1987 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Explained

1987 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
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Header1:Championship details
Label2:Dates
Label3:Teams
Header4:All-Ireland Champions
Label5:Winning team
Data5:Down (2nd win)
Label6:Captain
Label7:Manager
Header8:All-Ireland Finalists
Label9:Losing team
Data9:Cork
Label10:Captain
Label11:Manager
Header12:Provincial Champions
Label13:Munster
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Label14:Leinster
Data14:Kildare
Label15:Ulster
Data15:Down
Label16:Connacht
Data16:Galway

The 1987 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 56th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final.

On 20 September 1987, Down won the championship following a 1-12 to 1-5 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in ten championship seasons.[1]

Future Comedian Patrick Kielty was on the Down team.

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

Final

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Munster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Finals

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary Round

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Notes and References

  1. News: All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour. RTÉ Sport. 20 September 2011. 19 November 2012.