2008 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

For a history of the Ulster Club Championship see Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. For the hurling equivalent see Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship
2008 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
Winners
Ulster champions Crossmaglen (7th win)
Captain John Donaldson
Manager Donal Murtagh

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

Action from the semi-final match between St. Gall’s (yellow) and Cavan Gaels (blue)
Ballinderry's Niall McCusker scoring the equalising goal against Crossmaglen in the final
Crossmaglen celebrate winning the 2008 Ulster Club Championship
  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:
        
        
   Naomh Adhamhnáin (Donegal) 2–10
     Clonoe (Tyrone) 1–08  
      
        
   Naomh Adhamhnáin (Donegal) 0–08
   Crossmaglen (Armagh) 0–11  
        
        
   Crossmaglen (Armagh) 0–13
     St. Patrick's Donagh (Fermanagh) 0–06  
      

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

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 		Seanie Johnston 0-05
Michael 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 		Naomh Adhamhnáin (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
Conal 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)
Michael 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 		Naomh Adhamhnáin (Donegal) 0–08 – 0–11 Crossmaglen (Armagh) Brewster Park, Enniskillen
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Ross Wherity 0-03 (0-01 '45)
Conal 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

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 cardYellow cardRed card 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 Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 9', 39'
11 John McEntee Red card 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
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

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

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