1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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| Event | 1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 27 September 1970 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | P. Kelly (Dublin) | ||||||
| Attendance | 71,775 | ||||||
The 1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 83rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Match
[edit]Summary
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Kerry won convincingly, with late goals by Din Joe Crowley and Mick Gleeson.[1]
It was the first of four All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1970s.[2]
Details
[edit]| 27 September 1970 Final |
Kerry | 2–19 – 0–18 | Meath | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 71,775 Referee: P. Kelly (Dublin) |
| B Lynch 0–5, M O'Dwyer 0–5, M Gleeson 1–1, DJ Crowley 1–0, P Griffin 0–2, E O'Donoghue 0–2, M O'Connell 0–2, L Higgins 0–2 | M Fay 0–10, T Brennan 0–5, K Rennicks 0–2, V Lynch 0–1 |
         Kerry
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  Meath
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Kerry
[edit]- 1 J. Culloty
- 2 S. Murphy
- 3 P. O'Donoghue
- 4 D. O'Sullivan (c)
- 5 T. Prendergast
- 6 J. O'Keeffe
- 7 M. Ó Sé
- 8 M. O'Connell
- 9 D. J. Crowley
- 10 B. Lynch
- 11 P. Griffin
- 12 É. O'Donoghue
- 13 M. Gleeson
- 14 L. Higgins
- 15 M. O'Dwyer
- Sub used
- 16 S. Mac Gearailt
- Subs not used
- 17 D. Crowley
- 18 P. J. Burns
- 19 T. O'Donnell
- 20 P. Finnegan
- Seán O'Shea was retrospectively awarded a medal in 2025; in 1970 not all nonplaying subs were entitled to a medal. O'Shea's application relied on the precedent of Mick Loftus, retrospectively awarded a medal as a nonplaying sub in the 1951 final.[3]
- Trainer
- J. Lyne
Meath
[edit]- 1 S. McCormack
- 2 M. White
- 3 J. Quinn (c)
- 4 B. Cunningham
- 5 O. Shanley
- 6 T. Kearns
- 7 P. Reynolds
- 8 V. Foley
- 9 V. Lynch
- 10 T. Brennan
- 11 M. Kerrigan
- 12 M. Mellett
- 13 K. Rennicks
- 14 J. Murphy
- 15 M. Fay
- Subs not used
- 16 E. McMahon
- 17 P. Black
- 18 F. Ward
- 20 C. Bowens
- 21 J. Fay
- 23 M. Costello
- 24 A. Burns
- 25 D. Gogarty
- 26 T. Brannigan
References
[edit]- ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ^ Clifford, Mick (1 March 2025). "Kerry footballer to get All-Ireland winner's medal... 55 years later". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 1 March 2025.