- Derry Senior Football Championship
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For the hurling equivalent see Derry Senior Hurling Championship
Derry Senior Football Championship Irish Craobh Sinsear Peile Dhoire Founded 1907 Trophy John McLaughlin Cup Title holders Ballinderry (11st title) Most titles Bellaghy (21 titles) Sponsors The Elk The Derry Senior Football Championship (currently known for sponsorship purposes as NMF Properties Derry Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football club competition between the top Derry GAA clubs. The winners of the Derry Championship are awarded the John McLaughlin Cup and qualify to represent Derry in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship and if they win Ulster, go on to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.
Bellaghy have won the competition more than any other club with 21 successes. The current Derry senior champions are Ballinderry Shamrocks who won their 11th title in October 2011, defeating Kilrea by 5 points in the decider at Celtic Park in Derry City. Bellaghy's Tom Scullion has more senior Championship medals than anyone in Derry, picking up medals between 1956 and 1971.
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Format
Before 1958, three regional tournaments were played to help determine the Derry Senior Football Championship finalists - the South Derry Senior Football Championship, the North Derry Senior Football Championship and the Derry City Senior Football Championship. Of the three winners, one would get a bye to the final (on alternating years) and the other two would play a semi-final to see who would meet them in the Derry Senior Football Championship final. 1957 was the last year of this system and from 1958 on the championship took the structure of an open-draw knock-out.
Since the 2007 Championship, the championship was altered to include a round robin, group structure with the 16 teams divided into four groups (since 2008 the groups have been seeded by the previous year's finishing league positions. Each club in a group plays each other once with the top two in each group advancing to the quarter-finals. From the quarter-finals onwards the competition takes the format of a knock-out.
The format will be changed once again for the 2009 Championship.[1] The Derry Competitions Control Committee accepted a proposal to scrap the group stage and introduce a "backdoor" system.[1] The 16 clubs will play in the first round. In the second round the eight first round winners will be drawn against each other, with the four winners going into bowl A for the quarter-finals.[1] The eight first round losers will also be drawn against each other and the four winners will advance to the quarter-finals (in bowl B).[1] Teams in bowl A will be drawn out against teams from bowl B to make up the quarter-final draw.[1] From there on the competition will be an open-draw knock-out.[1]
All matches in the competition are played at neutral venues.
Trophy
At the end of the final, the winning team is presented with the John McLaughlin Cup, which they hold until the following year's final. The First Trust Top Scorer award (sponsored by First Trust Bank) was introduced in 1988 and awarded every year since to the player who scores the most over the course of that year's championship. Since 1989 the man of the match in the final is awarded with the Forbes' Kitchens Man of the Match award (sponsored by Forbes' Kitchens).
Top winners
Team Wins Winning Years 1 Bellaghy 21 1956 1958 1959 1960 1961 1963 1964 1965 1968 1969 1971 1972 1975 1979 1986 1994 1996 1998 1999 2000 2005 2 Ballinderry 11 1927 1974 1980 1981 1982 1995 2001 2002 2006 2008 2011 3 Newbridge 10 1937 1940 1945 1948 1950 1955 1966 1967 1970 1989 4 Lavey 8 1938 1943 1954 1977 1988 1990 1992 1993 5 Dungiven 7 1947 1951 1983 1984 1987 1991 1997 6 Magherafelt 6 1939 1942 1944 1946 1949 1978 7 Ballinascreen 4 1934 1935 1941 1973 8 Glenullin 3 1928 1985 2007 An Lúb 3 1936 2003, 2009 9= Ballerin 2 1957 1976 9= Éire Óg 2 1907 1952 12= Ballymaguigan 1 1962 12= Clan Chonail 1 1914 12= Slaughtneil 1 2004 12= Sarsfield’s* 1 1916 12= St Patrick’s 1 1917 12= Emmett’s 1 1918 12= Derry Guilds 1 1921 12= Buncrana 1 1930 12= Burt 1 1931 12= Desertmartin 1 1953 12= Eoghan Rua, Coleraine 1 2010 Notes:
- 1914 Clan Chonail are a Donegal team.
- 1916 Sarsfield's are now defunct. They were a Derry City club, a fore-runner to the modern-day Doire Colmcille club.
- 1930 Buncrana are a Donegal team.
- 1931 Burt are a Donegal team.
Roll of honour
Year Winner Score Runners-up Score Match report (final) Man of the match Winning captain C'ship top scorer 2011 Ballinderry 2-05 Kilrea 0-06 BBC Sport, Martin Harney Kevin McGuckin James Kielt 2010 Eoghan Rua, Coleraine 2-11 Ballinderry 0-15 Declan Mullan Richard Carey Cailen O'Boyle 2009 An Lúb 1-08 Dungiven 0-10 Joe O'Kane Joe O'Kane 2008 Ballinderry 0-10 Slaughtneil 0-08 Official Derry website, BBC Sport, Belfast Telegraph, Irish Independent Raymond Wilkinson Enda Muldoon Paul Bradley 2007 Glenullin Bellaghy Gerard O'Kane Paddy Bradley Conleith Gilligan (1-26) 2006 Ballinderry An Lúb Conleith Gilligan Conleith Gilligan Conleith Gilligan & Paddy Bradley (0-18) 2005 Bellaghy An Lúb Joe Diver Joe Cassidy Joe Cassidy (0-21) 2004 Slaughtneil Bellaghy Padrig Kelly Shane Kelly Jim Kelly (3-12) 2003 An Lúb Ballinderry Padraig O'Kane Johnny McBride Jim Kelly (1-15) 2002 Ballinderry An Lúb Conleith Gilligan Gerard Cassidy Gerard Cassidy (0-26) 2001 Ballinderry Bellaghy Gerard Cassidy Adrian McGuckin Gerard Cassidy & Gavin Diamond (1-26) 2000 Bellaghy Ballinderry Gareth Doherty Ciaran McNally Seanie McGuckin (2-28) 1999 Bellaghy Ballinderry Damian Cassidy Karl Diamond Gerard Cassidy (3-22) 1998 Bellaghy Lavey Gavin Diamond Kevin O'Neill Gavin Diamond (1-21) 1997 Dungiven Castledawson Joe Brolly Emmett McKeever Joe Brolly (1-25) 1996 Bellaghy Dungiven The Irish News David O'Neill Gareth Doherty Éamonn Burns (2-24) 1995 Ballinderry Bellaghy Gerard Cassidy & Adrian McGuckin Raymond Bell Karl Diamond (1-18) 1994 Bellaghy Ballinascreen Damian Cassidy Danny Quinn Karl Diamond (0-24) 1993 Lavey Swatragh Colm McGurk Anthony Scullion Anthony Tohill (2-26) 1992 Lavey Ballinascreen Seamus Downey Anthony Scullion Eamonn Burns (2-17) 1991 Dungiven Newbridge Shane Heavern Plunkett Murphy Damian Cassidy (4-06) 1990 Lavey Ballinascreen Brian McCormick Johnny McGurk Eamonn Burns (0-24) 1989 Newbridge Castledawson Liam Devlin Damian Barton Fergal Kearney (1-14) 1988 Lavey Newbridge Henry Downey Hugh Martin McGurk (1-19) 1987 Dungiven Liam McElhinney 1986 Bellaghy Ballinderry Tommy Doherty 1985 Glenullin Ballinderry Shamrocks Dermot McNicholl 1984 Dungiven Castledawson Plunkett Murphy 1983 Dungiven Magherafelt Colm McGuigan 1982 Ballinderry Dungiven Dessie Rocks 1981 Ballinderry Banagher Pat McGuckin 1980 Ballinderry Lavey Sean McIvor 1979 Bellaghy Magherafelt Hugh McGoldrick 1978 Magherafelt Banagher Gerry O'Loughlin 1977 Lavey Ballinderry Shamrocks Niall Hurley 1976 Ballerin 0-09 Dungiven 0-03 Eamon Moloney 1975 Bellaghy Magherafelt Frankie O'Loane 1974 Ballinderry Banagher Sean McGuckin 1973 Ballinascreen Bellaghy Tommy McKenna 1972 Bellaghy Ballerin Larry Diamond 1971 Bellaghy Lavey Larry Diamond 1970 Newbridge Bellaghy Patsy McLarnon 1969 Bellaghy Slaughtneil Tom Quinn 1968 Bellaghy Newbridge Tom Scullion 1967 Newbridge Magherafelt Brian Devlin 1966 Newbridge Dungiven Mickey Gribben 1965 Bellaghy Ballerin Tom Scullion 1964 Bellaghy Ballerin Tom Scullion 1963 Bellaghy Newbridge Tom Scullion 1962 Ballymaguigan Castledawson Denis McKeever 1961 Bellaghy Ballymaguigan Gerry McCann 1960 Bellaghy Dungiven Gerry McCann 1959 Bellaghy Desertmartin Peter Kearney 1958 Bellaghy Ballymaguigan Peter Kearney 1957 Ballerin 3-08 Ballymaguigan 2-06 1956 Bellaghy Drum 1955 Newbridge 1954 Lavey Ballinderry 1953 Desertmartin Ballerin 1952 Éire Óg, Derry Desertmartin 1951 Dungiven Desertmartin 1950 Newbridge Bellaghy 1949 Magherafelt 1948 Newbridge 1947 Dungiven Newbridge 1946 Magherafelt Drum 1945 Newbridge 1944 Lavey Mitchels 1943 Lavey Faughanvale 1942 Magherafelt 1941 Ballinascreen O'Connor's Limavady 1940 Newbridge 1939 Magherafelt 1938 Lavey Pearses 1937 Newbridge Lavey 1936 An Lúb Park 1935 No championship 1934 Ballinascreen 1933 Ballinascreen 1932 No championship 1931 Burt 2-4 Wolfe Tones 0-1 John Kavanagh 1930 Buncrana 1929 1928 Glenullin 1927 Ballinderry Drumsurn 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 Derry Guilds 1920 1919 1918 Emmet's 1917 St. Patrick's 1916 Sarsfield's 1915 1914 Clann Chonail 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 Éire Óg, Derry[A] Notes:
- A. ^ Club are now defunct.
- 1938 - Pearse's are now defunct. They were a club from Derry City club.
- 1944 - Mitchel's are now defunct. They were a club from Derry City club.
See also
References
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