1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event 1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date27 September 1970
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee P. Kelly (Dublin)
Attendance71,775
1969
1971

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.

Contents

Match

Summary

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

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 0–2M Fay 0–10, T Brennan 0–5, K Rennicks 0–2, V Lynch 0–1

Kerry

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

Subs used
19 P. Moore for M. Mellett
22 B. Bligh for T. Kearns
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

  1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  3. Clifford, Mick (1 March 2025). "Kerry footballer to get All-Ireland winner's medal... 55 years later". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 1 March 2025.