The 2025 All Ireland Senior Football Championship (Sam Maguire Cup)

Even in the fabled 70’s Dubs v Kingdom. It was a bit one sided as a rivalry. Kerry dominated after Dublin failed in the three in a row in 78. It was the Kerry show after that. The Dubs lucky to win one Sam a decade. I always remember a story Wooly Parkinson told on his podcast.

He was in college with Alan Brogan or whatever it was. And Brogan said to him I will win an AI. Really confidently. Wooly amazed. Brogan explained on average Dublin win one Sam a decade.

Honestly some people on here must not know their GAA and/or must be very young! Dublin and Kerry are far from the “old firm”. Kerry are more like Rosenberg in the Norwegian league for most of their history dominate and consistent.

I believe Kerry have lost the most AI finals in history. Which says it all as they have won the most too.

Edit- And people forget for many of the years of the foundation of the GAA. Dublin teams were not really Dublin teams. Full of non-Dubs. Heffo and Vinnies sorted that out. Dubs only after that. It meant Dublin fans had a team they could identify with. https://www.independent.ie/editorial/StoryPlus/decades-of-the-dubs-1950s-1960s/

safe to say you don’t understand the Ulster championship

I do. Kerry knocked 2 of them out in the knockouts

Hurling is no1 in Cork. Football is just for fellas who can't hurl there. I remember when Cork won Sam in 2010 they seemed more concerned about the hurlers!

kerry beat armagh tyrone and derry in the league… unfortunately lost to Donegal in Killarney… donegal ran them off the pitch that day… there athleticisim is freakish

The closer comparison to Kerry in GAA would be Kilkenny. They have nearly the same amount of All Irelands (36) and lost the most finals on top of that by a decent margin too (29). If its accepted that hurling is a religion there, then it should be seen that football-mania is the catalyst in Kerry as well.

Sure its widely accepted that Heffo's Dublin were the first to popularise football among native Dubs, they were soccer mad before that and any of their successful All Ireland teams were seemingly backboned by culchies. Although now it does seem to be breaking into the more affluent, less GAA-centric areas more now than before.

So I would discredit population being the main driver of success anywhere. Sure despite being classed as a city, Kilkenny city has a smaller population than Carlow town!

And everyone forgets Kerry's sole AI hurling title means they have 39 senior titles accumulatively, two more than Cork

Football's huge in Cork.

They probably lose some players to hurling but not many.

If someone's talented they'll focus on one sport anyway.

Thanks.

My point still stands.

There's no comparison to the Old Firm.

The majority of Kerry are 26 to 28 ish so will be strong for a few years yet.

There's plenty of young talent too to be introduced.

Tyrone will be a force in 2 years maybe.

Donegal will be strong as Jimmy remains.

Armagh might have a couple of retirements but still have good youngish players.

Galway are past their peak but should still be competitive.

I can't see Dublin winning anything for a few years. The new manager needs to build a new team.

Murphy's not that important.

Donegal have a youngish team.

Jimmy's the most important person.

He'll probably give it 4 years at least.

Donegal the first team to ever win 9 championship games in one season and the first side ever to play an 11th game in a single season. 

Kerry played 8 won 7 lost 1  scored 15-175 (220)  conceded 4-160 (172)  average per game scored 27.5 and conceded 21.5

David Clifford 8-53,Sean O'Shea 1-44 a total of 9-97 (124)  Kerry scores without those two 6-78 (96)

Donegal played 10  won 9 lost 1  scored 13-229 (268)  and conceded 6-172 (190) average per game scored 27 and conceded  19

Michael Murphy top scorer with 0-44.  they have 3 of the top 5 scorers from play in the championship in Conor O'Donnell 3-21, Michael Langan 1-23 qnd Oisin Gallen 1-21. 

Last years scoring averages before the final, showing this year with the new rules teams are scoring and conceding a lot more.

Armagh 19 points per game and conceded 14.

Galway 18 points per game and conceded 12.

The bookies and their punters had Galway to win by 1 point the opposite happened,  this time they think Kerry to win by 1 point,  to be right this time or the opposite to happen again?

Kerry will wear blue in the final

According to the Examiner Donegal will be in white. Kerry blue.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41670131.html

Galway dominating this ladies game v Dubs, but just can't get the scores.