2015 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship Explained

2015 Ulster Club Senior Football Championship
Province: Ulster
Year:2015
Trophy:Seamus McFerran Cup
Sponsor:Allied Irish Banks
Date:18 October - 29 November 2015
Num Teams:9 (one from each of the 9 counties)
Defending Champions: Slaughtneil
Winners: Crossmaglen Rangers
Ordinal:11
Manager:Oisín McConville
John McEntee
Captain:Paul Hearty
Qualify For:All-Ireland Club SFC
Runnersup: Scotstown
Runnerupmanager:Mattie McGleenan
Runnerupcaptain:Donal Morgan
Matches:8
Total Scored:22-180
Topscorer: Darren Hughes (Scotstown) (4-6)
Website:Ulster GAA
Previous:2014
Next:2016

The 2015 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship was the 48th instalment of the annual Ulster Senior Club Football Championship organised by Ulster GAA. It was one of the four provincial competitions of the 2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

Slaughtneil from Derry entered the championship as defending champions.[1] Monaghan champions Scotstown ended their reign at the quarter-final stage.[2]

Armagh kingpins Crossmaglen Rangers secured their 11th Ulster club title after beating Scotstown in the final.[3]

Teams

The Ulster championship is contested by the winners of the nine county championships in the Irish province of Ulster. Ulster comprises the six counties of Northern Ireland, as well as Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.

CountyTeamLast win
Antrim Erin's Own, Cargin[4]
Armagh Crossmaglen Rangers[5] 2012
Cavan Kingscourt Stars[6]
Derry Slaughtneil[7] 2014
Donegal Naomh Conaill[8]
Down Kilcoo[9]
Fermanagh Derrygonnelly Harps[10]
Monaghan Scotstown[11] 1989
Tyrone Trillick St Macartan's[12]

2015 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

Preliminary round

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

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Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Darren HughesScotstown4-61836.00
2Tony KernanCrossmaglen Rangers1-131635.33
3Christopher BradleySlaughtneil2-71326.50
4Shane CareyScotstown0-101033.33
Darragh O'HanlonKilcoo0-101025.00
Paul BradleySlaughtneil0-101025.00
7Niall GormleyTrillick2-3924.50
8Paul DevlinKilcoo2-2824.00
Kyle CarragherCrossmaglen Rangers1-5832.67
Conor McCarthyScotstown0-8832.67
In a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1Christopher BradleySlaughtneil2-39Derrygonnelly Harps
Tony KernanCrossmaglen Rangers1-69Scotstown
3Paul DevlinKilcoo2-28Kingscourt Stars
4Darren HughesScotstown1-47Slaughtneil
Paul BradleySlaughtneil0-77Scotstown
6Shane CareyScotstown0-66Crossmaglen Rangers
7Kyle CarragherCrossmaglen Rangers1-25Scotstown
Cormac O'DohertySlaughtneil1-25Derrygonnelly Harps
Jerome JohnstonKilcoo1-25Kingscourt Stars
Niall GormleyTrillick1-25Naomh Conaill
Michael MagillErin's Own, Cargin0-55Crossmaglen Rangers
Darragh O'HanlonKilcoo0-55Kingscourt Stars
Darragh O'HanlonKilcoo0-55Crossmaglen Rangers
Conor LavertyKilcoo0-55Kingscourt Stars
Dermot GallagherNaomh Conaill0-55Trillick
Conor McCarthyScotstown0-55Slaughtneil

Notes and References

  1. News: Christopher Bradley secures Slaughtneil's first Ulster title. 1 December 2014. RTÉ. 6 February 2022.
  2. News: Ulster Club SFC: Scotstown defeat holders Slaughtneil at Clones. 1 November 2015. BBC Northern Ireland. 21 February 2022.
  3. News: Crossmaglen come out on top after epic Scotstown battle. 29 November 2015. RTÉ. 21 February 2022.
  4. News: Cargin on cloud nine after McCann double seals glory over Lamh Dhearg. 18 October 2015. Belfast Telegraph. 21 February 2022.
  5. News: Crossmaglen Rangers march to 19th title in 20 seasons. 12 October 2015. Irish Examiner. 12 October 2015.
  6. News: Kingscourt come from behind to win Cavan senior title in thrilling encounter. 11 October 2015. The Irish Times. 10 May 2020.
  7. News: Derry SFC final: Slaughtneil seal historic double-double success. 5 October 2015. The Irish News. 18 January 2022.
  8. News: Leo McLoone stars as 14-man Naomh Conaill dethrone the Donegal champions. 18 October 2015. The42.ie. 21 February 2022.
  9. News: Classy Kilcoo stay kings of the Mourne. 12 October 2015. Irish Independent. 21 February 2022.
  10. News: Emotional title win for Derrygonnelly against Roslea. 12 October 2015. The Irish News. 18 January 2022.
  11. News: Scotstown top of the pile in Monaghan after seeing off Harps. 19 October 2015. The Irish News. 21 February 2022.
  12. News: Trillick complete dream return with final win. 11 October 2015. RTÉ. 11 October 2015.