1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
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It was the last year to date that a Kilkenny team played in the Leinster championship.
Kerry were the defending champions and were hoping to win a record-breaking fifth successive championship title.
Kerry qualified for the final. On 19 September 1982, Offaly won the championship following a 1-15 to 0-17 defeat of Kerry in one of the most dramatic and iconic All-Ireland finals in the history of the championship.[1][2][3][4] This was their third All-Ireland title, their first in ten championship seasons. It remains their last All-Ireland SFC victory.
Offaly's Matt Connor was the championship's top scorer with 0-34. Offaly's Martin Furlong was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.
Results
Connacht Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
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Leinster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary round
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
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Munster Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Finals
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Ulster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary round
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Semi-finals
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Final
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Championship statistics
Scoring
- Overall
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Connor | Offaly | 0-34 | 34 | 5 | 6.80 |
| 2 | Mikey Sheehy | Kerry | 3-22 | 31 | 5 | 6.20 |
| 3 | Barney Rock | Dublin | 1-18 | 21 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Brendan Lowry | Offaly | 2-10 | 16 | 5 | 3.20 |
| Eoin Liston | Kerry | 2-10 | 16 | 5 | 3.66 |
- Top scorers in a single game
| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ger Power | Kildare | 2-4 | 10 | Kilkenny |
| Mikey Sheehy | Kerry | 2-4 | 10 | Cork | |
| 3 | Matt Connor | Offaly | 0-9 | 9 | Laois |
| 4 | Mick Finneran | Roscommon | 2-2 | 8 | Sligo |
| Seán Moloney | Clare | 1-5 | 8 | Limerick | |
| Larry Tompkins | Kildare | 0-8 | 8 | Wexford | |
| Martin McHugh | Donegal | 0-8 | 8 | Armagh | |
| Matt Connor | Offaly | 0-8 | 8 | Louth | |
| 9 | John McCormack | Longford | 1-4 | 7 | Dublin |
| Mikey Sheehy | Kerry | 1-4 | 7 | Armagh | |
| Matt Connor | Offaly | 0-7 | 7 | Kerry | |
| Matt Connor | Offaly | 0-7 | 7 | Galway | |
| Barney Rock | Dublin | 0-7 | 7 | Kildare |
Miscellaneous
- Kilkenny's 4-10 to 2-2 defeat by Kildare in the Leinster preliminary round was their last game in the Leinster Championship as the Kilkenny County Board declined to enter a team in all subsequent championships.
- London decide to play Connacht championship games in a rotational system and are dropped from the Connacht championship draws.
- Offaly stop Kerry from winning a fifth All Ireland title in a row in the All Ireland final. A new record of that was set by Dublin winning 6 in a row (2015-2020).
See also
- "Five in a Row", a song
- Players of the Faithful, a documentary
References
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