Christy Toye bagged a record fifth championship goal at Croke Park – here’s all the other goalscorers at HQ

CHRISTY TOYE’S last minute, first touch goal on Saturday sealed a 3-12 to 0-11 win  for Donegal over Galway in the All-Ireland qualifiers Round 4B.

The St Michael’s clubman (pictured above) has developed a knack of scoring goals in the championship at Croke Park. Saturday’s was his fifth – and that’s a feat no Donegal player can match.

Here’s Toye’s goal from Saturday, courtesy of The Sunday Game on RTE …

https://wwwyoutube.com/watch?v=NCkGGMfZ4_A

Toye was only 19 when he goaled against Meath at the same stage of the 2002 championship as Micky Moran’s team sealed a 1-13 to 0-14 victory.

A year later, Toye finished off a flowing move at Hill 16 in the All-Ireland semi-final against Armagh, who were then the holders of Sam Maguire. The contest unravelled for Donegal, under the management of Brian McEniff, and and after the harsh sending off of Raymond Sweeney, Armagh ran out winners on a 2-10 to 1-9 scoreline.

See Donegal v Armagh 2003, 7:45 minutes in. Video by Best Western Dublin Skylon Hotel and TG4

https://wwwyoutube.com/watch?v=UQDk0RZ71-M

Three years later, in 2006, when Brian McIver was in the Donegal manager’s hotseat and in the All-Ireland quarter-final against Cork, it was Toye who punched home on four minutes. However, Donegal would end up losing 1-11 to 1-10.

Here’s the highlights from 2006, courtesy of GAA Archive

https://wwwyoutube.com/watch?v=I4-Qmu-IKD4

After a couple injury-ravaged years, Toye hadn’t played for Donegal since 2009 as Jim McGuinness took over in 2010. Against Kildare in the All-Ireland quarter-final of 2011, with the score 0-7 to 0-7 McGuinness summoned Toye from the bench and pointed towards the full-forward line. There was an instant impact and Donegal went onto win an epic encounter 1-12 to 0-14 after extra-time.

See Toye’s goal, courtesy of Gaelic Games 2011 two minutes in …

https://wwwyoutube.com/watch?v=hQE-FFcOVSg

Toye’s five goals at Croke Park mean that he’s now one ahead of his clubmate Colm McFadden, who laid on the assist on Saturday. Here’s Donegal’s complete record of championship goals at HQ.

1972 – All-Ireland semi-final – Offaly 1-17 Donegal 2-10 (Martin Carney, Seamie Granaghan, both St Joseph’s)

1974 – All-Ireland semi-final – Galway 3-13 Donegal 1-10 (Seamus Bonner, Four Masters/ Civil Service, Dublin)

1983 – All-Ireland semi-final – Galway 1-12 Donegal 1-11 (Kieran Keeney, Four Masters)

1990 – All-Ireland semi-final – Meath 3-7 Donegal 1-15 (Manus Boyle, Killybegs)

1992 – All-Ireland semi-final – Donegal 0-13 Mayo 0-9

1992 – All-Ireland final – Donegal 0-18 Dublin 0-14

2002 – All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 4 – Donegal 1-13 Meath 0-14 (Christy Toye, St Michael’s)

2002 – All-Ireland quarter-final – Donegal 0-14 Dublin 2-8

2002 – All-Ireland quarter-final replay –  Dublin 1-14 Donegal 0-7

2003 – All-Ireland qualifiers, round 3 – Donegal 2-19 Tipperary 0-15 (Brendan Devenney, St Eunan’s;  Brian Roper, Aodh Ruadh)

2003 – All-Ireland quarter-final – Donegal 0-14 Galway 1-11

(Replay was played at McHale Park in Castlebar, with Donegal winning 0-14 to 0-11)

2003 – All-Ireland semi-final – Armagh 2-11 Donegal 0-10 (Christy Toye)

2004 – Ulster SFC final – Armagh 3-15 Donegal 0-11

2006 – All-Ireland quarter-final – Cork 1-11 Donegal 1-10

2009 – All-Ireland quarter-final – Cork 1-27 Donegal 2-10 (Rory Kavanagh, St Eunan’s, and Stephen Griffin, St Naul’s)

2011 – All-Ireland quarter-final – Donegal 1-12 Kildare 0-14 – after extra-time (Christy Toye)

2011 – All-Ireland semi-final – Dublin 0-8 Donegal 0-6

2012 – All-Ireland quarter-final – Donegal 1-12 Kerry 1-10 (Colm McFadden, St Michael’s)

2012 – All-Ireland semi-final – Donegal 0-16 Cork 1-11

2012 – All-Ireland final – Donegal 2-11 Mayo 0-13 (Michael Murphy, Glenswilly, and Colm McFadden)

2013 – All-Ireland quarter-final –  Mayo 4-17 Donegal 1-10 (Colm McFadden)

2014 – All-Ireland quarter-final – Donegal 1-12 Armagh 1-11 (Odhrán MacNiallais, Gaoth Dobhair)

2014 – All-Ireland semi-final – Donegal 3-14 Dublin 0-17 (Ryan McHugh, Kilcar, (2) Colm McFadden)

2014 – All-Ireland final – Kerry 2-9 Donegal 0-12

2015 –  All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 4B – Donegal 3-12 Galway 0-11 (Patrick McBrearty, Kilcar, Ryan McHugh, Christy Toye)

Top three

Five goals: Christy Toye (St Michael’s)

v Meath 2002 All-Ireland round 4 qualifier, won 1-13 to 0-14; v Armagh 2003 All-Ireland semi-final, lost 2-11 to 0-10; v Cork 2006 All-Ireland quarter-final, lost 1-11 to 1-10; v Kildare 2011 All-Ireland quarter-final, won 1-12 to 0-14 after extra-time; v Galway 2015 All-Ireland round 4B qualifier, won 3-12 to 0-11.

Four goals: Colm McFadden (St Michael’s)

v Kerry 2012 All-Ireland quarter-final, won 1-12 to 1-10; v Mayo 2012 All-Ireland final, won 2-11 to 0-13; v Mayo 2013 All-Ireland quarter-final, lost 4-17 to 1-10; v Dublin 2014 All-Ireland semi-final, won 3-14 to 0-17

Three goals: Ryan McHugh (Kilcar)

v Dublin 2014 All-Ireland semi-final (two goals), won 3-14 to 0-17; v Galway 2015 All-Ireland round 4B qualifier, won 3-12 to 0-11.

One goal: Martin Carney, Seamus Granaghan, Seamus Bonner, Kieran Keeney, Manus Boyle, Brendan Devenney, Brian Roper, Rork Kavanagh, Stephen Griffin, Michael Murphy, Odhrán MacNiallais, Patrick McBrearty.

 

 

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