2001 GAA All-Ireland Football Final | GAA Archive

This year, we proudly honour the 2001 Galway GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Jubilee team. After becoming the first team to reach an All-Ireland final through the newly introduced qualifier route, Galway made history by capturing their ninth Sam Maguire Cup. Led by the inspirational Pádraic Joyce, whose outstanding tally of 0-10 lit up the Final. Relive every moment by watching the full match and join us in celebrating one of Galway's greatest All-Ireland Football triumphs. 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final: Galway v. Meath 23 September 2001 Final Score: Galway 0-17 Meath 0-8 Match Report 0 min – Throw in (17:40) 0 min – R. McGee point (18:36) 5 min – M. Donnellan 45 free (23:14) 6 min – J. McDermott point (24:27) 8 min – J. Fallon point (26:08) 10 min – J. Bergin point (28:26) 13 min – O. Murphy point (31:30) 16 min – N. Nestor yellow card (34:01) 17 min – N. Crawford point (35:05) 24 min – P. Clancy point (42:25) 26 min – J. Fallon yellow card (44:14) 28 min – P. Joyce yellow card (46:28) 30 min – J. Bergin point (48:28) 32 min – P. Joyce free (49:49) 32 min – R. McGee point (50:37) 35 min – G. Fahey yellow card (53:22) 35+1 min – T. Giles free (53:51) (one minute of added time in the first half) End of first half (53:58) --- Half Time --- Galway 0-6 Meath 0-6 35 min – Start of second half (57:28) 35 min – P. Joyce point (58:12) 37 min – S. O’Donnell temporary sub in for K. Walsh injury (1:00:03) 37 min – E. Kelly point (1:00:26) 40 min – K. Walsh returns from injury treatment (1:02:33) 41 min – E. Kelly yellow card (1:03:37) 42 min – P. Joyce free (1:04:48) 43 min – G. Geraghty yellow card (1:06:09) 44 min – P. Reynolds subs in for O. Murphy (1:06:32) 44 min – P. Joyce point (1:07:04) 48 min – J. Cullinane subs in for R. Kealy (1:11:20) 50 min – N. Nestor second yellow card, sent off (1:12:45) 51 min – P. Joyce free (1:14:11) 52 min – P. Joyce point (1:15:18) 54 min – P. Joyce point (1:17:14) 55 min – J. Cullinane point (1:17:52) 56 min – P. Joyce point (1:18:56) 56 min – N. Kelly subs in for C. Murphy (1:19:16) 59 min – P. Clancy point (1:22:04) 63 min – D. Curtis yellow card (1:25:57) 64 min – P. Joyce free (1:26:44) 66 min – D. Meehan point (1:29:09) 69 min – A. Kenny subs in for R. McGee (1:31:59) 69 min – D. Savage yellow card (1:32:05) 2 minutes of extra time 71 min – A. Kerins subs in for J. Bergin (1:33:58) 71 min – K. Comer subs in for T. Joyce (1:34:19) 72 min – P. Joyce free (1:35:01) Final whistle (1:35:08) Galway 1 Alan Keane 2 Kieran Fitzgerald 3 Gary Fahey (c) 4 Richard Fahey 5 Declan Meehan (0-1) 6 Tomás Mannion 7 Séan Óg de Paor 8 Kevin Walsh 9 Michael Donnellan (0-1) 10 Paul Clancy (0-2) 11 Jarlath Fallon (0-1) 12 Joe Bergin (0-2) 13 Derek Savage 14 Pádraic Joyce (0-10) 15 Tommy Joyce Subs Alan Kerins Kieran Comer Meath 1 Cormac Sullivan 2 Mark O’Reilly 3 Darren Fay 4 Cormac Murphy 5 Donal Curtis 6 Nigel Nestor 7 Hank Traynor 8 Nigel Crawford (0-1) 9 John McDermott (0-1) 10 Evan Kelly (0-1) 11 Trevor Giles (c) (0-1) 12 Richie Kealy 13 Ollie Murphy (0-1) 14 Graham Geraghty 15 Ray McGee (0-2) Subs Paddy Reynolds John Cullinane (0-1) Niall Kelly Adrian Kenny