1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event | 1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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Date | 25 September 1966 | ||||||
Venue | 1967 → |
The 1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 79th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
It was the third of three All-Ireland football titles won by Galway in the 1960s, which made them joint "team of the decade" with Down who also won three.[1] However, Galway's three 1960s titles came consecutively.[2]
In 2018, Martin Breheny listed this as the ninth greatest All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[3]
Route to the final
Galway, though reigning champions, approached the game as underdogs.[3] Their opponents Meath had seen off Down in the semi-final.[3]
Pre-game
The teams kneeled to kiss the bishop's ring before the game got underway.[3]
Match
Summary
This was to be, if not the battle of the century, at least the final of the decade. That was the assessment from all the pundits as Galway geared up to secure their third All-Ireland title in a row, against Meath. The credentials of both sides were perfect: Galway unbeaten since the 1963 All-Ireland final with Dublin against a Meath team that had put in an incredible second-half performance against
Mattie McDonagh scored a goal after 21 minutes and Galway led 1–6 to 0–1 at half-time, and went on to complete a three-in-a-row. McDonagh's goal came 11th in RTÉ's 2005 series Top 20 GAA Moments.[4]
Details
Galway
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Meath
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Galway Maroon & White Shirts/White Shorts/Maroon Socks |
1–10 – 0–07 (final score after 60 minutes) |
Meath Green & Gold Shirts/White shorts/Green Socks |
Manager: John 'Tull' Dunne
Team:
Seamus Leydon
Liam Sammon Sean Cleary John Keenan Substitutes used:
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Half-time: Competition: Date: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Match rules: |
Manager: Fr. Patrick Tully
Team:
Substitutes:
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Beitzel
References
- Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ^ Kenny, Tom (14 April 2011). "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
Then came the three in a row team who in 1964 beat Kerry by 0 – 15 to 0 – 10; in 1965 it was Galway 0 – 12 to Kerry 0 – 9, and in 1966 Galway 1 – 10 to Meath's 0 – 7.
- ^ a b c d Breheny, Martin. "Martin Breheny's Greatest All-Ireland Finals". Irish Independent. 1 September 2018, p. 12–13.
- ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ^ 'Croke Park had never seen anything like it' Archived 2012-07-31 at archive.today