1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry Tyrone
Colours of Kerry.svg Colours of Tyrone.svg
2–15
(21)		1–10
(13)
Date21 September 1986
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Man of the Match Pat Spillane
Referee Jimmy Dennigan (Cork)
Attendance68,628
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The 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 99th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

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This was one of the 13 consecutive All-Ireland SFC finals contested by either Dublin or Kerry between 1974 and 1986, a period when one of either team always contested the decider. [1]

Match

Summary

Tyrone were seven points clear at one point, but went on to lose by eight, Pat Spillane and Mikey Sheehy scoring goals.

This was the fifth of five All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1980s. [2] Kerry did not win another All-Ireland football title until 1997.

It was also the first championship meeting of Kerry and Tyrone. [3]

Details

Final
Kerry 2–15 – 1–10 Tyrone
P Spillane 1–4, M Sheehy 1–4, E Liston 0–2, D Moran 0–2, T O'Dowd 0–2, G Power 0–1P Quinn 1–1, M Mallon 0–4, S McNally 0–2, M McClure 0–1, K McCabe 0–1, D O'Hagan 0–1
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 65,628
Referee: Jimmy Dennigan (Cork)

Kerry

Sub used
17 T. O'Dowd for A. O'Donovan
Subs not used
16 J. Kennedy
18 J. Higgins
19 M. Galwey
20 S. Stack
21 D. Hanafin
Manager
M. O'Dwyer

Tyrone

Subs
S. Conway for ?
S. Rice for ?
A. O'Hagan for ?
Manager
A. McRory

References

  1. ↑ Crowe, Dermot (30 March 2025). "Marching on together". Sunday Independent . From 1974 to 1986, every final had Kerry or Dublin in it and in six of those they were the final pairing. They shared every All-Ireland going in that time save for Offaly's famous heist of 1982.
  2. ↑ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media.
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