The 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 96th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 9 May 1982 and ended on 19 September 1982.
It was the last year to date that a Kilkenny team played in the Leinster championship.
Kerry were the defending champions and were hoping to win a record-breaking fifth successive championship title.
Kerry qualified for the final. On 19 September 1982, Offaly won the championship following a 1–15 to 0–17 defeat of Kerry in one of the most dramatic and iconic All-Ireland finals in the history of the championship. This was their third All-Ireland title, their first in ten championship seasons. It remains their last All-Ireland SFC victory.
Offaly's Matt Connor was the championship's top scorer with 0–34. Offaly's Martin Furlong was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.
Results Connacht Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Leinster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Munster Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
Ulster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics
Scoring
Overall Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Matt ConnorOffaly0–343456.802Mikey SheehyKerry3–223156.203Barney RockDublin1–1821374Brendan LowryOffaly2–101653.20Eoin ListonKerry2–101653.66
Top scorers in a single game
Rank Player Team Tally Total Opposition1Ger PowerKildare2–410KilkennyMikey SheehyKerry2–410Cork3Matt ConnorOffaly0–99Laois4Mick FinneranRoscommon2–28SligoSeán MoloneyClare1–58LimerickLarry TompkinsKildare0–88WexfordMartin McHughDonegal0–88ArmaghMatt ConnorOffaly0–88Louth9John McCormackLongford1–47DublinMikey SheehyKerry1–47ArmaghMatt ConnorOffaly0–77KerryMatt ConnorOffaly0–77GalwayBarney RockDublin0–77Kildare
Miscellaneous Kilkenny's 4–10 to 2–2 defeat by Kildare in the Leinster preliminary round was their last game in the Leinster Championship as the Kilkenny County Board declined to enter a team in all subsequent championships. London decide to play Connacht championship games in a rotational system and are dropped from the Connacht championship draws. Offaly stop Kerry from winning a fifth All Ireland title in a row in the All Ireland final. A new record of that was set by Dublin winning 6 in a row (2015–2020).
See also "Five in a Row", a song Players of the Faithful, a documentary
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