2014 Donegal county football team season

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Donegal county football team
2014 season
Manager Jim McGuinness
Stadium MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey
All-Ireland SFC Finalist
Ulster SFC Winners
  2013
2015  

The following is a summary of Donegal county football team's 2014 season.

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The 2014 Donegal county football team season was the franchise's 110th season since the County Board's foundation in 1905. The team entered the season looking to improve on their poor 2013 run and return to prominence for the first time since winning Sam Maguire MMXII.

Jim McGuinness returned for his fourth season as the team's manager. Pioneer of the game's revolutionary tactic The System, [1] he entered the season with two Ulster titles (2011, 2012), and added a third this season, [2] before becoming the first manager in team history to lead his team to two All-Ireland Finals. [3] [4]

Personnel changes

Manager Jim McGuinness installed a new backroom team, consisting of Damian Diver, Paul McGonigle and John Duffy. [5]

Ryan Bradley and Ross Wherity both emigrated after the 2013 season. [5]

Ciaran Bonner and Leon Thompson returned to the panel for the first time since 2009. [5] Christy Toye returned after missing the 2013 season due to illness. [5] Returning also were Thomas McKinley (Naomh Colmcille) and Antoin McFadden — both excluded in the early part of the 2013 season after featuring as part of the 2012 panel. [5] Conor Classon returned to the panel as well. [5] [6]

Hugh McFadden joined the panel after manager McGuinness noticed him during the 2013 Donegal Senior Football Championship. [7] [8] Also joining were Stephen McLaughlin (Malin) and Darach O'Connor. [5]

Panel

Team as per Donegal v Dublin, 2014 All-Ireland Semi Final, 31 August 2014

No.PlayerPositionClub
1 Paul Durcan Goalkeeper The Four Masters
2 Eamon McGee Right corner back Gaoth Dobhair
3 Neil McGee Full back Gaoth Dobhair
4 Paddy McGrath Left corner back Ard an Rátha
5 Anthony Thompson Right half back Naomh Conaill
6 Karl Lacey Centre back The Four Masters
7 Frank McGlynn Left half back Glenfin
8 Neil Gallagher Midfield Glenswilly
9 Odhrán Mac Niallais Midfield Gaoth Dobhair
10 Christy Toye Right half forward St Michael's
11 Leo McLoone Centre forward Naomh Conaill
12 Ryan McHugh Left half forward Cill Chartha
13 Patrick McBrearty Right corner forward Cill Chartha
14 Michael Murphy (c) Full forward Glenswilly
15 Colm McFadden Left corner forward St Michael's
No.PlayerPositionClub
16 Michael Boyle Substitute Termon
17 Darach O'Connor Substitute Buncrana
18 David Walsh Substitute Naomh Bríd
19 Declan Walsh Substitute Malin
20 Dermot Molloy Substitute Naomh Conaill
21 Hugh McFadden Substitute Na Cealla Beaga
22 Leon Thompson Substitute Naomh Conaill
23 Luke Keaney Substitute The Four Masters
24 Martin McElhinney Substitute St Michael's
25 Martin O'Reilly Substitute Seán MacCumhaill's
26 Rory Kavanagh Substitute St Eunan's

Competitions

Dr McKenna Cup

National Football League Division 2

Donegal won promotion from Division 2.

2014 Division 2 table
TeamPldWDLFADiffPtsNotes
Donegal 75119-977-67+3611Advanced to final and promoted to Division 1 for 2015
Monaghan 75113-1073-78+2911
Meath 74129-878-95–59

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Donegal won the Ulster Championship for a third time in four seasons.

Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Tyrone
(R)
2-11
3-11
Down
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3-08
0-12
Tyrone 0-14
Monaghan 1-12
Monaghan
(R)
0-14
1-18
Armagh
(R)
0-14
1-13
Armagh 1-12
Cavan 0-09
Monaghan 1-09
Donegal 0-15
Fermanagh 3-13
Antrim 2-18
Antrim 0-12
Donegal 3-16
Derry 0-11
Donegal 1-11
Quarter-final
Derry 0-11 – 1-11Donegal
M Lynch (0-04), E Bradley (0-03), B Heron (0-02), C McFaul, N Holly (0-01 each) Report L McLoone (1-01), M Murphy (0-04), K Lacey, A Thompson, C Toye, D O'Connor, P McBrearty, M McElhinney (0-01 each)
Celtic Park, Derry
Attendance: 15,883
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Semi-final
Donegal3-16 – 0-12 Antrim
D O'Connor, L McLoone (1-02 each), D Molloy (1-01), O MacNialais (0-04), M Murphy (0-03), C Toye, C McFadden (0-02 each) Report T McCann, B Neeson (0-03 each), M Sweeney (0-02), C Murray, P McCann, K Niblock, P Cunningham (0-01 each)
St Tiernach's Park
Attendance: 11,795
Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
Final
Monaghan 1-09 – 0-15Donegal
P Finlay (0-04), C McGuinness (1-00), R Beggan (0-02), V Corey, K Hughes, C McManus (0-01 each) Report C McFadden (0-04), P McBrearty , O MacNiallais (0-03 each), M Murphy (0-02), A Thompson, K Lacey, R McHugh (0-01 each)

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Donegal reached the All-Ireland Final for the second time in three seasons.

Quarter-final B
Donegal1-12 – 1-11 Armagh
M Murphy (0-05), O MacNiallais (1-01), C McFadden (0-03), P McBrearty (0-02), N McGee (0-01) Report T Kernan (0-04), A Kernan (0-02), A Mallon, A Forker, S Campbell, K Carragher, M Murray (0-01 each)
P Durcan (1-00 own goal)
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 72,440
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Semi-final
Donegal 3-14 - 0-17 Dublin
R McHugh 2-02, C McFadden 1-03 (2fs), M Murphy 0-03 (2fs), P McBrearty 0-02, K Lacey, F McGlynn, O MacNiallais, R Kavanagh 0-01 each Report D Connolly 0-05 (1f), P Flynn 0-04, B Brogan 0-03 (1f), A Brogan, P Andrews 0-02 each, P McMahon 0-01
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 81,500
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Final
Donegalv Kerry

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Management team

Awards

GAA.ie Football Team of the Week

Included:

The Sunday Game Team of the Year

The Sunday Game selected Paul Durcan, Neil McGee, Neil Gallagher, Ryan McHugh and Michael Murphy on its Team of the Year. [11] [12]

GAA/GPA Young Footballer of the Year

Ryan McHugh won. [13]

All Stars

Donegal achieved four All Stars.

Pos.PlayerTeamAppearances
GK Donegal colours.jpg Paul Durcan Donegal 2
RCB Colours of Kerry.svg Paul Murphy Kerry 1
FB Donegal colours.jpg Neil McGee Donegal 3
LCB Colours of Mayo.svg Keith Higgins Mayo 3
RWB Colours of Dublin.svg James McCarthy Dublin 1
CB Colours of Kerry.svg Peter Crowley Kerry 1
LWB Colours of Mayo.svg Colm Boyle Mayo 2
MD Donegal colours.jpg Neil Gallagher Donegal 2
MD Colours of Kerry.svg David Moran Kerry 1
RWF Colours of Dublin.svg Paul Flynn Dublin 4
CF Donegal colours.jpg Michael Murphy Donegal 2
LWF Colours of Dublin.svg Diarmuid Connolly Dublin 1
RCF Colours of Mayo.svg Cillian O'Connor Mayo 1
FF Colours of Kerry.svg Kieran Donaghy Kerry 3
LCF Colours of Kerry.svg James O'Donoghue FOTY Kerry 2
County breakdown

Notes

A team managed by Declan Bonner, and including Eoghan Bán Gallagher, Jamie Brennan, John Campbell, Michael Carroll, Lorcan Connor, Ciaran Diver, Kieran Gillespie, Stephen McBrearty, Andrew McClean, Tony McClenaghan, Caolan McGonagle, Stephen McMenamin, Cian Mulligan and Ethan O'Donnell, advanced to the 2014 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final on 21 September. [14] [15] [16] [17]

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