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1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship

Field	Value
year	1982
dates	9 May – 19 September 1982
teams	33
connacht	Galway
munster	Kerry
leinster	Offaly
ulster	Armagh
matches	34
poty	[[File: Colours of Offaly.svg	border	20px]] Martin Furlong
team	Offaly
titles	3rd
captain	Richie Connor
manager	Eugene McGee
team2	Kerry
captain2	John Egan
manager2	Mick O'Dwyer
topscorer	[[File: Colours of Offaly.svg	border	20px]] Matt Connor (0–34)
previous	[1981](1981-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
next	[1983](1983-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)

The 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 96th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 9 May 1982 and ended on 19 September 1982.

It was the last year to date that a Kilkenny team played in the Leinster championship.

Kerry were the defending champions and were hoping to win a record-breaking fifth successive championship title.

Kerry qualified for the final. On 19 September 1982, Offaly won the championship following a 1–15 to 0–17 defeat of Kerry in one of the most dramatic and iconic All-Ireland finals in the history of the championship. This was their third All-Ireland title, their first in ten championship seasons. It remains their last All-Ireland SFC victory.

Offaly's Matt Connor was the championship's top scorer with 0–34. Offaly's Martin Furlong was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Results

[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]

Semi-finals

Final

Main article: 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Championship statistics

Scoring

;Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Matt Connor	Offaly	0–34	34	5	6.80
2	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	3–22	31	5	6.20
3	Barney Rock	Dublin	1–18	21	3	7
4	Brendan Lowry	Offaly	2–10	16	5	3.20
Eoin Liston	Kerry	2–10	16	5	3.66

;Top scorers in a single game

Rank	Player	Team	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Ger Power	Kildare	2–4	10	Kilkenny
Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	2–4	10	Cork
3	Matt Connor	Offaly	0–9	9	Laois
4	Mick Finneran	Roscommon	2–2	8	Sligo
Seán Moloney	Clare	1–5	8	Limerick
Larry Tompkins	Kildare	0–8	8	Wexford
Martin McHugh	Donegal	0–8	8	Armagh
Matt Connor	Offaly	0–8	8	Louth
9	John McCormack	Longford	1–4	7	Dublin
Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	1–4	7	Armagh
Matt Connor	Offaly	0–7	7	Kerry
Matt Connor	Offaly	0–7	7	Galway
Barney Rock	Dublin	0–7	7	Kildare

Miscellaneous

Kilkenny's 4–10 to 2–2 defeat by Kildare in the Leinster preliminary round was their last game in the Leinster Championship as the Kilkenny County Board declined to enter a team in all subsequent championships.
London decide to play Connacht championship games in a rotational system and are dropped from the Connacht championship draws.
Offaly stop Kerry from winning a fifth All Ireland title in a row in the All Ireland final. A new record of that was set by Dublin winning 6 in a row (2015–2020).

References

(25 July 2007). ""Darby: The man we"ll never forget". The Kerryman.
(11 September 2007). "Offaly’s famous win of 25 years ago". Hogan Stand.
O'Sullivan, Jim. (15 September 2010). "Classic finals: 1982: Offaly 1–15, Kerry 0–17". Irish Examiner.
(20 September 2014). "Furlong, Sheehy and Lowry reflect on the famous Kerry-Offaly game from 1982". The 42.

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