1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Football match
| Event | 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| 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.
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 football title winning team of 1951.[3] They failed, and would lose again to Kerry in 2004 and 2006. Subsequent All-Ireland finals defeats followed for Mayo at the hands of Donegal in 2012 and Dublin in 2013, 2016, 2017, 2020 and Tyrone in 2021.
Match details
       Kerry |     Mayo
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References
- ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ^ Whyte, Barry J. (15 September 2006). "Kerry v Mayo Classics: 1997 SFC final". RTÉ Sport. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 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
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