2012 Ulster Senior Football Championship

Championship venues

Celtic Park in the City of Derry

Healy Park in Omagh

St Tiernach's Park in Clones

Brewster Park in Enniskillen

and others elsewhere...

The 2012 Ulster Senior Football Championship was the 124th ^[1] installment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Ulster GAA. It was won by Donegal who defeated Down in the final to retain the title they won the previous year. The winning Donegal team received the Anglo-Celt Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. They progressed from there to the semi-final then on to the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final where they claimed the Sam Maguire Cup. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Bracket

	Preliminary round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Cavan		1-10
	Donegal		1-16			Donegal		2-13
						Derry		0-09
											Donegal		0-12
											Tyrone		0-10
						Tyrone		0-19
						Armagh		1-13
																Donegal		2-18
																Down		0-13
						Monaghan		1-12
						Antrim		1-09
											Monaghan		1-13
											Down		1-14
						Down		2-10
						Fermanagh		1-08

Preliminary round

20 May 2012

3:30pm

Preliminary Round

Cavan	1-10 - 1-16	Donegal
N McDermott 1-1 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), E Keating 0-5, D Givney 0-2, G McKiernan, J Brady 0-1 each	Report	C McFadden 1-6 (1-0 pen, 0-5f), R Kavanagh 0-3, M McHugh, L McLoone 0-2 each, N McGee, F McGlynn, N Gallagher 0-1 each

Breffni Park, Cavan

Attendance: 12,847

Referee: C Reilly (Meath)

Quarter-finals

27 May 2012

3:30pm

Quarter Final

Monaghan	1-12 - 1-9	Antrim
K O'Connell 1-0, C McManus (2f), T Freeman, K Hughes (1f), D Clerkin 0-2 each, P Finlay (1f), O Lennon, D Mone, P Dooney 0-1 each	Report	P Cunningham 0-4 (2f), J Loughrey 1-0, M McCann 0-2, A Gallagher, M Magill, M McAleese 0-1 each

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 8,804

Referee: M Deegan (Laois)

3 June 2012

3:30pm

Quarter Final

Fermanagh	1-8 - 2-10	Down
D. Kelly 1-1, D. Kille 0-3 (2f), S. Quigley 0-2 (2f), T. Corrigan, P. Ward 0-1 each.	Report	D O’Hare 1-1, C Laverty 1-0, C Maginn, A Carr (f), A Rogers, K King, K McKernan, D McCartan, B McArdle, D O’Hagan, K Duffin 0-1 each.

Brewster Park, Enniskillen

Attendance: 12,435

Referee: S Doyle Wexford

10 June 2012

4:00pm

Quarter Final

Armagh	1-13 - 0-19	Tyrone
J Clarke 0-5 (1f), A Forker 1-1 (1f), B Mallon 0-4 (4f), G McParland 0-2, K Dyas 0-1	Report	M Penrose 0-8 (5f), Stephen O'Neill, O Mulligan (1f), C Cavanagh, P Harte all 0-2 each, M Donnelly, Joe McMahon, D Carlin all 0-1 each

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Attendance: 16,418

Referee: J McQuillan (Cavan)

16 June 2012

5:00pm

Quarter Final

Donegal	2-13 - 0-9	Derry
C McFadden L McLoone 1-0, M Murphy 0-3 (3f), P McBrearty, D Walsh 0-2 each, R Bradley, N Gallagher, A Thompson, F McGlynn 0-1 each.	Report	P Bradley 0-6 (5f), M Lynch, SL McGoldrick, E Bradley (’45) 0-1 each.

MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey

Attendance: 11,207

Referee: M Duffy (Sligo)

Semi-finals

24 June 2012

2:00pm

Semi Final

Monaghan	1-13 - 1-14	Down
P Finlay (3f), C McManus (3f) 0-5 each, T Freeman 1-0, D Hughes 0-2 (1f, 1 45), D Clerkin 0-1	Report	D O'Hare 0-5 (5f), A Carr 1-2, (1-0 pen, 1f), C Laverty 0-2, A Rogers (f), D O'Hagan, K Duffin, L Doyle (f), B Coulter 0-1 each

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Attendance: 11,149

Referee: M Duffy (Sligo)

30 June 2012

4:30pm

Semi Final

Tyrone	0-10 - 0-12	Donegal
Stephen O’Neill, J McMahon (2f) 0-2 each, C Clarke, C Gormley (45), D Carlin, Sean O’Neill; Mark Donnelly, M Penrose 0-1 each	Report	M Murphy (3f), C McFadden (2f) 0-3 each, R Kavanagh 0-2, R Bradley, K Lacey, P McBrearty, M McHugh 0-1 each

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 17, 730

Referee: D Coldrick (Meath)

Final

22 July 2012

2:00pm

Final

Down	0-13 - 2-18	Donegal
L Doyle (2f) 0-4 , D O’Hare (1f) 0-2 , C Laverty, A Rogers, K McKernan, A Brannigan, C Maginn, D Hughes, E McCartan 0-1 each	Report	L McLoone, F McGlynn 1-0 each, C McFadden (3f) 0-6 , Declan Walsh, R Bradley, M McHugh, M McElhinney 0-2 each, David Walsh, D McLaughlin, P McBrearty, M Murphy 0-1 each

St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 34, 696

Referee: J McQuillan (Cavan)

References

1. "Summer begins with the Ulster GAA Championships". 1 May 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013. 2013 marks the 125th Anniversary of the Ulster Football Championship and the Ulster Museum in Botanic Gardens was transformed into an exhibition of Ulster's finest memories over those 125 years.
2. Clerkin, Malachy (27 December 2012). "Donegal take a listing vessel and refloat it on a wave of thrilling proportions". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
3. "Donegal Topple Kerry to Set up Semi with Cork". 98FM. 5 August 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2012. Karl Lacey's injury-time point booked a date with Cork for the Ulster champions, who handed Kerry only their second-ever All-Ireland quarter-final defeat.
4. "Donegal annihilate Cork in All-Ireland Football semi-final". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
5. Breheny, Martin (24 September 2012). "Murphy rocket sees Donegal strike gold". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
6. "DDTV Video: Murphy strike against Mayo named Goal of the Championship". Donegal Daily. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.

External links

• Ulster GAA website