[10] It was the first time since the 2002 final – when Armagh won their first title – that a team other than Kerry or Tyrone were champions.

[11][12] This was the last occasion on which iconic broadcaster Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh commentated on a final to a global audience, having announced his retirement days earlier after a six-decade career.

[4] The game was watched by the highest television audience for an All-Ireland SFC final in five years.

[14] Down had less experience approaching the match, having not featured in a final of any description since the 2003 Ulster Senior Football Championship.

[23] This is a similar arrangement to what occurred when Cork and Down played in a semi-final of the 1994 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

[29] The Croke Park Streets Committee (CPSC) intended to protest what they perceived to be the Gaelic Athletic Association's ignorance of the wishes of local residents by staging a vehicular demonstration outside Croke Park on All-Ireland Final day.

They cancelled ahead of the event however, after Cork fans objected to possible disruption, instead protesting at the stadium the day before.

[37] Ciarán Sheehan of Cork's goal-bound effort was saved by Brendan McVeigh, Down's goalkeeper, in the first minute.

Cork's Donncha O'Connor also contributed to reducing the gap between the sides as half-time approached.

[7] As of December 2024, it remains the last time that a winning team has been 5+ points behind at any stage in a football final.

[7] Down's Benny Coulter and Daniel Hughes scored in the dying minutes, but it was too late, even though there was just a single point between the sides.

[42][43] Man of the Match: Daniel Goulding[1] Linesmen: Gearoid O Comhana (Galway) Maurice Deegan (Laois) Sideline Official Syl Doyle (Wexford) Umpires Tony Kearney John Coldrick James Matthews Stephen O'Hare Lord Mayor of Cork Mick O'Connell described it as "an incredible match ... so tense ... Everyone was delirious when they won".

[44] Cork manager Conor Counihan expressed his feelings in the press room: "Relief, at the end of the day.

[49] Tens of thousands of people were expected to line Cork city centre for a street party to coincide with the arrival of the winning team on 20 September 2010.

The event was scheduled to be broadcast live to a global audience on the website of the Cork-based Irish Examiner national newspaper at 18:45.