Kerry–Meath Gaelic football rivalry

Kerry-Meath

Locale	County Kerry County Meath
Teams	Kerry Meath
First meeting	Kerry 2-5 - 2-3 Meath 1939 All-Ireland final (24 September 1939)
Latest meeting	Kerry 2-8 - 1-7 Meath 2009 All-Ireland semi-final (23 August 2009)
Statistics
Meetings total	7
Most wins	Kerry (5)
All-time series	Kerry 5-2 Meath
Largest victory	Meath 2-14 - 0-5 Kerry 2001 All-Ireland semi-final (2 September 2001)

The Kerry-Meath rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish inter-county teams Kerry and Meath, who first played each other in 1939..^[1] Kerry's home ground is Fitzgerald Stadium and Meath's home ground is Páirc Tailteann, however, all of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.

While Kerry have the highest number of Munster titles and Meath are second to Dublin in Leinster, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having won 44 championship titles between them to date.

Statistics

Team	All-Ireland	Provincial	National League	Total
Kerry	37	77	19	133
Meath	7	21	7	35
Combined	44	98	26	168

All-time results

Legend

	Kerry win
	Meath win
	Match was a draw

Senior

	No.	Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Stage
	1.	24 September 1939	Kerry	2-5 - 2-3	Meath	Croke Park	All-Ireland final
	2.	10 August 1947	Kerry	1-11 - 0-5	Meath	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
	3.	26 September 1954	Meath	1-13 - 1-7	Kerry	Croke Park	All-Ireland final
	4.	27 September 1970	Kerry	2-19 - 0-18	Meath	Croke Park	All-Ireland final
	5.	24 August 1986	Kerry	2-13 - 0-12	Meath	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
	6.	2 September 2001	Meath	2-14 - 0-5	Kerry	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
	7.	23 August 2009	Kerry	2-8 - 1-7	Meath	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final

References

1. "Fay: ‘Meath football started showing an arrogance and it’s never recovered from it’". The 42. 15 December 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2016.