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.

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.

2008 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

Tournament details
County	Ulster
Year	2008
Winners
Champions	Crossmaglen (7th win)
Manager	Donal Murtagh
Captain	John Donaldson

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

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

• Source: Hogan Stand website.^[1]

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

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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	Seánie Johnston 0-05 Micheál Lyng 1-00 E Reilly 0-01 N Murray0-01 (frees?)

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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

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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?)

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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)

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Semi-finals

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

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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

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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

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Ballinderry Shamrocks

Crossmaglen Rangers

Ballinderry Shamrocks: 1 Michael Conlan 2 Declan Bell 3 Niall McCusker 4 Conor Wilkinson  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  9'  39' 11 John McEntee  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

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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.

External links

• Ulster GAA website