Derry football season 2008

Derry

2008 season
Chairman	Séamus McCloy
Manager	Paddy Crozier
National Football League	Winners
Dr. McKenna Cup	Final
Ulster Championship	Semi-final
All-Ireland Championship	Qualfiers Round 1
Top goalscorer	League: Paddy Bradley (1-39) All: Paddy Bradley (3-71)
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The following are the results and details of the Derry senior Gaelic football team's competitive games in 2008. Details of the 2008 Derry club competitions are also shown.

Contents 1 Dr. McKenna Cup 1.1 Group games 1.2 Semi-final 1.3 Final 2 National Football League 2.1 Group games 2.2 Final 3 Championship 3.1 Ulster Senior Football Championship 3.2 Qualifiers 4 Squad statistics 5 Club scene 5.1 Adult championships 5.2 Adult regional competitions 5.3 Adult leagues 5.4 Underage championships 5.5 Underage leagues 5.6 Other underage competitions 6 Notes and references 7 External links

Dr. McKenna Cup

Derry had a relatively successful 2008 Dr. McKenna Cup, winning all three groups games and reaching the final, before losing to Down. Manager Paddy Crozier used the competition to try out young promising players,^[1] such as Enda Lynn who won the TG4 Man of the Match award against Armagh on his inter-county debut.^[2] Paddy Bradley ended the competition as Derry's top scorer with 2-15.

Group games

6 January 2008 Round 1 Report: [1], [2]	Armagh	0-06 – 2-09	Derry	Davitt Park, Lurgan Attendance: ? Referee: Con McReynolds (Down)
	Brian Mallon 0-02, Stefan Forker 0-02 (0-02 frees), Gregory Loughran and Conor Clarke 0-01 each.		Seán Leo McGoldrick 2-00, Enda Lynn 0-03 (0-01 free), Enda Muldoon 0-02 (0-02 frees), Cathal O'Kane 0-02, Coilin Devlin and Ciaran Mullan 0-01 each.

9 January 2008 Round 2 Report: [3]	Derry	1-15 – 2-08	St. Mary's University College	Shamrock Park, Ballinderry Attendance: ? Referee: Gregory Walsh (Antrim)
	Paddy Bradley 1-05 (0-03 frees), Ciaran Mullan 0-03 (0-01 free), Rian Kealey 0-02, Michael McBride, Niall McCusker, Cathal O'Kane, Enda Lynna and Coilin Devlin 0-01 each.		John Cunningham 1-00, Paul McAleer 1-00, Paul Carvill 0-04 (0-03 frees), Barry McGoldrick 0-02 (0-01 free), Gareth O'Neill 0-01, Michael Pollack 0-01 (0-01 free).

13 January 2008 Round 3 Report: [4], [5]	Derry	0-13 – 0-08	Fermanagh	Watty Graham Park, Glen Attendance: ? Referee: Robbie O'Donnell (Donegal)
	Paddy Bradley 0-04 (0-03 frees), Raymond Wilkinson 0-03, Ciaran Mullan 0-02, Coilin Devlin 0-02 (0-02 frees), Rian Kealey and James Conway 0-01 each.		Matthew Keenan 0-04 (0-04 frees), Ronan McCabe 0-01 (0-01 free), Martin McGrath, Ciaran Lennon, Mark Little 0-01 each.

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Semi-final

23 January 2008 Semi-final Report: [6], [7], [8]	Derry	2-12 – 1-10	Fermanagh	Healy Park, Omagh Attendance: ? Referee: Martin Sludden (Tyrone)
	Coilin Devlin 1-01, Raymond Wilkinson 1-00, Paddy Bradley 0-04, James Conway 0-02, Cathal O'Kane, Michael McBride, Seán Leo McGoldrick, Enda Lynn and Fergal Doherty 0-01 each.		Shaun Doherty 1-02, Matthew Keenan 0-03 (0-03 frees), Mark Little 0-02 (0-01 free), Eamon Maguire, Damian Kelly and Ryan Keenan 0-01 each.

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Final

26 January 2008 Final Report: [9], [10], [11]	Down	1-12 – 1-06	Derry	Casement Park, Belfast Attendance: 5,325[3] Referee: Michael Hughes (Tyrone)
	D Hughes 0-04, C Gribben 1-00, J Clarke 0-03, L Doyle 0-01 (0-01 free), J Fegan 0-01 (0-01 free), J Lynch, K McKernan and R Sexton 0-01 each.		Paddy Bradley 1-02 (0-01 free), Eoin Bradley 0-02, Rian Kealey 0-01, Enda Muldoon 0-01 (0-01 free).

National Football League

Derry won the 2008 National League, their first League success since 1999/2000 and sixth in total. They finished top of the group stage standings and along with Kerry qualified for the final, played in Parnell Park. Derry defeated Kerry on a scoreline of 2-13 to 2-09, with Fergal Doherty grapping the man of the match award.^[4][5] As in the McKenna Cup, Paddy Bradley ended the competition as Derry's top scorer with 1-39 (42). Indeed this was third overall in Division 1, behind Kerry's Bryan Sheehan (1-41 (44)) and Galway's Michael Meehan (4-31 (43)).

Group games

2 February 2008 Round 1 Report: [12], [13], [14], [15]	Derry	2-09 – 1-09	Mayo	Celtic Park, Derry Attendance: ? Referee: John Bannon (Longford)
	Paddy Bradley 0-05 (0-04 frees), Mark Lynch 1-01, Coilin Devlin 1-00, Ciaran Mullan 0-02 (0-01 free), Enda Muldoon 0-01.		Conor Mortimer 1-02 (0-01 free), Andy Moran 0-02, Alan Dillon 0-02 (0-02 frees), Austin O'Malley, Mickey Mullins and C Barrett 0-01 each.

16 February 2008 Round 2 Report: [16], [17]	Laois	1-09 – 2-12	Derry	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Attendance: ? Referee: Pat McEnaney (Monaghan)
	Billy Sheehan 1-01, Michael Tierney 0-03 (0-02 frees), Colm Parkinson 0-02, Pauric Clancy, Ross Munnelly and John O'Loughlin 0-01 each.		Mark Lynch 1-02, Paddy Bradley 1-01 (0-01 free), Ciaran Mullan 0-04 (0-02 frees), Barry McGoldrick 0-02, Enda Muldoon, Coilin Devlin and James Conway 0-01 each.

2 March 2008 Round 3 Report: [18], [19]	Kerry	0-10 – 0-09	Derry	FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney Attendance: ? Referee: Michael Collins (Cork)
	Bryan Sheehan 0-06 (0-03 frees, 0-01 ‘45’), Darren O'Sullivan, Sean O'Sullivan, Kieran Donaghy and Paul O'Connor 0-01 each.		Paddy Bradley 0-05 (0-01 free), Enda Muldoon 0-02 (0-01 free, 0-01 ‘45’), James Conway and Liam Hinphey 0-01 each.

15 March 2008 Round 4 Report: [20], [21], [22]	Derry	1-16 – 0-08	Kildare	Celtic Park, Derry Attendance: ? Referee: E Murtagh (Longford)
	Paddy Bradley 0-09 (0-05 frees), Mark Lynch 1-00, Conleith Gilligan 0-02, Barry McGoldrick 0-01 (0-01 free), Liam Hinphey, James Conway, Enda Muldoon and Ciaran Mullan 0-01 each.		John Doyle 0-04 (0-04 frees), J Kavanagh 0-02, M Conway 0-01 (0-01 '45'), M O'Flaherty 0-01.

30 March 2008 Round 5 Report: [23], [24], [25]	Galway	3-09 – 0-13	Derry	Pearse Stadium, Salthill Attendance: ? Referee: Rory Hickey (Clare)
	Michael Meehan 1-03 (1-00 pen, 0-02 frees), Matthew Clancy 1-02, Padraic Joyce 1-01, Niall Coleman, Joe Bergin, Fiachra Breathneach 0-01 each.		Conleith Gilligan 0-03 (0-02 frees), Enda Muldoon 0-02, James Conway 0-02, Mark Lynch 0-02, Eoin Bradley 0-02, Gerard O'Kane and Joe Diver 0-01 each.

5 April 2008 Round 6 Report: [26], [27], [28]	Derry	0-14 – 0-10	Tyrone	Celtic Park, Derry Attendance: ≈8,000[6] Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
	Paddy Bradley 0-07 (0-02 frees), Conleith Gilligan 0-03 (0-02 frees), James Conway, Mark Lynch, Barry McGoldrick, Eoin Bradley 0-01 each.		Tommy McGuigan 0-03 (0-02 frees), Colm McCullagh 0-02 (0-01 free), Sean Cavanagh 0-01 (0-01 free), Phillip Jordan, Colin Holmes, Raymond Mulgrew and Niall Gormley 0-01 each.

13 April 2008 Round 7 Report: [29], [30]	Donegal	0-10 – 0-15	Derry	O'Donnell Park, Letterkenny Attendance: ? Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo)
	Colm McFadden 0-05 (0-03 frees), Michael Hegarty 0-01 (0-01 free), Michael Doherty 0-01 (0-01 penalty), Leon Thompson, Frank McGlynn and Christy Toye 0-01 each.		Paddy Bradley 0-06 (0-03 frees), Conleith Gilligan 0-03 (0-02 frees), Enda Muldoon 0-01 (0-01 free), Michael McIver, Fergal Doherty, James Conway, Mark Lynch, Eoin Bradley 0-01 each.

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Final

27 April 2008 Final Report: [31], [32], [33]	Derry	2-13 – 2-09	Kerry	Parnell Park, Dublin Attendance: ? Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)
	Paddy Bradley 0-06 (0-02 frees, 0-01 sideline), Conleith Gilligan 1-01 (0-01 free), Fergal Doherty 1-00, Eoin Bradley 0-02, Enda Muldoon, Niall McCusker, Paul Murphy and Michael McIver 0-01 each.		Darren O'Sullivan 1-02, Mike Frank Russell 0-04 (0-04 frees), Donnacha Walsh 1-00, Aidan O'Mahony, Eoin Brosnan and Tomás Ó Sé 0-01 each.

Derry - National Football League winners 2008 (6th title) 1 B. Gillis | 2 K. McGuckin | 23 N. McCusker | 4 F. McEldowney | 5 L. Hinphey | 6 G. O'Kane | 7 M. McIver | 8 F. Doherty | 9 J. Diver | 10 M. Lynch | 11 B. McGoldrick | 12 E. Muldoon | 13 C. Gilligan | 14 Paddy Bradley | 15 E. Bradley Subs used: 21 S.M. Lockhart for F. McEldowney | 26 Paul Murphy for E. Bradley | 3 K. McCloy (capt.) for L. Hinphey | 20 J. Keenan for M. McIver | 25 C. Mullan for C. Gilligan Subs not used: 16 J. Deighan | 17 Patsy Bradley | 18 P. Cartin | 19 R. Dillon | 22 M. McBride | 24 R. McElhone | 27 P. O'Hea | 28 C. O'Kane | 29 R. Wilkinson |  •  J. Conway |  •  C. Devlin |  •  M. Friel |  •  E. Lynn |  •  S.L. McGoldrick |  •  E. O'Kane Manager: P. Crozier  Backroom team:  •  Peter Doherty |  •  Martin Heaney |  •  Bernie Henry |  •  John McCloskey (Team as 2008 NFL final versus Kerry (27 April 2008))

Championship

Derry Championship line-ups:

Opposition	Derry team	Ref
Donegal
Fermanagh	B. Gillis; K. McGuckin, K. McCloy (c.), F. McEldowney; G. O'Kane, N. McCusker, M. McIver; J. Conway, J. Diver; M. Lynch, P. Murphy, E. Muldoon; C. Gilligan, Paddy Bradley, E. Bradley. Subs used: M. McGoldrick for McEldowney (half-time), Patsy Bradley for Murphy (45 mins), P. Cartin for McIver (58 mins), C. Devlin for Lynch (63 mins), R. Wilkinson for Diver (68 mins). Blood sub: B. McGoldrick for Muldoon (7 mins, reversed 22 mins).	[7]
Monaghan

Ulster Senior Football Championship

1 June 2008 Quarter-final Report: [34], [35], [36]	Donegal	1-12 – 1-14	Derry	MacCumhail Park, Ballybofey Attendance: 17,237[8] Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo)
	Colm McFadden 0-06 (0-03 frees), Michael Murphy 1-01 (1-00 penalty), Rory Kavanagh 0-02, Barry Monaghan, Kevin Cassidy and David Walsh 0-01 each.		Paddy Bradley 0-10 (0-07 frees), Eoin Bradley 1-01, Conleith Gilligan 0-02 (0-02 frees), Enda Muldoon 0-01.

21 June 2008 Semi-final Report: [37], [38]	Fermanagh	1-11 – 1-09	Derry	Healy Park, Omagh Attendance: 14,173[9] Referee: Syl Doyle (Wexford)
	Ryan Keenan 0-04 (0-03 frees), Barry Owens 1-00, Eamon Maguire 0-02, Ciaran McElroy, D Kelly, Liam McBarron, Mark Little and Martin McGrath 0-01 each.		Eoin Bradley 1-01, Paddy Bradley 0-03 (0-01 free), Conleith Gilligan 0-02 (0-01 free, 0-01 45), Raymond Wilkinson 0-02, Michael McIver 0-01.

Qualifiers

19 July 2008 Round 1 Report: [39], [40], [41], [42], [43]	Monaghan	1-13 – 1-12	Derry	St Tiernach's Park, Clones Attendance: ? Referee: David Goldrick (Meath)
	Tomás Freeman 0-05 (0-02 frees), Dick Clerkin 1-00, Ciaran Hanratty 0-03, Stephen Gollogly 0-02, Conor McManus, Rory Woods and Shane Smith 0-01 each.		Paddy Bradley 0-04 (0-02 frees), Eoin Bradley 1-01, Mark Lynch 0-02, Enda Muldoon, Coilin Devlin, Fergal Doherty, Joe O'Kane and Christopher McKaigue 0-01 each.

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	Club	Championship		National League		Dr. McKenna Cup		Total
			Apps	Scores	Apps	Scores	Apps	Scores	Apps	Scores
Goalkeepers
GK	John Deighan	Limavady	2	0	3	0	4	0	9	0
GK	Barry Gillis	Magherafelt	1	0	5	0	1	0	7	0
GK	Shane McGuckin	An Lúb	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
Backs
BK	Kevin McGuckin	Ballinderry	2	0	8	0	4	0	14	0
BK	Joe Keenan	Magherafelt	0	0	1(3)	0	4	0	5(3)	0
BK	Mickey McBride	Ballinascreen	1	0	5	0	5	0-02	11	0-02
BK	Niall McCusker	Ballinderry	3	0	4(1)	0-01	3	0-01	10(1)	0-02
BK	Francis McEldowney	Slaughtneil	2	0	7	0	5	0	14	0
BK	Kevin McCloy	Lavey	3	0	4(3)	0	0(2)	0	7(5)	0
BK	Paul O'Hea	Steelstown	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0	1(1)	0
BK	Ryan Dillon	Swatragh	0	0	1	0	-	-	1	0
BK	Michael McIver	Ballinderry	2	0-01	7(1)	0-02	-	-	9(1)	0-03
BK	Paul Cartin	Banagher	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0
BK	Seán Marty Lockhart	Banagher	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0
BK	Michael McGoldrick	Bellaghy	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
BK	Liam Hinphey	Dungiven	1	0	8	0-02	3(2)	0	12(2)	0-02
BK	Ryan McElhone	Newbridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BK	Gerard O'Kane	Glenullin	3	0	3(1)	0-01	0	0	6(1)	0-01
BK	Joe O'Kane	An Lúb	1	0-01	-	-	-	-	1	0-01
BK	Christopher McKaigue	Slaughtneil	0(1)	0-01	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0-01
BK	Dermot McBride	Ballinascreen	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0(2)	0
Midfielders
MF	James Conway	Ballinderry	1(2)	0	7	0-07	4	0-03	12(2)	0-10
MF	Fergal Doherty	Bellaghy	2	0-01	7	1-01	2(1)	0-01	11(1)	1-03
MF	Joe Diver	Bellaghy	2(1)	0	1(3)	0-01	0	0	3(4)	0-01
MF	Patsy Bradley	Slaughtneil	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0
Forwards
FW	Enda Muldoon	Ballinderry	3	0-02	8	0-09	1(1)	0-03	12(1)	0-14
FW	Paddy Bradley	Glenullin	3	0-17	8	1-39	4	2-15	15	3-71
FW	Eoin Bradley	Glenullin	3	3-03	4(1)	0-06	0(1)	0-02	7(2)	3-11
FW	Mark Lynch	Banagher	3	0-02	8	3-07	-	-	11	3-09
FW	Conleith Gilligan	Ballinderry	2(1)	0-04	6(1)	1-12	0	0	8(2)	1-16
FW	Paul Murphy	Dungiven	2(1)	0	1(5)	0-01	0(2)	0	3(8)	0-01
FW	Barry McGoldrick	Eoghan Rua	0(1)	0	8	0-04	-	-	8(1)	0-04
FW	Coilin Devlin	Ballinderry	1(2)	0-01	2(1)	1-01	3(2)	1-05	6(5)	2-07
FW	Raymond Wilkinson	Ballinderry	1(1)	0-02	0(2)	0	3(1)	1-03	4(4)	1-05
FW	Cathal O'Kane	Craigbane	0	0	0(3)	0	5	0-04	5(3)	0-04
FW	Ciarán Mullan	Drumsurn	0	0	4(2)	0-07	3(1)	0-06	7(3)	0-13
FW	Enda Lynn	Greenlough	0	0	0(2)	0	4(1)	0-05	4(3)	0-05
Players used in McKenna Cup and/or National League, but not in Championship panel
MF	Michael Friel	Swatragh	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0	1(1)	0
FW	Seán Leo McGoldrick	Eoghan Rua	0	0	0	0	4(1)	2-01	4(1)	2-01
BK	Eunan O'Kane	Glenullin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BK	Niall Holly	Eoghan Rua	0	0	0	0	2(1)	0	2(1)	0
MF	Aidan McElhone	Castledawson	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	0
BK	Mark Craig	Dungiven	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0	1(2)	0
BK	Rian Kealey	Dungiven	0	0	0	0	3(1)	0-04	3(1)	0-04
FW	Eoghan Brown	Bellaghy	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0(2)	0
DF	Michael O'Neill	Bellaghy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Brian Óg McAlary	Kilrea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

As of Qualifiers Round 1 played 19 July 2008 against Monaghan

Notes:

• Apps stats are recorded as (Starts) (Substitute appearancess), i.e. (2)(3) indicates a player started two games and came on as a substitute in a further three games.
• Ryan Dillon (QUB), Mark Lynch (UUJ), Barry McGoldrick and Michael McIver (both St. Mary's) all represented their college sides during the McKenna Cup, as they have first choice over players for the competition.
• Joe O'Kane,^[10] Shane McGuckin^[10] and Enda Lynn^[11] were called up to the Championship panel ahead of the Fermanagh game.
• Christopher McKaigue^[12] and Dermot McBride were called up to the panel ahead of the Monaghan game.

Club scene

• Main source: [44]

Adult championships Competition Winner Senior Football Championship Ballinderry Intermediate Football Championship Greenlough Junior Football Championship Lissan Senior Reserve Football Championship Glen Intermediate Reserve Football Championship Desertmartin Adult regional competitions Competition Winner Seán Larkin Cup (South Derry) Ballinderry Dean McGlinchey Cup (South Derry) Greenlough Graham Cup (South Derry) Kilrea Dr. Kerlin Cup (North Derry) Steelstown James O'Hagan Cup (North Derry) Glenullin Neil Carlin Cup (North Derry) Glack Division 1 Reserve Competition (All Derry) ??

Adult leagues Competition Winner Derry All County Football League Division 1 Ballinderry / Glenullin (shared) Derry All County Football League Division 2 Ballinascreen Derry All County Football League Division 3 Newbridge Derry All County Football League Division 4 Drumsurn Derry All County Football League Division 5 Lissan Derry Reserve All County Football League Division 1 Ballinderry Derry Reserve All County Football League Division 2 Swatragh Derry Reserve All County Football League Division 3 Foreglen Derry Reserve All County Football League Division 4 ?

Underage championships Competition Winner Derry Minor Football Championship Ballinderry Derry Minor 'B' Football Championship Lavey Derry Under 16 Football Championship Ballinderry Derry Under 16 'B' Football Championship St. Patrick's Derry Under 14 Football Championship Glen Derry Féile na nÓg Glen Derry Under 14 'B' Football Championship Banagher Derry Under 14 'C' Football Championship Castledawson

Underage leagues Competition Winner Derry Minor Football League Ballinderry Derry Minor Football League Bellaghy Derry Under 16 Football League Magherafelt Derry Under 16 'B' Football League Greenlough Derry Under 14 Football League Glen Derry Under 14 'B' Football League Slaughtmanus Derry Under 14 'C' Football League Glenullin

Other underage competitions

Competition	Winner
Hughes/McElwee Cup	Ballinderry
Carlin/Duffy Cup	Banagher
Under 16 ‘A' Shield	Bellaghy
Under 16 11 a-side Shield	Ballymaguigan

Notes and references

External links

• Derry GAA official website
• Senior County Football 2008 on Derry GAA official website