Derry Senior Football Championship 2009

Derry Senior Football Championship 2009

The NMF Properties Derry Senior Football Championship 2009 is the 2009 installment of the annual Derry Senior Football Championship run by the Derry GAA. Ballinderry are the current holders - beating Slaughtneil in the 2008 final at Celtic Park. The winners will be awarded the John McLaughlin Cup and will go on to represent Derry in the 2009 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.

Format

Match schedule

• Round 1 - Friday 1 May to Monday 4 May
• Round 2 -
• Round 3 -
• Quarter-finals -
• Semi-finals -
• Final -

Round 1

The draw for the first round took place on 3 March 2009 at the Owenbeg Centre of Excellence (outside Dungiven), along with the draws for the other Derry adult football and hurling championships.^[1][2] The 2009 Championship started on 1 May with the meeting of Ballinascreen and Castledawson at Shamrock Park, Ballinderry.^[3] Six games were played on 3 May, with double-headers at Foreglen, Ballymaguigan (originally scheduled for Magherafelt^[4]) and Glenullin. The last first round tie was played in Páirc Seán de Brún, Bellaghy on Monday 4 May. There were two shocks results in the first round, with Lavey defeating reigning Championships Ballinderry and Swatragh beating local rivals and 2008 runners-up Slaughtneil.^[5]

1 May 2009 7.15pm	Castledawson	0-07 – 2-13	Ballinascreen	Shamrock Park, Ballinderry Referee: Martin McErlane (Ballinderry)
	Niall McNicholl 0-02 Colm Heaney 0-02 (0-02 frees) Paul Heaney 0-01 Michael Gribben 0-01 Ruairi Shivers 0-01	BBC report	Seamus Bradley 1-04 (0-01 free) Ciaran McElroy 1-02 Sean Woods 0-03 Benny Murray 0-02 (0-02 frees) Gary Conway 0-01 Eamon Murray 0-01

3 May 2009 2.00pm	Glen	1-07 – 1-14	Newbridge	Foreglen Referee: Barry Cassidy (Bellaghy)
	Gary Burke 0-04 (0-04 frees) Donal Leahy 1-00 John McCamley 0-01 Brian Kelly 0-01 Declan McGarrity 0-01	BBC report	Kevin Sweeney 1-04 (0-03 frees) Michael Bateson 0-03 Danny Mulholland 0-02 Ryan McElhone 0-02 Stephen Murray 0-01 Dermot Dougan 0-01 Thomas Walls 0-01

3 May 2009 3.30pm	Kilrea	1-06 – 1-04	Banagher	Foreglen Referee: Aidan McAlynn (An Lúb)
	James Kielt 0-04 (0-02 frees) Paul McWilliams 1-00 Gary Deighan 0-02	BBC report	Peter O'Kane 1-01 Eugene O'Neill 0-03 (0-02 frees)

3 May 2009 2.00pm	Bellaghy	0-10 – 1-06	Eoghan Rua	Ballymaguigan Referee: Paddy McErlean (Greenlough)
	Eoghan Brown 0-04 (0-03 frees) Gavin Diamond 0-03 Fergal Doherty 0-01 Dermot Larkin 0-01 Conan Brown 0-01	BBC report	Barry McGoldrick 0-03 (0-03 frees) Gregory Bradley 1-00 Colm McGoldrick 0-02 Mark McTaggart 0-01

3 May 2009 3.30pm	Lavey	1-09 – 0-10	Ballinderry	Ballymaguigan Referee: J.J. Cleary (Castledawson)
	Cailean O'Boyle 1-06 (0-05 frees) Patrick Dillon 0-02 Colm Murphy 0-01	BBC report	Conleith Gilligan 0-04 (0-02 frees) Raymond Wilkinson 0-02 Brian McGuckin 0-02 James Bateson 0-01 ? 0-01

3 May 2009 5.45pm	Dungiven	2-10 – 1-08	Magherafelt	Páirc Seán Ó Maolain, Glenullin Referee: E.P. Cassidy (Limavady)
	Eunan Murphy 0-05 (0-05 frees) Fergal McGuigan 1-02 (0-02 frees) Mark Craig 1-00 James McNicholl 0-02 (0-01 free) Paul Murphy 0-01	BBC report	Emmet McGuckin 0-04 (0-03 frees) Conan O'Brien 1-00 Barry Gillis 0-03 (0-03 frees) Christopher Spiers 0-01

3 May 2009 7.15pm	Swatragh	2-05 – 0-09	Slaughtneil	Páirc Seán Ó Maolain, Glenullin Referee: Declan O'Connor (Dungiven)
	Eugene O'Kane 0-04 (0-04 frees) Liam Kearney 1-00 Seanie McGuckin 1-00 Robert McWilliams 0-01	BBC report	Kevin O'Neill 0-04 (0-04 frees) Chrissy McKaigue 0-02 Enda McKaigue 0-01 Seamus Gillen 0-01 Jim Kelly 0-01 (0-01 free)

4 May 2009 7.15pm	An Lúb	0-05 – 2-07	Glenullin	Páirc Seán de Brún, Bellaghy
		BBC report

Round 2

The draw for the second round took place on 5 May 2009.^[6]

	Glen	–	Magherafelt

	Banagher	–	Ballinderry

	Eoghan Rua	0-12 – 0-11	Slaughtneil
		BBC report

28 June 2009	An Lúb	1-12 – 1-06	Castledawson
		BBC report

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	Kilrea	0-10 – 1-10	Newbridge
		BBC report

29 June 2009	Lavey	0-11 – 0-18	Bellaghy	Rossa Park, Magherafelt
		BBC report

28 June 2009	Dungiven	0-10 – 1-07	Ballinascreen	Emmet Park, Slaughtneil
		BBC report

1 July 2009 Replay	Dungiven	–	Ballinascreen	Emmet Park, Slaughtneil

27 June 2009	Glenullin	1-14 – 2-05	Swatragh
		BBC report

Round 3

The draw for the third round took place after the last Round 2 game (Ballinderry versus Banagher).

8 August 2008 5.00pm	Magherafelt	0-14 – 0-09	Swatragh	Páirc Seán Ó Maolain, Glenullin Referee: E.P. Cassidy (Limavady)
	Frankie Niblock 0-05 (0-05 frees) Jared Monaghan 0-03 (0-01 free) Paul Purvis 0-02 Joe Keenan 0-01 Johnny Niblock 0-01 Christopher Spiers 0-01 Emmett McGuckin 0-01	BBC report	Sean McNicholl 0-02 Seamus McFlynn 0-02 Ruairi Convery 0-02 (0-01 '45) John McAtamney 0-01 (0-01 free) Seanie McGuckin 0-01 (0-01 free) Eugene O'Kane 0-01 (0-01 free)

8 August 2008 6.30pm	Lavey	3-05 – 0-14	Eoghan Rua	Páirc Seán Ó Maolain, Glenullin Referee: Martin McErlane (Ballinderry)
	Cailean O'Boyle 2-02 (0-02 frees) Colm Murphy 1-00 Michael Drumm 0-01 Kevin O'Neill 0-01 Shane Devlin 0-01	BBC report	Declan Mullan 0-05 Barry McGoldrick 0-03 (0-03 frees) Sean Leo McGoldrick 0-02 Colm McGoldrick 0-02 Ciaran McGoldrick 0-01 Paul Daly 0-01

9 August 2008 3.30pm	Kilrea	1-12 – 1-16	An Lúb	Páirc Seán de Brún, Bellaghy Referee: Declan O'Connor (Dungiven)
	James Kielt 1-01 (1-00 penalty, 0-01 '45) James Donaghy 0-03 (0-02 frees) Lee Kennedy 0-03 (0-01 frees) Charlie Kielt 0-02 Enda McAleese 0-01 Paul McWilliams 0-01 other point?	BBC report	Paul McFylnn 0-07 (0-03 frees) Paul Young 1-01 Paul McVey 0-03 (0-01 free) Ciaran Devlin 0-02 Fintan Devlin 0-01 Johnny McBride 0-01 Shane McFlynn 0-01

9 August 2008 5.00pm	Ballinascreen	0-11 – 0-18	Ballinderry	Páirc Seán de Brún, Bellaghy Referee: Barry Toland (Banagher)
	Seamus Bradley 0-08 (0-07 frees) Sean Woods 0-01 Gavin Kelly 0-01 Gavin Bradley 0-01	BBC report	Conleith Gilligan 0-07 (0-02 frees) Darren Conway 0-04 Martin Harney 0-03 Brendan Conway 0-01 Brian McGuckin 0-01 Enda Muldoon 0-01 James Bateson 0-01

12 August 2008 7.00pm Replay	Lavey	0-10 – 1-10 (a.e.t.)	Eoghan Rua	Páirc Seán Ó Maolain, Glenullin Referee: John Joe Cleary (Castledawson)
		BBC report

Quarter-finals

The four teams who won both their first and second ruond matches were drawn against the four winners from the Round 3 "qualifiers".

The draw for the quarter-finals was originally supposed to occur after the last third round game (Ballinascreen versus Ballinderry) at Bellaghy.^[7] However the draw could not take place because of Lavey's draw with Eoghan Rua.^[7] Teams who have already met earlier in the championship could not be paired with each other again in the quarter-finals^[7] - the number of such permutations meant the draw was delayed until after the Lavey versus Eoghan Rua replay at Glenullin.^[7]

The Round 3 replay and delayed draw also led to the quarter-finals being postponed for a week.^[7] They were originally intended to be played a week after the third round,^[7] but the delayed draw meant teams would not know their opponents until Wednesday 12 August, which did not give them sufficient notice to play that weekend.^[7]

The Ballinderry versus Glenullin match was billed beforehand as tie of the round, and the game everyone wanted to see in the final.^[8] It did not disappoint. It was described as "one of the best games seen in this county for years".^[8] An Lúb beat Newbridge in a "dogged" encounter,^[9] while Bellaghy survived a late Magherafelt comeback to secure their place in the semis.^[10] The Dungiven and Eoghan Rua game was supposed to take place on 23 August at 2.00pm at Foreglen.^[11] However, before throw-in the game was postponed due to a water-logged pitch.^[12] It was rescheduled for two days later in Celtic Park.^[12] Dungiven won the game by six points.

22 August 2009 4.15pm	Newbridge	0-07 – 0-09	An Lúb	Emmet Park, Slaughtneil Referee: Declan O'Connor (Dungiven)
	Kevin Sweeney 0-03 (0-02 frees) Ryan McElhone 0-03 (0-02 frees, 0-01 sideline) Danny Mulholland 0-01		Paul McVey 0-03 (0-02 frees) Brian Doyle 0-02 Paul McFlynn 0-02 (0-02 frees) Johnny McBride 0-01 Brendan McVey 0-01

22 August 2009 6.00pm	Bellaghy	0-14 – 1-08	Magherafelt	Emmet Park, Slaughtneil Referee: Barry Toland (Banagher)
	Eoghan Brown 0-06 Conor Doherty (0-06 (0-05 frees) Gavin Diamond 0-01 Ciaran Glackin 0-01		Frank Niblock 0-05 (0-03, 0-01 '45) Darren O'Neill 1-00 Jarrod Monaghan 0-02 (0-02 frees) John Young 0-01

23 August 2009 7.30pm	Ballinderry	2-08 – 2-11	Glenullin	Celtic Park, Derry Referee: J.J. Cleary (Castledawson)
	Brian McGuckin 1-01 Raymond Wilkinson 0-03 Darren Conway 1-00 Martin Harney 0-02 Conleith Gilligan 0-02 (0-02 frees)		Eoin Bradley 1-04 Paddy Bradley 1-02 (0-01 free) Ruairi Boylan 0-04 (0-04 frees) Damien Hasson 0-01

25 August 2009 8.00pm	Dungiven	1-12 – 0-09	Eoghan Rua	Celtic Park, Derry
		BBC report

Semi-finals

The semi-final draw took place at Celtic Park after the quarter-final tie between Ballinderry and Glenullin. It pitted Glenullin against the winners of Dungiven and Eoghan Rua^[12] (which turned out to be Dungiven) and Bellaghy against An Lúb.^[12] The game are scheduled to take place on 12/13 September.^[12]

12/13 September 2009	Glenullin	–	Dungiven

12/13 September 2009	Bellaghy	–	An Lúb

Final

4 October 2009 4pm	Loup	1-08 – 0-10	Dungiven	Celtic Park, Derry Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Barry Toland (Banagher)

Loup: 1 Shane McGuckin 2 Colm McVey 3 Joe O'Kane (c) (0-01) 4 Dominic McVey 5 Fionntan Devlin 6 Brian Doyle 7 Aidan McAlynn (0-01) 8 Johnny McBride 9 Paul McFlynn (0-01f) 10 Brendan McVey 11 Paul McVey (0-02f) 12 Gavin Mallon (0-01) 13 Declan McVey 14 Shane McFlynn (0-01) 15 Paul Young Substitutes: 16 Ciaran Devlin for B McVey 52' 17 Enda McQuillan (1-00) for S McFlynn HT' 18 Brendan McVey for E McQuillan 58' Manager: John Brennan

Dungiven: 1 Peter McCaul 2 Stephen McGuigan 3 Gavin McLaughlin 4 David McLaughlin 5 Mark Craig 6 Emmett McKeever 7 Rian Kealey (0-01) 8 Liam Óg Hinphey (0-01) 9 Aaron McCloskey 10 Kevin Hinphey 11 Paul Murphy (0-04, 0-03f) 12 James McNicholl 13 Fergal McGuigan (0-01f) 14 Cathal Grieve (0-03, 0-02f) 15 Sean Murray Substitutes: 17 Ryan McElhinney for J McNicholl HT' 18 Eoighin Farren for K Hinphey 34' 19 Donal McGilligan for S Murray 43' Manager: Eugene Kelly

Man of the Match: Joe O'Kane Notes: Main source for above information: County Derry Post

See also

• Derry Senior Football Championship
• Derry Senior Hurling Championship

References

1. ^ "2009 Club Championship draws". Official Derry GAA website. March 2009. http://www.derrygaa.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1016&Itemid=70. Retrieved 7 March 2009. 
2. ^ "2009 Derry Senior Football Championship". Official Derry GAA website. March 2009. http://www.derrygaa.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1007&Itemid=70. Retrieved 7 March 2009. 
3. ^ O'Kane, Cahair (5 May 2009). "No 'Screen to mask Dawson deficiencies". County Derry Post: p. 66. 
4. ^ "Senior Championship details". Official Derry GAA website. 2009. http://www.derrygaa.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1007&Itemid=70. Retrieved 12 May 2009. 
5. ^ O'Kane, Cahair (5 May 2009). "If only there was no back door...". County Derry Post: p. 72. 
6. ^ "Sports shorts - GAA". The Irish News: p. 63. 6 May 2009. 
7. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} O'Kane, Cahair (11 August 2009). "Championship quarter finals postponed". County Derry Post: p. 72. 
8. ^ ^{a b} O'Kane, Cahair (25 August 2009). "Bradley kicks Shamrocks into touch with class befitting of a classic". County Derry Post: pp. 70–71. 
9. ^ O'Kane, Cahair (25 August 2009). "Doyle lays down the law with two monumental scores to oust 'Bridge". County Derry Post: pp. 66–67. 
10. ^ O'Kane, Cahair (25 August 2009). "All HP for the Tones as Eoghan pours Brown sauce on Rossa hopes". County Derry Post: pp. 68–69. 
11. ^ "IFC & SFC Q-Final Draws and Venues". Official Derry GAA website. August 2009. http://www.derrygaa.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1242&Itemid=70. Retrieved 26 August 2009. 
12. ^ ^{a b c d e} O'Kane, Cahair (25 August 2009). "Mitchel's to face winners of refixture". County Derry Post: p. 56. 

External links

• Official Derry website
• Derry on Hoganstand
• Derry Club GAA