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.
| Event | 1994 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 18 September 1994 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Tommy Sugrue (Kerry) | ||||||
| Attendance | 58,684 | ||||||
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]
References
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- ^ "Down fans travel to All-Ireland final". The News Letter. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "All-Ireland SFC Final: Cork 0–16 0–15 Down". BBC. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
- ^ Moran, Seán (20 September 2010). "Resilient Rebels do just enough to end their agonising wait". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
- ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ^ "Down Profile". Hogan Stand.
- ^ "Armagh are champions". BBC. 22 September 2002.