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1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Field	Value
title	1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
image	1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.jpg
image_size	200
event	[1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](1968-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
team1	Down
team1association	[[File:Colours of Down.svg	40px]]
team1score	2–12
(18)
team2	Kerry
team2association	[[File:Colours of Kerry.svg	40px]]
team2score	1–13
(16)
date	22 September 1968
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
referee	Mick Loftus (Mayo)
attendance	71,294
previous	[1967](1967-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)
next	[1969](1969-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)

(18) (16) The 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 81st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

This was Down's third appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final, and they won all three. It was the third 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.

In 2018, Martin Breheny listed this as the eleventh greatest All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Match

Summary

Seán O'Neill and John Murphy each scored a goal which contributed to Down being in the lead by eight points following eight minutes of play. Kerry never recovered.

Seán O'Neill and John Murphy scored scrappy goals for Down, while Brendan Lynch's goal for Kerry was too late to make a difference.

Details

Down

1 D. Kelly
2 B. Sloan
3 D. McCartan
4 T. O'Hare
5 R. McConville
6 W. Doyle
7 J. Lennon (c)
8 J. Milligan
9 C. McAlarney
10 M.Cole
11 P. Doherty
12 J. Murphy
13 P. Rooney
14 S. O'Neill
15 J. Purdy

;Subs used : L. Powell for J. Lennon : G. Glynn for L. Powell

;Subs not used : H. McGrath : R. Murphy : V. Kane

;Manager : G. Brown

Kerry

1 J. Culloty
2 S. Murphy
3 P. O'Donoghue
4 S. Burrows
5 Denis O'Sullivan
6 M. Morris
7 Donie O'Sullivan
8 M. O'Connell
9 M. Fleming
10 B. Lynch
11 P. Griffin (c)
12 É. O'Donoghue
13 T. Prendergast
14 D. J. Crowley
15 M. O'Dwyer

;Subs used : 17 P. Moynihan for T. Prendergast : 23 S. Mac Gearailt for S. Burrows

;Subs not used : 16 Dom O'Donnell : 18 M. Ó Sé : 19 M. Sheehan : 20 P. J. McIntyre : 21 M. O'Sullivan : 22 T. Bowler : 24 D. Lovett : 25 J. O'Brien : 26 D. Crowley

References

(19 September 2010). "Down fans travel to All-Ireland final". The News Letter.
(14 September 2009). "Kerry on honour roll". Independent News & Media.
[[Martin Breheny. Breheny, Martin]]. "Martin Breheny's Greatest All-Ireland Finals". ''[[Irish Independent]]''. 1 September 2018, p. 15.
''High Ball'' magazine, issue #6, 1998.

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