# 2008 Ulster Senior Club Football 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.
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 | Preliminary Round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Mayobridge (Down) | 2–05 | | | | | | |
| St Gall's (Antrim) | 0–12 | | | | | | |
| 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.

## Preliminary round

| 19 October 2008 3.30pm | Mayobridge (Down) | 2–05 – 0–12 | St Gall’s (Antrim) | Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: Martin Sludden (Tyrone) |
| 19 October 2008 3.30pm | 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 | Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: Martin Sludden (Tyrone) |

## 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) |
| 2 November 2008 2.30pm | 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?) | Casement Park, Belfast Referee: Michael Hughes (Tyrone) |
| 2 November 2008 2.30pm | Latton (Monaghan) | 0–10 – 1–11 | Ballinderry (Derry) | Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen Referee: Jimmy White (Donegal) |
| 2 November 2008 2.30pm | 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 | Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen Referee: Jimmy White (Donegal) |
| 2 November 2008 2.30pm | St Eunan's (Donegal) | 2–10 – 1–08 | Clonoe (Tyrone) | Fr. Peter Campbell Park, Coalisland Referee: J McKee (Armagh) |
| 2 November 2008 2.30pm | 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?) | Fr. Peter Campbell Park, Coalisland Referee: J McKee (Armagh) |
| 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) |
| 9 November 2008 2.30pm | 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) | St. Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen Referee: Brian Crowe (Cavan) |

## Semi-finals

| 16 November 2008 2.30pm | Cavan Gaels (Cavan) | 0–07 – 0–17 | Ballinderry (Derry) | Athletic Grounds, Armagh Referee: Pat McEnaney (Monaghan) |
| 16 November 2008 2.30pm | 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 | Athletic Grounds, Armagh Referee: Pat McEnaney (Monaghan) |
| 16 November 2008 2.30pm | St Eunan's (Donegal) | 0–08 – 0–11 | Crossmaglen (Armagh) | Brewster Park, Enniskillen Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) |
| 16 November 2008 2.30pm | 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 | Brewster Park, Enniskillen Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) |

## Final

| 30 November 2008 ?.??pm | Crossmaglen (Armagh) | 1–10 – 1–10 | Ballinderry (Derry) | Brewster Park, Enniskillen Referee: Martin Sludden (Tyrone) |
| 30 November 2008 ?.??pm | 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 | Brewster Park, Enniskillen Referee: Martin Sludden (Tyrone) |
| 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) |
| 14 December 2008 ?.??pm | 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 | Brewster Park, Enniskillen Referee: Brian Crowe (Cavan) |
| 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.