1908 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
{{Short description|Football championship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Football All-Ireland
|image=
|year=1908
|team=Dublin
|titles=11th
|captain=Dave Kelleher
|manager=
|team2=London
|captain2=
|manager2=
|top scorer=
|leinster=Dublin
|munster=Kerry
|ulster= Antrim
|connacht=Mayo
|poty=
|matches=
|previous=1907
|next=1909
}}
The 1908 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 22nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Dublin won their eleventh All-Ireland title.{{Cite web |url=http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1887_1910.html |title=Football Results 1887 - 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA |access-date=2011-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030258/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1887_1910.html |archive-date=2012-03-21 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-09-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061017/http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-28 }}
Format
The four provincial championships were played as usual; the four champions joined {{GG|London|football}} in the All-Ireland championship.
Results
=Connacht=
Connacht Senior Football Championship
{{footballbox
|date=3 May 1908
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Leitrim|football}}
|score = 0-1 – 0-5
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Sligo|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Mohill
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=27 September 1908
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Mayo|football}}
|score = 1-6 – 1-3
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Sligo|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Sligo
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 1908
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Roscommon|football}}
|score = W – L
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Galway|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=31 January 1909
Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Mayo|football}}
|score = 2-5 – 0-4
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Roscommon|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Tuam
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
=Leinster=
Leinster Senior Football Championship
{{footballbox
|date= 1908
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Laois|football}}
|score = 2-9 – 0-9
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Wexford|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 1908
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Louth|football}}
|score = 2-7 – 1-10
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Kilkenny|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Jones Road
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 1908
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Louth|football}}
|score = 0-11 – 0-6
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Kilkenny|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Jones Road
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 1908
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Dublin|football}}
|score = 0-0 – 0-0
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Meath|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Jones Road
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 1908
Quarter-Final Replay
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Dublin|football}}
|score = 1-9 – 0-1
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Meath|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Jones Road
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=11 October 1908
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Offaly|football}}
|score = 0-0 – 0-0
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Kildare|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Jones Road
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=1 November 1908
Quarter-Final Replay
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Offaly|football}}
|score = 0-1 – 2-13
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Kildare|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Jones Road
|attendance =
|referee = D McCarthy
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 1908
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Dublin|football}}
|score = 0-13 – 0-7
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Laois|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Jones Road
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=15 November 1908
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Louth|football}}
|score = 0-5 – 0-5
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Kildare|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Jones Road
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=29 November 1908
Semi-Final Replay
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Louth|football}}
|score = 1-5 – 1-6
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Kildare|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Jones Road
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=13 December 1908
Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Dublin|football}}
|score = 1-7 – 0-3
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Kildare|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Athy
|attendance = 4,000
|referee =
}}
=Munster=
Munster Senior Football Championship
{{footballbox
|date=2 August 1908
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Cork|football}}
|score = 0-16 – 0-3
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Limerick|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Ennis
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=27 September 1908
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Waterford|football}}
|score = 0-13 – 2-4
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Tipperary|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Fermoy
|attendance =
|referee = D. Rounghan (L)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=26 July 1908
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|score = 1-8 – 0-3
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Clare|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Listowel
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=18 October 1908
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Cork|football}}
|score = 1-5 – 1-7
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Waterford|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Mallow
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=6 December 1908
Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|score = 0-7 – 0-2
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Waterford|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Cork Athletic Grounds
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
=Ulster=
Ulster Senior Football Championship
{{footballbox
|date=1 November 1908
Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}
|score = 0-3 – 0-2
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Antrim|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Newbliss
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
An objection was made and a replay ordered.
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{{footballbox
|date=13 December 1908
Final Replay
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}
|score = 2-4 – 0-4
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Antrim|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Castleblayney
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
=Semi-finals=
{{footballbox
|date=14 February 1909
Home Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|score = 2-4 – 0-1
Unfinished
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Mayo|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Limerick
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=21 February 1909
Home Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Dublin|football}}
|score = 1-8 – 0-2
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Antrim|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Jones' Road, Dublin
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
=Final=
{{footballbox
|date=9 May 1909
Home Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Dublin|football}}
|score = 0-10 – 0-3
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Thurles
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{main|1908 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final}}
{{footballbox
|date=3 October 1909
Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Dublin|football}}
|score = 1-10 – 0-4
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|London|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Jones' Road, Dublin
|attendance = 10,000
|referee = M Conroy (Dublin)
}}
Statistics
=Miscellaneous=
- Dublin win a 10th All Ireland in 17 years a 2nd 3 in a row in history.
Roll of Honour
- Dublin - 11 (1908)
- Tipperary - 3 (1900)
- Kerry - 2 (1904)
- Limerick - 2 (1896)
- Kildare - 1 (1905)
- Cork - 1 (1890)
- Wexford - 1 (1893)
References
{{reflist}}
{{All-Ireland Senior Football Championship}}