FLASHBACK: Dublin v Tyrone- 1995 All-Ireland Football Final

Dublin and Tyrone are preparing to meet in this weekend’s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final, which takes place on Saturday evening at Croke Park.

Those of a sky blue persuasion will be hoping for a similar outcome to that of the 1995 All-Ireland final this weekend, in which the Dubs claimed a slender one-point win to lift the Sam Maguire at the expense of the Red Hands.

Tyrone raced into a three-point lead, but back came Dublin, and by the 15th minute, Dublin found themselves a point up thanks to a lovely curling point from Dessie Farrell. But at the other end, Peter Canavan, who would go on to score 11 points for his county, was keeping Tyrone in it.

Dublin would get themselves a goal before the break when Jason Sherlock found himself one-on-one with the onrushing Tyrone keeper Finbar McConnell and managed to squeeze the ball past him before Charlie Redmond made sure the ball ended up in the net to give the Boys in Blue a four-point lead in the 26th minute.

Paul Curran would get his first point three minutes before the break to extend that lead to five and give Dublin a 1-8 to 0-6 advantage at half-time.

Canavan would get Tyrone up and running after the restart before the final’s most infamous moment when Redmond was sent off for a headbutt on Feargal Logan.

Much to everyone’s confusion, Redmond remained on the field for two more minutes before referee Paddy Russell dismissed him again. The incident would then prompt the GAA to introduce yellow and red cards.

Paul Clarke’s late point would prove to be decisive, but Tyrone, through Canavan, put the squeeze on the Dubs late on as the Ulster county looked to rescue a draw and take the final to a replay.

There would be further drama when Canavan was penalised for touching the ball on the ground while playing in Seán McLoughlin, who thought he had sealed a replay for his county.

Dublin were awarded a free out, which was taken and met with a roar from the Dublin faithful as Dublin became All-Ireland champions for the first time since 1983.

Dublin 1-10 (13) - 0-12 (12) Tyrone

Man of the Match: Paul Curran

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 58,684

Referee: Paddy Russell

Scorers for Dublin: D Farrell 0-4 (1f), C Redmond 1-1 (1f), P Clarke 0-2 (1f), K Barr 0-1 (f), J Gavin 0-1, P Curran 0-1.

Scorers for Tyrone: P Canavan 0-11 (10fs), J Gormley 0-1.

DUBLIN: J O’Leary; P Moran, C Walsh, K Galvin; P Curran, K Barr, M Deegan; P Bealin, B Stynes; J Gavin, D Farrell, P Clarke; M Galvin, J Sherlock, C Redmond.

Subs: P Gilroy for K Galvin; R Boyle for M Galvin; V Murphy for Farrell.

TYRONE: F McConnell; P Devlin, C Lawn, F Devlin; R McGarrihy, S McCallan, S McLaughlin; F Logan, J Gormley; C Corr (capt), Pascal Canavan, C Loughran; C McBride, Peter Canavan, S Lawn.

Subs: M McGleenan for C Loughran; B Gormley for S Lawn; P Donnelly for S McCallan.