1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates17 May – 20 September 1987
Teams32
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamMeath (4th win)
CaptainMick Lyons
ManagerSeán Boylan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCork
CaptainConor Counihan
ManagerBilly Morgan
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterMeath
UlsterDerry
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
No. matches played37
Top Scorer Larry Tompkins (0-38)
Player of the Year Brian Stafford
1986
1988

The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 101st staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 17 May 1987 and ended on 20 September 1987.

Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in a Munster final replay.

On 20 September 1987, Meath won the championship following a 1–14 to 0–11 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 4th All-Ireland title, their first since 1967.

Cork's Larry Tompkins was the championship's top scorer with 0-38. Meath's Brian Stafford was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

  1. ^ Geoghegan, Jimmy (4 April 2012). "Celebrations planned to honour the 1987 All-Ireland champions". Meath Chronicle. Retrieved 8 October 2016.