1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Football match
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The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 84th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
| Event | 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 26 September 1971 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | P. Kelly (Dublin) | ||||||
| Attendance | 70,789 | ||||||
| Weather | Rain | ||||||
Match
This year's final was played on 26 September.[1]
Summary
Galway were appearing in their first final since the three-in-a-row side of the 1960s.[2] Offaly, who had never won an All-Ireland title, had last contested a final in 1969.
Galway were favourites. However, a shock [3] Murt Connor goal gave Offaly their first title.[4] However, with the duration of certain championship matches increasing from 60 to 80 minutes during the 1970s before being settled at 70 minutes after five seasons of this in 1975,[5] this is the only All-Ireland final whose score at 60 minutes was different (a draw) to the actual outcome.[6]
This was the first All-Ireland final attended by Martin Breheny. The weather on the day was later described by Breheny as consisting of a "steady drizzle" in the first half, followed by a "deluge of monsoon proportions" during the second half.[3]
It would be a further 21 years before another team (Donegal) won their first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.[3]
Details
Final |
Offaly | 1–14 – 2–8 | Galway | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 70,789 Referee: P. Kelly (Dublin) |
| T McTague 0–6, M Connor 1–2, S Evans 0–2, K Kilmurray 0–2, B Clavin 0–1, J Cooney 0-1 | S Leydon 2–3, F Canavan 0–3, L Sammon 0–2 |
        Offaly
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  Galway
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Offaly
- 1 M. Furlong
- 2 M. Ryan
- 3 P. McCormack
- 4 M. O'Rourke
- 5 E. Mulligan
- 6 N. Clavin
- 7 M. Heavey
- 8 W. Bryan (c)
- 9 K. Claffey
- 10 S. Cooney
- 11 K. Kilmurray
- 12 T. McTague
- 13 J. Gunning
- 14 S. Evans
- 15 M. Connor
- Subs used
- 17 J. Smith for N. Clavin
- 18 P. Fenning for J. Gunning
- Subs not used
- 16 N. Kinnarney
- 19 L. Hanlon
- 20 L. Coughlan
- 21 D. Murphy
- 22 S. Darby
- 23 G. Hughes
- 24 S. Lowry
- Trainer
- T. F. Gillooley
Galway
- 1 P. J. Smyth
- 2 B. Colleran
- 3 J. Cosgrove
- 4 N. Colleran
- 5 L. O'Neill
- 6 T. J. Gilmore
- 7 C. McDonagh
- 8 L. Sammon (c)
- 9 W. Joyce
- 10 F. Burke
- 11 J. Duggan
- 12 M. Rooney
- 13 E. Farrell
- 14 F. Canavan
- 15 S. Leydon
- Subs used
- 19 T. Divilly for M. Rooney
- 17 M. Feerick for F. Burke
- Subs not used
- 16 G. Mitchell
- 18 J. McLoughlin
- 20 G. King
- 21 M. Byrne
- 22 M. Keane