1985 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1985 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event1985 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date22 September 1985
Venue
1986

The 1985 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 98th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1985 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

The final was contested by

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Pre-match

On the morning of the game, Kerry manager Mick O'Dwyer and his players featured in an advertisement for Bendix washing machines, with the line "Only Bendix could whitewash this lot".[2]

Match

Summary

Kerry led by nine points at half-time and two Joe McNally goals in the second half was not enough to stop them.[3]

Paddy Kavanagh, who proceeded to marvel at the Kerryman's abilities.[1]

It was the fourth of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1980s.[4]

Details

Final
Kerry2-12 – 2-8Dublin
J O'Shea 1-3, T O'Dowd 1-1, M Sheehy 0-3, T Doyle 0-1, J Kennedy 0-1, P Spillane 0-2 D Moran 0-1. J McNally 2-0, B Rock 0-3, T Conroy 0-2, J Kearns 0-2, T Carr 0-1.
Attendance: 69,289
Referee: P Kavanagh (Meath)

References

  1. ^ a b Potts, Seán. "Blue Wave begins". Decades of the Dubs: 2010–2014. The Herald. p. 3. ...Jack O'Shea picking the ball clean off the ground in front of the ref (Kavanagh, Meath) in the 1985 final).
  2. ^ "Dean caught between a Rock and a hard place over training sessions". RTÉ. 23 July 2020.
  3. ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  4. Independent News & Media
    . 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.