1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Football match

Event

1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Kerry	Mayo

0–13 (13)	1–7 (10)

Date

28 September 1997

Venue

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee

Brian White (Wexford)

Attendance

65,601

← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 110th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

Kerry bridged an 11-year gap, the longest in their history, helped by nine Maurice Fitzgerald points. Fitzgerald also broke Billy O'Shea's leg on the pitch.

Mayo in their second final appearance in a row, were hoping to bridge a gap that stretched back to their All-Ireland SFC title winning team of 1951. They failed, and would lose again to Kerry in 2004 and 2006. Subsequent All-Ireland SFC final defeats followed for Mayo at the hands of Donegal in 2012 and Dublin in 2013, 2016, 2017, 2020... Tyrone in 2021...

Details

Kerry

Mayo

Kerry =

Sub used: 22 J. Crowley for Billy O'Shea; 19 M. F. Russell for D. Ó Cinnéide; 20 D. Daly for W. Kirby

Sub not used: 16 P. O'Leary; 17 M. Hassett; 18 B. Clarke; 21 S. Burke; 23 M. O'Shea; 24 T. Ó Sé

Manager: P. Ó Sé

Mayo =

Subs used: J. Horan for Flanagan; D. Byrne for Sheridan; PJ Loftus for Nestor

Manager: J. Maughan

References

High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
Whyte, Barry J. (15 September 2006). "Kerry v Mayo Classics: 1997 SFC final". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2006.
McGee, Eugene (6 February 2006). "First signs that Mayo might be set to turn back the clock". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 6 February 2006.

External links

Liam Hassett's 1997 All-Ireland winning speech

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Pre-1928

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927
Finals	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927

Beginning of
Sam Maguire

Seasons

Finals

80-minute
experiment

Seasons	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Finals	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

Post-experiment

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Associated competitions

Provincial Championships
Tailteann Cup
Tommy Murphy Cup (formerly)
Minor Championship (final formerly held on same day)

Statistics and awards

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