2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final

2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final
Event2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Dublin Galway
2-3 0-4
Dublin complete a three-in-a-row, winning their fourth title during the 2010s.
Date15 September 2019
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Player of the MatchLyndsey Davey[1][2][3][4]
RefereeBrendan Rice (Down)
Attendance56,114 [5][6]
Weather12 °C, heavy rain
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The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Dublin and Galway. Dublin defeated Galway in a low scoring game, hindered by poor weather conditions. It rained throughout most of the game. Dublin led 1-00 to 0-01 at half-time. Hannah O'Neill provided the assist as Sinéad Goldrick scored a goal for Dublin in the 22nd minute. Galway remained competitive throughout the game and three minutes later, Sarah Conneally scored their opening point. Just fifteen seconds into the second half, Lyndsey Davey scored Dublin's first point. Davey would also provide the assist when Hannah O'Neill scored Dublin's second goal. Galway continued to remain in touch with Dublin thanks to two points via free kicks from their captain, Tracey Leonard. A point from her cousin, Roisín Leonard, made it a one-score game in the 54th minute. However a point each from Sinéad Aherne and Noëlle Healy subsequently secured the win for Dublin. Having started the decade without a single title, the result saw Dublin complete a three-in-a-row, winning their fourth title during the 2010s.[1][7][8][9]

Route to the Final

Further information: 2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

Attendance record

The 2019 final was watched by a record breaking attendance of crowd of 56,114. After the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Final with 57,900, it was second largest attendance at any women's sporting final during 2019. For the seventh year in a row the attendance increased, with the figures more than doubling since 2013.[5][6][7][8] It was also claimed that the record attendance was the largest ever attendance at a women's amateur sporting event in Europe.[10] Despite this, it was not held to be an enjoyable spectacle.[11]

TV audience

The 2019 final was broadcast live by TG4. 666,000 tuned in to watch TG4's coverage, with an average audience of 252,500 watching the final. This was an increase of more than 70,000 compared to 2018. This represented the second highest viewing figure for an All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final on TG4 since it first started to broadcast the fixture in 2001. The numbers of viewers peaked at 5.19pm with 358,400 tuning in.[6] In addition to TG4's live coverage, on 16 September Sky Sports broadcast a full replay of the final for the first time. It featured commentary by Mike Finnerty and Angela Walsh.[12][13][14]

Match info

Dublin2–3; 0–4Galway
Sinéad Goldrick (1-0)
Hannah O'Neill (1-0)
Lyndsey Davey (0-1)
Sinéad Aherne (0-1)
Noëlle Healy (0-1)		 [1][7][8][9] Tracey Leonard (0-2)
Sarah Conneally (0-1)
Roisín Leonard (0-1)
Attendance: 56,114
Referee: Brendan Rice (Down)

Teams

Manager: Mick Bohan

Dublin[15]
1 Ciara Trant
2 Éabha Rutledge
3 Niamh Collins
4 Martha Byrne
5 Aoife Kane
6 Sinéad Goldrick
7 Olwen Carey
8 Lauren Magee
9 Siobhán McGrath
10 Carla Rowe
11 Niamh McEvoy
12 Lyndsey Davey
13 Sinéad Aherne (c)
24 Hannah O'Neill
15 Jennifer Dunne

Substitutes:
14 Noëlle Healy for Jennifer Dunne (HT)
19 Caoimhe O'Connor for Niamh McEvoy (42)
22 Oonagh Whyte for Hannah O'Neill (51)
18 Rachel Ruddy for Aoife Kane (64)
23 Niamh Hetherton for Carla Rowe (60)

Manager: Tim Rabbitt

Galway[16]
1 Lisa Murphy
2 Sinéad Burke
3 Nicola Ward
4 Sarah Lynch
5 Orla Murphy
6 Barbara Hannon
7 Shauna Molloy
8 Louise Ward
9 Áine McDonagh
10 Olivia Divilly
11 Megan Glynn
12 Mairéad Seoighe
13 Tracey Leonard (c)
14 Sarah Conneally
15 Roisín Leonard

Substitutes:
19 Fabienne Cooney for Sarah Conneally (42)
22 Charlotte Cooney for Orla Murphy (46)
20 Leanne Coen (Corofin) for Mairead Seoighe (48)
29 Andrea Trill for Roisin Leonard (66)
18 Mairead Coyne for Barbara Hannon (67)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Dublin v Galway - TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship Final Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Watch: Lyndsey Davey Speechless After Dublin Victory At Packed Croke Park". www.balls.ie. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Davey: I've been saying 'one more year' for a while". www.rte.ie. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Dublin All-Ireland winner caps 16th campaign with Player of the Month award". www.the42.ie. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Ladies' GAA final: Leo Varadkar praises attendance". www.bbc.co.uk. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  6. ^ a b c "Dublin's win over Kerry attracts RTÉ's highest audience of 2019". www.irishtimes.com. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "Dublin grind down Galway to seal three-in-a-row". www.rte.ie. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Dublin secure the three-in-a-row in front of a record crowd". www.irishtimes.com. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  9. ^ a b "History made as Dublin seal third All-Ireland title in-a-row after dogged battle". www.the42.ie. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Congratulations to the Dublin Ladies!". kpmg/ie. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Jim Gavin has achieved what Mick O'Dwyer and Brian Cody couldn't do". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019. Despite a record crowd of 55,000+, it wasn't a spectacle to be enjoyed.
  12. ^ "Camogie and Ladies Football All-Ireland finals to be shown on Sky Sports". www.skysports.com. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Sky Sports To Broadcast Deferred Coverage Of Camogie And Ladies Football Finals". www.balls.ie. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Sky Sports to broadcast All-Ireland camogie and ladies football finals for the first time". www.the42.ie. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  15. ^ "Niamh McEvoy: My Dublin team-mates". www.rte.ie. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  16. ^ "Tracey Leonard: My Galway team-mates". www.rte.ie. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.