Kevin Bernard Moran (born 29 April 1956) is an Irish former footballer who excelled at the top levels in two codes: Gaelic and the association brand. In Gaelic football, he is known for his time at senior level with the Dublin county team, winning two All-Ireland Senior Football Championships with them, and in association ball for his career with Manchester United and Ireland. In 1985 he became the first man to be sent off in an FA Cup Final. Moran grew up in Rialto, Dublin until his early teens, before he moved to the Long Mile Road in Walkinstown. While there, he attended James's Street CBS and Drimnagh Castle CBS where gaelic football was the dominant sport although soccer proved to be the sport he played on the streets while growing up. During the period in which he played Gaelic football for Good Counsel and soccer for Rangers, Bohemians and Pegasus, he had divided loyalties between the two sports, as both sports were then played on a Saturday. Gaelic football In his native Ireland, Moran played at senior level for the Dublin county team. A former Dublin under-21 player, Moran was called up to the senior panel for the first time in 1976. He won two All-Ireland Championship medals with Dublin in 1976 and 1977. In the 1976 final, he helped Dublin to defeat (by 3–8 to 0–10) Kerry — the winner over Dublin in the 1975 final – and again in the 1977 semi-final, aided by new tactics which manager Kevin Heffernan introduced, and which hindered Kerry's tactic of pulling defenders forward and taking full advantage of the space behind the half-back line. The 1977 final resulted in a 5–12 to 3–6 victory over Armagh at Croke Park. Moran was awarded an All-Star for his performance in the 1976 championship. Moran was also part of the 1976–77 side that won the National Football League for Dublin with a win over Derry in the final. He played his club football for Dublin-based GAA club Good Counsel. Association football With Bohs winning everything bar the FAI Cup in the 1974-75 League of Ireland season 18-year-old Moran did not have an opportunity for much game time and only made one League of Ireland appearance in the last game of the season on 17 April 1975. After Bohs he moved to UCD where in December 1975 he won the Collingwood Cup. In February