[4] The victory was Dublin's fourth consecutive All-Ireland SFC title, making it the third county to win "four-in-a-row" (this had been achieved previously by Wexford in 1915–18 and Kerry in 1929–32 and 1978–81).
[10] On Monday 20 August 2018, just under two weeks before the final, the Irish Independent reported that RTÉ had confirmed that Tyrone would not be involved in any media coverage with the national broadcaster surrounding the event.
The boycott, considered a tradition at this stage in relation to Tyrone, involved for the first time an All-Ireland SFC final, after which RTÉ airs television coverage from the hotel in which the winning team is booked to stay.
[15] Tyrone made one change to the team from the semi-final win over Monaghan county football teamMonaghan with Mark Bradley starting ahead of Lee Brennan.
[17] Dublin began the game unchanged with Tyrone making 2 late changes - Rory Brennan and Conor Meyler replaced Frank Burns and Richie Donnelly.
[18] They took an early lead after Dean Rock scored a free, but he put his next two efforts wide,[19] allowing Tyrone to assert dominance for fifteen minutes.
[4] Tyrone only managed to secure one more point in the remaining twenty-four minutes of the half, and their lack of clinicality in front of goal opened the door to a resurgent Dublin side.
[4][20] While Tyrone reduced the deficit by two early in the second half, with points from Connor McAliskey and Kieran McGeary narrowing Dublin's margin somewhat, the team in blue, affectionately known as "the Dubs", had accumulated an unassailable lead.
[2] The second thirty-five minutes were not entirely without incident, however; Dublin had pulled further out of sight, with points from Ciarán Kilkenny and Brian Fenton further diminishing whatever minuscule chances Tyrone had at mounting a comeback.
[5] Man of the Match: Jack McCaffrey Dublin captain Stephen Cluxton accepted the Sam Maguire Cup from GAA president John Horan in the Hogan Stand.
The winner was Jack McCaffrey with GAA president John Horan presenting the award at the Dublin post match function, held in the Gibson Hotel.