their respective provincial championships - The winning team of the respective provincial championship do not take part of the Qualifiers or "Back Door") works as follows:

Round 1 - This Round shall include all the counties that do not qualify for the Provincial Semi-Finals. An Open Draw shall be made to give eight pairings.
Round 2 - Each of the eight defeated teams in the Provincial Semi-Finals shall play against the eight winners from Round 1. A draw shall be made to determine the eight pairings.
Round 3 - The eight winners from Round 2 shall participate in this Round. An Open draw shall be made to determine the four pairings.
Round 4 - Each of the four teams defeated in the Provincial Finals shall play against the four winners from Round 3. A draw shall be made to determine the four pairings.
All Ireland Quarter-Finals - Each of the four Provincial Champions shall play one of the four winners from Round 4. A draw shall be made to determine the four pairings.
All Ireland Semi-Finals - The All Ireland Semi-Finals shall be on a Provincial rota basis, initially determined by the Central Council. If a Provincial Championship winning team is defeated in its Quarter-Final, the team that defeats it shall take its place in the Semi-Final.

For the first All-Ireland championship in 1887, the competition was played on an open draw knockout basis. From 1888, the provincial system was introduced, whereby the counties in each of Ireland's four provinces would play each other on a knockout basis to find provincial champions. These four champions would meet in the All-Ireland semi-finals. The present structure was adopted in 2001 to allow more games to be played but still retain provincial championships and the knockout structure.

[edit] Past winners

Year	Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Score
1887	April 29, 1888	Clonskeagh	Limerick	1-4	Louth	0-3
1888
1889	October 20	Inchicore	Tipperary	3-6	Queen's County	0-0
1890	June 26, 1892	Clonturk	Cork	2-4	Wexford	0-1
1891	February 28, 1892	Clonturk	Dublin	2-1	Cork	1-9
1892	March 26, 1893	Clonturk	Dublin	1-4	Roscommon	1-0
1893	June 24, 1894	Phoenix Park	Wexford	1-1	Cork	0-1
1894	April 21, 1894	Thurles	Dublin	0-5	Cork	1-2
1895	March 15, 1896	Jones' Road	Tipperary	0-4	Meath	0-3
1896	February 6, 1898	Jones' Road	Limerick	1-5	Dublin	0-7
1897	February 5, 1899	Jones' Road	Dublin	2-6	Cork	0-2
1898	April 8, 1900	Tipperary	Dublin	2-8	Waterford	0-4
1899	February 10, 1901	Jones' Road	Dublin	1-10	Cork	0-6
1900	October 26, 1902	Jones' Road	Tipperary	3-7	London	0-2
1901	August 2, 1903	Jones' Road	Dublin	0-14	London	0-2
1902	September 11, 1904	Cork	Dublin	2-8	London	0-4
1903	November 12, 1905	Jones' Road	Kerry	0-11	London	0-3
1904	July 1, 1906	Cork	Kerry	0-5	Dublin	0-2
1905	June 16, 1906	Thurles	Kildare	1-7	Kerry	0-5
1906	October 20, 1907	Athy	Dublin	0-5	Cork	0-4
1907	July 5, 1908	Tipperary	Dublin	0-6	Cork	0-2
1908	October 3, 1909	Jones' Road	Dublin	1-10	London	0-4
1909	December 5, 1909	Jones' Road	Kerry	1-9	Louth	0-6
1910	November 13, 1910	Jones' Road	Louth	W/O	Kerry	Scratch¹
1911		Jones' Road	Cork	6-6	Antrim	1-2
1912		Jones' Road	Louth	1-7	Antrim	1-2
1913		Croke Park	Kerry	2-2	Wexford	0-3
1914		Croke Park	Kerry	2-3	Wexford	0-6
1915		Croke Park	Wexford	2-4	Kerry	2-1
1916		Croke Park	Wexford	3-4	Mayo	1-2
1917		Croke Park	Wexford	0-9	Clare	0-5
1918		Croke Park	Wexford	0-5	Tipperary	0-4
1919		Croke Park	Kildare	2-5	Galway	0-1
1920		Croke Park	Tipperary	1-6	Dublin	1-2
1921		Croke Park	Dublin	1-9	Mayo	0-2
1922		Croke Park	Dublin	0-6	Galway	0-4
1923		Croke Park	Dublin	1-5	Kerry	1-3
1924		Croke Park	Kerry	0-4	Dublin	0-3
1925		Croke Park	Galway	3-2	Cavan	1-2
1926		Croke Park	Kerry	1-4	Kildare	0-4
1927		Croke Park	Kildare	0-5	Kerry	0-3
1928		Croke Park	Kildare	2-6	Cavan	2-5
1929		Croke Park	Kerry	1-8	Kildare	1-5
1930		Croke Park	Kerry	3-11	Monaghan	0-2
1931		Croke Park	Kerry	1-11	Kildare	0-8
1932		Croke Park	Kerry	2-7	Mayo	2-4
1933		Croke Park	Cavan	2-5	Galway	1-4
1934		Croke Park	Galway	3-5	Dublin	1-9
1935		Croke Park	Cavan	3-6	Kildare	2-5
1936		Croke Park	Mayo	4-11	Leix	0-5
1937		Croke Park	Kerry	4-4	Cavan	1-7
1938		Croke Park	Galway	2-4	Kerry	0-7
1939		Croke Park	Kerry	2-5	Meath	2-3
1940		Croke Park	Kerry	0-7	Galway	1-3
1941	September 7	Croke Park	Kerry	1-8	Galway	0-7
1942	September 20	Croke Park	Dublin	1-10	Galway	1-8
1943	October 10	Croke Park	Roscommon	2-7	Cavan	2-2
1944	September 24	Croke Park	Roscommon	1-9	Kerry	2-4
1945	September 23	Croke Park	Cork	2-5	Cavan	0-7
1946	October 27	Croke Park	Kerry	2-8	Roscommon	0-10
1947	September 14	Polo Grounds, New York	Cavan	2-11	Kerry	2-7
1948	September 26	Croke Park	Cavan	4-5	Mayo	4-4
1949	September 25	Croke Park	Meath	1-10	Cavan	1-6
1950	September 24	Croke Park	Mayo	2-5	Louth	1-6
1951	September 23	Croke Park	Mayo	2-8	Meath	0-9
1952	October 12	Croke Park	Cavan	0-9	Meath	0-5
1953	September 27	Croke Park	Kerry	0-13	Armagh	1-6
1954	September 26	Croke Park	Meath	1-13	Kerry	1-7
1955	September 25	Croke Park	Kerry	0-12	Dublin	1-6
1956	October 7	Croke Park	Galway	2-13	Cork	3-7
1957	September 22	Croke Park	Louth	1-9	Cork	1-7
1958	September 28	Croke Park	Dublin	2-12	Derry	1-9
1959	September 27	Croke Park	Kerry	3-7	Galway	1-4
1960	September 25	Croke Park	Down	2-10	Kerry	0-8
1961	September 24	Croke Park	Down	3-6	Offaly	2-8
1962	September 23	Croke Park	Kerry	1-12	Roscommon	1-6
1963	September 22	Croke Park	Dublin	1-9	Galway	0-10
1964	September 27	Croke Park	Galway	0-15	Kerry	0-10
1965	September 26	Croke Park	Galway	0-12	Kerry	0-9
1966	September 25	Croke Park	Galway	0-10	Meath	0-7
1967	September 24	Croke Park	Meath	1-9	Cork	0-9
1968	September 22	Croke Park	Down	2-12	Kerry	1-13
1969	September 28	Croke Park	Kerry	0-10	Offaly	0-7
1970	September 27	Croke Park	Kerry	2-19	Meath	0-18
1971	September 26	Croke Park	Offaly	1-14	Galway	2-8
1972	October 15	Croke Park	Offaly	1-19	Kerry	0-13
1973	September 23	Croke Park	Cork	3-17	Galway	2-13
1974	September 22	Croke Park	Dublin	0-14	Galway	1-6
1975	September 28	Croke Park	Kerry	2-12	Dublin	0-11
1976	September 26	Croke Park	Dublin	3-8	Kerry	0-10
1977	September 25	Croke Park	Dublin	5-12	Armagh	3-6
1978	September 24	Croke Park	Kerry	5-11	Dublin	0-9
1979	September 16	Croke Park	Kerry	3-13	Dublin	1-8
1980	September 21	Croke Park	Kerry	1-9	Roscommon	1-6
1981	September 20	Croke Park	Kerry	1-12	Offaly	0-8
1982	September 16	Croke Park	Offaly	1-15	Kerry	0-17
1983	September 18	Croke Park	Dublin	1-10	Galway	1-8
1984	September 23	Croke Park	Kerry	1-11	Dublin	1-6
1985	September 22	Croke Park	Kerry	2-12	Dublin	2-8
1986	September 21	Croke Park	Kerry	2-15	Tyrone	1-10
1987	September 20	Croke Park	Meath	1-14	Cork	0-11
1988	October 9	Croke Park	Meath	0-13	Cork	0-9
1989	September 17	Croke Park	Cork	0-17	Mayo	1-11
1990	September 16	Croke Park	Cork	0-11	Meath	0-9
1991	September 15	Croke Park	Down	1-16	Meath	1-14
1992	September 20	Croke Park	Donegal	0-18	Dublin	0-14
1993	September 19	Croke Park	Derry	1-14	Cork	2-8
1994	September 18	Croke Park	Down	1-12	Dublin	0-13
1995	September 17	Croke Park	Dublin	1-10	Tyrone	0-12
1996	September 29	Croke Park	Meath	2-9	Mayo	1-11
1997	September 28	Croke Park	Kerry	0-13	Mayo	1-7
1998	September 27	Croke Park	Galway	1-14	Kildare	1-10
1999	September 26	Croke Park	Meath	1-11	Cork	1-8
2000	October 7	Croke Park	Kerry	0-17	Galway	1-10
2001	September 23	Croke Park	Galway	0-17	Meath	1-8
2002	September 22	Croke Park	Armagh	1-12	Kerry	0-14
2003	September 28	Croke Park	Tyrone	0-12	Armagh	0-9
2004	September 26	Croke Park	Kerry	1-20	Mayo	2-9
2005	September 25	Croke Park	Tyrone	1-16	Kerry	2-10
2006	September 17	Croke Park	Kerry	4-15	Mayo	3-5

[edit] Notes

Note 1: Kerry refused to travel owing to a dispute with the Great Southern & Western Railway Company

[edit] Top Winners

(Accurate to October 2006)

The top county teams by number of wins (and when they last won and lost a final):

	Team	Winner	Last win	Runner-up	Last losing final
1	Kerry	34	2006	18	2005
2	Image:Dublinnewcrest.png Dublin	22	1995	13	1994
3	Galway	9	2001	13	2000
4	Meath	7	1999	9	2001
5	Cork	6	1990	14	1999
6	Down	5	1994	0
	Cavan	5	1952	6	1949
	Wexford	5	1918	3	1914
9	Kildare	4	1928	5	1998
	Tipperary	4	1920	1	1918
11	Mayo	3	1951	9	2006
	Offaly	3	1982	3	1981
	Image:LouthGAA.PNG Louth	3	1957	3	1950
14	Limerick	2	1896	0
	Roscommon	2	1944	4	1980
	Tyrone	2	2005	2	1995
17	Armagh	1	2002	3	2003
	Derry	1	1993	1	1958
	Donegal	1	1992	0

The top provinces by number of wins:

	Province	Wins	Last Win	Biggest Contributor	Wins
1	Munster	46	2006	Kerry	34
2	Leinster	44	1999	Image:Dublinnewcrest.png Dublin	22
3	Ulster	15	2005	Down Cavan	5
4	Connaught	14	2001	Galway	9

The following counties have never won an All Ireland:

Province	County(Last final)
Leinster	Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Westmeath, Wicklow
Connaught	Leitrim, Sligo, London(1908), New York
Ulster	Antrim(1912), Fermanagh, Monaghan(1930)
Munster	Clare(1917), Waterford(1898)

[edit] External link

Results of all counties in the All-Ireland 1991-2003

All-Ireland Senior Football Championships
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Gaelic Athletic Association
Football	History	Hurling
Senior Championship (2006)	History	Senior Championship (2006)
Under-21 Championship	The Sunday Game	Under-21 Championship
Minor Championship		Minor Championship
Junior Championship	Handball	Junior Championship
National Football League	Senior Hardball Singles	National Hurling League
Tommy Murphy Cup (2006)	Senior Hardball Singles	Christy Ring Cup (2006)
International Rules		Nicky Rackard Cup (2006)
Club Football Championship	Rounders	Club Hurling Championship
Sam Maguire Cup	Croke Park	Liam McCarthy Cup
Ladies' Gaelic football		Camogie
Ladies' Football All-Ireland	Interprovincial Championships	Camogie All-Ireland
Cic Fada		Poc Fada