1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Kildare gaa football team 1928.jpg
Kildare, champions
Event 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kildare Cavan
Colours of Kildare.svg Colours of Cavan.svg
2–6
(12)		2–5
(11)
Date30 September 1928
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee Tom Burke (Louth)[ citation needed ]
Attendance24,700[ citation needed ]
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The 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 41st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

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Background

This was the third of four consecutive appearances in the decider for Kildare. [1]

Match

This year's final was played on 30 September. [2]

Summary

Cavan claimed that Paddy Loughlin's late goal was thrown into the net. Patsy Devlin hit a goal back to equalise, but Bill Mangan scored a point to win the Sam Maguire Cup for the first time. [3] Tom Burke refereed the game.[ citation needed ]

1928 was the first year in which the Sam Maguire Cup was awarded to the All-Ireland SFC winner; the cup is still awarded to the winning team. [4]

Details

Kildare

References

  1. ↑ Diallo, Raf (31 December 2025). "Sport in 1926: Radio advent in hurling and a Five Nations near miss". RTÉ.
  2. ↑ The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES. DBA. 2021. p. 149.
  3. ↑ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  4. ↑ Kenny, Tom (14 April 2011). "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". Galway Advertiser . Retrieved 14 April 2011. In 1928, the Sam Maguire Trophy was presented to the GAA, and ever since, it has been the dream of every county in Ireland to hold it aloft in Croke Park on the third Sunday in September.
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