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1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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Field	Value
title	1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
image	1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final programme.jpg
image_size	250
event	[1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](1961-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
team1	Down
team1association	[[File:Colours of Down.svg	40px]]
team1score	3–6
(15)
team2	Offaly
team2association	[[File:Colours of Offaly.svg	40px]]
team2score	2–8
(14)
date	24 September 1961
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
referee	L Maguire (Cavan)
attendance	90,556
previous	[1960](1960-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)
next	[1962](1962-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)

(15) (14) The 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 74th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. A crowd of 90,556 (a record at the old Croke Park) watched the match between Down and Offaly.

Match

Summary

The biggest crowd ever to attend Croke Park saw an explosive opening to the match - Offaly's Mick Casey and Peter Daly got goals to put them six points ahead with the match barely begun. Down recovered with three goals by half-time, and led by two points with minutes to go. Har Donnelly had a 21-yard free for Offaly, and took a point when a goal was really needed.

This was Down's second appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final, and their second win from two. It was the second of three All-Ireland SFC titles won by Down in the 1960s, which made them joint "team of the decade" with Galway who also won three.

Details

Down

1 E. McKay
2 G. Lavery
3 L. Murphy
4 P. Rice
5 P. O'Hagan
6 D. McCartan
7 J. Smith
8 J. Carey
9 J. Lennon
10 S. O'Neill
11 J. McCartan
12 P. Doherty (c)
13 T. Hadden
14 P. J. McElroy
15 B. Morgan

;Subs used : K. O'Neill for P. Rice : P. Rice for G. Lavery

;Manager : B. Carr

Offaly

1 W. Nolan (c)
2 P. McCormack
3 G. Hughes
4 J. Egan
5 P. O'Reilly
6 M. Brady
7 C. Wrenn
8 S. Brereton
9 S. Ryan
10 T. Cullen
11 P. Daly
12 T. Greene
13 M. Casey
14 D. Hanlon
15 H. Donnelly

;Subs used : F. Weir for M. Casey : S. Foran for S. Ryan : F. Higgins for P. O'Reilly

;Trainer : P. O'Reilly

References

Grant, Alistair. (9 March 2009). "See U2 at Croker... for €25: World tour tipped to include thousands of cheap tickets". Independent News & Media.
''High Ball'' magazine, issue #6, 1998.
(19 September 2010). "Down fans travel to All-Ireland final". The News Letter.
(14 September 2009). "Kerry on honour roll". Independent News & Media.

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