1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

none February 2021 February 2021 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final Kildare gaa football team 1928.jpg Kildare, champions 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Kildare 40px 2–6(12) Cavan 40px 2–5(11) 30 September 1928 Croke Park Dublin Tom Burke (Louth)January 2026 24,700January 2026 1927 1929 The 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 41st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Background This was the third of four consecutive appearances in the decider for Kildare.https://www.rte.ie/sport/other-sport/2025/1231/1550986-sport-in-1926-radio-advent-and-five-nations-near-miss/ Sport in 1926: Radio advent in hurling and a Five Nations near miss RTÉ Raf Diallo 31 December 2025 Match This year's final was played on 30 September.https://www.gaa.ie/api/pdfs/image/upload/t8bphnbixyanijooj1un.pdfbook The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES 2021 DBA 149 Summary Cavan claimed that Paddy Loughlin's late goal was thrown into the net. Patsy Devlin hit a goal back to equalise, but Bill Mangan scored a point to win the Sam Maguire Cup for the first time.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998. Tom Burke refereed the game.February 2021 1928 was the first year in which the Sam Maguire Cup was awarded to the All-Ireland SFC winner; the cup is still awarded to the winning team.Tom Kenny http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/38701/the-men-who-first-brought-sam-to-galway The men who first brought Sam to Galway Galway Advertiser 14 April 2011 14 April 2011 In 1928, the Sam Maguire Trophy was presented to the GAA, and ever since, it has been the dream of every county in Ireland to hold it aloft in Croke Park on the third Sunday in September. Details Kildare 1 Mick Walsh 2 Mick Buckley 3 Matt Goff 4 Gus Fitzpatrick 5 Frank Malone 6 Jack Higgins 7 Jack Hayes 8 Joe Loughlin 9 Bill Gannon (c) 10 Paddy Martin 11 Paddy Loughlin 12 Paul Doyle 13 Bill Mangan 14 Joe Curtis 15 Tom Keogh References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1928 Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Cavan county football team matches Category:Kildare county football team matches Category:September 1928 sports events in Europe