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Amager Tigers Win Back-to-Back Premierships
The 1993 DAFL Grand Final was certainly a final to go into the history books. The final was planned for Saturday, September 11. With one of the biggest downpours of rain in Denmark's history for four days in a row prior to the final, AB Stadium was under water and the result was a postponement of the final; a big disappointment to all involved.
The final was finally played on Sunday, September 19 in perfect football conditions with the sun shining all day at AB. A good crowd had turned up and the Danish TV2 and The Voice radio were again involved with the final. The pre-match activities and music were followed up with the introduction of both teams. The "toss of the coin" to decide which direction the teams would kick was flipped by one of Denmark's sporting greats, the great bike-racing champion, Ole Ritter.
Despite the unexpected postponement, both teams were "tuned up" and ready for the big game. During the season, both teams had beaten each other so all was set for a close encounter. Unfortunately, Copenhagen had two of their key players missing due to the postponement and both teams had a key player missing due to injury.
As expected, the game began at a furious pace with both teams "testing" each other. Copenhagen were looking strong and registered the first goal. The Tigers were applying pressure all over the ground, and half way through the first quarter, they took over control of the game. In a space of 15 minutes they had scored an amazing 10 goals with the Crocodiles adding on one further goal.
As the final score showed, the rest of the game was a tightly fought contest but the Crocodiles could not overcome the damage inflicted by the Tigers' first quarter burst. The Crocodiles had fighters all day with top on-field performances by Mark Guthrie and Boris Kjær. The Tigers had dominators all over the field and in particular, special mention should be given to Jim Campion, Peter McDonald and Steen Jørgensen. After a top team performance, Amager "Tigers" won the 1993 championship for the second time in a row running out comfortable winners by 63 points.
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