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1977 All Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

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Date
  
25 September 1977

Attendance
  
66,542

Venue
  
Croke Park, Dublin

Event
  
1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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.

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.

This was the last time Dublin retained the Sam Maguire Cup in the 20th century. The next time this occurred would be in 2016.

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

References

1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Wikipedia