1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Meath (4th win)
Captain Mick Lyons
Manager Seán Boylan
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Meath
Ulster Derry
Connacht Galway
Championship statistics
Player of the Year Brian Stafford (Meath)
1986
1988

The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was played from May to September, 1987. The final was to be the first of many encounters in the following years between Meath and Cork. The decider was won by Meath, by a scoreline of 1-14 to 0-11.

Results

Connacht

1 June 1987
Quarter-Final
Sligo 2-8 – 0-12 Roscommon

1 June 1987
Quarter-Final
Leitrim 1-12 – 1-8 London

15 June 1987
Semi-Final
Galway 1-10 – 0-10 Leitrim

22 June 1987
Semi-Final
Mayo 3-17 – 0-6 Sligo
Castlebar
Attendance: 12,000

13 July 1987
Final
Galway 0-8 – 0-7 Mayo
Castlebar
Attendance: 25,000

Leinster

24 May 1987
Preliminary Round
Kildare 0-14 – 2-6 Wexford

24 May 1987
Preliminary Round
Louth 0-13 – 0-8 Longford

24 May 1987
Preliminary Round
Laois 1-12 – 2-7 Carlow

7 June 1987
Quarter-Final
Offaly 1-8 – 1-8 Kildare
Tullamore
Referee: D Guerin

7 June 1987
Quarter-Final
Dublin 0-14 – 0-7 Westmeath

14 June 1987
Quarter-Final
Wicklow 1-7 – 0-8 Louth

14 June 1987
Quarter-Final Replay
Kildare 1-12 – 0-10 Offaly
Newbridge
Referee: D Guerin

14 June 1987
Quarter-Final
Meath 1-11 – 2-5 Laois

28 June 1987
Semi-Final
Meath 0-15 – 0-9 Kildare

5 July 1987
Semi-Final
Dublin 2-18 – 0-6 Wicklow

26 July 1987
Final
Meath 1-13 – 0-12 Dublin

Munster

17 May 1987
Quarter-Final
Limerick 0-12 – 0-11 Tipperary
Askeaton
Referee: T. Meachair

17 May 1987
Quarter-Final
Waterford 2-9 – 2-9 Clare

31 May 1987
Quarter-Final Replay
Waterford 2-12 – 0-16 Clare

21 June 1987
Semi-Final
Cork 1-14 – 0-11 Limerick

21 June 1987
Semi-Final
Kerry 3-15 – 2-8 Waterford

26 July 1987
Final
Cork 1-10 – 2-7 Kerry

2 August 1987
Final Replay
Cork 0-13 – 1-5 Kerry

Ulster

17 May 1987
Preliminary Round
Armagh 2-9 – 0-9 Fermanagh

24 May 1987
Quarter-Final
Cavan 0-12 – 0-10 Monaghan

31 May 1987
Quarter-Final
Derry 1-12 – 2-7 Down

7 June 1987
Quarter-Final
Tyrone 0-9 – 0-9 Antrim

14 June 1987
Quarter-Final Replay
Tyrone 2-6 – 2-5 Antrim

14 June 1987
Quarter-Final
Armagh 1-8 – 0-6 Donegal

21 June 1987
Semi-Final
Derry 2-7 – 1-10 Cavan
Omagh
Attendance: 14,000

28 June 1987
Semi-Final
Armagh 5-9 – 1-9 Tyrone
Irvinestown
Attendance: 13,000

5 July 1987
Semi-Final Replay
Derry 2-11 – 2-8 Cavan

19 July 1987
Final
Derry 0-11 – 0-9 Armagh

All-Ireland

16 August 1987
Semi-Final
Cork 1-11 - 1-11 Galway

23 August 1987
Semi-Final
Meath 0-15 - 0-8 Derry

30 August 1987
Semi-Final Replay
Cork 0-18 - 1-4 Galway

20 September 1987
Final
Meath 1-14 - 0-11 Cork
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: P. Lane (Limerick)
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