1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Football match
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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
Derry 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
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Aftermath
Derry'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]