Kerry v Tyrone: Five great clashes down the years

2015 All-Ireland semi-final, Croke Park

Kerry 0-18 Tyrone 1-11

Kerry were All-Ireland champions, Tyrone were starting from the ground floor but pushed them all the way. Johnny Buckley scored four points from play and a Peter Harte penalty kept Tyrone in touch. But Mickey Harte’s young side missed too many chances and Kerry saw it out.

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Kerry’s Kieran Donaghy celebrates scoring a point against Tyrone in 2012. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho

KERRY: B Kealy; M Ó Sé, P Crowley, S Enright; P Murphy, J Lyne, K Young; A Maher (0-1), D Moran; S O'Brien (0-2), J Buckley (0-3), D Walsh (0-1); C Cooper (0-2, one free), K Donaghy (0-1), J O'Donoghue (0-4, three frees, 0-1 45). Subs: F Fitzgerald for Ó Sé (black card, 17 mins), P Geaney (0-3, one free) for Donaghy (half-time), B Sheehan for Moran (55 mins), Darran O'Sullivan for O'Brien (60 mins), A O'Mahony for Crowley (62 mins), B J Keane (0-1) for Walsh (70 mins).

TYRONE: N Morgan (0-1, free); R McNamee, Joe McMahon, C McCarron; T McCann, R McNabb (0-1), A McCrory; C Cavanagh (0-1), M Donnelly (0-1); M Bradley (0-2), P Harte (1-0, pen), C Meyler; D McCurry (0-3, one free), S Cavanagh, C McAliskey (0-2). Subs: P McNulty for Meyler (47 mins), B Tierney for McCrory (55 mins), C Clarke for McNamee (black card, 55 mins), R O'Neill for McCurry (66 mins).

2012 All-Ireland qualifier, Fitzgerald Stadium

Kerry 1-16 Tyrone 1-6

Old soldiers fighting an old war when they ought to have known better. A day of wall-to-wall crankiness in Killarney, 16 yellow cards and a red for Brian McGuigan. Colm Cooper and Declan O’Sullivan ran the show, Kieran Donaghy’s goal sealed a facile win.

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KERRY: B Kealy; M Ó Sé, A O'Mahony, S Enright; T Ó Sé, E Brosnan, K Young; A Maher, B Sheehan (0-3, all frees); P Galvin (0-1), Declan O'Sullivan (0-3), D Walsh; J O'Donoghue (0-2), C Cooper (0-5, 0-1 free), K Donaghy (1-1). Subs: Darran O'Sullivan for Walsh (49 mins), P Crowley for Enright (65 mins), K O'Leary for O'Donoghue, P Curtin (0-1) for Declan O'Sullivan (both 66 mins), B Maguire for Young (67 mins).

TYRONE: P McConnell; A McCrory, C Clarke (0-1), D Carlin; R McNamee, C Gormley (1-0), Seán O'Neill (0-1); Joe McMahon, C Cavanagh (0-1); Mattie Donnelly, Mark Donnelly, P Harte; M Penrose (0-1, free), O Mulligan, D McCurry (0-1). Subs: R McMenamin for Carlin (11 mins), D McCaul for McNamee (25 mins), A Cassidy (0-1) for Mattie Donnelly (34 mins), Stephen O'Neill for Penrose (46 mins), B McGuigan for McCurry (56 mins).

2008 All-Ireland final, Croke Park

Tyrone 1-15 Kerry 0-14

Mickey Harte dropped the McMahon brothers into the full-back line to mark the twin-tower attack of Donaghy and Tommy Walsh out of it. A scrappy final, decided by a Tommy McGuigan goal and remembered for Brian Dooher’s immortal point from the ends of the Earth.

KERRY: D Murphy; M Ó Sé, T Sullivan, P Reidy; T Ó Sé (0-1), A O'Mahony, K Young; D Ó Sé (0-1), S Scanlon; B Sheehan (0-2, two frees), Declan O'Sullivan (0-2), E Brosnan; C Cooper (0-6, three frees), K Donaghy, T Walsh (0-1). Subs: Darran O'Sullivan (0-1) for E Brosnan (42 mins), T Griffin for S Scanlon (50 mins), P Galvin for Walsh (58 mins), D Moran for B Sheehan (66 mins).

TYRONE: P McConnell; Joe McMahon, Justin McMahon, C Gormley; D Harte (0-1), P Jordan, R McMenamin; C Holmes, E McGinley (0-1); B Dooher (0-2), R Mellon (0-1), M Penrose (0-1); T McGuigan (1-1, one free), S Cavanagh (0-5), C McCullagh (0-1, free). Subs: S O'Neill for McCullagh (21 mins), K Hughes (0-1) for Holmes (half-time), B McGuigan for Penrose (50 mins), O Mulligan for Mellon (56 mins), C Cavanagh (0-1) for T McGuigan (66 mins)

2005 All-Ireland final, Croke Park

Tyrone 1-16 Kerry 2-10

One of the great All-Ireland finals. Peter Canavan’s goal just before half-time was an adornment to the sport. Tomás Ó Sé got up to keep Kerry in it with one of his own. Brian McGuigan and Stephen O’Neill were majestic and saw Tyrone home.

TYRONE: P McConnell; M McGee, Justin McMahon, R McMenamin; D Harte, C Gormley, P Jordan (0-1); E McGinley, S Cavanagh; B Dooher (0-1), B McGuigan (0-3), R Mellon (0-2); P Canavan (1-1), S O'Neill (0-4, two frees), O Mulligan (0-4, two frees). Subs: C Holmes for P Canavan (half-time), C Lawn for McMahon (48 mins), P Canavan for McGinley (55 mins). Yellow cards: Dooher (19 mins), McMahon (42 mins), McGuigan (67 mins), O'Neill (70 mins), Cavanagh (72 mins).

KERRY: D Murphy; M McCarthy, A O'Mahony, T O'Sullivan (1-0); T Ó Sé, M Ó Sé, S Moynihan; D Ó Sé (0-2), W Kirby; L Hassett, E Brosnan (0-2), P Galvin; C Cooper (0-5), Declan O'Sullivan (capt), D Ó Cinnéide (1-1). Subs: MF Russell for Hassett (44 mins), Darran O'Sullivan for Ó Cinnéide (61 mins), B Sheehan for Galvin (68 mins), E Fitzmaurice for Moynihan (68 mins).

2003 All-Ireland semi-final, Croke Park

Tyrone 0-13 Kerry 0-6

The day Tyrone arrived like a meteor. They played with an almost out-of-body intensity that had Seamus Moynihan saying it was like Times Square out there. Kerry couldn’t live with it and Pat Spillane whined feebly about Puke Football that night.

TYRONE: J Devine; C Gourley, C McAnallen, R McMenamin (0-1); C Gormley, G Devlin, P Jordan; K Hughes, S Cavanagh (0-1); B Dooher (0-1), B McGuigan (0-2), G Cavlan; E McGinley (0-1), P Canavan (0-1 free), O Mulligan (0-3, all frees). Subs: S O'Neill (0-3, one free) for Canavan (14 mins), C Holmes for McGinley (65 mins).

KERRY: D O'Keeffe; T O'Sullivan, S Moynihan, M McCarthy; E Fitzmaurice, T Ó Sé, J Sheehan; D Ó Sé, E Brosnan; S O'Sullivan, D Ó Cinnéide (0-1 free), L Hassett; MF Russell, Declan O'Sullivan (0-1), C Cooper (0-1). Subs: M Ó Sé (0-1) for Sheehan (33 mins), J Crowley for S O'Sullivan (35 mins), S Scanlon for Russell (half-time), D Quill (0-2, both frees) for O Cinnéide (53 mins), A Mac Gearailt for Hassett (70 mins).