2019 Derry Senior Football Championship

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2019 Derry Senior Football Championship
Tournament details
County Derry
Year2019
TrophyJohn McLaughlin Cup
Teams16
Defending champions Eoghan Rua, Coleraine
Winners
Champions Magherafelt
ManagerAdrian Cush
CaptainDanny Heavron
Qualify for Ulster Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up Glen
ManagerJude Donnelly
CaptainDanny Tallon
Other
Top ScorerShane Heavron (0-20)
Website derrygaa.ie
  2018
2020  

The 2019 Derry Senior Football Championship was the 96th edition of Derry GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for the top sixteen clubs. 2019 was the first year of the restructured adult football leagues of Division 1A, Division 1B and Division 2. The sixteen teams who qualified for the 2019 senior championship are explained in the 'Competition Format' section below.

Contents

Magherafelt won their first title in 41 years, [1] beating Glen by a solitary point, 0–12 to 0–11, in the final on 20 October 2019 at Celtic Park.

Eoghan Rua, Coleraine were the defending champions having won their second title. They defeated Lavey by 1–12 to 0–12 in the final in Celtic Park on 28 October 2018. [2]

The winners received the John McLaughlin Cup.

Magherafelt and Glen featured heavily on the County Derry Post team of the championship [3]

Competition format

Senior, Intermediate and Junior Championships

Relegations, promotions and rankings within the three divisions of the football league in 2018 were used to determine which of the three 2019 championships the thirty seven clubs competed in –

Senior Championship Teams in 2019

The restructured adult football leagues in Derry of Division 1A (12 teams), Division 1B (12 teams) and Division 2 (13 teams) were introduced in 2019. [4] Five teams were relegated from the 2018 Division 1 to the new 2019 Division 1B (see section 'Relegations and promotions in 2018' below for details). The 2019 senior championship was competed for by the top fifteen teams in the 2018 Division 1 and Banagher, the winners of the 2018 Division 2. Claudy, who finished 16th in 2018, were relegated to the 2019 intermediate football championship.

Current format

The senior championship reverted to straight knock-out in 2016 and the format continues with some minor alterations. If the score is level at the end of the normal sixty minutes, the match is replayed. If the replay is also level at the end of normal time, two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way.

At the end (or close to the end) of each round, a random draw is held to determine the fixtures in the next round.

Previous Formats

A back-door format was used from 2009 to 2015. Four initial ‘round-robin’ groups of four teams with the top two teams in each group progressing to the four knockout quarter-finals were used in seasons 2007 and 2008.

In the early years of Derry GAA, three separate senior championships were organised – The North Derry Championship, The South Derry Championship and The Derry City Championship. One semi-final and a final were held to determine the overall Derry senior champions. In 1958, a straight knockout format for all senior teams was introduced.

Recent history of relegations and promotions

Relegations and promotions in 2019

Senior Championship

All twelve teams in the 2019 Division 1A automatically qualified for the 2020 senior championship. Four 2019 Division 1B teams also qualified for the 2020 senior football championship –

League

Two teams were relegated from Division 1A and were replaced by two teams from Division 1B –

Relegations and promotions in 2018

Senior Championship

Fifteen of the sixteen 2018 Division 1 teams retained the right to play in the 2019 senior championship. Claudy (who finished bottom in 2018) played in the 2019 intermediate championship. Banagher, the winners of the 2018 Division 2, took Claudy's place in the 2019 senior championship.

League

Five teams were relegated from the old Division 1 in 2018 to the new Division 1B in 2019 and one team, Banagher, were promoted –

Relegations and promotions in 2017

Senior Championship Full Draw

The championship began on Friday 6 September 2019. The draw for the first round was held on Thursday 9 May 2019. [5] Subsequent draws are held at the end (or very near the end) of every round. The bracket below can therefore only be completed when the last four teams have been paired in the semi-final draw.

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
20 October 2019
Slaughtneil 2-11
Newbridge 1-06 Slaughtneil 1-14
Dungiven 1-14 Ballinderry 0-11
Ballinderry 6-18 Slaughtneil 1-11
Lavey 0-12 Glen 3-07
Greenlouugh 0-06 Lavey 2-06
The Loup 1-10 Glen 1-15
Glen 1-14 Glen 0-11
Banagher 3-12 Magherafelt 0-12
Bellaghy 3-09 Banagher 1-11
Glenullin 3-12 Swatragh 0-11
Swatragh 0-11 Banagher 1-09
Ballinascreen 2-14 Magherafelt 1-10
Kilrea 0-09 Ballinascreen 2-05
Coleraine 0-10 Magherafelt 1-15
Magherafelt 1-08

First round

The first round draw was made on Thursday 9 May 2019

6 September 2019
8:30 pm
Lavey0-12 - 0-06GreenloughOwenbeg
Referee: M McAleese (Drum)
Cailean O'Boyle (0-6, 4f), O Downey (0-2, 1f) E McGill (0-1), D Hughes (0-1), Shea Downey (0-1), Ciaron O'Boyle (0-1, 1f)N Loughlin (0-2, 2f), R Tohill (0-2), E McNally (0-1), M Bradley (0-1)

7 September 2019
2:30pm
Slaughtneil2-11 – 1-06NewbridgeGlen
Referee: Harry Tohill
C Bradley (0-5, 4f), Sé McGuigan (1-1), Shane McGuigan (0-3, 3f), K McKaigue (1-0), R Bradley (0-1), B Cassidy (0-1)D McKeever (1-0), M McGrogan (0-2, 2f), Paudie McGrogan (0-1), D Mulholland (0-1, 1f), Peter McGrogan (0-1) C McAteer (0-1)

7 September 2019
4:00pm
Ballinderry6-18 - 1-14DungivenGlen
R Bell (0-10, 6f), D McKinless (1-3), C Nevin (2-0), G McKinless (2-0), O Duffin (1-0), R Scott (0-1), R O'Neill (0-1), D Lawn (0-1), R Wilkinson(0-1)C Murphy (0-5, 2f), M Craig (1-0), J McNicholl (0-2), G McGuigan (0-2), R Mullan (0-1), T Brady (0-1), S McCloskey (0-1), M Burke (0-1)

7 September 2019
6:30 pm
Banagher3-12 – 3-09BellaghyOwenbeg
Referee: D Harkin
T Moore (2-2), C Lynch (1-1, 1 pen), G O'Neill (0-3), M Lynch (0-3, 2f), B Óg McGilligan (0-2) N Moore (0-1)R McElwee (1-2, 1pen, 2f), F Donnelly (0-4), E Brown (1-1), P Cassidy (1-0), K McCallion (0-1), L Spier (0-1, 1f)

7 September 2019
8:00pm
Magherafelt1-08 - 0-10ColeraineOwenbeg
Attendance: 2,831
Referee: JJ Cleary
S Heavron (0-4, 4f), E McGuckin (1-0), C Murphy (0-2), J Young (0-1), A McElhone (0-1)Colm McGoldrick (0-3, 1f), N Holly (0-3), Ciaran McGoldrick (0-1), G McWilliams (0-1), B Daly (0-1) L McGoldrick (0-1, 1f)

8 September 2019
1:30pm
Swatragh3-12 - 0-11GlenullinBellaghy
Referee: M McGeehan
F Kearney (1-4, 1f), P Kearney (1-3, 1 pen), T Walsh (1-0), S Kearney (0-1), J Kearney (0-1), C McAtamney (0-1), J McAtamney (0-1) F McGurk (0-1)D O'Kane (0-7, 4f), E Bradley (0-3, 3f), C Hasson (0-1)

8 September 2019
6:00 pm
Ballinascreen2-14 - 0-09KilreaOwenbeg
Referee: R Donoghue
S Mulgrew (1-7, 4f), B Heron (1-2, 1f), E Duggan (0-1), R Doyle (0-1), M Bradley (0-1), B Grant (0-1), N Doyle (0-1)P Quigg (0-3, 0-1 pen), C Gillen (0-3, 3f), J Kielt (0-3, 3f)

8 September 2019
7:30 pm
Glen1-14 - 1-10LoupOwenbeg
Referee: Barry Cassidy
E Bradley (0-5), P Gunning (1-1, 1f), C McFaul (0-2), A Doherty (0-2, 1f), E Doherty (0-1), C Carville (0-1), C Mulholland (0-1)A O'Neill (1-3, 3f), Caolin Devlin (0-4, 4f), A McAlynn (0-1), T O'Brien (0-1), D McVey (0-1)

Quarter-finals

21 September 2019
6:30pm
Banagher1-11 0-11SwatraghOwenbeg
Referee: John Joe Cleary (Castledawson)
N Moore (1-2), M lynch (0-3, 3f), C Feeney (0-3), P Hagan (0-2), S Farren (0-1)F Kearney (0-7, 3f), P Kearney (0-2), J Kearney (0-1)

22 September 2019
1:30pm
Slaughtneil1-14 - 0-11BallinderryGlen
Referee: Damien Harkin (Slaughtmanus)
Shane McGuigan (0-6, 6f), C Bradley (1-3, 1f), B Rogers (0-1), C O'Doherty (0-2), B Cassidy (0-1), Sé McGuigan (0-1)R Bell (0-4, 4f), D McKinless (0-2), K McGuckin (0-1), R Wilkinson (0-1), C Nevin (0-1), C O'Neill (0-1), C Mallaghan (0-1)

22 September 2019
4:30pm
Magherafelt1-15 - 2-05BallinascreenOwenbeg
Referee: Barry Cassidy (Bellaghy)
C Murphy (1-2), S Heavron (0-5, 4f), E McGuckin (0-2), D Martin (0-2), D Heavron (0-1), J Monaghan (0-1), C Kearns (0-1), C McCloskey (0-1)B Heron (2-1, 1-0f), S Mulgrew (0-3), C McWilliams (0-1)

22 September 2019
6:00pm
Glen1-15 - 2-06LaveyOwenbeg
Referee: Daniel Mullan (Glenullin)
A Doherty (1-2), C McFaul (0-3) P Gunning (0-2, 2f) E Bradley (0-2, 1 '45), T Flanagan (0-1), D Tallon (0-1), C Carville (0-1), E Doherty (0-1), C Convery (0-1), S O'Hara (0-1)S Downey (1-0), A McGurk (1-0), Cailean O'Boyle (0-3, 2f), N Toner (0-1), D Chivers (0-1)

Semi-finals

5 October 2019
6.30pm
Magherafelt1-10 - 1-09BanagherOwenbeg
Attendance: 3380
Referee: D Harkin
S Heavron (0-6 ,5f), C Kearns (1-1), P McLarnon (0-2), D Heavron (0-1)N Moore (1-1), M Lynch (0-3, 2f), C Feeney (0-2), S Murphy (0-1), C Lynch (0-1), T Moore (0-1)

6 October 2019
4.30pm
Glen3-07 - 1-11SlaughtneilOwenbeg
Attendance: 6095
Referee: Barry Cassidy (Bellaghy)
E Bradley (1-1), J Doherty (1-0), C Mulholland (1-0), P Gunning (0-2, 2f), A Doherty (0-2), D Tallon (0-1, 1f), R DouganR Bradley (1-1), Shane McGuigan (0-4, 3f), C Bradley (0-4, 2f), C O'Doherty (0-1), C McKaigue (0-1)

Final

20 October 2019
4pm
Magherafelt0-12 - 0-11Glen Páirc na gCeilteach, Doire
Attendance: 9,511
Referee: John Joe Cleary (Castledawson)
S Heavron (0-5, 4f), E McGuckin (0-3), C McCluskey (0-1), P McLarnon (0-1), J Young (0-1), A McElhone (0-1) Derry Now D Tallon (0-4), A Doherty (0-4), J Doherty (0-1), E Bradley (0-1, 1f), P Gunning (0-1, 1f)

Top Scorer

Championship Completed.

RankPlayerClubScoreTotal
1Shane HeavronMagherafelt0-2020
2Christopher BradleySlaughtneil1–1215
3Francis KearneySwatragh1–1114
3Ryan BellBallinderry0–1414

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