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1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Field	Value
title	1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
event	[1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](1997-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
team1	Kerry
team1association	[[File:Colours of Kerry.svg	40px]]
team1score	0–13
(13)
team2	Mayo
team2association	[[File:Colours of Mayo.svg	40px]]
team2score	1–7
(10)
date	28 September 1997
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
referee	Brian White (Wexford)
attendance	65,601
previous	[1996](1996-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)
next	[1998](1998-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)

(13) (10) 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

1 D. O'Keeffe
2 K. Burns
3 Barry O'Shea
4 S. Stack
5 S. Moynihan
6 L. O'Flaherty
7 E. Breen
8 D. Ó Sé
9 W. Kirby
10 P. Laide
11 L. Hassett (c)
12 D. O'Dwyer
13 Billy O'Shea
14 D. Ó Cinnéide
15 M. Fitzgerald

;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

1 P. Burke
2 K. Mortimer
3 P. Holmes
4 D. Flanagan
5 F. Costello
6 J. Nallen
7 N. Connelly
8 P. Fallon
9 D. Heaney
10 M. Sheridan
11 C. McManamon
12 J. Casey
13 C. McDonald
14 L. McHale
15 D. Nestor

;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]].
McGee, Eugene. (6 February 2006). "First signs that Mayo might be set to turn back the clock". Independent News & Media.

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