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Kerry and Galway served up another thrilling encounter at Croke Park on Saturday 7th October in the replay of the Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Final, with the Kingdom coming out on top, beating the Tribesmen 0-17 to 1-10. It was a fascinating match once again with the turning point coming in the 17th minute as Galway lost influential midfielder Kevin Walsh at a crucial stage of the game. Up until then, Galway were well in control, particularly after Declan Meehan scored a fabulous goal after great movement from Padraig Joyce and Paul Clancy. However, Kerry finished the stronger in the first half.

Kerry seemed to lose their way somewhat in the second, hitting six consecutive wides in 12 minutes and surrendering their lead but a MacGearailt point settled their nerves and they regained control of the game. Galway reintroduced Walsh in the 53rd minute but, despite scoring a point, his arrival back on the field never had the desired effect and Kerry continued to create better scoring opportunities as the game went on and deserved their victory in the end. Well done, the men from the Kingdom!!

The men from the Kingdom (Kerry) took on the Tribesmen (Galway) on Sunday (24th September 2000) in Croke Park, Dublin in the battle for the Title "All-Ireland Football Champions of the Millennium". The Team.

The last time the two teams met in Croke Park in an All-Ireland Final was in 1965 - That game was won by Galway. However, this time the game ended in a draw. The full-time result when the final whistle was blown at 4:55pm was:

• KERRY - 0 : 14
• GALWAY - 0 : 14

Galway trailed for most of the game and it wasn’t until three minutes from the end that they levelled the game after working tirelessly throughout to reduce the deficit. They could have been out of it altogether as at one stage they trailed a rampant Kerry team by seven points in the first half. They persevered though and in the end were rewarded with a draw. The replay of the 2000 All-Ireland Senior Football Final will be in Croke Park on Saturday, 7th October at 4:00pm.

Winner of Radio Kerry's "Kerry Colours" competition announced on Friday 22nd September. See the photo exclusively on this site! Also see what the experts said on the special radio match preview programme.

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