All Ireland Quarter Final Kerry V Down

[blanketattack]

Munster final team was:
Charlie Nelligan,
John Brendan O'Brien, Kieran Culhane, Stephen Stack,
Sean Burke, Connie Murphy, Morgan Nix,
Noel O'Mahony, Ambrose "Rosie" O'Donovan,
John Cronin, Pat Spillane, Jack O'Shea (Captain),
Pa Dennehy, Maurice Fitzgerald, Timmy Fleming.

Tom Spillane came in for the semi. I forget who's place he took.

[umpire]

Munster final team was:
Charlie Nelligan,
John Brendan O'Brien, Kieran Culhane, Stephen Stack,
Sean Burke, Connie Murphy, Morgan Nix,
Noel O'Mahony, Ambrose "Rosie" O'Donovan,
John Cronin, Pat Spillane, Jack O'Shea (Captain),
Pa Dennehy, Maurice Fitzgerald, Timmy Fleming.

Tom Spillane came in for the semi. I forget who's place he took.

I think is was O'Brien.
Fulll back line was Stephen Stack, Tom Spillane and Kieran Culhane.
Down number 14 Peter Withnell got 2 goals that day

[stiffler]

Is this Down's first time playing a 1/4-final?

yeah

[Ball Hopper]

All-Ireland semi-final versus Down in Croke Park on August 11, 1991.  Final Score:  Down 2-9; Kerry 0-8.


                               Charlie Nelligan

Stephen Stack   Tom Spillane   Kieran Culhane

Sean Burke      Connie Murphy    Morgan Nix
         
   Ambrose O'Donovan (0-1)   Noel O'Mahony

John Cronin   Pat Spillane (0-2)   Jack O'Shea

Pa Dennehy   Maurice Fitzgerald (0-5)Timmy Fleming

Substitutes: Domo Lyne for Murphy, David Farrell for Cronin.

[goldenyears]

Was that the worst Kerry team in living memory?
Kerry Mike what's your opinion on that 91 team

[SuperDooperCooper]

No it wasn't the worst one ever; the year before we lost by 15 points to Cork.
If my memory serves me right we hit the crossbar twice in the first half and Down missed a pen.
Was in Croke Park that day and I think it was level with about 7 mins left when Down got their second goal. Kerry hit the upright twice with the scores level.
Not much in it if I recall. Connie Murphy started in the corner and he shouldn't as he went over on his ankle the previous thursday night. He was the specialist man marker and was to mark Mickey Linden.
Liam Flaherty also made his debut that yeat but missed the semi final through injury.

The last time I saw Kerry & Down in Croke Park was a league QF in 1997 when Kerry gave down a hiding.
Kirby was unreal that day as was Maurice Fitz. We won the double that year. 
It wasn't a great side either but by god was that AI win celebrated.
Incidentaly that QF was the first time I saw the Kerry seniors win in Croke Park!!!

[Dubh driocht]

SDC - from memory - did that 'hiding' not go to ET ?

[Mike Sheehy]

'91 was the worst team ever.

Its no coincidence that Down finally come out to play again when we are missing 5 of our best players. Down are surely the vultures of the GAA !

[blanketattack]

Kerry couldn't have been that bad that they beat two-in-a-row All-Ireland champions Cork two years in a row.

[Mike Sheehy]

Even the worst Kerry team will raise their game against Cork.

[EagleLord]

Is this Down's first time playing a 1/4-final?

yeah

I thought when Down played Wexford a couple years back, that was a quarter final? It was in HQ.

[bcarrier]

The slightly different Kerry team that managed to lose to Clare in Munster final were worse than the 91 one.

Kerry wouldnt have been considered a poor team up until that defeat and were red hot favourites for the game. Munster and Leinster teams had dominated the previous 23 years.

Have Down and Kerry played since the 97 NFL QF ? . Flaherty did a fine marking job on Shorty that day.

These players havent meet each other at any stage of league in 00s . A reflection of how far Down fell during the decade.

[Lazer]

Is this Down's first time playing a 1/4-final?

yeah

I thought when Down played Wexford a couple years back, that was a quarter final? It was in HQ.

It was round 4 of the qualifiers

[blanketattack]

That makes Down the 19th county to play a 1/4 final
Munster: 2
Connaught: 4
Leinster: 6
Ulster: 7

[western exile]

'91 was the worst team ever.

Its no coincidence that Down finally come out to play again when we are missing 5 of our best players. Down are surely the vultures of the GAA !

Does this mean that you are conceding the game before throw-in on Saturday?