1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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| Event | 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 22 September 1968 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | M Loftus (Mayo) | ||||||
| Attendance | 71,294 | ||||||
The 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 81st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
This was Down's third appearance in an All-Ireland final, and they won all three.[1] It was the third of three All-Ireland football titles won by Down in the 1960s, which made them joint "team of the decade" with Galway who also won three.[2]
In 2018, Martin Breheny listed this as the eleventh greatest All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[3]
Match
[edit]Summary
[edit]Seán O'Neill and John Murphy each scored a goal which contributed to Down being in the lead by eight points following eight minutes of play.[3] Kerry never recovered.[3]
Seán O'Neill and John Murphy scored scrappy goals for Down, while Brendan Lynch's goal for Kerry was too late to make a difference.[4]
Details
[edit]| Down | 2-12 – 1-13 | Kerry |
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| S O'Neill 1-2, P Doherty 0-5, J Murphy 1-0, T O'Hare 0-2, P Rooney 0-2, J Milligan 0-1. | B Lynch 1-2, M O'Dwyer 0-5, P Griffin 0-3, M O'Connell 0-2, DJ Crowley 0-1. |
         Down
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    Kerry
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References
[edit]- ^ "Down fans travel to All-Ireland final". The News Letter. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
- ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ^ a b c Breheny, Martin. "Martin Breheny's Greatest All-Ireland Finals". Irish Independent. 1 September 2018, p. 15.
- ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.