1986 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

1986 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Cork (7th win)
Captain	Mick Slocum
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Offaly
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Offaly
Ulster	Derry
Connacht	Mayo

The 1986 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 23rd staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.

Cork entered the championship as defending champions.

On 14 September 1986, Cork won the championship following a 3-16 to 0-12 defeat of Offaly in the All-Ireland final.^[1] This was their seventh All-Ireland title overall and their third in successive seasons.

Results

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Semi-finals

Offaly v Mayo

9 August 1986 Semi-final

Offaly

1-11 - 1-11

Mayo

Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon

Cork v Derry

9 August 1986 Semi-final

Cork

1-13 - 2-08

Derry

Parnell Park, Dublin

Offaly v Mayo

17 August 1986 Semi-final replay

Offaly

1-15 - 0-07

Mayo

Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon

Finals

Cork v Offaly

14 September 1986 Final

Cork

3-16 - 0-12

Offaly

Semple Stadium, Thurles

Statistics

Miscellaneous

• Cork become the second team after Kerry in 1977 to win three successive All-Ireland titles.

References

1. "Cork's Teddy McCarthy likes doing things on the double". Hogan Stand. 3 July 1992. Retrieved 15 July 2017.