ALLIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1 SEMI FINAL.

Dublin 0-17, Monaghan 0-16.

A resurgent Monaghan staged a dramatically improved performance over their game against Dublin in Clones a week previous, to come within a whisker of causing what would have been regarded as a major upset by defeating the reigning league champions and booking their place in the final of the National Football League for the first time since 1986. On the day though it just did not work out as regards the result as Dublin held out for victory by the narrowest of margins in a nail biting finish in a game where they were not allowed to dictate matters to the extent that they had been a week previous. Teams and Scorers: Dublin: Stephen Cluxton,. Johnny Cooper, David Byrne, Philip McMahon 0-1, James McCarthy, John Small,. Jack McCaffrey 0-1,Denis Bastick 0-1, Cian O'Sullivan, Paul Flynn 0-1, Diarmuid Connolly, Brian Fenton 0-2, Ciaran Kilkenny, Dean Rock 0-7 (6f), Kevin McManamon 0-3. Subs: Michael Darragh Macauley for C O'Sullivan, Paddy Andrews for K McManamon, Darren daly for D Byrne, Emmett O'Conghaile 0-1 for D Bastick, Cormac Costello for B Fenton, Tomas Brady for P Flynn.

Monaghan: Rory Beggan 0-1 (f), Ryan Wylie, Kieran Duffy, Fintan Kelly, Karl O'Connell, Vinny Corey, Neil McAdam 0-1, Paul Finlay 0-1 (f), Darren Hughes, Dessie Mone, Kieran Huighes 0-2, Thomas Kerr, Ryan McAnespie, Conor McManus 0-8 (3f), Owen Duffy. Subs: Dick Clerkin 0-3 for T Kerr, Dermot Malone for O  Duffy, Stephen Gollogly for R McAnespie, Paudie McKenna for P Finlay, Daniel McKenna for K O'Connell. Referee: Rory Hickey (Clare).

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