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| Event | 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 22 September 2002 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Oisín McConville | ||||||
| Referee | John Bannon (Longford) | ||||||
| Attendance | c. 80,000 | ||||||
The 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 115th All-Ireland Final and showpiece game of the 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship which began on 5 May 2002. It took place at Croke Park on 22 September 2002.
The game, which was a replay of the 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, involved the county teams of Kerry and Armagh. Kerry were attempting to win their 33rd All-Ireland whilst Armagh, competing in a final on only the third occasion were trying to capture the championship for the first time.
Appearing in the county's third All-Ireland SFC decider and having lost the previous two, the team was the first from Ulster to win an All-Ireland SFC since Down won the 1994 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final. Kerry had a four-point lead at half-time.[1]
In 2018, Martin Breheny listed this as the fifth greatest All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[2]
- ^ "Armagh are champions". BBC. 22 September 2002.
- ^ Breheny, Martin. "Martin Breheny's Greatest All-Ireland Finals". Irish Independent. 1 September 2018, p. 9.