1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

none June 2018 June 2018 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Kerry 40px 2–15(21) Tyrone 40px 1–10(13) 21 September 1986 Croke Park Dublin Pat Spillane Jimmy Dennigan (Cork) 68,628 1985 1987 The 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 99th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1986 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. Match Summary Tyrone were seven points clear at one point, but went on to lose by eight, Pat Spillane and Mikey Sheehy scoring goals. This was the fifth of five All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1980s.https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/kerry-on-honour-roll-26565988.html Kerry on honour roll Irish Independent Independent News & Media 14 September 2009 14 September 2009 Kerry did not win another All-Ireland football title until 1997. It was also the first championship meeting of Kerry and Tyrone.https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/kerry-fullhouse-awaits-kilkenny-26882432.html Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny Irish Independent Independent News & Media Details 21 September 1986 Final Kerry football 2–15 – 1–10 Tyrone football P Spillane 1–4, M Sheehy 1–4, E Liston 0–2, D Moran 0–2, T O'Dowd 0–2, G Power 0–1 P Quinn 1–1, M Mallon 0–4, S McNally 0–2, M McClure 0–1, K McCabe 0–1, D O'Hagan 0–1 Croke Park, Dublin 65,628 Jimmy Dennigan (Cork) _whiteborder _goldhorizontal _whiteborder _green_stripes_adidas _hoops gold 057A10 057A10 057A10 ffffff 357A10 Kerry _adidas_redstripes _adidas_redshoulder _adidas_redstripes _whitetop ffffff ffffff ffffff ff0000 ff0000 Tyrone Kerry 1 C. Nelligan 2 P. Ó Sé 3 S. Walsh 4 M. Spillane 5 T. Doyle (c) 6 T. Spillane 7 G. Lynch 8 J. O'Shea 9 A. O'Donovan 10 W. Maher 11 D. Moran 12 P. Spillane 13 M. Sheehy 14 E. Liston 15 G. Power Sub used 17 T. O'Dowd for A. O'Donovan Subs not used 16 J. Kennedy 18 J. Higgins 19 M. Galwey 20 S. Stack 21 D. Hanafin Manager M. O'Dwyer Tyrone 1 A. Skelton 2 J. Mallon 3 C. McGarvey 4 J. Lynch 5 K. McCabe 6 N. McGinn 7 P. Ball 8 P. Donaghy 9 H. McClure 10 M. McClure 11 E. McKenna (c) 12 S. McNally 13 P. Quinn 14 D. O'Hagan 15 M. Mallon Subs S. Conway for ? S. Rice for ? A. O'Hagan for ? Manager A. McRory References External links Crowe, Dermot. "Plunkett Donaghy's passion for Tyrone burns brighter than ever". Sunday Independent. 11 August 2019. 1 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Kerry county football team matches Category:Tyrone county football team matches