1971 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

1971 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All Ireland Champions
Winners	London (5th win)
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Dublin
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Down
Connacht	Mayo
← 1970 1972 →

The 1971 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 50th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

London entered the championship as the defending champions.^[1]

The All-Ireland final was played on 7 November 1971 at the New Eltham Grounds in London, between London and Dublin, in what was their fourth meeting in the final and a first meeting in 11 years. London won the match by 1–09 to 0–09 to claim their fifth championship title overall and a third title in succession.^[2]

Results

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

Dublin v Down

1 August 1971 Semi-final

Dublin

0-15 - 1-06

Down

Croke Park

Cork v Mayo

1 August 1971 Semi-final

Cork

1-15 - 2-10

Mayo

Cork Athletic Grounds

All-Ireland home final

Dublin v Cork

24 October 1971 Home final

Dublin

1-14 - 2-05

Cork

Clonmel Grounds

All-Ireland final

London v Dublin

7 November 1971 Final

London

1-09 - 0-09

Dublin

New Eltham Grounds

References

1. "Holder of two All-Ireland junior football medals with London". The Meath Chronicle. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
2. "Honouring Five Kerrymen on the Greatest London team 1960 - 2010". Terrace Talk. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2021.