1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

November 2020 November 2020 1977 All-Ireland Football Championship final 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Dublin 40px 5–12(27) Armagh 40px 3–6(15) 25 September 1977 Croke Park Dublin John Moloney (Tipperary) 66,542 1976 1978 The 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the ninetieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. 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.https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/marching-on-together-dublin-and-kerry-legends-will-reunite-to-remember-the-good-times-and-their-absent-friends/a766188048.html Marching on together Sunday Independent Dermot Crowe 30 March 2025 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. The game was contested by Armagh and Dublin. Dublin retained the Sam Maguire Cup. Pre-match This was Armagh's second ever All-Ireland SFC final. Their previous appearance was in 1953. Dublin had appeared in the previous three finals, winning two of those (1974 and 1976). Match This year's final was played on 27 September.https://www.gaa.ie/api/pdfs/image/upload/t8bphnbixyanijooj1un.pdfbook The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES 2021 DBA 152July 2026 InternetArchiveBot Summary Jimmy Keaveney scored 2–6, which was the amount Dublin won by. This final's eight goals is joint most scored in a final, a record shared with the 1948 match.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998. Joe Kernan scored two of Armagh's goals.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/2270744.stm Armagh are champions BBC 22 September 2002 It was sweet revenge too for Armagh boss Joe Kernan who scored two goals when the Orchard County lost in their last final appearance to Dublin 25 years ago. Jimmy Smyth captained Armagh.https://www.irishnews.com/sport/gaafootball/2020/09/16/news/neighbours-st-paul-s-and-clan-na-gael-do-battle-for-bragging-rights-and-silverware-in-all-lurgan-armagh-championship-final-2068049/ Neighbours St Paul's and Clan na Gael do battle for bragging rights and silverware in all-Lurgan Armagh championship final The Irish News Andy Watters 16 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20220817224053/https://www.irishnews.com/sport/gaafootball/2020/09/16/news/neighbours-st-paul-s-and-clan-na-gael-do-battle-for-bragging-rights-and-silverware-in-all-lurgan-armagh-championship-final-2068049/ 17 August 2022 ...Smyth, winner of nine senior championship medals, the Armagh skipper in the 1977 All-Ireland final and then a popular GAA commentator on BBC. An early goal by Keaveney and Dublin led by 3–6 to 1–3 at half-time and by 4–8 to 1–3 at one point in the second half before the two Kernan goals; in 2022, Martin Breheny listed it among "five of the worst" All-Ireland SFC finals since 1972.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 Armagh would not return to an All-Ireland football decider until 2002. Details Dublin 1 P. Cullen 2 G. O'Driscoll 3 S. Doherty 4 R. Kelleher 5 T. Drumm 6 K. Moran 7 P. O'Neill 8 B. Mullins 9 B. Brogan 10 A. O'Toole 11 T. Hanahoe (c) 12 D. Hickey 13 B. Doyle 14 J. Keaveney 15 J. McCarthy Subs used 17 P. Reilly for P. O'Neill 16 A. Larkin for B. Brogan 18 J. Brogan for R. Kelleher Subs not used 19 P. Gogarty 20 B. Pocock 21 F. Ryder 22 N. Bernard 23 M. Hickey 24 L. Egan 25 D. Maher Manager T. Hanahoe Armagh 1 B. McAlinden 2 D. Stevenson 3 T. McCreesh 4 J. McKerr 5 K. Rafferty 6 P. Moriarty 7 J. Donnelly 8 J. Kernan 9 C. McKinstry 10 L. Kearns 11 J. Smyth (c) 12 N. Marley 13 S. Devlin 14 P. Trainor 15 P. Loughran Subs used J. Loughran for J. Donnelly S. Daly for N. Marley F. Toman for J. McKerr References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Armagh county football team matches Category:Dublin county football team matches