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1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date21 September 1986
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Man of the MatchPat Spillane
RefereeJimmy Dennigan (Cork)
Attendance68,628
1985
1987

The 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 99th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

Tyrone were seven points clear at one point, but went on to lose by eight, Pat Spillane and Mikey Sheehy scoring goals.

It was the fifth of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1980s.[1] Kerry did not win another All-Ireland football title until 1997.

This was also the first Championship meeting of Kerry and Tyrone.[2]

Details

Final
Kerry2-15 – 1-10Tyrone
P Spillane 1-4, M Sheehy 1-4, E Liston 0-2, D Moran 0-2, T O'Dowd 0-2, G Power 0-1. P Quinn 1-1, M Mallon 0-4, S McNally 0-2, M McClure 0-1, K McCabe 0-1, D O'Hagan 0-1.
Attendance: 65,628
Referee: Jimmy Dennigan (Cork)

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