The 1987 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 99th staging of the

Cork Senior Football Championship The Cork Premier Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bon Secours Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PSFC) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork Count ...

since its establishment by the Cork County Board in

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. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 21 December 1986. The championship began on 2 May 1987 and ended on 15 November 1987.

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entered the championship as the defending champions. On 15 November 1987,

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won the championship following a 2-11 to 0-09 defeat of Imokilly in the final. This was their eighth championship title overall and their first title since

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from the Nemo Rangers club was the championship's top scorer with 1-15.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the

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From Championship

Regraded to the

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Results

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Top scorers overall ;Top scorers in a single game

Miscellaneous

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's 1-05 to 0-05 defeat of Bishopstown was their first ever victory at senior level.

References

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