John Deighan

John Deighan (born 19 December 1982)^[1] is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Derry county team, with whom he has won a National League title. He plays his club football for Limavady Wolfhounds GAC. He plays as goalkeeper for Derry.

John Deighan

Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Goalkeeper
Born	(1982-12-19) 19 December 1982 (age 42) Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nickname	Diggsy
Occupation	Chartered Accountant[1]
Club(s)
Years	Club
?–present	Limavady
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2008–present	Derry	2 (0–00)
Inter-county titles
NFL	1
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 02:58, 18 January 2009 (UTC).

Playing career

Donegal's Michael Murphy scores a penalty against Deighan in the 2008 Ulster Championship

Inter-county

Deighan was called up to the Derry Senior panel in 2008. He helped Derry reach the 2008 Dr McKenna Cup final, where they were defeated by Down.^[2] He was part of the Derry panel that won that year's National League where Derry beat Kerry in the final.^[3] The league success saw Derry become favourites to win the Ulster Championship^[4] and one of the top few for the All-Ireland. However, despite a good opening victory over Donegal,^[5] Derry exited the Ulster Championship against Fermanagh at the semi-final stage^[6] and were defeated by Monaghan in the first round of the Qualifiers.^[7] The Donegal match saw Deighan make his Championship debut. He missed the Fermanagh game through injury, but returned for the Monaghan match.^{[citation needed]}

Championship matches' details

#	Date	Competition	Venue	Opponent	Result[A]	Score	Match report
1	1 June 2008	Ulster SFC QF	MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey	Donegal	1-14 : 1-12	0-00	RTÉ, BBC, Derry GAA
2	19 July 2008	Qualifiers Round 2	St Tiernach's Park, Clones	Monaghan	1-12 : 1-13	0-00	RTÉ[permanent dead link], BBC, Derry GAA

• A. ^ Result column lists Derry's score first
• Statistics accurate as of 17 January 2009

Limavady Wolfounds G.A.C.

Honours

Inter-county

• National Football League:
  • Winner (1): 2008
• Dr McKenna Cup:
  • Runner up: 2008

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.