1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date 28 September 1997
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee Brian White (Waterford)
Attendance 65,601

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 were hoping to bridge a gap that stretched all the way back to their All-Ireland football title winning team of 1951.[3] They failed, and would lose again to Kerry in 2004. And 2006. And then to Donegal in 2012, Dublin in 2013 and Dublin again in 2016.

References

  1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. Whyte, Barry J. (15 September 2006). "Kerry v Mayo Classics: 1997 SFC final". RTÉ Sport. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. 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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