Dublin county football team

The Dublin county football team represents Dublin in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Dublin GAA, the County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team compete in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Leinster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.

Dublin's official home ground is Parnell Park, Donnycarney. Generally, the team play home games at Croke Park, however. The team's manager is Dessie Farrell.

The team last won the Leinster Senior Championship in 2019, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 2019 and the National League in 2018.

Dublin claimed nine consecutive Leinster Senior Football Championships following a three-point victory over Wexford in 2011, a three-point victory over Meath in 2012, a seven-point victory over Meath in 2013, a sixteen-point victory over Meath in 2014, a thirteen-point victory over Westmeath in 2015, a fifteen-point victory over Westmeath in 2016, a nine-point victory over Kildare in 2017, an eighteen-point victory over Laois in 2018 & a sixteen-point victory over Meath in 2019.

Kit

Till 1918, Dublin wore the colours of the Club Champions as was also the case in many other counties. In 1918 they adopted the well-known sky shirt with the Dublin shield, even if the kit has been for many years different compared to the actual one: collar and shorts were in fact white and the socks hooped, white and blue. The change to the present look, with dark blue details, shorts and socks, was made in 1974.[1]

1918–1974
1974–1980
1983 Final
1990s
2011 Final
2013 Final
2013–15

Sponsorship

The following is a list of sponsors of the Dublin county football team (senior).

Years Sponsor
Manufacturer Sponsor
1880s–1990 O'Neills No Sponsor
1990 Kaliber
1991 league games National Irish Bank
1991–2009 Arnotts
2010–2013 Vodafone
2014– AIG[2]

Supporters

Dublin supporters are commonly known as The Dubs, and in the 1970s as Heffo's army. While songs are still popular with the Dublin fans they tend to be Dublin-centric, such as "Molly Malone" and "Dublin in the Rare Old Times", or focus on the team itself, singing "Come on You Boys in Blue".

The Hill 16 end in Croke Park is an area for which many Dubs hold a special affection and it is not uncommon to see the Hill filled entirely with Dubs. Dublin supporters have been known to chant "Hill 16 is Dublin only" as a humorous jibe at supporters from rival teams.

The Dublin team are sometimes called The Jacks with the ladies called The Jackies. These names came from a shortening of the word Jackeen.[3][4][5][6]

History
Dublin against Tyrone in the 2013 National Football League Final

Dublin first won the All-Ireland in 1891 beating Cork by a 2–1 to 1–1 margin. They won the All-Ireland the following year with victory over Kerry. The Dublin team of the 1970s won 4 All-Irelands (1974, 1976, 1977 and 1983) and won 7 Leinster titles (6 consecutively). They were also the first team to play in 6 All-Ireland Football Finals consecutively from 1974 to 1979, a feat later matched by Kerry in 2009. In the 2010s, Dublin produced the greatest teams in modern times. The Dubs won 7 championships in the decade and also five in a row, being one of the greatest decade any team can make.

On 25 March 2017, when beating Roscommon by 2–29 to 0–14 in a National League game at Croke Park, Dublin set a new record of playing 35 games in League and Championship without defeat. The previous record, held by Kerry, had stood for 84 years.

Dublin and Meath were involved in one of the most famous of Leinster championship encounters in 1991, the Dublin and Meath 4 consecutive ties. The teams had to go to three replays in their Leinster Senior Football Championship first round match before a winner could be found. This series of games had the added factor of the Dublin and Meath being long standing fierce rivals, a rivalry that was increased due to Meath winning the 4 out of the last 5 Leinster Championships and 2 All-Irelands over the previous 5 years to replace Dublin as the strongest team in Leinster. Meath eventually won the series thanks to a last minute goal scored by Kevin Foley, and a point scored by David Beggy, in the third replay. Foley took seven steps for the winning goal.

Current squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Full Squad as of 16 July 2019[7]

Current management team

Honours
Further information: Dublin GAA Honours

Dublin have won the Senior All-Ireland Football final on 29 occasions – only Kerry, with 37 All-Ireland titles, have won more. They defeated Kerry by six points in the 131st All-Ireland Final on 14 September 2019. This was their seventh championship since 2011. Dublin are the only county team in men's football or hurling to have won five consecutive All-Ireland Championships.[8]

Meanwhile, they have won the Leinster Championship on 58 occasions, and are the current Leinster champions, having beaten Laois in 2018. This result was their consecutive eighth, making history and saw them become Leinster champions for the twelfth time in thirteen years. Only Meath have split their wins, winning the Leinster Championship in 2010.

Dublin have won the National Football League on 13 occasions, most recently in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018. Only Kerry (20) have more league titles.

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References
  1. GAA.ie – County colours Archived 28 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Dublin's €4m AIG sponsorship boost". Irish Independent. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  3. "The Jacks are back". Village.ie. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
  4. "The Jacks are back". Roscommon Herald. Archived from the original on 28 June 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2008.
  5. "Reeling in the years ,1976". RTÉ. Retrieved 6 May 2008.
  6. "The Jacks are back (tcd)". Retrieved 6 May 2008.
  7. "Dublin GAA Senior Football Team". Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  8. "Five-alive-o: Dublin dominate Kerry to make GAA history". RTE Sport. 14 September 2019.
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