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1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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Field	Value
title	1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
event	[1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](1986-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
team1	Kerry
team1association	[[File:Colours of Kerry.svg	40px]]
team1score	2–15
(21)
team2	Tyrone
team2association	[[File:Colours of Tyrone.svg	40px]]
team2score	1–10
(13)
date	21 September 1986
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
man_of_the_match1a	Pat Spillane
referee	Jimmy Dennigan (Cork)
attendance	68,628
previous	[1985](1985-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)
next	[1987](1987-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)

(21) (13) The 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 99th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

This was one of the 13 consecutive All-Ireland SFC finals contested by either Dublin or Kerry between 1974 and 1986, a period when one of either team always contested the decider.

Match

Summary

Tyrone were seven points clear at one point, but went on to lose by eight, Pat Spillane and Mikey Sheehy scoring goals.

This was the fifth of five All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1980s. Kerry did not win another All-Ireland football title until 1997.

It was also the first championship meeting of Kerry and Tyrone.

Details

Kerry

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

;Sub used : 17 T. O'Dowd for A. O'Donovan

;Subs not used : 16 J. Kennedy : 18 J. Higgins : 19 M. Galwey : 20 S. Stack : 21 D. Hanafin

;Manager : M. O'Dwyer

Tyrone

1 A. Skelton
2 J. Mallon
3 C. McGarvey
4 J. Lynch
5 K. McCabe
6 N. McGinn
7 P. Ball
8 P. Donaghy
9 H. McClure
10 M. McClure
11 E. McKenna (c)
12 S. McNally
13 P. Quinn
14 D. O'Hagan
15 M. Mallon

;Subs : S. Conway for ? : S. Rice for ? : A. O'Hagan for ?

;Manager : A. McRory

References

Crowe, Dermot. (30 March 2025). "Marching on together". [[Sunday Independent (Ireland).
(14 September 2009). "Kerry on honour roll". [[Independent News & Media]].
"Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". [[Independent News & Media]].

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