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2008 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

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2008 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
Tournament details
CountyUlster
Year2008
Winners
ChampionsCrossmaglen (7th win)
ManagerDonal Murtagh
CaptainJohn 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

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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
Ballinderry (Derry) 1–11
Ballinderry (Derry) 1–10
R:
Crossmaglen (Armagh) 1–10
R:
St Eunan's (Donegal) 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

Preliminary round

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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

Quarter-finals

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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?)

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

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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

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

Final

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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

Ballinderry Shamrocks
Crossmaglen Rangers
Ballinderry Shamrocks:
1 Michael Conlan
2 Declan Bell
3 Niall McCusker
4 Conor Wilkinson Yellow card 2' Yellow-red card 30'
5 Michael McIver
6 Kevin McGuckin Yellow card 24'
7 Conor Nevin downward-facing red arrow 39'
8 James Conway Yellow card 8'
14 Enda Muldoon (c)
10 Martin Harney downward-facing red arrow 33'
11 Darren Conway
? Coilin Devlin
13 Raymond Wilkinson
? Brian McGuckin downward-facing red arrow 48'
15 Conleith Gilligan downward-facing red arrow 60'
Substitutes:
?? Ronan McGuckin Yellow card 60' upward-facing green arrow 33'
?? Michael Bell upward-facing green arrow 39'
?? James Bateson upward-facing green arrow 48'
?? Gerard Cassidy upward-facing green arrow 60'
Manager:
Martin McKinless
Crossmaglen Rangers:
1 Paul Hearty
2 Brendan McKeown
7 Paul Kernan
4 P McKeown
5 Aaron Kernan Yellow card 2'
3 Francie Bellew Yellow card 40' downward-facing red arrow 52'
6 John Donaldson (c)
8 Tony McEntee
9 David McKenna
10 Michael McNamee Yellow card 9' Yellow-red card 39'
11 John McEntee Red card 53'
12 Stephen Kernan downward-facing red arrow 55'
13 Tony Kernan Yellow card 30' downward-facing red arrow 44'
14 Cathal Short downward-facing red arrow 40'
15 Oisín McConville
Substitutes:
?? Johnny Murtagh upward-facing green arrow 40'
?? Jamie Clarke upward-facing green arrow 44'
?? Stephen Finnegan upward-facing green arrow 52'
?? Rico Kelly upward-facing green arrow 55'
Manager:
Donal Murtagh

MATCH RULES

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

Replay

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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

Ballinderry Shamrocks
Crossmaglen Rangers
Ballinderry Shamrocks:
Michael Conlan
Declan Bell downward-facing red arrow 54'
Niall McCusker
Conor Wilkinson
Kevin McGuckin
Ronan McGuckin
Michael Bell
James Conway
Kevin 'Moss' McGuckin downward-facing red arrow 45 to 48 (blood sub)' downward-facing red arrow 57'
Darren Conway (c)
Conleith Gilligan
Raymond Wilkinson
Coilin Devlin
Martin Harney
Brian McGuckin downward-facing red arrow ht'
Substitutes:
James Bateson upward-facing green arrow ht'
Paul Wilson upward-facing green arrow 54'
Ryan Scott upward-facing green arrow 57'
Shane Rocks upward-facing green arrow 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 downward-facing red arrow 42'
John McEntee
Michael McNamee
Jamie Clarke downward-facing red arrow 51'
Johnny Murtagh downward-facing red arrow 55'
Oisín McConville
Substitutes:
Tony Kernan upward-facing green arrow 42'
Kyle Carragher upward-facing green arrow 51'
Johnathon Hanratty upward-facing green arrow 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

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