1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Template:Template other The 1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 89th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 25 May 1975 and ended on 28 September 1975.

Dublin were the defending champions. London fielded a team in the senior championship for the first time.

On 28 September 1975, Kerry won the championship following a 2-12 to 0-11 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final. This was their 23rd All-Ireland title, their first in five championship seasons.

Dublin's Jimmy Keaveney was the championship's top scorer with 1-38. Kerry's John O'Keeffe was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Format

The usual knock-out four-province setup was used. Template:GG played in the Connacht Senior Football Championship for the first time. Leinster Championship format change saw, Second round dropped this year first round winners go straight to the Quarter-finals. Kilkenny return to Leinster football for the first time since 1963.

Rule change

As a result of a decision taken at the Gaelic Athletic Association's (GAA) annual congress the previous year, as of 1975 all provincial finals, All-Ireland semi-finals and the All-Ireland final itself were reduced to 70 minutes playing time. Prior to this all championship matches were eighty minutes in duration for the past 5 years.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Leinster Senior Football Championship

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• All championship games were reduced from eighty to seventy minutes.
• London join the Connacht championship.
• On 1 June 1975, The Cricket Field, Kilrush played host to its first championship game for 35 years as Clare play Waterford in a Munster Quarter-Final.
• Louth beat Meath for the first time since 1953.
• Kildare play Westmeath in the Leinster championship for the first time since 1960.
• Sligo won their first Connacht title since 1928 and last until 2007.
• Dublin play Kildare in the Leinster final for the first time since 1928.
• Kerry–Sligo All Ireland semi-final was the first meeting between the teams.

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Jimmy Keaveney	Dublin	1-38	41	5	8.20
2	Mickey Kearns	Sligo	1-20	23	4	5.75
3	John Egan	Kerry	5-7	22	4	5.50
4	Seán O'Connell	Derry	1-17	20	5	4.00
5	Tony Hoey	Louth	1-16	19	3	6.33
	Kieran Finlay	Monaghan	1-16	19	3	6.33
	Tony McTague	Offaly	0-19	19	3	6.33
8	Willie Walsh	Cork	3-8	17	3	5.66
9	Seán Daly	Armagh	3-7	16	2	8.00
10	Brendan Lynch	Kerry	0-14	14	4	3.50

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Murt Connor	Offaly	3-2	11	Laois
	Seán Daly	Armagh	2-5	11	Fermanagh
3	Mickey Kearns	Sligo	0-10	10	Galway
	Jimmy Keaveney	Dublin	0-10	10	Wexford
5	John Egan	Kerry	2-3	9	Tipperary
	Willie Walsh	Down	2-3	9	Derry
	Tony McTague	Offaly	0-9	9	Kildare
	Jimmy Keaveney	Dublin	0-9	9	Derry
9	Willie Brennan	Laois	2-2	8	Offaly
	John Egan	Kerry	2-2	8	Sligo
	Tony Hoey	Louth	1-5	8	Dublin
	Tony Murphy	Cork	0-8	8	Clare