1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

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1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
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Event1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Down Kerry
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2–10
(16)		 0–8
(8)
Date25 September 1960
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Attendance87,768
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The 1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 73rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match[]

Summary[]

The game turned in Down's favour 11 minutes into the second half with scoring a goal directly from a line ball; two minutes later Paddy Doherty scored a penalty.[1]

This was Down's first ever appearance in an All-Ireland final, and it brought with it their first win. It was the first of three All-Ireland football titles won by Down in the 1960s, which made them joint "team of the decade" with Galway who also won three.[2] Down won their next four All-Ireland football finals, with this run only broken in their sixth appearance, by a one-point defeat to Cork in 2010.[3][4][5]

This was also the first Championship meeting of Down and Kerry.[6]

Details[]

25 September 1960 Final Down 2–10 – 0–8 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin
M. O'Connell 0–2, J.D. O'Connor 0–1, S. Murphy 0–1, T. Lyne 0–4. Referee: 87,768

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. ^ "Down fans travel to All-Ireland final". The News Letter. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  4. ^ "All-Ireland SFC Final: Cork 0-16 0-15 Down". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  5. ^ Moran, Seán (20 September 2010). "Resilient Rebels do just enough to end their agonising wait". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

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