2023 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

2023 AIB Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
Tournament details
Province Ulster
Year2023
TrophySeamus McFerran Cup
SponsorAllied Irish Banks
Date5 November – 10 December 2023
Teams9 (one from each of the 9 counties)
Defending champions Glen
Winners
Champions Glen (2nd win)
ManagerMalachy O'Rourke
CaptainConnor Carville
Qualify forAll-Ireland Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up Scotstown
ManagerDavid McCague
CaptainDamien McArdle
Other
WebsiteUlster GAA
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The 2023 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship is the 55th instalment of the annual competition organised by Ulster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2023–24 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship and is played in a straight knockout format. The championship draw was made on 7 September 2023.[1]

Derry's Glen entered the championship as the defending champions,[2] and reached the final for the second year in a row,[3] where they played Monaghan champions Scotstown.[4] Glen won the match by 0–13 to 0–11 to win their second Ulster title.[5]

Teams[edit]

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.

County Team Most recent success
Provincial County
Antrim Erin's Own, Cargin 2022 [6]
Armagh Crossmaglen Rangers 2015 2022 [7]
Cavan Gowna 2022 [8]
Derry Watty Graham's, Glen 2022 2022 [9]
Donegal Naomh Conaill 2022 [10]
Down Kilcoo 2021 2022 [11]
Fermanagh Derrygonnelly Harps 2021 [12]
Monaghan Scotstown 1989 2021 [13]
Tyrone Trillick St Macartan's 2019 [14]

Bracket[edit]

Preliminary round
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Glen (Derry) 0–11
Erin's Own, Cargin (Antrim) 0–7
Glen (Derry) 0–10
Naomh Conaill (Donegal) 1–6
Gowna (Cavan) 1–10
Naomh Conaill (Donegal) 2–8
Glen (Derry) 0–13
Scotstown (Monaghan) 0–11
Trillick (Tyrone) 0–9
Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) 0–4
Trillick (Tyrone) 1–13
Derrygonnelly Harps (Fermanagh) 1–7 Scotstown (Monaghan) 0–17
Kilcoo (Down) 2–13 Kilcoo (Down) 1–8
Scotstown (Monaghan) 0–12

Preliminary round[edit]

Preliminary Round
Derrygonnelly Harps
(Fermanagh)		1–7 – 2–13 Kilcoo
(Down)
Gary McKenna 1–1, Garvan Jones 0–3 (0–2f), Conall Jones 0–2 (0–1f), Ryan Jones 0–1 Report Paul Devlin 1–3 (1–0 pen, 0–3f), Sean Óg McCusker 1–1, Ryan Johnston 0–2, Eugene Branagan 0–2, Niall Kane 0–1 (0–1 '45), Ryan McEvoy 0–1, Darryl Branagan 0–1, Aaron Morgan 0–1, Ceilum Doherty 0–1
Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)
Programme

Quarter-finals[edit]

Quarter-final 1
Glen
(Derry)		0–11 – 0–7 Erin's Own, Cargin
(Antrim)
Emmett Bradley 0–4 (0–4f), Danny Tallon 0–2 (0–2f), Jack Doherty 0–2, Michael Warnock 0–1, Ciaran McFaul 0–1, Ethan Doherty 0–1 Report Pat Shivers 0–3 (0–3f), Michael McCann 0–2 (0–2f), Paul McCann 0–1, Kieran Close 0–1
Referee: Conor Dourneen (Cavan)
Programme
Quarter-final 2
Gowna
(Cavan)		1–10 – 2–8 Naomh Conaill
(Donegal)
Conor Brady 1–1, Cian Madden 0–2 (0–1f), Oisin Pierson 0–1 (0–1f), Conor Casey 0–1 (0–1m), Conor Madden 0–1 Mark McKeever 0–1, Ryan Donohoe 0–1, Tiarnan Madden 0–1, Robbie Fitzpatrick 0–1 Report Leo McLoone 1–1, Kevin McGettigan 1–0, Odhran Doherty 0–2, John O'Malley 0–1 (0–1f), A. J. Gallagher 0–1, Brendan McDyer 0–1, Eunan Dohery 0–1, Jeaic McKelvey 0–1
Referee: Kevin Faloon (Armagh)
Programme
Quarter-final 3
Trillick
(Tyrone)		0–9 – 0–4 Crossmaglen Rangers
(Armagh)
Lee Brennan 0–2 (0–1f), Richie Donnelly 0–2, Liam Gray 0–2, James Garrity 0–2, Ciaran Daly 0–1 Report Rían O'Neill 0–2 (0–2f), Jamie Clarke 0–2
Quarter-final 4
Kilcoo
(Down)		1–8 – 0–12 Scotstown
(Monaghan)
Paul Devlin 1–1 (1–0 pen, 0–1f), Niall Kane 0–1 (0–1f), Miceal Rooney 0–1, Darryl Branagan 0–1, Eugene Branagan 0–1, Aaron Morgan 0–1, Shealan Johnston 0–1, Anthony Morgan 0–1 Report Rory Beggan 0–3 (0–2f), Shane Carey 0–2 (0–1f), Jack McCarron 0–2 (0–1f), Jason Carey 0–2 (0–1m), Kieran Hughes 0–1 (0–1m), Conor McCarthy 0–1, Donal Morgan 0–1
Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)
Programme

Semi-finals[edit]

Semi-final
Glen
(Derry)		0–10 – 1–6 Naomh Conaill
(Donegal)
Emmett Bradley 0–3 (0–2f), Conleth McGuckian 0–3 (0–1m), Cathal Mulholland 0–2, Jody McDermott 0–1, Stevie O'Hara 0–1 Report Ciarán Thompson 0–3, John O'Malley 1–0 (1–0 pen), Ethan O'Donnell 0–1, Brendan McDyer 0–1, A. J. Gallagher 0–1
Semi-final
Trillick
(Tyrone)		1–13 – 0–17 (a.e.t.) Scotstown
(Monaghan)
Lee Brennan 0–5 (0–3f, 0–1 '45), Seanie O'Donnell 1–1, Rory Brennan 0–1, Richie Donnelly 0–1, Ciaran Daly 0–1, Ryan Gray 0–1, Daniel Donnelly 0–1, James Garrity 0–1, Colm Garrity 0–1 Report Jack McCarron 0–4 (0–3f), Shane Carey 0–3 (0–2f), Kieran Hughes 0–2, Mattie Maguire 0–2, Rory Beggan 0–1 (0–1 '45), Ryan O'Toole 0–1, Conor McCarthy 0–1, Donal Morgan 0–1, Emmett Caulfield 0–1, Michael McCarville 0–1
Referee: Kevin Faloon (Armagh)
Programme

Final[edit]

Final
Glen
(Derry)		0–13 – 0–11 Scotstown
(Monaghan)
Danny Tallon 0–3 (0–2f), Eunan Mulholland 0–3, Conor Glass 0–2 (0–1f), Ryan Dougan 0–1, Ethan Doherty 0–1, Tiarnán Flanagan 0–1, Ciaran McFaul 0–1, Jody McDermott 0–1 Report Shane Carey 0–3 (0–3f), Kieran Hughes 0–2, James Hamill 0–2, Jack McCarron 0–1, Conor McCarthy 0–1, Darren Hughes 0–1, Rory Beggan 0–1
Attendance: 6,027
Referee: Paul Faloon (Down)
Programme

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2023 AIB Ulster GAA Club Championship draws complete". Ulster GAA. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  2. ^ Bannon, Dan (11 December 2022). "Glen dethrone champions to win first Ulster crown". RTÉ. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  3. ^ Wilson, Michael (25 November 2023). "Emmett Bradley's late show squeezes Glen into Ulster final". RTÉ. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  4. ^ Manning, Gordon (26 November 2023). "Scotstown pull off extra-time victory in epic Ulster semi-final against Trillick". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  5. ^ Keane, Paul (10 December 2023). "Glen grit it out to claim back-to-back Ulster SFC titles". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  6. ^ Mohan, David (8 October 2023). "Cargin keep Dunloy at bay in retaining Antrim football title". RTÉ. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  7. ^ Watters, Andy (22 October 2023). "Crossmaglen retain Armagh title as second half storm blow Clans away". The Irish News. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  8. ^ Roche, Frank (22 October 2023). "Cavan SFC final: First-half blitz ensures Gowna reclaim county crown". Irish Independent. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  9. ^ Wilson, Michael (29 October 2023). "Glen overcome sluggish start to seal three-in-a-row in the Derry SFC". RTÉ. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  10. ^ McNulty, Chris (22 October 2023). "Donegal SFC final: Charles McGuinness leads way to Naomh Conaill's seventh title". Irish Independent. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  11. ^ Ingram, Elaine (15 October 2023). "Kilcoo park refereeing intrigue to overcome Burren". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  12. ^ Archer, Kenny (22 October 2023). "Derrygonnelly see off Erne Gaels in dramatic Fermanagh SFC Final finish". The Irish News. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  13. ^ Shalvey, Colm (22 October 2023). "Scotstown triumph over Inniskeen in Monaghan SFC final". RTÉ. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  14. ^ Mooney, Francis (29 October 2023). "Trillick dethrone champions Errigal Ciaran in thriller to claim ninth Tyrone SFC title". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
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