1997 All-ireland Senior B Football Championship

1997 All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship
Championship details
Champions
Winning team	Louth (1st win)
Manager	Paddy Clarke
Finalists
Runners-Up	Clare
Manager	John O'Keeffe

The 1997 All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship was the eighth edition of the All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship, the second tier Gaelic football competition introduced by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in 1990.^[1]

The competition ended in victory for Louth, who defeated Clare in the final at Ballinasloe by three points.^[2]

Format

The championship began in September and was played on a straight knockout open-draw basis, with extra-time playable if teams finished level at the end of normal time. Twelve counties entered the competition, with Monaghan, Tipperary, Antrim and Roscommon each receiving a bye into the quarter-finals.^[3]

Results

1st Round

20 September	Carlow	0-13 – 0-07	Limerick	Dr Cullen Park
				Referee: T. O'Rourke ( Kildare)

20 September	Clare	1-14 – 0-04	Longford	Cusack Park
				Referee: G. Hough ( Limerick)

20 September	Louth	4-14 – 1-09	Sligo	St Brigid's Park
				Referee: B. Gorman ( Armagh)

21 September	Wexford	1-13 – 0-12	Waterford	Stradbally
				Referee: Michael Collins ( Cork)

Source:^[4]

Quarter-Finals

4 October^[5]	Louth	3-12 – 1-14	Antrim	Casement Park
				Referee: M. McBrien ( Fermanagh)

4 October	Monaghan	0-20 – 1-09	Tipperary	Castleblayney
				Referee: J. Harlin ( Meath)

4 October	Clare	1-23 – 2-14 *	Wexford	New Ross
				Referee: T. Meehan ( Tipperary)

n/a

Carlow

w/o – scr. **

Roscommon

* (After Extra Time) ** (Fixture conceded by Roscommon)

Source:^[6]

Semi-Finals

26 October^[7]	Louth	1-11 – 0-13	Carlow	O'Connor Park
				Referee: N. Cooney ( Offaly)

26 October^[8]	Clare	1-17 – 0-10	Monaghan	O'Connor Park
				Referee: S. McCormack Meath

Final

9 November^[9]

Louth	1-11 – 1-08	Clare
White 1-5 (3f), McDonnell 0-2, O'Sullivan 0-1, C. Kelly 0-1, O'Hanlon 0-1, Hoey 0-1		M. Daly 0-3 (3f), A. Daly 1-0, Keane 0-2 (2f), Cosgrave 0-2, Enright 0-1

Duggan Park

Referee: Pat McEnaney ( Monaghan)


GK	1	Niall O'Donnell ( Clan na Gael)
RCB	2	Aidan Carter ( St Nicholas)
FB	3	Gareth O'Neill ( Cooley Kickhams) (c)
LCB	4	David Brennan ( Mattock Rangers)
RHB	5	Declan O'Sullivan ( St Joseph's)
CHB	6	Breen Phillips ( Newtown Blues)
LHB	7	Aaron Hoey ( St Bride's)
MF	8	Paul Kelly ( Newtown Blues)
MF	9	Gerry Curran ( Clan na Gael)
RHF	10	Ollie McDonnell ( St Joseph's)
CHF	11	Stephen Melia ( St Joseph's)
LHF	12	Colin Kelly ( Newtown Blues)
RCF	13	Stefan White ( Clan na Gael)
FF	14	Cathal O'Hanlon ( Clan na Gael)
LCF	15	Alan Doherty ( St Mary's)
Substitutes:
	16	Martin Harvey ( Dundalk Gaels) for Paul Kelly
	17	Ray Rooney ( Dundalk Gaels) for Carter
	18	Niall Flynn ( Glyde Rangers) for O'Sullivan


GK	1	James Hanrahan
RCB	2	Pádraig Gallagher
FB	3	Frankie Griffin
LCB	4	Alan Malone
RHB	5	Barry Keating (c)
CHB	6	Brendan Rouine
LHB	7	Charles O'Loughlin
MF	8	Donal O'Sullivan
MF	9	Peter Cosgrove
RHF	10	Ger Keane
CHF	11	Martin Daly
LHF	12	Denis O'Driscoll
RCF	13	Johnny Enright
FF	14	Aidan Daly
LCF	15	Peadar McMahon
Substitutes:
	16	Michael Galvin for O'Sullivan
	17	Ger Quinlan for O'Loughlin
	18	Pat Foley for McMahon

References

^ "Waiting on Death Row". Irish Independent. 17 February 2001.
^ "Louth's forwards in control". Irish Times. 10 November 1997.
^ "Senior Championship sets high standards". Sligo Champion. 10 September 1997.
^ "GAA results". Irish Times. 22 September 1997.
^ "Louth made to fight for All-Ireland 'B' semi-final place". The Argus. 10 October 1997.
^ "GAA results". Irish Times. 6 October 1997.
^ "Louth pip spirited Carlow". Irish Times. 27 October 1997.
^ "Daly shines in spirited Clare win". Irish Times. 27 October 1997.
^ "'B' title is honey sweet for Louth". Irish Independent. 10 November 1997.

[1] "Waiting on Death Row". Irish Independent. 17 February 2001.

[2] "Louth's forwards in control". Irish Times. 10 November 1997.

[3] "Senior Championship sets high standards". Sligo Champion. 10 September 1997.

[4] "GAA results". Irish Times. 22 September 1997.

[5] "Louth made to fight for All-Ireland 'B' semi-final place". The Argus. 10 October 1997.

[6] "GAA results". Irish Times. 6 October 1997.

[7] "Louth pip spirited Carlow". Irish Times. 27 October 1997.

[8] "Daly shines in spirited Clare win". Irish Times. 27 October 1997.

[9] "'B' title is honey sweet for Louth". Irish Independent. 10 November 1997.

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