The Madness of Football, episode 6: a whole new ball game in the 1990s?

Derry beat Cork in the '93 decider - a game that showed how the sport was evolving.

RED TIDE: Cork captain Mick McCarthy with match referee Tommy Howard of Kildare and Derry skipper Henry Downey. Picture: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

As we journey through the history of the game, we reach the '90s when rule changes designed to save football from the 'road to oblivion' started to have a profound effect.

We look at Derry v Cork in the 1993 All-Ireland final to examine how these new laws started to affect the play and look back on why they were introduced in the first place.