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What happened the last time an All-Ireland final was on a Saturday?

Kerry and Galway faced off in a football final replay in 2000.

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Kerry's Michael McCarthy goes past Padraig Joyce of Galway. Credit: INPHO/Billy Stickland

CORK AND CLARE lock horns once again later today but it's 13 years since an All-Ireland final was last contested on a Saturday.

Back in 2000, Kerry and Galway met on 7 October in a replay two weeks after ending all-square at Croke Park.

The game was only six minutes old when wing-back Declan Meehan took a pass from Padraig Joyce to score this fantastically-worked goal.

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In spite of that strike, the Kingdom went in 0-9 to 1-04 to the good at half-time and with the Tribesman only managing to add a single point after the break, Paidi Ó Sé's men recorded a four-point victory in front of 64,000 fans.

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The Kerry team lift Sam. Credit: INPHO/Patrick Bolger

Watch highlights below:

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