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| Event | 1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 26 September 1976 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Paddy Collins (Westmeath) | ||||||
| Attendance | 73,588 | ||||||
The 1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 89th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Dublin won the second of the famous Kerry–Dublin 1970s duels with a seven-point win, goals coming from John McCarthy, Jimmy Keaveney, and Brian Mullins. [1] It was Dublin's first championship win over Kerry since 1934. [2] [3]
Dublin manager Kevin Heffernan declared: "I've waited 21 years for this". [2]
Kerry blamed a cancelled training session. The players asked for this because of "fatigue" though they also wished to take up a Beamish and Crawford invitation to the Tralee Races. [2]
| 26 September 1976 Final | Dublin | 3–8 – 0–10 | Kerry | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 73,588 Referee: Paddy Collins (Westmeath) |
| J Keaveney 1–2, J McCarthy 1–1, B Mullins 1–1, B Brogan 0–1, A O'Toole 0–1, T Hanahoe 0–1, D Hickey 0–1 | M Sheehy 0–3, P Spillane 0–2, D Moran 0–2, M O'Sullivan 0–1, B Lynch 0–1, J Egan 0–1 |
         Dublin |     Kerry |
