2014 Ulster Senior Football Championship

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2014 Ulster SFC
Tournament details
Year2014
Winners
Champions Donegal (8th win)
Manager Jim McGuinness
Captain Michael Murphy
Runners-up
Runners-up Monaghan
Manager Malachy O'Rourke
Captain Conor McManus
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Championship venues
Celtic Park, Derry, August 2009.JPG
Celtic Park in the City of Derry
Healy Park, Omagh.jpg
Healy Park in Omagh
St. Tiernach's Park.JPG
St Tiernach's Park in Clones
and others elsewhere...

The 2014 Ulster Senior Football Championship was the 126th [1] installment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Ulster GAA. It was one of the four provincial competitions of the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Monaghan entered the competition as defending Ulster champions. They were dethroned by Donegal in the final.

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The draw was made on 3 October 2013. [2] Under new GAA rules, to allow counties to more easily predict the dates of their qualifier matches, the two sides of the draw were named as either A or B. Antrim, Derry, Donegal and Fermanagh were named on the A side of the draw, while Armagh, Cavan, Down, Monaghan and Tyrone's draw was named as the B side.

The opening game of the Ulster Championship was played on 18 May 2014, with Tyrone playing Down at Healy Park. The game ended level and the teams faced each other again the following week, with Tyrone advancing to the quarter-finals. In the first of the quarter-finals on 25 May 2014, Derry were beaten by Donegal, the Oak Leaf county losing by a goal in their home ground of Celtic Park. In the second quarter-final, which took place on 1 June 2014, Antrim narrowly beat Fermanagh, seeing the Saffrons through to their first Ulster semi-final since 2009.

A mass player brawl before kick-off marred the quarter-final meeting of Armagh and Cavan at the Athletic Grounds on 8 June 2014, with Cavan's star player Martin Dunne unable to play and his team losing by a goal and three points. [3] Dunne sustained a broken hand and was seen watching the game with his arm in a sling. [4] Reigning Ulster champions Monaghan overcame Tyrone by a single point on 15 June 2014, to earn the chance to face Armagh.

In the first semi-final on 22 June 2014, Antrim were beaten comfortably by Donegal with the total difference between the teams at full-time being 13 points. The second semi-final was much closer, the match between Armagh and Monaghan on 28 June 2014 ending level. In the replay on 6 July 2014, Monaghan were five-point victors, setting up a final against Donegal, a replay of the previous year's final.

The final took place on 20 July 2014. Having led 0-06 to 0-04 at half-time, Donegal won the match by three point on 0-15 to 1-09 scoreline, avenging the previous year's defeat to Monaghan in the final. [5] [6]

Teams

The Ulster championship is contested by the nine county teams in the province of Ulster.

TeamColoursSponsorManagerCaptainMost recent success
All-IrelandProvincial
Antrim Antrim colours.PNG Saffron and whiteCreagh Concrete Liam Bradley Aodhán Gallagher
Armagh Armagh colours.PNG Orange and whiteRainbow Communications Paul Grimley Ciarán McKeever
Cavan Laois colours.PNG Royal blue and white Kingspan Group Terry HylandAlan Clarke
Derry Cork colours.PNG Red and whiteSpecialist Joinery Group Brian McIver Mark Lynch
Donegal Donegal colours.jpg Gold and green Donegal Creameries Jim McGuinness Michael Murphy
Down Down colours.PNG Red and blackCanal Court Hotel James McCartan Mark Poland
Fermanagh Limerick colours.PNG Green and whiteTracey Concrete Pete McGrath Eoin Donnelly
Monaghan Waterford colours.PNG White and blue Investec Malachy O'Rourke Conor McManus
Tyrone Derry colours.PNG White and RedHunky Dorys Mickey Harte Seán Cavanagh

Bracket

Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Tyrone
(R) 		2-11
3-11
Down
(R) 		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

Fixtures

Preliminary round

Preliminary Round
Tyrone 2-11 – 3-08 Down
D McCurry (1-02), S Cavanagh (0-05), P Harte (1-00), K Coney (0-03), N Morgan (0-01) Report D O’Hare (1-02), C Maginn (1-00), A Carr (1-00), C Garvey, M Poland, C Laverty, A Rogers, N Madine, B Coulter (0-01 each)
Healy Park, Omagh
Attendance: 13,222 [7]
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)
Preliminary Round Replay
Down 0-12 – 3-11 Tyrone
D O'Hare (0-06), C Laverty (0-02), D Gordon, C Maginn, B Coulter, C Garvey (0-01 each) Report C McGinley (2-01), P Harte (1-01), N Morgan (0-03), D McCurry (0-02), M Donnelly, R O'Neill, N McKenna, C McAliskey (0-01 each)
Páirc Esler, Newry
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath)

Quarter-finals

Quarter Final
Derry 0-11 – 1-11 Donegal
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)
Quarter Final
Fermanagh 3-13 – 2-18 Antrim
S Quigley (1-06), M O'Brien (1-01), B Owens (1-00), P McCusker (0-03), E Donnelly, A Ward, E Maguire (0-01 each) Report B Neeson (1-06), K Niblock (1-03), T McCann (0-03), P McCann (0-02), M McCann (0-02), R Murray (0-02)
Brewster Park, Enniskillen
Attendance: 8,256 [8]
Referee: C. Branagan (Down)
Quarter Final
Armagh 1-12 – 0-09 Cavan
J Clarke (0-04), C Rafferty (1-00), A Kernan (0-03), E McVerry, E Rafferty (0-02 each), M Shields (0-01) Report E Keating, G McKiernan, David Givney (0-02 each), F Flanagan , C Mackey, M McKeever (0-01 each)
Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo)
Quarter Final
Monaghan 1-12 – 0-14 Tyrone
C McManus (0-06), D Malone (1-00), K Hughes, F Kelly, R Beggan (0-02 each) Report D McCurry (0-04), Mattie Donnelly (0-03), S Cavanagh, N Morgan, C McAliskey (0-02 each), C McGinley (0-01)
St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Referee: Eddie Kinsella (Laois)

Semi-finals

Semi Final
Donegal 3-16 – 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: B Cassidy (Derry)
Semi Final
Armagh 0-14 – 0-14 Monaghan
S Campbell, J Clarke, T Kernan (0-03 each), M Shields, K Dyas, A Forker, S Forker, R Grugan (0-01 each) Report R Beggan (0-05), K Hughes, C McManus, S Gollogly (0-02 each), D Clerkin, C McGuinness, J McCarron (0-01 each)
St Tiernach's Park
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Semi Final Replay
Monaghan 1-18 – 1-13 Armagh
C McManus (1-07), P Finlay (0-04), D Hughes, R Beggan (0-02 each), D Clerkin, S Gollogly, D Malone (0-01 each) Report T Kernan (0-07), J Clarke (0-05), A Findon (1-00), E McVerry (0-01)
St Tiernach's Park
Referee: M Duffy (Sligo)

Final

Final
Monaghan 1-09 – 0-15 Donegal
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)
St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

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References

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  8. ↑ Click here for attendance figure
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