2003 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final explained

2003 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final
Event:2003 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Team1score:1–4
Team2score:0–5
Details:Mayo retain the title, winning their fourth final in five years. Dublin make their debut.
Date:5 October 2003
Stadium:Croke Park
City:Dublin
Woman Player1:Diane O'Hora
Previous:2002
Next:2004

The 2003 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured and . 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 in a Connacht Championship game. Just three months later, Michelle and Sharon McGing played for Mayo in the All-Ireland final. [4] [5]

Teams

valign=topManager: Finbar Egan----Team:
Denise Horan
Nuala O'Shea
Helena Lohan (c)
Sharon McGing
Mary T. Garvey
Yvonne Byrne
Claire O'Hara
Clare Egan
Jackie Moran
E. Mullins
Cora Staunton
Michelle McGing
Diane O'Hora
Marcella Heffernan
Christina Heffernan----Substitutes:
A. Gallagher for Moran (39 mins)
valign=middle align=centervalign=topManager: Mick Bohan----Team:
Clíodhna O'Connor
Sorcha Farrelly
Louise Keegan
Maria Kavanagh
Niamh Hurley
Martina Farrell (c)
Orla Colreavy
Angie McNally
Niamh McEvoy
E. Murphy
Gemma Fay
Bernie Finlay
Mary Nevin
Louise Kelly
K. Hopkins ----Substitutes:
Elaine Kelly for Murphy (28)
Aisling McCormackfor Hopkins (43)
Sinéad Aherne for Finlay (45)

Notes and References

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