Derry Senior Football Championship 2007

Derry Senior Football Championship 2007

Derry Champions	Glenullin (3rd win)
Winning Captain	Paddy Bradley
Winning Manager	Liam Bradley
Relegated team(s)	Ballymaguigan
Promoted team(s)	Eoghan Rua

The Elk Derry Senior Football Championship 2007 was the 2007 installment of the annual Derry Senior Football Championship run by the Derry GAA. Glenullin lifted the Johnny McLaughlin Cup, beating Bellaghy in the final, after a replay. They went on to represent Derry in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.

For the first year ever, the Derry Championship was organised on a round robin, group basis with the 16 teams divided into four groups. Each club in a group played each other once with the top two in each group advancing to the quarter-finals. All matches were played at neutral venues.

Group stage

In the following tables; Pts = Points accumulated; Pld = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn (tied); L = Games lost; SF = Scores for; SA = Scores against; SD = Score difference (SF−SA)

Section 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	SD
Dungiven	4	2	2	0	0	22	12	+10
Glenullin	4	2	2	0	0	21	19	+2
Slaughtneil	0	2	0	0	2	15	17	−2
Lavey	0	2	0	0	2	16	26	−10

Match day 1

May 7, 2007 Group 1 Match day 1 Report:[1]	Slaughtneil	0-06 – 1-04	Dungiven	Páirc Seán Ó Maolain, Glenullin Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Paul Bradley 0-02, Barry McGuigan 0-02, Cormac McKenna, Jim Kelly 0-01 each		Cathal Grieve 1-00, Pádhraic Murphy 0-01 (0-01 free), Stephen O'Kane, Paul Murphy, Cathal McKeever 0-01 each

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May 7, 2007 Group 1 Match day 1 Report:[2]	Glenullin	1-08 – 1-07	Lavey	Páirc Uí Cáithaín, Dungiven Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Ruairi Boylan 1-01 (0-01 free), Eoin Bradley 0-03 (0-03 frees), Donal McNicholl 0-02, John Bradley, Gerard O'Kane 0-01 each		Paul Hearty 1-02, Michael McCormick 0-02 (0-01 45), Paul Doherty, Stephen Henry, Kevin O'Neill 0-01 each

Match day 2

June 27, 2007 Group 1 Match day 2 Report:[3], [4], [5]	Dungiven	0-15 – 0-06	Lavey	Emmet Park, Slaughtneil Attendance: ? Referee: Aidan McAlynn (An Lúb)
	Eunan Murphy 0-06 (0-01 free), Paul Murphy 0-04, Cathal McKeever 0-02, Liam Hinphey, James McNicholl, Fergal McGuigan 0-01 each		Paul Hearty 0-03 (0-03 frees), Stephen Henry, Gary Doyle, Gary Cushenhan 0-01 each

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June 29, 2007 Group 1 Match day 2 Report:[6], [7]	Slaughtneil	1-06 – 0-10	Glenullin	Fr. McNally Park, Banagher Attendance: ? Referee: Martin McErlane (Ballinderry)
	Barry McGuigan 1-00, Paul Bradley 0-02, Declan McEldowney 0-02 (0-01 free), Jim Kelly 0-02 (0-02 frees)		Paddy Bradley 0-03 (0-03 frees), Donal Boylan 0-02, Conrad Bradley 0-02, Dermot O'Kane, Colm Rafferty, Ruairi Boylan 0-01 each

Section 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	SD
Ballinderry	6	3	3	0	0	67	25	+42
Ballinascreen	2	3	1	0	2	31	30	+1
Banagher	2	3	1	0	2	37	48	−11
Ballymaguigan	2	3	1	0	2	22	54	−32

Match day 1

May 5, 2007 Group 2 Match day 1 Report:[8]	Banagher	0-11 – 2-09	Ballymaguigan	Davitt Park, Swatragh Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Mark Lynch 0-05 (0-03 frees), Gregory Biggs 0-02 (0-02 frees), Ruairi McCloskey, Kevin O'Neill 0-01 each		Andrew McCartney 1-00 (1-00 penalty), Michael Spiers 1-00, Seán Brady 0-06 (0-05 frees), John Gilmore, Mark Crozier, Gary Coleman 0-01 each

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May 6, 2007 Group 2 Match day 1 Report:[9]	Ballinascreen	0-09 – 0-15	Ballinderry	Lavey Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Phillip Bradley 0-03 (0-03 frees), Éamonn Burns 0-02, Davin McSorley 0-02, Gary Conway, Séamus Bradley 0-01 each		Conleith Gilligan 0-06 (0-04 frees), Paul Wilson 0-02, Coilin Devlin 0-02, Raymond Wilkinson, Micheal McIver, Martin Harney 0-01 each

Match day 2

June 26, 2007 Group 2 Match day 2 Report:[10], [11], [12]	Ballinascreen	0-13 – 0-05	Ballymaguigan	? Attendance: ? Referee: Adrian McGilligan (Drumsurn)
	Éamonn Burns 0-04 (0-04 frees), Séamus Bradley 0-04 (0-03 frees), Éamon Murray 0-03, Eunan Murray, Ciarán McElroy 0-01 each		Seán Brady 0-03 (0-03 frees), Michael Spiers, Andrew McCartney 0-01 each

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June 27, 2007 Group 2 Match day 2 Report:[13], [14], [15]	Banagher	2-08 – 1-21	Ballinderry	Emmet Park, Slaughtneil Attendance: ? Referee: Seán McGuigan (Slaughtneil)
	Rory McColgan 1-01, Mark Lynch 0-04 (0-02 frees), Kevin O'Neill 1-00, Ryan Lynch, Eugene O'Kane (free), Éamon Feeney 0-01 each		Conleith Gilligan 0-08 (0-02 frees), Coilin Devlin 0-06 (0-01 free), Martin Harney 1-00, Ronan Devlin 0-02, Enda Muldoon, Brendan Conway, Micheal McIver, Fabien Muldoon, James Bateson 0-01 each

Match day 3

August 28, 2007 Group 2 Match day 3 Report:[16], [17], [18]	Ballymaguigan	0-02 – 3-21	Ballinderry	Saint Oliver Plunkett Park, Greenlough Attendance: ? Referee: Seán McGuigan (Slaughtneil)
	Gary Coleman (free), John Murphy 0-01 each		Conleith Gilligan 1-06, Coilin Devlin 0-06, Raymond Wilkinson 0-04, Ronan McGuckin 1-01, James Bateson 1-00, Martin Harney 0-02, Micheal McIver, Ronan Devlin 0-01 each

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August 28, 2007 Group 2 Match day 3 Report:[19], [20], [21]	Banagher	1-09 – 0-09	Ballinascreen	Páirc Uí Cáithaín,, Dungiven Attendance: ? Referee: John Joe Cleary (Castledawson)
	Gregory Biggs 0-05 (0-02 frees), Conor Lynch 1-00, Mark Lynch 0-03 (0-03 frees), Richie O'Kane 0-01		Éamonn Burns 0-03 (0-02 frees), Ciarán McElroy 0-02, Éamon Murray, Benny Murray, Séamus McKenna, Eunan Murray 0-01 each

Section 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	SD
Bellaghy	4	3	1	2	0	36	35	+1
Kilrea	3	3	1	1	1	33	31	+2
Castledawson	3	3	1	1	1	31	29	+2
Swatragh	2	3	1	0	2	29	34	−5

Match day 1

May 4, 2007 Group 3 Match day 1 Report:[22]	Castledawson	1-10 – 0-07	Swatragh	Rossa Park, Magherafelt Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Aidan McElhone 1-02, Conor Scullion 0-04, Séamus McNicholl 0-02, Colm Lavery, Rory Shivers 0-01 each		Ruairi Convery 0-04 (0-04 frees), Seán McNicholl 0-02 (0-01 free), Eugene McGuckin 0-01

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May 6, 2007 Group 3 Match day 1 Report:[23]	Bellaghy	2-07 – 0-13	Kilrea	Lavey Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Eoghan Brown 2-05 (0-05 frees), Declan Graffin, Joe Diver 0-01 each		James Kielt 0-06 (0-04 frees, 0-01 45), Charlie Kielt 0-03 (0-02 frees), Eoghan Rodgers 0-02, Lee Kennedy, James Donaghy 0-01 each

Match day 2

June 26, 2007 Group 3 Match day 2 Report:[24], [25], [26]	Kilrea	0-08 – 0-10	Swatragh	? Attendance: ? Referee: Brian O'Neill (Moneymore)
	Paul Deighan 0-03 (0-01 free), James Kielt 0-02 (0-02 frees), Charlie Kielt 0-01 (0-01 free), Lee Kennedy 0-01, Eoghan Rodgers 0-01		Michael Kirkpatrick 0-03 (0-01 free), Malachy Scullen 0-02 (0-02 frees), Gerard Turner 0-02, Seán McNicholl 0-01, Michael Friel 0-01, Michael McKenna 0-01

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July 1, 2007 Group 3 Match day 2 Report:[27], [28]	Castledawson	1-07 – 1-07	Bellaghy	Saint Oliver Plunkett Park, Greenlough Attendance: ? Referee: Barry Toland (Banagher)
	Aidan McElhone 1-00 (1-00 penalty), Paddy Henry 0-02 (0-02 frees), Séamus McNicholl 0-02 (0-01 free), Conor Scullion (free), Michael Gribben, Martin Heaney 0-01 each		Eoghan Brown 0-03 (0-01), Cirán Glackin 1-00, Declan Graffin, Joe Diver, Ronan Rocks, Gavin Diamond 0-01 each

Match day 3

August 29, 2007 Group 3 Match day 3 Report:[29], [30], [31]	Castledawson	0-08 – 1-09	Kilrea	Páirc Uí Cáithaín,, Dungiven Attendance: ? Referee: Barry Toland (Banagher)
	Conor Scullion 0-05 (0-03 frees), Paddy Henry 0-02 (0-01 frees), Séamus McNicholl 0-01		James Kielt 1-01 (0-01 free), Charlie Kielt 0-03, James Donaghy 0-02 (0-02 frees), Paul Deighan 0-02 (0-02 frees), Conor McWillias 0-01

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August 29, 2007 Group 3 Match day 3 Report:[32], [33], [34]	Bellaghy	0-13 – 0-12	Swatragh	Saint Oliver Plunkett Park, Greenlough Attendance: ? Referee: Peter John Cassidy (Desertmartin)
	Eoghan Brown 0-06, Joe Diver 0-03, Ronan Rocks 0-02 (0-01 free), Ciaran McNally, Kevin Doherty 0-01 each		Michael Kirkpatrick 0-06 (0-02 frees), Ruairi Convery 0-04, Robert McWilliams, Séamus Bradley 0-01 each

Section 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	SD
An Lúb	6	3	3	0	0	32	23	+9
Magherafelt	4	3	2	0	1	45	34	+11
Craigbane	2	3	1	0	2	28	32	−4
Glen	0	3	0	0	3	29	45	−16

Match day 1

May 5, 2007 Group 4 Match day 1 Report:[35]	An Lúb	0-11 – 0-09	Glen	Davitt Park, Swatragh Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Shane McFlynn 0-05 (0-05 frees), Paul McFlynn 0-02 (0-02 frees), Benny McVey 0-02, Seán Mikey O'Neill, Paul Young 0-01 each		Gary Burke 0-04 (0-04 frees), Niall McKenna 0-02, Donal Leahy, Aidan McGrath, Oran Bradley 0-01 each

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May 6, 2007 Group 4 Match day 1 Report:[36]	Magherafelt	1-11 – 0-11	Craigbane	Páirc Seán Ó Maolain, Glenullin Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Kieron McGlone 1-00, Barry Gillis 0-03, Jared Monaghan 0-02, Mark Higgins 0-02, Frankie Niblock 0-02, Ciarán Higgins, Murtagh O'Brien 0-01 each		Gavin Conwell 0-03, Adie McLaughlin 0-02, Lee Moore 0-02, Alfie Dallas 0-02, Fergal Crossan, Kieron McElhinney 0-01 each

Match day 2

June 28, 2007 Group 4 Match day 2 Report:[37], [38]	Magherafelt	0-09 – 0-12	An Lúb	Saint Oliver Plunkett Park, Greenlough Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Ciarán Higgins 0-06 (0-06 frees), Jarred Monaghan, Conan O'Brien, Gerard McKay 0-01 each		Shane McFlynn 0-04 (0-04 frees), Paul McFlynn 0-04 (0-04 frees), Paul McVey 0-02, Seán Mikey O'Neill, Johnny McBride 0-01 each

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June 29, 2007 Group 4 Match day 2 Report:[39], [40]	Craigbane	0-12 – 1-06	Glen	Fr. McNally Park, Banagher Attendance: ? Referee: Liam Kealey (Liamavady)
	Lee Moore 0-03 (0-02 frees), Gavin Conwell 0-02 (0-02 frees), Blain Gormley 0-02 (0-01 free), Rory Gormley, Alfie Dallas (free), Fergal Moore, Fergal Crossan, Jonathon Hood 0-01 each		Kieron O'Neill 1-04 (1-00 penalty, 0-04 frees), Brian Kelly 0-02 (0-02 frees)

Match day 3

September 3, 2007 Group 4 Match day 3 Report:[41]	Magherafelt	3-13 – 0-11	Glen	Páirc Seán de Brún, Bellaghy Attendance: ? Referee: Declan O'Connor (Dungiven)
	Gerard McKay 2-01, Barry Gillis 1-05 (0-01 free, 0-01 45), Frankie Niblock 0-03, Jarred Monaghan, John Higgins, Joe Keenan, Kieron McGlone 0-01 each		Niall McKenna 0-04 (0-01 free), Paul McCloskey 0-02, Ryan Bradley 0-02 (0-01 free), Brian Kelly, Mickey McCullagh, Johnny Warnock 0-01 each

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September 3, 2007 Group 4 Match day 3 Report:[42]	An Lúb	0-09 – 0-05	Craigbane	Davitt Park, Swatragh Attendance: ? Referee: Paddy McErlean (Greenlough)
	Johnny McBride 0-02, Paul McFlynn, Colm McVey, Paul Young, Christopher Denver, Paul McVey, Sean Doyle, Shane McFlynn 0-01 each		Lee Moore 0-03, Alfie Dallas, Stephen Devine 0-01 each

Quarter finals

September 8, 2007 Quarter final Report:[43], [44]	Bellaghy	1-12 – 1-06	Ballinascreen	Watty Graham Park, Glen Attendance: ? Referee: Declan O'Connor
	Ronan Rocks 1-01 (1-00 penalty), Eoghan Brown 0-06 (0-02 frees), Joe Diver 0-02, Gavin Diamond 0-02, Ryan McNally 0-01		Éamonn Burns 1-04 (1-00 penalty, 0-04 frees), Eunan Murray, Kieron McElroy 0-01 each

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September 8, 2007 Quarter final Report:[45], [46]	An Lúb	0-03 – 0-10	Dungiven	Watty Graham Park, Glen Attendance: ? Referee: John Joe Cleary
	Shane McFlynn 0-02 (0-02 frees), Gavin Mallon 0-01		Paul Murphy 0-03 (0-03 frees), Cathal Grieve 0-02 (0-02 frees), Ryan Kealey 0-02, Fergal McGuigan, Eunan Murphy, Pádhraic Murphy 0-01 each

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September 9, 2007 Quarter final Report:[47]	Glenullin	2-11 – 0-12	Magherafelt	Davitt Park, Swatragh Attendance: ? Referee: Martin McErlane
	Ruairi Boylan 1-04 (0-03 frees), Eoin Bradley 1-03, Paddy Bradley 0-02 (0-02 frees), Dane Higgins, Damian Hasson 0-01 each		Jarred Monaghan 0-04, Barry Gillis 0-03, Frankie Niblock 0-02, Conan O'Brien, Paul Dillon, Kieron McGlone 0-01 each

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September 22, 2007 Quarter final Report:[48]	Ballinderry	3-16 – 1-07	Kilrea	Saint Oliver Plunkett Park, Greenlough Attendance: ? Referee: Seán McGuigan
	Coilin Devlin 2-05 (0-03 frees), Raymond Wilkinson 1-00 (1-00 penalty), Conleith Gilligan 0-04 (0-02 frees), Micheal McIver 0-02, James Conway 0-02, Martin Harney, Fabien Muldoon, James Bateson 0-01 each		Gary Deighan 1-00, James Kielt 0-02 (0-01 free), Charlie Kielt 0-02, Paul Deighan, Chris Quigg, James Donaghy 0-01 each

Semi finals

September 29, 2007 Semi final Report:[49]	Bellaghy	0-09 – 0-08	Dungiven	Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen Attendance: ? Referee: Aidan McAlynn
	Ronan Rocks 0-03 (0-03 frees), Eoghan Brown 0-03 (0-01 free), Kevin Doherty, Coiln Murray, Conan Brown 0-01 each		Paul Murphy 0-03 (0-01 free), Geoffrey McGonigle 0-02 (0-01 free), Stephen McGuigan, Barry Kelly 0-01 each

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September 30, 2007, 4.30pm Semi final Report:[50], [51]	Glenullin	1-13 – 0-08	Ballinderry	Páirc Seán de Brún, Bellaghy Attendance: ? Referee: Barry Toland
	Paddy Bradley 0-10 (0-04 frees), Conrad Bradley 1-00, Eoin Bradley, Ruairi Boylan, Donal Boylan 0-01 each		Coilin Devlin 0-03 (0-02 frees), Conleith Gilligan 0-02, Enda Muldoon 0-02, Shane Rocks, James Conway 0-01 each

Final

The 2007 Derry Senior Football Championship final was played on 14 October 2007 in Celtic Park in Derry City. It was contested by Bellaghy, who were aiming for their 22nd title^[1] and Glenullin, who were going for their third, and first in 22 years. Glenullin captain and star attacker Paddy Bradley was marked very well by Bellaghy's Michael McGoldrick who held him scoreless from play,^[1] although Bradley did prove very accurate from free-kicks, scoring three points.^[1] His brother Eoin Bradley was man of the match, followed closely by Bellaghy's Fergal Doherty who also had an impressive match.^[1] The game finished a draw, a result which most pundits saw as a fair result.^[1] The replay was played the following week at the same venue, with Glenullin proving victorious. As winners of the competition, Glenullin went on to represent Derry in the 2007 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.

Bellaghy Blue and white shirts, blue shorts, blue socks	1-09 - 1-09 (final score after 60 minutes)	Glenullin Green and yellow shirts, white shorts, green and yellow socks
Manager: Damian Cassidy Team: Brian Scullion (GK) Michael McGoldrick Manus McShane Kevin Doherty Eugene Scullion Ciarán McNally Paul Diamond - 0-01 (captain) Fergal Doherty Joe Diver Ryan McNally - 0-01 Gareth Doherty Gavin Diamond - 0-02 Declan Graffin Colin Murray Eoghan Brown - 0-05 (0-04 frees, 0-01 45) Substitutes: Conan Brown (1-00) for C. Murray Ronan Rocks for D. Graffin	Half-time: 0-04 - 0-06 Competition: Derry Senior Football Championship (Final) Date: 4pm BST Sunday October 14, 2007 Venue: Celtic Park, Derry Attendance: ≈7,000[1] Referee: Declan O'Connor (Dungiven) Match rules: 60 minutes. Replay if scores still level. Maximum of 5 substitutions.	Manager: Liam Bradley Team: Shane O'Kane (GK) Eunan O'Kane Brian Mullan Barry Mullan Stephen Mullan John O'Kane Gerard O'Kane Ruairi Boylan - 0-01 (0-01 free) Neal Mullan Donal McNicholl Donal Boylan - 0-02 Conrad Bradley - 0-01 Damien Hasson Paddy Bradley - 0-02 (0-02 frees) Eoin Bradley - 0-03 Substitutes: Dominic McIlvar for N. Mullan Kevin Rafferty for D. McNicholl Basil Rafferty (1-00) for D. Hasson

Match Report

Final replay

Bellaghy Blue and white shirts, blue shorts, blue socks	1-06 - 0-10 (final score after 60 minutes)	Glenullin Green and yellow shirts, white shorts, green and yellow socks
Manager: Damian Cassidy Team: Michael O'Neill (GK) Michael McGoldrick Manus McShane Kevin Doherty Eugene Scullion Ciarán McNally Paul Diamond (captain) Fergal Doherty - 0-01 Joe Diver Ryan McNally - 0-01 Gareth Doherty Gavin Diamond Declan Graffin Ronan Rocks - 0-01 Eoghan Brown - 1-02 (0-02 frees) Substitutes: Conan Brown (0-01) for G. Doherty Steven McNally for M. McShane Kevin McLarnon for D. Graffin	Half-time: 0-04 - 0-06 Competition: Derry Senior Football Championship (Final Replay) Date: 3pm BST Sunday October 21, 2007 Venue: Celtic Park, Derry Attendance: ? Referee: Barry Toland (Banagher) Match rules: 60 minutes. Extra-time if scores still level and replay if still level. Maximum of 5 substitutions.	Manager: Liam Bradley Team: Shane O'Kane (GK) Eunan O'Kane Brian Mullan - 0-01 Barry Mullan Stephen Mullan John O'Kane Gerard O'Kane Ruairi Boylan - 0-01 Neal Mullan Dominic McIlvar - 0-01 Donal Boylan - 0-02 Conrad Bradley Damien Hasson Paddy Bradley - 0-04 (0-02 frees) Eoin Bradley - 0-02 Substitutes: Basil Rafferty for D. Hasson Donal McNicholl for S. Mullan Dane Higgins for D. McIlvar

Match Report, [52], [53]

2008 Derry Senior Football Championship Winners: Glenullin

Last 8

	Quarterfinals September 8/September 9/September 22					Semifinals September 29/September 30					Final October 14
		Bellaghy	1-12
		Ballinascreen	1-06
							Bellaghy	0-09
							Dungiven	0-08
		An Lúb	0-03
		Dungiven	0-10
												Bellaghy	1-09
												Glenullin	1-09
		Glenullin	2-11
		Magherafelt	0-12
							Glenullin	1-13
							Ballinderry	0-08
		Ballinderry	3-16
		Kilrea	1-06

See also

• Derry Senior Football Championship
• Derry Senior Football Championship 2006
• Derry Senior Hurling Championship

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} O'Kane, Cahair (16 October 2007). "Nothing to choose between the two". County Derry Post: p. 88. 

• Derry SFC fixtures and results 2007

External links

• Official Derry Website
• Derry on Hoganstand
• Derry Club GAA