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.

Derry won their first and only All-Ireland with a Seamus Downey goal.

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.