1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Kerry (31st win)
Captain Liam Hassett
Manager Páidí Ó Sé
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Offaly
Ulster Cavan
Connacht Mayo
Championship statistics
Player of the Year Maurice Fitzgerald
← 1996
1998 →

The 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was played from May to September 1997. Kerry, the most successful team in Gaelic football history, ended an eleven-year dry spell, the longest in their history with a three-point victory over Mayo. This year also marked Cavan's first Ulster title in a number of decades.

Fixtures and results

Munster Senior Football Championship

A new 2 system was introduced in Munster meaning that Kerry, Cork & Clare would have straight access to the Munster semi-finals while only a open draw for Limerick, Tipperary & Waterford are involved.

11 May 1997
Preliminary Round
Limerick 1-13 - 0-16 Tipperary
Limerick
Referee: N. Barry ( C )

18 May 1997
Preliminary Round- Replay
Tipperary 1-17 - 2-08 Limerick
Clonmel
Referee: N. Barry ( C )

1 June 1997
Quarter Final
Tipperary 2-7 - 1-5 Waterford
Dungarvan
Referee: W. O'Mahony (L)

22 June 1997
Semi Final
Clare 2-13 - 1-14 Cork

29 June 1997
Semi Final
Kerry 2-12 - 1-10 Tipperary
Tralee
Referee: C. Walsh (Cl)

20 July 1997
Final
Kerry 1-13 - 0-11 Clare
Preliminary Round Quarter-final Semi-finals Final
 Limerick 1-13 2-08  
 Tipperary 0-16 1-17      Tipperary 2-7  
          Waterford 1-5  
            Kerry 2-12  
            Tipperary 1-10  
               
               
            Kerry 1-13
            Clare 0-11
               
               
            Clare 2-13  
            Cork 1-14  
                    
                    
      

Leinster Senior Football Championship

11 May 1997
Round 1
Wexford 2-5 - 0-11 Westmeath

17 May 1997
Round 1 Replay
Wexford 1-15 - 2-17 Westmeath

11 May 1997
Round 1
Offaly 5-17 - 0-13 Longford
Tullamore
Attendance: 18000
Referee: A Walsh

25 May 1997
Round 2
Offaly 0-08 - 0-08 Westmeath
Tullamore
Attendance: 16000
Referee: Pat O Toole

7 June 1997
Round 2 Replay
Offaly 1-14 - 0-07 Westmeath
Mullingar
Attendance: 11000

1 June 1997
Quarter Final
Louth 1-13 - 1-10 Carlow

8 June 1997
Quarter Final
Laois 1-07 - 1-11 Kildare

15 June 1997
Quarter Final
Offaly 1-17 - 0-08 Wicklow
Croke Park
Attendance: 62342
Referee: Paul McGann

15 June 1997
Quarter Final
Meath 1-13 - 1-10 Dublin

29 June 1997
Semi Final
Offaly 1-10 - 0-11 Louth
Navan
Attendance: 18000
Referee: John Bannon

6 July 1997
Semi Final
Kildare 1-09 - 0-12 Meath
Croke Park
Attendance: 46,595

20 July 1997
Semi Final Replay
Kildare 3-17 - 2-20
A.E.T. 		Meath
Croke Park
Attendance: 54,290

3 August 1997
Semi Final Replay No. 2
Meath 1-12 - 1-10 Kildare

16 August 1997
Final
Offaly 3-17 - 1-15 Meath
Croke Park
Attendance: 46047
Referee: Brian White
Round 1 Round 2 Quarter-finals Semi-finals
 Offaly 0-08 1-14  
 Westmeath 0-08 0-07      Offaly 1-17  
          Wicklow 1-08  
            Offaly 1-10  
            Louth 0-11  
          Louth 1-13  
          Carlow 1-10  
            Offaly 3-17
            Meath 1-15
          Laois 1-07  
          Kildare 1-11  
            Meath 0-12 2-20 1-12  
            Kildare 1-09 3-17 1-10  
          Meath 1-13       
          Dublin 1-10       
      

Connacht Senior Football Championship

25 May 1997
Quarter-final
Mayo 1-16 - 0-15 Galway

1 June 1997
Quarter-final
Leitrim 2-18 - 1-13
AET 		London

29 June 1997
Semi Final
Mayo 0-18 - 0-11 Leitrim

6 July 1997
Semi Final
Sligo 1-14 - 1-11 Roscommon

3 August 1997
Final
Mayo 0-11 - 1-07 Sligo
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 Mayo 1-16  
 Galway 0-15      Mayo 0-18  
 Leitrim 2-18      Leitrim 0-11  
 London 1-13        Mayo 0-11
            Sligo 1-07
          Roscommon 1-11
          Sligo 1-14    
      

Ulster Senior Football Championship

18 May 1997
Preliminary Round
Down 2-09 - 0-15 Tyrone

25 May 1997
Preliminary Round Replay
Down 1-11 - 3-08 Tyrone

25 May 1997
Quarter Final
Donegal 2-12 - 1-13 Antrim

1 June 1997
Quarter Final
Monaghan 2-08 - 1-11 Derry

8 June 1997
Quarter Final Replay
Monaghan 0-11 - 2-15 Derry

8 June 1997
Quarter Final
Cavan 1-12 - 1-12 Fermanagh
Clones
Attendance: 14,783

15 June 1997
Quarter Final
Tyrone 1-12 - 0-12 Armagh

15 June 1997
Quarter Final Replay
Cavan 0-14 - 0-11 Fermanagh

22 June 1997
Semi Final
Cavan 2-16 - 2-10 Donegal

29 June 1997
Semi Final
Tyrone 2-03 - 2-15 Derry

20 July 1997
Final
Cavan 1-14 - 0-16 Derry
Preliminary Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
      
          Cavan 1-12 0-14  
          Fermanagh 1-12 0-11  
            Cavan 2-16  
            Donegal 2-10  
          Donegal 2-12  
          Antrim 1-13  
            Cavan 1-14
            Derry 0-16
          Monaghan 2-08 0-10  
          Derry 1-11 2-15  
            Tyrone 2-03  
            Derry 2-15  
          Tyrone 1-12       
 Down 2-09 0-11      Armagh 0-12       
 Tyrone 0-15 3-08  

All-Ireland series

Semi-finals

August 24 1997
Semi-Final
Cavan 1-10 - 1-17 Kerry

August 31 1997
Semi-Final
Mayo 0-13 - 0-7 Offaly
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: P Russell

Final

28 September 1997
Final
Kerry 0-13 - 1-7 Mayo
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