2018 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

2018 Ulster Club Senior Football Championship
Tournament details
Province	Ulster
Year	2018
Trophy	Seamus McFerran Cup
Sponsor	Allied Irish Banks
Date	20 October - 2 December
Teams	9 (one from each of the 9 counties)
Defending champions	Slaughtneil
Winners
Champions	Gaoth Dobhair (1st win)
Manager	Mervyn O'Donnell
Captain	Niall Friel
Qualify for	All-Ireland Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Scotstown
Manager	Kieran Donnelly
Captain	Darren Hughes
Other
Matches played	8
Total scored	16-195
Top Scorer	Shane Carey (Scotstown) (0-16)
Website	Ulster GAA
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The 2018 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship was the 51st instalment of the annual competition organised by Ulster GAA. It was one of the four provincial competitions of the 2018–19 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

Derry's Slaughtneil were the 2017 champions,^[2] but defeat in the Derry quarter-final meant they couldn't defend their title.^[3]

Donegal champions Gaoth Dobhair became Ulster champions for the first time after beating Monaghan's Scotstown in the final.^[4]

Teams[edit]

The Ulster championship is contested by the winners of the nine county championships in the Irish province of Ulster. Ulster comprises the six counties of Northern Ireland, as well as Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.

County	Team	Last win
Antrim	Erin's Own, Cargin^[5]
Armagh	Crossmaglen Rangers^[6]	2015
Cavan	Castlerahan^[7]
Derry	Eoghan Rua, Coleraine^[8]
Donegal	Gaoth Dobhair^[9]
Down	St Mary's, Burren^[10]	1988
Fermanagh	Derrygonnelly Harps^[11]
Monaghan	Scotstown^[12]	1989
Tyrone	Coalisland Na Fianna^[13]

Bracket[edit]

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Erins Own, Cargin (Antrim)

1-13

Gaoth Dobhair (Donegal)

3-11

Gaoth Dobhair (Donegal)

4-11

Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh)

0-16

Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh)

0-12

Coalisland (Tyrone)

0-10

Gaoth Dobhair (Donegal)

0-13 (aet)

Scotstown (Monaghan)

0-12 (aet)

Castlerahan (Cavan)

0-11

Eoghan Rua (Derry)

2-11

Eoghan Rua (Derry)

2-10

Scotstown (Monaghan)

1-14

Burren (Down)

0-10

Scotstown (Monaghan)

2-17

Scotstown (Monaghan)

0-13

Derrygonnelly Harps (Fermanagh)

1-11

Preliminary round[edit]

21 October 2018

14:30 GMT (UTC+0)

Preliminary round

Scotstown (Monaghan)	2-17 – 1-11	Derrygonnelly Harps (Fermanagh)
Conor McCarthy 0-5 (0-3f), Damien McArdle 1-1, Shane Carey 0-3 (0-1f), Ross McKenna 1-0, Rory Beggan 0-2 (0-2f), Kieran Hughes 0-2, Orin Heaphey 0-2, Ryan O'Toole 0-1, Jack McDevitt 0-1	Report	Conall Jones 1-2 (1-0 pen), Garvan Jones 0-4 (0-2f), Ryan Jones 0-2, Stephen McGullion 0-1, Leigh Jones 0-1, Paul Ward 0-1

St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Referee: Padraig Hughes (Armagh)

Quarter-finals[edit]

3 November 2018

19:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Quarter-final

Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh)	0-12 – 0-10	Coalisland (Tyrone)
Rían O'Neill 0-7 (0-2f, 0-1 45), Oisín O'Neill 0-2, Stephen Morris 0-1, Johnny McKeever 0-1, Mickey McNamee 0-1	Report	Paddy McNeice 0-8 (0-8f), Stephen McNally 0-1, Bailey Leonard 0-1

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)

4 November 2018

14:30 GMT (UTC+0)

Quarter-final

Burren (Down)	0-10 – 0-13	Scotstown (Monaghan)
Donal O'Hare 0-5 (0-5f), Cathal Foy 0-2, Ryan Treanor 0-1 (0-1f), Eamonn Toner 0-1, Sean Murdock 0-1	Report	Shane Carey 0-5 (0-2f), Rory Beggan 0-2 (0-1f), Kieran Hughes 0-2, Francis Maguire 0-2, Conor McCarthy 0-1 (0-1f), Donal Morgan 0-1

Páirc Esler, Newry

Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)

4 November 2018

14:30 GMT (UTC+0)

Quarter-final

Erins Own, Cargin (Antrim)	1-13 – 3-11	Gaoth Dobhair (Donegal)
Paul McCann 1-1, Jamie Gribbin 0-3, Tomás McCann 0-2 (0-2f), Michael McCann 0-2, Martin Kane 0-1, Justin Crozier 0-1, James Laverty 0-1, Gerard McCann 0-1, Enda McGrogan 0-1	Report	Kevin Cassidy 1-3, Michael Carroll 1-3, Cian Mulligan 1-1, Eamonn Collum 0-2, Séamus Ó Baoill 0-1 (0-1f), Eamon McGee 0-1

Corrigan Park, Belfast

Referee: Paul Faloon (Down)

4 November 2018

14:30 GMT (UTC+0)

Quarter-final

Castlerahan (Cavan)	0-11 – 2-11	Eoghan Rua (Derry)
Shane McSweeney 0-3, Cian Mackey 0-2 (0-1f), Oisin O'Connell 0-2, Sean Brady 0-1, Pauric Smith 0-1, Gavin Daly 0-1	Report	Colm McGoldrick 2-1, Liam McGoldrick 0-2 (0-2f), Gavin McWilliams 0-2, Ciaran McGoldrick 0-2, Ciaran Mullan 0-1, Ruairi Mooney 0-1, Declan Mullan 0-1, Mark McTaggart 0-1

O'Raghallaigh Park, Kingscourt

Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down)

Semi-finals[edit]

18 November 2018

13:30 GMT (UTC+0)

Semi-final

Eoghan Rua (Derry)	2-10 – 1-14	Scotstown (Monaghan)
Ruairi Mooney 1-1, Ciaran Mullan 1-0, Declan Mullan 0-4, Gavin McWilliams 0-2 (0-1f), Barry Daly 0-1, Barry McGoldrick 0-1, Colm McGoldrick 0-1	Report	Conor McCarthy 1-1, Rory Beggan 0-3 (0-3f), Shane Carey 0-2 (0-2f), Damien McArdle 0-2, Kieran Hughes 0-2, Ryan O'Toole 0-1, Darren Hughes 0-1, Francis Maguire 0-1, Orin Heaphey 0-1

Healy Park, Omagh

Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down)

18 November 2018

15:30 GMT (UTC+0)

Semi-final

Gaoth Dobhair (Donegal)	4-11 – 0-16	Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh)
Dáire Ó Baoill 3-0 (1-0 pen), Kevin Cassidy 1-2, Odhrán Mac Niallais 0-4 (0-1f), Eamonn Collum 0-2 (0-1f), Niall Friel 0-1, Cian Mulligan 0-1, Shane Ferry 0-1	Report	Rían O'Neill 0-8 (0-5f), Oisín O'Neill 0-3 (0-1f), Tony Kernan 0-2 (0-1f), Johnny Hanratty 0-2, Kyle Carragher 0-1

Healy Park, Omagh

Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

Final[edit]

2 December 2018

14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Final

Gaoth Dobhair (Donegal)	0-13 – 0-12 (a.e.t.)	Scotstown (Monaghan)
Odhrán Mac Niallais 0-4 (0-3f), Kevin Cassidy 0-2, James Carroll 0-1 (0-1f), Cian Mulligan 0-1, Naoise Ó Baoill 0-1, Eamonn Collum 0-1, Michael Carroll 0-1, Shane Ferry 0-1, Ryan Kelly 0-1	Report	Shane Carey 0-6 (0-3f), Rory Beggan 0-2 (0-1f, 0-1 45), Damien McArdle 0-1, Darren Hughes 0-1, Kieran Hughes 0-1, Conor McCarthy 0-1

Healy Park, Omagh

Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)

Championship statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Shane Carey	Scotstown	0-16	16	4	4.00
2	Rían O'Neill	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-15	15	2	7.50
3	Kevin Cassidy	Gaoth Dobhair	2-7	13	3	4.33
4	Conor McCarthy	Scotstown	1-8	11	4	2.75
5	Daire Ó Baoill	Gaoth Dobhair	3-0	9	3	3.00
5	Rory Beggan	Scotstown	0-9	9	4	2.25
7	Odhrán Mac Niallais	Gaoth Dobhair	0-8	8	3	2.67
7	Paddy McNeice	Coalisland	0-8	8	1	8.00
9	Michael Carroll	Gaoth Dobhair	1-4	7	3	2.33
	Damien McArdle	Scotstown	1-4	7	4	1.75
	Kieran Hughes	Scotstown	1-4	7	4	1.75

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Daire Ó Baoill	Gaoth Dobhair	3-0	9	Crossmaglen Rangers
2	Rían O'Neill	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-8	8	Gaoth Dobhair
2	Paddy McNeice	Coalisland	0-8	8	Crossmaglen Rangers
4	Colm McGoldrick	Eoghan Rua	2-1	7	Castlerahan
4	Rían O'Neill	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-7	7	Coalisland
6	Kevin Cassidy	Gaoth Dobhair	1-3	6	Erin's Own, Cargin
	Michael Carroll	Gaoth Dobhair	1-3	6	Erin's Own, Cargin
	Shane Carey	Scotstown	0-6	6	Gaoth Dobhair
9	Kevin Cassidy	Gaoth Dobhair	1-2	5	Crossmaglen Rangers
	Conall Jones	Derrygonnelly Harps	1-2	6	Scotstown
	Conor McCarthy	Scotstown	0-5	5	Derrygonnelly Harps
	Shane Carey	Scotstown	0-5	5	Burren
	Donal O'Hare	Burren	0-5	5	Scotstown

References[edit]

^ "Kieran Donnelly named as new Fermanagh manager". RTÉ. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022. Donnelly is a well-known coach at schools level having taken charge of Omagh CBS for a number of years while he has also enjoyed success with a number of clubs, most notably in 2018 when he took Monaghan outfit Scotstown to the Ulster Club final where they lost to Donegal champions Gaoth Dobhair.
^ "Slaughtneil ease to Ulster title beating Cavan Gaels". RTÉ. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
^ "Champions Slaughtneil are stunned by Coleraine". Belfast Telegraph. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^ "Gaoth Dobhair edge out Scotstown in extra-time to win historic Ulster title". RTÉ. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^ "Cargin reclaim county title as Creggan rue missed chances". The Irish News. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^ "Crossmaglen weather storm to blitz Ballymacnab and keep up winning habit". The Irish News. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^ "Castlerahan escape cycle of defeat to land maiden Cavan crown". Irish Independent. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
^ "Daly goal the key as Eoghan Rua claim second title". The Irish News. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^ "Gaoth Dobhair end 12 years of pain with dominant display". RTÉ. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^ "O'Hare ends Kilcoo reign in Burren revenge mission". Irish Independent. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^ "Derrygonnelly make it four-in-a-row in Fermanagh". The Irish Times. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^ "Scotstown hold their nerve to edge out Ballybay". RTÉ. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^ "Impressive Coalisland cruise to Tyrone county title". The Irish Times. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

[1] "Kieran Donnelly named as new Fermanagh manager". RTÉ. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022. Donnelly is a well-known coach at schools level having taken charge of Omagh CBS for a number of years while he has also enjoyed success with a number of clubs, most notably in 2018 when he took Monaghan outfit Scotstown to the Ulster Club final where they lost to Donegal champions Gaoth Dobhair.

[2] "Slaughtneil ease to Ulster title beating Cavan Gaels". RTÉ. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

[3] "Champions Slaughtneil are stunned by Coleraine". Belfast Telegraph. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

[4] "Gaoth Dobhair edge out Scotstown in extra-time to win historic Ulster title". RTÉ. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

[5] "Cargin reclaim county title as Creggan rue missed chances". The Irish News. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

[6] "Crossmaglen weather storm to blitz Ballymacnab and keep up winning habit". The Irish News. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

[7] "Castlerahan escape cycle of defeat to land maiden Cavan crown". Irish Independent. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.

[8] "Daly goal the key as Eoghan Rua claim second title". The Irish News. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

[9] "Gaoth Dobhair end 12 years of pain with dominant display". RTÉ. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

[10] "O'Hare ends Kilcoo reign in Burren revenge mission". Irish Independent. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

[11] "Derrygonnelly make it four-in-a-row in Fermanagh". The Irish Times. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.

[12] "Scotstown hold their nerve to edge out Ballybay". RTÉ. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

[13] "Impressive Coalisland cruise to Tyrone county title". The Irish Times. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

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