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.

1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Derry Cork
1-14
(17)		 2-8
(14)
Date19 September 1993
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Man of the MatchJohnny McGurk
RefereeTommy Howard (Kildare)[1]
Attendance64,500

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
Derry1-14 – 2-8Cork
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
Attendance: 64,500
Referee: Tommy Howard (Kildare)
Derry
Cork
1Damien McCusker
2Kieran McKeever
3Tony Scullion
4Fergal McCusker
5Johnny McGurk
6Henry Downey (c)
7Gary Coleman
8Anthony Tohill
9Brian McGilligan
10Dermot Heaney
11Damian Barton
12Damian Cassidydownward-facing red arrow HT'
13Joe Brolly
14Seamus Downeydownward-facing red arrow 58'
15Enda Gormley
Substitutes:
16Don Kelly
17Danny Quinn
18Dermot McNichollupward-facing green arrow HT'
19Karl Diamond
20Éamonn Burnsupward-facing green arrow 58'
21Declan Bateson
22Brian McCormick
23Richard Ferris
24Stephen Mulvenna

Manager:
Eamonn Coleman
1John Kerins
2Brian Corcoran
3Mark O'Connor
4Niall Cahalane
5Ciarán O'Sullivan
6Steven O'Brien
7Tony DavisSO 35'
8Shea Fahy
9Teddy McCarthydownward-facing red arrow HT'
10Don Davis
11Joe Kavanagh
12Barry Coffey
13Colin Corkerydownward-facing red arrow 66'
14John O'Driscoll
15Mick McCarthy (c)downward-facing red arrow 63'
Substitutes:
16Kevin O'Dwyer
17Mark Farr
18Conor Counihanupward-facing green arrow 66'
19Danny Cullotyupward-facing green arrow HT'
20Liam Honohan
21John Clearyupward-facing green arrow 63'
22Paul Coleman
23Pat Hegarty
24Brian Murphy

Manager:
Billy Morgan

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]

References
  1. "Someone had to walk". Sunday Independent. 28 September 2003.
  2. High Ball magazine, issue 6, 1998
  3. "Flashback: 1993 All-Ireland SFC Final - Derry v Cork". GAA.ie. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. 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
  5. "Big turnout at Coleman's funeral". BBC Sport. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2007.
  6. "Former Derry manager Coleman dies after long illness". Independent.ie. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  7. Larkin, Brendan (1999). "Gutted Kavanagh says they simply under-achieved". Irish Examiner.
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