1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

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.

1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Down Kerry
2–12 1–13
Date22 September 1968
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Attendance71,294

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

Summary

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

References
  1. "Down fans travel to All-Ireland final". The News Letter. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  2. "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  3. Breheny, Martin. "Martin Breheny's Greatest All-Ireland Finals". Irish Independent. 1 September 2018, p. 15.
  4. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.

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