Match for Michaela

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Match for Michaela
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Date3 November 2012 (2012-11-03)
Venue Casement Park, Belfast
Referee Maurice Deegan (Laois)
Attendance18,662 [1]

Match for Michaela was a Gaelic football match played under floodlights [2] at Casement Park in Belfast on Saturday 3 November 2012. The match was held in memory of Michaela McAreavey.

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Background

All-Ireland Senior Champions Donegal played a team comprising players from the rest of Ulster in an event intended to raise funds for The Michaela Foundation. [3] Match for Michaela was launched on 25 October 2012. [4]

Match for Michaela marked the first occasion that the Donegal senior football team played since winning the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final on 23 September. [5] The game took place ahead of a planned redevelopment of Casement Park. [2]

Team selection

Donegal

Donegal manager Jim McGuinness named a squad featuring six All Stars Paul Durcan, Frank McGlynn, Karl Lacey, Neil Gallagher, Mark McHugh and Michael Murphy. The position of Lacey, the 2012 All Stars Footballer of the Year, [5] was in some doubt ahead of the game after he picked up a hamstring injury playing for his club Four Masters. [2] As the final of the 2012 Donegal Senior Football Championship was the following day, players from the St Eunan's and Naomh Conaill clubs were excused. Among these were Rory Kavanagh, Leo McLoone and Anthony Thompson.

No.PlayerPositionClub
1 Paul Durcan Goalkeeper The Four Masters
2 Paddy McGrath Right corner back Ardara
3 Eamon McGee Full back Gaoth Dobhair
4 Tommy McKinley Left corner back Naomh Colmcille
5 Frank McGlynn Right half back Glenfin
6 Karl Lacey Centre back The Four Masters
7 Declan Walsh Left half back Malin
8 Christy Toye Midfield St Michael's
9 Neil Gallagher Midfield Glenswilly
10 Daniel McLaughlin Centre forward St Michael's
11 Adrian Hanlon Left half forward An Clochán Liath
12 Ryan Bradley Right half forward Buncrana
13 Patrick McBrearty Right corner forward Cill Chartha
14 Michael Murphy (c) Full forward Glenswilly
15 David Walsh Left corner forward Naomh Bríd
No.PlayerPositionClub
16 Michael Boyle Substitute Termon
17 Antoin McFadden Substitute St Michael's
18 Mark McHugh Substitute Cill Chartha
19 Peter Witherow Substitute St Michael's
20 Martin McElhinney Substitute St Michael's
21 Stephen Griffin Substitute St Naul's
22 Barry Dunnion Substitute The Four Masters
23 Martin O'Reilly Substitute Seán MacCumhaill's
24 Gary McFadden Substitute Glenswilly
25 Peter McGee Substitute Gaoth Dobhair

Ulster

Ulster manager Joe Kernan named a squad containing at least one player from every county in Ulster, apart from their opponents Donegal. Four players from Tyrone were named in the squad. [2]

No.PlayerPositionClub
1 Brendan McVeigh Goalkeeper An Ríocht/Down
2 Ryan McCluskey Right corner back Dungannon Swifts/Fermanagh
3 Dan Gordon Full back Loughinisland/Down
4 Chrissy McKaigue Left corner back Slaughtneil/Derry
5 Ciarán McKeever Right half back Cullyhanna/Armagh
6 Darren Hughes (c) Centre back Scotstown/Monaghan
7 James Loughrey Left half back St Brigid's/Antrim
8 Seán Cavanagh Midfield Moy Tír Na nÓg/Tyrone
9 David Gibney Midfield Mountnugent/Cavan
10 Colm Cavanagh Centre forward Moy Tír Na nÓg/Tyrone
11 Mark Poland Left half forward Longstone/Down
12 Joe McMahon Right half forward Omagh St Enda's/Tyrone
13 Martin Penrose Right corner forward Carrickmore St Colmcille's/Tyrone
14 Michael McCann Full forward Cargin/Antrim
15 Conor McManus Left corner forward Clontibret O'Neills/Monaghan
No.PlayerPositionClub
16 Niall Morgan Substitute Edendork St Malachy's/Tyrone
17 Conor Gormley Substitute Carrickmore St Colmcille's/Tyrone
18 Vinny Corey Substitute Clontibret O'Neills/Monaghan
19 Brendan Donaghy Substitute Clonmore Robert Emmet's/Armagh
20 Ambrose Rogers Substitute Longstone/Down
21 Gearóid McKiernan Substitute Swanlinbar St Mary's/Cavan
22 Brendan Coulter Substitute Mayobridge/Down

Match details

Donegal
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1–12 — 2–12 Ulster
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Report
Casement Park, Belfast
Attendance: 18,662 [1]
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)
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Donegal
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