| Event | 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 17 September 2006 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Brian Crowe (Cavan)[1][2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 82,289 | ||||||
The 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 119th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Kerry won by 13 points, the widest winning margin in an All-Ireland final since 1978.[citation needed]
Mayo were hoping to bridge a gap that stretched back to their All-Ireland football title winning team of 1951.[3] They failed yet again, having lost to Kerry in 2004 and 1997, Meath in 1996 and Cork in 1989.[4]
Mayo were 2–4 down with no score after 13 minutes, the Kerry total of 4–15 was the highest in a final since Dublin's 5–12 total against Armagh in the 1977 final; in 2022, Martin Breheny listed it among "five of the worst" All-Ireland SFC finals since 1972, commenting: "Kerry's awesome scoring power against a weak Mayo defence robbed the final of a competitive edge, the basic requirement to make a game entertaining".[5]
- ^ Moran, Seán (2 September 2006). "Cavan's Brian Crowe will referee the All-Ireland football final between Kerry and Mayo in a fortnight's time". The Irish Times.
- ^ Moynihan, Michael (2 September 2006). "All-Ireland football final referee named". Irish Examiner.
- ^ McGee, Eugene (6 February 2006). "First signs that Mayo might be set to turn back the clock". Irish Independent. Retrieved 6 February 2006.
- ^ "All-Ireland final match-tracker". RTÉ. 17 September 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ Breheny, Martin (9 August 2022). "Five of the worst All-Ireland football finals since 1972". Irish Independent.