Credit; Michael McCarthy
Scorers and Starters
In Part One, We had a close look at the Decade, Year by Year, Game by Game, this time round we look at the Scorers and Starters, the Men who represented their County and with no small degree of success.
During the ten year period 1980 to 1989,Tipp would use 79 different players, You could only make three subs at the time.
Bobby Ryan made the most appearances with 23, followed closely by Pat Fox with 21 & Nicky English on 20.
29 different clubs were represented with Borrisoleigh & Kilruane having the greatest number of representatives with a Joint 8,Roscrea in second place having 6.
Tipp’s 79 players of the 80’s
Player | Club | App | Player | Club | App | |
Bobby Ryan | Borrisoleigh | 23 | John Grogan | Cashel | 4 | |
Pat Fox | Eire Og Annacarty | 21 | Conal Bonnar | Cashel | 4 | |
Nicky English | Lattin/Cullen | 20 | Noel O’Dwyer | Borrisoleigh | 4 | |
Donie O’Connell | Killenaule | 18 | John McGrath | Borrisoleigh | 4 | |
Colm Bonnar | Cashel | 15 | Mossie Carroll | St. Marys | 3 | |
Aidan Ryan | Borrisoleigh | 15 | Pat McLoughney | Shannon Rovers | 3 | |
Paul Delaney | Roscrea | 14 | Peader Queally | Roscrea | 3 | |
Conor O’Donovan | Nenagh Eire Og | 14 | Michael Cleary | Nenagh Eire Og | 3 | |
Ken Hogan | Lorrha | 14 | John Cormack | Loughmore | 3 | |
Michael Doyle | Holycross | 12 | Paddy Williams | Kilruane | 3 | |
John Kennedy | Clonoulty/Rossmore | 12 | Gerry Williams | Kilruane | 3 | |
Joe Hayes | Clonoulty/Rossmore | 12 | Martin McGrath | Kickhams | 3 | |
John Heffernan | Nenagh Eire Og | 11 | Declan Carr | Holycross | 3 | |
Noel Sheehy | Silvermines | 10 | Kevin Fox | Eire Og Annacarty | 3 | |
Philip Kennedy | Nenagh Eire Og | 8 | Tom Waters | Carrick Swan | 3 | |
John Leahy | Mullinahone | 8 | Pa O’Neill | Cappawhite | 3 | |
Seamus Gibson | Kilruane | 8 | Pat Ryan | Borrisoleigh | 3 | |
Declan Ryan | Clonoulty/Rossmore | 8 | Ian Conroy | Borrisokane | 3 | |
Pat Fitzelle | Cashel | 8 | Paul Dooley | Borisokane | 3 | |
Cormac Bonnar | Cashel | 8 | Tom Barry | Thurles Sarsfields | 2 | |
Liam Maher | Boherlahan-Dualla | 8 | John Grace | Silvermines | 2 | |
John Sheedy | Portroe | 7 | Eddie Hogan | Roscrea | 2 | |
Peter Brennan | Loughmore | 7 | Gerry O’Brien | Portroe | 2 | |
John McIntyre | Lorrha | 7 | Liam Bergin | Moycarkey | 2 | |
Dinny Cahill | Kilruane | 7 | Enda Hogan | Kilruane | 2 | |
Richie Stakelum | Borrisoleigh | 7 | Joe O’Dwyer | Killenaule | 2 | |
Ger O’Neill | Cappawhite | 6 | Michael Murphy | Templederry | 1 | |
Gerry Stapleton | Borrisoleigh | 6 | Brian Carroll | St. Marys | 1 | |
Seamus Power | Boherlahan-Dualla | 6 | Brian Heffernan | Nenagh Eire Og | 1 | |
Jim Keogh | Silvermines | 5 | Brian Mannion | Lorrha | 1 | |
Jack Bergin | Moycarkey | 5 | Jim Kehoe | Kilsheelan | 1 | |
Ralph Callaghan | Davins | 5 | Tony Shepard | Kilruane | 1 | |
Tadgh O’Connor | Roscrea | 4 | Jim Williams | Kilruane | 1 | |
Donal Kealy | Roscrea | 4 | John Farrell | Kickhams | 1 | |
Michael Scully | Roscrea | 4 | John Ryan | Holycross | 1 | |
Pat McGrath | Loughmore | 4 | Johnny Doyle | Holycross | 1 | |
Liam Stokes | Kilsheelan | 4 | Tommy Butler | Drom | 1 | |
Eamonn O’Shea | Kilruane | 4 | Austin Buckley | Cappawhite | 1 | |
Seamus Bourke | Clonmore | 4 | Timmy Stapleton | Borrisoleigh | 1 | |
Pat Power | Boherlahan-Dualla | 1 |
Number of players contributed by Club
29 different Clubs were represented with Borrisoleigh & Kilruane having the greatest number of Players with a Joint 8.
Roscrea in second place having 6 and Nenagh and Cashel in joint third with 5.
Club | Players | Club | Players | |||
Boherlahan/Dualla | 3 | Knockavilla Kickhams | 2 | |||
Borrisokane | 2 | Lattin/Cullen | 1 | |||
Borrisoleigh | 8 | Lorrha/Dorrha | 3 | |||
Cappawhite | 3 | Loughmore/Castleiney | 3 | |||
Carrick Davin | 1 | Moycarkey/Borris | 2 | |||
Carrick Swan | 1 | Mullinahone | 1 | |||
Cashel King Cormacs | 5 | Nenagh Eire Og | 5 | |||
Clonmore | 1 | Portroe | 2 | |||
Clonoulty/Rossmore | 3 | Roscrea | 6 | |||
Drom/Inch | 1 | Shannon Rovers | 1 | |||
Eire Óg Annacarty | 2 | Silvermines | 3 | |||
Holycross/Ballycahill | 4 | St. Marys | 2 | |||
Killenaule | 2 | Templederry | 1 | |||
Kilruane McDonaghs | 8 | Thurles Sarsfields | 1 | |||
Kilsheelan/Kilcash | 2 |
Tipp players by Division
Division | Players | |
West | 16 | |
Mid | 15 | |
South | 9 | |
North | 39 |
Tipperary Scorers
In scoring terms Tipp managed 55-392 in those 26 games.
An average of 2-15.5 per game with the opposition scoring 52-326 which is an average of 2-12.5 per game.
46 different players raised a White or Green flag for Tipp during this period.
Yet anyone who has watched Tipperary during this time will all know the impact the Lattin/Cullen man made during this period, Nicky English scored an incredible 15-87 (132 points).
Fellow West man Pat Fox is in second place on 8-67 (91 points).
Nobody else comes close to them in the scoring charts, Seamus Power is in 3rd with 3-23(32 points).
Tipp scorers by Player in the 80’s
Player | Goals | Points | Total |
Nicky English | 15 | 87 | 132 |
Pat Fox | 8 | 67 | 91 |
Seamus Power | 3 | 23 | 32 |
Donie O’Connell | 4 | 19 | 31 |
John Grogan | 3 | 21 | 30 |
Aidan Ryan | 0 | 20 | 20 |
Declan Ryan | 2 | 13 | 19 |
Paul Delaney | 0 | 18 | 18 |
Liam Maher | 3 | 8 | 17 |
Ger O’Neill | 2 | 7 | 13 |
Joe Hayes | 1 | 10 | 13 |
Seamus Bourke | 2 | 6 | 12 |
Michael Doyle | 3 | 3 | 12 |
Noel O’Dwyer | 1 | 5 | 8 |
Martin McGrath | 1 | 5 | 8 |
Tommy Butler | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Tom Waters | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Eamonn O’Shea | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Peadder Queally | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Bobby Ryan | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Liam Stokes | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Cormac Bonnar | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Michael Cleary | 0 | 6 | 6 |
John Leahy | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Pat McGrath | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Paul Dooley | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Ralph Callaghan | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Michael Scully | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Pat Fitzelle | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Philip Kennedy | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Colm Bonnar | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Pa O’Neill | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Gerry Stapleton | 0 | 2 | 2 |
John McGrath | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Conal Bonnar | 0 | 2 | 2 |
John Cormack | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Jim Kehoe | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mossie Carroll | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kevin Fox | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Dinny Cahill | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Gerry O’Brien | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Brian Carroll | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Liam Bergin | 0 | 1 | 1 |
John McIntyre | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Richie Stakelum | 0 | 1 | 1 |
John Kennedy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 55 | 392 | 557 |
Our All Stars
In terms of All Stars,Goalkeeper Pat McLoughney was receiving his 2nd award and Tipps only All-Star in 1980.
We had to wait until 1983 for Nicky English to win one at Wing-Forward, a feat he carried on in 19884 & 85.
Bobby Ryan was our lone All-Star in 1986 at No.7.
’87 would see us win 4 awards with Ken Hogan in Goal & Aidan Ryan(RWF), Pat Fox(LCF) & Nicky English(FF) collecting awards.
We would again win 4 awards in 1988 with Bobby Ryan Collecting his 2nd at LWB, Colm Bonnar in Midfield, Declan Ryan(RWF) & Nicky English(FF).
Tipp would pick up 6 awards in 1989 with Bobby Ryan, this time at CB, Conal Bonnar at RWB, Declan Carr in Midfield and Tipp receiving the whole full forward line of Pat Fox, Cormac Bonnar & Nicky English.
English collected his 6th award of the decade, Bobby Ryan his 3rd and Pat Fox his 2nd.