2008 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

2008 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
Tournament details
County	Ulster
Year	2008
Winners
Champions	Crossmaglen (7th win)
Manager	Donal Murtagh
Captain	John Donaldson

The 2008 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship was the 41st staging of the annual Ulster Senior Club Football Championship which is administered by Ulster GAA. Nine GAA county boards compete for the Séamus McFerran Cup. The championship started on 19 October 2008 and concluded with the final replay on 14 December 2008.

Crossmaglen Rangers won the competition, beating Ballinderry Shamrocks in the final, after a replay. Crossmaglen therefore went on to compete in the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

Draw

Preliminary Round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Mayobridge (Down)

2–05

St Gall's (Antrim)

0–12

St Gall's (Antrim)

0–07

Cavan Gaels (Cavan)

1–07

Cavan Gaels (Cavan)

0–07

Ballinderry (Derry)

0–17

Latton (Monaghan)

0–10

1–11

1–10
R:

1–10
R:

2–10

Clonoe (Tyrone)

1–08

St Eunan's (Donegal)

0–08

Crossmaglen (Armagh)

0–11

Crossmaglen (Armagh)

0–13

St Patrick's Donagh (Fermanagh)

0–06

Source: Hogan Stand website.^[1]

Preliminary round

19 October 2008 3.30pm	Mayobridge (Down)	2–05 – 0–12	St Gall’s (Antrim)	Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: Martin Sludden (Tyrone)
	Ronan Sexton 1-01 Brendan Coulter 1-01 Noel Sexton 0-03 (0-01 free)	BBC report Belfast Telegraph report	CJ McGourty 0-04 (0-01 free) Kevin Niblock 0-02 Karl Stewart 0-02 (0-01 free) Sean Kelly 0-01 Anto Healy 0-01 Terry O'Neill 0-01 Kevin McGourty 0-01	Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: Martin Sludden (Tyrone)

Quarter-finals

2 November 2008 2.30pm	St Gall's (Antrim)	0–07 – 1–07	Cavan Gaels (Cavan)	Casement Park, Belfast Referee: Michael Hughes (Tyrone)
	CJ McGourty 0-03 Sean Kelly 0-01 Kevin McGourty 0-01 S O'Neill 0-01 Karl Stewart 0-01 (frees?)	BBC report Hoganstand report Belfast Telegraph report	Seánie Johnston 0-05 Micheál Lyng 1-00 E Reilly 0-01 N Murray0-01 (frees?)	Casement Park, Belfast Referee: Michael Hughes (Tyrone)

2 November 2008 2.30pm	Latton (Monaghan)	0–10 – 1–11	Ballinderry (Derry)	Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen Referee: Jimmy White (Donegal)
	Bernard O'Brien 0-03 (0-01 free) Hugh McElroy 0-02 (0-02 frees) Hughie Lennon 0-01 Aidan Farmer 0-01 Eoin Duffy 0-01 Noel Coyle 0-01 Martin O'Brien 0-01	BBC report Hoganstand report Belfast Telegraph report	Conleith Gilligan 0-06 (0-04 frees) Raymond Wilkinson 1-02 Enda Muldoon 0-02 Kevin 'Moss' McGuckin 0-01

2 November 2008 2.30pm	St Eunan's (Donegal)	2–10 – 1–08	Clonoe (Tyrone)	Fr. Peter Campbell Park, Coalisland Referee: J McKee (Armagh)
	Brendan Devenney 0-04 K Sharkey 1-01 D McGinley 1-00 Ross Wherity 0-02 Conall Dunne 0-01 Rory Kavanagh 0-01 Kevin Rafferty 0-01 (frees?)	BBC report Hoganstand report Belfast Telegraph report	R.R. O'Neill 1-01 R.T. O'Neill 0-03 S McNulty 0-02 D Burke 0-01 Colm Doris 0-01 (frees?)

9 November 2008 2.30pm	Crossmaglen (Armagh)	0–13 – 0–06	St Patrick's Donagh (Fermanagh)	St. Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen Referee: Brian Crowe (Cavan)
	Oisín McConville 0-03 (0-02 frees) Aaron Kernan 0-03 (0-02 frees) David McKenna 0-02 Martin Aherne 0-02 Tony Kernan 0-02 Kyle Carragher 0-01	BBC report Hoganstand report Belfast Telegraph report	Shane McDermott 0-01 Patrick Cadden 0-01 (0-01 free) Gary Maguire 0-01 Eamon Maguire 0-03 (0-01 free)

Semi-finals

16 November 2008 2.30pm	Cavan Gaels (Cavan)	0–07 – 0–17	Ballinderry (Derry)	Athletic Grounds, Armagh Referee: Pat McEnaney (Monaghan)
	Micheál Lyng 0-02 (0-01 free) R Maloney Derham 0-01 Enda King 0-01 Niall Murray 0-01 Seanie Johnston 0-01 C McClarey 0-01	BBC report Hogan Stand report Belfast Telegraph report	Coilin Devlin 0-05 (0-03 frees) Raymond Wilkinson 0-03 Martin Harney 0-02 Enda Muldoon 0-02 (0-01 '45) James Bateson 0-02 Darren Conway 0-01 Conleith Gilligan 0-01 Michael Bell 0-01	Athletic Grounds, Armagh Referee: Pat McEnaney (Monaghan)

16 November 2008 2.30pm	St Eunan's (Donegal)	0–08 – 0–11	Crossmaglen (Armagh)	Brewster Park, Enniskillen Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
	Ross Wherity 0-03 (0-01 '45) Conall Dunne 0-03 (0-02 frees) Rory Kavanagh 0-01 P McGowan 0-01	BBC report Hogan Stand report Belfast Telegraph report	Oisín McConville 0-06 (0-05 frees) John McEntee 0-02 Aaron Kernan 0-01 (0-01 free) Tony Kernan 0-01 John Murtagh 0-01	Brewster Park, Enniskillen Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

Final

30 November 2008 ?.??pm	Crossmaglen (Armagh)	1–10 – 1–10	Ballinderry (Derry)	Brewster Park, Enniskillen Referee: Martin Sludden (Tyrone)
	Oisín McConville 1-02 (0-01/2 frees) Aaron Kernan 0-02 (0-02 frees) David McKenna 0-01 Michael McNamee 0-02 Stephen Kernan 0-01 Tony Kernan 0-01 Johnny Murtagh 0-01	BBC report Hogan Stand report Belfast Telegraph report	Coilin Devlin 0-06 (0-03/4 frees) Niall McCusker 1-00 James Conway 0-01 Darren Conway 0-01 Enda Muldoon 0-01 Conleith Gilligan 0-01	Brewster Park, Enniskillen Referee: Martin Sludden (Tyrone)

Ballinderry Shamrocks

Crossmaglen Rangers


Ballinderry Shamrocks:
1	Michael Conlan
2	Declan Bell
3	Niall McCusker
4	Conor Wilkinson	2' 30'
5	Michael McIver
6	Kevin McGuckin	24'
7	Conor Nevin		39'
8	James Conway	8'
14	Enda Muldoon (c)
10	Martin Harney		33'
11	Darren Conway
?	Coilin Devlin
13	Raymond Wilkinson
?	Brian McGuckin		48'
15	Conleith Gilligan		60'
Substitutes:
??	Ronan McGuckin	60'	33'
??	Michael Bell		39'
??	James Bateson		48'
??	Gerard Cassidy		60'
Manager:
Martin McKinless


Crossmaglen Rangers:
1	Paul Hearty
2	Brendan McKeown
7	Paul Kernan
4	P McKeown
5	Aaron Kernan	2'
3	Francie Bellew	40'	52'
6	John Donaldson (c)
8	Tony McEntee
9	David McKenna
10	Michael McNamee	9' 39'
11	John McEntee	53'
12	Stephen Kernan		55'
13	Tony Kernan	30'	44'
14	Cathal Short		40'
15	Oisín McConville
Substitutes:
??	Johnny Murtagh		40'
??	Jamie Clarke		44'
??	Stephen Finnegan		52'
??	Rico Kelly		55'
Manager:
Donal Murtagh

MATCH RULES

60 minutes.
Replay if necessary.
Nine named substitutes.
Maximum of 5 substitutions.

Replay

14 December 2008 ?.??pm	Crossmaglen (Armagh)	0–12 – 1–04	Ballinderry (Derry)	Brewster Park, Enniskillen Referee: Brian Crowe (Cavan)
	Oisín McConville 0-05 (0-02 frees, 0-01 penalty) Michael McNamee 0-02 P. McKeown 0-01 Aaron Kernan 0-01 (0-01 free) Jamie Clarke 0-01 Johnny Murtagh 0-01		James Bateson 1-00 Conleith Gilligan 0-02 (0-01 free) James Conway 0-01 Martin Harney 0-01	Brewster Park, Enniskillen Referee: Brian Crowe (Cavan)

Ballinderry Shamrocks

Crossmaglen Rangers


Ballinderry Shamrocks:
	Michael Conlan
	Declan Bell	54'
	Niall McCusker
	Conor Wilkinson
	Kevin McGuckin
	Ronan McGuckin
	Michael Bell
	James Conway
	Kevin 'Moss' McGuckin	45 to 48 (blood sub)' 57'
	Darren Conway (c)
	Conleith Gilligan
	Raymond Wilkinson
	Coilin Devlin
	Martin Harney
	Brian McGuckin	ht'
Substitutes:
	James Bateson	ht'
	Paul Wilson	54'
	Ryan Scott	57'
	Shane Rocks	45 to 48 (blood sub)'
Manager:
Martin McKinless


Crossmaglen Rangers:
	Paul Hearty
	Brendan McKeown
	Paul Kernan
	P McKeown
	Aaron Kernan
	Francie Bellew
	John Donaldson (c)
	Tony McEntee
	David McKenna
	Stephen Kernan	42'
	John McEntee
	Michael McNamee
	Jamie Clarke	51'
	Johnny Murtagh	55'
	Oisín McConville
Substitutes:
	Tony Kernan	42'
	Kyle Carragher	51'
	Johnathon Hanratty	55'
Manager:
Donal Murtagh

MATCH RULES

60 minutes.
Extra-time if necessary.
Further replay if scores still level.
Nine named substitutes.
Maximum of 5 substitutions.

References

^ "Club championship's under way". Hogan Stand. Lynn Publications. 9 October 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.

External links

Ulster GAA website

[1] "Club championship's under way". Hogan Stand. Lynn Publications. 9 October 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.

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