2005 All-Ireland Senior Football ChampionshipChampionship details Dates 7 May – 25 September 2005 Teams 33 All-Ireland Champions Winning team Tyrone (2nd win)Captain Brian Dooher Manager Mickey Harte All-Ireland Finalists Losing team Kerry Captain Declan O'Sullivan Manager Jack O'Connor Provincial Champions Munster Kerry Leinster Dublin Ulster Armagh Connacht Galway Championship statistics No. matches played 65 Goals total 115 (1.77 per game) Points total 1533 (23.58 per game) Top Scorer Stephen O'Neill (5-49)Player of the Year Stephen O'Neill
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2005 , known for sponsorship reasons as the 2005 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the premier Gaelic football competition in 2005. It consisted of 33 teams and began on Saturday 7 May 2005. Few surprises came during the championship with the dominance of the Ulster teams evident once again. Gaelic football's "Big Three" of this era - Armagh , Kerry , Tyrone - all progressed to the semi-finals.[ 1] [ 2]
The Championship concluded on Sunday 25 September 2005 when Tyrone defeated Kerry, who were playing in their second consecutive All-Ireland Final, by a scoreline of 1-16 to 2-10. Tyrone had to play ten games (including three replays) in order to win the Championship - more than any other team before or since.
Since the introduction of the so-called "back-door" system a few years ago, a number of changes have taken place in the championship format. In 2005 the following system was used.
The provincial championships in Munster , Leinster , Ulster and Connacht ran as usual on a "knock-out" basis. These provincial games were then followed by the "Qualifier" system:
Round 1 of the qualifiers included all the counties that did not qualify for the Provincial Semi-finals. An open draw was made to give eight pairings. Round 2 consisted of the eight defeated teams in the Provincial Semi-finals playing against the eight winners from Round 1. A draw was made to determine the eight pairings. Round 3 Consisted of the 8 winners from Round 2 playing each other in an open draw format. Round 4 consisted of each of the four teams defeated in the Provincial Finals shall playing against the four winners from Round 3. A draw was made to determine the four pairings. The All-Ireland Quarter-finals: Each of the four Provincial Champions played one of the four winners from Round 4. The All-Ireland Semi-finals shall be on a Provincial rots 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.
Provincial championships
Quarter-finals Tipperary 0-13 - 2-22 Kerry D Browne 0-9, B Hickey 0-1, K Mulryan 0-1, F O'Callaghan 0-1, P Morrisey 0-1. Report C Cooper 1-5, MF Russell 0-8, E Brosnan 1-4, L Hassett 0-3, M Ó Sé 0-1, B Sheehan 0-1.
Clare 2-14 - 2-10 Waterford R Donnelly 1-6, E Coughlan 1-3, O O' Dwyer 0-2, D Russell, P O'Dwyer, S Hickey 0-1 each Report N Curran 1-8, G Hurney 1-1, S Briggs 0-1
Semi-finals Clare 0-06 - 0-18 Cork R Donnelly 0-3 (1f), O O'Dwyer 0-2 (1f), S Hickey 0-1. Report M O Croinin 0-6 (3f), J Masters 0-5 (1f, 1 '45'), C McCarthy 0-2, F Gould, J Hayes, N Murphy, K O'Sullivan, A Cronin 0-1 each.
Limerick 0-10 - 2-10 Kerry M Gavin 0-7, S Lavin, C Mullane, C Fitzgerald 0-1 each. Report C Cooper 2-5, E Fitzmaurice, L Hassett, D O Cinneide, S Moynihan, B Sheehan 0-1 each
Final Kerry 1-11 - 0-11 Cork D O'Sullivan 1-0, C Cooper, T Ò Sè, D Ò Cinnèide 0-2 each, MF Russell, L Hassett, M Ò Sè, E Brosnan, D Ò Sè 0-1 each. Report J Masters 0-3, J Hayes, M Ò Crònìn 0-2 each, F Goold, C McCarthy, N O'Leary, P Clifford 0-1 each.
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: D. Coldrick (
Meath )
Round 1 Attendance: 6500
Referee: Michael Hughes
Kildare 1-17 - 2-12 Wicklow J Doyle 0-7, T Fennin 1-3, E Callaghan 0-3, M Foley, R Sweeney, K Brennan, K Ennis 0-1 each Report P Earls 1-6, T Harney 1-1, W O'Gorman 0-2, D Dillon, L Glynn, A Ellis 0-1 each
Dublin 2-23 - 0-10 Longford C Keaney 1-4, A Brogan 1-3, T Quinn 0-5, B Cullen, S Ryan, M Vaughan 0-2 each, J Sherlock, C Moran, C Goggins, C Whelan, D O'Callaghan 0-1 each Report P Davis 0-7, J Martin, B Kavanagh, N Sheridan 0-1 each
Quarter-finals Kildare 0-14 - 0-11 Westmeath J Doyle 0-6, T Fennin 0-4, M Foley, D Earley, R Sweeney, D McCormack 0-1 each Report D Dolan 0-7, A Mangan, Wilson, P Mulvihill, Paul Conway 0-1 each
Laois 1-10 - 1-08 Offaly R Munnelly 1-4, C Conway 0-2, P Clancy, N Garvan, D Brennan, K Fitzpatrick 0-1 each Report M Daly 1-1, N Coughlan 0-2, C Quinn, N McNamee, P Kelleghan, J Coughlan, J Reynolds 0-1 each
Attendance: 35485
Referee: Michael Collins (
Cork )
Dublin 1-12 - 1-10 Meath B Cahill 0-1, A Brogan 1-3, B Cullen 0-1, C Keaney 0-3, T Quinn 0-1, S Connell 0-1, M Vaughan 0-2 Report J Sheridan 1-0, B Farrell 0-4, G Geraghty 0-3, N Crawford, N Kelly, D Regan 0-1 each
Wexford 3-12 - 2-10 Carlow M Forde 1-6, D Fogarty 1-1, PJ Banville 1-0, D Breen, R Barry, S Cullen, P Colfer, D Kinsella 0-1 each Report S Rea 1-5, M Carpenter 1-0, P Hickey 0-2, T Walsh, B Carberry 0-1 each
Semi-finals Laois 0-21 - 0-09 Kildare R Munnelly 0-7, B Brennan 0-4, C Conway 0-3, B Sheehan 0-2, K Fitzpatrick, N Garvan, B McDonald 0-1 each Report D McCormack, J Doyle 0-2 each, M Foley, T Fennin, S McKenzie Smith 0-1 each
Referee: J. Geaney (
Cork )
Dublin 1-17 - 2-10 Wexford T Quinn 0-10, J Sherlock 1-0, C Whelan, C Moran 0-2 each, A Brogan, B Cullen, C Keaney 0-1 each Report P.J. Banville 1-2, R Barry 1-1, K Kennedy 0-2, D Fogarty, J Hudson 0-1 each
Final Dublin 0-14 - 0-13 Laois Tomás Quinn 0–4 (0-3f, 1 '45), Bryan Cullen 0–3, Jason Sherlock 0–2, Stephen O'Shaughnessy, Ciaran Whelan, Collie Moran, Alan Brogan, Conal Keaney 0–1 each Report Ross Munnelly 0–5 (0-2f), Chris Conway 0–4 (0-2f), Noel Garvan and Donie Brennan 0–2 each
Attendance: 81,025
Referee: Joe McQuillan (
Cavan )
Round 1
Quarter-finals Tyrone 1-13 - 1-06 Down M Penrose 1-1, O Mulligan 0-3, S O'Neill, P Canavan, S Cavanagh 0-2 each, P Jordan, R Mellon, E McGinley 0-1 each Report B Coulter 1-1, A Rodgers 0-3, L Doyle 0-2
4 June 2005
Quarter-final Replay
Derry 1-17 - 2-08 Monaghan Paddy Bradley 1-10, E. Muldoon 0-3, P Murphy 0-2, C Devlin, Patsy Bradley 0-1 each Report S McManus 1-1, H McElroy 1-0, P Finlay 0-3, D Freeman 0-2, T Freeman, S Gollogly 0-1 each
Referee: M. Duffy (
Sligo )
12 June 2005
Quarter-final
Armagh 0-12 - 0-12 Donegal R Clarke 0-3, Aaron Kernan, O McConville, S McDonnell, Brian Mallon 0-2 each, P McGrane 0-1, Report C McFadden 0-5, Adrian Sweeney 0-4, C Toye, B Roper, B Devenney 0-1 each
Referee: J. McQuillan (
Cavan )
18 June 2005
Quarter-final Replay
Armagh 3-11 - 1-10 Donegal S McDonnell 1-3, R Clarke 1-1, M Mackin 1-0, A Kernan 0-3, M O'Rourke 0-2, O McConville, A O'Rourke 0-1 each Report B Devenney 1-4, C McFadden 0-6
Referee: M. Deegan (
Laois )
Semi-finals Tyrone 0-10 - 1-07 Cavan S O'Neill 0-4, P Canavan 0-3, R McMenamin 0-2, O Mulligan 0-1 Report J O'Reilly 1-1, L Reilly 0-3, M Cahill, F O'Reilly, Lyng 0-1 each
25 June 2005
Semi-final Replay
Tyrone 3-19 - 0-07 Cavan P Canavan 1-7, S O'Neill 1-5, P Jordan 1-1, C Gormley 0-2, S Cavanagh, M Penrose 0-1 each Report J O'Reilly 0-3, M McKeever 0-2, M Lyng, F O'Reilly 0-1 each
Armagh 1-11 - 0-10 Derry A Kernan 0-4, B Mallon, S McDonnell 0-2 each, M O'Rourke, O McConville, R Clarke 0-1 each Report Paddy Bradley 0-5, E Bradley 0-2, P Murphy, M Lynch, E. Muldoon 0-1 each
Final Armagh 2-08 - 0-14 Tyrone S McDonnell 1-2, O McConville 1-1, A Kernan, P McGrane, R Clarke, B Mallon, J McEntee 0-1 each Report S O'Neill 0-10, B Dooher 0-2, C Gormley, S Cavanagh 0-1 each
Armagh 0-13 - 0-11 Tyrone O McConville 0-4, R Clarke 0-3, A Kernan, S McDonnell 0-2 each, B Mallon, P McKeever 0-1 each Report S O'Neill 0-5, R McMenamin, D Harte, B Dooher, B McGuigan, M Penrose, R Mallon 0-1 each
Referee: M. Collins (
Cork )
Quarter-finals New York 0-06 - 3-14 Galway PJ Ward 0-4, M Keaveney, M Mitchell 0-1 each Report M Meehan 2-2, P Clancy 1-2, M Clancy 0-3, J Bergin, M Donnellan, P Joyce 0-2 each, S Walsh 0-1.
Leitrim 1-11 - 0-09 Sligo J Goldrick 1-0, J Glancy, D Maxwell, Michael Foley 0-3 each, D Duignan 0-2, Report M Breheny 0-3, J Davey, S Davey 0-2 each, A Marren, J McPartland 0-1 each
London 1-08 - 0-12 Roscommon B Solan 0-5, S McInerney 1-0, S Hehir, J Coffey, S Doran 0-1 each Report G Heneghan 0-5, S Lohan, E Kenny 0-2 each, S O'Neill, M Finneran, G Cox 0-1 each
Semi-finals Roscommon 0-11 - 1-16 Mayo G Heneghan 0-5, G Cox 0-2, M Ryan, J Rogers, F Grehan, J Dunning 0-1 each Report C Mortimer 1-4, BJ Padden 0-3, A Moran, C McDonald, T Mortimer 0-2 each, S Carolan, A Dillon, James Gill 0-1 each
Final Galway 0-10 - 0-08 Mayo M Donnellan 0-4, P Joyce, M Meehan 0-2 each, K Comer, D Savage 0-1 each Report C Mortimer 0-4, G Ruane, C McDonald, A Dillon, BJ Padden 0-1 each
Attendance: 31, 789
Referee: J. Gainey
All-Ireland qualifiers The losers of the Preliminary round matches and quarter final matches of each provincial championship started the qualifier.
Round 1 Louth v Waterford 25 June 2005 Louth 1-12 - 1-08 Waterford Drogheda Park , Drogheda D Clarke 0-5, JP Rooney 1-0, P Matthews, S Lennon 0-2 each, D Devanney, R Carroll, N McDonnell 0-1 each Report L Ó Lionáin 1-1, N Curran 0-4, A Hubbard, G Hurney, S Walsh 0-1 each
Sligo v Longford 25 June 2005 Sligo 0-18 - 0-16 Longford Markievicz Park , Sligo M Breheny 0-5, S Davey, E O'Hara 0-4 each, D McGarty, D Sloyan, D McTernan, G McGowan 0-1 each Report B Kavanagh, P Bardon 0-5 each, J Martin 0-2, L Keenan, T Smullen, K Mulligan, P Dowd 0-1 each Referee: J. White (Donegal )
Carlow v Offaly 25 June 2005 Carlow 0-14 - 1-10 Offaly Dr. Cullen Park , Carlow S Rea 0-8, M Carpenter, B Kelly 0-2 each, C McCarthy, B Carbery 0-1 each Report N McNamee 1-6, M Daly 0-2, N Coughlan, J Reynolds 0-1 each Attendance: 14500 Referee: Aidan Mangan (Kerry )
Down v Fermanagh 25 June 2005 Down 1-11 - 0-07 Fermanagh Páirc Esler , Newry B Coulter 0-4, R Sexton 1-0, L Doyle 0-2, M Cole, P Murphy, A O'Prey, S Ward, D Gordan 0-1 each Report T Brewster, C Bradley 0-2 each, D Kelly, E Maguire, R Gallagher 0-1 each
Wicklow v Donegal 26 June 2005 Wicklow 0-12 - 0-16 Donegal Aughrim Park , Aughrim W O'Gorman 0-4, T Harney, J Daniels 0-2 each, G Duffy, B Ó hAnnaidh, D Smullen, L Glynn 0-1 each Report C McFadden 0-6, B Devenney 0-3, A Sweeney 0-2, N Gallagher, C Toye, B Roper, R Bradley 0-1 each Referee: G. Kinneavey (Galway )
Round 2 The winners of round 1 were joined by the semi-final losers of each provincial championship. The matches would be between a round 2 winner and a provincial championship semi final loser.
Clare v Westmeath 2 July 2005 Clare 0-12 - 0-09 Westmeath Cusack Park, Ennis O O'Dwyer, R Donnelly 0-3 each, E Coughlan 0-2, G Quinlan, P O'Dwyer, D Russell 0-1 each Report Denis Glennon 0-3, A Mangan, David Glennon 0-2 each, P Mulvihill, F Wilson 0-1 each Referee: F. Flynn (Leitrim )
Down v Derry 2 July 2005 Down 2-09 - 3-08 Derry Páirc Esler , Newry B Coulter 1-2, R Sexton 1-0, A Rodgers, D Hughes 0-2 each, P Murphy, R Murtagh, J Clarke 0-1 each Report Paddy Bradley 1-4, E. Muldoon 1-1, E Bradley 1-0, M Lynch 0-2, J McBride 0-1 Referee: S. McCormack (Meath )
Monaghan v Wexford 9 July 2005 Monaghan 0-17 - 0-12 Wexford St. Tiernach's Park , Clones P Finlay, T Freeman 0-4 each, H McElroy 0-3, D Freeman 0-2, G McQuaid, R Ronaghan, N Corrigan, D McKernan 0-1 each Report M Forde 0-7, D Kinsella 0-3, P Curtis, N Lambert 0-1 each Referee: P. McGovern (Galway )
Round 3 The winners of round 2 contest as the matches from here were lowered to four. Matches were open.
Monaghan v Louth 16 July 2005 Monaghan 1-12 - 0-14 Louth Breffni Park , Cavan H McElroy 1-3, P Finlay 0-5, D Clerkin, T Freeman 0-2 each Report[permanent dead link ] D Clarke 0-10, C Grimes, P Matthews, N McDonnell, S Lennon 0-1 each Referee: M. Duffy (Sligo )
Sligo v Clare 17 July 2005 Sligo 1-13 - 0-11 Clare McHale Park , Castlebar M Breheny 1-6, J McPartland 0-3, S Davey 0-2, P Naughton, J Davey 0-1 each Report R Donnelly 0-6, P O'Dwyer 0-2, E Coughlan, O O'Dwyer, M O'Dwyer 0-1 each Referee: M. Deegan (Laois )
Round 4 The winners of round 3 were joined by the losers of each provincial championship final. The matches would be between a round 3 winner and the loser of a provincial championship final.
Mayo v Cavan 30 July 2005 Mayo 0-11 - 0-08 Cavan Dr. Hyde Park , Roscommon M Moyles, A Dillon, A O'Malley 0-2 each, P Kelly, R McGarrity, C McDonald, J Gill, M McNicholas 0-1 each Report D McCabe, L Reilly 0-3 each, F O'Reilly 0-2 Referee: T. Quigley (Wexford )
Cork v Sligo 30 July 2005 Cork 3-13 - 0-11 Sligo O'Moore Park , Portlaoise J Hayes 0-4, N O'Leary 0-3, N Murphy, K MacMahon, J Masters 1-0 each, BG O'Sullivan 0-2, D Kavanagh, C McCarthy, M Cronin, P Clifford 0-1 each Report S Davey 0-4, M Breheny 0-3, J McPartland, D Sloyan, B Curran, G McGowan 0-1 each Referee: M. Hughes (Tyrone )
Laois v Derry 6 August 2005 Laois 1-11 - 0-11 Derry Croke Park , Dublin R Munnelly 0-4, B Sheehan 1-1, D Brennan, T Kelly, N Garvan, P Clancy, G Kavanagh, S Kelly 0-1 each Report Paddy Bradley 0-4, P Murphy 0-2, P Kelly, E Bradley, J McBride, M Lynch, E. Muldoon 0-1 each Referee: P. Russell (Tipperary )
Tyrone v Monaghan 6 August 2005 Tyrone 2-14 - 1-07 Monaghan Croke Park , Dublin S O'Neill 2-6, P Canavan 0-2, D Harte, C Gormley, S Cavanagh, R Mellon, M Penrose 0-1 each Report T Freeman 1-1, H McElroy 0-3, P Finlay 0-2, R Woods 0-1 Referee: M. Monahan (Kildare )
All-Ireland The provincial champions and the winners of round 4 contested the quarter-finals. The quarter final matches would be between a provincial champion and a round 4 winner.
Quarter-finals 7 August 2005
Quarter-final
Kerry 2-15 - 0-18 Mayo C Cooper 1-1, D Ó Sé 1-0, MF Russell, P Galvin 0-3 each, E Brosnan 0-2, A O'Mahony, W Kirby, L Hassett, D O'Sullivan, M Ó Sé, D O Cinneide 0-1 each, Report C McDonald 0-6, A O'Malley 0-5, A Dillon 0-4, B Moran, A Moran, D Heaney 0-1 each
Referee: B. Crowe (
Cavan )
7 August 2005
Quarter-final
Cork 2-14 - 2-11 Galway BJ O'Sullivan, J Hayes 1-3 each, J Masters 0-3, A Lynch 0-2, E Sexton, K McMahon, P Clifford 0-1 each Report M Meehan 2-2, P Joyce 0-7, S Armstrong 0-2
Referee: M. Deegan (
Laois )
13 August 2005
Quarter-final
Tyrone 1-14 - 1-14 Dublin S O'Neill 0-6, O Mulligan 1-1, S Cavanagh 0-3, R Mellon, E McGinley, B McGuigan, B Dooher 0-1 each Report T Quinn 1-7, C Keaney 0-3, J Sherlock, A Brogan 0-2 each
20 August 2005
Quarter-final
Armagh 2-17 - 1-11 Laois S McDonnell 1-5, O McConville 1-3, R Clarke 0-3, A Kernan, M O'Rourke 0-2 each, P McGrane, J McEntee 0-1 each Report B Brennan 1-1, R Munnelly 0-4, B Sheehan 0-3, P Clancy, S Kelly, C Conway 0-1 each
Referee: J. Geaney (
Cork )
27 August 2005
Quarter-final Replay
Tyrone 2-18 - 1-14 Dublin O Mulligan 1-7, S O'Neill 1-3, B Dooher 0-3, S Cavanagh, R Mellon 0-2 each, B McGuigan 0-1, Report C Keaney 0-4, T Quinn 0-3, D Farrell 1-0, A Brogan 0-2, S Ryan, C Moran, B Cullen, J Sherlock, S Connell 0-1 each
Referee: G. O Conamha (
Galway )
Semi-finals Kerry 1-19 - 0-09 Cork E Brosnan 1-2, C Cooper 0-5, P Galvin 0-3, B Sheehan 0-2, D Ó Cinneide, M McCarthy, L Hassett, T Ó Sé, A O'Mahony, W Kirby, MF Russell 0-1 each Report J Masters, K McMahon, P Clifford, J Hayes 0-2 each, A Lynch 0-1
Referee: J. McQuillan (
Cavan )
4 September 2005
Semi-final
Tyrone 1-13 - 1-12 Armagh S O'Neill 1-4, O Mulligan 0-3, S Cavanagh, P Canavan 0-2 each, R McMenamin, S Sweeney 0-1 each Report S McDonnell 1-3, O McConville 0-3, A Kernan 0-2, K McGeeney, R Clarke, B Mallon 0-1 each
Final Kerry 2-10 - 1-16 Tyrone C Cooper 0-5, D Ó Cinnéide 1-1, T Ó Sé 1-0, D Ó Sé, E Brosnan 0-2 each Report O Mulligan 0-5, P Canavan 1-1, B McGuigan, S O'Neill 0-3 each, R Mellon 0-2, P Jordan, B Dooher 0-1 each
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous For the first time since 1992 Kildare vs Westmeath in the Leinster championship. Dublin played Laois in the Leinster final for the first time 1985. In the old system there would have been Kerry vs Galway and Dublin vs Armagh All Ireland semi-finals.
Top scorers Season Single game Player Tally Opposition Paddy Bradley (Derry) 1-10 Monaghan Stephen O'Neill (Tyrone) 2-06 Monaghan Hugh McElroy (Monaghan) 1-09 London Niall Curran (Waterford ) 1-08 Clare Colm Cooper (Kerry) 2-05 Limerick
References ^ Keys, Colm (3 September 2005). "Why Gaelic's BIG THREE dwarf the rest". Irish Independent . Retrieved 3 September 2005 . ^ Keys, Colm (2 February 2005). "Kernan fears end is nigh for Armagh stars". Irish Independent . Retrieved 2 February 2005 . Armagh will be on a bookies shortlist of three with Kerry and Tyrone for All-Ireland glory this year, but he fears his team's longevity is not guaranteed. Pre-1928
Beginning of Sam Maguire
80-minute experiment
Post-experiment
Qualifiers and quarter-finals era
Associated competitions Statistics and awards
Tyrone – 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (2nd title)
(Team as of 25 September 2005 versus Kerry )
Kerry – 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up