The 1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 88th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
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| Event | 1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 28 September 1975 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | John Moloney (Tipperary) | ||||||
| Attendance | 66,346 | ||||||
On the train to Dublin, Kerry manager Mick O'Dwyer and his players spoke to journalists. Jim Farrelly quoted O'Dwyer in the Sunday Independent as advocating a marriage ban for his players. "Marriage puts players back in their game".[1] Kerry player Jimmy Deenihan was photographed during the train trip alongside his sister Patricia and said to Farrelly: "Four of us [Kerry players] are PE teachers. Saying 'no' to girls and drink and high Kerry social life has been hard!".[1]
John Egan and substitute Ger O'Driscoll scored goals for a surprise win.[2]
Yet it was no surprise. The train trip (above) revealed the inaccuracy of the callow reputation in which Kerry often indulged. And ahead of the game Dublin were 4/5, Kerry 5/4 in the betting odds.[1]
This was the second of four All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1970s.[3][4]
Séamus McCarthy, aged 21 and later a Tipperary footballer, and his 50-year-old father Eddie McCarthy, became the first father-and-son pair to umpire at an All-Ireland final, doing so at the Hill 16 end of Croke Park.[5]
Match details
edit| 28 September 1975 Final |
Kerry | 2-12 – 0-11 | Dublin | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 66,346 Referee: John Moloney (Tipperary) |
| M Sheehy 0-4, G O'Driscoll 1-0, J Egan 1-0, P Spillane 0-3, B Lynch 0-3, D Moran 0-2. | J Keaveney 0-6, P Gogarty 0-2, B Doyle 0-1, B Pocock 0-1, B Mullins 0-1. |
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    Dublin
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References
edit- ^ a b c Hogan, Vincent (31 August 2019). "Kingdom's appetite for mischief can still spook the finest Dublin has to offer". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ^ "Flashback: 1975 All Ireland SFC Final - Kerry v Dublin". GAA.ie. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ "Day has arrived for Tipperary to surrender to the living moment". Sunday Independent. 22 November 2020.