2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

May 2021 May 2021 2006 All-Ireland Football Championship final 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Kerry 40px 4–15(27) Mayo 40px 3–5(14) 17 September 2006 Croke Park Dublin Brian Crowe (Cavan)https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/crowe-to-take-charge-of-final-1.997484 Cavan's Brian Crowe will referee the All-Ireland football final between Kerry and Mayo in a fortnight's time The Irish Times Seán Moran 2 September 2006https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20012330.html All-Ireland football final referee named Irish Examiner Michael Moynihan 2 September 2006 82,289 2005 2007 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. Match Summary Kerry won by 13 points, the widest winning margin in an All-Ireland SFC final since 1978.May 2021 Mayo were hoping to bridge a gap that stretched back to their All-Ireland SFC title winning team of 1951.Eugene McGee http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/first-signs-that-mayo-might-be-set-to-turn-back-the-clock-111572.html First signs that Mayo might be set to turn back the clock Irish Independent 6 February 2006 6 February 2006 They failed yet again, having lost to Kerry in 2004 and 1997, Meath in 1996 and Cork in 1989.http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2006/0917/209199-matchtracker/ All-Ireland final match-tracker 17 September 2006 RTÉ 8 October 2013 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".https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/five-of-the-worst-all-ireland-football-finals-since-1972-41898843.html Five of the worst All-Ireland football finals since 1972 Irish Independent Martin Breheny 9 August 2022 Details Final 17 September 2006 15:30 (IST) Croke Park, Dublin Kerry football 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 4–15 – 3–5 Mayo football K O'Neill 2–0, P Harte 1–0, C Mortimer 0–3, B J Padden, C McDonald 0–1 each Brian Crowe (Cavan) Report 82,289 _greenlower _goldhorizontal _greenlower _goldsides _hoops_gold ffcc00 008000 ffcc00 ffffff 008000 Kerry _greenlower _redhorizontal _greenlower _greensides ff0000 008000 ff0000 ffffff ff0000 Mayo KerryGreen and Yellow Shirts/White shorts/Green Socks4–15 – 3–5(final score after 70 minutes)MayoGreen and Red shirts/White shorts/Red socksManager: Jack O'Connor Team: 1 Diarmuid Murphy (GK) 2 Marc Ó Sé 3 Michael McCarthy 4 Tom O'Sullivan 5 Tomás Ó Sé 6 Séamus Moynihan (0–1) 7 Aidan O'Mahony (0–2) 8 Darragh Ó Sé 9 Tommy Griffin 10 Seán O'Sullivan (0–1) 11 Declan O'Sullivan (1–2) (c) 12 Paul Galvin (0–1) 13 Colm Cooper (1–2) 14 Kieran Donaghy (1–2) 15 Mike Frank Russell (0–2) Substitutes: 17 Eoin Brosnan (1–1) for T. Ó Sé 18 Darran O'Sullivan for S. O'Sullivan 19 Éamonn Fitzmaurice for T. Griffin 20 Bryan Sheehan (0–1) for M. F. Russell 22 Brendan Guiney for A. O'MahonyHalf-time:3-8 - 3-2 Competition:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship(Final) Date:15.30 BSTSunday, 17 September 2006 Venue:Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 82,289 Referee:Brian Crowe(Cavan) Match rules:70 minutes.Replay if scores still level.Maximum of 5 substitutions.Manager: Mickey Moran Team: 1 David Clarke (GK) 2 Dermot Geraghty 3 David Heaney (c) 4 Keith Higgins 5 Aidan Higgins 6 James Nallen 7 Peadar Gardiner 8 Ronan McGarrity 9 Pat Harte (1–0) 10 Billy Joe Padden (0–1) 11 Ger Brady 12 Alan Dillon 13 Kevin O'Neill (2–0) 14 Conor Mortimer (0–3) 15 Ciarán McDonald (0–1) Substitutes: David Brady for J. Nallen Trevor Mortimer for A. Dillon Barry Moran for K. O'Neill Aidan Kilcoyne for B. J. Padden Andy Moran for P. Gardiner Kerry subs not used 16 K. Cremin 21 M. Lyons 23 R. O'Connor 24 P. Reidy 25 P. O'Connor 26 K. Young 27 R. Hussey 28 K. O'Leary 29 A. Mac Gearailt 30 A. O'Connell References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Kerry county football team matches Category:Mayo county football team matches Category:September 2006 in Ireland