2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
| Event | All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2008 | ||||||
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| Date | 21 September 2008 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Maurice Deegan (Laois) | ||||||
| Attendance | 82,204 | ||||||
The 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 121st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Background
Kerry were gunning for three-in-a-row. It was the first final between two teams who had been beaten in their Provincial Championship. Martin Breheny called it the "most decade-defining clash since Dublin v Kerry in the late 1970s".[1]
Match summary
Tyrone beat Kerry by four points to claim their third All-Ireland.
References
- ^ Breheny, Martin (3 September 2008). "The snarl-off for Sam: Two big dogs of the decade - Kerry and Tyrone - are primed for Croker day of reckoning". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 3 September 2008.