2021 Ulster Senior Football Championship

2021 Ulster SFC

Tournament details
Year	2021
Trophy	Anglo-Celt Cup
Winners
Champions	Tyrone (16th win)
Manager	Feargal Logan Brian Dooher
Captain	Pádraig Hampsey
Runners-up
Runners-up	Monaghan
Manager	Séamus McEnaney
Captain	Ryan Wylie
Other
Top Scorer	Darren McCurry (0-22)
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The 2021 Ulster Senior Football Championship is the 133rd installment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship organised by Ulster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The winning team received the Anglo-Celt Cup. The draw for the championship was made on 22 April 2021. ^{[1] [2]}

Teams

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

Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Captain	Most recent success
All-Ireland	Provincial
Antrim	Saffron and white	Fona Cab	Enda McGinley	Peter Healy [3]		1951
Armagh	Orange and white	Simply Fruit	Kieran McGeeney	Rory Grugan	2002	2008
Cavan	Royal blue and white	Kingspan Group	Mickey Graham	Raymond Galligan	1952	2020
Derry	Red and white	H&A Mechanical Services	Rory Gallagher	Chrissy McKaigue	1993	1998
Donegal	Gold and green	KN Group	Declan Bonner	Michael Murphy	2012	2019
Down	Red and black	EOS IT Solutions	Paddy Tally	Darren O'Hagan	1994	1994
Fermanagh	Green and white	Tracey Concrete	Ryan McMenamin	Eoin Donnelly
Monaghan	White and blue	Investec	Séamus "Banty" McEnaney	Ryan Wylie		2015
Tyrone	White and Red	Tyrone Fabrication	Feargal Logan Brian Dooher	Pádraig Hampsey [4] [5]	2008	2017

Championship draw

	Preliminary round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						Armagh		4-15
						Antrim		0-14
											Armagh		2-21
											Monaghan		4-17
						Monaghan		1-21
						Fermanagh		0-14
																Monaghan		0-15
																Tyrone		0-16
						Tyrone		1-18
						Cavan		0-13
											Tyrone		0-23
											Donegal		1-14
						Derry		0-15
	Down		1-12			Donegal		0-16
	Donegal		2-25

Preliminary round

Two counties were randomly drawn to face each other in the preliminary round. The lowest ranked county to play in the preliminary round was Down of Division 2.

27 June 2021 13:00 Preliminary Round	Donegal (1)	2-25 - 1-12	Down (2)	Pairc Esler, Newry Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)
	Paddy McBrearty 1-6 (0-2f), Jamie Brennan 1-1, Ryan McHugh and Michael Langan (0-1f, 1 '45) 0-4 each, Peadar Mogan 0-3, Michael Murphy 0-2 (0-1f), Ciarán Thompson, Niall O'Donnell, Eoin McHugh, Ethan O'Donnell, Conor O'Donnell 0-1 each	Report	Barry O'Hagan 0-8 (0-3f, 0-1m), Caolan Mooney 1-0, Liam Kerr 0-2 (0-1f), Darren O'Hagan and James Guinness 0-1 each

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Quarter-finals

Seven counties were given a bye to this stage and were joined by the winning team from the preliminary round. The lowest ranked county to play in the semi-finals was Antrim of Division 4.

3 July 2021 15:30 Quarter-final	Monaghan (1)	1-21 - 0-14	Fermanagh (3)	Athletic Grounds, Armagh
	Jack McCarron (1-2, 0-2f), Conor McManus (0-4, 0-2f, 1m), Aaron Mulligan (0-3), Micheál Bannigan (0-2), Colin Walshe (0-2, 1m), Conor Boyle, Ryan Wylie, Karl O'Connell, Dessie Ward, Killian Lavelle, Niall Kearns (0-1 each), Rory Beggan (0-1 1'45'), Conor McCarthy (0-1, 1m)	Report	Seán Quigley (0-7, 5f, 1'45'), Aidan Breen (0-2), Jonny Cassidy, Ciaran Corrigan, Ultan Kelm, Dara McGurn, Josh Largo-Ellis (0-1 each)

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4 July 2021 15:30 Quarter-final	Armagh (1)	4-15 - 0-14	Antrim (4)	St Tiernach's Park, Clones Attendance: 0 [note 1]
	Rian O'Neill (1-5 1-0 pen, 5f), Rory Grugan (1-2), Conor Turbitt (1-1), Tiernan Kelly (1-0), Jarlath Óg Burns (0-2), Connaire Mackin, Greg McCabe, Ciaron O'Hanlon, Oisin O'Neill (0-1 each), Patrick Burns (0-1, mark)	Report	Ryan Murray (0-3, 2f), Ruairí McCann (0-2f), Dermot McAleese (0-2), Paddy McBride (0-2), Conor Murray (0-2, 1f), Niall McKeever, Conor Small (0-1 each), Odhran Eastwood (0-1 mark)

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10 July 2021 16:30 Quarter-final	Tyrone (1)	1-18 - 0-13	Cavan (3)	Healy Park, Omagh
	Darren McCurry 0-10 (3f, 1m), Brian Kennedy 1-0, Cathal McShane 0-3 (1f), Niall Sludden 0-2, Peter Harte 0-1, Richard Donnelly 0-1, Paul Donaghy 0-1	Report	Gearóid McKiernan 0-6 (4f), Conor Smith 0-2, Raymond Galligan 0-1f, Thomas Galligan 0-1, Gerard Smith 0-1, Oisin Pierson 0-1, Conor Madden 0-1

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11 July 2021 16:00 Quarter-final	Donegal (1)	0-16 - 0-15	Derry (3)	MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey Attendance: 0 [note 1]
	Paddy McBrearty (0-2f), Michael Langan and Niall O'Donnell 0-3 each, Caolan McGonagle, Jamie Brennan and Michael Murphy (0-2f) 0-2 each, Paul Brennan 0-1.	Report	Shane McGuigan 0-4 (0-2f), Ciaran McFaul 0-3, Benny Heron 0-2, Padraig Cassidy, Gareth McKinless, Conor Doherty, Conor Glass, Emmett Bradley and Niall Loughlin 0-1 each.

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Semi-finals

The four quarter-finals winners advance to this stage. All four counties in the semi-finals were from Division 1.

17 July 2021 16:00 IST (UTC+1) Semi-final	Armagh (1)	2-21 - 4-17	Monaghan (1)	Pairc Esler, Newry
	Rian O'Neill (0-6, 3frees), Conor Turbitt (1-1), Oisin O'Neill (0-3), Rory Grugan (0-3, 1free), Tiernan Kelly (1-0), Connaire O'Hanlon, Greg McCabe, Niall Grimley, Jarlath Óg Burns, Andrew Murnin, Stefan Campbell, C O'Neill, Ross McQuillan (0-1 each)	Report	Conor McManus (1-6, 0-3 frees, 0-1 mark), Jack McCarron, Micheál Bannigan (1-1 each), Darren Hughes (1-0), Rory Beggan (0-2 frees), Dessie Ward, Stephen O'Hanlon (0-2 each), Conor McCarthy, Shane Carey (0-1 each)

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18 July 2021 13:45 IST (UTC+1) Semi-final	Tyrone (1)	0-23 - 1-14	Donegal (1)	Brewster Park, Enniskillen
	Darren McCurry (0-7, 3 frees), Kieran McGeary, Niall Sludden, Tiernan McCann (0-3 each), Mattie Donnelly (0-2), Peter Harte, Conor Meyler, Conor McKenna, Frank Burns (0-1 each), Cathal McShane (0-1 free)	Report	Paddy McBrearty (0-4, 2 frees), Caolan McGonigle (1-0), Jamie Brennan, Niall O'Donnell (0-2 each), Michael Langan (0-2, 1 free), Michael Murphy (0-2 frees), Ciarán Thompson, Peader Mogan (0-1 each)

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Final

31 July 2021 16:00 Final	Monaghan	0-15 - 0-16	Tyrone	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 18,000
	Conor McManus 0-4 (0-3f), Jack McCarron (0-1m) and Rory Beggan (0-2f) 0-2 each, Conor Boyle, Kieran Duffy, Killian Lavelle, Michael Bannigan, Conor McCarthy and Colin Walshe (0-1m) 0-1 each.	Report	Darren McCurry 0-5 (0-2f, 0-1m), Mattie Donnelly 0-3 (0-1f), Mark Bradley 0-2, Padraig Hampsey, Michael McKiernan, Niall Sludden, Peter Harte, Kieran McGeary and Cathal McShane 0-1 each.

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Tyrone advanced to the 2020 All-Ireland SFC semi-finals.

See also

• 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  • 2021 Connacht Senior Football Championship
  • 2021 Leinster Senior Football Championship
  • 2021 Munster Senior Football Championship

Notes

1. The game was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland

References

1. "2021 GAA Football and Hurling Championship Draws: Munster, Connacht, Leinster and Ulster pairings decided". Sky Sports. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
2. "Ulster SFC: Reigning champions Cavan draw Tyrone in quarter-finals". BBC. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
3. "Healy handed Antrim football captaincy". Hogan Stand. 14 May 2021.
4. "Team news: Hampsey is new Red Hands captain". Hogan Stand. 14 May 2021.
5. "Pádraig Hampsey is new Tyrone captain – but no sign of Cathal McShane comeback just yet". Irish Independent . 14 May 2021.

External links

• http://ulster.gaa.ie/