1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Event | 1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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Date | 25 September 1960 | ||||||
Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
Attendance | 87,768 | ||||||
The 1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 73rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
The game turned in Down's favour 11 minutes into the second half with Dan McCartan scoring a goal directly from a line ball; two minutes later Paddy Doherty scored a penalty.[1]
This was Down's first ever appearance in an All-Ireland final, and it brought with it their first win. It was the first of three All-Ireland football titles won by Down in the 1960s, which made them joint "team of the decade" with Galway who also won three.[2] Down won their next four All-Ireland football finals, with this run only broken in their sixth appearance, by a one-point defeat to Cork in 2010.[3][4][5]
This was also the first Championship meeting of Down and Kerry.[6]
References
- ↑ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ↑ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ↑ "Down fans travel to All-Ireland final". The News Letter. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
- ↑ "All-Ireland SFC Final: Cork 0-16 0-15 Down". BBC Sport (BBC). 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
- ↑ Moran, Seán (20 September 2010). "Resilient Rebels do just enough to end their agonising wait". The Irish Times (Irish Times Trust). Retrieved 20 September 2010.
- ↑ "Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.