1994 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final explained

1994 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event:1994 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Team1:Down
Team1score:1-12
(15)
Team2:Dublin
Team2score:0-13
(13)
Date:18 September 1994
Stadium:Croke Park
City:Dublin
Referee:Tommy Sugrue (Kerry)
Attendance:58,684
Previous:1993
Next:1995

The 1994 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 107th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1994 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

James McCartan Jnr scored the winning goal to complete an unprecedented Ulster four-in-a-row, and to extend Down's unbeaten final record to five wins out of five.[1] Down maintained this remarkable record in All-Ireland finals until their sixth appearance in 2010, when Cork defeated them by a score of 0-16 to 0-15.[2] [3] [4]

Down's second All-Ireland football title of the decade following their success in 1991, they were joint "team of the decade" for the 1990s with Meath who won two titles in 1996 and 1999.[5] [6]

This was the last occasion on which a team from Ulster won an All-Ireland SFC until Armagh won the 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final.[7]

Notes and References

  1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. News: Down fans travel to All-Ireland final. The News Letter. 19 September 2010. 19 September 2010.
  3. News: All-Ireland SFC Final: Cork 0–16 0–15 Down. BBC. 19 September 2010. 19 September 2010.
  4. News: Seán. Moran. Resilient Rebels do just enough to end their agonising wait. 20 September 2010. The Irish Times. 20 September 2010.
  5. News: Kerry on honour roll. Irish Independent. 14 September 2009. 14 September 2009.
  6. Web site: Down Profile. Hogan Stand.
  7. News: Armagh are champions. BBC. 22 September 2002.