1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

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.

1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Down Kerry
2–10 0–8
Date25 September 1960
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Attendance87,768

Match

Summary

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]

Details

References
  1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  3. "Down fans travel to All-Ireland final". The News Letter. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  4. "All-Ireland SFC Final: Cork 0-16 0-15 Down". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  5. 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.
  6. "Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
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