1980 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1980 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Kerry (26th win)
Captain Ger Power
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Offaly
Ulster Armagh
Connacht Roscommon
Championship statistics
Player of the Year Jack O'Shea (Kerry)
1979
1981

The 1980 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was played from May to September, 1980. Roscommon finally reached the decider after 3 consecutive defeats in the semi-final but an experienced Kerry team defeated them in the final by a scoreline of 1-09 to 1-06, achieving a "Three In A Row" of All-Ireland titles

Results

Connacht

1 June 1980
Quarter-Final
Roscommon 9-19 – 1-10 London

8 June 1980
Quarter-Final
Mayo 2-11 – 1-7 Sligo

15 June 1980
Semi-Final
Roscommon 1-14 – 0-10 Galway

22 June 1980
Semi-Final
Mayo 1-17 – 1-8 Leitrim

13 July 1980
Final
Roscommon 3-13 – 0-8 Mayo
Roscommon
Attendance: 17,880

Leinster

11 May 1980
Round 1
Westmeath 2-15 – 0-4 Kilkenny

11 May 1980
Round 1
Kildare 2-17 – 2-11 Carlow

18 May 1980
Round 1
Laois 5-12 – 1-10 Longford

18 May 1980
Round 1
Wexford 1-13 – 3-10 Louth

1 June 1980
Quarter-Final
Offaly 0-13 – 0-7 Louth
Croke Park
Referee: P Kelly

8 June 1980
Quarter-Final
Dublin 2-14 – 2-8 Laois

15 June 1980
Quarter-Final
Meath 4-12 – 1-5 Westmeath

29 June 1980
Semi-Final
Offaly 2-14 – 1-0 Kildare
Croke Park
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: P Kavanagh

6 July 1980
Semi-Final
Dublin 3-13 – 2-7 Meath

27 July 1980
Final
Offaly 1-10 – 1-8 Dublin
Croke Park
Attendance: 50276
Referee: P Kavanagh

Munster

In 1980 the Munster football championship just contained 1 Quarter-Final & same with Semi-Final as that All Ireland Champions Kerry decided to refuse an open draw and keep Munster in the seeding system as that Kerry for a few years were winning most of there matches so they were a bye to the Munster Final of course due to by 1 sided margins every year. So the rest of the draw as follows so 2 Preliminary Round Matches were played they were contested between Clare, Limerick, Tipperary & Waterford off course the winners played the Quarter-Final and the Quarter-Final winner would play Cork who were a bye team to the Semi-Final in that year.

11 May 1980
Preliminary Round
Tipperary 1-15 – 2-10 Waterford
Dungarvan
Referee: J. Dennigan

11 May 1980
Preliminary Round
Limerick 1-11 – 1-11 Clare

25 May 1980
Preliminary Round Replay
Limerick 0-10 – 0-9 Clare

1 June 1980
Quarter-Final
Tipperary 2-7 – 1-11 Limerick
Semple Stadium, Thurles
Referee: A. Fogarty

8 June 1980
Semi-Final
Cork 5-19 – 1-8 Limerick

6 July 1980
Final
Kerry 3-13 – 0-12 Cork

Ulster

18 May 1980
Preliminary Round
Tyrone 1-8 – 1-7 Antrim

25 May 1980
Quarter-Final
Monaghan 0-13 – 1-4 Down

1 June 1980
Quarter-Final
Armagh 3-8 – 1-4 Fermanagh

8 June 1980
Quarter-Final
Derry 2-7 – 1-9 Cavan

15 June 1980
Quarter-Final
Donegal 0-8 – 1-17 Tyrone

22 June 1980
Semi-Final
Monaghan 0-7 – 0-12 Armagh
Cavan
Attendance: 17,224

29 June 1980
Semi-Final
Tyrone 2-12 – 1-9 Cavan

20 July 1980
Final
Tyrone 4-7 – 4-10 Armagh
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 21,000

All-Ireland

10 August 1980
Semi-Final
Roscommon 2-20 - 3-11 Armagh

24 August 1980
Semi-Final
Kerry 4-15 - 4-10 Offaly

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21 September 1980
Final
Kerry 1-9 - 1-6 Roscommon