2003 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final

2003 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final
Event2003 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Mayo Dublin
1–4 0–5
Mayo retain the title, winning their fourth final in five years. Dublin make their debut.
Date5 October 2003
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Player of the MatchDiane O'Hora
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2004 →

The 2003 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Mayo and Dublin. Mayo defeated Dublin in a low scoring game. Mayo retained the title, winning their fourth final in five years, while Dublin were making their debut appearance. Dublin led 0–4 to 0–2 at half-time. Two minutes from full-time Mayo trailed Dublin by a point. However the match was decided thanks to a late goal from Player of the Match, Diane O'Hora. Cora Staunton dropped a last-minute long range free-kick into the square. The Dublin goalkeeper, Clíodhna O'Connor, failed to gain control of the ball, allowing O'Hora to score. [1][2][3] In July 2003, Aisling McGing, a member of Mayo's 2002 winning team, was killed in a car crash. She was travelling to watch her two sisters, Michelle and Sharon McGing, play for Mayo against Galway in a Connacht Championship game. Just three months later, Michelle and Sharon McGing played for Mayo in the All-Ireland final. [2][4]

Match info

Mayo1–4; 0–5Dublin
E. Mullins (0-1)
Michelle McGing (0-1)
Diane O'Hora (1-2)		 [1][3] Angie McNally (0-1)
Gemma Fay (0-1)
Mary Nevin (0-1)
K. Hopkins (0-1)
Sinéad Aherne (0-1)

Teams

Manager: Finbar Egan

Team:
1 Denise Horan
2 Nuala O'Shea
3 Helena Lohan (c)
4 Sharon McGing
5 Mary T. Garvey
6 Yvonne Byrne
7 Claire O'Hara
8 Clare Egan
9 Jackie Moran
10 E. Mullins
11 Cora Staunton
12 Michelle McGing
13 Diane O'Hora
14 Marcella Heffernan
15 Christina Heffernan

Substitutes:
A. Gallagher for Moran (39 mins)

Manager: Mick Bohan

Team:
1 Clíodhna O'Connor
2 Sorcha Farrelly
3 Louise Keegan
4 Maria Kavanagh
5 Niamh Hurley
6 Martina Farrell (c)
7 Orla Colreavy
8 Angie McNally
9 Niamh McEvoy
10 E. Murphy
11 Gemma Fay
12 Bernie Finlay
13 Mary Nevin
14 Louise Kelly
15 K. Hopkins

Substitutes:
Elaine Kelly for Murphy (28)
Aisling McCormack for Hopkins (43)
Sinéad Aherne for Finlay (45)

References

  1. ^ a b "Mayo retain their title, Donegal win Junior". ladiesgaelic.ie. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b "'We went into the dressing room and said that some greater power had been the cause of that'". www.the42.ie. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Mayo v Dublin Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 5 October 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Mayo 2003: An Untold Story Of Unimaginable Tragedy And All-Ireland Triumph". www.balls.ie. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2019.