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1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry Mayo
0–13
(13)		 1–7
(10)
Date28 September 1997
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeBrian White (Wexford)
Attendance65,601
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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.[1] Fitzgerald also broke Billy O'Shea's leg on the pitch.[2]

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.[3] 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

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

  1. ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
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