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Football match
1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Down Kerry
2–12
(18)
1–13
(16)
Date22 September 1968
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeMick Loftus (Mayo)
Attendance71,294
1967 1969

The 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 81st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

This was Down's third appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final, and they won all three. It was the third of three All-Ireland SFC titles won by Down in the 1960s, which made them joint "team of the decade" with Galway who also won three.

In 2018, Martin Breheny listed this as the eleventh greatest All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Match

Summary

Seán O'Neill and John Murphy each scored a goal which contributed to Down being in the lead by eight points following eight minutes of play. Kerry never recovered.

Seán O'Neill and John Murphy scored scrappy goals for Down, while Brendan Lynch's goal for Kerry was too late to make a difference.

Details

Final
Down2–12 – 1–13Kerry
S O'Neill 1–2, P Doherty 0–5, J Murphy 1–0, T O'Hare 0–2, P Rooney 0–2, J Milligan 0–1 B Lynch 1–2, M O'Dwyer 0–5, P Griffin 0–3, M O'Connell 0–2, DJ Crowley 0–1
Croke Park, DublinAttendance: 71,294Referee: Mick Loftus (Mayo)
Down Kerry

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Down =

Subs used
L. Powell for J. Lennon
G. Glynn for L. Powell
Subs not used
H. McGrath
R. Murphy
V. Kane
Manager
G. Brown

Kerry =

Subs used
17 P. Moynihan for T. Prendergast
23 S. Mac Gearailt for S. Burrows
Subs not used
16 Dom O'Donnell
18 M. Ó Sé
19 M. Sheehan
20 P. J. McIntyre
21 M. O'Sullivan
22 T. Bowler
24 D. Lovett
25 J. O'Brien
26 D. Crowley

References

  1. "Down fans travel to All-Ireland final". The News Letter. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  2. "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  3. ^ Breheny, Martin. "Martin Breheny's Greatest All-Ireland Finals". Irish Independent. 1 September 2018, p. 15.
  4. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
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