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1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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Field	Value
title	1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
event	[1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](1970-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
team1	Kerry
team1association	[[File:Colours of Kerry.svg	40px]]
team1score	2–19
(25)
team2	Meath
team2association	[[File:Colours of Meath.svg	40px]]
team2score	0–18
(18)
date	27 September 1970
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
referee	P. Kelly (Dublin)
attendance	71,775
previous	[1969](1969-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)
next	[1971](1971-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)

(25) (18) The 1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 83rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

Kerry won convincingly, with late goals by Din Joe Crowley and Mick Gleeson.

It was the first of four All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1970s.

Details

Kerry

1 J. Culloty
2 S. Murphy
3 P. O'Donoghue
4 D. O'Sullivan (c)
5 T. Prendergast
6 J. O'Keeffe
7 M. Ó Sé
8 M. O'Connell
9 D. J. Crowley
10 B. Lynch
11 P. Griffin
12 É. O'Donoghue
13 M. Gleeson
14 L. Higgins
15 M. O'Dwyer

;Sub used : 16 S. Mac Gearailt

;Subs not used : 17 D. Crowley : 18 P. J. Burns : 19 T. O'Donnell : 20 P. Finnegan : Seán O'Shea was retrospectively awarded a medal in 2025; in 1970 not all nonplaying subs were entitled to a medal. O'Shea's application relied on the precedent of Mick Loftus, retrospectively awarded a medal as a nonplaying sub in the 1951 final.

;Trainer : J. Lyne

Meath

1 S. McCormack
2 M. White
3 J. Quinn (c)
4 B. Cunningham
5 O. Shanley
6 T. Kearns
7 P. Reynolds
8 V. Foley
9 V. Lynch
10 T. Brennan
11 M. Kerrigan
12 M. Mellett
13 K. Rennicks
14 J. Murphy
15 M. Fay

;Subs used : 19 P. Moore for M. Mellett : 22 B. Bligh for T. Kearns

;Subs not used : 16 E. McMahon : 17 P. Black : 18 F. Ward : 20 C. Bowens : 21 J. Fay : 23 M. Costello : 24 A. Burns : 25 D. Gogarty : 26 T. Brannigan

References

''High Ball'' magazine, issue #6, 1998.
(14 September 2009). "Kerry on honour roll". Independent News & Media.
(1 March 2025). "Kerry footballer to get All-Ireland winner's medal... 55 years later". Irish Examiner.

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