1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Galway (6th win)
Captain	Enda Colleran
Manager	John "Tull" Dunne. (St Grellan's, Ballinasloe)
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Down
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
No. matches played	30
Player of the Year	Martin Newell (Galway)
← 1964 1966 →

The 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 79th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 2 May 1965 and ended on 26 September 1965.

Limerick rejoin the Munster football championship for the first time since 1952.

The decider was a repeat of the 1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, between Galway and Kerry. There was no change in the outcome as Galway defeated Kerry again by 0-12 to 0-09 It was Galways second title in succession, on their way to "Three In A Row".

Provincial Championships format changes

Connacht Championship format change

The Connacht championship instead of a normal systems has 2 Quarter-finals and 1 Semi-final instead of the usual 1 Quarter-final and 2 Semi-finals for just 1 year. All Ireland champions Galway were received as a bye to the Connacht final meaning that Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo and Leitrim would be in separate Quarter-finals, The winners of the 2 games would play in a lone Semi-final while the Semi-final the winner would play Galway.

Leinster Championship format change

The Leinster championship dropped the Second Round after 1 year in 1965. The Preliminary Round winners went on to the Quarter-finals.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Mayo v Roscommon

6 June 1965 Quarter-final

Mayo

2-15 – 1-6

Roscommon

St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Sligo v Leitrim

27 June 1965 Quarter-final

Sligo

4-12 – 0-6

Leitrim

Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon

Semi-final

Sligo v Mayo

4 July 1965 Semi-final

Sligo

2-11 – 2-8

Mayo

Fr. O'Hara Park, Charlestown

Final

Galway v Sligo

1 August 1965 Final

Galway

1-12 – 2-6

Sligo

Tuam Stadium, Tuam

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Kildare v Wicklow

2 May 1965 Preliminary round

Kildare

3-14 – 1-4

Wicklow

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Offaly v Longford

2 May 1965 Preliminary round	Offaly	0-5 – 1-5	Longford	Cusack Park, Mullingar
				Referee: P Hughes (Louth)

Westmeath v Louth

9 May 1965 Preliminary round

Westmeath

2-11 – 0-9

Louth

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Quarter-finals

Kildare v Carlow

23 May 1965 Quarter-final	Kildare	4-10 – 2-9	Carlow	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	P.Dunny 1-3, N.Madigan, J.Loughlin 1-2, S.Donoghue 0-2, J.McKenna 0-1

Dublin v Wexford

30 May 1965 Quarter-final

Dublin

2-11 – 1-7

Wexford

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Longford v Laois

6 June 1965 Quarter-final

Longford

1-9 – 0-8

Laois

Cusack Park, Mullingar

Meath v Westmeath

13 June 1965 Quarter-final

Meath

1-12 – 1-9

Westmeath

Croke Park, Dublin

Semi-finals

Dublin v Kildare

20 June 1965 Semi-final	Dublin	1-11 – 0-5	Kildare	O'Connor Park, Tullamore
			J.McKenna, P.Dunny, B.Judge, N.Madigan, K.Kelly 0-1

Longford v Meath

4 July 1965 Semi-final

Longford

2-8 – 1-7

Meath

Croke Park, Dublin

Final

Dublin v Longford

25 July 1965 Final

Dublin

3-6 – 1-9

Longford

Croke Park, Dublin

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Tipperary v Clare

2 May 1965 Quarter-final	Tipperary	0-4 – 2-7	Clare	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
				Referee: S. Garvey (Kerry)

Limerick v Waterford

16 May 1965 Quarter-final

Limerick

4-10 – 0-6

Waterford

Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary

Semi-finals

Kerry v Clare

13 June 1965 Semi-final	Kerry	2-10 – 1-6	Clare	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	M. Fleming 0-1, B. O'Callaghan 1-3, M. O'Connell 0-1, D. Geaney 0-1, J.J. Barrett 1-0, M. O'Dwyer 0-4.

Limerick v Cork

20 June 1965 Semi-final

Limerick

2-5 – 0-6

Cork

Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Final

Kerry v Limerick

18 July 1965 Final	Kerry	2-16 – 2-7	Limerick	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	M. Fleming 0-1, B. O'Callaghan 1-1 M. O'Connell 0-5, V. Lucey 0-6, J.J. Barrett 1-2, M. O'Dwyer 0-1.

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Antrim v Tyrone

30 May 1965 Preliminary round

Antrim

2-9 – 2-6

Tyrone

Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen

Quarter-finals

Monaghan v Fermanagh

6 June 1965 Quarter-final

Monaghan

2-12 – 1-5

Fermanagh

St. Molise Park, Irvinestown

Down v Tyrone

13 June 1965 Quarter-final

Down

3-13 – 1-6

Tyrone

Pairc Esler, Newry

Armagh v Monaghan

20 June 1965 Quarter-final

Armagh

3-7 – 1-9

Monaghan

The Playing Fields, Lurgan

Cavan v Donegal

20 June 1965 Quarter-final

Cavan

1-8 – 1-8

Donegal

MacCumhail Park, Ballybofey

Cavan v Donegal

4 July 1965 Quarter-final, first replay

Cavan

0-14 – 2-8 (aet)

Donegal

Breffni Park, Cavan

Cavan v Donegal

11 July 1965 Quarter-final, second replay

Cavan

0-9 – 0-8

Donegal

Breffni Park, Cavan

Semi-finals

Down v Antrim

7 July 1965 Semi-final

Down

0-10 – 1-4

Antrim

Pairc Esler, Newry

Cavan v Armagh

14 July 1965 Semi-final

Cavan

1-10 – 0-4

Armagh

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Final

Down v Cavan

1 August 1965 Final

Down

1-10 – 1-8

Cavan

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

Kerry v Dublin

8 August 1965 Semi-final	Kerry	4-8 – 2-6	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin
	D. O'Sullivan 0-1, M. O'Connell 0-1, Denis O'Sullivan 0-1, D. O'Shea 1-1, J.J. Barrett 0-1, B. O'Callaghan 1-3, M. O'Dwyer 2-0.

Galway v Down

22 August 1965 Semi-final

Galway

0-10 – 0-7

Down

Croke Park, Dublin

Final

Galway v Kerry

26 September 1965 Final	Galway	0-12 – 0-9	Kerry	Croke Park, Dublin
	C Dunne 0-4, S Leydon 0-3, J Keenan 0-2, J Donnellan 0-2, M Garrett 0-1.		B O'Callaghan 0-6, M O'Connell 0-2, M O'Dwyer 0-1.	Attendance: 77,735 Referee: M Loftus (Mayo)

Main article: 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• On 16 May 1965, Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary hosted its first match for 23 years the Munster Quarter-final meeting between Limerick vs Waterford their first meeting between them in 31 years as Limerick get into back in the Munster football championship for the 1st time since 1952 after recording wins over Waterford and Cork but lost Munster final to Kerry who made an historic 8th Munster title in a row.
• Longford reach their first Leinster final but are beaten by Dublin.
• Galway win the All Ireland title for 2 in a row another 3 in a row of Connacht titles.

Top scorers

Overall

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Martin Newell	Galway	?	?	3	?

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
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