1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
Teams	33
Champions	Austin Stacks (1st title)
Runners-up	Ballerin
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The 1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the seventh staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1970–71.

St Vincent's were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Portlaoise in the second round of the Leinster Club Championship.^[1]

On 13 March 1977, Austin Stacks won the championship following a 1-13 to 2-07 defeat of Ballerin in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park.^[2] It remains their only championship title.

Munster

First round

17 October 1976 First round	Galtee Rovers	2-05 - 1-10	Kilrush Shamrocks	Canon Hayes Park
	M McCarthy 1-1, S McCarthy 0-4, J O'Connell 1-0.		J O'Halloran 0-5, L McNamara 1-1, A Moloney 0-2, T Fitzpatrick 0-1, S Doherty 0-1.

14 November 1976 First round	Croom	2-05 - 2-04	John Mitchels	FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock
	P Kiely 1-3, D Carroll 1-0, M Culhane 0-1, J Collins 0-1.		P Flynn 1-1, T Power 1-0, V Kirwan 0-2, V Murphy 0-1.

Semi-finals

27 November 1976 Semi-final

Kilrush Shamrocks

0-10 - 1-10

St Finabrr's

The Cricket Field

28 November 1976 Semi-final	Austin Stacks	1-13 - 0-04	Croom	Austin Stack Park
	M Sheehy 0-5, P McCarthy 1-1, P Moriarty 0-2, D Long 0-2, C Mangan 0-1, J Power 0-1, Jackie Power 0-1.		P Kiely 0-2, V Shanahan 0-1, W Dunne 0-1.

Final

12 December 1976 Final	Austin Stacks	1-07 - 0-08	St Finbarr's	Austin Stack Park
	M Sheehy 1-4, P McCarthy 0-1, G Power 0-1, J O'Keeffe 0-1.		J Barry-Murphy 0-3, J O'Callaghan 0-3, R Kenny 0-1, G McCarthy 0-1.

Quarter-final

30 January 1977 Quarter-final

Austin Stacks

2-16 - 0-07

Kingdom

Austin Stack Park

Semi-finals

20 February 1977 Semi-final

Portlaoise

2-06 - 1-14

Austin Stacks

O'Moore Park

20 February 1977 Semi-final

Ballerin

5-09 - 1-04

Killererin

Tuam Stadium

Final

13 March 1977 Final

Austin Stacks

1-13 - 2-07

Ballerin

Croke Park

Statistics

Miscellaneous

Killererin won the Connacht Club Championship title for the first time in their history.
Ballerin won the Ulster Club Championship for the first time in their history.

References

^ "Recalling a journey of endless enjoyment". Irish Times. 21 February 2004. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ "Legends of '70s setting the standard for Austin Stacks". Irish Independent. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

[1] "Recalling a journey of endless enjoyment". Irish Times. 21 February 2004. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

[2] "Legends of '70s setting the standard for Austin Stacks". Irish Independent. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

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