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1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Field	Value
title	1984 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final
image	1984-Centenary-All-Ireland-Football-Final.jpg
event	1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
team1	Kerry
team1association	[[File:Colours of Kerry.svg	40px]]
team1score	0–14
(14)
team2	Dublin
team2association	[[File:Colours of Dublin.svg	40px]]
team2score	1–6
(9)
date	23 September 1984
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
referee	Paddy Collins (Westmeath)
attendance	68,365
previous	1983
next	1985

Senior Football Championship final (14) (9) The 1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 97th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

This was one of six All-Ireland SFC finals contested by both Dublin and Kerry between 1974 and 1986, a period when one of either team always contested the decider.

Pre-game

Dublin were considered hot favourites to defeat Kerry. Kerry had lost to Offaly on their last appearance at this stage in 1982 and had not made it past Cork in the 1983 final of the Munster Senior Football Championship.

Match

This year's final was played on 23 September.

Summary

Tom Spillane and Ger Lynch — assigned to mark Tommy Conroy and Barney Rock — began their efforts during the national anthem, which they sang with aplomb.

Kerry controlled the game and won by five points, only two Dublin forwards scoring. Dublin were well beaten (0–14 to 1–6). Kerry claimed great motivation for their victory came from a piece in the RTÉ Guide in which the team were referred to as "a cowardly blend of experienced players, has-beens and a few newcomers."

It was the third of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1980s.

Details

Kerry

1 C. Nelligan
2 P. Ó Sé
3 S. Walsh
4 M. Spillane
5 T. Doyle
6 T. Spillane
7 G. Lynch
8 J. O'Shea
9 A. O'Donovan (c)
10 John Kennedy
11 D. Moran
12 P. Spillane
13 G. Power
14 E. Liston
15 J. Egan

;Sub used : 18 T. O'Dowd for J. Egan

;Subs not used : 16 M. Sheehy : 19 D. O'Donoghue : 20 J. Higgins : 21 D. Hartnett : 22 G. O'Sullivan : 23 W. O'Connor : 24 V. O'Connor : 25 T. Lynch : 26 M. Keating

;Manager : M. O'Dwyer

Dublin

1 J. O'Leary
2 M. Holden
3 G. Hargan
4 M. Kennedy
5 P. Canavan
6 T. Drumm (c)
7 P.J. Buckley
8 J. Ronayne
9 B. Mullins
10 B. Rock
11 T. Conroy
12 K. Duff
13 J. Kearns
14 A. O'Toole
15 J. McNally

;Subs used : M. O'Callaghan for J. McNally : C. Sutton for J. Tonayne

;Manager : K. Heffernan

References

Crowe, Dermot. (30 March 2025). "Marching on together". [[Sunday Independent (Ireland).
(2021). "The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES". DBA.
Kissane, Sinéad. (14 September 2019). "Tommy Walsh's return is the comeback story that looked like it might never happen". [[Sunday Independent (Ireland).
''High Ball'' magazine, issue #6, 1998.
Breheny, Martin. (17 September 2016). "Dubs train sights on Heffo's heroes: This Dublin team needs All-Ireland two-in-a-row to move ahead of trail-blazing 1970s side and seal their status as one of the greatest teams of all time". [[Independent News & Media]].
(14 September 2009). "Kerry on honour roll". [[Independent News & Media]].

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