2008 Derry Gaelic football season

Derry
2008 season
Chairman Séamus McCloy
Manager Paddy Crozier
National Football League Winners
Dr. McKenna Cup Final
Ulster Championship Semi-final
All-Ireland Championship Qualifiers Round 1
Top goalscorer League:
Paddy Bradley (1-39)
All:
Paddy Bradley (3-71)

The following are the results and details of the Derry senior Gaelic football team's competitive games in 2008. Details of the 2008 Derry club competitions are also shown.

Dr. McKenna Cup

Derry's Coilin Devlin (right) in action against Fermanagh in the 2008 Dr. McKenna Cup

Derry had a relatively successful 2008 Dr. McKenna Cup, winning all three groups games and reaching the final, before losing to Down. Manager Paddy Crozier used the competition to try out young promising players,[1] such as Enda Lynn who won the TG4 Man of the Match award against Armagh on his inter-county debut.[2] Paddy Bradley ended the competition as Derry's top scorer with 2-15.


Group games

Armagh 0-06 – 2-09 Derry
Brian Mallon 0-02, Stefan Forker 0-02 (0-02 frees), Gregory Loughran and Conor Clarke 0-01 each. Seán Leo McGoldrick 2-00, Enda Lynn 0-03 (0-01 free), Enda Muldoon 0-02 (0-02 frees), Cathal O'Kane 0-02, Coilin Devlin and Ciarán Mullan 0-01 each.
Davitt Park, Lurgan
Attendance: ?
Referee: Con McReynolds (Down)
Derry 1-15 – 2-08 St. Mary's University College
Paddy Bradley 1-05 (0-03 frees), Ciarán Mullan 0-03 (0-01 free), Rian Kealey 0-02, Michael McBride, Niall McCusker, Cathal O'Kane, Enda Lynna and Coilin Devlin 0-01 each. John Cunningham 1-00, Paul McAleer 1-00, Paul Carvill 0-04 (0-03 frees), Barry McGoldrick 0-02 (0-01 free), Gareth O'Neill 0-01, Michael Pollack 0-01 (0-01 free).
Shamrock Park, Ballinderry
Attendance: ?
Referee: Gregory Walsh (Antrim)
Derry 0-13 – 0-08 Fermanagh
Paddy Bradley 0-04 (0-03 frees), Raymond Wilkinson 0-03, Ciarán Mullan 0-02, Coilin Devlin 0-02 (0-02 frees), Rian Kealey and James Conway 0-01 each. Matthew Keenan 0-04 (0-04 frees), Ronan McCabe 0-01 (0-01 free), Martin McGrath, Ciaran Lennon, Mark Little 0-01 each.
Watty Graham Park, Glen
Attendance: ?
Referee: Robbie O'Donnell (Donegal)

Semi-final

Derry 2-12 – 1-10 Fermanagh
Coilin Devlin 1-01, Raymond Wilkinson 1-00, Paddy Bradley 0-04, James Conway 0-02, Cathal O'Kane, Michael McBride, Seán Leo McGoldrick, Enda Lynn and Fergal Doherty 0-01 each. Shaun Doherty 1-02, Matthew Keenan 0-03 (0-03 frees), Mark Little 0-02 (0-01 free), Eamon Maguire, Damian Kelly and Ryan Keenan 0-01 each.
Attendance: ?
Referee: Martin Sludden (Tyrone)

Final

Down 1-12 – 1-06 Derry
D Hughes 0-04, C Gribben 1-00, J Clarke 0-03, L Doyle 0-01 (0-01 free), J Fegan 0-01 (0-01 free), J Lynch, K McKernan and R Sexton 0-01 each. Paddy Bradley 1-02 (0-01 free), Eoin Bradley 0-02, Rian Kealey 0-01, Enda Muldoon 0-01 (0-01 free).
Attendance: 5,325[3]
Referee: Michael Hughes (Tyrone)

National Football League

Derry won the 2008 National League, their first League success since 1999/2000 and sixth in total. They finished top of the group stage standings and along with Kerry qualified for the final, played in Parnell Park. Derry defeated Kerry on a scoreline of 2-13 to 2-09, with Fergal Doherty grapping the man of the match award.[4][5] As in the McKenna Cup, Paddy Bradley ended the competition as Derry's top scorer with 1-39 (42). Indeed, this was third overall in Division 1, behind Kerry's Bryan Sheehan (1-41 (44)) and Galway's Michael Meehan (4-31 (43)).


Group games

Derry 2-09 – 1-09 Mayo
Paddy Bradley 0-05 (0-04 frees), Mark Lynch 1-01, Coilin Devlin 1-00, Ciarán Mullan 0-02 (0-01 free), Enda Muldoon 0-01. Conor Mortimer 1-02 (0-01 free), Andy Moran 0-02, Alan Dillon 0-02 (0-02 frees), Austin O'Malley, Mickey Mullins and C Barrett 0-01 each.
Attendance: ?
Referee: John Bannon (Longford)
Laois 1-09 – 2-12 Derry
Billy Sheehan 1-01, Michael Tierney 0-03 (0-02 frees), Colm Parkinson 0-02, Pauric Clancy, Ross Munnelly and John O'Loughlin 0-01 each. Mark Lynch 1-02, Paddy Bradley 1-01 (0-01 free), Ciarán Mullan 0-04 (0-02 frees), Barry McGoldrick 0-02, Enda Muldoon, Coilin Devlin and James Conway 0-01 each.
Attendance: ?
Kerry 0-10 – 0-09 Derry
Bryan Sheehan 0-06 (0-03 frees, 0-01 ‘45’), Darren O'Sullivan, Sean O'Sullivan, Kieran Donaghy and Paul O'Connor 0-01 each. Paddy Bradley 0-05 (0-01 free), Enda Muldoon 0-02 (0-01 free, 0-01 ‘45’), James Conway and Liam Hinphey 0-01 each.
Attendance: ?
Referee: Michael Collins (Cork)
Derry 1-16 – 0-08 Kildare
Paddy Bradley 0-09 (0-05 frees), Mark Lynch 1-00, Conleith Gilligan 0-02, Barry McGoldrick 0-01 (0-01 free), Liam Hinphey, James Conway, Enda Muldoon and Ciarán Mullan 0-01 each. John Doyle 0-04 (0-04 frees), J Kavanagh 0-02, M Conway 0-01 (0-01 '45'), M O'Flaherty 0-01.
Attendance: ?
Referee: E Murtagh (Longford)
Galway 3-09 – 0-13 Derry
Michael Meehan 1-03 (1-00 pen, 0-02 frees), Matthew Clancy 1-02, Padraic Joyce 1-01, Niall Coleman, Joe Bergin, Fiachra Breathneach 0-01 each. Conleith Gilligan 0-03 (0-02 frees), Enda Muldoon 0-02, James Conway 0-02, Mark Lynch 0-02, Eoin Bradley 0-02, Gerard O'Kane and Joe Diver 0-01 each.
Attendance: ?
Referee: Rory Hickey (Clare)
Derry 0-14 – 0-10 Tyrone
Paddy Bradley 0-07 (0-02 frees), Conleith Gilligan 0-03 (0-02 frees), James Conway, Mark Lynch, Barry McGoldrick, Eoin Bradley 0-01 each. Tommy McGuigan 0-03 (0-02 frees), Colm McCullagh 0-02 (0-01 free), Sean Cavanagh 0-01 (0-01 free), Phillip Jordan, Colin Holmes, Raymond Mulgrew and Niall Gormley 0-01 each.
Attendance: ≈8,000[6]
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Donegal 0-10 – 0-15 Derry
Colm McFadden 0-05 (0-03 frees), Michael Hegarty 0-01 (0-01 free), Michael Doherty 0-01 (0-01 penalty), Leon Thompson, Frank McGlynn and Christy Toye 0-01 each. Paddy Bradley 0-06 (0-03 frees), Conleith Gilligan 0-03 (0-02 frees), Enda Muldoon 0-01 (0-01 free), Michael McIver, Fergal Doherty, James Conway, Mark Lynch, Eoin Bradley 0-01 each.
Attendance: ?
Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo)

Final

Derry 2-13 – 2-09 Kerry
Paddy Bradley 0-06 (0-02 frees, 0-01 sideline), Conleith Gilligan 1-01 (0-01 free), Fergal Doherty 1-00, Eoin Bradley 0-02, Enda Muldoon, Niall McCusker, Paul Murphy and Michael McIver 0-01 each. Darren O'Sullivan 1-02, Mike Frank Russell 0-04 (0-04 frees), Donnacha Walsh 1-00, Aidan O'Mahony, Eoin Brosnan and Tomás Ó Sé 0-01 each.
Attendance: ?
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Championship

Derry Championship line-ups:

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Donegal 1-12 – 1-14 Derry
Colm McFadden 0-06 (0-03 frees), Michael Murphy 1-01 (1-00 penalty), Rory Kavanagh 0-02, Barry Monaghan, Kevin Cassidy and David Walsh 0-01 each. Paddy Bradley 0-10 (0-07 frees), Eoin Bradley 1-01, Conleith Gilligan 0-02 (0-02 frees), Enda Muldoon 0-01.
Attendance: 17,237[8]
Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo)
Fermanagh 1-11 – 1-09 Derry
Ryan Keenan 0-04 (0-03 frees), Barry Owens 1-00, Eamon Maguire 0-02, Ciaran McElroy, D Kelly, Liam McBarron, Mark Little and Martin McGrath 0-01 each. Eoin Bradley 1-01, Paddy Bradley 0-03 (0-01 free), Conleith Gilligan 0-02 (0-01 free, 0-01 45), Raymond Wilkinson 0-02, Michael McIver 0-01.
Attendance: 14,173[9]
Referee: Syl Doyle (Wexford)

Qualifiers

Monaghan 1-13 – 1-12 Derry
Tomás Freeman 0-05 (0-02 frees), Dick Clerkin 1-00, Ciaran Hanratty 0-03, Stephen Gollogly 0-02, Conor McManus, Rory Woods and Shane Smith 0-01 each. Paddy Bradley 0-04 (0-02 frees), Eoin Bradley 1-01, Mark Lynch 0-02, Enda Muldoon, Coilin Devlin, Fergal Doherty, Joe O'Kane and Christopher McKaigue 0-01 each.
Attendance: ?
Referee: David Goldrick (Meath)

Squad statistics

Pos. Name Club Championship National League Dr. McKenna Cup Total
Apps Scores Apps Scores Apps Scores Apps Scores
Goalkeepers
GKJohn DeighanLimavady 20304090
GKBarry GillisMagherafelt 10501070
GKShane McGuckinAn Lúb 00----00
Backs
BKKevin McGuckinBallinderry 208040140
BKJoe KeenanMagherafelt 001(3)0405(3)0
BKMickey McBrideBallinascreen 105050-02110-02
BKNiall McCuskerBallinderry 304(1)0-0130-0110(1)0-02
BKFrancis McEldowneySlaughtneil 207050140
BKKevin McCloyLavey 304(3)00(2)07(5)0
BKPaul O'HeaSteelstown 000(1)0101(1)0
BKRyan DillonSwatragh 0010--10
BKMichael McIverBallinderry 20-017(1)0-02--9(1)0-03
BKPaul CartinBanagher 0(2)000000(2)0
BKSeán Marty LockhartBanagher 000(1)0000(1)0
BKMichael McGoldrickBellaghy 0(1)000000(1)0
BKLiam HinpheyDungiven 1080-023(2)012(2)0-02
BKRyan McElhoneNewbridge 00000000
BKGerard O'KaneGlenullin 303(1)0-01006(1)0-01
BKJoe O'KaneAn Lúb 10-01----10-01
BKChristopher McKaigueSlaughtneil 0(1)0-01----0(1)0-01
BKDermot McBrideBallinascreen 00000(2)00(2)0
Midfielders
MFJames ConwayBallinderry 1(2)070-0740-0312(2)0-10
MFFergal DohertyBellaghy 20-0171-012(1)0-0111(1)1-03
MFJoe DiverBellaghy 2(1)01(3)0-01003(4)0-01
MFPatsy BradleySlaughtneil 1(1)000001(1)0
Forwards
FWEnda MuldoonBallinderry 30-0280-091(1)0-0312(1)0-14
FWPaddy BradleyGlenullin 30-1781-3942-15153-71
FWEoin BradleyGlenullin 33-034(1)0-060(1)0-027(2)3-11
FWMark LynchBanagher 30-0283-07--113-09
FWConleith GilliganBallinderry 2(1)0-046(1)1-12008(2)1-16
FWPaul MurphyDungiven 2(1)01(5)0-010(2)03(8)0-01
FWBarry McGoldrickEoghan Rua 0(1)080-04--8(1)0-04
FWCoilin DevlinBallinderry 1(2)0-012(1)1-013(2)1-056(5)2-07
FWRaymond WilkinsonBallinderry 1(1)0-020(2)03(1)1-034(4)1-05
FWCathal O'KaneCraigbane 000(3)050-045(3)0-04
FWCiarán MullanDrumsurn 004(2)0-073(1)0-067(3)0-13
FWEnda LynnGreenlough 000(2)04(1)0-054(3)0-05
Players used in McKenna Cup and/or National League, but not in Championship panel
MFMichael FrielSwatragh 000(1)0101(1)0
FWSeán Leo McGoldrickEoghan Rua 00004(1)2-014(1)2-01
BKEunan O'KaneGlenullin 00000000
BKNiall HollyEoghan Rua 00002(1)02(1)0
MFAidan McElhoneCastledawson 00005050
BKMark CraigDungiven 00001(2)01(2)0
BKRian KealeyDungiven 00003(1)0-043(1)0-04
FWEoghan BrownBellaghy 00000(2)00(2)0
DFMichael O'NeillBellaghy 00000000
DFBrian Óg McAlaryKilrea 00000000

As of Qualifiers Round 1 played 19 July 2008 against Monaghan

Notes:

  • Apps stats are recorded as (Starts) (Substitute appearancess), i.e. (2)(3) indicates a player started two games and came on as a substitute in a further three games.
  • Ryan Dillon (QUB), Mark Lynch (UUJ), Barry McGoldrick and Michael McIver (both St. Mary's) all represented their college sides during the McKenna Cup, as they have first choice over players for the competition.
  • Joe O'Kane,[10] Shane McGuckin[10] and Enda Lynn[11] were called up to the Championship panel ahead of the Fermanagh game.
  • Christopher McKaigue[12] and Dermot McBride were called up to the panel ahead of the Monaghan game.

Club scene

  • Main source:

Other underage competitions

Competition Winner
Hughes/McElwee Cup Ballinderry
Carlin/Duffy Cup Banagher
Under 16 ‘A' Shield Bellaghy
Under 16 11 a-side Shield Ballymaguigan

Notes and references

  1. ↑ McCann, Chris (8 January 2008). "Crozier satisfied with opening day win". County Derry Post. p. 77.
  2. ↑ McCann, Chris (8 January 2008). "New faces impress as Derry make solid start". County Derry Post. p. 80.
  3. ↑ "Hughes inspires Down to Glory". Ulster GAA Council official website. January 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-05. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  4. ↑ "Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
  5. ↑ "Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report - Derry GAA website". Derry GAA website. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
  6. ↑ McCann, Chris (8 April 2008). "Bradley's sparkling seven-up sees of Tyrone". County Derry Post. pp. 94–95.
  7. ↑ O'Kane, Cahair (24 June 2008). "Oak Leaf's semi-final heartbreak continues". County Derry Post. pp. 86–87.
  8. ↑ "USFC: Bradley too hot for Donegal". Ulster GAA Council official website. June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  9. ↑ "USFC: Fermanagh through to Final". Ulster GAA Council official website. 23 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  10. 1 2 McCann, Chris (17 June 2008). "Crozier looks to Loup for reinforcements". County Derry Post. p. 88.
  11. ↑ "USFC Semi-Final Derry v Fermanagh Team News". 19 June 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  12. ↑ "Derry trio being watched". The Irish News. 15 July 2008.
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