1985 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship#Leinster Junior Football Championship
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{{Infobox All-Ireland Hurling
| type = Junior
| year = 1985
| image =
| dates =
| teams =
| connacht = Galway
| munster = Kerry
| leinster = Dublin
| ulster = Armagh
| matches =
| team = Galway
| titles = 4th
| captain = Conor O'Dea
| manager = Billy Joyce
| team2 = Warwickshire
| captain2 =
| manager2 =
| totalgoals =
| totalpoints =
| topscorer =
| previous = 1984
| next = 1986
}}
The 1985 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 55th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.
Cork entered the championship as the defending champions but lost to Kerry in the opening round of the Munster Championship.{{cite news|title=Kerry Are Hot Favourites For Junior Title|work=The Kerryman|date=31 May 1985}}
The All-Ireland final was played in Tuam on 6 October 1985 between Galway and Warwickshire, in what was the first ever meeting in a final between the two counties. Galway won the match by twenty-five points to claim their first title at the grade since 1965 and a fourth overall.
Results
= [[Munster Junior Football Championship]] =
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| date = 21 June 1985{{cite news|title=Tipp Hold Kerry|work=Tipperary Star|date=29 June 1985}}
| round = Final
| team1 = File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry
| score = 0-07 - 0-07
| team2 = File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary
| report =
| goals1 =
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| referee = P. Lane (Limerick)
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| date = 28 June 1985{{cite news|title=This was a sweet one for Mulvihill|work=The Kerryman|date=5 July 1985}}
| round = Final (replay)
| team1 = File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary
| score = 1-04 - 1-05
| team2 = File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry
| report =
| goals1 =
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| stadium = Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary
| referee = R. Moloney (Limerick)
}}
= [[Leinster Junior Football Championship]] =
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| date = 12 June 1985{{cite news|title=Another Evening Of Misery|work=Dundalk Democrat|date=15 June 1985}}
| round = Final
| team1 = File:Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin
| score = 3-16 - 2-04
| team2 = File:Colours_of_Louth.svg Louth
| report =
| goals1 = C. Richardson 2-1, D. Delappe 1-5, J. Sheedy, J. Watson, E. McHugh 0-2 each, C. Griffin, D. McCarthy, A. Costello, M. Cooke 0-1 each
| goals2 = S. McGahon 1-1, P. Hand 1-0, S. Melia, J. O'Donoghue, F. Taaffe 0-1 each
| stadium = Páirc Tailteann, Navan
| referee = P. Kavanagh (Meath)
}}
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| GK | 1 | Brian Campbell (Beann Éadair) |
| RCB | 2 | Tomás Mannion (Ballymun Kickhams) |
| FB | 3 | Martin Cooke (Kilmore) |
| LCB | 4 | Peter Nolan (Robert Emmets) |
| RHB | 5 | Ciarán Griffin (Fingal Ravens) |
| CHB | 6 | Tom Byrne (An Caisleán) |
| LHB | 7 | Donal McCarthy (Scoil Uí Chonaill) |
| MF | 8 | Anthony White (Clann Mhuire) |
| MF | 9 | Anthony Costello (Naomh Fionnbarra) |
| RHF | 10 | David Delappe (St Anne's) |
| CHF | 11 | Edward McHugh (An Caisleán) |
| LHF | 12 | Jack Sheedy Lucan Sarsfields) |
| RCF | 13 | Joe Watson (Skerries Harps) |
| FF | 14 | Richie Crean (Lucan Sarsfields) |
| LCF | 15 | Ciarán Richardson (Robert Emmets) |
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| GK | 1 | Mal Clarke (Oliver Plunketts) |
| RCB | 2 | Tom Conlon (Naomh Malachi) |
| FB | 3 | Declan Healy (Naomh Máirtín) |
| LCB | 4 | Jim Matthews (Hunterstown Rovers) |
| RHB | 5 | Barry O'Brien (Seán O'Mahony's) |
| CHB | 6 | Mickey Rossiter (Oliver Plunketts) (c) |
| LHB | 7 | Stephen Matthews (St Kevin's) |
| MF | 8 | Stephen Melia (John Mitchels) |
| MF | 9 | Brian Gorham (Dundalk Young Irelands) |
| RHF | 10 | John O'Donoghue (Oliver Plunketts) |
| CHF | 11 | Denis Kelleher (Dreadnots) |
| LHF | 12 | Vincent O'Connor (Dundalk Young Irelands) |
| RCF | 13 | Gerry Reynolds (Stabannon Parnells) |
| FF | 14 | Frank Taaffe (Oliver Plunketts) |
| LCF | 15 | Seán McGahon (Seán McDermott's) |
| colspan=3|Substitutes: | ||
| 16 | Pádraig Califf (Dreadnots) for O'Connor | |
| 17 | Pat Hand (Naomh Fionnbarra) for Reynolds | |
| 18 | Noel Healy (Naomh Máirtín) for Gorham |
|}
= [[Ulster Junior Football Championship]] =
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| date = 7 June 1985{{cite news|title=Junior Side Beaten In Ulster Final|work=Donegal Democrat|date=14 June 1985}}
| round = Final
| team1 = File:Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh
| score = 2-09 - 0-12
| team2 = File:Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal
| report =
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Healy Park, Omagh
| referee = S. Corr (Tyrone)
}}
= [[Connacht Junior Football Championship]] =
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| date = 11 May 1985{{cite news|title=Leitrim Fall At Final Hurdle|work=Leitrim Observer|date=18 May 1985}}
| round = Final
| team1 = File:Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim
| score = 0-07 - 0-10
| team2 = File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway
| report =
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon
| referee = S. McCusker (Mayo)
}}
= All-Ireland semi-finals =
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| date = 6 July 1985{{cite news|title=Juniors give Dubs a lesson in finishing|date=12 July 1985|work=Connacht Tribune}}
| round =
| team1 = File:Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin
| score = 2-08 - 1-13
| team2 = File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway
| report =
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Parnell Park, Dublin
| referee = M. Greenan (Cavan)
}}
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| date = 6 July 1985{{cite news|title=O'Connor Paves Way|work=Irish Examiner|date=8 July 1985}}
| round =
| team1 = File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry
| score = 1-08 - 0-07
| team2 = File:Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh
| report =
| goals1 =
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| stadium = Strand Road, Tralee
| referee = S. O'Grady (Galway)
}}
= All-Ireland home final =
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| date = 18 August 1985{{cite news|title=Juniors fail to deliver but earn a reprieve|work=Connacht Tribune|date=23 August 1985}}
| round = Final
| team1 = File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway
| score = 0-09 - 0-09
| team2 = File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry
| report =
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
| referee = C. Conlon (Westmeath)
}}
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| date = 8 September 1985{{cite news|title=Good work by Galway rewarded|work=Irish Independent|date=9 September 1985}}
| round = Final (replay)
| team1 = File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway
| score = 0-11 - 0-07
| team2 = File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry
| report =
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
| referee = C. Conlon (Westmeath)
}}
= All-Ireland final =
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| date = 6 October 1985{{cite news|title=Galway have it easy|work=Irish Press|date=7 October 1985}}
| round = Final
| team1 = File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway
| score = 4-17 - 0-04
| team2 = File:Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire
| report =
| goals1 = T. McHugh 0-10, F. Stockwell, P. O'Dea 1-2 each, G. Burke 1-1, H. Bleheane 1-0, C. O'Dea, S. Burke 0-1 each
| goals2 = E. Tolan 0-2, D. Brennan, S. Dunne 0-1 each
| stadium = Tuam Stadium, Galway
| referee = P. Lane (Limerick)
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{All-Ireland Junior Football Championship}}