Match for Michaela

Match for Michaela
Donegal Ulster
Date November 3, 2012 (2012-11-03)
Venue Casement Park, Belfast
Attendance 18,662[1]

Match for Michaela was a Gaelic football match played under floodlights[2] at Casement Park in Belfast on Saturday 3 November 2012. The match was held in memory of Michaela McAreavey.

Background

All-Ireland Senior Champions Donegal played a team comprising players from the rest of Ulster in an event intended to raise funds for The Michaela Foundation.[3] Match for Michaela was launched on 25 October 2012.[4]

Match for Michaela marked the first occasion that the Donegal senior football team played since winning the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final on 23 September.[5] The game took place ahead of a planned redevelopment of Casement Park.[2]

Team selection

Donegal

Donegal manager Jim McGuinness named a squad featuring six All Stars—Paul Durcan, Frank McGlynn, Karl Lacey, Neil Gallagher, Mark McHugh and Michael Murphy. The position of Lacey, the 2012 All Stars Footballer of the Year,[5] was in some doubt ahead of the game after he picked up a hamstring injury playing for his club Four Masters.[2] As the final of the 2012 Donegal Senior Football Championship was the following day, players from the Naomh Adhamhnáin and Naomh Conaill clubs were excused. Among these were Rory Kavanagh, Leo McLoone and Anthony Thompson.

No. Player Position Club
1 Paul Durcan Goalkeeper The Four Masters
2 Paddy McGrath Right Corner Back Ardara
3 Eamon McGee Full Back Ghaoth Dobhair
4 Tommy McKinley Left Corner Back Naomh Colmcille
5 Frank McGlynn Right Half Back Glenfin
6 Karl Lacey Centre Back The Four Masters
7 Declan Walsh Left Half Back Malin
8 Christy Toye Midfield Naomh Mícheál
9 Neil Gallagher Midfield Glenswilly
10 Daniel McLaughlin Centre Forward Naomh Mícheál
11 Adrian Hanlon Left Half Forward Dungloe
12 Ryan Bradley Right Half Forward Buncrana
13 Patrick McBrearty Right Corner Forward Chíll Chartha
14 Michael Murphy (c) Full Forward Glenswilly
15 David Walsh Left Corner Forward Naomh Bríd
No. Player Position Club
16 Michael Boyle Substitute Termon
17 Antoin McFadden Substitute Naomh Mícheál
18 Mark McHugh Substitute Chíll Chartha
19 Peter Witherow Substitute Naomh Mícheál
20 Martin McElhinney Substitute Naomh Mícheál
21 Stephen Griffin Substitute Naomh Naille
22 Barry Dunnion Substitute The Four Masters
23 Martin O'Reilly Substitute Seán MacCumhaill's
24 Gary McFadden Substitute Glenswilly
25 Peter McGee Substitute Ghaoth Dobhair

Ulster

Ulster manager Joe Kernan named a squad containing at least one player from every county in Ulster, apart from their opponents Donegal. Four players from Tyrone were named in the squad.[2]

No. Player Position Club
1 Brendan McVeigh Goalkeeper
2 Ryan McCloskey Right Corner Back
3 Dan Gordon Full Back
4 Chrissy McKaigue Left Corner Back
5 Ciaran McKeever Right Half Back
6 Darren Hughes (c) Centre Back
7 James Loughrey Left Half Back
8 Sean Cavanagh Midfield
9 David Gibney Midfield
10 Colm Cavanagh Centre Forward
11 Mark Poland Left Half Forward
12 Joe McMahon Right Half Forward
13 Martin Penrose Right Corner Forward
14 Michael McCann Full Forward
15 Conor McManus Left Corner Forward
No. Player Position Club
16 Niall Morgan Substitute
17 Conor Gormley Substitute
18 Vinny Corey Substitute
19 Brendan Donaghy Substitute
20 Ambrose Rogers Substitute
21 Gearoid McKiernan Substitute
22 Brendan Coulter Substitute

Match details

3 November 2012
Donegal
1:12 – 2:12 Ulster
Report
Casement Park, Belfast
Attendance: 18,662[1]
Donegal

References

  1. 1 2 "In Brief: Mixed night for O'Brien". Sunday Independent. 4 November 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bogue, Declan (25 October 2012). "GAA Match for Michaela squads announced". The Belfast Telegraph (Independent News & Media). Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Bogue, Declan (27 October 2012). "GAA stars to turn out for Michaela". The Belfast Telegraph (Independent News & Media). Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Match for Michaela launches". UTV. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Jim McGuinness names strong Donegal side to compete in Match for Michaela". The Score. 25 October 2012. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  6. ↑ Craig, Frank. "Interview: Keepers deserve their ‘Pat’ on the back". Ardara. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. As well as Pat, the hospital's surgical consultant, Kevin Moran; team doctor, Charlie McManus and team physio, Dermot Simpson, are all part of McGuinness' backroom team.

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