Sunday’s decider will be the first since 2010 not to feature any of Dublin, Kerry or Mayo
Armagh's Rian O'Neill and Cein Darcy of Galway will be among the panels heading to Croke Park on Sunday. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho. Armagh’s striking all-black kit was on show in their semi-final win over Kerry. They also wore the black strip for their Ulster SFC opener against Fermanagh and the All-Ireland round-robin win over Derry. However, Croke Park officials have confirmed to The Irish Times that they will be reverting to their orange geansaí againston Sunday.
Armagh boss Kieran McGeeney was asked about the issue of jersey choice at Armagh’s pre-All-Ireland final media night.“We have two players with colour blindness, that’s an issue at different times, so when you have full block colours it can be an issue for two of them. Listen, I don’t know, that sort of stuff goes way over my head. You’d think it’s a simple enough thing, like wear what you want as long as you can distinguish between the two teams.
Sunday’s final will be the first since 2010 not to feature any of Dublin, Kerry or Mayo. The 2010 decider was contested by Cork and Down, with the Rebels coming out on top in that fixture 14 years ago. But every All-Ireland senior football final since has included at least one of the aforementioned trio, and often both. Dublin played finals against Kerry in 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. The Dubs met Mayo at the final stage in 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2020.
With that stranglehold now broken, Sam Maguire will be reacquainting itself with either Galway or Armagh this winter. Galway’s most recent All-Ireland success was in 2001, while Armagh’s only senior title arrived 12 months later when Joe Kernan managed the Orchard County to glory.The respective top scorers for Galway and Armagh are perhaps not who you would first imagine.
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