1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

none June 2018 June 2018 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final 1965 All-Ireland Senior Championship Final Programme Cover Kerry v Galway 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Galway 40px 0–12 Kerry 40px 0–9 26 September 1965 Croke Park Dublin Mick Loftus (Mayo) 77,735 1964 1966 The 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 78th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998. Match This year's final was played on 26 September.https://www.gaa.ie/api/pdfs/image/upload/t8bphnbixyanijooj1un.pdfbook The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES 2021 DBA 151July 2026 InternetArchiveBot Summary For the first time since the 1941 final, the same two counties contested the decider in successive years. However, it was far from the magical spectacle that fans expected, given the high-scoring performance that both sides gave in the 1964 final. Destructive football and indiscriminate jersey-pulling, leading to three players being sent-off, marred a game that never delivered as much as it had promised. 13 of the 21 scores came from frees, both Bernie O'Callaghan and Cyril Dunne called upon many times to edge their county ahead. It was essentially "Survival of the Fittest", but even in this unpromising setting, there were some performances of real merit. Pat Donnellan, who had outplayed Denis O'Sullivan early on, stepped into the breach at a stage when O'Callaghan had reduced Kerry's arrears to a minimum. The Kerry resurgence had been fueled by a vintage period for Mick O'Connell, but when the Galway mentors switched Donnellan onto the Valentia man, midfield control - slight though it was - swung back to the reigning champions. With 15 minutes remaining, Séamus Leydon had Galway's twelfth point but Kerry had not the ability to profit from this period of stagnation, and their only return for some enthusiastic, but poorly organised attacks, was the pointed frees from O'Connell and O'Callaghan. The margin of three points hardly flattered Galway, but the Tribesmen had too much on the day for Kerry and duly collected their second consecutive All-Ireland SFC title. It was the second of three in a row All-Ireland SFC titles won by Galway in the 1960s, which made them joint "team of the decade" with Down who also won three.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 Galway's three 1960s titles came consecutively.Tom Kenny https://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 Then came the three in a row team who in 1964 beat Kerry by 0 – 15 to 0 – 10; in 1965 it was Galway 0 – 12 to Kerry 0 – 9, and in 1966 Galway 1 – 10 to Meath’s 0 – 7. 9 August 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190809225718/https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/38701/the-men-who-first-brought-sam-to-galway live Details _collarwhite _band_claret 770000 770000 770000 ffffff ffffff Galway _Roma1 _greentop 006600 006600 006600 ffffff ffffff Kerry GalwayMaroon & White Shirts/White Shorts/Maroon Socks0–12 – 0–9(final score after 60 minutes)KerryGreen & Gold Shirts/White shorts/Green SocksManager: John "Tull" Dunne Team: 1 Johnny Geraghty (GK) 2 Enda Colleran (c) 3 Noel Tierney 4 Bosco McDermott 5 John Donnellan 6 Seán Meade 7 Martin L. Newell 9 Mick GarrettTemplate:Galway Football Team 1965 Donnellan listed before Garrett there? January 2025 8 Pat Donnellan 10 Cyril Dunne 11 Mattie McDonagh 12 Seamus Leydon 13 Christy Tyrrell 14 Seán Cleary 15 John Keenan ? Substitutes used: 16 Mick Reynolds ? for Keenan Substitutes not used: 17 Tom Sands 18 Tommy Keenan 19 B. Geraghty 20 Michael MooreHalf-time:0–7 – 0–5 Competition:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship(Final) Date:15.30 BSTSunday, September 26, 1965 Venue:Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 77,735 Referee:Mick Loftus (Mayo) Match rules:60 minutes.Replay if scores still level.Maximum of 3 substitutions.Manager: Jim Brosnan Team: 1 Johnny Culloty (GK) 2 Donie O'Sullivan 3 Niall Sheehy 4 Mick Morris 5 Sean Murphy?/Séamus Murphy 6 Paud O'Donoghue 7 Jerdie O'Connor (c) 8 Denis O'Sullivan 9 Mick O'Connell 10 Vincent Lucey ? 11 Pat Griffin 12 Derry O'Shea 13 Bernie O'Callaghan 14 Mick O'Dwyer 15 J. J. Barrett ? Substitutes used: 21 Jimmy O'Shea?Jerome O'Shea ? for Barrett 18 D. Geaney ? for Lucey Substitutes not used: 16 M. Kelly 17 J. Lucey 19 S. Burrows 20 P. Bowler 22 J. Burke 23 T. Sheehan 24 S. Mac Gearailt References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Gaelic football controversies Category:Galway county football team matches Category:Kerry county football team matches