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.
This was one of the 13 consecutive All-Ireland SFC finals contested by either Dublin or Kerry between 1974 and 1986, a period when one of either team always contested the decider.
Match Summary Tyrone were seven points clear at one point, but went on to lose by eight, Pat Spillane and Mikey Sheehy scoring goals.
This was the fifth of five All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1980s. Kerry did not win another All-Ireland football title until 1997.
It was also the first championship meeting of Kerry and Tyrone.
Details
Kerry 1 C. Nelligan 2 P. Ó Sé 3 S. Walsh 4 M. Spillane 5 T. Doyle (c) 6 T. Spillane 7 G. Lynch 8 J. O'Shea 9 A. O'Donovan 10 W. Maher 11 D. Moran 12 P. Spillane 13 M. Sheehy 14 E. Liston 15 G. Power
Sub used 17 T. O'Dowd for A. O'Donovan
Subs not used 16 J. Kennedy 18 J. Higgins 19 M. Galwey 20 S. Stack 21 D. Hanafin
Manager M. O'Dwyer
Tyrone 1 A. Skelton 2 J. Mallon 3 C. McGarvey 4 J. Lynch 5 K. McCabe 6 N. McGinn 7 P. Ball 8 P. Donaghy 9 H. McClure 10 M. McClure 11 E. McKenna (c) 12 S. McNally 13 P. Quinn 14 D. O'Hagan 15 M. Mallon
Subs S. Conway for ? S. Rice for ? A. O'Hagan for ?
Manager A. McRory
References
External links Crowe, Dermot. "Plunkett Donaghy's passion for Tyrone burns brighter than ever". Sunday Independent. 11 August 2019.