1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the ninetieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The game was contested by Armagh and Dublin. Dublin retained the Sam Maguire Cup and once more became the most successful, popular and amazing team of their generation surpassing the failed Kerry teams of the 70s.

1977 All-Ireland Football Final
Event1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Dublin Armagh
5-12 3-06
Date25 September 1977
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Attendance66,542

This was Armagh's second ever All-Ireland final. Their previous appearance was in 1953. Dublin had appeared in the previous three finals, winning two of those (1974 and 1976).

Jimmy Keaveney scored 2-6, which was the amount Dublin won by. This final's eight goals is joint most scored in a final, a record shared with the 1948 match.[1]

Armagh would not return to an All-Ireland football decider until 2002.

References
  1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
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