Date 21 September 1986 Man of the Match Pat Spillane Attendance 68,628 | Venue Croke Park, Dublin Referee Jim Dennigan (Cork) | |
Event 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||
The 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 99th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Tyrone were seven points clear at one point, but went on to lose by eight, Pat Spillane and Ger Power scoring goals.
It was the fifth of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1980s. Kerry did not win another All-Ireland football title until 1997.
This was also the first Championship meeting of Kerry and Tyrone.
References
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