1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
The 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 106th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The match was played in Croke Park in Dublin on 19 September 1993.
| Event | 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 19 September 1993 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Johnny McGurk | ||||||
| Referee | Tommy Howard (Kildare)[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 64,500 | ||||||
Ulster champions Derry took on Munster champions Cork, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Cork's last title had come in 1990, while Derry had never won the competition, and last contested a final in 1958. Derry won the match by 1–14 to 2–8 to win the Sam Maguire Cup for the first time.
Match summary
editDerry won their first and only All-Ireland with a Seamus Downey goal. Cork's Tony Davis was sent off harshly.[2][3]
Henry Downey captained the victorious Derry team.[4]
Match details
edit| Derry | 1-14 – 2-8 | Cork |
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| Enda Gormley 0-6 (0-3f), Seamus Downey 1-0, Anthony Tohill 0-3 (0-2f), Johnny McGurk 0-2, Brian McGilligan 0-1, Joe Brolly 0-1, Dermot McNicholl 0-1 | Colin Corkery 0-5 (0-4f), Joe Kavanagh 1-1 (0-1f), John O'Driscoll 1-0, Tony Davis 0-1, Shea Fahy 0-1 |
       Derry |  Cork |
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Aftermath
editDerry's manager that day was Eamonn Coleman. When Coleman died in 2007, the All-Ireland winning squad formed a guard of honour at his funeral.[5][6]
Cork player Joe Kavanagh, who also played in their 1999 defeat to Meath, described 1999 as being as bad as 1993.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Someone had to walk". Sunday Independent. 28 September 2003.
- ^ High Ball magazine, issue 6, 1998
- ^ "Flashback: 1993 All-Ireland SFC Final - Derry v Cork". GAA.ie. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ Campbell, John (14 August 2012). "Derry reach D-day over Brennan's future". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
Lavey, managed by 1993 Derry All-Ireland winning skipper Henry Downey, looked as if they might take control as that goal kept them in touch at 1-5 to 1-4, but in the second-half Kilrea, with their forwards making the most of the scoring chances, ran away to win convincingly by 2-16 to 2-7
- ^ "Big turnout at Coleman's funeral". BBC Sport. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2007.
- ^ "Former Derry manager Coleman dies after long illness". Independent.ie. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ^ Larkin, Brendan (1999). "Gutted Kavanagh says they simply under-achieved". Irish Examiner.[permanent dead link]