Event | 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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Date | 17 September 2006 | ||||||
Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
Referee | Brian Crowe (Cavan) [1] [2] | ||||||
Attendance | 82,289 | ||||||
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.
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]
Kerry | 4–15 – 3–5 | Mayo |
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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 |
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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: Substitutes: | Half-time: Competition: Date: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Match rules: | Manager: Mickey Moran Team: Substitutes: |