Year: | 1975 |
Dates: | 11 May – 28 September 1975 |
Teams: | 33 |
Connacht: | Sligo |
Munster: | Kerry |
Leinster: | Dublin |
Ulster: | Derry |
Matches: | 35 |
Poty: | John O'Keeffe |
Team: | Kerry |
Titles: | 23 |
Captain: | Mickey "Ned" O'Sullivan |
Manager: | Mick O'Dwyer |
Team2: | Dublin |
Captain2: | Seán Doherty |
Manager2: | Kevin Heffernan |
Totalgoals: | 101 (2.8 per game) |
Totalpoints: | 762 (21. 7 per game) |
Topscorer: | Jimmy Keaveney (1-38) |
Previous: | 1974 |
Next: | 1976 |
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.[1] 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.
The usual knock-out four-province setup was used. 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.
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.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Semi-finals
Final
See main article: 1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.
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 |
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 |