2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

The 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 119th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

2006 All-Ireland Football Championship final

Event	2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry Mayo 4–15 (27) 3–5 (14)
Date	17 September 2006
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	Brian Crowe (Cavan)[1][2]
Attendance	82,289
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Match

Summary

Kerry won by 13 points, the widest winning margin in an All-Ireland SFC final since 1978.^{[citation needed]}

Mayo were hoping to bridge a gap that stretched back to their All-Ireland SFC title winning team of 1951.^[3] They failed yet again, having lost to Kerry in 2004 and 1997, Meath in 1996 and Cork in 1989.^[4]

Mayo were 2–4 down with no score after 13 minutes; the Kerry total of 4–15 was the highest in a final since Dublin's 5–12 total against Armagh in the 1977 final; in 2022, Martin Breheny listed it among "five of the worst" All-Ireland SFC finals since 1972, commenting: "Kerry's awesome scoring power against a weak Mayo defence robbed the final of a competitive edge, the basic requirement to make a game entertaining".^[5]

Details

Kerry	4–15 – 3–5	Mayo
C Cooper, K Donaghy, D O'Sullivan 1–2 each, E Brosnan 1–1, M F Russell, A O'Mahony 0–2 each, S Moynihan, P Galvin, S O'Sullivan 0–1 each	Report	K O'Neill 2–0, P Harte 1–0, C Mortimer 0–3, B J Padden, C McDonald 0–1 each

17 September 2006

15:30 (IST)

Final

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 82,289

Referee: Brian Crowe (Cavan)

Kerry

Mayo

Kerry Green and Yellow Shirts/White shorts/Green Socks	4–15 – 3–5 (final score after 70 minutes)	Mayo Green and Red shirts/White shorts/Red socks
Manager: Jack O'Connor Team: 1 Diarmuid Murphy (GK) 2 Marc Ó Sé 3 Michael McCarthy 4 Tom O'Sullivan 5 Tomás Ó Sé 6 Séamus Moynihan (0–1) 7 Aidan O'Mahony (0–2) 8 Darragh Ó Sé 9 Tommy Griffin 10 Seán O'Sullivan (0–1) 11 Declan O'Sullivan (1–2) (c) 12 Paul Galvin (0–1) 13 Colm Cooper (1–2) 14 Kieran Donaghy (1–2) 15 Mike Frank Russell (0–2) Substitutes: 17 Eoin Brosnan (1–1) for T. Ó Sé 18 Darran O'Sullivan for S. O'Sullivan 19 Éamonn Fitzmaurice for T. Griffin 20 Bryan Sheehan (0–1) for M. F. Russell 22 Brendan Guiney for A. O'Mahony	Half-time: 3-8 - 3-2 Competition: All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (Final) Date: 15.30 BST Sunday, 17 September 2006 Venue: Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 82,289 Referee: Brian Crowe (Cavan) Match rules: 70 minutes. Replay if scores still level. Maximum of 5 substitutions.	Manager: Mickey Moran Team: 1 David Clarke (GK) 2 Dermot Geraghty 3 David Heaney (c) 4 Keith Higgins 5 Aidan Higgins 6 James Nallen 7 Peadar Gardiner 8 Ronan McGarrity 9 Pat Harte (1–0) 10 Billy Joe Padden (0–1) 11 Ger Brady 12 Alan Dillon 13 Kevin O'Neill (2–0) 14 Conor Mortimer (0–3) 15 Ciarán McDonald (0–1) Substitutes: David Brady for J. Nallen Trevor Mortimer for A. Dillon Barry Moran for K. O'Neill Aidan Kilcoyne for B. J. Padden Andy Moran for P. Gardiner

Kerry subs not used

16 K. Cremin

21 M. Lyons

23 R. O'Connor

24 P. Reidy

25 P. O'Connor

26 K. Young

27 R. Hussey

28 K. O'Leary

29 A. Mac Gearailt

30 A. O'Connell