Cork and Kerry take centre stage

July 01, 2008
Always a great football championship rivalry, Cork v Kerry has gathered further momentum since the introduction of the All-Ireland qualifiers in 2001, resulting in the counties meeting no less than seven times in the last three seasons alone. Next Sunday's Munster final clash will, in fact, be the 14th championship meeting between the counties since 2000. Defending champions, Kerry hold a big lead over Cork on the Munster honours table, having won the Munster title on no fewer than 71 occasions between 1892 and 2005. Cork have won the title on 34 occasions. Next Sunday's game at Pairc Ui Chaoimh will have a 2.0pm throw-in and will be shown 'live' on RTE 2. Paths to the final Kerry 1-14 Clare 0-5 Kerry scorers B Sheehan......................0-5 C Cooper.......................1-0 A O'Mahony.................0-2 T O Se............................0-1 D O Se............................0-1 P Galvin.........................0-1 E Brosnan......................0-1 T Walsh.........................0-1 Darren O' Sullivan.......0-1 Declan O'Sullivan........0-1 Cork 2-9 Limerick 0-12 Cork scorers D Goulding..................1-1 G Canty.......................1-0 J Hayes.........................0-3 N Murphy...................0-2 D O'Connor...............0-2 P O'Neill.....................0-1 Cork v Kerry: Clashes since 2000 2007: Kerry 3-13 Cork 1-9 (All-Ireland final) 2007: Kerry 1-15 Cork 1-13 (Munster final) 2006: Kerry 0-16 Cork 0-10 (All-Ireland semi-final) 2006: Cork 1-12 Kerry 0-9 (Munster final replay) 2006: Cork 0-10 Kerry 0-10 (Munster final) 2005: Kerry 1-19 Cork 0-9 (All-Ireland semi-final) 2005: Kerry 1-11 Cork 0-11 (Munster final) 2004: Kerry 0-15 Cork 0-7 (Munster semi-final) 2002: Kerry 3-19 Cork 2-7 (All-Ireland semi-final) 2002: Cork 0-15 Kerry 1-9 (Munster semi-final replay) 2002: Cork 0-8 Kerry 0-8 (Munster semi-final replay) 2001: Kerry 0-19 Cork 1-13 (Munster final) 2000: Kerry 2-15 Cork 1-13 (Munster semi-final) Kerry 9, Cork 2, Draws 2. Cork v Kerry (Previous Munster final clashes) 2007: Kerry 1-15 Cork 1-13 2006: Cork 1-12 Kerry 0-9 (replay) 2006: Cork 0-10 Kerry 0-10 (draw) 2005: Kerry 1-11 Cork 0-11 2001: Kerry 0-19 Cork 1-13 1999: Cork 2-10 Kerry 2-4 1996: Kerry 0-14 Cork 0-11 1995: Cork 0-15 Kerry 1-9 1990: Cork 2-23 Kerry 1-11 1989: Cork 1-12 Kerry 1-9 1988: Cork 1-14 Kerry 0-16 1987: Cork 0-13 Kerry 1-5 (replay) 1987: Cork 1-10 Kerry 2-7 (draw) 1986: Kerry 0-12 Cork 0-8 1985: Kerry 2-11 Cork 0-11 1984: Kerry 3-14 Cork 2-10 1983: Cork 3-10 Kerry 3-9 1982: Kerry 2-18 Cork 0-12 (replay) 1982: Kerry 0-9 Cork 0-9 (draw) 1981: Kerry 1-11 Cork 0-3 1980: Kerry 3-13 Cork 0-12 1979: Kerry 2-14 Cork 2-4 1978: Kerry 3-14 Cork 3-7 1977: Kerry 3-15 Cork 0-9 1976: Kerry 3-20 Cork 2-19 (replay ,Äì after extra-time) 1976: Kerry 0-10 Cork 0-10 (draw) 1975: Kerry 1-14 Cork 0-7 1974: Cork 1-11 Kerry 0-7 1973: Cork 5-12 Kerry 1-15 1972: Kerry 2-21 Cork 2-15 1971: Cork 0-25 Kerry 0-14 1970: Kerry 2-22 Cork 2-9 1969: Kerry 0-16 Cork 1-4 1968: Kerry 1-21 Cork 3-8 1967: Cork 0-8 Kerry 0-7 1966: Cork 2-7 Kerry 1-7 1964: Kerry 2-11 Cork 1-8 1963: Kerry 1-18 Cork 3-7 1962: Kerry 4-8 Cork 0-4 1961: Kerry 2-13 Cork 1-4 (replay) 1961: Kerry 0-10 Cork 1-7 (draw) 1959: Kerry 2-15 Cork 2-8 1958: Kerry 2-7 Cork 0-3 1956: Cork 1-8 Kerry 1-7 (replay) 1956: Cork 0-8 Kerry 2-2 (draw) 1955: Kerry 0-14 Cork 2-6 1954: Kerry 4-9 Cork 2-3 1953: Kerry 2-7 Cork 2-3 1952: Cork 0-11 Kerry 0-2 1951: Kerry 1-6 Cork 0-4 1950: Kerry 2-5 Cork 1-5 1948: Kerry 2-9 Cork 2-6 1947: Kerry 3-8 Cork 2-6 1945: Cork 1-11 Kerry 1-6 1942: Kerry 3-7 Cork 0-8 1938: Kerry 4-14 Cork 0-6 1914: Kerry 0-5 Cork 0-1 1913: Kerry 1-6 Cork 0-1 1910: Kerry 0-4 Cork 0-2 1909: Kerry 1-5 Cork 0-6 (re-fixture) 1909: Cork 2-8 Kerry 1-7 (objection followed) 1906: Cork 1-10 Kerry 0-3 1903: Kerry 1-7 Cork 0-3 1893: Cork w/o Kerry 1890: Cork 1-4 Kerry 0-1 (Cork 0-1 Kerry 0-0: match abandoned due to burst ball)

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