2008 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship Explained

2008 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
County:	Ulster
Manager:	Donal Murtagh
Year:	2008
Captain:	John Donaldson
Winners:	Crossmaglen
Ordinal:	7

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

Source: Hogan Stand website.^[1]

Final

Ballinderry Shamrocks:
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1	Michael Conlan
2	Declan Bell
3	Niall McCusker
4	Conor Wilkinson
5	Michael McIver
6
7	Conor Nevin
8
14	Enda Muldoon (c)
10	Martin Harney
11	Darren Conway
?	Coilin Devlin
13	Raymond Wilkinson
?	Brian McGuckin
15
Substitutes:
??	Ronan McGuckin
??	Michael Bell
??	James Bateson
??	Gerard Cassidy
Manager:
Martin McKinless

Crossmaglen Rangers:
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1	Paul Hearty
2	Brendan McKeown
7	Paul Kernan
4	P McKeown
5
3
6	John Donaldson (c)
8	Tony McEntee
9	David McKenna
10	Michael McNamee
11
12	Stephen Kernan
13	Tony Kernan
14	Cathal Short
15	Oisín McConville
Substitutes:
??	Johnny Murtagh
??	Jamie Clarke
??	Stephen Finnegan
??	Rico Kelly
Manager:
Donal Murtagh

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MATCH RULES

60 minutes.
Replay if necessary.
Nine named substitutes.
Maximum of 5 substitutions.

Replay

Ballinderry Shamrocks:
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	Michael Conlan
	Declan Bell
	Niall McCusker
	Conor Wilkinson
	Kevin McGuckin
	Ronan McGuckin
	Michael Bell
	James Conway
	Kevin 'Moss' McGuckin
	Darren Conway (c)
	Conleith Gilligan
	Raymond Wilkinson
	Coilin Devlin
	Martin Harney
	Brian McGuckin
Substitutes:
	James Bateson
	Paul Wilson
	Ryan Scott
	Shane Rocks
Manager:
Martin McKinless

Crossmaglen Rangers:
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	Paul Hearty
	Brendan McKeown
	Paul Kernan
	P McKeown
	Aaron Kernan
	Francie Bellew
	John Donaldson (c)
	Tony McEntee
	David McKenna
	Stephen Kernan
	John McEntee
	Michael McNamee
	Jamie Clarke
	Johnny Murtagh
	Oisín McConville
Substitutes:
	Tony Kernan
	Kyle Carragher
	Johnathon Hanratty
Manager:
Donal Murtagh

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MATCH RULES

60 minutes.
Extra-time if necessary.
Further replay if scores still level.
Nine named substitutes.
Maximum of 5 substitutions.

External links

Ulster GAA website

Notes and References

Web site: Club championship’s under way . 9 November 2008 . . Lynn Publications . 9 October 2008 .