Co. Tipperary Senior Football Final Match Programme 2007 Cumann Luthchleas Gael Cidona County Senior Football Finals Leahy Park, Cashel Sunday 4th November 2007 Senior - 3,OOpm Fethard v, Moyle Royel's Referee: Paddy Russell (Emly) MinOl' - 1.lSpm Arravale Rovers v, Moyle Rovel's Referee: John Kelly (Rahealty) CIa .. Oifigiuil CLAR AN LAE SINSEAR AGUS l\IIONlJlR - 4 NIH cmlJCr 2007 1.00 Moyle Ro\ers Minor Football temn on to field 1.02 f\rravale Ro\'er<. Minor Football team on to field 1.15 Throw-in for County Minor "A" Football Final ;\IOYLE ROVERS VS. ARHAVALE HOVEHS 1.50 Iialf-time in Minor Football Final 2.00 Second half of Minor Football Final commences 2:35 Elld of Minor Football Final 2.40 Prt!\Cnta tiOIl of Minor Cup to winning Minor Captain followed b} presentation of Man of the Match A\\ard 2.45 Fethard Senior Football temn on to field 2.47 Moyle Rmers Senior Football team on to field 2.58 Amhnin na bhFiann 3.00 Throw-in for County Senior Football Final I"ETHARD VS. MOYLE ROVERS 3.35 Half-timc in Senior Football Final 3.37 Pre~entat i on of Kil~h ec l .. n-Kjk:a!.h Football teams 1968 and 1972 3.50 Second half of Senior Football Final commences 4.25 End of County Senior Football Final 4.30 Presentat ion of Senior Football Trophy to winning Senior Captain. Pre,entation of the Man of the Match Award sponsored b} John Quirke Jeweller "Finl paid III' members oj the Premier Cilib affelldillg the IlIIlI/ell 01 the Horse alld Jockey HOtel 011 Thursday. May 10lh - Michael Felltoll (Presidellt oj Ihe Tipperary Association Oublill II"ho lalil/ched Ih e Premier Cilib. Michelli & Hilary Power Birdhill. Pat & Alllle O'COlIl/or CIOIlIlle/ (Il1d Gerry Kelly TlllIrles" FAII.:r E AN C IIATIIAOIHLlGII (SEAN O'COSTAGAIN) On behalf of the Tipperary Co. Board of G.A.A. il give'> me great plea!'urc to welcome all player">. merltor~. officiating officiah and supporters to Leahy Park. Ca~hel thi~ afternoon for minor (A) and senior football COUIlI) finals 2007. After a quiet year on the football front we come 10 Ca~helthis afternoon in anticipation of what an inlere~ting timll between the old and new ~tronghold~ of football in our county. Fethard .who head the roll of honour of Tipperary ehampion.,hips won. arc out<;ider~ thi~ afternoon as they square up to neighbour~. Moyle Rovef'>, who have been quilc imprc~si\'e to dMe on their way to the final. It is a situation that the Fcthard men reli~h and they have a proud record in county football finals. Moy le Rovers is one of the 1ll0~t progressive club not only in Tipperary but in Ireland and. even though Ihey did nOI win their liN county senior title until the mid-ninetie~,lhc) will be endeavouring to win their sixth this afternoon, l...ct's have a game of football benning the occa!>ion and in n week that ha~ seen the appointment of a new senior football manager. John Evans. We hope thilt he will gain inspiration rromthi~ final a~ he SCi!. out wilh Ihe good will and good wishes of all of us in his task of moulding a potent Tipperary football team for league and champiomhip 200S. I ask the clubs of the COUIll) to row in behind John and if they do thilt I have no doubl but the result~ will be ravourable. M) bc~t wishes also to the Moyle Rovers and Arravale Rovers minor teams in what hOI!, the mak ings of un excellent curtain raiser. Today also. as has become customary on county finill day. we salute the gallant men of Kilsheelan/Kilcash who won two county titles in 1968 and 1972 at a tilllc when club football wa~ at an all time high in thl! prl!miereounty. They broke the dominance ofClonmcl Commercials and Ardfinnan in that era between 1962-72. when the) captured nine eoullty final~ between them. I hope you enjoy the afternoon and evening and let' s hope thi~ reun ion will inspire future generations of young men from Kibheelan/ Kilcash to elllulate the men of that golden aa. Finally thanks once again to the Cashel Sportsfield com mince for arrangements for today"; preselllation and a sincere well done on your recent rcrurbi~hrnent. Welcome from Football Board C hairman. Pete Savage I would like to welcome Fethard and Moyle Rovers to thi .. final. It's a unique all-South pairi ng and I wish bolh teams well. [abo want to welcome Arravale Rover<; and Moyle Rovers in the minor final. They arc the star~ of tomorrow. Equally. I welcoille the two refercc~, Joh n Kelly and Paddy Ru~selL plus their officials and thank them for thci r service to the Association. I wi~h 10 expre .. ~ a special word of thanks to the Cashel King Cormac'~ club and their officials for alway~ being ~o welcoming and for generou~ly maki ng their facilities available 10 football. Today is a special day for the Kilsheclan teams of 1968 and 1972. [have lir..t hand experience of playing against them and I can vouch for what great playcr"> they wcre. Enjoy the day. Fi nally. I hope that all our patrons enjoy this climax to our footballing year and Ihat the gamc\ will be cnjoyable to walch. pllge I PREMIER CONCREI'E Fethard, Co. Tipperary I/f: 052 31355/3 2224 m: 0862664040 e: [email protected] Best wishes 10 the Fellwrd Team! PYop: MQrt''''' "&uyiu O~ 31.1.4:t TilE C AI'TAI;";S Jame.1 lVillialll.1 Seall Carey Moyle ROI'('r.\ Sellior CapllIill Moyle ROI'er,1 Millor Capraill Darrell Lowry Step"e/1 O'Do/lllell Arr(/\'Clle Rm'er.1 Millor CapllIill Fer/tard Sellior Caplllill p(lge 3 Arravale Rovers Minor Team l'atrick Finnan 2 3 • Conor l\IcNamara SClill Spillanc l\lichac1 O'Sulli\'an 5 6 7 Scali O'Mcara Robert Kiely Ian Richardson 8 9 Fcrg:11 l\IcN:llnara I)arren to'I r) (Cnptain) 10 11 12 1):1\ id lI elTcrnan l\liclmei Fit'l.gcrald Michael Fr:l\lley 13 I. 15 MichllcIO'I)\lycr Eoin i\IcC:lrthy Ccrm'd Mulhair 16. Michacl John R}:111 17. I)arragh Fitzpatrick 18. IIrylll1 LO\Hy 19. James R):ln 20. I':lddy l)altol1 21. Gerard O'DII}er 22. SC,II1 Kilco)l1C 23. Morgan O'Urien 2·t I)Ccl:1I1 Ryan 25. Nicky Cummins 26. I~adrai g lyons 27. l\ lark Croll C 28. Stcllhen R(.'(!rcrn "rnll.lll' HUH'r.s MFe .". IIm~1i IlN: 11"lhg IJII~Ktm (.\r/f'</lJrj. Gtrunl 0-0... ,,,,. SI'IIIJ .S,IlI/,'III'. Mi(hdtl O·SIIIIII"<III. G.·f/,& M,,(f,mr, MI("II{It"/ O·O.... wr, 1><,..ullfl-jfi·"IlIll, Ike/III, H... m, I'm/til" Fill",m. Ni,·t,l" Cllmmilll. E.mll McGIrtI,,·. JIIIIII',' HI<II,. BrilllJ /J,,,,,,'. f ·rtll" IJ H. 711111/1/1' 1"txmwI·. Srllll O·Ml'llfII. M,..h"t'I fil::grnlld. Ddrrll~I, f'/:pIllri.-t, M,dll.II'J Frm.-!I'I'.lIm H,('hllnl",,,. Clllwr Mc.\'amllf<l. o.,rn·" Ullin-. f-I''Xd/ MC"II'rIllrll. HfI""'t #..ir"'. I'mld, {J"/'m,. Midll.,d J.N.,..",_ Moyle Rovers Minor Team Ciarill1 Kenrick 2 3 Simne 1-lelTernan David Foley Denis Me• G rlll h 5 6 7 Dll \' id Me Gmth Ciaran Lorigan Ila rragh Ilwyer 8 9 Scan Boland I'eter Acheson 10 11 12 Jack L-onergllli Briall 5 milh Shane Foley 13 I. 15 Thomas Hill Seli n Carey (Capt.) Edmond Burke 16. Eugene I' hctan 17. Mark Cambell IK John Paul O'Dono\,an 19. Charlie l'UI·cdl 20. BlilTY Whelan 21. Andrcw Walsh 22. Robert Kearney 23. Li:llll C:1 I'CY 24. Alan ClUnbell 25. E',:ln Moir. 1\10.1 Ie ROI(' r ~ r. linor '1''':11'' IIlIc/o: /(11 " ': /:'U!lCUf' Pltchlll. Chllr/,f' /'"rn·/I.lIurn· WIII'It",. A",lr,.\\, lli,/,,/•. Ciur"" /Jmglm, Petf'r Iklt,·wn. Cilmm Krllr;,/;, Dm'i" folf'_\', Jud um,'rwm, Slumc /-I.1]emull. St'l1II BollI/ul, 1'11111111/) lIill. Frolll HQ"': l.imn CUrf',". R"b"" Kf'urlll!.1', Uri"" Smilh. Murk Om'f,I,,'II. J)"rrllgh O ....wr. Om'it! /lkCrilli!. f.Aillllllui fJllrkc, S""'I Corer (O,pl). Slltlll~ fo!.'r. Onlil Mdimlll, il/lI/I ('mllfl"d/. page 5 BEST W ISHES T O B OT I:1 TEAMS TODAY FROM GL;EESON QUARRIES r L A FFA NSBRIDG E , THU LE • T EU FAX: 052 561 f 7 CRUSHED STONE WET M r X MACADAM CONCRETE BL OCKS READY MIX CONCRETE 0( GROLIME WASHED SAND CLAUSE 84 WASHED GRAVEL T O I)AY'S SENIOR GAO\ IE R EFEREE Paddy R us~ell. Emly is Ihe referee for to-day's sen ior final and i.!. prob3bly the rno~t experienced referec in the county. He staned refereei ng back in 1976 and has refereed fit13 ls in 311 grades since then. Hb refereeing career ineludes schools and interfiml games. as well as cl ub and intercounty. At the intercounty level he has refereed two senior All- Irclands. in 1990 and 1995. Looking bnck fro m the present he regards the eh.ulie Redmond incident in the latter All-Ireland as the funn iest moment in his refereei ng career.