Armagh–Kerry Gaelic football rivalry

Armagh-Kerry
Other names	the willys
Location	County Armagh; County Kerry
Teams	Armagh; Kerry
First meeting	Kerry 0-13 - 1-6 Armagh; 1953 All-Ireland final; (27 September 1953)
Latest meeting	Kerry 3-15 - 1-13 Armagh; 2006 All-Ireland quarter-final; (5 August 2006)
Statistics
Meetings total	6
All-time series	Kerry 4-1-1 Armagh

The Armagh-Kerry rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Kerry and Armagh, who first played each other in 1953. It is a rivalry which reached its height during the first decade of the 21st century.^[1] Armagh's home ground is the Athletic Grounds and Kerry's home ground is Fitzgerald Stadium, however, all of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.

While Kerry have the highest number of Munster titles and Armagh are fifth on the roll of honour in Ulster, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having won 38 championship titles between them to date.

All-time results edit

Legend edit

	Kerry win
	Armagh win
	Match was a draw

Senior edit

No.	Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Stage
1.	27 September 1953	Kerry	0-13 - 1-6	Armagh	Croke Park	All Ireland final
2.	15 August 1982	Kerry	3-15 - 1-11	Armagh	Croke Park	All Ireland semi-final
3.	20 August 2000	Kerry	2-11 - 2-11	Armagh	Croke Park	All Ireland semi-final
4.	2 September 2000	Kerry	2-15 - 1-15	Armagh	Croke Park	All Ireland semi-final replay
5.	22 September 2002	Armagh	1-12 - 0-14	Kerry	Croke Park	All Ireland final
6.	5 August 2006	Kerry	3-15 - 1-13	Armagh	Croke Park	All Ireland quarter-final

References edit

^ O'Riordan, Ian (9 February 2012). "Kerry and Armagh hampered by club duties". Irish Times. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

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[1] O'Riordan, Ian (9 February 2012). "Kerry and Armagh hampered by club duties". Irish Times. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

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