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1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Field	Value
title	1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
image	Derry v Dublin (6158608262).jpg
image_size	250
event	[1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](1958-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
team1	Dublin
team1association	[[File:Colours of Dublin.svg	40px]]
team1score	2–12
(18)
team2	Derry
team2association	[[File:Colours of Derry.svg	40px]]
team2score	1–9
(12)
date	28 September 1958
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
referee	Simon Deignan (Cavan)
attendance	73,371
previous	[1957](1957-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)
next	[1959](1959-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)

(18) (12) The 1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 71st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

Dublin won comfortably over Derry, appearing in their first final, with goals by Owen Gribben and Paddy Farnan.

Details

Dublin

1 P. O'Flaherty
2 L. Foley
3 M. Wilson
4 Joe Timmons
5 C. O'Leary
6 J. Crowley
7 J. Boyle
8 John Timmons
9 S. Murray
10 P. Haughey
11 O. Freaney
12 D. Ferguson
13 P. Farnan
14 J. Joyce
15 K. Heffernan (c)

;Subs used : 16 M. Whelan for S. Murray : 18 P. Downey for John Timmons

;Subs not used : 17 J. Brennan : 19 B. Morris : 20 C. Leaney : 21 T. Gillen : 22 D. McCann

;Trainer : P. O'Reilly

Derry

1 P. Gormley
2 P. McLarnon
3 H. F. Gribben
4 T. Doherty
5 P. Breen
6 C. Mulholland
7 P. Smith
8 J. McKeever (c)
9 P. Stuart
10 S. O'Connell
11 B. Murray
12 D. McKeever
13 B. Mullan
14 O. Gribben
15 C. Higgins

;Subs used : 18 R. Gribben (player-manager) for Higgins : 19 L. O'Neill for Mullan : 17 C. O'Neill for Breen

;Other subs : 16 H. Cassidy : 20 W. Cassidy : #? T. Scullion : #? S. Young : #? L. Mulholland : #? T. J. Doherty

;Player-manager : R. Gribben

Legacy

Players from both teams involved in the game had a golden jubilee reunion in 2008, organised with the help of Dublin's 1970s footballers such as Alan Larkin.

References

''High Ball'' magazine, issue #6, 1998.
Crowe, Dermot. (30 March 2025). "Marching on together". [[Sunday Independent (Ireland).

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