1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions | |
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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
Quarter-finals
6 June 1965 Quarter-final | Mayo | 2-15 – 1-6 | Roscommon | St. Coman's Park, Roscommon |
27 June 1965 Quarter-final | Sligo | 4-12 – 0-6 | Leitrim | Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon |
Semi-final
4 July 1965 Semi-final | Sligo | 2-11 – 2-8 | Mayo | Fr. O'Hara Park, Charlestown |
Final
1 August 1965 Final | Galway | 1-12 – 2-6 | Sligo | Tuam Stadium, Tuam |
Preliminary round
2 May 1965 Preliminary round | Kildare | 3-14 – 1-4 | Wicklow | Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow |
2 May 1965 Preliminary round | Offaly | 0-5 – 1-5 | Longford | Cusack Park, Mullingar |
Referee: P Hughes (Louth) |
9 May 1965 Preliminary round | Westmeath | 2-11 – 0-9 | Louth | Páirc Tailteann, Navan |
Quarter-finals
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 |
30 May 1965 Quarter-final | Dublin | 2-11 – 1-7 | Wexford | Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow |
6 June 1965 Quarter-final | Longford | 1-9 – 0-8 | Laois | Cusack Park, Mullingar |
13 June 1965 Quarter-final | Meath | 1-12 – 1-9 | Westmeath | Croke Park, Dublin |
Semi-finals
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 |
4 July 1965 Semi-final | Longford | 2-8 – 1-7 | Meath | Croke Park, Dublin |
Final
25 July 1965 Final | Dublin | 3-6 – 1-9 | Longford | Croke Park, Dublin |
Quarter-finals
2 May 1965 Quarter-final | Tipperary | 0-4 – 2-7 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds, Limerick |
Referee: S. Garvey (Kerry) |
16 May 1965 Quarter-final | Limerick | 4-10 – 0-6 | Waterford | Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary |
Semi-finals
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. |
20 June 1965 Semi-final | Limerick | 2-5 – 0-6 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney |
Final
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. |
Preliminary round
30 May 1965 Preliminary round | Antrim | 2-9 – 2-6 | Tyrone | Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen |
Quarter-finals
6 June 1965 Quarter-final | Monaghan | 2-12 – 1-5 | Fermanagh | St. Molise Park, Irvinestown |
13 June 1965 Quarter-final | Down | 3-13 – 1-6 | Tyrone | Pairc Esler, Newry |
20 June 1965 Quarter-final | Armagh | 3-7 – 1-9 | Monaghan | The Playing Fields, Lurgan |
20 June 1965 Quarter-final | Cavan | 1-8 – 1-8 | Donegal | MacCumhail Park, Ballybofey |
4 July 1965 Quarter-final, first replay | Cavan | 0-14 – 2-8 (aet) | Donegal | Breffni Park, Cavan |
11 July 1965 Quarter-final, second replay | Cavan | 0-9 – 0-8 | Donegal | Breffni Park, Cavan |
Semi-finals
7 July 1965 Semi-final | Down | 0-10 – 1-4 | Antrim | Pairc Esler, Newry |
14 July 1965 Semi-final | Cavan | 1-10 – 0-4 | Armagh | St. Tiernach's Park, Clones |
Final
1 August 1965 Final | Down | 1-10 – 1-8 | Cavan | St. Tiernach's Park, Clones |
Semi-finals
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. |
22 August 1965 Semi-final | Galway | 0-10 – 0-7 | Down | Croke Park, Dublin |
Final
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) |
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 |
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1 | Martin Newell | Galway | ? | ? | 3 | ? |
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