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.
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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 | ||||||
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]
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
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