1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates 11 May 1997 – 28 September 1997
Teams 32
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
Top Scorer Maurice Fitzgerald (0-28)
Player of the Year Maurice Fitzgerald
1996
1998

The 1997 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 111th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 11 May 1997 and ended on 28 September 1997.

Meath entered the championship as the defending champions; however, they were defeated by Offaly in the Leinster final.

On 28 September 1997 Kerry, the most successful county in Gaelic football history, claimed their 31st All-Ireland title - and their first since 1986 - with a 0-13 to 1-7 victory over Mayo.

This year also saw Ulster's most successful county, Cavan, win their first provincial title since 1969.

Munster Championship format change

A new 2 year system was introduced in Munster meaning that Kerry, Cork & Clare would have straight access to the Munster semi-finals for Limerick, Tipperary & Waterford would play in a Preliminary Round and the bye team in a lone Quarter final involved.

Fixtures and results

Munster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

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

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

2nd Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
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

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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 Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Maurice Fitzgerald Kerry 0-28 28 4 7.00
2 Maurice Sheridan Mayo 0-27 27 5 5.20
David Reynolds Offaly 0-27 27 5 5.20
4 Declan Darcy Leitrim 2-19 25 2 12.50
5 Trevor Giles Meath 2-18 24 5 4.80
6 Joe Brolly Derry 3-14 23 4 5.75
7 Vinny Claffey Offaly 2-15 21 7 3.00
Ronan Carolan Cavan 1-18 21 5 4.25
9 Peter Brady Offaly 2-14 20 7 2.83
Pádraig Graven Kildare 0-20 20 4 5.00
Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 Declan Darcy Leitrim 2-11 17 London
2 Trevor Giles Meath 2-8 14 Kildare
3 Raymond Gallagher Fermaagh 1-7 10 Cavan
Ronan Carolan Cavan 1-7 10 Fermaagh
5 Niall Finnegan Galway 0-9 9 Mayo
Maurice Fitzgerald Kerry 0-9 9 Mayo
7 Vinny Claffey Offaly 1-5 8 Meath
Brendan Cummins Tipperary 0-8 8 Limerick
Ger Keane Clare 0-8 8 Cork
Jim Byrne Wexford 0-8 8 Westmeath
Pádraig Graven Kildare 0-8 8 Laois
Maurice Sheridan Mayo 0-8 8 Galway
Paul Taylor Sligo 0-8 8 Roscommon
Declan Darcy Leitrim 0-8 8 Mayo
Oisín McConville Armagh 0-8 8 Tyrone

Miscellaneous

  • On 11 May 1997, O'Kennedy Park, New Ross hosted its 1st game for 54 years it was the drawn game between Wexford vs Westmeath.
  • Clare record their first win over Cork since 1941.
  • Cavan win their first Ulster title since 1969.
  • Offaly won their first Leinster title since 1982.
  • All Ireland semi-final Mayo vs Offaly was the first championship meeting between them.
  • Kerry end their longest drought as All Ireland Champions of 11 years.
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