All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1996

Infobox Football All-Ireland


year=1996
team=Meath
titles=6th
captain=
manager=
munster=Kerry
leinster=Meath
ulster=Tyrone
connacht=Mayo
poty=Martin O'Connell (footballer)
matches=|

The 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was played from May to September, 1996. Meath defeated Mayo in the final after a replay. The replay encounter is famous for the massive brawl between players of both teams after only 5 minutes of the challenge.

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

emi-Finals

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date = August 11
Semi-Final
team1 = Mayo
score = 2-13 - 1-10
team2 = Kerry
goals1 =
goals2 = |size=75%
stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance= 33,165

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date = August 18
Semi-Final
team1 = Meath
score = 2-15 - 0-12
team2 = Tyrone
goals1 =
goals2 = |size=75%
stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance= 59,272

All-Ireland Final

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date = September
Final
team1 = Meath
score = 0-12 - 1-9
team2 = Mayo
goals1 =
goals2 = |size=75%
stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance= 65,898|

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date = September
Final
Replay
team1 = Meath
score = 2-9 - 1-11
team2 = Mayo
goals1 =
goals2 = |size=75%
stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance= 65,802|

See also