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First published by Jequibooks jeromequinn@yahoo.com All rights reserved ISBN 0 9524952 0 3 Previous books by the author Celebrating Ulster Football & Hurling ~ the Path of Champions (1993) Ulster Gaelic Games Annual (1994) Ulster Sports (1995) Bredagh ~ 25 Years (1996) Ulster Gaelic Games (1997) Jerome Quinn’s Championship ~ Year of the Underdog (2000) Joe Meets Sam & Ulster’s Glory Year (2002) Photography Oliver McVeigh ~ Presspics Photo Agency 5 Aughnarainey Close •Donaghmore •Tyrone •BT70 1SX Telephone: 028 8776 7612 Fax & ISDN: 028 8776 1599 Email: o.mcveigh@btinternet.com Mobile: 0786 013 7052 Peter Barrow - Aerial Photography Specialists - Dublin 882 9155 Design Pacesetter Publications [ magazine, brochure, advertising, marketing & multimedia design ]

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1 Heart-to-Harte ....................................................6

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2 Peter’s Story ....................................................20

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3 Derry & Antrim ................................................35

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4 The Ulster Final ..............................................40

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5 Fermanagh & Kerry ........................................45

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6 The All Ireland Final ......................................50

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7 Peter’s Speech ................................................66

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8 Fans in the Frame ............................................71 Colour Section ................................................81

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9 Puke Football? ................................................97

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10 The Experts? ..................................................102

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11 Jerome’s Story ..............................................109

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12 Club Tyrone ..................................................114

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13 Paul McGirr ..................................................119

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14 National League ............................................124

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15 Harp Lager Clubs ..........................................128

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16 Bank of Ireland Ulster Colleges ..................133

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17 BT Ulster Colleges ........................................142

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18 Statistics ........................................................145 3

Acknowledgements I said last year that I would not write another book.... until Tyrone won the All Ireland! Now, as an Omagh man, I am delighted to finally introduce my eighth book about their historic success. The picture on the cover shows my home town on the Monday night after the final, when I stood proudly with my family half way down the hill to welcome the Sam Maguire cup to Tyrone.

My children live in Belfast but they are big Tyrone fans, as you can see in the picture on Page 71. Matthew, Kathryn and Mark were in Omagh and Dungannon for the homecomings, while little Laura got to meet Mickey Harte and Sam at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast a few weeks later. This book is dedicated to the greatest kids in the world and to the memory of their friend, David Gillespie in Strabane. I am very grateful to the Bank of Ireland for sponsoring this publication. They have shown a great commitment to gaelic games at all levels, from Ulster Colleges football and hurling to the All Ireland Senior football championship. In the year that the latter competition has had an historic all-Ulster final, I am particularly delighted to be associated with this prestigious supporter of gaelic games. Special thanks go to Lesley Delaney, Ashleigh Carnduff and Colm McKenna at their offices in Belfast. I am also indebted to my other sponsors - O'Neills, McAleer & Rushe, Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough Council, BT, Harp Lager and Tyrone Crystal. The bulk of the marvellous pictures are courtesy of fellow-Tyrone man Oliver McVeigh, while the stunning aerial photograph was taken by Peter Barrow in Dublin (large posters of the picture are available from his offices). The 'Fans in the Frame' chapter features a number of photographs taken by Tyrone supporters all over the world. Robert Doherty put this entire project together, while Armagh man Conall Donnelly managed to put his loyalties to one side to design the website to go along with the publication - www.jeromegaabooks.com

Jerome Quinn November 2003

On behalf of Bank of Ireland I am delighted to introduce a tribute to what has been an exhilarating year for GAA, with two Ulster counties competing for the coveted Sam Maguire for the first time in the Championship’s history. Bank of Ireland has a long-standing relationship with the GAA, both in it’s support of the Football Championship and Ulster Colleges. In fact, this year has seen a renewal of the contracts of both sponsorships which will allow the Bank to continue to contribute to the further development of the game. When considering any sponsorship we look for certain distinguishing features, including developing opportunities for young people and investment in the community. This sport encompasses everything that Bank of Ireland believes in competitiveness, discipline, and, above all, teamwork. We are therefore delighted to be able to extend our support to sponsor ’Sam Comes Home’. Jerome’s book reflects the energy and passion which exists within Football and Hurling in Ulster, whilst also providing a first-class illustration of the excitement experienced by the enormous fan-base. Colm McKenna

Head of Group Marketing NI Bank of Ireland

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heart to W

HARTE

hen Mickey Harte was named as the new Tyrone manager in the Autumn of 2002, very few people really believed that within one year he would have captured the National League, the Ulster Championship and the elusive All Ireland title itself.

Harte was widely known for being successful at underage and club level but he was new to senior intercounty football. Also, it looked like the Errigal Ciaran man had been given the job by default after the messy dismissal of Art McCrory and Eugene McKenna. However, Harte had faith in his own ability, and, in a story similar to that of Joe Kernan a year earlier, he soon began to unite both the players and the county. His nononsense approach saw Tyrone steamroll their way to

the National League title in May, racking up massive points totals in the latter stages. There were heartstopping moments in the Ulster Championship, but ghosts from Tyrone’s painful past were eventually put to rest as the 2003 team showed that they had the mettle, skill and composure to go all the way to the summit. In this interview with Harte, conducted in the Abbey Hotel in Donegal on the Tuesday morning after the All Ireland Final for the BBC Northern Ireland programme ‘Northern Exchange’, the Tyrone maestro explains his management philosophy, the motivational techniques used and his favourite moments from the All Ireland Final and the historic homecoming to County Tyrone. This is the entire transcript of the interview:

Jerome Quinn: Mickey Harte, All Ireland winner, senior All Ireland winner, Sam Maguire winner, at last. Can you believe it and what was it like last night? Mickey Harte: Well, I’m very happy to say that I can believe it. It has happened. We dreamed about it for so long. It was a big threat there hanging over everybody - could it be done? Now it has been done there’s a great sense of completion. That’s the best word I can find to describe how I feel. Last night the whole journey home, right through the towns of Monaghan, was unbelievable - the number of people who came out in Carrickmacross, in Castleblayney, in Monaghan and Emyvale. Essentially these are Monaghan towns and we were really thrilled at the amount of energy they showed to come out and the effort they made to be there as we passed through. Then we reached the border at Aughnacloy and it was something else as well. We’ve seen Aughnacloy street a few times with under-age success, but it couldn’t match what happened this time. Obviously we knew it would be something special. Then we moved on to Ballygawley. We thought Aughnacloy was very good; Ballygawley just rocked like never before. We stopped off in Kelly’s for a bite to eat and then it was down to 'Ballygawley rocked like never before'

The homecoming in Aughnacloy Paddy Tally, Mickey Harte and Peter Canavan with Sam Maguire. ‘We’ve seen Aughnacloy street a few times with under-age success, but it couldn’t match what happened this time’.

Omagh. Immediately on the outskirts of Omagh you knew this was something special. The traffic was so far out the road, with the people walking from literally a few miles out of the town. As we got into Sedan Avenue it was unreal. It just took everybody’s breath away. As we made our way towards the very top of the town and looked down the street, as far as your eye could see, Omagh was just packed to the rafters. Unreal. JQ: You ran onto the stage in Omagh with Peter and Sam. I take it that the crowd gave you energy? MH: They certainly did. You don’t need anything else. That’s what I like to say to people, you don’t need any assistance to celebrate this kind of occasion. Let the natural adrenaline take you as high as you want to go. There was a nice passageway kept for myself and Peter to get the cup down through a channel of stewards, which was hard work I would say. As we reached up onto the stage there, we just bounded forward and up that cup went. As somebody says, there was maybe 50,000 people and they just gave a tumultous roar. That’s what it was all about. That’s what we were waiting for. The county town of Tyrone had seen Sam Maguire for the very first time and what an experience it was! JQ: It’s a town you know well? MH: It certainly is, not to be quoting that song from another town, but I do know it very well. I spent my school years there and I have a brother Barney who lives in Omagh so I make frequent visits there. My own children have gone and are going to school there. So it is a special place. JQ: What other moments were there, in Omagh or in Ballygawley or wherever, when the hair stood up on the back of your neck? MH: Everywhere was special, everything about the day was special, I wouldn’t ever take away from any of that feeling. But I suppose when you land in your own home parish there is something extra special about that. I suppose we’re very fortunate that we have a very strong parish connection. Other years, other times it would be other clubs, but Errigal have a very strong connection at this point in time. We’re very grateful for that. I suppose when you bring that cup into your own people, up their own street

and you know the majority of the people around there and you know them very well, not just know them as acquaintances, then there is something special about that. Then there is obviously my family. Michaela my daughter. I really would have been scared to think what would have happened to her if this hadn’t come off because she had this in her head for so long, that this was going to happen this year. She has great faith, faith in God as well as in everything else. Her faith was strong and maybe it helped me, I have strong faith as well so I’m very pleased. JQ: That’s what it’s all about at the end of the day - family and the people who are with you all the way through, so when when you come to a situation like this, it’s your family you want. At the final whistle it’s them you think of? MH: Absolutely. People can never underestimate what this means to family, not just what the victory means to them but what the process of getting to victory means for family. People have to be separated from the people they love and live with in order to be the best they can be in the sporting field. You have to have very tolerant people at home to accept that, otherwise the player can’t give, or the person in charge can’t give the best of themselves. I think our families are owed a great debt of gratitude. We’re very fortunate our team sponsor Willie John Dolan exactly mirrors that image. He’s a family man, he’s a family business and his family are very important to the whole scene as well. I think it’s a nice set-up. JQ: I’d like to get on to the family that is the team, because it’s come together over the last six or seven years, apart from the likes of Peter and Chris. It’s developed in the way a family would - it’s had tragedies and it’s got stronger because of it. There’s also your attitude as head of the family. My colleague Mark Sidebottom said to you on Sunday morning that you were entering a massive day and a massive occasion, but you said that it wouldn’t change you or the players, no matter what happened. You also said in a newspaper interview that

football and the GAA is living, it’s real life. Could you explain how this young group of players have become so strong as a unit? MH: I think you’ve touched on it well there Jerome. You mentioned a number of things that are important. Obviously we’ll still go back to the 1997, 15th of June, Paul McGirr incident. I’ve said all along - privately and in other places, that the spirit of Paul McGirr lives within this group. That’s not to say that it’s all about that but it’s a very important element because of the number of players who are associated with that ‘97 minor team and because of what they’ve brought together to the team now - that spirit of challenge, if you like, and what bigger challenge than to cope with something as tragic as that. As you say, life is like that, life is full of enjoyment and full of disappointments. It’s full of having to cope with things that you don’t anticipate the script going that particular way. These players grew up very quickly I think. They grew to depend on each other. If you depend on people and know that people are there to be valued and are supportive, then you can obviously translate that onto the sporting field. I think these players have done that. Then the elder statesmen of the panel if you like, and I use that term reservedly, actually take on that kind of ethos as well. They see the spirit that’s in those boys. It’s something that you work at over time. It’s not something that just happens like a bolt of lightning out of the blue. It is something that works over time and people build on it, people get to appreciate each other and I think it’s good that families are appreciated as well. Because then you know that if your family is important and people are important, then you can do anything. When you go outside that realm I think you’re into a dangerous world of ultra-commercialism maybe, where the person doesn’t really matter. I’d hate to see our games go down that road. JQ: So it was very important for you to keep the players’ feet on the ground, though in a way that wasn’t difficult with this group? MH: That’s true. But it is important to keep their feet on the ground. It is ever more difficult to do that. You have to understand as well, that every

The ups and downs of life as Tyrone manager. Shaking hands with Paidi Ă&#x201C; Se after beating Kerry...

...and watching Benny Coulter celebrating after scoring a goal for Down in the Ulster Final.

person is different, every person is unique and therefore will have to cope with that challenge in their own way. We have to try to give some guidance and assistance to do that, but it isn’t the system for everybody and the team is not a team for everyone. For some, it’s a team of individuals. You want to bring the individual spirit, the uniqueness into the group while still retaining that individual element, but being part of a team with an overall ethos that we can all buy into. JQ: Bringing that forward then to Saturday night, you had a team meeting and players exchanged stories, very similar to Armagh the year before. They played a video and remembered why they were there and people who passed on, their families and so on. I gather you did something similar? MH: That’s true. It’s been part of our work all year, where the players have a right to contribute to the overall text as it were. This is not about preaching, it’s about asking questions and as my good friend Bart McEnroe he’s a motivator who does some work for Terence Donnelly Motors, outside of football - rightly pointed out to me in the last few months*, to get a different way of looking at things, you have to get the picture inside the other man’s head, the other person’s head. We always involve the players in valuing their thoughts and views in what was going on, because this is all about trying to learn, trying to have something different than you had the day before. I think Bart brought this little bit of difference to the scene, to try to ask more questions and to do more talking. To do that obviously, you involve people, you involve the players on the ground. I think that’s important so we involved the players - all year we involved them in thinking about their game, thinking about opponents and how we might approach it. This time we thought maybe we’ll take it that little step further - thinking about each other and thinking about themselves and their approach to the game - not just to be drip-fed as it were. ‘This is what’s happening, this is why it’s happening, why do you think it’s happened and how do you cope with it?’ I think it’s a very good approach. That I think brought us onto a new plain and Paddy Tally introduced an

idea to us that we’ve used before in youth work in various circles about asking people to write some personal comment about each other. That was our sort of final thing on positive thinking and it meant that the night before the big game, the players had the capacity to read what the rest of the panel thought of them as a person and what they meant to the group. Again that was the sense of the person being important. If you get thirty positive comments about yourself, it can’t make you feel bad. I think it can only make you feel good and that’s no bad way to go into a final. Note: Mickey had a few meetings with Bart McEnroe and ‘decided to take a look at what was going on for me as a manager and how I might move forward in management’. JQ: Could you give me an insight into what sort of thing was said and how powerful that get-together was? MH: It was a very private thing, an individual thing, but obviously in those terms it was to do with ‘leadership, a solid person, a quality player’, and comments like ‘we need you for this game, you’re most important, you must be there’ and you might know who I’m talking about there. These kind of positive comments can drive people on when maybe their body says ‘I can’t go on’. They then do go to those places. JQ: Okay, let’s talk about Peter Canavan. He had to be there because of his footballing ability, but you know what he’s gone through, you know how low he’s been? MH: Absolutely and what a setback for Peter as he approaches this final, five weeks away, and he gets this serious injury. The time and hours and energy that man had to spend and spend away from his family again, doing everything he could to be ready for that game. And the battle that was on, with the media coverage around his injury - he had to cope with that. Ultimately it wasn’t perfect going into the final. It was a decision we had to make. I spoke to Peter on the Friday before and we sort of thought through it again, thinking through it from his perspective and from my perspective, trying to anticipate how it would be from a team perspective and indeed from the public’s perspective. We did

believe that if the team was going out at the start and Peter Canavan wasn’t on it, we felt there would be a sharp intake of breath that would rumble through the Tyrone supporters for the next ten or fifteen minutes and that’s the time we needed the supporters. Also, there’s the thing that it’s likely that lots of mistakes and errors might happen early in the game, maybe more frees than usual and who would you want to be there to take those kind of crucial frees only Peter Canavan. Thankfully it panned out that way. We also planned that since he wasn’t going to last seventy minutes, if at all possible we needed him at the start of that game and we also needed him at the end of the game. That script went very much to plan. He played as long as he could, then he got off and got some treatment and he was ready to come back in again and he was really dying to get in again for that last ten or twelve minutes, and it was great that it happened that way. JQ: Was he screaming at you to put him on near the end?! MH: Yeah, he was ready, he was ready and willing but it wasn’t a case of Peter demanding anything. He wanted the team to do well. He said whatever it takes for the team he was prepared... if it meant him not playing for the good of the team he was prepared to do that as well. He knew there were very able deputies and that was good. JQ: He gave a great quote - you said it at the Banquet on Sunday night - that he didn’t want to be a great captain, he wanted to be captain of a great team. MH: That’s exactly right. At the very first meeting we had this year, after we had laid down the plans and the goals and the aims and the ambitions, I asked Peter to speak just before we finished. He said a number of things. Obviously some things stay with you and some other things are very lasting. The one thing he said and I remembered it all year was, ‘I don’t want to be a great captain, I want to be a captain of a great team’. That was a lovely challenge to throw out to the rest of the players, ‘I’ll be as great as I can be, but don’t leave it to me’. I believe the players picked up on that and delivered the best of themselves as well.

JQ: Do you remember the first time you saw him play? MH: I do. When he came into school in the first year, he had all the skills of the day. He was maybe a frail young man in terms of his peer group and therefore you didn’t maybe see the best value of the skills that he had. But as he grew that bit older, up to sixteen or seventeen, you could see he was getting a bit of power as well. Above everything else the main thing of Peter Canavan was I think his vision - his vision to see things far quicker than anyone else and not only that, to execute what he saw in the same kind of fashion. JQ: Peter’s injury overshadowed Brian McGuigan’s illness, which sounds serious. Was he bad? MH: He was actually. It wasn’t a pretty good time going into the final. There was Peter’s injury and then Brian McGuigan, just on the Friday took this bug or whatever it was. It was very weakening and he had been taking lots of liquids and trying to boost himself up. Our doctor confirmed that Brian wouldn’t last the seventy minutes without a break. That was worrying because he had been such a key player in the whole operation. There was a rumour about Brian Dooher being injured as well - he hadn’t got a specific injury but he took a bit of a flu on the night before the match. So things did not look pretty at that stage. But thankfully these men had their hearts set on this and they were able to cope with it in whatever way possible. Brian McGuigan is just jaded now as a result. He gave it all he had and he was living on some sort of artificial energy nearly. That he survived the game was a credit to himself. Now unfortunately he has to lay low for a day or two. JQ: With players going down around you, almost one by one, were there thoughts of a repeat of ‘86 and the injuries to Eugene McKenna and John Lynch, of Adrian Cush in ‘95, of Peter himself in ‘96 - so many hard luck stories for Tyrone - or was there a determination that despite all that, the team just wasn’t going to let it happen again? MH: Yeah, there was a great sense of resolve to learn from the experiences that had gone before - all the experiences of all the teams and

management structures there before, but particularly the ‘86 and ‘95 finals because these were the real landmark occasions in Tyrone football. This team was determined that whatever it would take, they would go there. We had a few reflections from the people of ‘95 in particular, and Peter reminded us of a comment that people have said in the past: ‘if we got to the final, sure it was a good year for Tyrone football’. Peter insisted that that is not the case - it is not a good year for Tyrone football if you get to the final and lose it, no matter what else went before. I think Paddy Tally had a very stark memory of ‘95 as well when he said that the dressing room after the game was a cold, dark place. Cold and dark were the words that symbolised how that place felt. Don’t know even who was there or if anybody was there, but it was cold and dark and people did not want to go there. JQ: After ‘95, there was an incredible conveyor belt of new, young Tyrone players coming along, reaching and winning All Ireland minors and under-21s.You were with them - did you realise that you were all on a journey? MH: I suppose we did after ‘97. I think ‘97 was pummelled forward as a result of the tragedy which had to be turned into something positive if at all possible. When we lost that final in ‘97 all of the country wished us to win it. There was great lessons in that. There was great lessons in that you don’t get things because people want you to get them. You have to earn them. All the goodwill in the world won’t get you titles. We had to learn to live with that. Fortunately, there were a lot of players still available the following year. At the end of ‘97 we (the managers) had made up our minds to actually finish at that stage. But thankfully Stephen O’Neill and Brian McGuigan in particular asked us to reconsider that position. That was a Monday night back in the Glenavon (Hotel) after losing the ‘97 final. I had more or less announced my retirement at the meal that night. On the next evening, before I went home I was picking the ‘98 team again. So their influence was good and I’m glad they did it. We went back the next year with a lot of players carried over, good quality players, but the pressure was on because we had so many players and before a ball was kicked

in the Minor Championship Tyrone was installed as favourites. That’s always difficult to live with - difficult for young men to live with. That they did that I think was another big learning aspect of their footballing lives. They coped with that, not without a scare mind you - Down drew with us at the first game at Omagh. We were fortunate to get a draw but we came back and beat them comprehensively in the replay at Newry, twelve points to six. That set us up for that year’s title. We had great joy as we beat Laois in the final eventually and they were going for three-in-a-row. There were good lessons from ‘97 and more good lessons from ‘98. The next task was to bring that forward to Under21 level. The year after we left the Minors, we played Derry in the U-21s in our first match at Omagh and lost 1-8 to 1-6. It was a bad defeat in so far as there was no back door - you had one game, it was March and it was all over - there was a year’s Under-21 football gone nearly before it started. The day of the match coincided with the funeral of Fr McAleer’s mother. That wasn’t good preparation either. That’s the way life goes sometimes, too. We had to start building again in 2000, which was the three years on from the ‘97 minors and here was a new challenge again. Here was people who had been in a minors squad and who hadn’t got an All Ireland medal. There was a great hunger in them. Then we had the minors from ‘98 who had an All Ireland medal. That was a great combination and they went forward and actually captured all in front of them. The Hastings Cup was a secondary competition but the boys won it for Tyrone for the first time. We were always fond of firsts. Then they came on and won the All Ireland. That put new pressure on for the 2001 side because they were the minors of ‘98 - could they do the same job? This was real challenge all the way. Again the 2001 team were red-hot favourites before a ball was kicked, so they had to cope with that again. That they were able to do that I think was another great learning experience for the whole bunch of players and for us in management as well. So there you go, you had the minor team that lost and put it right

Omagh - The Homecoming 'As we made our way towards the top of the town and looked down the street, as far as your eye could see, Omagh was just packed to the rafters. Unreal. It took everyone's breath away'

Calling the shots Mickey Harte got it right on the sideline.

three years later. Tyrone also had a minor team that won the 2001 All Ireland, which was excellent. Then, what do you do after that? You go again and we went again in 2002 with a new bunch that we didn’t have as minors. You couldn’t ask for a much more difficult introduction because it was Down that we were playing and that was the Down minor team of ‘99 who were a very good side. We went to Newry and beat them and that to me gave me a lot of pleasure because this was a Tyrone team that wasn’t supposed to do it. We went on to win the Ulster title, not without a struggle, but we did. We lost eventually to Dublin in the All Ireland semi-final, but again there was learning in that particular scenario. JQ: There must have been points along there, especially towards the end when you’re thinking, ‘How much bigger can we get at under-age level?’ This has to be leading to something else? MH: Obviously the more you become involved in football management and the more you do it, I suppose at under-age level and with the county you say ‘Yes it would be nice to manage the senior side’. But I was never going to look towards that unless the position became available. During that time it wasn’t available. Eventually it did become available and when it did I certainly wanted to have a go at it. I think under-age was a great place to serve your apprenticeship. We served it through many bleak years as well - from ‘91 to ‘97 we never got to a final. We got one Ulster title in that time, in ‘93. So, there were lots of things to be learnt from bad days as well. It wasn’t always rosy in the garden. This past number of years has been very much exceptional in terms of the success that we’ve had. You do want to get to that top level, it did become available and I sure wanted to go for it and I’m very grateful that I did get the opportunity. JQ: That’s exactly what Joe Kernan said last year when I interviewed him at this very same point, two days after the All Ireland. And like Joe, you came in and turned things round very quickly. What sort of things did you put in place? MH: Well, I suppose you wanted to put your own kind of philosophy on

the whole set-up. I like a form of structure about what you do, I like everybody to know what it is they’re about and what’s expected of them. I like 100 per cent commitment from everybody, from the management and the team. I like a good back-up people who are appreciated for what they do. There’s no such thing as elite among this, this is very much a team effort. I like to say that all the people who contribute in any way to what you’re doing have to be equally valued. To me that’s the first thing, value the person. If you value the person then I think you get that reciprocated. Then obviously you want to put your style of football on the table. That has to be your own. It doesn’t matter what anybody else wants, I’m responsible for the team. I’m responsible for the way the team play. I’m responsible for getting the best out of the individual in what they have to offer, as long as it contributes to the overall plan. There has to be a plan. There has to be a philosophy of how the game should be played. You have to convince people that you know what you’re doing and you know what you want and that they will buy into that. I do believe that. Once people know that, and I don’t think it was that difficult because we’d been with so many of the players before, with the exception of Peter, Chris Lawn and Ryan McMenamin, and obviously I’d worked with Peter the last year in my own club and at school in the past. So the only two people in the whole squad that I hadn’t worked with in football terms were Chris Lawn and Ryan McMenamin, and it wasn’t hard to get to know them and what they were about because we’d seen enough of them to know the kind of players they were. That’s where it began. JQ: But you had to put a lot of other things in place to make sure everyone was pulling in the right direction, because let’s face it, the county wasn’t in a great state last October, November. To unite all that and to get the results you have got was a great achievement. MH: Well that may be so, but our first meeting was important. Everyone was there. You had your physios, you had your doctor, you had Mickey Moyna, who is such a valuable member of the whole thing, Francie Goulding, county board chairmen,

representatives and so on. Again we had to say that there’s no ‘them and us’ syndrome in this thing. We’re all in this together. If you work hard on the training field and on the football field to be the best you can be, there are administrators out there as well who are working equally hard to do the best they can. No-one is so arrogant to think they can’t make mistakes and sometimes people get it wrong, both on the field, off the field, in all circles. We have to learn to accept that and to see if we can learn from it. But it’s not about pointing the finger of blame, it’s about solving the problem collectively for everyone. JQ: Taking that onto the pitch then, you had to survive a few ups and downs. MH: You talk about defining moments and you have to say that the first match against Derry in the Championship was always a dangerous game because it was set up for us to be beaten. We had just won the National League for the second time, Derry didn’t qualify to get out of Division Two and I was afraid of that because I’d rather they’d have got out of Division Two and been into the Play-offs where they would have been playing football. We would have got a better chance to see them, but they weren’t, they were away for six weeks. We were in the spotlight, we couldn’t avoid it and didn’t want to avoid it either because we wanted to be where we were. Coming into that game was always difficult. We had played National League football up to then because that’s all you had to play. People would say that League is different from Championship. I didn’t necessarily buy into that. Maybe you have to rethink that, there is some difference, but I don’t think it’s as stark or as big as people sometimes suggest. JQ: How did you feel when you were four points down to Derry? MH: Obviously there’s a sense of deja vu - ‘Tyrone again, they can play League football, they’re good underage lads but when it comes to the real world they can’t hack it’. That would go through your head and therefore there was the challenge. But this type of scenario had been painted before. What do you do if you’re four or five points down in an important game? Maybe that’s some of the experience

that Peter Canavan brings to the squad as well. You have to think about these things, they can happen, what do you do if it does happen. We had actually addressed that particular scenario before, which meant that it wasn’t such a shock when it did happen. I think therefore the players knew they had to fight their way out of this or just capitulate like maybe other teams had done before. They climbed out of it, as is well-known now, and not only that, they had two or three chances to win the game the first time. I was glad we didn’t win it the first day, because to win it the first day would have been a bit of steal as it happened in the latter part of the game and wouldn’t have given us the opportunity to address those difficulties. Instead, we had the opportunity to cope with them. That was good, that was a wake-up call.

The League is over, the Championship has begun, let’s see what we can do with this. We came back the next day and I think we coped very well with it. JQ: The Derry game was bad, the Down game was worse. What was going through your head early in the second half when goal after goal was going on. MH: It wasn’t a good place to be, of that there’s no doubt! It was a funny kind of game. We were doing fine, we seemed to be staying ahead of Down without a great deal of effort and suddenly the wheels came off the wagon. Benny Coulter’s first goal gave us a shock. Gregory McCartan then getting sent off maybe disrupted us more than Down. Then suddenly at the start of the second half they ran in two goals and a point and suddenly it’s 3-8 to 0-8. Not only did it look like this can’t be really

happening, it looked even worse than anything that happened before. One could sense the knives sharpening and I thought that this is not a good place to be. Thankfully the spirit of the team kicked into action again, we got the ball through to Peter Canavan, he made a drive for goal and got fouled for the penalty. I think he put it away with nerves of steel because that was obviously crucial. If that penalty hadn’t been scored I think there was no way back. But whenever it was scored, the game was very much on and the players just rose to the occasion. Brian McGuigan was exceptional. In that comeback he just dictated things the way we know he can. Before we knew it we were back level again. But I couldn’t believe what happened then - we had clawed back nine points in what was going to be the comeback of all time, when suddenly a high ball in and it’s in the back of the net again! We thought ‘Oh no, three points down, six minutes to go why put in all that effort to claw back nine points and then just hand it away through lack of concentration?’. Thankfully, the boys dug in again. They got back their three points, all with points again and indeed we even missed a few opportunities to win the game. Like the first day against Derry I was actually happy we didn’t win it. People might think that’s saying things in retrospect, but it’s not. I think you’re better not winning a game like that because you have to learn to cope with the situation that you let yourself get into before and correct it. The extra game was good for us as well, because it meant that we went into the All Ireland series with as many games played as the people who went through the qualifiers. I think that was very important. JQ: Moving onto the final then, you had your game plan and you stuck to it. MH: It’s difficult to describe but there was some kind of mission there. I think that was what the team was about all year - there was a sense of mission that we didn’t allow ourselves to get involved in all of the hype and the euphoria. That was for others. That is what we talked about all the time and it had to prevail on the day of the game as well. The most

Mickey Harte and his team had to cope with some tricky situations.

'There was a sense of mission about this team all year'.

important thing was to stick to the task. Stay to one game plan. Having anticipated as much as possible what was going to be the scene from our opponents and how they would play it, ‘just don’t raise your head. Don’t think about anything until the job was done’. There was a job to be done. There’s no sense of enjoyment in that, that was a sense of mission. There was something that had to be completed here and there was no way we could deflect ourselves from it in any shape or form until the final whistle.

way for this game. You know there are tests they’ve come through already that were very difficult tasks.

JQ: But there were times during the game where you had goal chances and missed them. Where there fears in your mind that it just wasn’t going to happen?

MH: Well I do. I do. I think that’s what it’s all about. The terminology we used at the start of the year was that this is about a process. A process takes place over time, and over time you gain experience. All of the games we played this year were learning experiences for us. We brought twenty competitive games with us into the All Ireland final. That’s how many games we played this year up to the final. We didn’t play any challenge matches. Those competitive games were good for us, including the McKenna Cup which we took four games out of, disappointed that we

MH: Certainly, I think in the real world you are apprehensive from time to time, but you have to cope with it and you have to appreciate the people that you’re working with, the quality of players out there on the field. You know what they’re about, you know how they can cope and how hard they’ve tried to get there, and you know they’ve prepared in a special

JQ: I can’t believe how much confidence you have in this group! I know it’s about total preparation and the players have got to deal with every situation, but most managers would have been jumping up and down on the sideline. Instead, you’re watching calmly to see how they cope with situations because you know them so well.

didn’t win it, but we didn’t. We played nine games in the National League and then we ended up with the rest of them in the Championship. We brought that experience with us and in those games you learn a lot. You do come across a lot of different scenarios. You know what the players are about as you work with them and you work together and grow together. Through the year you take time out, you take a few reality checks if things are not on-line as the majority of people within the group feel they should be, then we have to take that reality check and say ‘what’s going on here?’ We did that once or twice during the year and we feel that’s very valuable. So the people were going into that final with a sense of mission. Obviously in any game like that there’s always dangers. You’re never sure exactly how it’s going to pan out, but I do believe that this team had got their eye so much on the ball here that it was going to take an awful lot to take it from them. Yes, there’s always a danger, when Armagh is pressing with two or three minutes to go and with a team of their quality

and their experience there’s always alarm bells ringing here and there. But it was only on occasions like that. I felt our team knew what they were about, knew they had their own game plan to stick to and were not about to be deflected from it.

mission of making it and suddenly he blocked it!’ That may sound funny at the moment, but you know maybe there’s some element of truth in it. He was our sort of patron saint for this particular final. I think he served us well.

JQ: I read one lovely description of Conor Gormley’s block in a newspaper. It said something like, ‘In the way CIA men are trained to take a bullet for the President, Conor was prepared to take a bullet for the team!’

JQ: When the final whistle was sounded, what went through your head?

MH: I had another way of describing it at the Banquet on Sunday night. First, there’s something I must mention - there are so many good people out there wishing Tyrone well and Tyrone people take it a step further than that in terms of prayers, in terms of sending us medals, in terms of everything they know that is good. They send it all on to us. In the last few weeks, Padre Pio became sort of our patron saint. The Archbishop at the Banquet said that he hadn’t got this gift of bi-location. I says, ‘Well we felt Conor Gormley definitely had the benefit of Padre Pio in making that block, because at one stage he had no

MH: Funny enough the thing that went through my head was ‘Where is Michaela?’ She’s my daughter and she’s been with me at every game over the last eight or nine years, and even every training session and every trial with the Minors. She grew up with this team and is very important to me. We had made a little pact that if the game went as we hoped it would, that she would be the first person I would be speaking to, but lo and behold she couldn’t get onto the pitch. That somewhat distressed both of us, but eventually I did get to see her. Those were my thoughts, ‘Where is Michaela, I want to talk to her, I want to see her now’, because she has been so close and important to me over all these years and in the

greatest day of your life in football terms I think she should be there. JQ: We’re back to where we started, with family. MH: Yes, that’s the place to be. I’d hate victories like this to change any of us because you have to be the person you are and if you can do some good by being that kind of person, then the best thing to do is keep your feet on the ground, enjoy your success, understand it’s not always like that and appreciate the good times, appreciate the people who never get to that particular situation in life. Appreciate the privilege it is to be in this position, at this time to be able to work with players of this quality and to get to the ultimate goal of Gaelic games. It’s a gift. I’d nearly say it’s a gift from God to be in this position. JQ: Do you realise what you’ve done with that gift? MH: Well, I don’t know Jerome. I probably don’t realise that. I think in times to come we’ll come to appreciate just how good it is. For now we’ll just feel this great sense of satisfaction. That we’ve done the job.■

‘Where’s Michaela?’ - Mickey looks for his daughter at the final whistle.

We did it! Mickey gets a hug at the final whistle from Paddy Tally.

The plan worked Boss!

Worth the Wait Peter made his debut in 1990 (top picture) against Armagh and got his hands on the Sam Maguire cup in 2003. 'After 13 or 14 years, I would do it all again if I felt we were going to get the same result'.

chapter two

PETER’S story H

E’S CALLED ‘Peter the Great’ but he was in serious danger of being labelled as the greatest footballer ever not to win an All Ireland senior medal. That was, until September 28th, 2003, when the 32-year-old was finally rewarded for his outstanding contributions to the modern game. In the interview below, Canavan admits that the road to the promised land was rocky and littered with setbacks, but he quickly adds that the moment he raised the Sam Maguire cup was well worth the wait.

JQ: Peter, the final whistle must have been a great moment for you. What were your emotions around then? PC: I just couldn’t believe that the dream had finally come true. I was pinching myself, was this real, was this really happening? There’s that many things running through your mind you don’t know what you’re thinking about, but it was just ‘We’ve got there, we’ve done it’. An overriding feeling of relief I suppose. We had waited that long to get there, and the way the game was going,

Armagh had a chance near the end. Only for Conor Gormley we mightn’t be here now at all. I just wanted that final whistle to go. I came across Brian White a few times to let him know the time was up, and when it came, it was a superb feeling. I lay down on the ground, probably because I was jiggered! Another great moment was standing just before I received the trophy, looking down on the sea of red and white fans in Croke Park on All Ireland final day. That’s a memory that will never leave me. And of course to see my family was special Peter, his mum, and Sam.

'I lay down on the ground at the final whistle, probably because I was jiggered!'

pre-match FORMALITIES

Top left: Meeting President Mary McAleese.

Above:

Firing up the lads.

Left:

Reassuring the boss.

Below:

Lacing up the all-important left boot.

because for years we’ve gone down there and watched other players coming in and their scenes of jubilation. To be there meeting your own friends and family on the greatest day of your life was something special and you’ll always cherish it. JQ: You showed great emotion when you actually lifted the cup, reminiscent of the likes of Anthony Molloy in ‘92 and Henry Downey in ‘93. What was going through your mind? PC: It was something I thought about for years. At times, I questioned and wondered if we were ever going to get there. I had plenty of time to prepare for it. It means a lot to Tyrone people. They’re very passionate about their Gaelic football and I’m no different from thousands of other people in Tyrone. They would all have loved to have been up there in my position. I was the fortunate one to have the privilege to be the first man to touch that brilliant trophy. I felt a great sense of pride. But I was also thinking of my Da who had passed away. It was a dream of his I suppose, that we’d bring it home. And for a lot of other people that couldn’t be

there, like the Tyrone players that I played with back in the early ‘90s great servants like Ciaran McGarvey, Damien O’Hagan and others who I looked up to and who done at lot for me when I started my career with Tyrone. Indeed my own brother, Pascal, who had toiled away for nine or ten years with the county team to win nothing. It was people like that that I had a great sense of pride for, so I was doing it for them as well. It’s something I’ll never forget.

PC: That’s right. I’m looking forward to bringing Sam back to Greenhill and back round the family. I have a lot of nieces and nephews as well and they’re all very supportive and very much into Gaelic games as well. My mother wasn’t down at the match. She stayed at home and watched it on TV with one of my sisters. I was speaking to her on Sunday evening. Whilst it would have been sore on her as well, she was absolutely delighted for myself and the rest of the team.

JQ: On the way back on the bus from Croke Park to the Burlington, the Van Morrison song ‘Days Like This’ was playing - pretty appropriate?

JQ: How special a day was Sunday?

PC: Yeah, one of the things we did this year was for everyone to select a song. We made our own CD of different types of songs, players’ favourite tunes. I suppose that was one of them that stood out. I think it was very appropriate that it got a few renditions on the way home. JQ: Talking of home, your Mum wasn’t down at the match but you had plenty of family there - you’re the tenth of eleven children.

PC: You don’t really enjoy it that much before the game and during it, to be honest, because you’re so tense. You try your best to take everything in and savour it, but you be that focussed on the job in hand that you’re consumed with your own thoughts of your opponent and what you’re going to do when you get out there, that everything else goes. You only really start to enjoy it as soon as the final whistle goes and you know you’ve been successful. So Sunday evening was absolutely fantastic. I think the highlight was coming back to Omagh. There were 40,000 or 50,000, but we couldn’t see the extent of the supporters because it went

Brothers in Arms. Tyrone belt out the anthem.

down as far as the eye could see of Omagh’s main street. The reception that we got, you just had to be there to believe it. JQ: You bounded onto the stage with Mickey and Sam. PC: Yeah, that was the easy job. Again, I feel honoured to be along with Mickey there, to be the person that’s captain of this team and getting to do things like that. When you’re standing up on the steps of Croke Park you wish that everybody could experience those similar feelings and the sights that you see. Words cannot describe it. JQ: What about Mickey Harte? He came in less than a year ago and he’s made a remarkable difference. Everything seems so professional and controlled. PC: Yeah, in fairness I would say this past four or five years I’ve seen a more professional approach in the Tyrone set-up. Art and Eugene would have brought that in as well. But Mickey has definitely brought his own style - very meticulous in his planning. He has a great way with the players. It’s Mickey really that established the great team spirit. He nurtures that with every training session that he does. The team bonds that bit closer

the

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Above: Paddy Tally goes through the last-minute warmup before the Kerry game. Right: Canavan holds his head after just 13 minutes. 'I couldn't believe it'.

together. The mantra that he’s been telling us all year is that there’s going to be no buts, no ifs, no maybes, just total faith in what we’re going to do. I think he’s developed that from the point of view that we’ve been down this road before. We’ve been down it in ‘84, ‘86, ‘95, ‘96 and come back up the road a laughing stock on some occasions. So that was it, there was going to be no ifs this time round or no buts or no sad stories. We were going to have total faith in what we were going to do. There’s no doubt that that was the spirit in the camp. I’d also like to give great credit to Paddy Tally. The day after the match in my speech, I said that people questioned his credentials - he was only a cub and didn’t know much, only out of college and didn’t know much about training teams and had very little experience of it. Well our training this year has been superb. People talk about getting a team to peak - our fitness levels gradually improved throughout the year. As for the training itself, we didn’t have two similar training sessions. We did a lot of work with the ball. You looked forward to going to training. I think Mickey would be the first to highlight the role that Paddy has played in our success this year.

JQ: Can I take you back to 84 when as a young lad you watched Frank McGuigan score eleven points from play in the Ulster Final? PC: That’s one match I do remember fairly well. I was at it with my father and a good neighbour of ours, Frank McAnenly. It was one of those days that we were fortunate we were at it because Frank McGuigan put on a performance that day that you’ll never see again. Eleven points from play, five with his right foot, five with his left and one with his fist. I suppose that was a very important time in my own life in that I wanted to be Frank McGuigan and do the things he could do. I went out and practised a lot with right and left foot and so on. ‘84 and ‘86 were to me what ‘95 was to a lot of these boys. In ‘95 Sean Cavanagh and these boys were only out of their nappies, they mightn’t have even been at the match. But it does inspire the younger people to do better, to achieve things. JQ: ‘86 was a big disappointment? PC: That’s right. I was on the Hill. Ten minutes into the second half the buzz around us and the talk around us was ‘where were we going to stay the night?’ People had nothing booked

Get me BACK OUT THERE! Top left: Canavan gets ready to return in the second-half. Top right: Not you again! 1995 All Ireland Final Referee Paddy Russell tells the substitute to wait. Bottom, left to right: Sidelined but not silenced.

Front row: Mickey Mallon, Joe Mallon, Aidan Skelton, Eugene McKenna, John Lynch, Noel McGinn, Kevin McCabe, Stephen Rice.

Back row, left to right: Enda Kilpatrick, Damien O'Hagan, Paudge Quinn, Paddy Ball, Ciaran McGarvey, Martin Dorman, Harry McClure, Plunkett Donaghy, Stephen Conway, Sean McNally, Aidan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hagan.

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because we hadn’t expected to beat Kerry. Within a matter of minutes all that was gone. It was disappointing for the people involved because that was a great team as well. Again maybe if they had more belief in themselves they could have done it. JQ: You came in then and made your debut in 1990 against Armagh, but you lost that day and a few more years in the Championship, and in the National League Final as well in ‘92. You scored a goal that day and looked like winning. PC: I think the Derry people would be the first to say that Tyrone played the better football that day and deserved to win. We had a lot of possession. My memories of that day were a superb midfield performance by Ciaran Corr and that we were leading going into the last few minutes. We had missed a few chances up front and then Derry went down and got a fortunate goal. That was that, we’d lost the National League. We went out the next week and they beat us convincingly in the Championship. JQ: That’s where the rot set in, until ‘94 to ‘96 when you were playing maybe at the peak of your fitness and your football,

winning three All Stars in a row, but there was still no Sam. Which was the most disappointing year - ‘95 or ‘96? PC: From my own point of view the 1996 defeat was a hard pill to swallow because I don’t think we recovered from it. In ‘96 I think we possibly had a better team and we played some great football that year. Even in the first half against Meath, people mightn’t recall it but it was a great game of football. Through injuries and one thing and another we weren’t able to keep it going in the second-half and got well beat. ‘95 was very disappointing because again we had a team that were good enough to have won Sam - a lot of good players. Again there’s ifs and buts and maybes and refereeing decisions that didn’t go with us, but the bottom line was we didn’t play well enough to win it. Despite the mistakes by the referees and what not, we made more mistakes and again it was very hard to take. JQ: Was it a mistake by the referee at the end of ‘95 Final? Did you play the ball when it was bouncing or was it on the ground?

PC: You know it was a mistake by the referee! At the time you can’t make much of a song or dance about it because you’re not going to change things. At the time I probably didn’t, but I know myself it was definitely a free out and Sean McLaughlin’s score should have stood and we should have had a replay at least. JQ: That brings me to something I’ve noticed with you down the years - you don’t complain. People have had a go at you down the years for various things despite the setbacks you’ve had - the injuries against Meath, the sending-off against Derry a couple of years ago - but you just take it and get on with it? PC: I think the oul boy may have something to do with that. Generally there’s no point. You don’t change many things by going to the Press or complaining. But you mention the sending-off against Derry. I got a fair bit of flak in my own county from certain sections of the media as well. They thought it was time to hang up the boots. Eugene and Art had other thoughts. They made me captain the following year, which said a lot about what they thought of me. I respected

Going ‘Down’ on Peter. It was no pain, no gain for the Tyrone captain in the Ulster Final.

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Right: Ciaran Corr leads Tyrone out for the 1995 All Ireland Final with Dublin, closely followed by Peter Canavan. Below: Dublin goalkeeper and captain John O'Leary thwarts a Tyrone attack.

Hard to take Above & below: ''95 was very disappointing because we had a team good enough to have won Sam - a lot of good players. Again, there's ifs and buts and maybes, but refereeing decisions didn't go with us. It was very hard to take'.

back the better team for it. I would say Sligo was mentioned in a few team talks this year. JQ: When you lost in February of this year with Errigal Ciaran in the All Ireland Club semi-finals, after beating Crossmaglen in that amazing sequence of games and then Ballinderry, people were starting to think that you were destined not to win a senior All Ireland, even though most of Ireland was willing you on. PC: It was very disappointing but whilst it was hard to take I thoroughly enjoyed it - we had a great campaign in the Ulster clubs, some fantastic matches. I was really enjoying my football better than ever. I thought it was my best chance of getting an All Ireland medal, but it wasn’t to be. Bitterly disappointing. It was very difficult to get back to training with the county after losing out on an All Ireland semi-final, but looking back now it was a good thing for us to refocus our minds and get back in with the Tyrone set-up. It was a very bitter pill to swallow, especially after the ‘93 defeat against Nemo as well. JQ: The club is important to you? 'I was the fortunate one to have the privilege to be the first man to touch that brilliant trophy'.

their decision. It was a great vote of confidence in me. Luckily enough I’ve maybe calmed down a wee bit from that and let these younger fellas go round and throw their weight about. I don’t have to do that any more.

JQ: Then the Sligo game last year. You started so well but it all fell apart. Coming off the pitch at the end, did you think you were just never going to get there?

JQ: Back to the story then. As you say, Tyrone didn’t recover from ‘96 for quite a while, maybe until winning Ulster in 2001, but then you lost an All Ireland quarter-final to Derry.

PC: Our immediate thoughts after the game was ‘that’s it, we’re just not going to do it here, we’re not good enough’. Saying that, there’s still a belief that a lot of these boys that were playing had youth on their side. From my own experience, defeats like that do harden you, give you that bit of an edge. If you learn from it you’ll be a better player. If enough players learn from it you’ll be a better team from it. I think that defeat was very hard to take. Again we received a fierce amount of criticism. Sligo went on to prove they were a good team and possibly should have beaten Armagh, the eventual All Ireland champions. They didn’t get the credit they deserved and yet there was criticism heaped on us from on high. But I think the criticisms did sting the players. It hurt most of us. We came

PC: That was the first year of the Back Door system where we actually drew Derry again in the quarter-final. That wouldn’t happen now, but it was ironic I suppose and it didn’t suit or favour Tyrone at the time. Normally we would have been through to an All Ireland semi-final against the Connacht champions and would have been in with a good chance possibly. We felt we had a good enough team, but Derry showed themselves. They probably should have beaten Galway in the semi-final and they would have been through to an All Ireland final. We knew we weren’t that far away.

PC: It is surely. It’s important to most of the fellas in Tyrone here. Only for them, and I said it in one of the speeches, maybe in Ballygawley, that I felt they were superb with regard to nurturing players through and releasing them for county duty. They’re never a hindrance and give great support. I owe a lot to my friends and team-mates in Errigal Ciaran. JQ: The penalty against Down was a big moment this year - nine points down and facing Mickey McVeigh, the goalkeeper of the championship. What was going through your mind there? PC: Yeah, to be honest what was going through my mind was ‘Where’s Stevie O’Neill when you need him?!’ We had kind of said that if there was a penalty Stevie would be hitting it, and my own club-mate Mark Harte takes the penalties for Errigal, so I could have done with Sparky being on the pitch at that stage. It was a pressure kick in that if it hadn’t gone in, it’s questionable whether or not we would have won Ulster. So it was just a case of putting the head down

and let’s hope Mickey goes the wrong way. JQ: You must have rehearsed it? PC: To be honest I hadn’t taken any penalties in training. It was just one of those things where you just keep the head down and hope for the best. JQ: But you didn’t whack it, you placed it? PC: I tried to place it with a bit of power at the same time. I was very aware of Mickey McVeigh, because he’s a brilliant keeper. He’s a big man and I can assure you, when you’re nine points down and taking a penalty against him, you think you’re taking it from 25 yards out instead of fourteen! Luckily for us, it went in and the players responded after that and put in a great last fifteen minutes. JQ: The other big moment was against Derry - four points down going into the last ten minutes or so. PC: The critics I’m sure were about to have a field day because we’d won the National League again and we were seen to be getting a lot of attention and the Derry fellas were keeping their heads down. So that was a big turning-point. The Derry

match and the Down match were very much central to our success, because we had to dig them out. Scores weren’t easy got. We had to work very hard for it and we didn’t throw in the towel. I remember in particular a late point from a free against Derry. It was at the wrong side of the goal for me and I knew there was a bit of pressure on the kick. There might have been a certain Derry man giving me a bit of lip as well before I hit it, but luckily enough I struck it well, it went over and again the rest is history. The boys in the replay were supremely confident and very focussed that we could do it. JQ: Jumping forward to Kerry, you were very involved in the first ten minutes. You seemed to slide into McCarthy and people read that in different ways, but whatever the case, you got hurt, you went off, came back on again, and got hurt again. PC: I never got a chance to say it, but Michael McCarthy did get booked for absolutely nothing, because I don’t think he even knew that I ran into him. He caught me with his elbow and I ended up getting a few stitches, but it was purely accidental as was the collision with Moynihan when I

went over on the ankle. Some people were castigating him in the wrong for that. I couldn’t believe it myself, because we were finally back in an All Ireland semi-final, seven years since I damaged the ankle the first time and I had never had any problems with it in the interim. To go over on it again in an All Ireland semi-final was unbelievable. I couldn’t believe my own luck. But the difference was this time I suppose we had the men to do the business on the pitch. They responded and produced a great performance, and could have won it by more. JQ: How much were you carrying your ankle in the first-half of the final? PC: I knew as soon as I went out on the pitch that it wasn’t as strong as I had hoped it would be. You get pysched up for a match and the adrenaline starts to flow, and with the painkillers you would have had for it, I was hoping it would be much stronger. It wasn’t to be, but I think it took Armagh twenty or twenty-five minutes to figure out that it was hardly worth anybody’s while marking me! Maybe I just caused a bit of distraction for them more than anything else and I was there to hit

Leading the team out on final day 'I knew as soon as I went out on the pitch that it wasn't as strong as I had hoped it would be'

Playing through the pain 'It took Armagh 20 or 25 minutes to realise it was hardly worth while marking me!'

Valuable contribution 'Maybe I just caused a bit of distraction for them', says the modest Canavan, but he kicked five frees and set up plays.

Breaking point Canavan aggravated his injury in attempting to burst past McEntee and McNulty.

the frees as well. But fortunately enough, I managed to get on for the last ten or fifteen minutes. I can say I was there when we won the All Ireland. JQ: It took you a while to get there. After all the heartache, was it worth it? PC: After thirteeen or fourteen years, I would do it all again if I felt we were going to get the same result. But I think now we won’t have to wait another thirteen or fourteen, or another 119 years, because to be honest, I think Tyrone teams will be going down to Croke Park with that little bit more confidence and authority than they had before. Hopefully we won’t have as long to wait before we come back with more silverware. JQ: On a personal level, it must be great to a get a weight off your shoulders. Your fans call you ‘God’, but you were in danger of becoming the greatest player ever not to win an All Ireland medal. PC: You’ll never have to say that again. It was starting to get to me a bit, alright, but now there’s 31 Gods in Tyrone. Everyone is a hero, everyone done their bit. But whilst people are making out that thirteen or fourteen years is a long time, I’ve

enjoyed those years. There’ve been disappointments, but in life you’re going to get disappointments. I have a lot of great friendships and memories from those years, and every time I put on that Tyrone jersey it gives me a buzz and it’s special. JQ: Did you go to the Armagh dressing-room after the final? PC: Yes, Mickey Harte spoke to them. They were totally gutted as you would expect after losing an All Ireland final, but they were still manful enough to come over and most of the players were able to shake hands and congratulate us and wish us the best. As I said in my speech, I only hope the Tyrone players can carry themselves as well as the Armagh fellas did. I know Mickey Harte will carry himself every bit as well as Joe Kernan. Joe has been a superb ambassador for Gaelic games, not only in Armagh but throughout the country and he’s a fine example to everybody, as are the players. I know a lot of them as friends. They’ll know exactly what it means for the Tyrone boys to have won on Sunday. JQ: It was some speech you made. PC: Well, it took me a long time getting there, so I wasn’t going to be in a hurry down. Kevin Hughes had given me a touch the week before, after the All Ireland hurling final. He

said ‘Whatever you do, don’t be as long as DJ was’. Sorry Kevin! JQ: Did you have a note in your sock or something to remind you what to say? PC: No. To be honest, my mind went blank and Cormac McAnallen had to remind me of a few things at the top of the steps. Your head is in a daze and you don’t know what to think. I had a few boys prompting me and keeping me right. JQ: Maybe the one thing that won the All Ireland was Conor Gormley’s block. What was your view of it? PC: Just before it, we had a number of good chances to go three or four points ahead but didn’t take them, so there was always a possibility they were going to get at least one chance. The last man you wanted to see going through one-on-one with a goalkeeper would be Stephen McDonnell. It happened that fast I didn’t even realise it was Conor Gormley who made the tackle. After seeing it again on TV it was just superb. It was a match-winning tackle if ever there was one. For years they used to show a great clip of the 1988 or ‘89 All Ireland final where Mick Lyons made a great block. I think for the next five to six years they’ll be showing Conor Gormley’s block. JQ: Is it fair to say that life will never be the same again for Peter Canavan? PC: Without a shadow of a doubt. We had a very special team meeting on Saturday night, largely down to Mickey’s influence. It was a night the players won’t forget in a hurry. One of the things we said was that all along we wanted to be different that this Tyrone team was different from any other. In every match we went out with that in our heads. We said on Saturday night that after Sunday we would be different, because we were going to do something that no-one else had ever done before. To say that we’re different is an understatement. We’re totally delighted with what has happened. There never will be days like this again, because there will never be another first. That’s it. We’ll go down in history now as the first Tyrone men to bring Sam back. I’ll settle for that. ■

Tyrone through and through.

chapter three

ulster sfc

DERRY & ANTRIM GAME ONE DERRY M.Conlan, N.McCusker, SM Lockhart, K.McGuckin, P.McFlynn 0-1, K.McCloy, K.Doherty, A.Tohill, F.Doherty, G.Diamond, C.Gilligan, M.O’Neill, P.Bradley 1-6, D.Dougan, E.Muldoon 0-2. Subs: D.Scullion for Lockhart (64 mins), J.McBride for Tohill (66), J.Conway for O’Neill (69), G.McGonigle for Diamond (70). TYRONE J.Devine, C.Lawn, C.Holmes, M.McGee, C.Gormley, G.Devlin, P.Jordan, C.McAnallen, S.Cavanagh, B.Dooher 0-3, B.McGuigan, S.O’Neill 0-1, E.McGinley, P.Canavan 0-6, O.Mulligan. Subs: G.Cavlan 0-1 for O’Neill (h-t), C.Gourley for McGee (49), K.Hughes 0-1 for McGinley (62), R.McMenamin for Lawn (63). Blood Sub: D.Carlin for McMenamin (70-73). Referee Pat McEnaney (Monaghan) Attendance 20,708

GAME TWO TYRONE J.Devine, C.Lawn 0-1, C.Holmes, C.Gormley, R.McMenamin, D.McCrossan 0-1, P.Jordan, C.McAnallen, S.Cavanagh 0-3, B.Dooher, B.McGuigan 0-2, K.Hughes, G.Cavlan 0-1, P.Canavan 0-8, O.Mulligan. Subs: C.Gourley for McAnallen (20 mins), P.Horisk 0-1 for Gourley (60). DERRY M.Conlan, SM Lockhart, N.McCusker, D.Crozier, G.Doherty, K.McCloy 0-1, K.Doherty, A.Tohill, F.Doherty, G.Diamond, P.McFlynn, M.O’Neill, P.Bradley 0-1, D.Dougan, E.Muldoon. Subs: B.Murray for M.O’Neill (h-t), P.O’Kane for K.Doherty (45), G.McGonigle 1-3 for Diamond (48), P.Brown for Bradley (68). Referee Mick Curley (Galway) Attendance 20,000 Derry’s Paul McFlynn rose to the challenge from Tyrone.

first ROUND

Not this time Paddy Bradley was the star in the drawn game, but Ryan McMenamin ensured the Derry dangerman didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get near the ball in the replay. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mine! Owen Mulligan stretches to contest a high ball at Casement.

Turning point A recurrence of an arm injury forced Derry defender Sean Marty Lockhart to make way at Clones and curtailed his performance in the replay.

Crowded out Tyrone-Derry games are always intense, but the Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill boys kept their eye on the ball and progressed to the semi-finals.

semi-FINAL

Antrim gave Tyrone an early scare by scoring from a controversial penalty in their semi-final at Casement Park.

Antrim goalkeeper Sean McGreevy only conceded one goal, but Tyrone kicked seventeen points and won by eight.

GAME THREE TYRONE J.Devine, C.Lawn, C.Holmes, R.McMenamin, C.Gormley, D.McCrossan 0-1, P.Jordan, K.Hughes, G.Cavlan 0-1, B.Dooher, B.McGuigan, S.O’Neill 0-2, M.Harte 0-3, P.Canavan 0-7, O.Mulligan 1-3. Subs: E.McGinley for O’Neill (49 mins), C.Gourley for Lawn (70).

ANTRIM S.McGreevy, N.Ward, S.Kelly, J.McKeever, A.Finnegan, T.Convery, G.Adams 0-1, M.McCrory, M.McCarry, J.Quinn, K.Brady 0-1, K.McGourty, P.McCann, D.O’Hare 0-1, K.Madden 1-5. Subs: R.O’Loan 0-1 for McCann (28 mins), C.Kelly for McCrory (65). Referee Gerry Kinneavy (Roscommon) Attendance 20,865 Antrim were up for it but Declan McCrossan had the situation under control.

What midfield problems? In the absence of Sean Cavanagh and Cormac McAnallen, Ger Cavlan dominated the midfield exchanges.

the ulster

FINAL

88:88:88 MINUTE-BY-MINUTE 88:88:88 25 seconds Enda McGinley does well to get out in front, win possession and feed the onrushing Owen Mulligan. All of a sudden, the Cookstown forward was on a one-on-one with Down goalkeeper Mickey McVeigh and went for goal, but his shot was well-blocked.

3.00 A tussle between Ronan Murtagh and Ryan McMenamin ends with the forward winning a free in a scoreable position, to the left of the Tyrone goals, but Gregory McCartan’s shot screwed wide at the near post. Benny Coulter won the kickout with a great leap, but it came to nothing.

earlier. The Tyrone captain elects to take his point rather than take on McVeigh. Tyrone 0-1 Down 0-0

between the sticks for the best score of the contest so far. Tyrone 0-2 Down 0-2

5.00

Down centre-half-back Aidan O’Prey is booked for a blatant check on a Tyrone runner.

Down full-forward and target man Dan Gordon is well picked out by a low through ball, but full-back Chris Lawn follows through and concedes a free directly in front of the Tyrone posts. Liam Doyle opens his team’s account. Tyrone 0-1 Down 0-1

9.00 McGinley races onto a ball played into the right corner, turns and picks out Sean Cavanagh. The midfielder is close to goal but fists over the bar. Tyrone 0-2 Down 0-1

4.00

11.00

McGinley again does well to win good possession and this time sets up Canavan who is faced with a similar position to that of Mulligan a few minutes

Another excellent ball from the Down midfield provides Dan Gordon with clean possession. He confidently loses Lawn, turns inside and drives the ball

13.00

14.00 Three Tyrone forwards rob a Down defender coming out with the ball and set up Kevin Hughes for an easy finish. Tyrone 0-3 Down 0-2

16.00 Hughes finds McAnallen free in the full-forward position but his effort on goal is smothered by McVeigh. A poor fisted clearance goes straight to Brian Dooher who instantly punishes the mistake by splitting the posts from 35 yards. Tyrone 0-4 Down 0-2

18.00 Martin Cole is adjudged to be holding onto Peter Canavan’s jersey as they chase a ball

played towards the left corner of the Tyrone attack. Canavan takes the free from the 14-yard line and makes light of the difficult angle. Tyrone 0-5 Down 0-2

20.00 Down break-out of their own half with John Lavery leading the charge. Brian Dooher tracks back and makes a tackle but gives away an easy free, which is converted by McCartan. It was to be his only score of the contest. Tyrone 0-5 Down 0-3

22.00 A sensational 40-yard pass from Mulligan leads to another point for Cavanagh. The corner-forward drifted out to the 45, picked up possession and drilled the ball straight into Cavanagh’s arms. He did the rest. Tyrone 0-6 Down 0-3

Tyrone celebrated - eventually - with the Anglo Celt cup.

24.00 McMenamin is a little unlucky to concede a close-in free, converted by Doyle. Tyrone 0-6 Down 0-4

28.00 Down look like closing the gap to just one point when Ronan Sexton is awarded a free, but the corner-forward throws an elbow at McMenamin to lose the free and earn a yellow card.

31.00 Sean Ward becomes the third Down man to enter the referee’s notebook for a mistimed tackle on McCrossan.

32.00 Conor Gormley storms through the Down defence for a rare point, his only score of the entire championship. BBC commentator Jimmy Smyth describes the move as ‘vintage Tyrone’. A series of short passes released the onrushing Gormley for a simple finish. Tyrone 0-7 Down 0-4

33.00 Another rare score as Down full-back Brian Burns finds himself in a bit of space just inside the 45 and takes advantage. Tyrone 0-7 Down 0-5

34.00 Mulligan plays a one-two with Canavan and switches neatly from his left to his right side before restoring Tyrone’s threepoint lead. Tyrone 0-8 Down 0-5

34.00 Down respond with a wellworked point, starting with Cole winning ball in the fullback line and ending with Doyle taking the score. Six players were involved in the move, including McCartan in midfield. On commentary, Peter McGinnity observed that ‘for all their possession in the first-half, Tyrone are only two points ahead’. Tyrone 0-8 Down 0-6

36.00 Benny Coulter collects the ball in the left corner but with Gormley in close attention, there appears to be little on for the Mayobridge man. Wrong! Coulter shakes off Gormley, cuts in along the end

Down manager Paddy O'Rourke consoles Gregory McCartan after his dismissal in the 37th minute.

line, shapes to take a fisted point but at the last moment he bounces the ball and steps inside another defender before shooting to the net from inside the small square. Goal for Down! Tyrone 0-8 Down 1-6

37.00 Gregory McCartan wins a free among a crowd of bodies in the middle of the field, but as he moves to find room to take the kick he is tripped by Brian McGuigan. The Down man falls and instinctively reacts by throwing the ball into McGuigan’s face, earning the most controversial red card of the Ulster championship.

39.00 Liam Doyle points a simple free with the last kick of the firsthalf. Down lead by two points. Tyrone 0-8 Down 1-7

88:88 SECOND HALF 88:88 35.30 A foul on McGuigan presents Canavan with an early chance out on the right, but he shoots wide. Ronan Sexton replies with a wide from play at the other end.

38.00 14-man Down score a second goal. The class of ‘99 is heavily involved in the move with quick transfers from Michael Walsh to Coulter and then Doyle who slams the ball to the net from close range. Tyrone 0-8 Down 2-7

41.00 The Clones crowd is still buzzing when Down strike for a third goal! There were no quick transfers or clever passes this time, just a speculative

high ball which dropped on the edge of the square. As the Tyrone goalkeeper and fullback line hesitated, Dan Gordon fisted to the net. Tyrone 0-8 Down 3-7

43.00 Ciaran Gourley replaces McCrossan. Tyrone surge forward in numbers but Down defend in numbers and force McGuigan to kick wide.

45.00 The Score of the Championship. McVeigh’s kickout is brilliantly taken by Doyle at full stretch; Doyle immediately delivers a low ball into the arms of Walsh; Walsh plays a pinpoint pass off the outside of his right boot to Murtagh; Murtagh changes the

Down but not out Tyrone were stunned by four amazing goals.... .... but Owen Mulligan typified Tyrone's spirit as they recovered each time.

direction of play with a fistpass to Coulter; Coulter takes the ball in his stride and kicks left-footed over the Tyrone crossbar. The Down man shakes his fist in the air to salute the excellence of the score and to celebrate his team’s nine-point lead. Tyrone 0-8 Down 3-8

47.00 Tyrone need something quickly, but a high ball from midfield doesn’t look like being the answer, until McGinley broke the ball into the path of Canavan. A quick burst of speed and a quick transfer to Cavanagh saw the Tyrone midfielder shoot towards goal. His effort rebounded off the crossbar to Canavan who tried to spin but was felled by O’Prey. Penalty!

48.00 McVeigh had been invincible up to now, and had even got his fingertips to the Cavanagh shot to deflect the ball onto the crossbar, but Canavan sent the Castlewellan ‘keeper the wrong way for a Tyrone goal. Six points in it and 22 minutes left - game on! Tyrone 1-8 Down 3-8

49.00 From the kick-out, Tyrone win the break in the middle of the field and drive forward in numbers, with Cavanagh leading the charge. He eventually slips the ball to McGuigan who points. Tyrone 1-9 Down 3-8

50.00 Down send in James McCartan but Tyrone have their tails up. Kevin Hughes takes a quick

sideline free to Dooher, who is fouled. Canavan converts. Tyrone 1-10 Down 3-8

52.00 It’s one-way traffic with Philip Jordan starting and finishing another flowing Tyrone raid. Seven passes see them slice through the Down defence at will, making full use of the extra man. Tyrone 1-11 Down 3-8

55.00 Down can’t hold possession long enough to stem the tide, whereas Tyrone players seem to have time on the ball. Corner-back McMenamin acts as playmaker in midfield by picking out Mulligan with a diagonal pass. He turns neatly and fires over Tyrone’s fifth score in-a-row. Tyrone 1-12 Down 3-8

59.00 Hughes is a little bit fortunate to draw a free in midfield and the ball is moved forward by the referee after Down show their frustration. Canavan profits with an accurate kick. Tyrone 1-13 Down 3-8

61.00 The pressure is relentless and again the Down defence cracks by holding onto McGinley on the right side and conceding another free. Canavan completes an impressive ninepoint comeback. Tyrone 1-14 Down 3-8

63.00 Down gain some relief with a free just outside the Tyrone 45. There doesn’t look to be many options for Liam Doyle, so he hits a high, hopeful ball towards goal. As it drops, three

Get out of the way! James McCartan hits the deck.

defenders are beaten to the punch by Gordon and the ball drops agonisingly beyond Tyrone’s reach and inside the far post for a fourth Down goal. Over on the sideline the men from ‘91 and ‘94 relive the good old days - manager Paddy O’Rourke jumping for joy and Mickey Linden coming on as a substitute. Tyrone 1-14 Down 4-8

66.00 Cometh the hour, cometh the man. Owen Mulligan gathers the ball outside the 45, drives past three Down defenders and heads straight for goal. On reaching the 21, he soloes once with his left foot and fires the ball over the bar with his right foot for an inspirational score. Tyrone were down, but not out! Tyrone 1-15 Down 4-8

67.00 Tyrone substitute Ciaran Gourley intercepts a loose Down pass in midfield, sprints forward and sends over another point. Tyrone 1-16 Down 4-8

68.00 Jordan claims a break ball and feeds Dooher as Tyrone go on the charge once again. Canavan and Dooher take turns at running through the Down defence before the former draws a free from Cole. As the Tyrone captain takes his time getting to his feet, the announcement over the tannoy informs everyone that there will be four minutes of injurytime. Canavan duly levels the scores yet again and sends his supporters into a frenzy with a well-executed right-footed free from out on the left. Tyrone 1-17 Down 4-8

74.00 A foul on Gourley presents Tyrone with a matchwinning opportunity. As Canavan makes his way out to the 45, the Clones crowd anticipates a lastditch effort on goal, but instead the captain sends a short free to Gormley. The halfback passes to Hughes who spins onto his left side and kicks narrowly wide of the posts.

75.00 There’s still time for one more attack. Tyrone break free yet again from the midfield congestion, McMenamin this time driving forward down the left side. As he approaches scoring range, the corner-back drops the ball onto his right foot but a desperate Down lunge forces him to screw the ball just wide of the near post. McMenamin falls to his knees, with his head in his hands as the final whistle blows on an epic Ulster Final, possibly the best ever.

Full-Time ■ NOTEs: Tyrone’s tally of 23 points was the highest-ever in an Ulster Final. The victory margin was the widest since 1959.

GAME FOUR DOWN M.McVeigh, A.Molloy, M.Cole, B.Burns 0-1, J.Lavery, A.O’Prey, J.Clarke, S.Ward, G.McCartan 0-1, L.Doyle 1-4, R.Sexton, B.Coulter 1-1, M.Walsh, D.Gordon 2-1, R.Murtagh. Subs: J.McCartan for Murtagh (50 mins), S.King for Sexton (55), P.McCartan for Walsh (64), M.Linden for Ward (64).

TYRONE J.Devine, R.McMenamin, C.Lawn, D.Carlin, C.Gormley 0-1, D.McCrossan, P.Jordan 0-1, C.McAnallen, S.Cavanagh 0-2, B.Dooher 0-1, B.McGuigan 0-1, K.Hughes 0-1, E.McGinley, P.Canavan 1-6, O.Mulligan 0-3. Subs: C.Gourley 0-1 for McCrossan (42), B.Robinson for Lawn (65). Referee Aidan Mangan (Kerry) Attendance 31,621

GAME FIVE TYRONE P.McConnell, D.Carlin, C.McAnallen, R.McMenamin 0-1, C.Gormley 0-1, C.Gourley, P.Jordan, K.Hughes 0-2, S.Cavanagh 0-1, B.Dooher 0-1, B.McGuigan, S.Mulgrew, E.McGinley, P.Canavan 0-11, O.Mulligan 0-4. Subs: G.Cavlan 0-1 for Dooher (58 mins), F.McGuigan 0-1 for McGinley (63), M.Coleman for B McGuigan (73).

DOWN M.McVeigh, A.Molloy, M.Cole, J.Lavery, J.Clarke, A.O’Prey, B.Grant, S.Ward, B.Burns, L.Doyle 0-4, M.Walsh, B.Coulter 0-1, J.McCartan, D.Gordon, R.Murtagh 1-0. Subs: C.McCrickard for Walsh (h-t), D.Sheeran for Burns (h-t), A.Scullion for Molloy (51), G.McMahon for Coulter (52). Referee Brian White (Wexford) Attendance 29,325

71.00 Both sides spurn reasonable chances. First, O’Prey kicks wide after Down’s best move in some time, and secondly, Canavan is off target with a left-footed effort.

72.00 Down look like scoring in a frantic attack but Tyrone defenders swarm around them like bees around honey. James McCartan protests loudly when a free isn’t awarded. Seamus Mulgrew played for Tyrone in the one-sided replay.

chapter five

FERMANAGH & KERRY

GAME SIX TYRONE J.Devine, D.Carlin, C.McAnallen, R.McMenamin, C.Gormley 0-1, C.Gourley 0-1, P.Jordan, K.Hughes 02, S.Cavanagh 1-2, B.Dooher 0-1, B.McGuigan 0-1, G.Cavlan 0-3, E.McGinley 0-2, P.Canavan 0-4, O.Mulligan 0-4. Subs: B.Robinson for Carlin (51 mins), M.McGee for McMenamin (51), P.Loughran for Cavanagh (55), S.O’Neill for McGuigan (59), D.McCrossan for Jordan (65). FERMANAGH Ronan Gallagher, R.McCloskey, B.Owens, M.Lilley, S.McDermott, K.Gallagher, N.Cox, P.Brewster, M.McGrath, R.Keenan, T.Brewster 02, K.Donnelly 0-1, C.O’Reilly 0-1, S.Maguire, Raymond Gallagher. Subs: J.Sherry for McGrath (33), S.Doherty 0-1 for Keenan (h-t), C.Bradley for O’Reilly (h-t), R.McCabe for Donnelly (49), N.Keenan for McDermott (60). Referee Pat McEneaney (Monaghan) Attendance 76,195 Top:

Poor Fermanagh rarely rose to the occasion on their first ever All Ireland Quarter-final.

Bottom: Goalscorer Sean Cavanagh plants a kiss on the blond head of Owen Mulligan to thank him for setting it up.

That was easy Tyrone and Fermanagh players swop shirts after their one-sided encounter. Dejected Fermanagh manager Dominic Corrigan walks off after the heavy defeat, flanked by trainer Martin McElkennon.

crushing

KERRY

88:88:88 MINUTE-BY-MINUTE 88:88:88 0.00-0.25 Tyrone immediately go on the attack. Cavanagh catches the throw-in, is fouled and the free is taken quickly to Mulligan. He puts Cavlan through on goal, but his attempt at a fisted point is off-target.

1.00-1.30 McMenamin gets in ahead of two Kerry forwards and sends Jordan sprinting back into the opposition half. The half-back draws a foul and Canavan converts the free. Tyrone 0-1 Kerry 0-0

2.00 Cavlan fields the Kerry kick-out

and McGuigan plays a one-two with Canavan before fisting the ball over the bar. ‘They’ve really hit the ground running’, observes Peter McGinnity in the commentary box. Tyrone 0-2 Kerry 0-0

3.00 Gormley wins the kick-out this time and from the ensuing play Canavan clatters into McCarthy and goes down injured. The Kerry defender is booked, the Tyrone captain goes off for treatment.

5.00 Moynihan tries to carry the ball out of defence but is engulfed in a circle of white shirts.

6.00 O’Neill shows well and kicks towards Mulligan on the sideline under Hill 16. The Cookstown man turns his man inside out in a twisting run towards goal before passing inside to McGinley for a goal chance, but he palms the ball just over the bar. Tyrone 0-3 Kerry 0-0

6.30 Hughes wins the kick-out and sets off on a 30-yard run but it comes to nothing.

6.50 Mike Frank Russell becomes the first Kerry player to touch

the ball inside the Tyrone half. The move ends with Sheehan kicking wide.

8.00-9.00 Canavan returns to the play; Cavlan wins the Tyrone kickout; Cooper gets his first touch on the 45 metre line; Hassett hits a pass straight to an opponent.

10.00 ÓCinneide finds a bit of space in the right-half-forward position and aims for the posts but his kick fades embarrassingly wide into the Canal End.

We're in the final! Philip Jordan celebrates the victory over Kerry.

10.30 The Tyrone kick-out is again aimed away from ÓSe and towards Cavlan on the wing. The half-forward wins a free and from the long ball into the forwards Moynihan is penalised for pushing Canavan in the back. Now sporting a head bandage, the captain kicks wide.

11.15 Cavlan wins yet another kickout but disaster follows when Canavan goes down in a race for the ball with Moynihan. Play is held up for two and a half minutes as the injured player makes a sad exit.

15.00-15.35 An amazing passage of tackling sees a swarm of Tyrone players hunt down Kerry men desperately trying to get the ball out of their own half. It lasts for a full 35 seconds and involves several ‘hits’ but no frees. It ends with a Kerry player lashing the ball to Dooher, who is fouled. 'Do you know who my Daddy is?' Aine Canavan played at half-time.

16.00 Tyrone make full use of the free as Dooher, O’Neill and McGinley cleverly work the ball to Cavanagh and the midfielder fists over the bar. Tyrone 0-4 Kerry 0-0

17.00-18.00 The kick-out breaks to McGuigan; Moynihan fouls O’Neill. It’s Kerry’s tenth foul of the contest. ‘They just can’t cope with the pace, the movement and the passing of

this Tyrone team’, comments Jimmy Smyth. Mulligan converts the free. Tyrone 0-5 Kerry 0-0

19.00 Hughes breaks the kick-out and McGinley dives in to get a hand on the ball to divert it into the path of McGuigan. It’s played out to Mulligan but he has to hold play up until McGuigan takes over and points from a difficult angle under the Hill. Tyrone 0-6 Kerry 0-0

20.00 A kick-out reaches ÓSe but the Kerry midfielder spills and then fouls Cavlan.

22.00-23.00 Kerry launch two high balls into the full-forward line, but they are easily dealt with. Tyrone breakaway at their own pace, with McAnallen, Hughes and Cavanagh in control.

23.30 Dooher robs a Kerry defender coming out with the ball and creates an opening for Cavanagh, but his kick drops short.

24.10 Finally, Kerry build from the back and work the ball to Cooper for their first score. Tyrone 0-6 Kerry 0-1 ■ Less than 25 minutes had passed, but the contest was effectively over.

GAME SEVEN TYRONE J.Devine, R.McMenamin 0-1, C.McAnallen, C.Gourley, C.Gormley, G.Devlin, P.Jordan, K.Hughes, S.Cavanagh 01, B.Dooher 0-1, B.McGuigan 0-2, G.Cavlan, E.McGinley 0-1, P.Canavan 0-1, O.Mulligan 0-3. Subs: S.O’Neill 0-3 for Canavan (14 mins), C.Holmes for McGinley (64). Blood sub: O’Neill for Canavan (5-8). KERRY D.O’Keeffe, T.O’Sullivan, S.Moynihan, M.McCarthy, T.Ó ’Sé , E.Fitzmaurice, J.Sheehan, D.Ó ’Sé , E.Brosnan, S.O’Sullivan, D.Ó ’Cinné ide 0-1, L.Hassett, MF Russell, D.O’Sullivan 0-1, C.Cooper 0-1. Subs: M.Ó ’Sé0-1 for Sheehan (33), J.Crowley for S.O’Sullivan (38), S.Scanlon for Russell (h-t), D.Quill 0-2 for Ó ’Cinné ide (52), A.MacGearailt for Hassett (69). Referee Gerry Kinneavy (Roscommon) Attendance 58,687 'We did it for you, captain' Ryan McMenamin walks off with the injured Peter Canavan.

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Mind Games The Armagh players head for the hill on a collison course with Tyrone.

Armagh are left to complete the parade on their own.

chapter six

all ireland

FINAL

88:88:88 MINUTE-BY-MINUTE 88:88:88 20 seconds

1.00-1.30

Armagh go on the attack from the throw-in with McGeeney and McConville setting up Loughran in the right-halfforward position but he shoots wide.

Loughran is made to chase back as his marker Philip Jordan sets off on a 30-yard run, which is ended abruptly by McGeeney coming across to the wing. The free is played towards Dooher but referee

Brian White instantly penalises Andrew McCann for holding the Tyrone forward. Canavan has an easy task. Armagh 0-0 Tyrone 0-1

effectively in defence by forcing McGinley to shoot Tyroneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first wide.

5.00

Armagh counter-attack by robbing Hughes under the Cusack Stand and surging forward in numbers. Loughran and McGrane work an opening for John McEntee to score from 35 yards. Armagh 0-1 Tyrone 0-1

The first goal chance of the contest falls to Marsden. The full-forward burst through the Tyrone rearguard but Gormley did well to stick to him and with Devine emerging from his goal and other defenders converging, Marsden lost his balance and screwed his shot to the right.

3.30

6.00

Canavan takes a return from a short free on the left side, throws a dummy and slips the ball to Cavlan who kicks a fine right-footed score. Armagh 0-1 Tyrone 0-2

Round One of a fascinating duel - Bellew beats Mulligan to the ball.

2.00

4.00 Despite wearing No 15 on his back, Tony McEntee operates

7.30 Casual approach play under the Hogan Stand by McGeeney and John McEntee is ended unceremoniously by Cavanagh putting both the ball and

Standing up to Armagh Top: Owen Mulligan went head-to-head with Francie Bellew. Above: Philip Jordan took a hit in the second minute but his team's first score came from the resulting free.

Walking Tall Armagh came to defend their title.

Back-to-back All Irelands was the incentive.

McGeeney hands Canavan another simple free, just outside the 21 and in a central position. Armagh 0-1 Tyrone 0-4

16.00 Hearty’s kick-out goes straight to Cavlan who immediately fists the ball into the path of McGuigan in the left-cornerforward position. As McGeeney moves in to tackle, the Ardboe man sells a dummy that causes the defender to slip. Tyrone open up a four-point lead. Armagh 0-1 Tyrone 0-5

17.30

11th minute - Bellew was booked for a foul on Mulligan.

McEntee over the line. The

10.30

13.00-15.00

general play is frantic, with lots

Bellew is booked after a tussle

of short passes and hard-

with Mulligan as the pair

hitting.

contest a low through ball

9.00

from McGuigan. The free is

A bad few minutes for the Armagh captain as he gives away possession on two occasions - maybe the sun was in McGeeney’s eyes, or maybe Tyrone limited his options, but the centre-half-back firstly kicked a free straight to Cavlan and then sent a crossfield pass over the sideline.

Tony McEntee carries the ball up the middle and feeds

tapped over by Canavan. Armagh 0-1 Tyrone 0-3

Loughran but his kick drops

12.00

into Devine’s arms. Tyrone

An accidental clash of heads

build from the back with six

sees McGinley and Tony

hand-passes and then a kick

McEntee require two minutes

pass which goes out of play.

of treatment.

15.30 A reckless challenge on Cavanagh by a frustrated

Bellew wins Round Two with Mulligan, who concedes a free. From the ensuing attack, Marsden lobs a high ball into the Tyrone full-back position. Several players scramble for the bouncing ball, but McDonnell somehow steals it and pops it over the bar. Armagh 0-2 Tyrone 0-5

18.00 A likely goal chance for Armagh breaks down on the 14-yard line as the onrushing O’Rourke sends his pass over Marsden’s head. Loughran had started the move with a clean catch from the Tyrone kick-out.

18th minute - McDonnell scores Armagh's second point.

18th minute - superb fielding by Philip Loughran led to a goal chance.

19.00 It’s Armagh’s turn to hang on as Tyrone lay siege to Hearty’s goal area. Dooher started it all by drawing a free from McGrane after a typical run through midfield. Canavan’s low through ball finally saw Mulligan get the ball in his arms and with Bellew closing in, he released to McGinley. The Errigal Ciaran forward did well to evade a lunge by Tony McEntee on the 14 and set up McGuigan who’s charge was halted by McGrane. Cries for a penalty were ignored as he fell and passed the ball through a forest of legs to Cavanagh. The big midfielder looked sure to score but he blazed wide with his left foot. Later, Cavanagh revealed that the miss reminded him of Oisin McConville’s penalty failure into the same goals in the 2002 All Ireland Final. ‘Like Oisin, I didn’t want to be remembered for missing a goal and was determined to make amends’.

20.00 Another surging run by Tony McEntee presents McConville with a bread and butter pointscoring opportunity, but the ball rebounds off the post and into the arms of Conor Gormley.

One that got away. Aidan O'Rourke's pass went over Diarmaid Marsden's head.

Six short passes later, Philip Jordan crosses half-way and lays off to Cavanagh, but his shot drops short. Armagh reply wtih an almost identical play - five short passes to move into the Tyrone half, but they are crowded out.

21.30 The pattern of the contest is well and truly set as the slow build-up out of defence by Tyrone culminates in Hughes kicking towards Mulligan. Bellew ensures that his marker

and the ball cross the white line.

22.30 Armagh benefit from the referee’s eagle eye as Gormley is punished for holding onto Marsden under a high ball. McConville couldn’t miss. Armagh 0-3 Tyrone 0-5

23.00 Gormley redeems himself by winning the race to a long punt from McGrane. The usual Tyrone approach follows with Jordan racing forward and slipping the ball over Loughran to Cavanagh. However, Loughran checked Jordan’s run and was booked. Canavan pointed the free from distance. Armagh 0-3 Tyrone 0-6

25.00 ‘The game has gone very defensive’, observes Peter McGinnity in the BBC commentary box, ‘both teams are getting a lot of men back behind the ball’.

27.00 McDonnell lights up the final with a truly superb piece of individual skill. Chasing a ball towards the corner under the Hill and with two Tyrone defenders paying close attention, the Killeavey man 27th minute - McDonnell kicked the best score of the game.

caught the ball and hooked it accurately over his shoulder in one movement. Armagh 0-4 Tyrone 0-6

28.00-29.00 After McDonnell’s brilliant score, the play reverts to it’s all-to familiar pattern with both sides tracking back in numbers, including McDonnell himself. The corner-forward was on hand to take a pass on his own 21 after Bellew intercepted a loose ball from McGinley. Armagh went on the attack with another closepassing movement, finding McDonnell in space on the Tyrone 45, but his kick went well wide.

30.00 Armagh set a new first-half record for continuous short passes out of defence - eight! Still, they barely get past half way until McGeeney kicks a diagonal pass to Clarke. He slips and recovers, but skies the ball towards the Tyrone square, where McDonnell is crowded out.

15th minute - Clarke is unable to prevent McGeeney's pass from going over the line.

Armagh defence, before John McEntee was harshly judged to have fouled. Canavan clearly aggravated his ankle injury in the forward play and walked gingerly towards the free, but still hit the target. Armagh 0-4 Tyrone 0-7

31.00

33.30

McAnallen is booked for a late tackle on McGeeney; McKeever kicks the ball straight to Hughes.

Stephen O’Neill replaces Brian McGuigan.

34.00 Armagh string together eight successive handpasses but are forced backwards by Tyrone pressure. Eventually a long ball is aimed at Clarke but Gormley gets in ahead of him.

32.00-33.00 Relentless Tyrone attacking is eventually rewarded with a score. Hughes, McGuigan, Canavan and McGuigan again took turns to run at the 38th minute - Enda McGinley eyes up the target.

35.00 A low kick-out by John Devine goes to McDonnell but the mistake is not punished as the forward surprisingly shot wide.

35.30 Clarke shoots tamely wide off his left foot.

37.20 McGinley’s goal effort. The move starts with O’Neill showing well to receive a pass from a free and feeding Cavanagh. The midfielder fists the ball into the path of the onrunning McGinley, who goes for goal with a low shot, but Hearty deflects it over the bar with his left leg. McGinley turns away in disappointment and the half-time whistle is blown. Armagh 0-4 Tyrone 0-8 Oisin McConville got a rare touch of the ball but was closely marked by Kevin Hughes.

88:88:88:88 second half 88:88:88:88 35.00 Tyrone appear without Peter Canavan so the talking in the team huddle on the pitch is done by John Devine and Owen Mulligan. Up in the BBC commentary studio, Martin McHugh says he ‘wouldn’t be surprised if Tyrone won by eight or nine points’.

35.05 Cavanagh goes down bravely on a loose ball and stays down. Play is held up for nearly two minutes.

37.00 A strong run through the centre by Tony McEntee sets up McKeever, but he shoots wide.

38.00 It’s all Armagh as they push forward but end up kicking high and hopeful balls, like one from John McEntee out on the left. McMenamin jumps to fist away the danger.

40.00 Cavlan’s glorious goal chance. The move starts with a quick

free from Mulligan to O’Neill. He turns McNulty and tees up Cavlan for what seems like a certain goal. However, as Hearty comes off his line, Cavlan pulls his low shot wide of the post.

42.00 Armagh get their first score since the 27th minute. A rare clean catch by McGrane wins possession and Gormley is shown a yellow card after fouling McKeever, who takes the free accurately. Kieran Hughes comes in for the injured Andy Mallon. Armagh 0-5 Tyrone 0-8

43.00-45.00 Tyrone take three ‘hits’ from Armagh but keep hold of the ball. There’s a 90-second stoppage as McMenamin and Dooher require treatment, after which Jordan is fouled by McKeever near the Armagh 45 metre line under the Hogan Stand. Bellew follows Mulligan out to the ball and is penalised for obstruction. It proves to be a costly mistake as the forward

finds the range to his liking and Tyrone get their first score of the half. Armagh 0-5 Tyrone 0-9

47.00-48.00 McKeever is caught with a reckless tackle by Kevin Hughes but recovers to point from distance on the right. The Tyrone player is fortunate enough to receive only a yellow card. Armagh 0-6 Tyrone 0-9

50.00 A poor sideline ball from McConville is snapped up by Tyrone and corner-back Gourley goes on a run. He’s taken down by Tony McEntee, but O’Neill kicks his team’s fourth wide.

51.00 McGuigan creates an opening for Cavlan, but he misses the target.

52.00 Marsden marks his return with a point after build-up play from the McEntee twins. Armagh 0-7 Tyrone 0-9

53.00 Tyrone respond once more. Hughes wins the kick-out and brings in Gourley, O’Neill and then McGuigan who is fouled under the Cusack Stand. Mulligan takes over the freetaking duties and angles over an inspirational score. Armagh 0-7 Tyrone 0-10

54.00-55.00 Armagh huff and puff but are continually crowded out and are forced to kick high, aimless balls towards the Tyrone goal area. McGrane and McDonnell both do well to gain possession but their kicks are easily dealt with, while the passage ends with a free out awarded against McKeever.

RED CARD Jordan runs at Marsden, his arm goes up and the Tyrone man goes down. After a twominute stoppage, Brian White shows the Armagh man a red card.

Confrontation. Philip Jordan runs at Diarmaid Marsden.

Above & below: Marsden connects with Jordan.

The Tyrone man goes down, the Armagh man is sent off.

58.00

62.30

The referee lectures Dooher for going to ground, but television replays show that Tony McEntee connected with an elbow to the Tyrone man’s head.

McGeeney and Loughran work the ball to McConville, but McMenamin pressures him into a mistake.

64.00

McAnallen beats McDonnell to the ball, but McConville gets a rare touch and John McEntee kicks across goal from out on the left and the ball goes wide. ‘That’s the story of Armagh’s day’, states Peter McGinnity. ‘Good possession but too many bad decisions made on the ball’.

‘The game is still there for Armgh to salvage’, declares Peter McGinnity after Mulligan amazingly fails to convert a glorious opportunity to wrap things up. The chance came about after a poor kick from O’Hagan straight to Gourley and a slip by Bellew. The Tyrone forward was through on goal but he somehow contrived to kick the ball against the upright and wide.

61.00

64.20

A close-in free is awarded against Gormley for holding. Barry O’Hagan comes on. Armagh 0-8 Tyrone 0-10

Peter Canavan returns to the proceedings.

59.00

62.00 O’Neill starts and finishes an important score for Tyrone. First, he collects a break from Devine’s kick-out and second, he’s at the end of four passes to outpace McGrane and kick right-footed over the bar. Armagh 0-8 Tyrone 0-11

72nd minute - Stephen O'Neill gets away from Enda McNulty.

67.00

McDonnell can find no way past Menamin as another Armagh attack breaks down.

Yet again, Armagh fail to find a way through and are almost hit on the break. McGrane’s kick resulted in a quick move upfield, but McGinley’s effort drops into Hearty’s arms.

66.00

68.00

Tony McEntee’s free is driven into the danger area but a packed Tyrone defence, which includes Stephen O’Neill and Peter Canavan inside their own 21, clear their lines.

The block. Conor Gormley dives to intercept Steven McDonnell just as he was about to shoot for goal from inside the 14. For once, a high ball (from O’Hagan) had paid off with

65.00

Tony McEntee setting up Armagh’s deadliest forward. In the ensuing play, McMenamin is penalised and McConville points. Armagh 0-9 Tyrone 0-11

69.00 As McDonnell is treated for an injury, it is announced that there will be three minutes of added time.

70.00 Canavan holds onto O’Rourke in the middle of the park,

64th minute - Mulligan is treated for cramp after an amazing miss.

hard to WATCH

Tyrone supporters went through the full range of emotions during the contest.

happy to concede a free and stop an Armagh attack. From the free, Collie Holmes breaks the ball to Dooher and it is taken back into the Armagh half by McMenamin. The attack breaks down and Mulligan turns the tables on Bellew by fouling and earning a yellow card.

71.00 Chris Lawn replaces Gormley.

71.30 The clincher. O’Neill claims the last score of the final after a flowing move out of defence. McMenamin swept up from a ball played in by McCann, then five passes saw McAnallen cooly play across his own goal to Lawn, Cavanagh and Dooher who released O’Neill with a left-footed pass. The substitute stepped inside McNulty to kick off his left boot. Armagh 0-9 Tyrone 0-12

72.00 Another Canavan foul buys time for his team-mates to retreat. O’Rourke’s free goes straight to Jordan in space.

73.00 Devlin’s crossfield free goes to Holmes, Hughes and then McGinley who evades Bellew but kicks high and wide.

74.00 Hearty aims a quick kick-out at McGeeney but O’Neill gets in a one-handed interception to divert the ball into the path of Dooher and the final whistle blows. ■

GAME EIGHT TYRONE J.Devine, C.Gourley, C.McAnallen, R.McMenamin, C.Gormley, G.Devlin, P.Jordan, K.Hughes, S.Cavanagh, B.Dooher, B.McGuigan 0-1, G.Cavlan 0-1, E.McGinley 0-1, P.Canavan 0-5, O.Mulligan 0-2. Subs: S.O’Neill 0-2 for McGuigan (33), McGuigan for Canavan (h-t), C.Holmes for Gourley (61), Canavan for Cavlan (64), C.Lawn for Gormley (70). ARMAGH P.Hearty, A.Mallon, E.McNulty, F.Bellew, A.O’Rourke, K.McGeeney, A.McCann, P.McGrane, P.Loughran, R.Clarke, J.McEntee 0-1, O.McConville 0-3, S.McDonnell 0-2, D.Marsden 0-1, T.McEntee. Subs: P.McKeever 0-2 for Marsden (h-t), K.Hughes for Mallon (42), Marsden for Clarke (49), B.O’Hagan for J.McEntee (60). Blood sub: McKeever for Marsden (24). Referee Brian White (Wexford) Attendance 79,391

Tyrone SFC Scorers 2003 Peter Canavan ......................................................................1-48 Owen Mulligan ....................................................................1-19 Sean Cavanagh........................................................................1-9 Gerard Cavlan ........................................................................0-8 Brian Dooher ..........................................................................0-7 Kevin Hughes ..........................................................................0-6 Brian McGuigan ......................................................................0-7 Stephen O’Neill ......................................................................0-8 Mark Harte ..............................................................................0-3 Conor Gormley........................................................................0-3 Enda McGinley ........................................................................0-4 Declan McCrossan ..................................................................0-2 Ciaran Gourley ........................................................................0-2 Ryan McMenamin ..................................................................0-2 Chris Lawn ..............................................................................0-1 Paul Horisk ..............................................................................0-1 Philip Jordan ..........................................................................0-1 Frank McGuigan......................................................................0-1 Notes There are eighteen different scorers in the list, including six defenders. Compare this with 1995 when Tyrone had only twelve different scorers and the next best after Peter Canavan on 1-38 was Mattie McGleenan on 1-4. Total Scored 3-120 (average per game: 18.4 points) Total Against 8-47 (average: 0-10)

Top left:

the DRESSING ROOM

Ger Cavlan was the first Dungannon man to get his hands on Sam.

Top right: The McGuigan boys from Ardboe, Frank and Brian. Left:

Smiles all round as Cormac McAnallen celebrates with his brother Donal.

Bottom:

Peter talks to newspaper journalists.

Peter Canavan’s Scoring Breakdown Derry Derry Antrim Down Down Fermanagh Kerry Armagh TOTAL

Frees

45s

Pens

Play

5 7 2 4 7 2 1 5

1 1 1 -

1 -

5 2 3 2 -

33 3 1 12 Average per game - 6.5 points

Players’ 2003 SFC Breakdown Started Completed Subbed Came on Played in

Owen Mulligan Conor Gormley Philip Jordan Brian Dooher Peter Canavan Brian McGuigan Ryan McMenamin John Devine Cormac McAnallen Sean Cavanagh Kevin Hughes Enda McGinley Ciaran Gourley Ger Cavlan Chris Lawn Collie Holmes Declan McCrossan Dermot Carlin Gavin Devlin Stephen O’Neill Michael McGee Seamus Mulgrew Pascal McConnell Mark Harte Brian Robinson Frank McGuigan Paul Horisk Michael Coleman Peter Loughran

8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 -

8 7 7 7 6 5 6 7 6 6 5 3 3 4 1 3 2 2 3 1 1 1 -

1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 2 1 -

1 1 1 4 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 6 5 5 4 4 3 5 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1

Notes: Owen Mulligan is the only Tyrone player to have started and finished all eight matches in the championship. Three players started eight games and were replaced only once - Conor Gormley, who was taken off in the dying minutes of the All Ireland final; Philip Jordan, who made way five minutes from the end of the Fermanagh game; and Brian Dooher, who was substituted in the Ulster final replay. The only other players to feature in all eight games were Peter Canavan, Brian McGuigan, Ryan McMenamin and Ciaran Gourley. The latter came on as a substitute in Tyrone’s first four games and then started the last four. Stephen O’Neill did not play any full games but featured five times, starting twice and making three appearances as a substitute. He was also a blood sub in the Kerry game. Dermot Carlin was Tyrone’s only other blood sub, late in the drawn game with Derry. In all, Tyrone used 29 players.

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chapter seven

CANAVAN speech A Uachtarán na hÉireann, a Uacharáin an Chumann Lúthchleas Gael agus A Chairde go léir. Is mór an onóir dom an corn seo, Sam Maguire a ghlacadh ar son fhoireann Thír Eoghain agus ar son mhuintir Thír Eoghain agus cuirim fáilte roimh Sam go Tír Eoghain. [ A Uachtarán na hÉireann, a Uachtaráin an Chumann Lúthchleas Gael, friends. It is a great honour for me to accept this cup, Sam Maguire, on behalf of the Tyrone team and the people of Tyrone, and I’d like to welcome Sam to Tyrone. ]

I can’t think of a better position or a better place to be in right now anywhere in the world than where I’m standing. Words will not do justice to my feelings or the feelings of these players here at this precise moment…. there’s a lot of people that got us to this position. We have a superb management team and backroom staff. I can’t name everybody that has helped us – there’s so many people that played their part - but I would like to thank the backroom team of Mickey Moyna, Jim Curran, Frank Campbell, Seamus Cassidy, Siobhan and Sharon, and Francie Gourley....

The backroom team From left to right: Paddy Tally (Trainer), Mickey Moyna (Kit man), Jim Curran (Liaison Officer), Peter Canavan, Seamus Cassidy (Doctor), Fr Gerard McAleer, Frank Campbell (Liaison Officer), Sharon McCann, Siobhan McGuinness (Physios), Dominic McCaughey (Secretary).

... The back-up management to Mickey was Father Gerard - our spiritual leader - and Paddy Tally. Whenever Paddy Tally came in as trainer of the Tyrone Senior team, a lot of people questioned his credentials. Paddy, for the rest of your life you can say you trained the All Ireland Champions....

There’s a lot of other people I want to mention. The Tyrone Senior teams that I’ve played on, from the early 90’s, the men of 86 who ignited a flame that’s still burning, and for all those men who played on county teams without success. This is for you!

There’s two people in particular I want to mention - two people who played a big part in the personalities of myself and the personalities of this team. One person who would be the proudest man in Ireland if he was here is my father….. The other man who has shaped a lot of these players and has shaped their characters, and his personality and his spirit still lives on that team, is Paul McGirr.

I’m not finished yet… it took me a long time to get here! (Laughter & applause) Sorry Hub (Kevin Hughes). There’s two men who have been with Tyrone teams for many’s a year and have played a large part in the make-up and the shape of this team at the minute, and they’re great Tyrone Gaels who I want to pay respect to now - Art McCrory and Eugene McKenna.

Our sponsor, who has shown great loyalty, Willie John Dolan – who has stuck with us through thick and thin you’ve got your moment of glory now Willie John! It’s normal at this time to slate of the media, I’m not going to be any different. They compared Tyrone to the British Army - once we crossed the border we had no power - I think we have a bit of power now! There was individuals on this team (who were) questioned - both management, players… players who they said had no guts, who couldn’t do it on the big day and so on. I think we’ve earned a bit of respect today.

There’s one man I haven’t forgot to mention. He’s been the crucial link in these boys winning All Ireland Minor titles, All Ireland U-21 titles, and now Mickey you’ve managed All Ireland Champions Mickey Harte! It’s been a great year for the two Mickey Hartes. One of them became famous for singing ‘We’ve got the world tonight’. This Mickey is gonna to be singing ‘We’ve got the Sam tonight!’. Again Mickey, words can’t describe what you’ve done for me and what you’ve done for this team, but you know it.

Finally, I think it’s only but right that we pay our respect to last year’s Champions, Armagh…. Hip Hip….. And I only hope that as players and as a team we carry ourselves as well as they did, and are as graceful in victory as they were for the last year, both to the players and to their management.

I think I’ve said enough - it’s time to take Sam to Tyrone!

chapter eight

FANS

in the

frame

••• Poet’s Corner ••• The Winning of Sam

When Peter Met Sam

The battle was over, the Stands were deserted Our emotions were raw, agitated, threadbare Health and Safety warnings were soon disregarded The success on Croke Park we were anxious to share

No, this is not a romantic comedy Simply a story of aspiration, determination and effort Ordinary people facing their ultimate challenge A cast of thousands, over a time-scale of innumerable years Will Peter ever meet Sam?

Francie Bellew’s heroics and McGeeney’s defiance Could not stop the force of Tir Eoghain in full flight Brian Dooher’s weaving and Cavanagh’s surges the scores kept on coming, victory almost in sight McDonnell was dangerous, all speed and conviction With the ball in the goalmouth, we’re in for a shock Conor Gormley arrived like a human torpedo With a block now as famous as proud Carmen Rock A Wexford man near me, he cried like a baby Recalling John Thompson of Celtic folklore There was dancing and singing, in my ears it’s still ringing The century of pain for Tir Eoghain was no more The sweetest of sounds that day in September Was the the referee’s whistle, we collapsed in the chairs Will we ever forget Mickey Harte’s gladiators At that world famous venue of dreams and despairs Aghyaran men shouting with Donegal accents Ciaran McGarvey stood again on the square Proud Eugene McKenna, most majestic of players Joined the furore with family and friends The speeches were drowned out with hugging and kissing All grudges and gripes put on hold for the day Everyone was an expert on tactics and planning As Peter lifts up Sam Maguire for display At the foot of the Sperrins in glen, town and valley From the Donegal hills to the shores of Lough Neagh We’ll never forget those illustrious champions Who found Sam a home where we hope he will stay Pádraig Ó Grúagain, Carrickmore

The colour, the flags and bunting As a warm-up act we painted sheep and dressed statues What will happen on the day? All of a sudden everybody is an expert Roll on the big day, ‘til then we will dream We all dream that Peter will meet Sam! The day of destiny has arrived, a mass migration south Glimpses of an Orange Santa and a Paisley look-alike in a sea of painted faces Anxiety-riddled people hiding behind masks of false smiles and bravado Maybe, just maybe, Peter might meet Sam! The action has started, the tension unbearable We can’t bear to watch, but feel we can’t not watch A classic encounter, the irresistible force against the immovable object Please let it be over! Please let it be over! PLEASE GOD LET IT BE OVER! Maybe it won’t happen, maybe Peter isn’t going to meet Sam I can see it now, I’m standing nearby on hallowed ground They’re both there, but not alone It has finally happened, but for them it’s not a private scene As they embrace, we watch on in our thousands It has really happened, Peter has met Sam He describes the moment, how it feels, what it means, all the while smiling at Sam As he smiles we smile, we share the emotion as he fights back a tear As we clap and cheer, our minds wander to memories of heartbreak and false dawns Although at times lost in our own emotions, there is an overwhelming sense of unity That day, when Peter finally met Sam, We all met Sam! Next day in Omagh, they’re still together, entwined in each other’s arms We laugh and sing and chant their names Banished forever now the jagged memories of Kerry and Dublin, Meath and Sligo Replaced with images of success, celebration, unbreakable smiles and homecomings I for one will never forget the day, when Peter met Sam. Michael Kelly

Peter the Great

The Tinneys

I wake up early morning The sun is in the sky I’m in a strange room in Dublin And there’s many a passer’s by In comes Mickey Harte The manager of the clan He’ll talk me through the day And steady my shaking hand When he leaves I head on down For breakfast in the hall Then I meet a few fans And sign jerseys and footballs Then we head for the training ground Half a mile down the road We warm-up and kick about Trying to lift our nervous loads Now we’re back on the bus Croke Park is where we’re heading We’re approaching the silver gates Hence, the part I’m dreading We step outside the bus BBC cameras are heading my way Paddy Tally soon steps in ‘Auch, come on lads, not today’ As we start to get togged out Under the Hogan Stand I start to think that in under two hours I could have Sam in my hand As we stand in the tunnel Our opponents at our side I try not to look at the crowds above Or hear the roars outside Now we’re parading around the field Below a sea of white and red It’s time for us to pull our socks up And get over the nerves and dread The crowds around get to their feet And the team stands in a line As Amhran na bhFiann is played The words to explain are hard to find The match has now begun I’ve registered my first score Soon the whistle sounds again The referee wants something more ‘Penalty to Tyrone, foul in the square’ I can’t believe my ears What if I score, what if I miss! The county will be in tears I stand tall and take my place A yard from the spot I stare the goalie in the eye I know where to place my shot The pressure is upon me Sure aren’t I ‘Peter the Great’ I make my run ‘Hurry up, you’ll be late’ The wife has just awoke me I’m playing in no All Ireland final day It’s just a dream, a fantasy But maybe I can make it a reality

Well the wait is almost over, as we prepare to welcome Sam To the Red Hand county and the town of sweet Strabane The place is very colourful, as you will clearly see Sam is surely coming and the Tinneys do agree

13-year-old Angela Carlin from Mountfield penned this poem dedicated to her hero and to both of their dreams after the Ulster Final. ‘I love football. I never missed a Tyrone game apart from the final, when I couldn’t get a ticket’.

Like ‘86 and ‘95, it’s showdown time again Canavan he will lead us, be in agony or in pain But don’t forget the local boys, here in North Tyrone McCrossan, Dooher, McConnell and O’Neill, a class act on his own In our quest for success, we have beaten the best Farewell to Derry and the kingdom of Kerry But the final hurrah is when we take on Armagh And relieve them of Sam for a visit to Strabane The craic will be mighty for an occasion so rare When Sam has a tour through Abercorn Square So salute the Red Hand heroes, each and every man And remember who made the jerseys, the flowers of sweet Strabane!

Aodhán Harkin from Strabane Sigersons was inspired by the dressing of the famous Tinneys in Tyrone jerseys. The local club teamed up with O’Neills in the town to decorate the figures, which are situated on the border with Lifford, in specially-made large shirts.

The Gorestown Anthem

DAVID, SAM and MICKEY

There’s one fair county in Ireland, where Sam came to stay for a year!

A little story about a friend who missed Sam David was his name, a wee man from Strabane Who longed to see Tyrone win Sam In fact a little illness got in his way My little friend never got to see that historic day

But the frost nipped the buds Now the Orchards are bare, and there’s nothing for him to do there So with his mobile phone He rang to Tyrone and asked to speak to ‘The Guy’ Says he, ‘Prepare the way and listen to what iv ta say Come Sunday when all the lads enter the fray, and Mickey’s boys start with hunder and harte, with Sam big Joe must surely part! Then I’ll slip away home to old Tyrone And from there may never depart!!’

He had met the team the week before the final Canavan and Mulligan were his idols As well as Larsson from the hoops And of course Mickey who rallied the troops The day for Sam to come home to Strabane got closer But little David’s health took a turn for the worse He passed away on Friday the 10th of October The day before his idols were to appear A little gesture from Mickey Harte Broke all our hearts For he brought Sam to David’s house And laid it beside him in his rest A kind gesture from one of the best A day when little David was at rest Although he missed it, I’m sure he knew That Sam Maguire was in Mourne Avenue A tribute to little David is all that I can do For little David has passed away And I hope Sam can bring light to all in any way A big thanks to Mickey for making that day For his Family and Friends we all pray Kieran O’Kane wrote this poem in tribute to his friend, 14-year-old David Gillespie, and to Mickey Harte. David lost his two-year battle with illness on the day before the All Ireland champions were due to visit the North Tyrone clubs, which included his hometown Strabane Sigersons. But before the players and management appeared before thousands of fans at Sigerson Park, they called to pay their respects at the Gillespie household, and brought with them the Sam Maguire cup.

This picture and poem are courtesy of Charlie Hughes from the Moy. The man in the doorway in the picture is Charlie’s brother Pat, but he is referred to in the poem and acknowledged in the area as ‘The Guy’. The cottage is the Hughes’ original family home at Gorestown, which is close to the Moy and to the Armagh border.

Tír Eoghain i bPáirc an Chrócaigh Phreab siad, chas siad, Léim siad timpeall, Chic siad an liathróid Ard agus íseal Amanna tapa Uaireanta mall Suas agus Síos Sall is anall. Istigh sa chúl nó Thar an trasnán Chroith na bratacha Dearg agus bán Ina luí ar an talamh Nó ag eitilt san aer "Bhain Tír Eoghain an cluiche ceannais" A scairt an slua go léir R6 & R7 Gaelscoil Uí Dhochartaigh, An Srath Bán (ó dhán a scríobh Éamonn Ó Ríordáin) David met Owen Mulligan in the week before the final.

Sam My name is Sam Maguire, the truth to you I tell The year I spent in Armagh was pure and utter hell But now this year I’ve travelled to where I want to be With that brilliant team and Mickey Harte for all Tyrone to see But if I had to go back for another year to lie In that apple-picking county, I’d do nothing only cry For with this overpowering team on the 28th of September Tyrone and Peter Canavan made it a Sunday to remember Anthony Devlin Junior, Peter Canavan Road, Ardboe

Man of Few Words - Championship Diary Derry in May Derry. Again. League champions. Again. Memories of last year. Thornton. Memories of ’01. Peter’s Red. League meant nothing. On Hill. Wife beside me. Banter good. Mulligan stinker. ‘Fish supper you’d have caught it’. Line of year! Tohill starts. Begin sluggishly. Bradley goal. Bradley points. Bradley torments. McGee confused. Same old Tyrone. Let down again. 5 mins left. About to leave. Beat traffic, dejected. Wife stops me. Glad. Rousing comeback. Destiny. Decide to stay. Dooher gem. Should’ve won it. Mulligan panics. Mixed emotions. Clones jam. This team’ll not go far! Derry Replay Wet Casement. Saturday. Wife won’t go. Far too wet. Strangely confident. Derry support low. Cavanagh point in seconds. Cavanagh grounded. Bradley off-colour. McMenamin on his back. Point. Point. Point. Horisk as well. Tohill temper. Tyrone threaten to humiliate. O’Kane off. Harsh. McGonigle saves face. Rasping goal. Laughs from crowd. This team’ll go far. Leave early to beat traffic. Suspected Derry fan. Jeered. If only they knew. Happy. Destiny. Antrim Ackward. Very much so. Wife from Antrim. Casement full. In stand. Won tickets. Confident. Saffron everywhere. Saffrons scrapping. Penalty. Can’t be happening. Antrim goal. Pinch me. Wake up boys. Wife smirks. Madden livewire. Grinding. Cavlan takes scruff. Unique fielding. O’Hare held. Mulligan goals. Phew. Scoreline flatters. Glad to get out. Wife accepts it. Married well. Destiny. This team’ll not last long! Down Confident. High scores so far. Warm day. Down colours - historic. Intimidating. Arrogance. Start well. Down goal! We were warned. McCartan off. We’ll be OK! Lawn unfairly penalised. Cheap point. Down three up. Half-time. Sort this out. Bang! Bang! Nine down. Sit down. Very down. Damn Down. O’Rourke bounces. Watch no more. 25 minutes left. Too much to do. Penalty. Peter. Missed against Wexford ’02. Unsure. Coolly taken. Can do this y’know. Stand up again. Point. Point. Point. Level! We’ll win by four. Flash Gordon. Down goal. Sickened. Still hope. Level again. McMenamin to win it. Nope. Mixed emotions. Destiny. This team’ll not go far! Down Replay Don’t go. BBC Live. Jerome and Jarlath. Looks wet. Looks easy. Looks humiliating. Glad I’m on couch. Warmer. Mulligan/Canavan work well. McAnallen new role. Massive total. Gordon off. Week a long time. Good chance of honours. Peter lifts Celt. 11 points. Rem ’84. Young Frank reminds us. Scores himself. Unfinished business. Destiny. Fermanagh Watch it in Paris. 40 degrees. Bit like Clones. Scramble to find bar. No reception. Sweaty palms. Reception. Setanta. Strange. Only punter kitted out. Nervous. Fermanagh revenge for League. Start well. Start very well. Cavanagh goal. Over at half-time. Training towards end. Poor Fermanagh. Give them a goal. Wife

says no. Ruthless lady. Raymond who? Gonna be hard to beat. Wife agrees. Destiny. Wonderful city, Paris. Miles from Dublin though. O’Rourke mentions hat. Kerry The Big One. The Unknown. The Test. History against us. 1986. McCabe. Quinn. Spillane. Intimidating jersey. Traffic heavy. Miss minor. Canal Upper. Don’t sneeze. Massive support. 6-0. Really happening? Peter off. Doesn’t matter. Intense. Russell muzzled. Not so super Cooper. Cavanagh immense. Dooher runs. Mulligan leads line. Kerry that bad? Never in danger. Intense. Intense. Whistle will go soon. Final looms. Kerry fans leave. Think we’re through. Puke football? Poor comment! We are through. New Tyrone. Tough Tyrone. Eight year wait. Over! Destiny. Mmmmm, Donegal or Armagh. Publicly don’t care. Privately, Donegal!! Ulster Final. Again. No Clones though. Final Build up unbearable. Personality changes. Become defensive, argumentative. Glad when it’s over. Saturday journey. Tension builds. Pride in colours. Buy CD. Boogie Men. Embarrassed to play it. Ticket in pocket. Atmosphere best that night. Deal with nerves tomorrow. Bed late. CD on. Hangovers don’t exist on such days. Eyes open. Day has arrived. CD now on loop. Wife may kill me. Head says dehydrated. Heart doesn’t care. Adrenaline. Short Dart journey. Surreal. Destiny seems attainable. Stuffy warm day. Drumcondra friendly. Good banter. Good relations. Too nervous for pub. Stuffy. Crowds. In Lower Canal early. Minor game flashes by. Tea. Accents. Monaghan beside me. So nervous. Armagh fans confident. ‘Been there done that’ look. Peter leads them out. Running OK. Armagh run into Hill as well. Adds to occasion. O’Neill responds. McIlvanna floored. Parade amazing. Ticker tape. Memories of Argentina 1978. This is Dublin 2003. Hill colour. Anthem passionate. McGuigan turns McGeeney. Peter reliable. Bellew annoys. Bellew winning. Same story. Tyrone four up. Can they wrap it up? No chance. McDonnell bang bang. Goal chance ends half. 4 up. Ask Armagh neighbour if confident. ‘Been there done that’ reply. Makes me depressed. Mexican Wave. Never done that before. Teams out. Peter not. Looks ominous. Cavlan miss. Point for point. Time warp. Can’t stand it. Try to talk. Words wobble. Marsden off. Jordan felled. Armagh edge within two. Can’t stand it. Look around. See twisted faces. See fists thumping. Look ahead. See McDonnell shaping up. Noooooo!! Blink. Ball not in net. Gormley’s arm. It’s getting closer. Wife can’t watch. Reminder not to enter pitch. Laughter. Peter on. It’s going to replay. O’Neill scores. Exhilarating. Exhilarating. What time is it? Whistle. Whistle. Over. Blur. Head on shoulder of wife. Seems like hours. Look up. Better get on. Slowly stroll across. Arm in arm. Look up. Remember games we lost. Remember players who came close. Can’t really see podium. Don’t care. Look for faces. Not many. Satisfaction. Finally there. Chase over. Speech over. Lump of pitch. Roam about. Meet faces. Stroll out. Relive. 2003. Not a bad team. Should go far. Destiny. Sleep well. Shane O’Neill

• Views From Abroad • Lone Star in Chicago Caroline McCarron was at the Derry games in May, the Ulster final replay in the rain at Clones in July and even the All Ireland quarter-final in the sun at Croke Park in August. But she was then committed to a year in the Lone Star state, Texas, and was destined to miss the final. Not surprisingly, there aren’t many Tyrone fans in Texas, so she linked up with friends from all over America at Fado’s Irish bar in Chicago. ‘It was not an easy game to watch, with all those wasted opportunities. I think my heart stopped for a moment when Conor Gormley made that block. I was nearly ill

with panic, but a few minutes later it was all over. No longer will they ask us where our Sam Maguire is. He’s up high in the sky in the hands of a true legend. I will always remember how Peter started his speech, that he wouldn’t want to be anywhere else in the world right then. The tears began to roll and I wanted so much to be standing on the pitch. I have never felt worse in all my life. We could all have jumped on the next flight home to join in the celebrations. Peter’s speech was filled with so much and brought back lots of memories. You could see that Sam was more than just a cup. Now, I watch all the videos and I shed a little tear every time I watch them. Being over here, you realise how much you miss the connection with people from the GAA - it really is a community which people take for granted. The community out here is segregated, there’s no common denominator and people just don’t get on. Things may be bigger, but not better. Tyrone Abu’.

the pitch, hugging people you didn’t know, watching grown men cry. The rest of the day went pretty quickly; it didn’t really sink in what the boys had done. Being in Aughnacloy on Monday and Ardboe on the Tuesday were great experiences. It was then that it started to sink in - Tyrone were officially the best team in Ireland. Now, as I watch the tape of the game over and over again, it occurs to me what an absolute privilege it was to be able to attend the best day in Tyrone’s history. I’m also glad for people like my father who watched Tyrone for 35 years and saw them win nothing, but finally got to see them take the big one. I’m also tempted to think of that famous credit card advertisement: Return flights from Toronto to Belfast $750 Ticket to the game - 50 Euro Being there to see Peter lift Sam Priceless I couldn’t put it any better myself, Gabriel Hurl, Toronto via Ardboe.

Guatemala

Canada To say it was an experience to travel all the way back from Toronto to see Peter lift Sam Maguire and to see a few lads who I played underage football with in Ardboe (Brian, Gavin, Frank and Mickey) would be an understatement. The trip really started on Sunday August 24th when Tyrone comprehensively beat Kerry. It was a double celebration that day as my club out here, St Vincent’s, won the Toronto Senior Championship in the afternoon. I was fortunate enough to obtain tickets for the Final from my club. Sitting in the Departures lounge at Pearson International Airport, there were a few shouts of ‘C’mon Armagh’, as I was wearing my Tyrone jersey - there’s

nothing like a nice bit of friendly banter to get the weekend started. I was amazed to see all the red and white bunting in Ardboe. Sunday was a bit of a blur, due to the fact that when we left home at 6.00am we were still suffering from jet lag. But once we arrived in Dublin, I was fully awake. Memories of that horrible day in 1995 started to flood back, but we got to Croke Park, I met a couple of friends and then it was time for the match. As I write now, four weeks later, little moments stick out - Cavanagh’s and Cavlan’s goal chances, Peter coming back on, Stephen O’Neill’s first point, ‘that’ block and O’Neill’s winning point. When the final whistle went it was pure, unbridled joy for myself and 35,000 fellow Tyrone people. Running out onto

James McMenamin is a native of Dregish in County Tyrone but on All Ireland final day he found himself a long, long way from home. He was in a Guatemalan village called Todos Santos, where he’s spent the last year as a community worker. James was of course keen to see the big match and made a brave attempt to find a television showing the game in Croke Park. In this email, sent to his friend Michael in Ireland, he details a very different journey to the All Ireland final. Micky! As I write this the All Ireland is over and I haven’t seen it and don’t know who won! Is it agony or ectasy that you are all experiencing now? I know I’m experiencing a lot of frustration. I seriously thought about going back for it but then I thought about what I would spend and how I could explain and justify that to the community that I am working with. There is too much poverty here and they just could not comprehend it. I have been here too long (six months) to lie, though I did explain how I needed this weekend off to attend to my religious needs. I have made a trip to try and see the match which I will tell you about - left Todos Santos yesterday (Saturday) which is a crazy market day when all the people

come to town. It’s an amazing day, full of colour. Everyone is wearing colourful traditional dress. The men actually wear red trousers with a white candy stripe, yeah, Tyrone colours!! Gotta be lucky! Anyway, I caught a chicken bus out of town. Because it was so packed and busy I had to ride on the roof where people carry all the stuff they bought at the market. Up there with loadza stuff in various bags and baskets including turkeys and yes, chickens. These secondhand school buses from that ‘great democracy’ are appropriately named. A lot of them are beautifully painted with a lot of shiney crome added. Bus timetables are beautiful for Todos Santos by the way. There is not a 6.00 or 7.00 bus etc, but a ‘Flor de Maria’ or ‘Mendoza’ or ‘Chiquerita’ or the ‘Perez’ So the first part of the journey was an hour on top of a bus travelling up a valley loooking at the mountains and sky until it started to rain. I had to pull a Tarpauline over me and the chickens to shelter from the rain. The bus conductor got up to help but he was more concerned with the chickens than me. There were two kids there too and we spoke a bit in Spanish and the local Mayan language ‘mam. Usually, this chicken bus goes all the way to the nearest big town called Huehuetenango but as it was market day it only went half way to a place called Tres Caminos (three roads). Then I had to hitch a lift in the back of a pick-up, sharing a cramped area with a family of three as they ate their dinner of tortillos, rice and vegetables. Arrived an hour later in time to grap some food and another chicken bus going to Xela. Two hours later I was in 4 Caminos and learned I had missed the last bus to Los Encuentros. Now dark and raining harder than ever. What to do? No options - Tyrone are playing tomorrow and I need to see them, so I shared a taxi to a place called Panachel. Two hours in the taxi cost a week’s Guatamalan wages. I kept thinking of all those convoys with their red and white flags on their way down to Dublin. I stayed in Pana and at 7 O’Clock this morning I got a boat across the lake from Lago Atilan to San Pedro where I thought I had a good chance of seeing the match. At 8am I knocked on the door of the pub - Guatamala is about six hours behind Tyrone time. NO! They weren’t showing the match on this satellite! All I was able to see was a dull nil-nil draw between Man City and Spurs. Micky, The place is called San Pedro and has a big volcano called San Pedro.. San

Pedro Canavan perhaps? Oh if ye mayan gods are there, then please let it be so! Still hoping and dreaming in Guatemala, James

Koh Samui • Thailand The only bar in Asia showing the game was ‘Tropical Murphys’ on a Thai island called Koh Samui. Paul Watson writes from the bar: ‘I didn’t think there would be that much interest in the final with two Ulster teams taking part but the Tyrone fans came out of the woodwork. We had people flying in from Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok. Martina McKevitt and her gang arrived about four in the afternoon to ‘prepare’ for the nine-thirty throw-in. The craic was mighty, especially when the Armagh fans started to arrive. At the final whistle the winners lifted a framed Tyrone jersey off the wall and paraded it around the bar. There wasn’t a bigger party that night on the island. It was a pleasure to watch well-behaved people supporting their team thousands of miles away from home. By the way, unlike other bars around the world, we do not charge to watch live GAA’.

England I travelled from London to Dublin in the hope of picking up a ticket and luckily I got one about an hour before the senior game. Even though I’m an Armagh fan, I have to say that the final was just sensational. I spent the first half trying to understand why Armagh weren’t playing well, thinking ‘ah don’t worry, we’ll come back’. Then I spent the second half planning my escape! I spent the match in the Canal End with some friends, some Tyrone ones behind us and neutrals to the side. They didn’t know what to think of the banter between us and the Tyrone ones. It was fantastic craic. At the end, when I finally reaslised that Tyrone had won, I couldn’t help but cry. It was a beautiful historic occasion. It’s not nice when your team loses but when it is a fellow Ulster team that wins, you can’t help but feel proud. I never felt that before at a match. The closest was against Antrim in the Qualifier when I was sad to beat them. Martina Lynch I am a native of Strabane who has lived in England for 20 years. Fortunately I have been able to watch many All Ireland matches during my regular trips home and have lamented the team’s many missed opportunities, particularly over the

last eight years. However all this was forgotten when I, my English-born son and all of Tyrone wept tears of relief, joy and exhaustion at the end of this landmark game. To be there when tickets were scarce was a privilege and an honour for both of us. To observe the behaviour of both sets of supporters was the finest example of sportsmanship I have ever witnessed. I understand that in the lead up to the game that certain sections of the media were whipping up stories of intense rivalry, forecasts of hooliganism, Northern divides etc. Nothing could be further from the truth. Right from the start, both on the streets and in the stadium, the Tyrone and Armagh fans stood side by side, talking, singing, Mexican waving, cheering and shouting. At the end, most Armagh supporters stayed to hear the unique and inspirational speech by captain Peter and not one of these supporters passed us without congratulating us and wishing us well. Considering Armagh’s own historic feats of 2002 and their mighty challenge for this year’s Sam, they, more than most, understood what this victory meant to the people of Tyrone and to the people from the North of our island. In many ways the fantastic fans of Armagh and Tyrone have reminded us all that Irish men and women have fought for their rights to protect their Irish traditions and culture. They have shown the world that these values unite us and not divide us, and it is what being Irish is all about! Through the excellent work done by local teams throughout the North (none more so than our own excellent Strabane Sigersons) young people are being encouraged to express their gaelic traditions in constructive ways and the events of the final have shown that these traditions will never be allowed to die. Eunan MacIntyre Rochford, Essex

Somerville USA If you’re looking for interesting facts, try this one: Kieran McGeeney marked Peter Canavan as far back as the Minor Championship in 1989. Armagh won the game by two points with Canavan putting a penalty over the bar ten minutes from the end. Enda Bloomer, Somerville USA via Cookstown

••• Total Faith ••• Short Trousers, Long Wait

More from ‘73

The Hughes boys from Dungannon had their picture taken on All Ireland semi-final days thirty years apart. The first photograph, showing the boys in short trousers, was taken outside Croke Park before Tyrone lost to Cork in 1973. Art McCrory and Patsy Hetherington were also in the picture, as Patsy was again in 1986 when the boys came together for the All Ireland final with Kerry. The third reunion was organised by their father, Oliver Hughes, on All Ireland semifinal day in 2003. One of the sons, Kieran, has travelled from London to see his beloved Tyrone in action every year since 1984, missing only four championship games in that time.

Brendan McCann from Donaghmore bought a Tyrone scarf in Croke Park before the All Ireland semi-final with Cork in August 1973. He wore the scarf to nearly every game since then and after seeing Sam come home, he’s decided to retire it. ‘Life is now complete’, explains Brendan.

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Picture by Michael Cullen

Carrying the Family Flag Although from Antrim, I carried the weight of my Dad’s expectation into the summer campaign. He was born and bred in Cookstown and never lets us forget it. He is getting on now and while he still travels to all of Tyrone’s League games, Clones and Croke are the two places he really can’t handle any more in terms of access - all the walking and the big crowds. So it was left to me, my brother and my sister, to carry the family flag all through the summer at Tyrone’s games. Dad’s heart was broken in ‘86, though for some reason he wasn’t as disappointed in ‘95. I think he thought a title was just around the corner. Well, it was a long old corner to turn. When I got back to Andersonstown on the Sunday evening of the final, to give him a programme and a hug, his big old eyes were still red from the tears. Thank God they did it, for his sake and everybody else’s. Brendan Mulgrew, Andersonstown

CORMAC IN THE COMMONS

Off Your Trolley?

I am the Drug and Alcohol Coordinator in the WHSSB and had to represent my colleagues in giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee in Westminister at the beginning of the year to update them on the local drugs problems. We were doing a powerpoint presentation and I was using my computer. Being an obsessional Tyrone supporter I have the ‘Team Talk’ wallpaper on my computer showing Sean Teague, Cormac McAnallen and Peter Donnelly all lifting the Ulster cups when we won all three, plus a variety of other players.

This sign was on a trolley clothes line outside our house on the main road between Omagh and Ballygawley. It was up for two weeks before the Final and minutes after the end of the game we phoned our daughter Katrina from Dublin to make an

adjustment to the sign. It was changed from ‘GOOD LUCK’ to ‘WELL DONE’. While the sign was originally intended to show support for the team, it had an additional effect of helping us sell more clothes lines! Michael & Jo McNelis

We had the presentation set up and then were asked to leave the room while the committee did some private discussions. We were then called back into the chambers and when I went to start the presentation I lost the picture on the computer and the screen. The only way to get it back was to turn off the machine, reboot it and then wait for it to come on stream again. Among the audience of MPs at the sitting were Peter Robinson and Reverend Martin Smyth. Of course the first thing to come up on the large screen, as full as life, was all my Tyrone players and cups! You could tell that they had recognised what was on the screen - to me it seemed like an eternity before the computer had done all it had to do before I could open my presentation and start it. I don’t think there are too many who could say that they brought the Tyrone players into the chambers at Westminster!

The Honeymoon is Over Tyrone Crystal workers Pat and Anna Marie Colton cut short their honeymoon in America to return home for the Final. They got hitched on Saturday, September 20th and went stateside for a week in New York and a week in Boston, or at least that was the original plan. ‘After watching the semi-final against Kerry, we decided as we left the Hogan Stand that we would have to come back for the final’, explains Anna Marie. ‘We flew into Dublin at 11.30am on the 28th with just one ticket, which could have made for an interesting afternoon, but luckily we picked up a second ticket!’

Barbara Ward, Gortin

Eoin Mugalin After the Kerry game I was in the toilet of the Hill 16 pub in Dublin with my four-year-old son Eoin. As the wee fella was adjusting his clothes and coming out of the cubicle, a big Kerryman came into the toilet, walked straight over to Eoin (who was wearing his Tyrone kit), stuck out his hand and said ‘Well done son!’. Eoin responded by shaking the guy’s hand and muttering ‘Thanks’. On leaving the toilet Eoin turned to me and said ‘Dad, I think that big Kerryman said well done to me because he got his Eoins mixed up. He must have thought that I was Eoin Mugalin (my son’s pronunciation of Mulligan). Of course I agreed with him. Michael

PAINFUL DERRY GAME Omagh man Desmond O’Doherty perfectly captured on camera the moment Tyrone’s season nearly fell apart. He was behind the goals with his finger on the button when Derry’s Paddy Bradley fired the ball past goalkeeper John Devine and into the net. It wasn’t the only painful moment for the O’Dohertys as Desmond’s son Ciaran suffered a broken toe nail when a ball kicked over the bar by Peter Canavan landed on his big toe! ‘We thought it was funny, but Ciaran didn’t’, says Desmond.

• On the down side - the ulster final • Spain Having booked our Summer holidays without planning on an appearance in the Ulster Final (forgive us Paddy), we found ouselves in Catalonia on the big day. Two families (the Dorans and McAlindens) were completely decked out in Red and Black, and we found an Irish bar in the resort town of Estartit, Northern Spain. We arrived in ‘Brannigans’ to find a 50/50 Down/Tyrone split and loads of expectation but a barmaid from hell (actually, Yorkshire). No, she couldn’t get Setanta, no she didn’t know where it was on and anyway, with so many rival fans, there might be trouble. We put her right on the rivalry issue and offered her Euros for Setanta, but there was no move until some very persuasive suggestions from the Galbally contingent got us a radio commentary. With the lead changing hands, the tension was unbearable. Gregory’s dismissal brought outrage from the Down people. We had an expert witness to support our case as intercounty referee Frank McDonald confirmed at the bar that throwing the ball was not a red card offence unless there was intent to injure. However, his friend from ‘Cross felt that wearing a Red and Black shirt was, in itself, grounds for dismissal and that Armagh would ‘bate the pick of them’. Anyway the lead was extended and Tyrone supporters strategically moved to the Beer Garden before the inevitable Peter Penalty brought them back in. When the fourth goal was scored by big Dan, his Aunt and Uncle celebrated in the corner but by this stage the barmaid couldn’t understand why the red and whites weren’t reacting to the red and black taunts and why the red and whites were smiling and shouting ‘Tie-rone, Tie-rone’ as if they could hear them in Paddyland? The final whistle brought hugs and handshakes, beer and lemonade, and an absolute determination to be in Clones or Barcelona the following week. Anywhere but Brannigans!

unfolded was the game of the entire championship: McVeigh’s save, Benny’s wonder-goal, McCartan’s sending off, and that was just the first half! Constant shouting, jumping up and down and staring in disbelief followed as Tyrone chipped away at the lead. Down goaled again and then the misses in injury time, with Ben (our English companion) sitting with his mouth wide open. Afterwards, he said it was the best game of any sport he had ever seen. A few hours later I returned on the hotel and found fourteen messages on my mobile phone from my Da who was unaware that we could watch a GAA match in Brussels and thought I’d appreciate a blow-by-blow account, so I re-lived the game all over again. Michael McIlroy

Paul Doran

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derry AMBUSH

League champions Tyrone were nearly sent tumbling out of the First Round of the Ulster Championship. Derry captain Enda Muldoon plotted the ambush, but Tyrone survived and won the replay with ease. Sean Cavanagh was head and shoulders above everyone at Casement Park.

down STUNNERS

Goals by Benny Coulter and Dan Gordon had Tyrone on the rocks in the Ulster Final but again they showed amazing resolve to come through the test.

mugging KERRY

Tyrone gained sweet revenge for 1986 by taking Kerry apart in a blistering first twenty minutes. Owen ‘Mugsy’ Mulligan put his head down and went straight for goal… ... and even had time to have a laugh at the expense of Kerry goalkeeper Declan O’Keeffe.

missed CHANCES

The first all-Ulster All Ireland final was a marvellous occasion but not a marvellous match. Tyrone were guilty of squandering several gilt-edged goal opportunites. Sean Cavanagh and Ger Cavlan both shot wide ...

...though Enda McGinley at least managed to score a point from his low drive.

the HIGHS...

Brian Dooher epitomised Tyrone in 2003 more than any one player with his all-action style. In the final, he proved to be a handful for Armagh.

Dooher was often in the wars and on the deck. Afterwards, he was both exhausted and exhilarated.

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the BLOCK

‘In the way CIA men are trained to take a bullet for the US President, Conor Gormley auditioned for the job’ Kieran Cunningham’s description in the Irish Star of the Tyrone defender’s match-saving block on Armagh’s lethal corner-forward Steven McDonnell.

view FROM THE SKY

This picture was taken at 5.08pm by Peter Barrow Arial Photography

the MOMENT

Players and supporters shared joyous celebrations at the final whistle. Brian McGuigan found the energy to run towards the Hogan Stand, while Peter Canavanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wish had come true. 'I didn't want to be a great captain, I wanted to be captain of a great team'.

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FOOTBALL

ow that the dust has settled on the All Ireland championship, it’s time to take a step back and put the year into context. Tyrone have become champions for 2003 by beating all of the teams put before them, so they have reached the top of the pile on merit. However, there were rumblings of discontent in sections of the media after Tyrone’s semi-final defeat of Kerry, with Pat Spillane famously describing the match as ‘puke football’. The rumblings continued into September with the first allUlster All Ireland Final, and on the 28th we had a contest that was hardly a classic. Tyrone supporters couldn’t care less, they have Sam after a long wait and that’s fine, but why was there a fuss about the way it was won? Did the begruders not like seeing three Ulster teams left in the championship after the Kerry game, or were they right to have concerns for the state of the modern game?

the old brand of football, and I would have to question the levels of fitness of some of them. A number of Kerry players didn’t look overly fit to me”. Mick O’Dwyer agreed with Canavan after watching Kerry take more than twenty minutes to score against Tyrone. Speaking at half-time on BBC television, the Laois manager lambasted the Kerry team and was equally scathing in his criticism of the management for losing the tactical battle.

BLOODY LUCKY “They’re bloody lucky to be only seven or eight points behind. If Tyrone had had a bit of luck early on they’d have scored at least three or four goals and they’d be out of sight. They’re much fitter and fresher, and

they’re moving the ball unbelievably fast. “Tyrone are bringing their halfforward line back into defence, creating oceans of space up front, and the Kerry half-backs are following them. If I was in charge, I’d keep them back and let the Tyrone lads go back into their defence if they wish. “Tactically, Tyrone are winning the game hands down. Kerry are being beaten in every sector of the field, and frankly, I can’t see any way back for them”. Former Down manager and double All Ireland winner Peter McGrath preferred to concentrate on the positives from Tyrone’s march to the final. “Tyrone have played the most exciting football I’ve seen all year. Their display in the last twenty

NOT ANTI-ULSTER Former Armagh manager Brian Canavan attempted to put the criticism into perspective. “It’s not really an anti-Ulster thing, it’s more that the punters and experts know what their readers want to read and what their viewers want to see. “Maybe we’re a bit paranoid in Ulster, but we always thought they were against us down South - the referees, the authorities and so on, but really they weren’t. It’s just the evolvement of the GAA. There’s a fairly level playing field at the moment, with Ulster just in front for now. “The Tyrone-Kerry game wasn’t one for the purist with very little space, lots of tight marking and tough tackling, but that’s the way the modern game is going. The reason the Ulster teams are ahead of the rest is that they have done more thinking and work on tactics in recent years. The Southern teams are still playing Tight marking and tough tackling by Tyrone defenders.

minutes of the Ulster final against Down and throughout the replay was the most cohesive and the most expansive I have seen from any team in the championship. “It’s hardly fair to look at one half of one game, the second-half against Kerry, and then make general criticisms of Ulster football based on it”.

STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN Fair enough, so let’s take a wider perspective. I watched the All Ireland final and compiled a statistical breakdown of the type of passes used by Armagh and Tyrone. Then I did the same for the 1991 final between McGrath’s Down and Meath. It was a fascinating exercise, for a number of reasons. Firstly, there is a dramatic difference in the number of hand passes used, and secondly, the games themselves were completely different. Only twelve years separate the finals, but it was like watching two different sports. The ‘91 game was all kick-and-rush, crunching tackles, lots of frees and of course, a fair amount of skill as well. It was wildly exciting and very fast, but it was also very physical. The survival of the fittest. Mickey Linden

had a few teeth knocked out, but sure, he got a free! Remember, these were the days before the yellow card was introduced and in this comparison of finals twelve years apart, I have no doubt that the modern system has cleaned up Gaelic Football. The 2003 final was physical as well, but players usually know where to draw the line - get a tick in the referee’s black book, then a yellow card and then be careful! Armagh and Tyrone also play a more controlled style of football, playing the ball slowly out of defence with a string of short passes and then either kicking long into the full-forward line or racing down the wings. I lost count of the number of times both teams took six, seven and even eight hand passes to get from goalkeeper to a half-back or midfielder crossing halfway. There was no such thing as kicking a 50-50 ball inside your own half.

DOWN & MEATH Contrast this with 1991 where both goalkeepers, Neil Collins and Martin McQuillan, almost always opted to kick their clearances towards their defenders. Similarly, the Down and Meath defenders had an instinctive

tendency to boot the ball as high and as far up the field if they were lucky enough to find themselves in a few yards of space. However, this meant that the ball was constantly up for grabs as it rarely reached a team-mate directly. This is where the crunching tackles came in. In other words, the style of football in 1991 contributed to the fare on view. After ‘91, Donegal and Derry used a shorter game to win their All Irelands, and after a barren spell for Ulster from 1995-2001, Armagh won Sam with their version of the ‘modern game’. Peter McGrath explains it well:

NOT NEGATIVE “Armagh won their All Ireland not by playing negative football but they were capable of closing down opponents and stopping them from scoring. “Now, Tyrone have perfected it to a higher degree. The work ethic on their team is very high, they get men behind the ball and they play to a certain pattern”. In short, Tyrone did an Armagh on Armagh. But should either or both of the Ulster teams be criticised for the way they play the game? “It’s not fair to criticise or be negative about the achievement of getting to

'I can fly!' Cormac McAnallen launches himself towards the ball.

KERRY STAR TURNED TV PUNDIT Pat Spillane got a personal message from Tyrone fans on All Ireland final day, but his true feelings towards the O'Neill county are revealed in a picture taken in Gaelic Park in New York 1981! Spillane was happy to don the white jersey and pose alongside Armagh's John Corvan and Tyrone supporter Oliver Hughes.

All Ireland semi-finals and finals. It’s the prerogative of any coach to work out a strategy to win the game, and it’s then up to the opposition to work out a counter-strategy. If teams can’t counter that, then that’s their problem”.

1991 ALL IRELAND FINAL FIRST-HALF Down Meath

Hand-passes

Kick-passes

18 10

19 26

SECOND-HALF Down Meath

Hand-passes

Kick-passes

38 17

20 16

TOTALS Down Meath

Hand-passes

Kick-passes

56 27 83

39 42 81

Two things jump out from these 1991 statistics. First, the number of hand passes and kick passes are almost identical, and second, Meath used

kick passing much more than Down. In fact, Meath did not play two hand passes in succession until the 24th minute of the first-half, which is in stark contrast to the teams in the 2003 final. Tyrone and Armagh were already on their way at that point to amassing a total of 124 hand passes for the first-half alone! Sean Boylan’s players kick whenever possible their opponents much even when the ball ground.

preferred to in ‘91, as did of the time, was on the

There were several instances where players pulled on a loose ball rather than dive on it to get it into their arms, as is the norm today. Interestingly, the hand pass in 1991 was more of a fist pass, whereas in 2003 the open hand is used most of the time. Down finally strung three hand passes together six minutes into the secondhalf of the ‘91 decider and that increased to a record four for the match in the build-up to Barry Breen’s

goal. Indeed, Down’s tally of hand passes more than doubled during the second period. Meath trailed by eleven points, but they brought on Colm O’Rourke and persisted in playing the ball as fast and as far as they could. In the end, Down hung on to claim a famous victory.

2003 ALL IRELAND FINAL FIRST-HALF Armagh Tyrone

Hand-passes

Kick-passes

55 69

13 17

SECOND-HALF Armagh Tyrone

Hand-passes

Kick-passes

43 60

16 12

TOTALS Armagh Tyrone

Hand-passes

Kick-passes

98 129 227

29 29 58

Note: The kick passes in the statistics do not include kicks from line balls, frees or from the goalkeeper’s kick-outs. ■

Kevin Hughes and his team-mates made a record 127 hand-passes during the final.

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Kevin Hughes was booked for a high tackle on Paddy McKeever.

Kieran McGeeney is brought to ground.

Philip Jordan felt the force of an Armagh challenge.

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On the big screen. Referee Brian White shows Paddy McKeever a yellow card.

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EXPERTS? WHAT THEY SAID BEFORE THE MATCH...

Even if it’s scrappy, Tyrone are likely winners. They can adapt to whatever gameplan they need to win. Their league title was based on playing the ball quickly into Eoin Mulligan and Canavan, but since the drawn game with Derry, they’ve carried the ball more. Tyrone to reach the promised land by three points. Kieran Shannon, Sunday Tribune ■ I expect Tyrone to prevail in a tight game mainly because of their talent, hunger and pace. I feel Armagh, despite all their experience and selfbelief, haven’t met a team of this quality. Tyrone have quality in every line of the pitch, from goal to full

forwards, and also plenty of options on the bench. Tyrone have managed to solve certain problem areas, namely at midfield and full back. Another vital ingredient in this Tyrone team is the pace with which they break out of defence. They certainly have an advantage over Armagh in this area. The intensity of the first 25 minutes against Kerry has not been matched by any other team in this year’s championship. In all their games this year Tyrone have targeted the danger men in the opposition. They have done this in a legitimate fashion. For example, Darragh Ó Se and Seamus Moynihan got very little room in the semi-final - expect similar attention for Stephen

McDonnell, Diarmaid Marsden, Paul McGrane and company. Canavan to accept Sam Maguire. John O’Mahony, Irish Times ■ It appears that Tyrone’s advantages lie in youth, speed, hunger and a better substitute panel. Armagh just want to win for themselves. They seem to me to be better than last year and I expect McGeeney and McConville, who have not had great years so far, to make a much bigger impact. I don’t anticipate as much mud-wrestling around midfield as some think, but it’s hardly going to be the highest-scoring final of all time. The Tyrone lads don’t look

'Tyrone have managed to solve certain problem areas, namely at midfield and full-back' - John O'Mahony, Irish Times.

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Full-back Cormac McAnallen puts in a crunching challenge.

quite as strong, physically or mentally, as Armagh. Ultimately the best team, as distinct from the best players, wins. Tyrone have run into problems at the wrong time and the hand of history had not been kind to Peter. Fate - and a great team ethic has smiled more kindly on Kieran McGeeney. He may even smile back, with the cup held aloft, this evening. Back-to-back titles. Colm O’Rourke, Sunday Independent ■

Colm O'Rourke - a vote for Armagh.

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There’s a lot more to this final than just collecting the Sam Maguire... it won’t be just talked about this winter or next year; they’ll be going on about this one in a hundred years’ time. I know for a fact Armagh would give last year’s All Ireland for this one..... out the field, I think Tyrone will have too much pace. Armagh tend to sit back and let you have possession. The mistake most teams make is to kick the ball long and allow their blanket defence to sweep up. Tyrone will look to keep possession by moving the ball short and at speed and occasionally out wide to create the open spaces.... Armagh haven’t met a team with Tyrone’s mobility since this time last year and if you remember, Kerry threatened an avalanche in the first half before losing their way. Tyrone have so many ball-players who are comfortable making decisions at speed, and they’ll keep running at Armagh all day. When Armagh’s legs tire, who will come in to pick up the pace? They don’t have options like Stephen O’Neill. I could see Tyrone hitting an early purple patch and winning comprehensively.... Even if

it’s tight with 15 minutes to go, I think all the exertions of the last five years will tell. Armagh have been great champions and project an incredible sense of mission but so do Tyrone. I was staying in the Citywest Hotel when they were there for last month’s semi-final, and I was struck by their composure and focus. I think they’ll handle both the occasion and Armagh today. Larry Tompkins, Sunday Tribune ■ I always had a slight leaning towards Armagh because of their greater experience and the injuries to Tyrone players have added to my rather hesitant conviction that the Red hands, brilliant though they are, may have to wait another year to get their hands on Sam. Dan Kinney, Newsletter ■ If Armagh edge a couple of points clear over the closing quarter it would be difficult to see them beaten. Their character has survived the ultimate test, Tyrone’s is still unproven. But 100 years of suffering

was made all the more painful with the sight of their staunch rivals landing Sam Maguire first. Superior team work, younger legs and an iron resolve may finally deliver them to the promised land. Kevin Kimmage, Sunday Independent ■ There has been much to admire in Armagh’s season. It’s 13 years since a county previously took an All Ireland defence to the final but the championship these days is unrecognisable since the introduction of the qualifiers. So instead of defeating Limerick, Kerry

and Roscommon to reach the final, as Cork did in 1990, Armagh have had to come through defeat by Monaghan followed by wins over Waterford, Antrim, Dublin, Limerick, Laois and Donegal. After that draining itinerary it’s legitimate to wonder how much the champions have left in the tank. Two seasons of hard-fought championship fixtures have to take a toll and the fact only one match remains isn’t a guarantee that fatigue won’t play its part. Tyrone have impressed with the rapacity of their play. Kerry admit they weren’t prepared for that

intensity. Armagh won’t be caught that way but there’s more to Tyrone’s game than intensity. When the semifinal was still a contest the pace and verve of their football was breathtaking. That ability to transfer the ball quickly and slickly until a player gallops into space repeatedly caught Kerry. Armagh will crowd the middle and try to block all exits but pace can undo them. This comes down to one equation. Tyrone look better equipped to deal with Armagh’s strengths than vice versa. Sean Moran, Irish Times ■

WHAT THEY SAID AFTER THE MATCH... For all its stylistic shortcomings it was absorbing stuff. The match never drifted too far beyond Armagh on the scoreboard and their reputation for comebacks kept the verdict in doubt. But Tyrone played it their way. Uninhibited by the champions’ physical challenge, Mickey Harte’s side ran the ball out of defence and conjured enough openings to win in style. Despite Tyrone’s wasted opportunities Armagh couldn’t get closer than two points and on each occasion their opponents hit back immediately with a free from Mulligan and well-worked points by O’Neill who proved again what a resource he is to bring on from the bench. The match wouldn’t die as a contest and while Armagh were within a score the great crowd held it’s breath. But as a final tribute to the new champions they proved as unshakeable in what was supposed to be Armagh’s domain, that of the tightly-poised endgame. Sean Moran, Irish Times ■ Gormley’s block was the difference between winning and possibly losing, though the likes of Jordan, Hughes, Mulligan, Canavan, McGuigan and my Man of the Match Dooher all retained a level of consistency over the 70 minutes which were crucial in keeping Armagh at bay. Even a blind man could see that Canavan was struggling for mobility in the firsthalf.... but his return, just after Mulligan had contrived to miss a blatant goal-scoring chance, was a

analysts expected McMenamin to mark McDonnell, aerial strength was the decisive factor in giving the job to McAnallen. Even Joe Kernan was put on the tactical back foot with Harte’s ingenious use of the substitution rules which allowed his crocked men, McGuigan and Canavan, to rest at key periods.... Tyrone and Mickey Harte have finally won. And it’s unlikely to be their last triumph. Kevin Kimmage, Sunday Independent ■ There are CIA men who are trained to take a bullet for the US President. Conor Gormley auditioned for the job yesterday. Mick O’Dwyer

master stroke of timing by the Tyrone management. Brian White turned down a clear penalty in the first-half when McGuigan was grounded by McGrane... one suspects that being champions will make Tyrone an even more formidable outfit next season. Mick O’Dwyer, Irish Examiner ■ Decisions were made which are deemed master strokes. Instead of lining the team out as they had played all summer long, the management decided on a ‘horses for courses’ principle of manmarking. Conor Gormley, who had played on the wing all year, was moved to the full-back line to mark Marsden, a man he had successfully marshalled in the past. While most

Kieran Cunningham, Irish Star ■ Tyrone were the superior team in terms of football skill, individual effort and courage in the face of some unsavoury adversity. They had more players on their team who relied exclusively on playing skillful football and therefore their victory can be seen as an endorsement of traditional values of skill and sportsmanship in the GAA.... but it was not a game for football purists and will not live long in the memory of anyone who is not from County Tyrone. It was, at times, a bitter contest emphasising the worst aspects of tribal local rivalry in the GAA. The tackling was often crude and vicious and while referee Brian White tried manfully to impose normal GAA standards of behaviour his task was made impossible by the latent hostility between some

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'Tyrone carried Peter Canavan' - Joe Brolly.

players. Armagh went out to horse certain Tyrone players out of the game with physical forces. Most of the time they did so within the rules but on other occasions they did not. The first Tyrone player to be targeted was outstanding young midfielder Sean Cavanagh who was subjected to some heavy tackles early on and was also made to suffer when lying on the ground when an opponent’s boot came in contact with his head. It is a sad fact that this treatment achieved what I assume was the intention, by greatly minimising Cavanagh’s impact on the midfield proceedings for the entire game. But when he wakes up this morning the young man from Moy can smile as he contemplates his All Ireland medal while the people who attacked him have the next six months to contemplate their folly. Eugene McGee, Irish Independent ■ What puts this victory into perspective is that Tyrone were able to carry Peter Canavan with him playing on one leg and still win pretty comfortably. Also, the players knew what they had to do. Every player did the job he was assigned to do and they remained calm at critical

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times, which didn’t happen when they lost to Sligo. Joe Brolly, The Mirror ■ Croke Park looked like it was frozen white... a surging Northern sea swept over the pitch as grown men wept and the GAA president rhymed with football supporters everywhere, delighted that Peter Canavan, the greatest footballer of his generation, finally got his hands on Sam Maguire. Mark Gallagher, Irish Examiner ■ GAA President Sean Kelly captured the mood perfectly when he welcomed Canavan - ‘this iconic figure’ - onto the podium and said: ‘And so comes to an end a long, long wait as I present Sam to Peter the Great!’ Cue delirium as the injured hero lifted the chalice that has mocked and eluded so many Tyrone skippers down the decades. Frank Roche, Evening Herald ■ Three factors in Tyrone’s victory: greater pace, the sending-off of Marsden, and Peter Canavan. First, the greater pace throughout the

team. Combined with their excellent ball control they were able to break past the Armagh tackles, win in the one-on-one situations, and so get themselves into more scoring positions. That was also very wellassisted by the support play coming from the back, which made sure their possession was well-guarded. That sort of tactic also requires great stamina, and Tyrone had that in abundance. Along with that, the resilience in how they handled the Armagh hits was crucial. I thought Tyrone absorbed all that Armagh could throw at them, and unlike some teams, could recover and move on almost immediately. The sending-off of Marsden: Armagh just couldn’t quite recover with 14 men. They were always that bit too far back in defence to really impact on Tyrone’s lead, and they really needed a goal to pull out a victory. But there were other problems in the Armagh performance. Some of Kieran McGeeney’s delivery was unusually inaccurate. Part of the reason was down to the close marking of the Tyrone players on the Armagh forwards, so it was difficult to pick out clear options. The Peter Canavan factor: you have to give great credit to the belief throughout the Tyrone team, but Peter Canavan is such a big part of that. His reappearance for the final 10 minutes I think was crucial as well because it helped maintain that level of belief until the end. John O’Keeffe, Irish Times ■ Yesterday’s final was dreadful. It was no rebuke to the critics. It was no proof that Ulster football has become more scientific. It was an abandonment of the aesthetic in favour of the cynical. It was ugly, a game only a half-blind partisan could love. At any given time there was a player receiving treatment on the field. Usually he had been poleaxed by a late, third-man tackle. Sometimes though he’d just dived in the hope of getting his opponent booked. (Shall we have no more guff about the unbreakable solidarity of Northern footballers?) In moments of rare abandon the teams might forget themselves and leave only 12 men behind the ball. We swooned with excitement. Tyrone, the new champions, produced a series of

nominations for Worst Miss Ever In An All Ireland Final. Not much else. Tyrone and Armagh know deep down what’s being talked about here. For many, many years in those places above all others on the island they knew the comfort of Gaelic games, the possibilities for selfexpression that football in particular offered. They loved the game and respected the game and played it with a verve that was sometimes, to their cost, mixed with innocence. Yesterday was ugly. The inevitable and dire conclusion to a bad season. It was a thrill to see Tyrone winning and there was a kind of beauty in this All Ireland final. Honestly. It was just hard to find. Tyrone won a game that started tentatively and ended negatively. They won it ironically, not by unsheathing the twin blades that are the Owen Mulligan and Peter Canavan attack but by defending with every other player available. We’ll quibble. They’ll not care. Maiden All Ireland title winners have special rights. The game was awful, the beauty was in the struggle, in the terrible hunger of the teams, especially Tyrone. Running at Armagh is like running at brick walls.

Tyrone did it all day until Armagh just got tired of hitting them. It was a fretful game which never opened up and enjoyed itself. Armagh in the end discovered to their cost that they are predictable. Good, but predictable. They stood their ground like they have always done. They hit long balls. Occasionally they threatened to get right in behind the Tyrone defence and open up the game with a goal. That promise was never consummated. A fitting end to a strange season. Tyrone had a right at the start of things back in May to consider themselves among the favourites. The road they took is the surprise. More cautious and less derring-do than typical champions. They have the potential to shed their defensive skin and become one of the great attacking teams of our time. What’s for certain is that the rest of the footballing world is in chaos and a team growing in certainty and skill could dominate. Tom Humphries, Irish Times ■ The Southern commentators gave vent to their usual anti-Tyrone tirade

and we were all supposed to feel that we had won the title by default and begrudgery. Get wise lads, the game has changed and we have adapted. If you don’t like it - tough. I remember watching and indeed playing against some of these wellknown commentators and I don’t recall any of those being classics. If it’s exhibition football you want to see, find a 13-a-side tournament to watch and take yourself along. This is the All Ireland and, with so much at stake, the emphasis will be on winning, not on playing attractive entertaining football. Noel McGinn, Tyrone Times ■ Without detracting from Tyrone’s historic performance it remained a fact that referee Brian White seemed to punish Armagh a lot more harshly than Tyrone but honest man that he is Armagh’s brilliant manager Joe Kernan will know that at least two of his forwards contributed little over the 70-odd minutes and his renowned half-back line was not at its best. Dan Kinney, Newsletter ■

'There was a kind of beauty in this All Ireland Final. It was just hard to find' - Tom Humphries, Irish Times.

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The Tyrone defence really were in miserly mood but then they have been like that since they sorted out the chaos which saw them concede 4-8 to Down. Now they can look back with fond memories from their three visits to Croke Park in the last two months during which they conceded the amazingly low total of 0-20 against Fermanagh, Kerry and Armagh. That’s All Ireland winning form. Martin Breheny, Irish Independent ■ Two things surprised me. Firstly, Tyrone opted to start with the threeman full-forward line, a move which I doubt Armagh envisaged. They pulled only Ger Cavlan back and Brian Dooher, as usual, just ran everywhere. So there were not quite so many bodies behind the ball as may have been envisaged. Also, they withdrew Brian McGuigan late in the first half, just after he had won a free. I thought he skinned Kieran McGeeney once or twice and looked to have more to offer but in fairness, the side was equally as smooth after his departure. Ultimately, the two best teams in the country contested the All Ireland final and the enduring legacy of the championship will be that of the mass defence which both teams employed clinically and effectively. I think there will be a knock-on effect in that many other teams will try to adapt or improvise on that basic philosophy before next year’s competitions resume. So for the second year running, the Sam Maguire rests in Ulster. Obviously that suggests the strength of the game in the province but as for the whole debate about the fortress Ulster has become, it should be pointed out that neither Tyrone nor Armagh started it. It is not their preoccupation. Maybe Ulster has moved on to another plateau but that will only be established if the province wins the next series of All Irelands, as occurred at the beginning of the 1990s. Of course, Tyrone look to be the side now to set that ball rolling. It will be hard for Armagh, a team that was written off after losing to Galway in 2001, to come back from this. But it would wrong to assume they will just fade after this, very wrong. It would be a little bit previous of me to suggest they can’t

bounce back next season. And one thing is certain. The Ulster championship should be fun.

It was rather fitting that one of the best players of the last decade should come up with one of the best speeches... the purists might argue that it wasn’t a classic, but finals seldom are. When there was some football played, it was usually by the players in red and white, and with the goal chances they created, they should have won by more.

This latest victory for an Ulster county completes an amazing sequence of FOUR first-time All Ireland triumphs, Donegal, Derry, Armagh and Tyrone in the last 12 years. In the previous 50 years only three new counties, Roscommon (1943), Down (1960) and Offaly (1972) won the Sam Maguire Cup for the first time. This shows how football has advanced in Ulster in modern times and the other provinces could learn a lot from examining how this has happened.

Mickey Sheehy, Irish Independent ■

Eugene McGee, Irish Independent ■

John O’Mahony, Irish Times ■

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JEROME’S story ‘At

last, at last’. These were the words mouthed by Henry Downey as he raised the Sam Maguire cup above his head after the 1993 All Ireland final. I worked at that final along the sideline for BBC Northern Ireland, grabbing interviews with whoever we could get. Eamonn Coleman provided the most memorable soundbite of the day when he hit out at the sendingoff of Tony Davis. ‘Cahalane shoulda gone’, declared Eamonn. The next day, I was privileged to travel on the Derry bus as it made it’s way north. Tony Scullion sat beside me with a great big grin across his face and some of the older Derry people who remembered 1958 reckoned it was ‘about time’ that Sam was in their possession.

FIRST BOOK It was around this time that I decided to write my first book, ‘The Path of Champions’. Henry appeared on the front cover with Anthony Molloy and Paddy O’Rourke, and indeed it was primarily a tribute to the three All Irelands from 1991-93. Yet it was more than that, because to be frank, I felt that the written media in the north and south hadn’t really grasped the magnitude of the historic successes. I had been privy to a lot of the behind-the-scenes stories and felt that I had something to offer. When I got started on the project, I realised that I had to go back to the ‘Barren Years’ to try and explain why Ulster sides performed so abysmally from 1969-90 on the All Ireland stage. Then it was the Sixties, the Fifties and also the statistics. I spent many, many

hours in the Central Library in Belfast searching through old newspapers to find out who beat who and who scored. But again, there was a vacuum there and I enjoyed the reaction to the compiliation.

ROSS CARR In 1994, the BBC produced a prechampionship documentary programme called ‘Three Glorious Years’, where I got to interview the likes of Paddy O’Hara, Ross Carr, Martin McHugh and Eamonn Coleman in his house on the Lough Shore. The editors only used clips of each interview, but I took as long as I liked for the interviews, relishing the opportunity to go into precise details. In particular, I was very interested in finding out simple things like what it had been like to walk under Hill 16 in the parade on All Ireland final day.

BBC Northern Ireland's publicity picture before the start of the 2003 Ulster SFC. Jarlath Burns, Jimmy Smyth and Martin McHugh had seen their counties lift Sam, now it was my turn.

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When Laura met Sam.

‘I felt like God’, revealed Ross Carr, ‘they were putting their faith in me and I had to deliver’. Cheers Ross, great line!

along with other lost souls from Tyrone. Big Olly from Donaghmore couldn’t speak. There was nothing to say.

Down of course did it again that year. Celtic Park in the sun, Croke Park in the rain, Linden at his peak and DJ in his element. At half-time in the final, deep under the corner of the Hogan Stand, an emotional Kane screamed at his team-mates, ‘Down teams don’t lose All Ireland finals’. I saw another side to the inspirational leader the following evening when he fell into his mother’s arms at the Carrickdale Hotel. There were no cameras or words to describe the moment. You just wished that everyone could experience the same feeling.

‘96 was worse. Like most Tyrone fans, I was outraged at the brutal treatment dished out to Canavan, Dooher and McBride. An hour after the game, myself and few journalists came across Sean Boylan under an empty Hogan Stand. The others congratulated the Meath manager, who trotted out the usual niceties, ‘ah fair play to ye’s, good lads, great game, bad luck now, ye’ll be back’. Yeah right.

1995 I went to work in London in 1995 for six months from July to Christmas, but travelled home for the semi-final and final. Thanks to Declan O’Neill from my home club, Omagh St Endas, I got a seat right at the back of the lower tier of the new Cusack Stand, in line with the goals at the Canal End. Canavan was incredible, but the rest were poor and it all seemed set up for Dublin to win. Afterwards, I wandered silently about the pitch

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I heard that all before, in 1986 to be precise. The Kerry lads, sorry the Kerry legends, were absolute gentlemen that day, which was my first day at a top Gaelic football match working for BBC Radio Foyle. I was in awe of Mikey Sheehy and Jack O’Shea, almost afraid to be so bold as to ask for a minute of their time, but nicer people you could not meet. I left Croke Park with my recorded interviews, but with no transport home. Again, an Omagh St Endas man came to the rescue - Andy McAleer saw me thumbing for a lift and took me straight home.

JARLATH BURNS Sixteen years later, I was fronting the television coverage for BBC NI but still Tyrone stubbornly refused to fulfil their potential. Instead, big Jarlath ripped off his microphone and tore out of the studio to celebrate with his family and his people. What a star. I remember saying to Jarlath and wee McHugh a few years ago, ‘let’s just enjoy ourselves on the programmes. It’s important but it’s not life and death, let’s have a bit of craic, the same way supporters do in their homes, the pubs and at the games’. There’s nothing wrong with a bit of slagging. In fact, it’s mandatory. I took over the presentation duties around the time my daughter Laura was being treated for leukaemia. She was just eleven months old at the time of diagnosis, but thankfully she’s now four years-old and is just the most beautiful person I have ever come across - an absolute joy. So, when she started Primary School on September 4th, 2003, that was my All Ireland. Twenty-four days later, Tyrone completed the jigsaw. ‘At last, at last’.

I didn’t run out of the studio at the end of the match, which would have made for an interesting programme. I just went silent, held my hand across my mouth and held the tears back. The show must go on. The main emotion was one of relief, relief that Tyrone had held on to finally cross that finishing line. The tears flowed in a more private moment a day later, when driving behind the Tyrone bus as it left the Burlington and made it’s way through the streets of Dublin. As the horns blared, the CD belted out ‘Sam Maguire’s coming home to the place where I belong’, and as my own kids hung out off the car windows waving their flags and shouting to anyone who cared to stop for a second, it dawned on me that this was my time.

YELLOW BUS The cup was actually on the big yellow Tyrone bus up ahead, and it was bound for home. To quote the greatest speech of all time, ‘there’s nowhere else in the world I’d rather be’. Three weeks later, Laura met Sam, thanks to Mickey. The Tyrone manager brought the cup to the ward at the Children’s Hospital in the Royal where Laura had been treated. After

he had obliged allcomers, posing for endless photographs to be taken and talking to the children, Mickey left the hospital. You might think he would have had a car waiting for him or some kind of help with the cup, but no, I watched as Mickey paid his car park ticket, placed Sam in the back seat and drove off into the teatime traffic. Somehow, I doubt whether Alex Ferguson would be prepared to do the same with the Premiership trophy! Fair play to Mickey, he’s a gentleman and a superb manager, both of people and of football teams. Makes you proud to be from Tyrone.

MICKEY HARTE Funnily enough, I told people privately from July onwards that Tyrone were going to win the All Ireland, and that they were going to beat Armagh in the Final. It was written in the stars, though I had also worked it out with more down-toearth reasoning than just a premonition. Mickey Harte had impressed me from the minute he took over, so much so that by the Spring I was comparing him to Joe Kernan. They were both articulate for the media, passionate for the fans, dedicated to the players and to

making sure everyone knew their job and in ensuring that everything was being done the right way. I remember phoning Mickey on the Monday after John Devine had been injured in conceding a penalty in the Ulster semi-final with Antrim. We had reports that John had been detained in hospital overnight. Was he still in and how was he? ‘I don’t know’, says Mickey, ‘but I’ll ring now and phone you back’. It mightn’t seem like a hugely significant thing for him to do, but in this cynical business us journalists don’t really expect managers to ring back! Mickey did, and he was a dream to work with all year from a media point of view. To me, this shows how he values people and how he copes with his position as manager, which rubs off on others around him. There was another example in October where Mickey was pressed on a comment he made early in the year about taking the squad on a training trip ‘within these shores’, as opposed to the likes of Tenerife (Fermanagh), La Manga and Bath (Armagh), Monaghan (Spain), etc. He answered the question in a way that other managers could not possibly take offence, but you can take it that

Cormac McAnallen - a natural full-back.

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Mickey will not be going abroad to prepare his team and that foreign trips were mentioned in several team talks throughout the season. By July and into August, I realised that there was even more to the man from Errigal Ciaran. He didn’t panic on the sideline when Down went nine points up and his gameplans for Kerry and Armagh were quite perfect. His success wasn’t simply down to luck or any one thingl.

FR MCALEER No, Mickey is the complete package of the modern gaelic football manager, though his erstwhile assistant, Fr Gerard McAleer is also deserving of credit for taking Tyrone that extra mile. An unsung hero, if you like, which suits the modest priest. As joint manager of the Minors and Under21s, he played a major role in developing the impressive young men who have now become Senior champions.

In fact, he worked with some of them in their early days in schools football. Ten years ago, Fr Gerard picked out Cormac McAnallen as a full-back on a first-year team, so when Mickey Harte phoned in July of this year asking for suggestions for a new full-back, there was an instant reply.

“In my time along with Mickey, we’ve coached the players not to give the ball away, but that’s nothing new. Kevin Heffernan was preaching the same message in the Seventies. Our players are very, very good with the ball in their hands and in supporting the man on the ball.

He talks passionately about the players. ‘McGuigan is a great, great player with superb vision, like his Dad’; ‘Jordan is a wonderful fellow and incredibly tough’; ‘McMenamin gave some memorable team talks let’s just say that he didn’t want to lose to Armagh!’; and ‘Gavin Devlin has always been a wonderful learner that’s why he’s been such a key player in a key position for Tyrone’.

“As for the accusations of diving, I have seen players like Sean Cavanagh come off pitches black and blue after the treatment dished out to them. Others have taken elbows and hits off the ball, but you have to get on with it.

Mention the criticisms directed at Tyrone and Fr Gerard leaps to their defence. “I’ve heard the nonsense about blanket defence, but sure when that came out we were averaging 18 points per game. How can that be negative? We’ve never sent a team out to be defensive or to kill a game.

“The worst criticism of all was made of Brian Dooher, but to me Brian should be named Footballer of the Year. His game actually improved this year because he used the ball better, taking less out of it”. One of Fr Gerard’s favourite moments was crossing the border with the cup on the Monday evening. “Ten past six!”, he declared from the top of the team bus, “History has been made, at last!” ■

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No-one enjoyed or deserved the capturing of Sam more than Fr Gerard McAleer.

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Building for the future Above & below: Tyrone won thirteen Minor and Under-21 Ulster championships from 1988-2003.

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f you’re not from Tyrone, you might want to look away now, for the following makes for pretty grim reading!

Put simply, the evidence in this chapter suggests that Tyrone’s All Ireland Senior success could be the start of a sustained period of domination in Ulster.

Ulster Championship Titles 1988-2003

under-age title in sixteen years in Ulster is a surprising and concerning statistic for the Mourne county. As for the rest, they’ve been picking up the scraps. Tyrone have in fact won more provincial titles in the given period than Down, Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan, Antrim and Fermanagh combined. But how have they done it?

Monaghan

Antrim

The easiest answer would be to equate Tyrone’s record with the career of Peter Canavan in a county shirt, but there’s more to it than that. It would be more accurate to quote the grand old man of Tyrone football, Arthur McCrory. He told me on the night of the Sam Maguire homecoming in Dungannon that sixty years of people pushing against the wheel, often in adversity, had made the modern-day success happen.

Fermanagh -

INFRASTRUCTURE

Minor U-21 Senior Total

Tyrone

Derry

Armagh

Donegal

Down

Cavan

This table emphasises the fact that Tyrone have been leading the way in the modern era at Minor and Under-21 levels. It also shows that they have won more Senior Ulster titles than anyone else in the last sixteen seasons. When you add up all of Tyrone’s Ulster Championships over the last sixteen seasons, they have eighteen, which is twice as many as nearest rivals Derry. Armagh are in third place on the list with three Senior wins, but they only have two Minor titles from 1992 and 1994, and one Under-21 success from 1998. Donegal have a similar record, and then we find Down lauguishing on only three Ulster Championships since 1988 - two at Senior and one at Minor. Granted, they followed up with All Irelands in each of those three years and they still maintain a certain aura at that level, but one

It is also true to state that Tyrone now has an infrastructure in place that could keep them at the top of the pile for years to come. From the Vocational Schools to the fifty clubs in the county, from the twenty-two Summer Camps attended by 2500 boys and girls in 2003 to the new £1.1 Stand at Healy Park, and from groundsmen all around the county to Mickey Harte himself, Tyrone give the impression that they are all working to the same goal. Furthermore, they have Club Tyrone. This is a sub-committee of the County Board which recruits supporters willing to pay a standing order of £500 per year. The membership in October was 340 and rising. The income goes exclusively to Tyrone’s eight county teams, providing support for their training, playing gear and trips to games. “When we travel to games on the best buses, and stay in the best

hotels, we feel that we are the best team in the country”, explains an appreciative Mickey Harte. “It’s one of the reasons why we’re ahead of the rest. The structures are in place for the future and it’s clear that neither the teams nor the likes of Club Tyrone will be resting on their laurels”. Peter Canavan has been on the senior panel long enough to remember the days when the backup was not as professional. “In the early nineties some players complained and they were right to complain. Other counties were getting better treatment than us, but now the back-up is remarkable. The gear, the food, the special diets, the hotels, it’s all the very best and the players appreciate it”.

TRIBUTE TO FANS Speaking at a Club Tyrone function in Cookstown in late October, the Sam Maguire captain added a touching tribute to the role played by Tyrone diehards who have supported the push for Sam. “There was always a nagging voice in the back of my head as I went around the country with Tyrone teams, telling me that we just weren’t good enough, and that we were never going to be good enough. Now, thanks to people who have worked so hard and put their money into the likes of Club Tyrone, I can walk about the country with my head held high”. Mark Conway is one of those diehards. He’s also old enough to remember the feeling of disbelief in 1972 when Tyrone reached their first Ulster Senior Final since the fifties. Nowadays, he refuses to take Tyrone’s successes for granted and preaches the Club Tyrone gospel to new members on a weekly basis. “It is a fact that nineteen counties in Ireland are insolvent. They simply

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cannot balance the books after you take into account the expenditure on county teams and the income from the National League, club championships, etc. Tyrone are no different, even though the last two League triumphs have brought in substantial revenue, but Club Tyrone helps make up the deficit and more besides”. Ironically, the most successful period for recruiting new members was in the winter of 1996 after the Meath debacle. Maybe Tyrone fans wrongly believed that Sam was just round the corner, or maybe it was a statement from them that they would not be deflected from the path to the promised land. And, along that rocky path, they would do things the right way.

“There’s no point in everyone doing their own thing”, explains Peter Canavan. “We have to pull together and then the small things will always make a difference, on and off the pitch”.

CLUB TYRONE Committee: Jimmy Treacy, Pat Blee from Strabane, Omagh accountant Hugh McAleer, the one and only Patsy Forbes, Phelim O’Neill and Bernie McGirr from Augher, Jackie Duffy from the Moy, the Belfast-based duo of Paddy Harte and Adrian Colton, young James Higgins and Niall Laird, county PRO Brendan Harkin, Mark Conway and two proud dads - Eamonn Laverty who’s son Edward played in this year’s Ulster Minor final and John Mulgrew who’s son Seamus is on the senior panel.

Times have changed for Tyrone football since Frank McGuigan lifted the Anglo Celt cup in 1984.

Veteran full-back Chris Lawn finally fulfilled his dream.

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STATISTICS Main Honours

Career Milestones

1 All Ireland Senior 4 Ulster SFC 2 National Leagues 5 Railway Cups 4 All Stars 1 Supreme All Star 2 All Ireland U-21 3 Ulster U-21 1 Ulster Minor 2 Ulster Club 5 Tyrone SFC 4 Tyrone Leagues 2 All Ireland Vocational Schools 2 Ulster Vocational Schools 1995 Footballer of the Year

Tyrone Debut October 1989 in NFL v Mayo SFC Debut May 1990 v Armagh SFC Appearances 39

Scoring Achievements SFC Total..........................................................7-172 (193 pts) Ulster SFC Finals........................................................2-33 (39) NFL Total ............................................................17-252 (303) 2002 NFL....................................................................1-42 (45) 2003 NFL....................................................................4-24 (36) U-21 Total................................................................13-53 (92) U-21 All Ireland Finals ..............................................4-14 (26) Minors Total..............................................................1-16 (19) 1994 Tyrone SFC........................................................3-27 (36) 1995 Tyrone SFC........................................................1-36 (39) 2000 Tyrone SFC........................................................4-28 (40) 2002 Tyrone SFC........................................................3-20 (29)

Canavan in Finals for Tyrone 1988 Ulster Vocational Schools scored 0-7 v Cavan 1988 All Ireland Vocational Schools scored 1-4 v Mayo 1988 Ulster Minor scored 1-3 v Cavan 1989 Ulster Vocational Schools 1989 All Ireland Vocational Schools scored 0-4 v Mayo 1990 McKenna Cup scored 0-10 v Armagh 1990 Ulster U-21 scored 1-2 v Down 1990 All Ireland U-21 scored 2-2 v Kerry 1991 Ulster U-21 scored 1-1 v Down 1991 All Ireland U-21 scored 2-5 v Kerry 1992 Ulster U-21 scored 0-8 v Monaghan 1992 All Ireland U-21 scored 0-7 v Galway 1992 NFL scored 1-2 v Derry 1994 Ulster SFC scored 0-7 v Down 1995 Ulster SFC scored 0-5 v Cavan 1995 All Ireland SFC scored 0-11 v Dublin 1996 Ulster SFC scored 1-1 v Down 1997 McKenna Cup scored 2-1 v Fermanagh 2000 McKenna Cup scored 0-2 v Cavan 2001 Ulster SFC scored 0-3 v Cavan 2002 NFL scored 0-6 v Cavan 2003 McKenna Cup scored 0-1 v Monaghan 2003 NFL scored 0-6 v Laois 2003 Ulster SFC scored 1-6 v Down 2003 Ulster SFC Replay scored 0-11 v Down 2003 All Ireland SFC scored 0-5 v Armagh Note: Canavan also played in four winning Railway Cup Finals for Ulster and two Sigerson Cup Finals with St Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Belfast. He also managed Holy Trinity College (Cookstown) to two Ulster Vocational Schools titles and one All Ireland in 1998, and led them to the 2003 All Ireland Final.

Canavan the Captain 1 All Ireland Senior 2 Ulster & All Ireland U-21s 2 Ulster SFCs 2 NFLs 1 All Ireland Vocational Schools 1 Ulster Club 2 Tyrone SFC 1 Railway Cup Ireland vice-captain v Australia

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MCGIRR’S legacy lives on M

alachy Clerkin from the Sunday Tribune penned this articulate and touching tribute to the teenager who continues to inspire his team-mates six years after his tragic death in 1997. Malachy interviewed Fr Gerard McAleer, Cormac McAnallen and ‘97 Minor captain Declan McCrossan, but started his story with words from Mickey Harte. It was published on the morning of the All Ireland semi-final against Kerry. “I think it has been a real basis for the character of these lads that are now in the senior team. They’ve grown together. They did a lot of growing in a short space of time. And although it’s human nature that people move on and get on with their own lives long after something happens, I think there’s a lasting bond there. It’s a hidden thing that nobody really talks about but certainly a number of the players are aware of it. There was an unwritten pact to say, ‘Let’s go forward from here and do the best we can. And maybe, just maybe out there, there’s a Paul McGirr factor without anybody making a deal of it’” - Tyrone manager, Mickey Harte. The traffic was a mess in Omagh that day, so bad that instead of getting the team bus to take them from lunch in Molly Sweeney’s to Healy Park, the Tyrone minor team decided they’d be just as quick walking. Besides, it was no harm strolling through town as a group, red and white kit-bags slung over their shoulders, matching tracksuits letting the world know who they were. The town was black with people, each and every one there to see them and the senior team play Armagh. Walking the walk added to the occasion. Brian McGuigan played on the same Tyrone minor team as Paul McGirr and carried his spirit into the 2003 All Ireland senior final.

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Paul McGirr Tyrone Minor 1997

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They knew their opponents well. Cormac McAnallen was at St Patrick’s College in Armagh and Fr Gerard McAleer, joint-manager alongside Mickey Harte, was about to enter his final year teaching at the same school. Earlier that year, the St Pat’s team had been beaten in the final of the MacRory Cup by St Patrick’s Dungannon. The priest reckons that of the thirty boys who took the pitch in Omagh on 15 June 1997, he’d coached at least three-quarters of them at one stage or another.

front of Armagh goalkeeper Willie McSorley trying to get to a loose ball. The pair collided and although he got there momentarily ahead of McSorley, McGirr didn’t rise to celebrate after the ball dribbled into the net. The Tyrone team doctor, Seamus Cassidy, attended to him on the pitch before calling for a stretcher. He was taken to Tyrone County Hospital. The word was that he’d cracked a few ribs.

It turned out to be a disjointed, patternless dog of a game. Tyrone weren’t the fluid attacking outfit they’d been billed as and had it not been for three beautiful second-half points from Kevin Hughes, their season would probably have been over before it had really begun.

After watching the seniors grab a lucky win in the second match, the rest of the players walked back to Molly Sweeney’s for their victory meal. The double done over Armagh, the sun high in the sky, it had been a fine day all round. Declan McCrossan was the team captain and he took it upon himself to hurry through his meal so he could go to the hospital to check in on McGirr. He, Stephen O’Neill and Aidie Ball always travelled together so the three of them headed off. There was no sense in everyone visiting at once - if Paul was going to be in for a few days, it’d probably be

Steven McDonnell was lobbing over points from all angles for Armagh but was getting very little help. In the end, Tyrone’s greater physical presence just about told. They won by 1-10 to 0-9, their goal coming after only ten minutes when wing-forward Paul McGirr dived in

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best to space out the visits. So most of the rest of the panel went home. “The traffic was really bad, “ McCrossan recalls. “So we took a few of the back roads to get to the hospital. We got in and the first thing we saw was a priest talking to these two men. We didn’t know who they were or anything, we just wanted to find a nurse who could tell us where Paul was. But then we heard the priest say something like, ‘Well he was a young lad who died doing something he loved. Playing football for his county and enjoying himself.’ And we were just like, ‘Holy fuck, hang on a minute here. What’s after happening?’” What was after happening was that Paul’s liver had ruptured in the collision. One of the main arteries connected to the organ had torn away and the bleeding had become impossible to control. Paul died just after six o’clock, still dressed in his Tyrone gear. Paul McGirr was the youngest of Francis and Rita McGirr’s six children. He’d started his footballing life with Errigal Ciaran in an under-12 team

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Tyrone minors in Omagh, 1997.

with the likes of Mark Harte and Cormac McGinley as team-mates. Rita was a teacher in Garvaghy, Francis a farmer. He farmed bits and pieces of land around the area but when the chance came to move to bigger holding out in Dromore, he took it. Paul’s older brother Mickey continued playing for Errigal but Paul transferred to Dromore.

He lived to play for Tyrone. The night before the Armagh match, he bumped into Fr Tom Breen, the Dromore parish priest, the man who would say his funeral mass just four days later.

He was a quick-witted kid, never short of a one-liner or a comeback if the dressing-room started humming with banter. One of the few on the panel who wouldn’t be underage again the following year, he was in the middle of a sports and leisure course at Fermanagh College.

Mickey Harte arrived at the hospital just as McCrossan, O’Neill and Ball were coming out. They told him the news. He can remember the blood draining from his face and his first reaction being that of a father rather than a football manager. Paul had been wearing the number 12; his son Mark had been wearing 13. He has no idea how he’d have begun to cope in Francis and Rita McGirr’s position.

UNITED FAN Beyond that, he was a Manchester United fan and had a photograph of himself and Alex Ferguson shaking hands at Old Trafford to prove it. He was outgoing and cheerful and if a party needed a little life and soul, he wouldn’t be long stepping up to the plate.

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Fr Breen told him to get home and get a good night’s sleep. “Oh, I won’t sleep, “ said Paul. “I’m too excited to sleep.”

The funeral Wednesday.

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On the field, he was a classy forward. Not especially stocky or well-built, more angular and lean. He was tall enough for a minor and carried himself around the pitch gracefully.

Peter Canavan brought one of Paul’s county jerseys up to the altar as an offertory gift. Various members of the panel carried the coffin a little of the way from St Dympna’s Church to St Davog’s graveyard. GAA people came from all over the country, including then president Joe McDonagh and former president Jack Boothman.

His natural game was stylish and elegant but he wasn’t afraid to stick his head in among the flying boots if he had to.

The squad had been together on and off for most of the week, but they met up formally for the first time in the Glenavon House Hotel in

Cookstown that Friday night. Harte and Fr McAleer brought in a psychologist, Dr Niall McCullough, to talk to the players. They broke up into small groups and talked the week’s events away. The tragedy had had a devastating effect on them, even though some of them would only have met Paul for the first time that April when the squad had started training in earnest. Souls were bared, shoulders cried on. A group of young footballers left their testosterone and their egos at the door and quietly grieved together.

TRAUMATIC Fr McAleer says it was the most traumatic time in his life, worse than the sudden death of his mother four years ago or even the Omagh bombing. It was the randomness of it all that shook him, the fact that a boy he’d coached had collided with a boy he’d taught and one of them hadn’t got up again. Like he says, it wasn’t as if Paul had been out wrecking cars or messing around in a pool in Spain. He was a kid playing football. Kids don’t die playing football. They don’t. “It was a horrible, sad time for everybody, “ says McAnallen. “But the bond that developed between us in those few days became really tight. Whenever we did eventually get around to thinking about the next

match, players knew each other an awful lot better, for better or for worse. We came to trust each other and depend on each other.” An important part of that night was Dr Cassidy’s explanation of what had happened to their team-mate. He assured them that Paul had died in a freak accident, that the chances of it happening had been minuscule, the chances of it happening again smaller still. Even so, Harte remembers that for a good while afterwards, his players treated injuries with much more apprehension than they had previously.

GRIEVING That meeting set the antibodies to work and gradually, the wounds started to heal. When they met for training the following Monday, they got straight down to business. They had done their grieving, they had cried their tears.

He turned around to see Francis McGirr standing there. They shared a lengthy hug. Tyrone took another All Ireland under-21 title the following year and started spilling almost en masse onto the senior panel. Eight of the squad named for the game against Armagh that day in 1997 will be in the dressing room for this afternoon’s semi-final against Kerry. Another four were on the panel but since the management had to name a squad of 24, they weren’t given jerseys on the day. Twelve players from one minor panel is quite a harvest and Harte has always acknowledged the part coping with Paul McGirr’s death played in the reaping. Fr McAleer believes strongly

that the tragedy made them better people and taught them about character in times of crisis, character that brought them back from the brink against Kerry that year and against Down and Derry this. McAnallen says while his name is never mentioned, Paul’s legacy is forever there. “When you look at things now and you look at the way things have snowballed because of the success of those years, it’s true that the events surrounding Paul’s death were one of the things that kick-started everything. There’s a bond there that we’d feel would give us an advantage over other teams.” A silver lining, then. Not that it could ever make up for the cloud. ■

Now it was time to play football again. Harte and Fr McAleer were careful not to make the rest of their season a crusade for the memory of Paul McGirr. It would have been cheap emotional blackmail, nothing more. Instead, it was decided to retire the number 12 jersey for the rest of the year. On the morning of the next game, against Monaghan in Clones, McCrossan received a letter from Rita McGirr wishing him and the team all the best and thanking them for their support. They walked slowly out onto St Tiarnach’s Park that day in single file, boys carrying grief like men. Still, life went on. They beat Monaghan 414 to 3-7. The newspaper said they suffered from some defensive lapses. Many will be familiar with the rest. They built up momentum, took Antrim in the Ulster final and got past Kerry after an epic replay in the All Ireland semi-final. Laois caught them in the headlights in the final, but the majority returned the following year to take Tyrone’s first All Ireland minor title since 1973. Victory was sweet that day, but sweeter still was the under-21 title they lifted in 2000. This was the team Paul McGirr played on taking care of business they left unfinished the first time around. As they lined up for the photo that day, McCrossan felt someone tap his shoulder. Cormac McAnallen lifted the All Ireland Under-21 trophy in 2000.

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Unstoppable Peter Canavan was too hot for Laois to handle.

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chapter fourteen

AFRAID to smile Allianz National League Final ~ May 4th 2002 Croke Park ~ Tyrone 0-21 Laois 1-8

here were several hints of what was to come later in the Summer in this one-sided encounter at an extremely damp headquarters. First, Tyrone proved that they are no longer reliant on Peter Canavan for scores. Yes, the captain got six points and he was full of his usual trickery and inventiveness, but the rest of the team contributed a further fifteen

points. Stephen O’Neill scored four of them, substitute Ger Cavlan got three more and Owen Mulligan helped himself to another three. Mulligan also claimed the official Allianz Man of the Match award, while O’Neill and Canavan were preferred in various newspaper reports. But the significant point was that Canavan now had a dangerous accomplice in Mulligan.

Furthermore, the whole Tyrone attack moved like a well-oiled machine. With Dooher running a marathon, McGuigan pulling the strings from the middle, McGinley adding physical power, and midfield dominated by McAnallen and Cavanagh, Tyrone pummelled Laois into submission. The Leinster team had come into their first League final in seventeen years on a high, but seventeen was also the number of points Tyrone would score from open play. They only registered three wides and kept the high tempo going right up to the final whistle; substitute Ryan Mellon scored the last point deep into injury-time. The second hint of what was to come was the intense, terrier-like defending by the League champions, especially in the opening twenty minutes when Laois failed to register a single score. By the time they did score, Tyrone already had six points on the board. A similar embarrassment would be inflicted upon Kerry three and a half months later in their All Ireland semi-final, while the likes of Derry, Antrim, Down and Fermanagh would all be overwhelmed by Tyrone’s seriously smooth machine.

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TYRONE TANKINGS Match ..........................................

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Winning Margin

LEAGUE Tyrone......................4-11 Tyrone......................0-21

Fermanagh ..............1-11 Laois ..........................1-8

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CHAMPIONSHIP Tyrone......................0-17 Tyrone......................1-17 Tyrone......................0-23 Tyrone......................1-21

Derry ..........................1-5 Antrim ......................1-8 Down ........................1-5 Fermanagh ................0-5

Derry and Down did of course take Tyrone to replays, but in those replays they were both restricted to exactly one goal and five points. Fermanagh scored only 0-5 in their All Ireland quarter-final and although Antrim reached 1-8 the outcome of their Ulster semi-final was never really in doubt. Similarly, Laois managed to accumulate 1-8 by the end of this League final, but they were limited to just five points from play. Tyrone hustled in numbers from the first minute to the last, always offering support to team-mates, which meant that when the ball was won from a Laois opponent, it was instantly carried forward. They then broke in relentless waves, holding possession and teasing Laois defenders before making room for the inevitable score. No wonder many of the soaked spectators among the biggest League final crowd since 1994 sneaked regular glances at their watches during the processional second-half. In short, when Tyrone are good, they’re very, very good. Mick O’Dwyer was so impressed that he had no hesitation in predicting

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that Tyrone would go on to add the Sam Maguire cup to their collection. “I thought they played exceptional football, they are a very good side and they have marvellous forwards. They’re strong all over the pitch and are going to take a lot of beating. If they can keep it going, I think they have a great chance of winning the All Ireland in September.” Tyrone however were refusing to get carried away with the ten-point success and a second League title in-arow. They were almost afraid to smile afterwards in case anyone would think they were ahead of themselves. “We won the League last year and then got a good going over in the championship”, warned Peter Canavan, who became the first man since the 1930s to lift two Leagues ina-row. “That teaches you that winning the League doesn’t guarantee you anything come championship time. We’re delighted to have won and retained the title, but our objectives in the League were to progress in it, bring in new players and prepare for the championship. Even though we’ve won it, we were always

Give me that cup! Mickey Harte can’t wait to get his hands on his first senior trophy with Tyrone.

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keeping one eye on the championship”. The one blight on the day for Tyrone was an alleged stamping incident involving Gavin Devlin on Colm Parkinson. The Tyrone defender was booked at the time, but later, after the GAC had viewed video evidence, he was suspended for twelve weeks. Devlin got to play against Derry in the opening match of the championship campaign but didn’t return until August. He was then reinstalled to the centre-half-back position and went on to win an All Ireland medal, but the ban probably cost Devlin an All Star award. ■

TYRONE J.Devine, R.McMenamin, C.Holmes, M.McGee, C.Gormley, G.Devlin, P.Jordan, C.McAnallen 0-1, S.Cavanagh 0-1, B.Dooher, B.McGuigan 0-1, S.O’Neill 0-4, E.McGinley 0-1, P.Canavan 0-6, O.Mulligan 0-3. Subs: G.Cavlan 0-3 for McGinley (42 mins), R.Mellon 0-1 for McGuigan (59), C.Lawn for McMenamin (63), D.McCrossan for Gormley (67). Blood Sub: Lawn for Jordan (13-19), Lawn for Gormley (33-ht). Referee Michael Collins (Cork) Attendance 30,293

NOTABLES ■ Tyrone’s tally of 21 points is the highest-ever by an Ulster team in a National League final, bettering the previous best by five - Derry in 1996. It was also the second biggest total by an Ulster side in a League final - Cavan struck 5-9 against Cork in their replay in 1948. ■ Nine of the Tyrone team that started the 2003 final also started the 2002 decider against Cavan Ryan McMenamin, Collie Holmes, Conor Gormley, Philip Jordan, Cormac McAnallen, Brian Dooher, Brian McGuigan, Stephen O’Neill and Peter Canavan. However, only Jordan, McAnallen and Dooher started in the same positions. ■ The last team to complete the League & Championship double in one year was Kerry in 1997. Before that, Cork did it 1989, Meath the previous year and Kerry in 1984. ■ Peter Canavan was the League’s Top Scorer with 4-24 (36), with his nearest challenge from Tyrone being Owen Mulligan on 3-22 (31). Stephen O’Neill scored 0-18 and Sean Cavanagh 1-12.

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'Dooher ran another marathon'.

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Two in-a-row, but Peter Canavan is almost afraid to smile.

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Laois tried to bring down Brian McGuigan and Tyrone, but they were comprehensively beaten.

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Left: Janine Caughey from Harp Lager presents Crossmaglen captain John Donaldson and Man of the Match Oisin McConville with their trophies after the Armagh final. Below: Crossmaglen celebrate their 8th successive county title.

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HARP LAGER ARMAGH SFC final : October 26th, ‘Cross ~ Crossmaglen 0-13 Dromintee 0-11

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umours of our demise have been greatly exaggerated’ this comment was posted on the Crossmaglen Rangers website guest-book after the boys from ‘Cross landed an amazing eighth Armagh SFC title in succession. Poor old Dromintee were losing finalists for the third year in-a-row after putting up their best show yet. In fact, the four O’Rourke brothers and the excellent Oliver Gaughran had the teams level with less than ten minutes remaining, but yet again Oisin McConville came to the rescue for ‘Cross. A couple of points from the county star and another from Michael McNamee took Rangers clear at the right time. McConville also broke Dromintee hearts in the 2002 final with a matchwinning 1-7.

Above & below: Action from the 2003 Harp Lager Armagh Final between Crossmaglen and Dromintee.

The first-half had been a bit of a nonevent with only seven points scored and a spell of fifteen minutes where neither side hit the target. The only memorable moment was a McConville point from a free near the sideline. Oisin’s brother Jim, now 38, made an appearance as a second-half substitute to claim his tenth Armagh senior medal. His first came in 1983, followed by another in 1986. Jim then had to wait until 1996 when he captained ‘Cross to the first in the current run of eight titles. The captains since then have been John McEntee (2), Anthony Cunningham (2), Donal Murtagh (2) and now John Donaldson. Only Castleblayney have more county titles in Ulster than Crossmaglen. ■

CROSSMAGLEN P.Hearty, J.Fitzpatrick, G.O’Neill, B.McKeown, A.Kernan, F.Bellew, J.Donaldson (c), S.Clarke, T.McEntee, C.Clarke, D.Murtagh, O.McConville, C.Short, J.McEntee, M.McNamee. Subs: A.Cunningham for Murtagh, G.Cumiskey for McNamee, J.McConville for Short.

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Crossmaglen ......................3-12 Crossmaglen ........................0-7 Crossmaglen ......................2-16 Crossmaglen ......................1-11 Crossmaglen ......................0-14 Crossmaglen ........................2-8 Crossmaglen ......................2-10 Crossmaglen ......................0-13

Clann na Gael ................................1-4 Mullaghbawn ................................0-6 Madden ..........................................0-9 Pearse Og........................................0-6 Pearse Og........................................1-6 Dromintee ......................................1-7 Dromintee ......................................1-8 Dromintee ....................................0-11

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HARP LAGER DERRY SFC final : October 5th, Celtic Park ~ Loup 0-11 Ballinderry 0-7 team on the up. Still, former All Ireland champions Ballinderry were the favourites going into the decider, which was their fifth in succession. The same teams met in the 2002 Derry final, when the young Loup lads froze on their first senior appearance in 36 years, losing by eight points, 1-11 to 0-6. However, they came back and learned from the experience to turn the tables and land the John McLaughlin cup in 2003. The Loup looked sharper all through and took an early three-point lead. Ballinderry eventually levelled in the second-half, but they never got in front. Padraig O’Kane kept things tight from centre half-back and Ronan Rocks sent three frees between the posts, while Paul McFlynn played a free role to perfection. In the semi-finals, Loup goalkeeper Shane McGuckin fired a penalty past 1993 All Ireland ‘keeper Damien McCusker in a ten-point defeat of Glen, 3-10 to 0-9.

LOUP S.McGuckin, J.Young, J.O’Kane, P.McGuinness, B.Lavery, P.O’Kane, F.Devlin 0-1, J.McBride (c) 0-1, J.O’Kane, B.McVey, F.Martin, R.Rocks 0-3, P.McFlynn 0-2, S.McFlynn 0-3, P.Young. Subs: E.McQuillan 0-1 for McVey, S.Doyle for Martin.

BALLINDERRY Loup captain Johnny McBride with the McLaughlin Cup.

little bit of Fermanagh contributed to the Loup making history in Derry with their first Derry Senior title since 1936. Manager Malachy O’Rourke took the team on this year from Patsy Forbes and full-back Paddy McGuinness confirmed his position as one of the tidiest defenders in Ulster.

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He retired from county football a year ago, which proved to be Fermanagh’s loss and the Loup’s gain. Homegrown talent of course played a massive role as well with the McFlynn brothers, Paul and Shane, in outstanding form. Throw into the mix Padraig O’Kane, Ronan Rocks, Johnny McBride and young Paul Young, and you have a

M.Conlan (c), C.Wilkinson, N.McCusker, K.McGuckin, P.Wilson, R.McGuckin, D.Crozier 0-1, D.Conway 0-1, J.Conway 0-1, C.Gilligan, B.Conway, A.McGuckin 0-1, D.Bateson, E.Muldoon 0-2, F.Muldoon. Subs: S.Donnelly for Gilligan, J.Bell for R.McGuckin, M.Harney for F.Muldoon, G.Cassidy for B.Conway, C.Devlin for Bateson. Referee Adrian McGilligan (Drumsurn)

HARP LAGER FERMANAGH SFC final : October 5th, Enniskillen ~ Enniskillen 1-8 St Patrick’s 1-6

ust like Crossmaglen in Armagh, Enniskillen had their toughest call in years before claiming a sixth title in-a-row. They were pushed all the way by the lads from Donagh and won by only two points. In 2002, the Gaels had fourteen points to spare over the same opposition. The difference this year was a determined display from St Patrick’s. They signalled their intent with a goal inside forty seconds, from a Pat Cadden penalty. The champions responded like champions do with a goal of their own in the eighth minute, but the goal scorer, Niall Keenan, then got himself sent off in the 16th minute. Points from Ronan McCabe, Raymie Curran and Rory Judge saw the fourteen men lead at the break by 1-5 to 1-3 and they kept their noses in front throughout the second half despite the best efforts of Cadden, Eamon Maguire and Karl Bradshaw. Earlier in the competition, the Gaels overcame Lisnaskea Emmets by 0-13 to 0-7 and Teemore Shamrocks by 012 to 0-6. The Brewsters continue to make huge contributions to this history-making Enniskillen team, while defenders Michael Lilly and Neil Cox deserve more of the limelight than they normally receive. Their manager for 2003 was Tyrone minor boss Liam Donnelly. ■

Paul Brewster in action in the county final.

ENNISKILLEN N.O’Connor, M.Millar, K.Gunn, M.Lilly (c), B.Morris, N.Cox, R.McCluskey, T.Brewster 0-2, P.Brewster, R.Curran 0-1, R.Judge 0-2, C.Bradley, N.Keenan 1-0, K.Rooney 0-1, R.McCabe 0-2. Subs: O.McShea for Rooney, C.Murphy for Judge.

ST. PATRICK’S (DONAGH) M.Collins, C.O’Reilly, R.McCaffrey, J.McGovern, M.O’Reilly, P.McCaffrey, K.Bradshaw 0-1, S.McDermott 0-1, E.Maguire 0-1, V.McDermott 0-1, G.Maguire, P.Fitzpatrick, P.Cadden 12, F.O’Reilly, N.West. Sub: E.McDermott for Fitzpatrick. Referee T.Boyle (Brookeboro’) St Pats came closer than ever to upsetting the champions.

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HARP LAGER DOWN SFC final : October 5th, Newcastle ~ Bryansford 1-8 Mayobridge 0-9

here were joyous scenes at the end of this final when Bryansford players fell to their knees and hundreds of supporters ran onto the pitch to celebrate a first Down Senior title in 26 years. That’s far too long for a club like Bryansford, but the pains of the past made this victory all the sweeter against hot favourites Mayobridge. The ‘Bridge were fully expected to land a third successive O’Hare cup but the Newcastle boys wore them down in a superb second-half. They could easily have folded when Mayobridge went in front with a Francie Poland point fifteen minutes from the finish, but instead the green and golds responded with a match winning goal, manufactured by Shane King, Kearney and McKibben, and hammered to the net by Conor Gribben. In the frenetic closing stages, Brannigan tapped over a 13-metre free and Gribben crashed another drive off the bar. Michael Walsh pulled the ‘Bridge back to within a point with only three minutes left, but Bryansford had the last word to claim an historic win. Early on, goalkeeper Peter Travers kept Mayobridge at bay with a block from a Glen McMahon shot. The county trio of Walsh, Benny Coulter and Ronan Sexton had threatened to take Bryansford apart, but Travers was ably assisted by Man of the Match Gerard Morgan and Jim Magorrian, who marked Mickey Linden. ■

BRYANSFORD P.Travers, J.Magorrian, A.Kane, J.Cunninghan, G.Morgan, A.Shields, B.McVeigh, B.Burns (c) 0-1, C.King, C.Brannigan 0-7, S.King, G.McCrickard, C.Kearney, J.Ireland, C.Gribben 1-0. Subs: S.McKibben 0-1 for Ireland, G.Toner for McVeigh.

MAYOBRIDGE S.Featherstone, D.Tighe, B.Grant, G.Barry, R.O’Hare, F.Poland 0-1, N.Sexton, D.Rooney, E.Woods, B.Coulter 0-1, M.Walsh 0-1, R.Sexton, M.Linden 0-1, R.Coulter 0-2, G.McMahon 0-2. Subs: A.Barry 0-1 for McMahon, K.O’Hare for Barry. Referee C.Reynolds (Saul). Brian Burns became the first Bryansford man in 26 years to raise aloft the O’Hare Cup. Picture supplied by Pat O’Hare, Mourne Observer.

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chapter sixteen

Bank of Ireland

MacRORYcup

final : March 17th, Casement Park ~ St Pats Maghera 1-9 St Marys Magherafelt 1-4

aghera are back. The South Derry school reclaimed the MacRory and Hogan Cups in 2003 after a sustained spell in the doldrums, but boy, did they do it the hard way! Right from the start, when they played Omagh CBS over two games at Casement Park, St Pats made heavy weather of crossing the finishing line. The same pattern continued for the semi-final with new boys Carrickmacross, the amazing final with Magherafelt and even the Hogan final as well. St Pats had some big-game players who had tasted All Ireland Minor glory with Derry in 2002, but too often they were caught cold. In the first match, Omagh’s Joe Ball fired to the Maghera net in only the second minute. Stephen ‘Jinxy’ Gallogly did exactly the same thing in the semifinals, and Magherafelt led at halftime in the MacRory final by five points.

In the end, Maghera came good with some tremendous comebacks. They trailed Omagh by two points going into injury-time the first day, but Benny McMullan and Paul Kielt rescued the situation four minutes into added time. In the replay, a week later back at Casement, the immense Mark Lynch inspired a five-point run which turned impending defeat into a significant victory. Omagh were a fancied team with a stubborn defence, but Maghera’s persistence eventually unlocked the door.

short, but Brendan Mullan was there to finish to the net.

Against Carrickmacross, St Pats dominated after conceding the early goal. Gerard O’Kane played a captain’s part, not for the first or last time in the championship run, with one of the seven unanswered points in the first-half. A Monaghan revival levelled the scores midway through the second period, but Mark Lynch again led by example. Grabbing possession in midfield, he set off on a powerful run before setting up Kielt for a kick at goal. The effort dropped

Replay St Pat’s 0-9 ~ Omagh CBS 0-7

After the game, I asked Maghera coach Dermot McNicholl if all of these comebacks were giving him any grey hairs. ‘Never mind grey hairs’, said Dermot, ‘the way things are going, I won’t have any hair left!’

MAGHERA’S RUN TO GLORY MACRORY CUP Quarter-final St Pat’s 0-8 ~ Omagh CBS 1-5

Semi-final St Pat’s 1-13 Patrician High, C’macross 2-7 Final St Pat’s 1-9 St Mary’s Magherafelt 1-4

HOGAN CUP Semi-final St Pat’s 1-14 ~ Colaiste Na Sceilge 3-5 Final St Pat’s 1-9 ~ St Jarlath’s, Tuam 2-4 The final was a South Derry derby with St Mary’s Magherafelt, which made for a terrific St Patrick’s Day atmosphere in the Belfast venue. Maghera’s fans however were left shellshocked and a little embarrassed at half-time after their team had only managed to score two points. Magherafelt led by 1-4 to 0-2 with their goal from Joe O’Kane, a minute after corner-forward Colin Devlin had a penalty saved by Eoin McNicholl. Worse still, Maghera captain Gerard O’Kane was stretchered off following a late tackle by Stephen Crozier. But, amazingly, O’Kane appeared back on the sideline early in the second-half and was sent into the fray. His team had already begun the

Maghera's supporters salute the raising of the cup.

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St Mary's Magherafelt were unable to hold back their neighbours in a storming second-half.

MacRory Cup champions, 2003.

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revival with a Friel point in the first minute of the half, and the sight of O’Kane returning lifted spirits even further. One of the captain’s first touches was to win a free which McCann converted for another point, and very soon, the traffic was all oneway. So much so, that Maghera turned a five-point deficit into a fivepoint win, with Magherafelt failing to score in the entire second-half. Points from Lynch and Mullan closed the gap to one, and a fortunate goal killed the contest. O’Kane’s high ball somehow dropped into the Magherafelt net off goalkeeper Ryan Kidd and Friel. Jonathan Nelson and Mullan added further points and at the end, Dermot McNicholl celebrated his first MacRory Cup as a coach. “It was just power, power, power football all over the pitch in the second-half. The players won battles that they were losing in the first half. There were strong words at half-time. Basically, our boys weren’t competing, physically we were being pushed around the field in every position.

football just took over. It was wave after wave of runs upfield”.

meant that I missed most of Dermot’s dressing-down at half-time!”

“Gerard’s injury probably resulted in us being a lot stronger as well. He was a bit off the pace in the first-half and whenever Mark Lynch moved to centre half-back I thought he gave us a bigger physical presence in there. Gerard went to midfield and his

O’Kane was typically modest when asked about his contribution. “I don’t think I made a wild lot of difference. I just dropped in an oul flukey ball for the goal. I was on oxygen for ten minutes at half-time, but I think that was more panic than anything. It also

HOGAN CUP

Captain fantastic Gerard O'Kane with the MacRory Cup.

The sun came out for the Hogan semifinal in Birr with their Kerry opponents and Maghera won more easily than the three-point margin suggests. Yet again, Lynch was Man of the Match with six points (four from frees), closely followed by Paul Donnelly. McCann got Maghera’s goal and Charlie Kielt chipped in with three points. If the MacRory Final comeback was good, the Hogan Final comeback was even better! Maghera trailed by six points before a sensational finish saw them score 1-5 without reply and win by two, 1-9 to 2-4. Gerard O’Kane sparked the fight-back with a well-taken goal in the 48th minute, slotting in a low left-footed shot after being set up by Lynch. Points from Mullan and a Lynch free left just one point between the sides, and then up popped left half-back Philip O’Connell to get the equalising score.

Maghera brushed aside the Magherafelt challenge.

The impressive Jonathan Bradley set up Charlie Kielt for the point that put the Ulster champions in front for the first time since Tuam’s opening goal. Kilrea’s own Jonathan Nelson completed the job in the last minute to claim Maghera’s fourth Hogan Cup. ■

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2003 football

ALL STARS

NOTES 1 Christopher Green ............................Omagh CBS 2 Kyle Gallagher........................St Columb’s, Derry 3 Gerard O’Kane....................St Patrick’s, Maghera 4 Mark Rooney ........................St Colman’s, Newry 5 Joseph Ball ........................................Omagh CBS 6 Proinsias O’Kane ..........St Michael’s, Enniskillen 7 James O’Hara ..............St Macartan’s, Monaghan 8 Jonathon Bradley ..............St Patrick’s, Maghera 9 James Conlon ..........Patrician High, Carrickmacross 10 Stephen Gollogly ....Patrician High, Carrickmacross 11 Kevin Niblock..........Rathmore Grammar, Belfast 12 Bernard O’Brien ......................St Patrick’s, Keady 13 Gareth McDermott ..........................Omagh CBS 14 Paul Doherty ........................St Louis, Ballymena 15 Ruairí Murray ..................St Mary’s, Magherafelt

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■ Bernard O’Brien becomes only the fifth player to gain two awards in the same season. The others were Seán Martin Lockhart (1995), Eoighin and Niall Farren (1996) - all St. Patrick’s, Maghera - and Kieran McGourty (1999) from St. Mary’s Belfast. O’Brien is also the first football All Star from the Keady school. ■ James Conlon and Stephen Gollogly become the first players from Patrician High Carrickmacross to gain All Stars. And, along with James O’Hara (St. Macartan’s) and Bernard O’Brien (Keady), they bring the Monaghan club representation to four. ■ Paul Doherty becomes the first footballer from St. Louis Ballymena to win an award. He was on the Ireland Under-17 team that played against the Australians last summer. ■ Kyle Gallagher is only the second player from St. Columb’s, Derry to pick up an award, and Kevin Niblock is only the second player from Rathmore Grammar to do the same. ■ Abbey CBS Newry have won more All Stars than any other school, 36, despite failing to gain an award this year. Maghera have 35 awards.

St Michael's Lurgan captured the Bank of Ireland MacLarnon Cup after a replayed final with St Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Belfast, 1-13 to 1-7. Their goalscorer was Ryan Henderson and the cup was collected by team captain Ivan Lavery.

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Bank of Ireland

MAGEEAN cup final Saturday October 25th ~ St Pats, Maghera 2-6 ~ St Marys CBS, Belfast 1-8

t Pat’s Maghera claimed a dramatic win with substitute Pauric McCloskey’s injury-time goal breaking the hearts of holders St Mary’s at Dunloy. The victory earned the south Derry school their tenth Ulster Colleges hurling title.

Maghera led by 1-2 to three points at half-time, thanks to Gareth O’Kane’s third minute goal, but Liam Boyle and Colm McFall edged St Marys back into the contest. They took the lead just 35 seconds after the restart when Ciaran Mulholland’s speculative effort dropped into the net. Liam Knocker and Conor McGoldrick put St Marys in front by four, 1-7 to 1-3. They seemed to be well on their way to retaining the title, until Player of the Match Mark Lynch was switched from centre-half-back to full-forward. The Banagher clubman won an All Ireland minor football medal with Derry in 2002 and a MacRory medal this year with Maghera, but he can also hurl with distinction. Deep into injury-time, Lynch caught substitute Michael Kirkpatrick’s high centre and aimed for goal. His effort was blocked, but only to another substitute, Pauric McCloskey, who swept the sliothar to the net to secure the dramatic win.

St Pat's Maghera took the game to St Mary's.

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St Pats Maghera Kevin Sheerin, Niall O’Doherty, Philip McGlade, Colm McDaid, Declan McEldowney, Mark Lynch (c) 0-2, Enda McKaigue, Brendan Mullan, Ruairi McCloskey, Patrick McQuillan 0-1, Diarmuid Brunton 0-2, Malachy Friel, Gareth O’Kane 1-0, Daniel O’Mullan, Sam Dodds 0-1. Subs: Oisin McCloskey for O’Mullan (33 mins), Michael Kirkpatrick for Friel (43), Pauric McCloskey 1-0 for McQuillan (49).

St Marys Belfast Joe Gillan, Conal Maskey, Niall O’Reilly, Conor Herron, Eamon Doherty, Liam Knocker (c) 0-2, Dermot Hartigan, Michael McAughey, Conor McGoldrick 0-1, Martin Ward, Ciaran Mulholland 11, Joe Cadell, Colm McFall 0-3, Michael McNeill, Liam Boyle 0-1. Subs: Finbarr Maguire for Cadell (22), C Nolan for McAughey (37), Barry McFall for McNeill (47), Conor Hall for Boyle (55). Referee James McLean (Dunloy)

No quarter was given or asked for.

Mark Lynch accepted the Mageean Cup on behalf of the Maghera team.

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ALL STARS

Pat Cunningham................................St Mary’s, Belfast Kevin McGarry ........................St Michael’s, Enniskillen Liam Hinphey ..............................St Patrick’s, Maghera Gavin Dynes ..........................St Columba’s, Portaferry Áinle Ó Cearrúláin ............................St Mary’s, Belfast Andrew McClean ................................La Salle, Belfast Patrick Hughes ............Our Lady & St Patrick’s, Knock Christopher O’Neill ....................St Patrick’s, Maghera Michael Herron ..................................St Mary’s, Belfast Bernard O’Brien ..............................St Patrick’s, Keady Kevin McDonnell ..............................St Mary’s, Belfast Brendan Mullan ..........................St Patrick’s, Maghera Daniel McKiernan ........................Rathmore Grammar Seán McAreavey................................St Mary’s, Belfast Joe Scullion ....................................St Louis, Ballymena

NOTES ■ St Mary’s captain Michael Herron picks up his third award in succession. Having taken centre-half forward in 2001 and centre-half back last year, he is now chosen at midfield - the first player ever to be chosen in defence, midfield and attack. ■ Hat-trick men - the only other hurlers to pick up three awards were Michael Collins (Maghera 1990-2 - all in attack), Aiden McCloskey (Cross & Passion, Ballycastle 1992-4 - centre-forward and centre back) and Kieran Killyleagh (La Salle 1994-6 - forwards and midfield), although Seán Martin Lockhart, Niall and Eoighin Farren (all Maghera) and Kieran McGourty (St. Mary’s, Belfast) have picked up three awards combining football and

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hurling. Tony McEntee (Abbey CBS 1994-6) is the only footballer to have claimed three awards. ■ This is the fifth year in succession that a member of the Herron family has picked up a hurling award. First there was Ciarán - the current Antrim senior (1999), then Brendan (2000 and 2001) and now Michael (2001-3). The total of six for a family eclipses the five set by the McCormick brothers from Lavey. ■ Kevin McGarry’s selection means that St. Michael’s Enniskillen have gained four hurling awards in the past five years. In the same period, the three north Antrim schools of Cross & Passion Ballycastle, St. MacNissi’s Garron Tower and St. Louis Ballymena have gained a combined total of 4 awards. ■ Liam óg Hinphey is a son of former Derry player and coach Liam. His brother Kevin was selected in defence in both the 2000 and 2001 teams. ■ Brendan Mullan is a brother of Brian, who was selected at midfield last year. ■ Gavin Dynes is a full cousin of Aaron who was centre-half back on both the 2000 and 2001 teams. ■ Patrick Hughes is a son of Paddy the former Ballycran, Down and Ulster player. ■ Áinle Ó Cearrúláin is the son of the former President of Conradh na Gaeilge Gearóid. ■ Joe Scullion’s father of the same name is the well-known hurley-maker from Loughgiel. ■ Daniel McKiernan is the son of former Antrim and Ulster hurler Jim. He is only the third hurler from Rathmore to collect an All Star. ■ Maghera and St. Mary’s share top spot for the number of awards gained per school with 54 hurling awards each.

Action from the 2003 Mageean Cup final

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Martin Clarke from St Louis Kilkeel collected the BT Treanor Cup and a special award for his personal tally of 1-17 in the final.

23 hurling and football captains were honoured at the BT event.

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chapter seventeen

BT ulster COLLEGES A

LL IRELAND WINNING TYRONE defender Philip Jordan presented 23 captains with their trophies in November at the BT Ulster Colleges’ Council Presentation night in the Ramada Hotel in Belfast. In his own college days, Jordan played for St Pat’s Armagh, so it was appropriate that the first trophy, the O’Mahoney Shield for hurling, was presented to a current pupil from the same school, Ryan McKenna. There were seven hurling trophies and sixteen from football, with St Pat’s Maghera featuring strongly with four presentations, three of them in A grade hurling. St Mary’s Belfast also picked up titles in both disciplines, while St Patrick’s Keady continue to

rise the football ladder with two successes to add to their double in 2002. It was also interesting to note that four different Belfast schools collected football titles, suggesting that a lot of work has been undertaken in the city. There was a special presentation to BT Treanor Cup winning captain Martin Clarke to mark his amazing scoring contribution in the Final. Martin, from St Louis Kilkeel and a brother of Down senior defender John Clarke, amassed 1-17 in the course of the hour, which is a score every three and a half minutes. Mind you, his coach complained that Martin has missed three other chances! ■

FOOTBALL Gavin McParland St Patrick’s Keady, BT McQuillan Shield Joseph O’Brien St Michael’s Enniskillen BT Martin O’Farrell Cup Sean Jacobson St Patrick’s Belfast BT Mallon Cup Conor Kearney St Mary’s Belfast BT Corn Colmcille Nicholas Slevin St Patrick’s Dungannon BT Nannery Cup Damien Small St Patrick’s Dungannon BT Dalton Cup Gerard Duffy Our Lady’s Castleblaney BT Ennis Cup Lorcan Keeney St Eunan’s Letterkenny BT Loch an Iuir Cup Oisin McCloskey St Patrick’s Maghera BT Corn na nOg Cup Martin Clarke St Louis Kilkeel BT Treanor Cup Conal McCullough Omagh CBS BT Brock Cup David McComb Corpus Christi Belfast BT Faul Cup Rory McClelland St Patrick’s Keady BT Herald Cup John O’Reilly St Patrick’s Cavan BT Rannafast Cup Daniel McKernan Rathmore Grammar Belfast BT Nolan Cup Shane Foy St Michael’s Enniskillen BT O’Doherty Cup

Ulster Colleges Chairman Brother Laurence Ennis and Frank McMahon from BT handed over the cups to the winning captains.

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HURLING Ryan McKenna St Pat’s Armagh BT O’Mahoney Shield Conor Rocks St Mary’s Belfast BT Thompson Shield Ryan McMullan St Pat’s Downpatrick BT McGreevy Cup Christopher McKaigue St Pat’s Maghera BT McNamee Cup Conor Woods Our Lady & St Pat’s Knock BT McFarland Cup Sean McNicholl St Pat’s Maghera BT Gallagher Cup Michael Kirkpatrick St Pat’s Maghera BT Foresters Cup

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Gerard Duffy, captain of Our Lady’s Castleblaney, receives the BT Ennis Cup.

Below: All Ireland winner Philip Jordan had words of inspiration for the stars of the future.

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FOOTBALL The Ulster Championship ..............................146 Ulster in the All Ireland Series ......................154 National League ..........................................156 All Stars ....................................................157 Senior County Team Managers ........................159 Railway Cup ..............................................159 Dr McKenna Cup ..........................................161 Clubs ........................................................162 Minors ......................................................163 Under-21s ..................................................165 Sigerson Cup ..............................................167 MacRory Cup ..............................................168 Hogan Cup ..................................................169 Top 100 Ulster Scorers 1945-2003 ..................170 HURLING ........................................173 145

1. 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892-99 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931

Monaghan ....0-3 No Championship Armagh ........2-8 Cavan ............1-11 No Championship Antrim walk over Antrim ..........3-5 Armagh ........0-8 Cavan ............0-8 Cavan ............0-7 Cavan ............0-7 Monaghan ....2-10 No records Antrim ..........1-8 Antrim ..........1-9 Antrim ..........3-4 Antrim ..........2-8 Antrim ..........2-2 Antrim ..........2-1 Monaghan ....2-4 Cavan ............0-4 Monaghan ....2-3 Monaghan ....4-2 Cavan ............3-2 Cavan ............5-6 Cavan ............4-6 Monaghan ....2-2 Monaghan ....2-7 Cavan ............5-10 Cavan ............2-3 Cavan ............3-6 Cavan ............5-3 Monaghan ....3-5 Cavan ............2-6 Monaghan ....1-10 Monaghan ....4-3 Cavan ............0-8

ULSTER SFC FINALS 1888-2003 Cavan ............0-1 (R) Tyrone ..........1-2 Armagh ........0-0

Armagh ........2-5 Antrim ..........0-7 Armagh ........0-4 (2nd R) Monaghan ....0-4 Monaghan ....0-3 Antrim ..........1-2 Cavan ............0-4 Cavan ............0-4 Cavan ............0-1 Cavan ............0-4 Armagh ........0-1 Monaghan ....1-2 Fermanagh ..0-2 Monaghan ....0-3 (R) Antrim ..........0-2 Armagh ........0-4 Antrim ..........0-0 Antrim ..........0-2 Armagh ........1-4 Derry ............0-1 Cavan ............2-6 (R) Monaghan ....1-1 Monaghan ....1-3 (R) Antrim ..........0-1 (R) Antrim ..........0-6 Armagh ........2-5 Armagh ........1-4 Cavan ............0-7 (R) Cavan ............1-5 Armagh ........2-1

1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Cavan ............2-4 Cavan ............6-13 Cavan ............3-8 Cavan ............2-6 Cavan ............1-7 Cavan ............0-13 Monaghan ....2-5 Cavan ............2-3 Cavan ............4-10 Cavan ............3-9 Cavan ............5-11 Cavan ............2-3 Cavan ............1-9 Cavan ............4-10 Antrim ..........2-8 Cavan ............3-4 Cavan ............2-12 Cavan ............1-7 Armagh ........1-11 Antrim ..........1-7 Cavan ............1-8 Armagh ........1-6 Cavan ............2-10 Cavan ............0-11 Tyrone ..........3-5 Tyrone ..........1-9 Derry ............1-11 Down ............2-16 Down ............3-7 Down ............2-10 Cavan ............3-6 Down ............2-11 Cavan ............2-10 Down ............3-5 Down ............1-7 Cavan ............2-12 Down ............0-16

Armagh ........0-1 Tyrone ..........1-2 Armagh ........0-2 Fermanagh ..2-1 Monaghan ....0-7 Armagh ........0-3 Armagh ........2-2 Armagh ........1-4 (R) Down ............1-5 Tyrone ..........0-5 Down ............1-3 Monaghan ....0-5 Monaghan ....0-5 Fermanagh ..1-4 Cavan ............1-7 Antrim ..........1-6 Antrim ..........2-4 Armagh ........1-6 Cavan ............1-7 Cavan ............2-3 Monaghan ....0-8 Cavan ............0-5 Armagh ........2-5 Derry ............0-8 Cavan ............0-4 Derry ............0-10 Down ............2-4 Cavan ............0-7 Cavan ............1-8 Armagh ........1-10 Down ............0-5 Donegal ........1-4 Down ............1-10 Cavan ............1-8 Donegal ........0-8 Down ............0-8 Cavan ............1-8

1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Cavan ............2-13 Derry ............2-13 Down ............4-15 Donegal ........2-13 Tyrone ..........3-13 Donegal ........3-9 (R: 1-14 2-11) Derry ............1-16 Derry ............0-22 aet (R: 1-8 1-8) Armagh ........3-10 Down ............2-19 Monaghan ....1-15 Armagh ........4-10 Down ............3-12 Armagh ........0-10 Donegal ........1-14 Tyrone ..........0-15 Monaghan ....2-9 Tyrone ..........1-11 Derry ............0-11 Monaghan ....1-10 Tyrone ..........2-13 (R: 0-11 0-11) Donegal ........0-15 Down ............1-15 Donegal ........0-14 Derry ............0-8 Down ............1-17 Tyrone ..........2-13 Tyrone ..........1-9 Cavan ............1-14 Derry ............1-7 Armagh ........3-12 Armagh ........1-12 Tyrone ..........1-13 Armagh........1-14 Tyrone ..........0-23 (R: 1-17 4-8)

Down ............2-6 Antrim ..........1-12 Derry ............4-11 Tyrone ..........1-11 Down ............1-11 Down ............1-12 Down ............2-6 Cavan ............1-16 Derry ............1-5 Cavan ............2-12 Donegal ........0-11 Tyrone ..........4-7 Armagh ........1-10 Fermanagh ..1-4 Cavan ............1-11 Armagh ........1-7 Derry ............0-8 Down ............0-10 Armagh ........0-9 Tyrone ..........0-11 Donegal ........0-7 Armagh ........0-14 Donegal ........0-10 Derry ............1-9 Donegal ........0-6 Tyrone ..........1-11 Cavan ............0-10 Down ............0-9 Derry ............0-16 Donegal ........0-8 Down ............0-10 Derry ............1-11 Cavan ..........1-11 Donegal ......1-10 Down ..........0-5

ROLL OF HONOUR Cavan ................................................38 Monaghan ........................................14 Down ................................................12 Antrim ..............................................10 Armagh ............................................10 Tyrone ..............................................10 Derry ..................................................7 Donegal ..............................................5

APPEARANCES IN FINALS Cavan ................................................60 Armagh ............................................31 Down ................................................26 Monaghan ........................................24 Antrim ..............................................20 Tyrone ..............................................17 Derry ................................................16 Donegal ............................................13 Fermanagh ........................................4 Barry Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hagan and Benny Tierney celebrate Armaghâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tenth Anglo Celt victory in 2002.

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ALL RESULTS IN ULSTER SFC 1888-2003 1888

Monaghan......0-3 (R: 0-2 0-2) 1889 No Championship 1890 Armagh ..........3-17 Armagh ..........2-8 1891 Cavan..............1-11 1892-99 No Championships. 1900 Antrim Walk Over 1901 Antrim ............3-5 1902 Tyrone ............0-3 (R: 0-2 0-3 abnd) Armagh ..........2-2 1903 Down ..............0-1 Monaghan......0-3 Armagh ..........7-4 (0-12 0-3, appld) Cavan..............0-8 (Rs: 0-5 0-5, 0-5 0-5) 1904 Down ..............0-1 Monaghan......w.o. Monaghan......1-13 Cavan..............0-7 1905 Down ..............1-1 Cavan..............0-7 1906 Tyrone ............0-2 Down ..............1-5 Donegal..........0-2 Monaghan......w.o. Antrim ............1-8 Monaghan......2-4 Monaghan......2-10 1907 Antrim ............0-9 Monaghan......w.o. 1908 Armagh ..........0-3 Antrim ............1-8 1909 Monaghan......1-7 Fermanagh ....2-4 Monaghan......0-6 Antrim ............1-9 1910 Armagh ..........0-2 Cavan..............1-9 Monaghan......0-3 (R: 1-3 1-4 Obj) Antrim ............3-4 1911 Armagh ..........1-3 Antrim ............2-8 1912 Armagh ..........1-1 Obj (R: 0-1 0-1) Monaghan......0-3 Antrim ............2-2 1913 Fermanagh ....bt Antrim ............bt Monaghan......0-3 (R: 2-0 0-6) Antrim ............bt Antrim ............bt Antrim ............3-1 1914 Down ..............0-3 Monaghan......3-2 Cavan..............bt Tyrone ............1-2 Armagh ..........0-2 (R: 0-0 0-0) Fermanagh ....bt Monaghan......2-4 1915 Down ..............1-3 Monaghan......5-2 (R: 1-1 1-2 Obj) Armagh ..........0-4 (R: Obj) Cavan..............0-4 (R: 3-2 2-5) 1916 Antrim ............bt Monaghan......2-5 Cavan..............bt Antrim ............bt Monaghan......4-3 Monaghan......2-3 1917 Armagh ..........2-3 Cavan..............bt Monaghan......0-5 Antrim ............0-22 Cavan..............0-2

Cavan..............0-1

Antrim ............0-0 Tyrone ............1-2 Armagh ..........0-0 (R)

Armagh ..........2-5 Armagh ..........1-6

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Antrim ............0-7 Armagh ..........2-9 Cavan..............1-8 Tyrone ............0-1 Armagh ..........0-4 Armagh ..........2-9 Derry .............. Armagh ..........1-2 Monaghan......0-4 Antrim ............1-11 Monaghan......0-3 Derry ..............1-3 Armagh ..........0-4 Derry ..............0-18 Derry .............. Down ..............0-9 Cavan..............0-5 Antrim ............1-2 Down ..............0-5 Derry Cavan..............1-5 Cavan..............0-4 Armagh ..........0-3 Tyrone ............1-6 Antrim ............0-10 Cavan..............0-5 Monaghan......1-6 (R) Tyrone ............1-4 Antrim ............1-2

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Cavan..............0-1 Monaghan......0-0 Cavan..............0-4 Cavan..............1-2 Antrim ............3-1 Armagh ..........0-1 Armagh .......... Tyrone ............ Cavan..............0-2 Down .............. Fermanagh .... Monaghan......1-2 Armagh ..........0-10 Derry ..............0-2 Antrim ............ Fermanagh ....2-4 Monaghan......1-1 Cavan.............. Fermanagh ....0-2 Armagh ..........1-7 Fermanagh ....2-0

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Cavan..............1-6 Monaghan......0-3 Down .............. Derry ..............0-1 Fermanagh .... Armagh .......... Cavan..............1-5 Antrim ............0-2 Tyrone ............1-3 Derry .............. Fermanagh ....0-3 Down ..............0-4 Monaghan......3-1

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Armagh ..........0-5 (R: Obj) Monaghan......4-2 Monaghan......4-4 Antrim ............bt Cavan..............bt Armagh ..........bt Monaghan......0-3 Cavan..............2-4 Cavan..............3-2 Derry ..............2-4 Monaghan......0-3 Tyrone ............2-0 Cavan..............0-10 Antrim ............1-4 Donegal..........0-8 Antrim ............0-10 Cavan..............5-6 Tyrone ............0-0 Donegal..........0-1 Down ..............0-10 Derry ..............0-11 Monaghan......1-3 Cavan..............bt Armagh ..........0-4 Cavan..............bt Cavan..............4-6 Antrim ............1-5 Cavan..............bt Monaghan......0-3 Derry ..............2-1 Monaghan......2-1 (R: 2-1 2-1) Derry ..............bt Monaghan......2-2 Down ..............0-1 Monaghan......1-4 Donegal..........1-1 Armagh ..........0-2 Cavan..............bt Cavan..............3-4 (R: 2-3 2-3) Tyrone ............w.o. Monaghan......2-6 Cavan..............bt Derry ..............0-6 (Donegal Protest) Monaghan......4-1 Donegal..........3-1 Monaghan......2-6 Cavan..............5-10 Donegal..........0-1 Cavan..............bt Monaghan......4-6 Antrim ............1-6 Cavan..............1-6 Monaghan......1-4 (R: 1-5 1-4 Obj) Cavan..............2-3 (R: 1-3 1-3) Tyrone ............1-3 Donegal..........3-6 Monaghan......2-2 (R: 1-3 0-5, appld) Antrim ............3-6 Cavan..............6-0 Monaghan......0-4 Cavan..............3-6 Tyrone ............3-8 Monaghan......0-4 Cavan..............4-7 Antrim ............bt Tyrone ............3-2 Monaghan......1-3 (R: 0-7 0-7) Tyrone ............0-3 Cavan..............5-3 Armagh ..........0-8 Antrim ............1-9 Cavan..............bt Monaghan......2-5 Armagh ..........3-6 Monaghan......2-6 Monaghan......3-5 Monaghan......3-5 Tyrone ............7-3 Donegal..........1-4

Antrim ............0-3 Armagh ..........0-4 Tyrone ............1-0 Derry .............. Fermanagh .... Down .............. Antrim ............0-5 Armagh ..........0-0 Antrim ............0-0 Fermanagh ....0-3 Armagh ..........0-4 Donegal..........4-3 Down ..............0-3 Derry ..............1-1 Cavan..............0-17 Armagh ..........0-7 Antrim ............0-2 Armagh ..........2-1 Monaghan......2-8 Antrim ............0-5 Donegal..........1-2 Cavan..............2-2 Fermanagh .... Down ..............0-3 Derry .............. Armagh ..........1-4 Down ..............1-2 Fermanagh .... Armagh ..........0-1 Donegal..........0-3 Cavan..............0-2 Antrim ............ Derry ..............0-1 Armagh ..........2-4 Antrim ............1-3 Cavan..............0-8 Monaghan......2-9 Derry .............. Monaghan......3-3

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Down .............. Tyrone ............0-3 Antrim ............ Donegal..........1-2 Armagh ..........1-4 Cavan..............4-10 Tyrone ............0-3 Monaghan......1-1 Tyrone ............0-2 Armagh .......... Fermanagh ....2-1 Down ..............1-2 Tyrone ............0-7 Antrim ............1-1

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Monaghan......1-3 Cavan..............1-5 Fermanagh ....0-1 Armagh ..........1-4 Down ..............0-1 Donegal..........0-2 Antrim ............2-5 Antrim ............0-1 (R) Fermanagh ....2-1 Down ..............0-1 Donegal..........1-5 Armagh .......... Derry ..............1-3 Cavan..............0-7

1937

Antrim ............2-5 Antrim ............0-6 Donegal..........1-1 Tyrone ............0-11 Derry .............. Down ..............1-2 Antrim ............0-4 Cavan..............1-6 Armagh ..........2-5 Down ..............1-3 Derry ..............2-3 Armagh ..........1-8

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Monaghan......6-3 Tyrone ............0-3 Monaghan......0-1 Cavan..............2-6 Fermanagh ....0-2 Donegal..........0-1 Cavan..............bt Down ..............3-2 Monaghan......3-7 Cavan..............4-10 Monaghan......1-10 (R: 1-4 1-4) Armagh ..........1-8 (R: 1-6 2-3) Antrim ............bt Monaghan......7-8 Cavan..............bt Armagh ..........0-5 Monaghan......4-3 Tyrone ............1-3 Down ..............0-4 Donegal..........2-4 (Antrim Protest) Monaghan......0-4 Cavan..............bt Cavan..............0-8 Armagh ..........1-5 Antrim ............4-10 Cavan..............8-7 Monaghan......1-7 Antrim ............0-6 Cavan..............8-8 Cavan..............2-4 Tyrone ............1-8 (Rs: 0-3 0-3, 3-5 3-5) Down ..............1-3 Monaghan......0-3 Cavan..............1-8 Tyrone ............1-4 Cavan..............6-13 Tyrone ............2-4 Monaghan......4-7 Donegal..........1-3 Armagh ..........1-6 Cavan..............bt Cavan..............3-8 Fermanagh ....1-11 (R: 0-5 1-2) Armagh ..........2-4 Antrim ............2-2 Donegal..........1-9 Armagh ..........2-2 (R: 1-6 0-9) Monaghan......0-1 Cavan..............2-6 Down ..............3-6 Antrim ............1-2 Fermanagh ....0-7 Monaghan......4-8 (R: 3-5 2-8) Armagh ..........2-1 Monaghan......2-8 Cavan..............1-7 Donegal..........3-8 Armagh ..........4-14 Tyrone ............0-8 Cavan..............2-12 Monaghan......1-3 Cavan..............0-13 Tyrone ............0-6 Antrim ............1-4 Donegal..........0-6 Armagh ..........2-7 Monaghan......2-5 Antrim ............1-5 Tyrone ............1-2 Donegal..........0-6 Armagh ..........1-6 (R: 1-6 1-6) Cavan..............5-12 Cavan..............2-3 (R: 2-6 2-4) Antrim ............3-3 Armagh ..........0-5 Down ..............4-4 Cavan..............4-13

Fermanagh ....1-7 Cavan..............4-3 Armagh ..........0-4 Armagh ..........1-4 Tyrone ............0-8 Monaghan......2-8 Antrim ............ Armagh ..........5-4 Tyrone ............1-2 Armagh ..........0-2 Cavan..............0-7 Tyrone ............1-3 Fermanagh ....(Obj) Down ..............1-6 Fermanagh .... Monaghan......2-2 Cavan..............1-5 Monaghan......3-9 Armagh ..........0-6 Antrim ............0-2 Armagh ..........1-9 Antrim ............ Armagh ..........2-1 Tyrone ............1-4 Down ..............0-1 Donegal..........1-6 Fermanagh ....1-3 Armagh ..........2-6 Monaghan......2-6 Armagh ..........0-1 Antrim ............1-2 Armagh ..........1-4 Fermanagh ....2-3 Armagh ..........0-2 Fermanagh ....1-3 Tyrone ............1-2 Cavan..............2-5 Down ..............2-6 Fermanagh ....2-5 Monaghan......1-3 Fermanagh .... Armagh ..........0-2 Tyrone ............2-6 Down ..............0-5 Monaghan......3-8 Cavan..............1-11 Fermanagh ....3-4 Cavan..............2-12 Fermanagh ....2-1 Tyrone ............2-3 Armagh ..........0-11 Donegal..........1-8 Down ..............0-4 Cavan..............1-8 Donegal..........0-11 Monaghan......0-7 Antrim ............0-7 Down ..............2-7 Monaghan......4-12 Donegal..........1-4 Armagh ..........2-12 Armagh ..........0-3 Monaghan......3-3 Armagh ..........2-5 Monaghan......0-7 Cavan..............1-4 Armagh ..........2-2 Down ..............1-6 Cavan..............4-11 Down ..............1-1 Monaghan......0-2 Donegal..........0-4 Armagh ..........1-4 Cavan..............0-12 Donegal..........0-6 Tyrone ............2-5 Antrim ............0-4

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1951

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Down ..............0-8 (R: 2-3 2-3) Donegal..........2-3 Cavan..............4-10 Tyrone ............3-13 Cavan..............3-7 Antrim ............0-4 Donegal..........0-7 Down ..............1-7 Cavan..............3-9 Armagh ..........3-4 Monaghan......0-6 Down ..............2-11 (R: 4-4 3-7) Cavan..............7-10 Down ..............1-12 (R: 0-7 0-6, abnd) Cavan..............5-11 Tyrone ............1-8 Antrim ............0-13 Monaghan......3-8 Cavan..............4-10 Monaghan......1-10 Cavan..............2-3 Antrim ............1-2 Monaghan......3-7 Down ..............3-4 Cavan..............5-9 Monaghan......1-5 Cavan..............1-9 Donegal..........3-7 Cavan..............2-11 Armagh ..........3-13 Fermanagh ....4-13 Cavan..............0-14 Armagh ..........1-6 Cavan..............6-12 Cavan..............4-10 Derry ..............4-6 Tyrone ............3-2 Monaghan......1-9 Down ..............0-4 Antrim ............1-11 Cavan..............5-8 Armagh ..........0-6 Antrim ............2-8 Tyrone ............3-5 (R: 1-4 0-7) Donegal..........0-3 Down ..............2-11 Monaghan......1-9 (R: 1-6 0-9) Tyrone ............2-5 (R: 1-6 1-6) Antrim ............3-13 Tyrone ............0-2 Cavan..............3-4 Monaghan......2-9 Antrim ............4-5 (R: 1-3 0-1 Abnd) Tyrone ............5-8 Down ..............5-7 Antrim ............0-12 Cavan..............2-9 Cavan..............1-9 Cavan..............2-12 Derry ..............1-6 Armagh ..........3-6 Donegal..........2-6 Cavan..............7-10 Antrim ............2-6 Donegal..........1-4 Cavan..............1-7 Antrim ............5-10 Tyrone ............0-3 Donegal..........1-7 (R: 3-5 2-8) Armagh ..........0-14 Cavan..............1-12 Armagh ..........1-8 Armagh ..........1-11 Armagh ..........1-13 Derry ..............1-3 Antrim ............1-6 (R: 2-7 2-7) Cavan..............1-6 Armagh ..........0-5 Cavan..............2-9 Antrim ............1-7

Monaghan......1-3 Cavan..............0-12 Down ..............1-5 Armagh ..........0-1 Monaghan......3-2 Down ..............5-4 Cavan..............1-6 Tyrone ............1-10 Tyrone ............0-5 Tyrone ............0-0 Cavan..............1-6 Antrim ............1-5 Donegal..........4-4 Armagh ..........2-5 Down ..............1-3 Donegal..........0-7 Down ..............1-8 Armagh ..........3-4 Tyrone ............1-3 Antrim ............1-5 Monaghan......0-5 Cavan..............1-4 Armagh ..........3-3 Tyrone ............0-4 Donegal..........2-3 Down ..............1-4 Monaghan......0-5 Derry ..............2-3 Antrim ............3-3 Tyrone ............0-2 Monaghan......0-5 Down ..............1-3 Fermanagh ....2-4 Donegal..........2-4 Fermanagh ....1-4 Fermanagh ....0-4 Cavan..............8-13 Donegal..........4-5 Armagh ..........1-10 Derry ..............0-10 Donegal..........0-3 Antrim ............1-12 Cavan..............1-7 Fermanagh ....2-6 Antrim ............3-8 Derry ..............2-5 Cavan..............1-11

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

Armagh ..........1-4 Down ..............1-8 Cavan..............4-5 Antrim ............1-6 Derry ..............2-6 Donegal..........1-4 Fermanagh ....0-4 Armagh ..........2-3 Tyrone ............1-3 Down ..............2-4 Monaghan......0-7 Antrim ............2-4 Antrim ............5-9 Monaghan......1-8 Down ..............0-8 Tyrone ............1-7 Cavan..............3-7 Armagh ..........0-14 Armagh ..........1-6 Derry ..............0-5 Cavan..............8-7 Down ..............4-3

1960

1961

1962 Monaghan......1-5 Antrim ............2-6 Down ..............1-7 Cavan..............1-7 Tyrone ............2-3 Monaghan......0-5 Donegal..........1-5 1963 Derry ..............1-4 Antrim ............1-8 Down ..............0-7 Cavan..............2-3

Monaghan......2-12 Tyrone ............1-6 Antrim ............1-7 Cavan..............3-10 Monaghan......1-8 Cavan..............3-6 Cavan..............1-8 Donegal..........0-6 Monaghan......0-2 Armagh ..........1-8 Derry ..............1-11 Cavan..............2-10 Armagh ..........4-11 Armagh ..........1-6 Tyrone ............1-7 Cavan..............3-8 Antrim ............1-6 Derry ..............4-11 Cavan..............3-10 Armagh ..........1-12 Cavan..............2-10 Derry ..............0-13 Antrim ............2-1 Armagh ..........1-8 Donegal..........3-8 Antrim ............0-4 Cavan..............2-5 Derry ..............3-4 Cavan..............0-11 Tyrone ............3-7 Cavan..............3-15 Monaghan......0-14 Down ..............0-6 Tyrone ............2-9 Cavan..............1-9 Tyrone ............3-5 Derry ..............4-14 Armagh ..........3-5 Donegal..........3-2 Monaghan......1-5 Derry ..............1-10 Tyrone ............3-5 Tyrone ............1-9 Antrim ............0-5 Cavan..............0-14 (R: 0-7 0-7, 1-5 1-5) Tyrone ............1-9 Down ..............3-11 Derry ..............3-7 Down ..............1-9 Derry ..............1-11 Donegal..........0-4 Armagh ..........1-6 Down ..............4-9 Tyrone ............1-9 Cavan..............1-9 (R: 0-13 2-7) Down ..............1-12 (R: 1-6 1-6) Down ..............2-16 Cavan..............3-9 (R: 3-4 2-7) Down ..............0-14 Tyrone ............3-6 Cavan..............1-10 Derry ..............3-10 Down ..............2-11 Cavan..............3-6 Down ..............3-7 Derry ..............2-10 Armagh ..........2-7 Monaghan......1-10 Down ..............0-12 Derry ..............1-9 Armagh ..........5-9 Down ..............2-12 Down ..............2-10 Derry ..............2-10 Cavan..............3-8 Antrim ............2-7 Fermanagh ....1-3 Tyrone ............1-9 Cavan..............1-6 Down ..............1-12 Cavan..............3-6 Antrim ............2-9 Down ..............6-11 Cavan..............3-9 Donegal..........2-12 Armagh ..........1-8

Derry ..............0-12 Armagh ..........1-8 Donegal..........2-3 Down ..............1-3 Armagh ..........1-5 Antrim ............2-6 Monaghan......0-8 Tyrone ............0-12 Cavan..............2-7 Antrim ............1-4 Down ..............2-5 Tyrone ............2-4 Derry ..............1-5 Cavan..............0-5 Donegal..........1-5 Monaghan......2-5 Armagh ..........1-8 Down ..............3-4 Tyrone ............2-10 Derry ..............1-6 Armagh ..........2-5 Tyrone ............1-5 Cavan..............1-10 Down ..............0-5 Monaghan......2-8 Derry ..............2-7 Donegal..........1-6 Armagh ..........0-2 Derry ..............0-8 Derry ..............2-4 Antrim ............2-4 Donegal..........1-5 Armagh ..........2-5 Monaghan......0-7 Armagh ..........1-5 Cavan..............0-4 Antrim ............0-8 Tyrone ............2-9 Down ..............0-6 Cavan..............1-12 Cavan..............1-9 Donegal..........2-3 Derry ..............0-10 Derry ..............0-8 Monaghan......1-6

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969 Armagh ..........0-10 Donegal..........3-5 Cavan..............3-6 Tyrone ............0-2 Down ..............2-4 Cavan..............2-9 Derry ..............0-5 Antrim ............1-3 Monaghan......0-7 Armagh ..........1-7

1970

Tyrone ............0-4 Cavan..............0-7 Fermanagh ....2-2 Antrim ............1-4 Monaghan......3-11 Donegal..........1-0 Armagh ..........1-9 Monaghan......0-7 Derry ..............0-5 Cavan..............1-8 Donegal..........0-4 Cavan..............0-8 Antrim ............0-6 Fermanagh ....0-7 Tyrone ............0-10 Monaghan......0-5 Derry ..............1-10 Armagh ..........1-10 Donegal..........2-7 Armagh ..........2-2 Monaghan......0-2 Down ..............4-10 Derry ..............2-2 Antrim ............1-5 Tyrone ............1-6 Down ..............0-5 Tyrone ............0-3 Monaghan......1-3 Derry ..............2-8 Fermanagh ....1-6 Antrim ............2-3

1971

1972

1973

1974

Cavan..............0-6 Donegal..........4-5 Down ..............0-9 Armagh ..........0-5 Down ..............2-11 Donegal..........1-4 Tyrone ............0-8 Antrim ............1-9 Monaghan......1-6 Down ..............2-9 Derry ..............2-3 Cavan..............3-9 Donegal..........1-10 Fermanagh ....0-7 Antrim ............2-6 Armagh ..........1-8 Donegal..........0-7 Cavan..............1-9 Down ..............2-8 Antrim ............1-9 Cavan..............2-10 Down ..............1-10 Monaghan......2-12 Fermanagh ....1-5 Derry ..............1-6 Antrim ............2-9 Down ..............3-13 Tyrone ............1-6 Cavan..............0-9 Donegal..........0-8 (R: 1-8 1-8, 1-11 0-14) Armagh ..........3-7 Monaghan......1-9 Down ..............0-10 Antrim ............1-5 Cavan..............1-10 Armagh ..........0-4 Down ..............3-5 Cavan..............1-8 Monaghan......0-12 Fermanagh ....3-8 Antrim ............2-7 Derry ..............0-6 Tyrone ............0-4 Down ..............2-9 Cavan..............1-11 Donegal..........5-6 Fermanagh ....3-8 Armagh ..........0-8 Down ..............0-9 Antrim ............0-5 Donegal..........4-17 Fermanagh ....1-8 Down ..............1-7 Donegal..........0-8 Tyrone ............0-13 Fermanagh ....3-2 Armagh ..........1-8 Donegal..........2-13 Down ..............3-9 Derry ..............1-10 Cavan..............2-12 Antrim ............2-8 Tyrone ............1-13 Monaghan......1-7 Down ..............2-8 Donegal..........2-5 Cavan..............1-13 Tyrone ............3-3 Cavan..............2-12 Down ..............0-8 Fermanagh ....2-8 Tyrone ............0-8 Donegal..........2-10 Armagh ..........1-3 Derry ..............1-6 Down ..............1-8 Cavan..............5-9 Antrim ............1-12 Monaghan......2-12 Fermanagh ....2-5 (R: 0-12 1-9) Down ..............2-14 Donegal..........0-8 Cavan..............1-11 Monaghan......0-5 Down ..............0-16 Cavan..............1-8 Antrim ............2-10 Donegal..........0-14 Tyrone ............0-8 Derry ..............2-8 Cavan..............1-9 Fermanagh ....2-4 Armagh ..........0-8 Monaghan......1-9 Down ..............0-8 Antrim ............0-4 Cavan..............1-8 Derry ..............0-6 (R: 2-3 0-9) Down ..............2-15 Monaghan......1-7 Cavan..............2-13 Down ..............2-6 Donegal..........2-6 Antrim ............3-8 Derry ..............3-12 Tyrone ............0-7 Cavan..............3-13 Fermanagh ....1-3 Monaghan......3-7 Armagh ..........1-7 Antrim ............2-9 Down ..............1-6 Cavan..............1-5 Derry ..............1-8 Antrim ............2-10 Monaghan......1-8 Derry ..............2-13 Antrim ............1-12 Derry ..............4-10 Fermanagh ....1-10 Armagh ..........4-9 Tyrone ............2-10 Monaghan......1-12 Cavan..............2-10 Down ..............3-14 Donegal..........3-6 Derry ..............0-8 Antrim ............0-4 Down ..............0-11 Cavan..............2-3 Derry ..............3-12 Armagh ..........1-10 Down ..............4-15 Derry ..............4-11 Fermanagh ....0-7 Derry ..............5-7 Tyrone ............0-13 Armagh ..........1-7 Cavan..............3-9 Monaghan......0-6 Donegal..........1-8 Down ..............0-8 Derry ..............2-9 Antrim ............2-5 Donegal..........2-11 Cavan..............1-9 (R: 0-12 2-6) Tyrone ............1-8 Derry ..............0-9 Donegal..........2-13 Tyrone ............1-11 Down ..............2-10 Armagh ..........2-9 Fermanagh ....3-9 Antrim ............4-4 Derry ..............1-7 Monaghan......0-5 Donegal..........1-7 Tyrone ............0-12 Cavan..............0-8 Down ..............1-7 Tyrone ............1-15 Fermanagh ....0-11 Down ..............1-12 Derry ..............0-9 Tyrone ............3-13 Down ..............1-11 Armagh ..........0-6 Down ..............1-10 Antrim ............2-7 Fermanagh ....1-8 Monaghan......0-8 Derry ..............3-6

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

Tyrone ............0-8 Down ..............2-8 Donegal..........5-9 Down ..............1-12 Donegal..........3-9 (R: 1-14 2-11) Fermanagh ....0-10 Monaghan......0-13 Donegal..........0-13 Down ..............3-12 Derry ..............2-15 Down ..............1-13 Derry ..............0-14 (R: 1-11 1-11) Derry ..............1-16 Armagh ..........1-13 Tyrone ............2-10 Cavan..............1-9 Antrim ............2-6 Armagh ..........2-1 Cavan..............1-18 Derry ..............0-10 Derry ..............0-22 aet (R: 1-8 1-8) Donegal..........0-12 Monaghan......0-10 Down ..............3-9 Armagh ..........2-14 Derry ..............3-10 Armagh ..........2-12 Derry ..............0-10 Armagh ..........3-10 Derry ..............3-12 Antrim ............4-6 Fermanagh ....2-7 Cavan..............0-16 Tyrone ............0-9 Cavan..............2-13 Down ..............1-14 Down ..............2-19 Tyrone ............2-9 Monaghan......0-14 Armagh ..........5-3 Derry ..............2-12 Donegal..........1-11 Monaghan......2-10 Donegal..........2-9 Monaghan......1-15 Antrim ............1-7 Down ..............1-4 Fermanagh ....1-4 Cavan..............2-9 Tyrone ............1-17 Armagh ..........0-12 Tyrone ............2-12 Armagh ..........4-10 Monaghan......2-9 Antrim ............2-13 Armagh ..........2-15 Derry ..............0-12 Down ..............3-4 (R: 0-10 0-10) Armagh ..........4-7 Down ..............0-12 Down ..............3-12 Tyrone ............1-9 Cavan..............0-8 Donegal..........0-13 Fermanagh ....1-9 Down ..............0-11 Armagh ..........1-20 Fermanagh ....1-8 Armagh ..........0-10 Derry ..............0-11 Monaghan......2-18 Donegal..........1-10 Fermanagh ....0-10 Cavan..............0-11 Donegal..........1-14 Cavan..............2-12 Donegal..........1-14 Cavan..............0-14 Antrim ............1-6 Armagh ..........1-10 Down ..............3-6 Derry ..............3-4 Armagh ..........2-8 Tyrone ............0-10 Tyrone ............0-15

Donegal..........1-9 Cavan..............0-12 Antrim ............1-7 Derry ..............0-7 Down ..............1-12 Armagh ..........4-6 Tyrone ............1-5 Cavan..............0-15 Antrim ............0-7 Armagh ..........1-7 Cavan..............1-10 Monaghan......1-6 Down ..............2-6 Fermanagh ....1-12 Monaghan......1-10 Donegal..........0-8 Down ..............0-14 Derry ..............1-19 Down ..............0-11 Tyrone ............0-8 Cavan..............1-16 Derry ..............1-12 Antrim ............0-6 Fermanagh ....0-7 Cavan..............1-12 Tyrone ............1-11 Monaghan......3-5 Down ..............0-8 Derry ..............1-5 Donegal..........0-7 Monaghan......2-4 Down ..............0-14 Armagh ..........0-9 Derry ..............3-11 Antrim ............1-10 Derry ..............2-8 Cavan..............2-12 Antrim ............2-5 Down ..............0-10 Fermanagh ....1-7 Cavan..............1-13 Tyrone ............1-9 Armagh ..........2-8 Derry ..............0-14 Donegal..........0-11 Tyrone ............1-8 Monaghan......0-13 Armagh ..........3-8 Derry ..............2-7 Donegal..........0-9 Monaghan......0-5 Cavan..............1-9 Tyrone ............4-7 Tyrone ............0-6 Cavan..............2-12 Donegal..........0-13 Fermanagh ....0-10 Monaghan......1-9 Antrim ............1-3 Derry ..............0-9 Armagh ..........1-10 Monaghan......0-9 Antrim ............1-7 Armagh ..........1-11 Derry ..............1-8 Tyrone ............1-12 Antrim ............1-6 Tyrone ............0-10 Fermanagh ....1-4 Cavan..............1-12 Antrim ............0-4 Armagh ..........0-7 Down ..............0-8 Tyrone ............0-10 Monaghan......1-9 Fermanagh ....1-7 Cavan..............1-11 Derry ..............1-13 Monaghan......2-17 Donegal..........0-12 Fermanagh ....0-8 Tyrone ............1-13 Monaghan......0-9 Down ..............0-5 Armagh ..........1-7

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

Donegal..........2-12 Antrim ............0-5 Derry ..............1-9 Armagh ..........2-13 Monaghan......1-14 Derry ..............0-11 Armagh ..........2-7 (R: 0-10 0-10) Monaghan......2-11 Down ..............2-8 Cavan..............1-8 Tyrone ............2-6 Fermanagh ....0-7 Down ..............2-11 (R: 1-10 0-13) Tyrone ............2-16 Armagh ..........0-12 Tyrone ............1-11 Fermanagh ....0-9 Cavan..............0-12 Down ..............2-7 Tyrone ............2-6 (R: 0-9 0-9) Donegal..........0-6 Derry ..............2-11 (R: 2-7 1-10) Armagh ..........5-9 Derry ..............0-11 Fermanagh ....1-13 Monaghan......0-16 Derry ..............0-7 Tyrone ............3-13 Armagh ..........2-10 Monaghan......1-11 Tyrone ............0-15 Monaghan......1-10 Antrim ............0-5 Cavan..............0-14 Fermanagh ....1-7 Tyrone ............1-11 Monaghan......0-9 Donegal..........2-8 Tyrone ............1-12 Tyrone ............2-13 (R: 0-11 0-11) Monaghan......3-17 Donegal..........0-13 Derry ..............4-14 Armagh ..........0-12 Down ..............3-11 Donegal..........1-15 Armagh ..........2-7 (R: 1-13 2-10) Donegal..........0-15 Tyrone ............1-8 Donegal..........2-14 Antrim ............1-8 Down ..............1-7 Derry ..............0-13 Donegal..........1-18 Down ..............0-14 (R: 0-13 1-10) Down ..............1-15 Derry ..............1-10 Donegal..........0-20 (R: 1-15 1-15) Fermanagh ....1-9 Armagh ..........0-9 Derry ..............2-9 (R: 1-14 3-8) Donegal..........2-17 Derry ..............0-15 Donegal..........0-14 Armagh ..........4-8 (R: 1-9 1-9) Monaghan......3-10 (R: 2-9 0-15) Down ..............0-9 Donegal..........0-12 Armagh ..........2-8 (R: 0-13 1-10) Derry ..............0-19 Donegal..........2-16 (0-15 1-12) Derry ..............0-8 Armagh ..........1-6 Cavan..............1-12 Derry ..............1-12 Antrim ............1-9 Tyrone ............3-10

Down ..............2-8 Cavan..............0-9 Tyrone ............1-8 Fermanagh ....0-5 Donegal..........0-7 Cavan..............0-7 Monaghan......1-11 Derry ..............0-8 Donegal..........1-10 Antrim ............0-7 Derry ..............1-7 Armagh ..........1-11 Monaghan......0-11 Cavan..............1-12 Down ..............3-7 Down ..............0-10 Armagh ..........2-9 Monaghan......0-10 Derry ..............1-12 Antrim ............2-5

Down ..............0-14 Monaghan......0-8 Tyrone ............1-15 Donegal..........0-10 Down ..............1-17 Tyrone ............1-11 1995

Donegal..........1-12 Armagh ..........0-10 Fermanagh ....1-11 Cavan..............2-11 Donegal..........0-8 Derry ..............0-10 Cavan..............1-9 Tyrone ............2-13

Down ..............0-9 Derry ..............1-17 Tyrone ............1-15 Antrim ............0-8 Monaghan......1-14 Tyrone ............0-11 Monaghan......0-10 Cavan..............0-10

1996

Down ..............1-9 Derry ..............1-13 Tyrone ............1-18 Antrim ............1-11 Monaghan......0-9 Tyrone ............1-13 Down ..............1-13 Tyrone ............1-9

Donegal..........0-11 Armagh ..........1-6 Fermanagh ....0-9 Cavan..............1-15 Down ..............0-14 Derry ..............1-8 Cavan..............0-13 Down ..............0-9

1997

Tyrone ............3-8 (R: 0-15 2-9) Donegal..........2-12 Derry ..............2-15 (R: 1-11 2-8) Fermanagh ....0-11 (R: 1-12 1-12) Tyrone ............1-12 Donegal..........2-10 Derry ..............2-15 Cavan..............1-14

Down ..............1-11

Cavan..............0-14

1998

Down ..............0-15 Donegal..........1-11 Derry ..............3-13 Cavan..............0-13 Armagh ..........0-16 Donegal..........0-15 Derry ..............2-13 Derry ..............1-7

Tyrone ............2-7 Antrim ............0-11 Monaghan......0-11 Fermanagh ....0-11 Down ..............0-11 Cavan..............0-13 Armagh ..........0-12 Donegal..........0-8

1999

Fermanagh ....2-12 Donegal..........0-12 (R: 2-9 1-12) Derry ..............2-14 (R: 2-15 2-15) Down ..............1-15 Fermanagh ....0-8 Armagh ..........1-10 Down ..............2-14 Armagh ..........3-12

Monaghan......1-10 Armagh ..........2-11

Armagh ..........1-8 Cavan..............2-8 Tyrone ............1-9 Armagh ..........0-9 Armagh ..........2-12 Cavan..............0-14 Down ..............1-11 Antrim ............2-4 Donegal..........0-8 Down ..............0-9 Armagh ..........1-8 Tyrone ............0-11 Monaghan......0-8 Donegal..........3-12 Derry ..............4-15 Armagh ..........2-7 Down ..............1-14 Derry ..............1-9 Down ..............1-7 Donegal..........0-7 Antrim ............0-8 Cavan..............0-9 Fermanagh ....1-7 Tyrone ............0-11 Monaghan......1-12 Derry ..............0-8 Down ..............0-12

2000

Armagh ..........0-14 Derry ..............1-9 Cavan..............0-12 Fermanagh ....3-12 Armagh ..........0-8 Monaghan......0-8 Fermanagh ....0-13 Derry ..............0-9 2001 Donegal..........0-10 Tyrone ............1-7 Cavan..............1-6 Antrim ............1-8 Down ..............1-12 Monaghan......0-7 Fermanagh ....0-7 Down ..............0-12 Derry ..............1-9 Fermanagh ....1-16

2002

Cavan..............2-9 Derry ..............3-11 Antrim ............0-9 Tyrone ............0-12 Monaghan......0-11 Armagh ..........1-7 Donegal..........0-6 Fermanagh ....0-6 Monaghan......3-10 Down ..............1-14 Donegal..........1-12 Armagh ..........1-10

2003

Fermanagh ....3-12 Derry ..............2-13 Antrim ............0-13 Tyrone ............0-8 Donegal..........0-13 Antrim ............2-5 (R: 2-8 0-14) Fermanagh ....0-12 Armagh ..........1-12 Fermanagh....1-9 (R: 1-16 2-13) Armagh ........1-9 Down ............2-10 Derry..............1-11 Fermanagh....0-14 Derry..............0-14 Cavan ............0-13 Tyrone ..........1-13

Antrim ............1-13 Monaghan......0-10

Armagh ..........0-12 Cavan..............2-16 Tyrone ............2-3 Derry ..............0-16

Cavan..............0-5 Antrim ............0-14 Tyrone ............0-18 Derry ..............0-12 Tyrone ............0-15 Down ..............0-10 Monaghan......1-10 Cavan..............1-5 Down ..............1-7 Armagh ..........0-12 Fermanagh ....1-12 Derry ..............1-17 Armagh ..........0-13 Derry ..............1-11 Donegal ........0-11 Tyrone ..........1-14 Cavan ............1-14 Antrim ..........0-9 Monaghan ....2-10 Tyrone ..........3-7 Monaghan ....0-11 Cavan ............1-11

Cavan ............0-15 Monaghan ....2-11 Armagh ........2-13 (R: 1-12 1-12) Donegal ........3-12 Antrim ..........0-6 Armagh ........0-16 Donegal ........1-9 Armagh ........1-14

Donegal ........1-17 Fermanagh....4-13 Tyrone ..........0-16

Monaghan ....0-13 Derry..............1-5 (R: 1-9 0-12) Antrim ..........2-9 Fermanagh....0-10 Down ............1-12 Tyrone ..........1-17 Down ............2-10 Tyrone ..........0-23 (R: 1-17 4-8)

Armagh ........0-9 Tyrone ..........0-17

Down ............1-6 Derry..............0-16 Fermanagh....1-5 Derry..............0-10 Donegal ........1-10

Cavan ............1-10 Donegal ........0-6 Monaghan ....0-13 Antrim ..........1-9 Fermanagh....0-11 Down ............1-5

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TEAMS IN ULSTER FINALS 1950-2003 Note: If a Christian name is not given, it can be found under a previous appearance by the player in a final)

1950

ARMAGH: Willy McVeigh, Gerry McStay, Hugh O’Hanlon, Paddy McGlennon, Gene Morgan, Pat O’Neill, Sean Quinn, Art O’Hagan, Bill McCorry, Gerry O’Neill, Malachy McAvoy, Sean McBreen, Bertie Regan, Frank Feighan, Dessie Slevin. Sub: Ray McGibbon for Regan. CAVAN: Seamus Morris, Liam Maguire, Dessie Maguire, Paddy Smith, Paddy Carolan, John Joe O’Reilly, John Joe Cassidy, Phil "The Gunner" Brady, Victor Sherlock, Tony Tighe, Mick Higgins, Tom Hardy, Eddie Carolan, Peter Donohoe, Johnny Cusack.

1951

ANTRIM: Mickey Darragh, Jimmy Roe, Paddy Duggan, Joe Hurley, Brian O'Kane, Ray Beirne, Paddy Murray, Peter O'Hara, Sean Gallagher, Harry O'Neill, Kevin Armstrong, Tony Best, Paddy O'Hara, Donough Forde, Joe McCallin. Sub: Bobby Cunningham. CAVAN: S.Morris, Paul Fitzsimmons, P.Brady, James McCabe, P.Carolan, JJ O'Reilly, D.Maguire, V.Sherlock, L.Maguire, T.Tighe, M.Higgins, Peadar Doyle, JJ Cassidy, P.Donohoe, E.Carolan.

1952

CAVAN: S.Morris, J.McCabe, P.Brady, P.Fitzsimmons, T.Hardy, L.Maguire, D.Maguire, V.Sherlock, P.Carolan, Seamus Hetherton, M.Higgins, Brian Gallagher, JJ Cassidy, T.Tighe, E.Carolan. MONAGHAN: Percy McCooey, Pat McQuaid, Ollie O'Rourke, Mickey McCaffrey, Brendan O'Duffy, John Rice, Mackie Moyna, Tommy Moyna, Tony Prunty, Hughie McKearney, Joe Smith, Paddy O'Rourke, Pat Clarke, Jimmy Brannigan, Eamonn McCooey.

1953

ARMAGH: Eamon McMahon, G.Morgan, Jack Bratten, John McKnight, Frank Kernan, P.O'Neill, S.Quinn, Mick O'Hanlon, M.McAvoy, Joe Cunningham, Brian Seeley, B.McCorry, Pat Campbell, A.O'Hagan, G.O'Neill. Sub: Joe O'Hare for Campbell. CAVAN: S.Morris, P.Fitzsimons, L.Maguire, D.Maguire, P.Carolan, T.Hardy, Noel O'Reilly, Bn.Maguire, V.Sherlock, S.Hetherton, E.Carolan, B.Gallagher, J.Cusack, Simon Deignan, M.Higgins. Sub: M.Keyes for Deignan.

1954

CAVAN: S.Morris, P.Fitzsimmons, P.Brady, J.McCabe, J.Cusack, T.Hardy, B.Reilly, Tom Maguire, V.Sherlock, B.Gallagher, P.Carolan, Gerry Keyes, S.Hetherton, S.Deignan, Brian Deignan. ARMAGH: Brian Daly, Mickey McKnight, J.Bratten, J.McKnight, F.Kernan, P.O'Neill, S.Quinn, M.O'Hanlon, M.McAvoy, John McBreen, Patsy Kieran, B.McCorry, P.Campbell, A.O'Hagan, John Hanratty.

1955

CAVAN: S.Morris, P.Fitzsimons, P.Brady, N.O'Reilly, Hubert Gaffney, P.Carolan, Jim McDonnell, V.Sherlock, D/T.Maguire, B.Gallagher, T.Hardy, Colm Smith, J.Cusack, P.Donohoe, E.Carolan. DERRY: John Murphy, Eddie Kealey, Hugh Francis Gribben, Tommy Doherty, Mickey Gribben, Harry Cassidy, Frank Stinson, Jim McKeever, Patsy Breen, Francie Niblock, Tommy J.Doherty, Emmett Fullen, Charlie Higgins, Roddy Gribben, Colm Mulholland.

1956

TYRONE: Thady Turbett, Brian McSorley, Jim Devlin, Pat Donaghy, Sean Donnelly, Paddy Corey, JJ O'Hagan, Jody O'Neill, Pat Devlin, Iggy Jones, Jackie Taggart, Frankie Donnelly, Mickey Kerr, Frank Higgins, Donal Donnelly. Sub: Hughie Kelly for Kerr. CAVAN: S.Morris, N.O'Reilly, P.Brady, B.Reilly, H.Gaffney, J.McDonnell, Donal Kelly, Con Smith, B.Gallagher, T.Hardy, P.Carolan, Charlie Gallagher, Sean Keogan, V.Sherlock, Tommy White. Subs: G.Keyes for Smith, James Brady for White.

1957

TYRONE: T.Turbett, B.McSorley, J.Devlin, P.Donaghy, Pat Devlin, Eddie Devlin, Joe O'Hagan, J.O'Neill, Mick Cushanan, D.Donnelly, J.Taggart, Mick McIlkenny, S.Donnelly, F.Higgins, F.Donnelly. DERRY: Patsy Gormley, Patsy McLarnon, H.F.Gribben, T.Doherty, Gabriel Muldoon, J.McKeever, Peter Smith, P.Breen, Owen Gribben, Sean O'Connell, R.Gribben, E.Fullen, Willie Cassidy, T.J.Doherty, Seamus Young.

1958

DERRY: P.Gormley, P.McLarnon, H.F.Gribben, T.Doherty, P.Breen, C.Mulholland, P.Smith, J.McKeever, Phil Stuart, S.O'Connell, Brendan Murray, Denis McKeever, Leo O'Neill, O.Gribben, C.Higgins. DOWN: Eamon McKay, Kevin O'Neill, Leo Murphy, Pat Rice, Patsy O'Hagan, Jim McCartan, Kevin Mussen, Jarlath Carey, Tony Hadden, Kieran Denvir, Paddy Doherty, Ronnie Moore, Sean Fearon, Jim Fitzpatrick.

1959

DOWN: E.McKay, George Lavery, L.Murphy, P.Rice, K.Mussen, J.McCartan, K.O'Neill, Joe Lennon, P.O'Hagan, Sean O'Neill, J.Carey, P.Doherty, K.Denvir, T.Hadden, Brian Morgan. Subs : Dan McCartan for O'Neill, O'Neill for Denvir. CAVAN: Brian O'Reilly, N.O'Reilly, Gabriel Kelly, Mickey Brady, H.Gaffney, T.Maguire, J.McDonnell, Hugh Barney O'Donoghue, K McIntyre, Con Smith, B.Gallagher, J Conaty, Jimmy Sheridan, C.Gallagher, J.Brady. Subs: Jimmy Meehan for N.O'Reilly, Tommy Galligan for Maguire, Maguire for Galligan.

1960

DOWN: E.McKay, G.Lavery, L.Murphy, P.Rice, K.Mussen, D.McCartan, K.O'Neill, P.J.McElroy, J.Lennon, S.O'Neill, J.McCartan, P.Doherty, T.Hadden, P.O'Hagan, B.Morgan. Subs: J.Carey for McElroy, Eamon Lundy for Lennon. CAVAN: B.O'Reilly, J.Meehan, D.Kelly, M.Brady, H.Gaffney, T.Maguire, T.Galligan, H.B.O'Donoghue, J.McDonnell, J.Sheridan, Mal Shiels, Con Smith, Seamus Conaty, J.Brady, C.Gallagher. Sub: P.Carolan for Sheridan.

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1961

DOWN: E.McKay, G.Lavery, L.Murphy, P.Rice, K.Mussen, D.McCartan, John Smith, P.J.McElroy, J.Lennon, S.O'Neill, J.Carey, P.Doherty, T.Hadden, P.O'Hagan, B.Morgan. Sub: J.McCartan for Mussen. ARMAGH: Eamon McMahon, Hughie Casey, Felix McKnight, Brendan Donaghy, Des Harney, Dan Kelly, Harry Hoy, John McGeary, Gene Larkin, Jimmy Whan, Danny McRory, Kevin Halfpenny, Bertie Watson, Pat Campbell, Harry Loughran. Subs: John McKnight for Harney, Pat McKenna for Campbell, Campbell for Loughran.

1962

CAVAN: Sean Og Flood, G.Kelly, P.J.McCaffrey, M.Brady, Tony Morris, T.Maguire, J.McDonnell, Ray Carolan, Tom Lynch, C.Smith, H.B.O'Donoghue, Jimmy Stafford, Seamus McMahon, C.Gallagher, J.Brady. Sub: P.J.O'Gorman for Kelly. DOWN: E.McKay, G.Lavery, L.Murphy, P.Rice, Pat Hamill, D.McCartan, P.O'Hagan, J.Carey, J.Lennon, S.O'Neill, J.McCartan, P.Doherty, T.Hadden, P.J.McElroy, B.Morgan. Subs: K.O'Neill for Hamill, K.Mussen for Carey.

1963

DOWN: Patsy McAlinden, G.Lavery, L.Murphy, P.Rice, P.O'Hagan, D.McCartan, J.Smith, J.Lennon, T.Hadden, S.O'Neill, J.McCartan, P.Doherty, B.Morgan, B.Johnston, Val Kane. DONEGAL: Seamus Hoare, Finn Gallagher, Bernard Brady, Brendan McFeely, Sean O'Donnell, John Hannigan, Paul Kelly, Frankie McFeely, P.J.Flood, Donal Breslin, Sean Ferriter, Des Houlihan, Cormac Breslin, Mick Griffen, Harry Laverty.

1964

CAVAN: P.J.Gorman, G.Kelly, P.J.McCaffrey, T.Morris, Frank Kennedy, T.Maguire, J.McDonnell, R.Carolan, T.Lynch, J.J.O'Reilly, H.B.O'Donoghue, C.Gallagher, Mattie Cahill, Jimmy O'Donnell, J.Stafford. Sub: Peter Pritchard. DOWN: P.McAlinden, G.Lavery, L.Murphy, K.O'Neill, P.O'Hagan, Tom O'Hare, P.Hamill, Larry Powell, D.McCartan, B.Johnston, J.Lennon, P.Doherty, S.O'Neill, J.McCartan, V.Kane. Subs: Jackie Fitzsimons for Lavery, B.Morgan for O'Hare.

1965

DOWN: P.McAlinden, Seamus Doyle, L.Murphy, T.O'Hare, J.Lennon, D.McCartan, P.O'Hagan, George Glynn, L.Powell, Felix Quigley, V.Kane, P.Doherty, J.Fitzsimmons, S.O'Neill, B.Johnston. Sub: Colm Curtis for Powell. CAVAN: John Reilly, G.Kelly, Tony Keyes, T.Morris, Brian Kennedy, T.Maguire, Donal O'Grady, R.Carolan, T.Lynch, John Joe O'Reilly, J.O'Donnell, C.Gallagher, S.McMahon, Danny Brady, Phil Murray.

1966

DOWN: P.McAlinden, S.Doyle, L.Murphy, T.O'Hare, Tom Morgan, D.McCartan, J.Lennon. F.Quigley, G.Glynn, J.Fitzsimmons, L..Powell, B.Johnston, P.Doherty, J.McCartan, S.O'Neill. Subs: Colm McAlarney for Quigley, Francie Doherty for Fitzsimmons, DONEGAL: S.Hoare, F.Gallagher, B.Brady, P.Kelly, S.O'Donnell, P.J.Flood, Anton Carroll, Declan O'Carroll, Sean Ferriter, Mickey McLoone, F.McFeely, M.Griffen, D.Houlihan, J.Hannigan, Pauric McShea. Subs: B.McFeely for Gallagher, Brian McEniff for O'Donnell.

1967

CAVAN: Seamus Gallagher, Andy McCabe, G.Kelly, P.Pritchard, Pat Tinnelly, R.Carolan, Brendan Murtagh, Brendan Donoghue, T.Lynch, Steve Duggan, J.J.O'Reilly, Michael Greenan, J.O'Donnell, C.Gallagher, P.Murray. DOWN: P.McAlinden, Brendan Sloan, L.Murphy, T.O'Hare, Ray McConville, D.McCartan, L.Powell, G.Glynn, J.Lennon, John Murphy, C.McAlarney, John Purdy, J.McCartan, S.O'Neill, V.Kane. Subs: Ray Carville for Murphy, J.Fitzsimmons for Kane, Brian McVeigh for Sloan.

1968

DOWN: Danny Kelly, B.Sloan, D.McCartan, T.O'Hare, R.McConville, Willie Doyle, J.Lennon, C.McAlarney, Jim Milligan, Mickey Cole, Dickie Murphy, J.Murphy, P.Doherty, S.O'Neill, J.Purdy. CAVAN: Pat Lyons, G.Kelly, B.Donoghue, P.Pritchard, P.Tinnelly, T.Lynch, A.McCabe, Fergus McCauley, Hugh Newman, M.Greenan, J.J.O'Reilly, P.Murray, J.O'Donnell, C.Gallagher, S.Duggan. Sub: B.Murtagh for Newman.

1969

CAVAN: Paddy Lyons, G.Kelly, B.Donoghue, A.McCabe, P.Tinnelly, T.Lynch, Enda McGowan, R.Carolan, H.Newman, S.Duggan, J.J.O'Reilly, Hugh McInerney, Gene Cusack, Declan Coyle, C.Gallagher. DOWN: D.Kelly, B.Sloan, D.McCartan, T.O'Hare, R.McConville, W.Doyle, J.Lennon, C.McAlarney, J.Milligan, M.Cole, J.Murphy, J.Fitzsimons, Peter Rooney, S.O'Neill, P.Doherty. Sub: James Morgan.

1970

DERRY: Seamus Hasson, Mick McGuckin, Henry Diamond, Tom Quinn, Malachy McAfee, Colm Mullan, Gerry O'Loughlin, Larry Diamond, Seamus Lagan, S.O'Connell, Mickey Niblock, Eamonn Coleman, Adrian McGuckin, Brian Devlin, Hugh Niblock. Subs: Anthony McGurk for Mullan, Seamus Gribben for H.Niblock. ANTRIM: Ray McIlroy, Eamonn Grieve, John Burns, Jimmy Ward, Seamus Killough, Billy Millar, Des McNeill, Tony McAtamney, Frank Fitzsimmons, Gerry McCann, Gerry McCrory, Terry Dunlop, Andy McCallin, Owen Ruddy, Aidan Hamill. Subs: Alistair Scullion for Killough, Gerry Dillon for Millar.

1971

DOWN: D.Kelly, B.Sloan, D.McCartan, T.O'Hare, R.McConville, Maurice Denvir, Cecil Ward, Dan Connolly, Donal Gordon, J.Murphy, C.McAlarney, J.Morgan, Mickey Cunningham, S.O'Neill, Donal Davey. Sub: M.Cole for Morgan. DERRY: S.Hasson, M.McGuckin, H.Diamond, T.Quinn, Peter Stevenson, H.Niblock, G.O'Loughlin, L.Diamond, S.Gribben, S.O'Connell, A.McGurk, Johnnie O'Leary, A.McGuckin, M.Niblock, E.Coleman. Subs: M.McAfee for H.Niblock, Mickey P.Kelly for Quinn, Tom McGuinness for S.Gribben.

1972

DONEGAL: Alan Kane, Donal Monaghan, P.McShea, John Boyce, B.McEniff, Anthony Gallagher, A.Carroll, Seamus Bonner, F.McFeely, Martin Carney, Mick McMenamin, D.O'Carroll, Seamie Granaghan, Mick Sweeney, Joe Winston. Subs: J.Hannigan for O'Carroll, Andy Curran for Boyce. TYRONE: Kieran Harte, Ollie Nugent, Peter Mulgrew, Jackie Duffy, Michael John Forbes, Gerry Taggart, Mickey Hughes, Brendan Dolan, Seamus Donaghy, Patsy Hetherington, Sean McElhatton, Paddy McMahon, Hugh Crawford, Kevin Teague, John Early. Subs: Paddy Parke for Teague, Frank McGuigan for Crawford.

1979

MONAGHAN: Paddy Linden, Nudie Hughes, Sean Hughes, Fergus Caulfield, Paddy Kerr, Sean McCarville, Eamonn Tavey, Gerry McCarville, Hugo Clerkin, Gene Finnegan, Dessie Mulligan, Kevin Trainor, Kieran Finlay, Tom Moyna, Brendan Brady. Subs: Anthony McArdle for Finnegan, PJ Finlay for Trainor. DONEGAL: N.McCole, Michael Heuston, Martin Griffen, Sandy Harper, M.Carr, F.Ward, Martin Sweeney, M.Lafferty, Michael Gallagher, K.Keaney, S.Bonnar, Brendan Dunleavy, Jim Brennan, Fionn McDonnell, Seamus Flynn. Subs: Eugene Sharkey for Dunleavy, H.McCafferty for Gallagher, Seamus Reilly for Brennan.

1980

ARMAGH: B.McAlinden, Brian Canavan, J.McKerr, K.Rafferty, P.Moriarty, Jim McCorry, J.Donnelly, C.McKinstry, J.Kernan, N.Marley, J.Smyth, Fran McMahon, Sean Devlin, Brian Hughes, P.Loughran. Subs: Hank Kernan for Devlin, Denis McCoy for Marley. TYRONE: Barry Campbell, Ciaran McGarvey, Frank Rafferty, Kieran McRory, Kevin McCabe, Sean Donnelly, P.King, Patsy Kerlin, Kevin Toner, P.Hetherington, G.Taggart, Damien O'Hagan, Paul Donnelly, Eugene McKenna, Mickey Harte. Subs: Seamus Daly for P.Donnelly, Willie McKenna for Toner.

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TYRONE: Liam Turbett, G.Taggart, P.Mulgrew, Barney McAnespie, Joe McElroy, Michael Jordan, M.Hughes, F.McGuigan, Aidan McMahon, S.Donaghy, Pat King, P.Hetherington, S.McElhatton, Brendan Donnelly, K.Teague. Subs: J.Early for McMahon, P.McMahon for Early, H.Crawford for Donaghy. DOWN: Macartan Brice, Peter Hamill, D.McCartan, T.O'Hare, John Brown, W.Doyle, R.McConville, C.McAlarney, D.Gordon, D.Davey, P.Rooney, M.Cole, Eugene Cole, S.O'Neill, Willie Walsh. Subs: J.Murphy for M.Cole, Colm Shields for Walsh, B.Sloan for Gordon. DONEGAL: A.Kane, D.Monaghan, P.McShea, A.Curran, B.McEniff, A.Gallagher, Finian Ward, Michael Lafferty, M.Carney, S.Granaghan, Hugh McClafferty, Neilly Gallagher, J.Winston, S.Bonner, Kieran Keaney. Subs: Paul McGettigan for Granaghan, PJ McGowan for Lafferty. DOWN: Joe O'Hare, B.Sloan, D.McCartan, P.Hamill, Cathal Digney, Mark Turley, Martin Slevin, Clem Stewart, P.Rooney, C.McAlarney, M.Cunningham, C.Ward, Peter McGrath, S.O'Neill, W.Walsh. Subs: Bill Gardner for Stewart, Eugene Grant for Walsh. Replay Changes: Donegal: Naul McCole for Kane, Michael Carr for Keaney. Subs: P.McGettigan, Gerry McElwee, K.Keaney. Down: D.Gordon for C.Stewart. Subs: B.Gardner for Walsh, E.Grant for McGrath, C.Stewart for McAlarney.

1975

DERRY: John Somers, M.McAfee, T.Quinn, Gabriel Bradley, P.Stevenson, A.McGurk, G.O'Loughlin, Eugene Laverty, T.McGuinness, Brendan Kelly, Mickey Lynch, Gerry McElhinney, J.O'Leary, S.O'Connell, Mickey Moran. Subs: Seamus Lagan for McAfee, Kevin Teague for Lagan, H.Niblock for McElhinney. DOWN: Lawrence McAlinden, B.Sloan, D.McCartan, Paddy Galbraith, P.Hamill, C.Digney, M.Slevin, C.McAlarney, Dan Connolly, J.Murphy, P.Rooney, J.Morgan, M.Cunningham, S.O'Neill, W.Walsh. Subs: M.Turley for Walsh, D.Gordon for Connolly, Barry Fitzsimmons for Digney.

1976

DERRY: J.Somers, Liam Murphy, T.Quinn, P.Stevenson, G.O'Loughlin, A.McGurk, M.Moran, T.McGuinness, Colm McGuigan, B.Kelly, M.Lynch, J.O'Leary, Fintan McCluskey, A.McGuckin, G.McElhinney. Subs: L.Diamond for McGuigan, Christy Grieve for McCloskey. CAVAN: Aidan Elliott, P.Tinnelly, Dermot Dalton, E.McGowan, Sean Leddy, Frankie Dolan, Pat McGill, Ollie Leddy, Donal Meade, Noel Smith, Ollie Brady, Owen Martin, G.Cusack, Kieran O'Keeffe, S.Duggan. Sub: Adge King for Smith. Replay changes: Derry: L.Diamond for McGuigan, Grieve for McGuckin. Subs: E.Laverty for Diamond, S.O'Connell for Grieve, G.Bradley for O'Loughlin. Cavan: E.McGowan, John Dwyer for Smith. Subs: Garrett O'Reilly for Dalton, John Joe Martin for McGill, Jimmy Carroll for S.Leddy, Adge King for Cusack.

1977

ARMAGH: Brian McAlinden, Denis Stevenson, Jim Finnegan, Jim McKerr, Kevin Rafferty, Tom McCreesh, Joey Donnelly, Colm McKinstry, Joe Kernan, Larry Kearns, Jimmy Smyth, Noel Marley, Peter Loughran, Paddy Moriarty, Peter Trainor. Subs: Eamon O'Neill for Trainor, Sean Daly for Marley, Frank Toman for Rafferty. DERRY: J.Somers, L.Murphy, Frank Trainor, Gerry Forrest, G.O'Loughlin, A.McGurk, G.Bradley, E.Laverty, C.McGuigan, T.McGuinness, M.Lynch, Terence McWilliams, Gerry Keane, G.McElhinney, P.Stevenson.

1978

DOWN: Martin McCabe, B.Sloan, M.Turley, Michael Sands, C.Digney, Brendan Toner, John McCartan, C.McAlarney, Liam Austin, B.Gardner, M.Cunningham, Ronnie Matthews, Joe Byrne, P.Rooney, Jarlath Digney. Subs: Emmett McGivern for Matthews, Tommy McGovern for Toner, Pat Murtagh for McCartan. CAVAN: A.Elliott, F.Dolan, D.Dalton, J.J.Martin, D.Meade, O.Brady, E.McGowan, A.King, O.Martin, Tony Brady, Paddy McNamee, Ray Cullivan, O.Leddy, Donal Donohue, Mark Goldrick. Subs: K.O'Keeffe for King, S.Leddy for Cullivan.

DOWN: Pat Donnan, Adrian McAulfield, Paddy Kennedy, T.McGovern, Ned King, B.Toner, M.Turley, L.Austin, Paddy O'Rourke, Damien Morgan, Ambrose Rodgers, Greg Blaney, Brendan McGovern, John McCartan, Jim McCartan. Subs: C.McAlarney for Jim McCartan, Ned Toner for McAlarney. ARMAGH: B.McAlinden, Denis Stevenson, J.McKerr, Joe Murphy, P.Moriarty, Des Mackin, J.Donnelly, C.McKinstry, F.McMahon, S.Devlin, J.Smyth, Peter Rafferty, Jim Loughran, B.Hughes, P.Loughran. Subs: J.McCorry for Murphy, Martin Murphy for Devlin, J.Kernan for Mackin. ARMAGH: B.McAlinden, D.Stevenson, J.McKerr, J.Murphy, N. Marley, P.Moriarty, P.Rafferty, C.McKinstry, F.McMahon, Dermot Dowling, B.Hughes, Aidan Short, S.Devlin, John Corvan, Mickey McDonald. Subs: J.Donnelly for Murphy, J.Kernan for McDonald, P.Loughran for Short. FERMANAGH: Peter Greene, Donald Fee, Ciaran Campbell, Niall Corrigan, John Mohan, Pat McCann, Michael Sheridan, Peter McGinnity, Philip Courtney, Arthur McCaffrey, Aidan Jones, Brendan O'Reilly, Paul McKenna, Dominic Corrigan, Arthur Mulligan. Subs: Gerry McIlroy for Mulligan, Ken McPartland for O'Reilly.

1983

DONEGAL: N.McCole, Des Newton, M.Griffen, Tommy McDermott, B.Dunleavy, M.Lafferty, M.Carr, P.McGettigan, Anthony Molloy, Donal Reid, Martin McHugh, Joyce McMullan, Pauric Carr, S.Bonnar, K.Keaney. Sub: Frank Rushe for McHugh. CAVAN: Damien O'Reilly, Eugene Kiernan, Jim McAweeney, F.Dolan, T.Brady, Joe Dillon, Jim Reilly, A.King, Danny Finnegan, D.Donohue, Michael Faulkner, R.Cullivan, Martin Lynch, Derek McDonnell, P.McNamee. Subs: Brian O'Grady for Brady, Stephen King for A.King.

1984

TYRONE: Aidan Skelton, F.Rafferty, C.McGarvey, S.Donnelly, K.McCabe, Hugh O'Hagan, Noel McGinn, E.McKenna, Plunkett Donaghy, Colm Donaghy, D.O'Hagan, P.Kerlin, S.Daly, F.McGuigan, Paddy O'Neill. Sub: John Lynch for C.Donaghy. ARMAGH: B.McAlinden, J.Donnelly, Thomas Cassidy, J.McCorry, Kieran McNally, Colin Harney, B.Canavan, C.McKinstry, F.McMahon, Tommy Coleman, J.Kernan, Ger Houlahan, J.Corvan, P.Moriarty, P.Rafferty. Subs: J.McKerr for McKinstry, D.Stevenson for Cassidy, B.Hughes for Rafferty.

1985

MONAGHAN: P.Linden, Gene Sherry, G.McCarville, F.Caulfield, Brendan Murray, Ciaran Murray, Declan Flanagan, David Byrne, H.Clerkin, Ray McCarron, Michael O'Dowd, B.Brady, Eamon McEneaney, Eamonn Murphy, N.Hughes. DERRY: John Mackle, Ciaran Keenan, Tony Scullion, Hugh Martin McGurk, Paddy Mackle, Brendan McPeake, Joe Irwin, Plunkett Murphy, Damien Barton, Dermot McNicholl, Eddie McElhinney, Declan McNicholl, Damien Cassidy, Brian Kealey, Terence McGuckian. Subs: Tom Doherty for McElhinney, Eunan Rafferty for Cassidy, Paul McCormack for Declan McNicholl.

1986

TYRONE: A.Skelton, S.Donnelly, C.McGarvey, J.Lynch, K.McCabe, N.McGinn, Joe Mallon, P.Donaghy, Harry McClure, Mickey McClure, E.McKenna, Sean McNally, Stephen Rice, D.O'Hagan, Mickey Mallon. Subs: Pat McKeown for Donnelly, Stephen Conway for Lynch, Enda Kilpatrick for Rice. DOWN: P.Donnan, A.McAulfield, P.Kennedy, Barry Breen, Peter Walsh, P.O'Rourke, Ross Carr, L.Austin, John McCartan, Mickey Linden, G.Blaney, Tony McArdle, John Treanor, A.Rodgers, Brendan Mason. Subs: Brian Conlon for McArdle, Francie McKibben for Traenor, John Trainor for O'Rourke.

1987

DERRY: Damien McCusker, H.M.McGurk, Danny Quinn, T.Scullion, P.McCormack, J.Irwin, Paul McCann, P.Murphy, Brian McGilligan, Enda Gormley, Dermot McNicholl, D.Barton, D.Cassidy, B.Kealey, Kevin McWilliams. Sub: John McGurk for McWilliams. ARMAGH: B.McAlinden, Vinny Loughran, T.Cassidy, J.McCorry, B.Canavan, K.McNally, A.Short, Kieran McGurk, Martin McQuillan, Neil Smyth, Paul Grimley, G.Houlahan, Shane Skelton, Denis Seeley, Jim McConville. Subs: J.McKerr for Grimley, D.McCoy for Smyth, J.Kernan for Seeley.

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MONAGHAN: P.Linden, Gerard Hoey, G.Sherry, Brendan Murray, C.Murray, Declan Loughman, D.Flanagan, Bernie Murray, D.Byrne, R.McCarron, G.McCarville, Owen Hamilton, N.Hughes, E.McEneaney. Sub: E.Murphy for Hamilton. TYRONE: A.Skelton, S.Donnelly, C.McGarvey, Raymond Munroe, J.Lynch, N.McGinn, Paddy Ball, P.Donaghy, H.McClure, K.McCabe, E.McKenna, S.Conway, D.O'Hagan, P.Kerlin, Paudge Quinn. Subs: Paul Byrne for Munroe, S.McNally for Quinn, M.McClure for Kerlin.

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TYRONE: A.Skelton, J.Mallon, C.McGarvey, R.Munroe, Seanie Meyler, E.Kilpatrick, John McGoldrick, P.Donaghy, H.McClure, Ciaran Corr, D.O'Hagan, S.Conway, K.McCabe, E.McKenna, P.Quinn. Subs: N.McGinn for Meyler, M.McClure for Quinn, P.Kerlin for McCabe. DONEGAL: Gary Walsh, John Joe Doherty, John Connors, Brian Tuohy, D.Reid, Martin Gavigan, Martin Shovlin, A.Molloy, Michael Gallagher, Charlie Mulgrew, M.McHugh, J.McMullan, Tommy Ryan, Brian Murray, Marty Carlin. Sub: Leslie McGettigan for Carlin. Replay Changes: Tyrone: S.McNally for McCabe, S.Donnelly for Quinn (Meyler switched to forwards). Subs: K.McCabe for Conway, P.Ball for Mallon. Donegal: B.Dunleavy for JJ Doherty. Subs: L.McGettigan for Carlin, Paddy Gavigan for Murray.

1990

DONEGAL: G.Walsh, J.J.Doherty, M.Gavigan, Matt Gallagher, D.Reid, John Cunningham, M.Shovlin, A.Molloy, B.Murray, James McHugh, M.McHugh, J.McMullan, Declan Bonnar, T.Ryan, Manus Boyle. Subs: Tony Boyle for Ryan, John Ban Gallagher for Murray, Barry McGowan for Bonnar. ARMAGH: B.McAlinden, Padraig O'Neill, Gareth O'Neill, B.Canavan, Leo McGeary, John Grimley, A.Short, Mark Grimley, N.Smyth, Ollie Reel, John Toner, Martin Toye, J.McConville, K.McGurk, G.Houlahan. Sub: Shane Skelton for Toye.

1991

DOWN: Neil Collins, Brendan McKernan, Conor Deegan, Paul Higgins, John Kelly, P.O'Rourke, DJ Kane, B.Breen, Eamonn Burns, R.Carr, G.Blaney, Gary Mason, M.Linden, Peter Withnell, James McCartan. Sub: Michael Quinn for Higgins. DONEGAL: G.Walsh, J.J.Doherty, Sean Bonnar, Matt Gallagher, D.Reid, M.Gavigan, B.McGowan, B.Murray, Michael Gallagher, M.McHugh, C.Mulgrew, J.McMullan, D.Bonnar, T.Boyle, M.Boyle. Subs: Noel Hegarty for S.Bonnar, Pauric Brogan for Murray, J.McHugh for Mulgrew.

1992

DONEGAL: G.Walsh, J.Cunningham, Matt Gallagher, N.Hegarty, D.Reid, M.Gavigan, M.Shovlin, A.Molloy, B.Murray, J.McHugh, T.Ryan, J.McMullan, M.McHugh, T.Boyle, D.Bonnar. Sub: B.McGowan for Boyle. DERRY: D.McCusker, Kieran McKeever, D.Quinn, T.Scullion, J.McGurk, Henry Downey, Gary Coleman, B.McGilligan, Dermot Heaney, Anthony Tohill, Dermot McNicholl, D.Cassidy, Declan Bateson, Seamus Downey, E.Gormley. Subs: D.Barton for Tohill, John McErlean for Quinn, Joe Brolly for Bateson.

1993

DERRY: D.McCusker, K.McKeever, T.Scullion, J.McGurk, Fergal McCusker, H.Downey, G.Coleman, A.Tohill, B.McGilligan, Brian McCormack, D.Barton, D.Cassidy, Stephen Mulvenna, D.Heaney, E.Gormley. Subs: Dermot McNicholl for Heaney, J.Brolly for Mulvenna, Karl Diamond for McNicholl. DONEGAL: G.Walsh, J.J.Doherty, Matt Gallagher, B.McGowan, Mark Crossan, Paul Carr, M.Shovlin, Michael Gallagher, B.Murray, J.McHugh, M.McHugh, J.McMullan, D.Bonnar, M.Boyle, John Duffy. Subs: Mark McShane for Bonnar, A.Molloy for J.McHugh, M.Gavigan for Michael Gallagher.

1994

DOWN: N.Collins, Michael Magill, Brian Burns, P.Higgins, E.Burns, B.Breen, DJ Kane, Gregory McCartan, C.Deegan, R.Carr, G.Blaney, J.McCartan, M.Linden, Aidan Farrell. G.Mason. Sub: P.Withnell for Farrell. TYRONE: Joe Cassidy, Gareth McGirr, Chris Lawn, Fay Devlin, Paul Donnelly, Fergal Logan, Aidan Morris, C.Corr, P.Donaghy, Adrian Cush, Adrian Kilpatrick, Stephen Lawn, Brian Gormley, Peter Canavan, Ciaran Loughran. Subs: Pascal Canavan for Loughran, Paul Devlin for F.Devlin, Mattie McGleenan for Gormley.

1995

TYRONE: Finbarr McConnell, P.Devlin, C.Lawn, F.Devlin, Ronan McGarrity, Seamus McCallan, Sean McLaughlin, Jody Gormley, F.Logan, C.Corr, Pl Canavan, C.Loughran, Ciaran McBride, Peter Canavan, S.Lawn. Subs: A.Cush for McBride, M.McGleenan for McBride. CAVAN: Paul O’Dowd, Aidan Watters, Damien O’Reilly, John Donnellan, Gerry Sheridan, Aidan Connolly, Bernard Morris, S.King, Tommy Smyth, Dermot McCabe, Peter Reilly, Ronan Carolan, Adrian Lambe, Fintan Cahill, John Brady. Subs: Fergal Hartin for Lambe, Anthony Forde for Brady.

1996

TYRONE: F.McConnell, P.Devlin, C.Lawn, F.Devlin, Ronan McGarrity, Seamus McCallan, Sean McLaughlin, J.Gormley, Pl Canavan, Brian Dooher, Gerard Cavlan, A.Cush, C.McBride, Peter Canavan, B.Gormley. Subs: F.Logan for McCallan, Damien Gormley for B.Gormley. DOWN: Michael McVeigh, Finbar Caulfield, B.Burns, P.Higgins, G.Mason, M.Magill, DJ Kane, C.Deegan, G.McCartan, R.Carr, J.Treanor, J.McCartan, M.Linden, P.Withnell, G.Blaney. Subs: Cathal Murray for Kane, A.Farrell for Treanor, Ciaran McCabe for Deegan.

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CAVAN: P.O’Dowd, Philip Kermath, Ciaran Brady, G.Sheridan, Terry Farrelly, B.Morris, Patrick Sheils, S.King, D.McCabe, P.Reilly, R.Carolan, Raymond Cunningham, Larry Reilly, F.Cahill, D.O’Reilly. Subs: Jason Reilly for Cahill, Phil Smith for King, Mickey Graham for L.Reilly. DERRY: D.McCusker, K.McKeever, David O’Neill, Johnny McBride, Sean Martin Lockhart, H.Downey, G.Coleman, A.Tohill, D.Heaney, F.McCusker, Dermot Dougan, Gary McGill, J.Brolly, S.Downey, Joe Cassidy. Subs: Gary Doyle for McGill, Karl Diamond for Dougan. DERRY: Eoin McCloskey, K.McKeever, SM Lockhart, G.Coleman, D.O'Neill, H.Downey, Paul McFlynn, A.Tohill, Enda Muldoon, G.McGill, D.Dougan, E.Burns, J.Brolly, S.Downey, J.Cassidy. Subs: D.Heaney for Burns, E.Gormley for S.Downey, Geoffrey McGonigle for Cassidy. DONEGAL: Tony Blake, B.McGowan, JJ Doherty, M.Crossan, Damien Diver, N.Hegarty, Noel McGinley, Jim McGuinness, Martin Coll, J.Duffy, Adrian Sweeney, John Gildea, M.Boyle, T.Boyle, Brendan Devenney. Subs: James Ruane for Crossan, J.McHugh for Sweeney, Brian McLaughlin for M.Boyle.

1999

ARMAGH: Benny Tierney, Enda McNulty, Ger Reid, Justin McNulty, Kieran Hughes, Kieran McGeeney, Andrew McCann, Jarlath Burns, Paul McGrane, Paddy McKeever, John McEntee, John Rafferty, Cathal O’Rourke, Diarmaid Marsden, Oisin McConville. Subs: Tony McEntee for Rafferty, G.Houlahan for O’Rourke. DOWN: M.McVeigh, F.Caulfield, Sean Ward, Paudie Matthews, P.Higgins, M.Magill, Simon Poland, B.Burns, Alan Molloy, R.Carr, Shane Mulholland, Gerard Deegan, M.Linden, C.McCabe, Shane Ward. Subs: G.McCartan for Molloy, A.Farrell for Deegan, J.McCartan for Linden.

2000

ARMAGH: B.Tierney, E.McNulty, G.Reid, J.McNulty, K.Hughes, K.McGeeney, A.McCann, J.McEntee, P.McGrane, C.O'Rourke, Barry O'Hagan, P.McKeever, Stephen McDonnell, T.McEntee, O.McConville. Subs: A.O'Neill for McKeever, James Byrne for O'Hagan. DERRY: E.McCloskey; SM Lockhart, K.McKeever, G.Coleman, P.McFlynn, H.Downey, Niall McCusker A.Tohill, D.Heaney, E.Burns, D.Dougan, J.Cassidy, Paddy Bradley, E.Muldoon, J.McBride. Subs: J.Brolly for Bradley, Ronan Rocks for Burns, S.Downey for Dougan, F.McCusker for Cassidy.

2001

TYRONE: Tyrone: F.McConnell, Ciaran Gourley, Colin Holmes, Michael McGee, Ryan McMenamin, Sean Teague, Declan McCrossan, Cormac McAnallen, Kevin Hughes, B.Dooher, Stephen O’Neill, Pl Canavan, Owen Mulligan, Peter Canavan, G.Cavlan. Subs: C.Lawn for Teague, Brian McGuigan for Mulligan, Eoin Gormley for Dooher, D.Gormley for McGuigan. CAVAN: Aaron Donohoe, Rory Donohoe, Thomas Prior, Michael Brides, Edward Jackson, A.Forde, James Doonan, D.McCabe, Barry McCrudden, P.Reilly, Paul Galligan, John Tierney, Finbar O’Reilly, J.Reilly, L.Reilly. Subs: G.Sheridan for Rory Donohoe, M.Graham for Tierney, Hubert Smith for Jackson, B.Morris for Galligan.

2002

ARMAGH: B.Tierney, Francie Bellew, E.McNulty, J.McNulty, A.O’Rourke, K.McGeeney, K.Hughes, John Toal, P.McGrane, P.McKeever, J.McEntee, O.McConville, S.McDonnell, R.Clarke, D.Marsden. Subs: B.O’Hagan for McKeever, Philip Loughran for Toal. DONEGAL: T.Blake, M.Crossan, Shane Carr, N.McGinley, Raymond Sweeney, Barry Monaghan, Kevin Cassidy, J.Gildea, J.McGuinness, Christy Toye, Michael Hegarty, Paul McGonigle, A.Sweeney, B.Devenney, Brian Roper. Subs: D.Diver for Carr, Eamonn Doherty for Crossan, Colm McFadden for Toye, Kevin Rafferty for McGonigle, Brendan Boyle for Roper.PAGE 8

2003

TYRONE: John Devine, R.McMenamin, C.Lawn, Dermot Carlin, Conor Gormley, D.McCrossan, Philip Jordan, C.McAnallen, Sean Cavanagh, B.Dooher, B.McGuigan, K.Hughes, Enda McGinley, Peter Canavan, O. Mulligan. Subs: C.Gourley for McCrossan, Brian Robinson for Lawn. DOWN: M.McVeigh, A.Molloy, Martin Cole, B.Burns, John Lavery, Aidan O'Prey, John Clarke, S.Ward, G.McCartan, Liam Doyle, Ronan Sexton, Benny Coulter, Michael Walsh, Dan Gordon, Ronan Murtagh. Subs: J.McCartan for Murtagh, Shane King for Sexton, Patrick McCartan for Walsh, M.Linden for Ward. Replay Changes: Tyrone: Pascal McConnell for Devine, McAnallen to full-back for Lawn, Gourley for McCrossan, Hughes to midfield and Seamus Mulgrew in at LHF. Subs: Cavlan for Dooher, Frank McGuigan for McGinley, Michael Coleman for B.McGuigan. Down: Brendan Grant for G.McCartan, Burns to midfield, J.McCartan for Sexton. Subs: Colm McCrickard for Walsh, Declan Sheeran for Burns, Adrian Scullion for Molloy, Glen McMahon for Coulter.

NOTES:

Sean O'Neill and Dan McCartan played in fifteen Ulster finals between 1959-75. They both picked up seven winners medals along the way. Colm McAlarney played in ten finals from 1966-81 (winning five), and Brian McAlinden played in seven finals from 1977-90 (winning three). Joe Kernan, Joyce McMullan and Martin McHugh have all played in six finals, while the list on five reads: Peter Canavan, Kevin McCabe, Ciaran McGarvey, Eugene McKenna, Greg Blaney, Ross Carr, Anthony Molloy, Donal Reid, Gary Walsh, John Joe Doherty, Martin Gavigan, Brian Murray, James McHugh, Kieran McKeever, Henry Downey, Gary Coleman, Anthony Tohill, Dermot Heaney and Joe Brolly. Ger Houlahan played in four finals from 1984-99. ■

ULSTER FINAL CAPTAINS 1950-2003 WINNER ....................................LOSER 1950 Pat O’Neill (Armagh) ..............John Joe O’Reilly (Cavan) 1951 Kevin Armstrong (Antrim)..........John Joe O’Reilly (Cavan) 1952 Mick Higgins (Cavan) ................John Rice (Monaghan) 1953 Sean Quinn (Armagh) ................Mick Higgins (Cavan) 1954 Simon Deignan (Cavan) ............Mick O’Hanlon (Armagh) 1955 Phil Brady (Cavan) ..................Roddy Gribben (Derry) 1956 Jody O'Neill (Tyrone) ....................Phil Brady (Cavan) 1957 Eddie Devlin (Tyrone) ................Jim McKeever (Derry) 1958 Jim McKeever (Derry) ................Kevin Mussen (Down) 1959 Kevin Mussen (Down) ................Tom Maguire (Cavan) 1960 Kevin Mussen (Down) ..............Jim McDonnell (Cavan) 1961 Kevin Mussen (Down)..................Harry Hoy (Armagh) 1962 Jim McDonnell (Cavan) ..............Paddy Doherty (Down) 1963 George Lavery (Down) ..............Sean Ferriter (Donegal) 1964 Jim McDonnell (Cavan) ..............George Lavery (Down) 1965 Sean O'Neill (Down)..................Tom Maguire (Cavan) 1966 Dan McCartan (Down) ..........Mickey McLoone (Donegal) 1967 Charlie Gallagher (Cavan) ............Dan McCartan (Down) 1968 Joe Lennon (Down) ..............Charlie Gallagher (Cavan) 1969 Charlie Gallagher (Cavan) ..............Sean O’Neill (Down) 1970 Sean O'Connell (Derry) ..........Tony McAtamney (Antrim) 1971 Colm McAlarney (Down) ............Sean O’Connell (Derry) 1972 Frankie McFeely (Donegal) ..........Peter Mulgrew (Tyrone) 1973 Frank McGuigan (Tyrone) ..............Mickey Cole (Down) 1974 Pauric McShea (Donegal)..............Peter Rooney (Down) 1975 Peter Stevenson (Derry) ........Mickey Cunningham (Down) 1976 Peter Stevenson (Derry) ................Pat Tinnelly (Cavan) 1976(R) Peter Stevenson (Derry) ............Enda McGowan (Cavan) 1977 Jimmy Smyth (Armagh) ............Anthony McGurk (Derry) 1978 Colm McAlarney (Down) ............Enda McGowan (Cavan) 1979 Brendan Brady (Monaghan) ..........Finian Ward (Donegal) 1980 Paddy Moriarty (Armagh) ............Kevin McCabe (Tyrone) 1981 Tommy McGovern (Down) ........Colm McKinstry (Armagh) 1982 Colm McKinstry (Armagh) ....Arthur McCaffrey (Fermanagh) 1983 Michael Lafferty (Donegal)................Jim Reilly (Cavan) 1984 Eugene McKenna (Tyrone) ........Paddy Moriarty (Armagh) 1985 Gene Sherry (Monaghan) ..............John Mackle (Derry) 1986 Eugene McKenna (Tyrone) ..............Liam Austin (Down) 1987 Plunkett Murphy (Derry)..........Brian McAlinden (Armagh) 1988 Ciaran Murray (Monaghan) ......Plunkett Donaghy (Tyrone) 1989 Plunkett Donaghy (Tyrone)........Anthony Molloy (Donegal) 1990 Anthony Molloy (Donegal)..........Brian Canavan (Armagh) 1991 Paddy O'Rourke (Down)..........Charlie Mulgrew (Donegal) 1992 Anthony Molloy (Donegal)............Henry Downey (Derry) 1993 Henry Downey (Derry)............Martin McHugh (Donegal) 1994 DJ Kane (Down) ......................Ciaran Corr (Tyrone) 1995 Ciaran Corr (Tyrone)................Damien O’Reilly (Cavan) 1996 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) ..............Mickey Linden (Down) 1997 Stephen King (Cavan) ..............Kieran McKeever (Derry) 1998 Kieran McKeever (Derry) ........John Joe Doherty (Donegal) 1999 Jarlath Burns (Armagh) ..............Michael Magill (Down) 2000 Kieran McGeeney (Armagh) ..........Anthony Tohill (Derry) 2001 Sean Teague (Tyrone) ..................Peter Reilly (Cavan) 2002 Kieran McGeeney (Armagh) ........Mark Crossan (Donegal) 2003 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) ................Brian Burns (Down)

NOTES ■ Peter Canavan has joined an elite list of captains who have lifted the Anglo Celt cup on two occasions since 1950. The others are Kieran McGeeney, Jim McDonnell, Charlie Gallagher, Peter Stevenson, Eugene McKenna, Anthony Molloy, and Colm McAlarney. However, one man has the distinction of being the Ulster Final winning captain three times in the same period - Kevin Mussen of Down. He was also the losing captain in 1958.

TOP SCORERS IN ULSTER SFC 1945-2003 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Peter Donohoe (Cavan) ....................................3-7 Joe McCallin (Antrim) ......................................2-11 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) ....................................2-8 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) ..................................3-12 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) ..................................4-10 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) ..................................3-18 Joe McCallin (Antrim) ......................................3-14 John Joe Cassidy (Cavan) ..................................1-7 Art O’Hagan (Armagh) ......................................3-4 Brian Gallagher (Cavan) ..................................0-14 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) ..................................0-14 Frankie Donnelly (Tyrone) ..............................0-13 Victor Sherlock (Cavan)......................................2-7 Frankie Donnelly (Tyrone) ..............................1-14 Paddy Doherty (Down) ....................................3-14 Paddy Doherty (Down) ....................................1-17 Con Smith (Cavan) ..........................................1-17 Paddy Doherty (Down) ....................................1-16 Seamus McMahon (Cavan) ................................2-5 Frankie Donnelly (Tyrone) ..............................0-11 Harry Laverty (Donegal) ..................................2-10 Charlie Gallagher (Cavan) ..............................0-19 Charlie Gallagher (Cavan) ..............................2-29 PT Treacy (Fermanagh) ....................................4-13 Charlie Gallagher (Cavan) ..............................0-19 Paddy Doherty (Down) ....................................1-17 Sean Woods (Monaghan) ................................2-10 Gene Cusack (Cavan) ........................................3-7 Andy McCallin (Antrim) ..................................3-15 Sean O'Connell (Derry) ....................................1-18 Joe Winston (Donegal) ....................................0-26 Patsy Hetherington(Tyrone) ............................0-17 Seamus Bonnar (Donegal) ................................6-4 Willie Walsh (Down) ..........................................3-8 Steve Duggan (Cavan) ....................................1-22 Brendan Kelly (Derry) ......................................2-10 Donal Donohoe (Cavan) ..................................0-12 Kieran Finlay (Monaghan) ..............................1-18 Patsy Hetherington(Tyrone) ............................1-12 Patsy Kerlin (Tyrone) ..........................................4-3 Eamon McEneaney (Monaghan) ....................1-17 Brendan McGovern (Down) ............................1-17 John Corvan (Armagh) ......................................1-9 Peter McGinnity(Fermanagh) ............................1-9 Derek McDonnell (Cavan) ..............................4-11 Frank McGuigan (Tyrone) ................................0-19 Eamon McEneaney (Monaghan) ....................3-16 Brendan Mason (Down) ..................................3-17 Enda Gormley (Derry) ......................................0-20 Stephen Conway (Tyrone) ..............................0-17 Martin McHugh (Donegal) ..............................2-16 Manus Boyle (Donegal) ..................................1-16 Ross Carr (Down)..............................................0-21 Enda Gormley (Derry) ......................................0-25 John Toner (Armagh) ......................................0-23 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) ..................................1-17 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) ..................................0-20 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) ..................................3-13 Joe Brolly (Derry) ............................................3-15 Joe Brolly (Derry) ............................................1-10 Tony Boyle (Donegal) ......................................0-13 Oisin McConville (Armagh) ............................3-18 Rory Gallagher (Fermanagh) ..........................1-19 Rory Gallagher (Fermanagh) ..........................0-16 Rory Gallagher (Fermanagh) ..........................4-12 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) ..................................1-38

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ULSTER IN THE ALL IRELAND SERIES

(Semi-final unless otherwise stated) 1911 FINAL 1912 FINAL 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 FINAL 1929 1930 FINAL 1931 1932 1933 FINAL 1934 1935 FINAL 1936 1937 FINAL 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 FINAL 1944 1945 FINAL 1946 1947 FINAL 1948 FINAL 1949 FINAL 1950 1951 1952 FINAL 1953 FINAL 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 FINAL 1959 1960 FINAL 1961 FINAL 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 FINAL 1969 1970 1971 1972

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........................ Antrim ............1-2 ........................ Antrim ............1-2 Cavan..............1-2 Cavan..............1-1 Cavan..............2-3 Cavan..............0-1 Monaghan......0-2 Cavan..............2-5 Cavan..............2-5 Monaghan......0-1 Monaghan......1-6 Monaghan......0-2 Cavan..............1-5 Cavan..............0-8 Cavan..............1-5 Cavan..............2-5 Cavan..............0-8 Cavan..............1-7 Cavan..............3-6 Cavan..............1-5 Cavan..............2-5 Cavan..............1-7 (R: 1-8 2-5) Monaghan......2-3 Cavan..............1-1 Cavan..............0-8 Cavan..............1-4 Cavan..............1-3 Cavan..............1-8 Cavan..............2-2 Cavan..............1-3 Cavan..............1-4 Cavan..............0-7 Antrim ............0-10 Cavan..............2-4 Cavan..............2-11 Cavan..............1-14 Cavan..............4-5 Cavan..............1-9 Cavan..............1-6 Armagh ..........0-6 Antrim ............1-7 Cavan..............0-10 Cavan..............0-9 Armagh ..........0-8 Armagh ..........1-6 Cavan..............0-7 Cavan..............0-5 (R: 1-13 2-10) Tyrone ............0-6 Tyrone ............0-7 Derry ..............2-6 Derry ..............1-9 Down ..............1-4 Down ..............1-7 (R: 1-10 2-7) Down ..............2-10 Down ..............1-12 Down ..............3-6 Cavan..............1-6 Down ..............0-7 Cavan..............0-6 Down ..............0-7 Down ..............1-9 Cavan..............0-12 Down ..............2-10 Down ..............2-12 Cavan..............1-10 (R: 1-9 0-12) Derry ..............0-10 Down ..............2-7 Donegal..........2-10

........................ Cork ................6-6 ........................ Louth ..............1-7 Kerry ..............1-3 Dublin ............0-6 Kerry ..............1-7 Kerry ..............1-6 Kildare ............1-7 Sligo................0-4 Kildare ............2-6 Kildare ............0-9 Kildare ............1-4 Kerry ..............3-11 Kildare ............0-10 Mayo ..............2-4 Kerry ..............0-5 Galway............1-4 Galway............1-8 Tipperary ........0-8 Kildare ............2-5 Laois................2-6 Mayo ..............1-7 Kerry ..............4-4 Galway............2-10 Meath ............1-9 Kerry ..............3-4 Galway............1-12 Dublin ............1-6 Cork ................1-7 Roscommon....2-7 Roscommon....5-8 Wexford..........0-5 Cork ................2-5 Kerry ..............2-7 Roscommon....0-6 Kerry ..............2-7 Louth ..............4-2 Mayo ..............4-4 Cork ................2-3 Meath ............1-10 Mayo ..............3-9 Meath ............2-6 Cork ................2-3 Meath ............0-5 Roscommon....0-7 Kerry ..............0-13 Meath ............1-5 Kerry ..............4-7 Galway............0-8 Louth ..............0-13 Kerry ..............2-5 Dublin ............2-12 Galway............1-11 Offaly..............1-5 Kerry ..............0-8 Kerry ..............0-9 Offaly..............2-8 Roscommon....1-8 Dublin ............2-11 Kerry ..............2-12 Galway............0-10 Meath ............2-16 Cork ................2-7 Galway............2-8 Kerry ..............1-13 Offaly..............3-18 Kerry ..............0-23 Galway............3-11 Offaly..............1-17

1973 1974 1975 1976 1977

Tyrone ............2-4 Donegal..........1-14 Derry ..............3-8 Derry ..............1-10 Armagh ..........0-15 (R: 3-9 2-12) FINAL Armagh ..........3-6 1978 Down ..............0-8 1979 Monaghan......0-7 1980 Armagh ..........3-11 1981 Down ..............0-6 1982 Armagh ..........1-11 1983 Donegal..........1-11 1984 Tyrone ............0-8 1985 Monaghan......0-10 (R: 2-9 1-12) 1986 Tyrone ............1-12 FINAL Tyrone ............1-10 1987 Derry ..............0-8 1988 Monaghan......0-6 1989 Tyrone ............1-6 1990 Donegal..........1-7 1991 Down ..............2-9 FINAL Down ..............1-16 1992 Donegal..........0-13 FINAL Donegal..........0-18 1993 Derry ..............0-15 FINAL Derry ..............1-14 1994 Down ..............1-13 FINAL Down ..............1-12 1995 Tyrone ............1-13 FINAL Tyrone ............0-12 1996 Tyrone ............0-12 1997 Cavan..............1-10 1998 Derry ..............1-8 1999 Armagh ..........2-5 2000 Armagh ..........1-15 (R: 2-11 2-11) 2001 QF: Derry ......1-9 SF: Derry ........1-11 2002 QF: Donegal ..0-7 QF: Armagh ..1-16 SF: Armagh....1-14 FINAL Armagh ........1-12 2003 QF: Tyrone ....1-21 QF: Armagh ..0-15 QF: Donegal ..0-14 (R: 0-14 1-11) SF: Tyrone ......0-13 SF: Armagh....2-10 FINAL Tyrone ..........0-12

Cork ................5-10 Galway............3-13 Dublin ............3-13 Kerry ..............5-14 Roscommon....0-14 Dublin ............5-12 Dublin ............1-16 Kerry ..............5-14 Roscommon....2-20 Offaly..............0-12 Kerry ..............3-15 Galway............1-12 Dublin ............2-11 Kerry ..............2-9 Galway............1-9 Kerry ..............2-15 Meath ............0-15 Cork ................1-14 Mayo ..............0-12 Meath ............3-9 Kerry ..............0-8 Meath ............1-14 Mayo ..............0-9 Dublin ............0-14 Dublin ............0-14 Cork ................2-7 Cork ................0-11 Dublin ............0-13 Galway............0-13 Dublin ............1-10 Meath ............2-15 Kerry ..............1-17 Galway............0-16 Meath ............0-15 Kerry ..............2-15 Tyrone ..........0-7 Galway ..........1-14 Dublin............1-14 Sligo ..............0-17 Dublin............1-13 Kerry..............0-14 Fermanagh....0-5 Laois ..............0-13 Galway ..........0-11 Kerry..............0-6 Donegal ........1-9 Armagh ........0-9

ALL IRELAND ROLL OF HONOUR Kerry ..................................................................31 Dublin ................................................................22 Galway ..................................................................9 Meath ..................................................................7 Cork ......................................................................6 CAVAN, DOWN, Wexford ....................................5 Kildare, Tipperary ................................................4 Louth, Mayo, Offaly ............................................3 Limerick, Roscommon ..........................................2 ARMAGH, DERRY, DONEGAL & TYRONE............1

ULSTER APPEARANCES IN THE FINAL Cavan ..................................................................10 Down ....................................................................5 Armagh & Tyrone ................................................3 Antrim & Derry ....................................................2 Monaghan & Donegal ........................................1 TOTAL ................................................................26

ALL IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS 2001-2003 2001 Round 1 Antrim ..........0-13 Armagh ........1-13 Donegal ........0-15 Round 2 Antrim ..........0-7 Kildare ..........1-17 Monaghan ....0-10 Round 3 Galway ..........0-13 Laois ..............0-8 Round 4 Derry..............1-14

Leitrim ..........1-8 Down ............2-4 Fermanagh....1-6 Derry..............0-10 Donegal ........1-16 Armagh ........2-12 Armagh ........0-12 Derry..............1-8 Cavan ............2-7

2002 Round 1 Antrim ..........1-10 Cavan ............0-11 (R: aet 2-12 1-15) Longford ......1-16 Louth ............2-11 Wexford ........0-10 Round 2 Derry..............2-13 Leitrim ..........1-22 Westmeath....0-7 Round 3 Fermanagh....0-4 Tyrone ..........1-17 Round 4 Donegal ........1-13 Sligo ..............1-14

Westmeath....0-14 Limerick ........2-8 Down ............0-14 Monaghan ....1-8 Tyrone ..........1-9 Longford ......0-9 Tyrone ..........0-7 Fermanagh....0-14 Kerry..............2-15 Derry..............1-12 Meath............0-14 Tyrone ..........0-12

2003 Round 1 Wexford ........0-9 Donegal ........1-17 Waterford ....0-8 Louth ............2-6 Monaghan ....0-14 Round 2 Monaghan ....0-12 Antrim ..........0-12 Donegal ........0-16 Derry..............1-9 Femanagh ....0-16 Round 3 Donegal ........2-19 Dublin............0-11 Fermanagh....1-12 Round 4 Fermanagh....0-12 Limerick ........0-11 Donegal ........3-15

Derry..............3-10 Longford ......1-11 Armagh ........2-21 Cavan ............1-12 Westmeath....1-9 Meath............2-10 Armagh ........0-15 Sligo ..............0-11 Dublin............3-9 Cavan ............1-10 Tipperary ......0-15 Armagh ........0-15 Meath............0-9 Mayo ............1-8 Armagh ........4-10 Down ............2-10

1911 1912 1928

ULSTER TEAMS IN ALL IRELAND SERIES 1961

ANTRIM: Harry Sheehan, Hugh Kane, J.Murphy, Paddy Barnes, J.Mulvihill, P.Moylan, P.L.Kelly, J.M.Darby, C.McCurry, J.Fegan, J.Mullan, E.Gorman, J.Healy, John Coburn, W.Manning, P.Meany, W.Williams. ANTRIM: J.Coburn, J.Monaghan, P.Moylan, T.Meany, H.Sheehan, P.L.Kelly, W.Manning, J.Murphy, W.Goggins, L.Waters, J.Mulvihill, E.Ward, J.Mullan, E.Gorman, P.Barnes, M.Maguire, Joe Gallagher. CAVAN: J.D.Morgan, George Malcolmson, Tom Campbell, Herbie Clegg, Harry Mulvanny, Patsy Lynch, Jack Clarke, Jim Smith, Hughie O'Reilly, Willie Higgins, Packie Devlin, James Murphy, Andy Conlon, Willie Young, Sean Farrelly. Sub: Tom Crowe. MONAGHAN: Paddy Kilroy, Tommy Bradley, Tom Shevlin, Joe Farrell, Peter Duffy, Paddy Heeran, Jimmy Duffy, Peter Lambe, Billy Mason, Mickey McAleer, Christy Fisher, Sean O'Carroll, Peter McConnon, Jimmy Sexton, Jim Brannigan. Subs: P.J.Duffy, Joe Finnegan, Pat McGrane. CAVAN: W.Young, Willie Connolly, P.Lynch, Mick Dinneny, Terry Coyle, J.Smith, Packie Phair, H.O'Reilly, Tom O'Reilly, Donal Morgan, P.Devlin, Jack Smallhorn, Vincent McGovern, Louis Blessing, MJ (Sonny) Magee. CAVAN: W.Young, W.Connolly, J.Smith, M.Dinneny, Terry Dolan, T.O'Reilly, P.Phair, H.O'Reilly, Tom O'Reilly (Mullahoran), D.Morgan, P.Devlin, J.Smallhorn, Paddy Boylan, L.Blessing, M.J.Magee. CAVAN: W.Young, Eugene Finnegan, J.Smith, M.Denneny, Dan Kerrigan, T.O'Reilly, JJ O'Reilly, Vincent White, Paddy Smith, D.Morgan, P.Devlin, J.Smallhorn, P.Boylan, L.Blessing, MJ Magee. CAVAN: Dessie Benson, E.Finnegan, Barney Cully, Peter Paul Galligan, Gerry Smith, T.O'Reilly, John Joe O'Reilly, Simon Deignan, TP O'Reilly, D.Morgan, P.Smith, Mick Higgins, P.Boylan, Joe Stafford, Harry Rodgers. CAVAN: Brendan Kelly, T.O'Reilly, B.Cully, PP Galligan, John Wilson, JJ O'Reilly, P.Smith, Tony Tighe, S.Deignan, Jack Boylan, Fonsie Cummiskey, TP O'Reilly, J.Stafford, Peter Donohue, PJ Duke. CAVAN: Val Gannon, Willie Doonan, Brian Reilly, Paddy Smith (Pullamore), J.Wilson, JJ O'Reilly, S.Deignan, PJ Duke, Phil Brady, T.Tighe, M.Higgins, Columba McDyer, J.Stafford, P.Donohue, TP O'Reilly. CAVAN: D.Benson, W.Doonan, B.Reilly, P.Smith, PJ Duke, JJ O'Reilly, S.Deignan, P.Brady, Victor Sherlock, T.Tighe, M.Higgins, John Joe Cassidy, J.Stafford, P.Donohue, Edwin Carolan. CAVAN: Seamus Morris, James McCabe, P.Smith, Owen Roe McGovern, PJ Duke, JJO'Reilly, S.Deignan, P.Brady, V.Sherlock, T.Tighe, M.Higgins, JJ Cassidy, J.Stafford, P.Donohue, E.Carolan. CAVAN: S.Morris, J.McCabe, P.Brady, Dessie Maguire, Paddy Carolan, Liam Maguire, B.Reilly, V.Sherlock, Tom Hardy, Seamus Hetherton, M.Higgins, E.Carolan, JJ Cassidy, T.Tighe, Johnny Cusack. ARMAGH: Eamon McMahon, Eugene Morgan, Jack Bratten, John McKnight, Frank Kernan, Pat O'Neill, Sean Quinn, Mick O'Hanlon, Malachy McEvoy, Joe Cunningham, Brian Seeley, Bill McCorry, Pat Campbell, Art O'Hagan, Gerry O'Neill. Subs: Gerry Wilson for McMahon, Gerry Murphy for Wilson, Joe O'Hare for Quinn. DERRY: Patsy Gormley, Patsy McLarnon, Hugh Francis Gribben, Tommy Doherty, Patsy Breen, Colm Mulholland, Peter Smith, Jim McKeever, Phil Stuart, Sean O'Connell, Brendan Murray, Denis McKeever, Brian Mullan, Owen Gribben, Charlie Higgins. Subs: Roddy Gribben for Higgins, Leo O'Neill for Mullan, Colm O'Neill for Breen. DOWN: Eamon McKay, George Lavery, Leo Murphy, Pat Rice, Kevin Mussen, Dan McCartan, Kevin O'Neill, Joe Lennon, Jarlath Carey, Sean O'Neill, Jim McCartan, Paddy Doherty, Tony Hadden, Patsy O'Hagan, Brian Morgan. Sub: Kieran Denvir for Lennon.

1930

DOWN: E.McKay, G.Lavery, L.Murphy, P.Rice, P.O'Hagan, D.McCartan, John Smith, J.Carey, J.Lennon, S.O'Neill, J.McCartan, P.Doherty, T.Hadden, PJ McElroy, B.Morgan. Subs: K.O'Neill for Rice and Rice for Lavery.

1968

DOWN: Danny Kelly, Brendan Sloan, D.McCartan, Tom O'Hare, Ray McConville, Willie Doyle, J.Lennon, Jim Milligan, Colm McAlarney, Mickey Cole, P.Doherty, John Murphy, Peter Rooney, S.O'Neill, John Purdy. Subs: Larry Powell for Lennon, George Glynn for Powell.

1977

ARMAGH: Brian McAlinden, Denis Stevenson, Tom McCreesh, Jim McKerr, Kevin Rafferty, Paddy Moriarty, Joey Donnelly, Joe Kernan, Colm McKinstry, Larry Kearns, Jimmy Smyth, Noel Marley, Sean Devlin, Peter Trainor, Peter Loughran. Subs: Jim Loughran for Donnelly, Sean Daly for Marley, Frank Toman for McKerr.

1933

1986

1935 1937 1943

1991

1945 1947 1948 1949 1952 1953

1993

1958 1960

TYRONE: Aiden Skelton, Joe Mallon, Ciaran McGarvey, John Lynch, Kevin McCabe, Noel McGinn, Paddy Ball, Plunkett Donaghy, Harry McClure, Mickey McClure, Eugene McKenna, Sean McNally, Mickey Mallon, Damien O'Hagan, Paudge Quinn. Subs: Stephen Conway for Lynch, Stephen Rice for McKenna, Aidan O'Hagan for Mickey Mallon. DOWN: Neil Collins, Brendan McKernan, Conor Deegan, Paul Higgins, DJ Kane, Paddy O’Rourke, John Kelly, Barry Breen, Eamonn Burns, Ross Carr, Greg Blaney, Gary Mason, Mickey Linden, Peter Withnell, James McCartan. Subs: Liam Austin for Breen, Ambrose Rodgers for Withnell.

1992

DONEGAL: Gary Walsh, Barry McGowan, Matt Gallagher, Noel Hegarty, Donal Reid, Martin Gavigan, John Joe Doherty, Anthony Molloy, Brian Murray, Joyce McMullen, Martin McHugh, James McHugh, Declan Bonnar, Tony Boyle, Manus Boyle. Sub: Barry Cunningham for Murray.

DERRY: Damien McCusker, Kieran McKeever, Tony Scullion, Fergal McCusker, John McGurk, Henry Downey, Gary Coleman, Brian McGilligan, Anthony Tohill, Dermot Heaney, Damien Barton, Damien Cassidy, Joe Brolly, Seamus Downey, Enda Gormley. Subs: Dermot McNicholl for Cassidy, Eamonn Burns for S.Downey.

1994

DOWN: N.Collins, Michael Magill, Brian Burns, P.Higgins, E.Burns, B.Breen, DJ Kane, Gregory McCartan, C.Deegan, R.Carr, G.Blaney, J.McCartan, M.Linden, Aidan Farrell, G.Mason. Sub: Gerard Colgan for Deegan.

1995

TYRONE: Finbarr McConnell, Paul Devlin, Chris Lawn, Fay Devlin, Ronan McGarrity, Seamus McCallan, Sean McLaughlin, Jody Gormley, Fergal Logan, Ciaran Corr, Pascal Canavan, Ciaran Loughran, Ciaran McBride, Peter Canavan, Stephen Lawn. Subs: Mattie McGleenan for Loughran, Brian Gormley for S.Lawn, Paul Donnelly for McCallan.

2002

ARMAGH: Brendan Tierney, Enda McNulty, Justin McNulty, Francie Bellew, Aidan O’Rourke, Kieran McGeeney, Andrew McCann, John Toal, Paul McGrane, Paddy McKeever, John McEntee, Oisin McConville, Stephen McDonnell, Ronan Clarke, Diarmaid Marsden. Subs: Barry O’Hagan for J.McEntee, Tony McEntee for McKeever.

2003

TYRONE: John Devine, Ciaran Gourley, Cormac McAnallen, Ryan McMenamin, Conor Gormley, Gavin Devlin, Philip Jordan, Kevin Hughes, Sean Cavanagh, Brian Dooher, Brian McGuigan, Ger Cavlan, Enda McGinley, Peter Canavan, Owen Mulligan. Subs: Stephen O’Neill for McGuigan, Brian McGuigan for Canavan, Canavan for Cavlan, Collie Holmes for Gourley, C.Lawn for Gormley. ARMAGH: Paul Hearty, Andy Mallon, E.McNulty, F.Bellew, A.O’Rourke, K.McGeeney, A.McCann, P.McGrane, Philip Loughran, R.Clarke, J.McEntee, O.McConville, S.McDonnell, D.Marsden, T.McEntee. Subs: P.McKeever for Marsden, Kieran Hughes for Mallon, Marsden for Clarke, B.O’Hagan for J.McEntee.

Tyrone, All Ireland Champions 2003.

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3. 1931 1933 1947 1948 1950 1953 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1968 1970 1976 1983 1985 1986 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1998 2000 2002 2003

Cavan..............1-2 Cavan..............1-6 DERRY ............2-9 CAVAN ............5-9 (R: 2-11 3-8) Cavan..............0-12 Cavan..............2-8 Cavan..............0-9 Derry ..............1-9 DOWN ............0-12 Derry ..............1-5 DOWN ............2-5 Down ..............1-5 Down ..............0-7 DOWN ............2-14 Down ..............0-10 Derry ..............0-15 DOWN ............1-8 Monaghan......1-11 Monaghan......2-5 Down ..............0-11 DERRY ............1-10 Donegal..........0-6 (R: 0-9 0-9) Armagh ..........0-8 Derry ..............0-12 Derry ..............1-16 Derry ..............0-7 DERRY ............1-8 (R: 1-12 1-12) TYRONE ........0-16 TYRONE ........0-21 HF = Home Final

ULSTER IN NATIONAL LEAGUE FINALS 1927-2003 Kerry ..............1-3 Meath ............0-10 Clare ..............2-5 Cork ................2-8 New York........2-8 Meath ............1-6 HF Dublin ............4-6 Kerry ..............2-8 Cavan..............0-9 Kerry ..............4-16 Dublin ............1-7 Kerry ..............0-9 HF Dublin ............2-9 HF Kildare ............2-11 Mayo ..............4-7 Dublin ............2-10 Armagh ..........0-8 Armagh ..........0-9 Laois................2-6 Meath ............2-7 Tyrone ............1-8 Dublin ............0-10 Meath ............2-11 Donegal..........0-8 Donegal..........1-9 Offaly..............0-9 Meath ............0-9 Cavan ............0-7 Laois ..............1-8

WINNING CAPTAINS IN LEAGUE FINALS 1947 1948 1960 1962 1968 1983 1985 1992 1995 1996 2000 2002 2003

Pat Keenan ........................................(Derry) John Joe O'Reilly ..............................(Cavan) Kevin Mussen ....................................(Down) Paddy Doherty ..................................(Down) Joe Lennon ........................................(Down) Mark Turley ........................................(Down) Gene Sherry ..............................(Monaghan) Henry Downey ....................................(Derry) Tony Scullion ......................................(Derry) Henry Downey ....................................(Derry) Anthony Tohill ....................................(Derry) Peter Canavan ..............................(Tyrone) Peter Canavan ..............................(Tyrone)

1947

Peter Canavan with the National League trophy in 2002.

ROLL OF HONOUR Kerry 16, Mayo 11, Dublin 8, Meath 7, Derry, Cork 5, Down, Galway 4, New York 3, Laois & Tyrone 2, Cavan, Longford, Monaghan & Roscommon 1

WINNING TEAMS 1995

DERRY: Charlie Moran, Seamus Keenan, Jack Convery, Joe Hurley, John Murphy, Matt (Sonny) McCann, Thomas Ed.McCloskey, Mickey McNaught, Roddy Gribben, Pat Keenan, Francis Niblock, Larry Higgins, Paddy McErlean, John Eddie Mullan, Jimmy Cassidy. CAVAN: D.Benson, W.Doonan, B.Reilly, P.Smith, O.R.McGovern, J.J.O'Reilly, S.Deignan, P.J.Duke, P.Brady, T.Tighe, M.Higgins, J.J.Cassidy, J.Stafford, P.Donohue, E.Carolan. DOWN: E.McKay, G.Lavery, L.Murphy, P.Rice, K.Mussen, D.McCartan, K.O'Neill, PJ McElroy, P.O'Hagan, S.O'Neill, J.Carey, P.Doherty, T.Hadden, J.McCartan, B.Morgan. Subs: K.Denvir for Carey, Eamon Lundy for Murphy, Lundy for Hadden. DOWN: E.McKay, G.Lavery, L.Murphy, P.Rice, K.Mussen, P.O'Hagan, K.O'Neill, J.Carey, J.Lennon, S.O'Neill, J.McCartan, P.Doherty, T.Hadden, D.McCartan, B.Morgan. Sub: Pat Hamill for K.O'Neill. DOWN: D.Kelly, B.Sloan, D.McCartan, T.O'Hare, R.McConville, L.Powell, J.Lennon, J.Milligan, C.McAlarney, M.Cole, P.Doherty, J.Murphy, P.Rooney, S.O'Neill, J.Purdy. Sub: Dickey Murphy for Powell. DOWN: John McAleavey, Ned King, Tommy McGovern, Mark Turley, Paddy Kennedy, Paddy O'Rourke, Brendan McGovern, Liam Austin, Brendan Toner, John McCartan, Donal Bell, Greg Blaney, Mickey Linden, Ambrose Rodgers, Brendan Mason. MONAGHAN: Paddy Linden, Gene Sherry, Gerry McCarville, Fergus Caulfield, Gerard Hoey, Ciaran Murray, Brendan Murray, Hugo Clerkin, David Byrne, Declan Flanagan, Eamonn McEneaney, Bernie Murray, Ray McCarron, Eamonn Murphy, Nudie Hughes. DERRY: Damien McCusker, Kieran McKeever, Danny Quinn, Tony Scullion, Henry Downey, Colm Rafferty, Gary Coleman, Brian McGilligan, Dermot Heaney, Anthony Tohill, Dermot McNicholl, Gary McGill, Joe Brolly, Fergal McCusker, Enda Gormley. Subs: Seamus Downey for McNicholl, John McGurk for Rafferty, Declan Bateson for McGill.

1948 1960 1962 1968 1983 1985 1992

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DERRY: D.McCusker, K.McKeever, T.Scullion, G.Coleman, J.McGurk, H.Downey, F.McCusker, A.Tohill, B.McGilligan, Eamonn Burns, D.Heaney, Damien Barton, J.Brolly, S.Downey, E.Gormley. Sub: D.Bateson for Brolly.

1996

DERRY: Jonathan Kelly, K.McKeever, G.Coleman, T.Scullion, Karl Diamond, H.Downey, F.McCusker, A.Tohill, B.McGilligan, E.Burns, D.Barton, Sean Martin Lockhart, J.Brolly, S.Downey, E.Gormley. Subs: Dermot Dougan for Burns, G.McGill for S.Downey.

2000

DERRY: Eoin McCloskey, David O’Neill, SM Lockhart, G.Coleman, K.McKeever, H.Downey, Niall McOscar, A.Tohill, D.Heaney, Benny Murray, D.Dougan, Ronan Rocks, E.Burns, Enda Muldoon, Johnny McBride. Subs: Geoffrey McGonigle for McBride, Ryan Dougan for Coleman, S.Downey for Burns, F.McCusker for Murray. REPLAY: Michael Conlon, McKeever, Lockhart, O'Neill, Coleman, Downey, Paul McFlynn, Tohill, Heaney, McOscar, Dougan, Rocks, Paddy Bradley, Muldoon, McBride. Subs: Conleth Gilligan for Rocks, McGonigle for Gilligan, Stephen McLernon for Bradley.

2002

TYRONE: Peter Ward, Conor Gormley, Chris Lawn, Brian Robinson, Ryan McMenamin, Ciaran Gourley, Philip Jordan, Cormac McAnallen, Colin.Holmes, Brian Dooher, Stephen O’Neill, Gerard Cavlan, Brian McGuigan, Kevin Hughes, Peter Canavan. Subs: Sean Kavanagh for Hughes, Pascal Canavan for McGuigan, Declan McCrossan for Jordan.

2003

TYRONE: John Devine, R.McMenamin, C.Holmes, Michael McGee, C.Gormley, Gavin Devlin, P.Jordan, C.McAnallen, S.Cavanagh, B.Dooher, B.McGuigan, S.O'Neill, Enda McGinley, Ptr Canavan, Owen Mulligan. Subs: G.Cavlan for McGinley, Ryan Mellon for McGuigan, C.Lawn for McMenamin, D.McCrossan for Gormley.

4. 1971 1972

1973 1974 1975

1976 1977

1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

1984

1985 1986

1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997 1998

ULSTER ALL STARS 1971-2003

Andy McCallin ..................................(Antrim) Sean O'Neill ......................................(Down) Brian McEniff ................................(Donegal) Sean O'Neill ......................................(Down) Paddy Moriarty ..............................(Armagh) Anthony McGurk ................................(Derry) Donal Monaghan ..........................(Donegal) Peter Stevenson ..................................(Derry) Anthony McGurk ................................(Derry) Gerry McElhinney ..............................(Derry) Colm McAlarney ................................(Down) None Paddy Moriarty ..............................(Armagh) Joe Kernan ....................................(Armagh) Jimmy Smyth ..................................(Armagh) Ollie Brady ........................................(Cavan) Colm McAlarney ................................(Down) Nudie Hughes ............................(Monaghan) Kevin McCabe ..................................(Tyrone) Colm McKinstry ..............................(Armagh) Paddy Kennedy ..................................(Down) Peter McGinnity ........................(Fermanagh) Joe Kernan ....................................(Armagh) Liam Austin ........................................(Down) Greg Blaney ......................................(Down) Martin McHugh ............................(Donegal) Eugene McKenna ............................(Tyrone) Frank McGuigan ..............................(Tyrone) Dermot McNicholl ..............................(Derry) Ciaran Murray ..........................(Monaghan) Nudie Hughes ............................(Monaghan) John Lynch ........................................(Tyrone) Plunkett Donaghy ............................(Tyrone) Eugene McKenna ............................(Tyrone) Damien O'Hagan..............................(Tyrone) Ray McCarron ............................(Monaghan) Tony Scullion ......................................(Derry) Brian McGilligan ................................(Derry) Paddy Linden ............................(Monaghan) Nudie Hughes ............................(Monaghan) Eugene McKenna ............................(Tyrone) Joyce McMullan ............................(Donegal) James McCartan ................................(Down) Conor Deegan....................................(Down) Barry Breen ........................................(Down) Ross Carr ............................................(Down) Greg Blaney ......................................(Down) Gary Walsh ....................................(Donegal) Matt Gallagher ..............................(Donegal) Martin Gavigan ............................(Donegal) Anthony Molloy ............................(Donegal) Martin McHugh ............................(Donegal) James McHugh ..............................(Donegal) Tony Boyle......................................(Donegal) Tony Scullion ......................................(Derry) Anthony Tohill ....................................(Derry) Enda Gormley ....................................(Derry) John Joe Doherty ..........................(Donegal) Tony Scullion ......................................(Derry) John McGurk ......................................(Derry) Henry Downey ....................................(Derry) Gary Coleman ....................................(Derry) Brian McGilligan ................................(Derry) Anthony Tohill ....................................(Derry) Ger Houlahan ................................(Armagh) Enda Gormley ....................................(Derry) Michael Magill ..................................(Down) Paul Higgins ......................................(Down) DJ Kane ..............................................(Down) Gregory McCartan ............................(Down) Greg Blaney ......................................(Down) James McCartan ................................(Down) Mickey Linden....................................(Down) Peter Canavan ..................................(Tyrone) Fay Devlin ........................................(Tyrone) Peter Canavan ..................................(Tyrone) Tony Scullion ......................................(Derry) Anthony Tohill ....................................(Derry) Finbarr McConnell............................(Tyrone) Peter Canavan ..................................(Tyrone) Joe Brolly ............................................(Derry) Dermot McCabe ................................(Cavan) Joe Brolly ............................................(Derry) Sean Martin Lockhart ........................(Derry)

1 Paddy Linden (‘88) Gary Walsh (‘92) Finbarr McConnell (‘96) 2 Donal Monaghan (‘74) Nudie Hughes (‘79) John Joe Doherty (‘93) Michael Magill (‘94) Kieran McKeever (’00) Enda McNulty (‘02)

3 Paddy Kennedy (‘81) Conor Deegan (‘91) Matt Gallagher (‘92) Tony Scullion (‘93, ‘95) SM Lockhart (‘98)

4 John Lynch (‘86) Tony Scullion (‘87, ‘92) Paul Higgins (‘94) Fay Devlin (‘95)

5 Brian McEniff (‘72) Peter Stevenson (‘75) Kevin McCabe (‘80) John McGurk (‘93) Aidan O’Rourke (‘02)

6 Anthony McGurk (‘75) Paddy Moriarty (‘77) Ollie Brady (‘78) Ciaran Murray (‘85) Martin Gavigan (‘92) Henry Downey (‘93) Kieran McGeeney (‘99, ‘00, ‘02)

7 Gary Coleman (‘93) DJ Kane (‘94) Kevin Cassidy (‘02)

8 Colm McAlarney (‘75, ‘78) Joe Kernan (‘77) Colm McKinstry (‘80) Liam Austin (‘83) Eugene McKenna (‘84) Plunkett Donaghy (‘86)

9 Brian McGilligan (‘87, ‘93) Barry Breen (‘91) Anthony Molloy (‘92) Anthony Tohill (‘93, ‘95, ‘00) Gregory McCartan (‘94) Paul McGrane (‘02)

10 Gerry McElhinney (‘75) Peter McGinnity (‘82) Ray McCarron (‘86) Ross Carr (‘91) Anthony Tohill (‘92) Peter Canavan (‘94) Steven McDonnell (‘02)

11 Jimmy Smyth (‘77) Joe Kernan (‘82) Eugene McKenna (‘86) Greg Blaney (‘91, ‘94) Martin McHugh (‘92) Stephen O’Neill (’01)

12 Greg Blaney (‘83) Joyce McMullan (‘90) James McHugh (‘92) James McCartan (‘94) Dermot McCabe (‘97) Oisin McConville (‘00, ‘02)

13 Andy McCallin (‘71) Martin McHugh (‘83) Tony Boyle (‘92) Mickey Linden (‘94) Joe Brolly (‘96, ‘97) Peter Canavan (‘95, ‘96) Diarmaid Marsden (‘99)

14 Sean O'Neill (‘71, ‘72) Frank McGuigan (‘84) Damien O'Hagan (‘86) Eugene McKenna (‘89) Ger Houlahan (‘93) Peter Canavan (‘02)

15 Paddy Moriarty (‘72) Anthony McGurk (‘73) Dermot McNicholl (‘84) Nudie Hughes (‘85, ‘88) James McCartan (‘90) Enda Gormley (‘92, ‘93)

1999 2000

2001 2002

Kieran McGeeney ..........................(Armagh) Diarmaid Marsden ........................(Armagh) Kieran McKeever ............................(Derry) Kieran McGeeney ......................(Armagh) Anthony Tohill ................................(Derry) Oisin McConville ........................(Armagh) Stephen O’Neill ............................(Tyrone) Enda McNulty ............................(Armagh) Aidan O’Rourke..........................(Armagh) Kieran McGeeney ......................(Armagh) Paul McGrane ............................(Armagh) Steven McDonnell ......................(Armagh) Oisin McConville ........................(Armagh) Kevin Cassidy..............................(Donegal) Peter Canavan ..............................(Tyrone)

ROLL OF HONOUR Pat Spillane ..............................................................9 Mike Sheehy ............................................................7 Jack O’Shea, Ger Power ..........................................6 AND ULSTER.... Tony Scullion, Anthony Tohill & Peter Canavan ............................4

SUPREME ALL STARS presented at the 2001 Banquet (voted by readers of the Irish Independent) John O’Leary (Dublin), Bobby O’Malley (Meath), John O’Keefe (Kerry), Robbie Kelleher (Dublin), Paidí O Sé (Kerry), Tim Kennelly (Kerry), Martin O’Connell (Meath), Jack O’Shea (Kerry), Brian Mullins (Dublin), Peter Canavan (Tyrone), Matt Connor (Offaly), Pat Spillane (Kerry), Mike Sheehy (Kerry), Eoin Liston (Kerry), John Egan (Kerry).

YOUNG FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR 2001 Cormac McAnallen ..........................(Tyrone) 2002 Ronan Clarke ................................(Armagh)

■ If Sean Cavanagh wins the 2003 Young Footballer of the Year Award, he will be the third successive winner from St Patrick’s Grammar School, Armagh.

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ALL STAR NOMINEES FROM ULSTER (excluding the winners, apart from 2003) 1983 1991 1999 Tommy McDermott, Martin Griffin, Tommy McGovern, Des Newton, Paddy Kennedy, Michael Carr, Jim Reilly, Peter McGinnity, Joyce McMullan, John Corvan, Seamus Bonnar

1984 1985 1986

Aidan Skelton, Ciaran McGarvey, Kevin McCabe, Michael Lafferty, Liam Austin, Plunkett Donaghy, Greg Blaney, Nudie Hughes, Martin McHugh, Ambrose Rodgers, Brendan Mason Eugene Sherry, Gerry McCarville, Fergus Caulfield, Brendan Murray, Declan Flanagan, David Byrne, Ray McCarron, Ambrose Rodgers, Eamonn Murphy, Brendan Mason Aidan Skelton, Ciaran McGarvey, Kevin McCabe, Ciaran Murray, Greg Blaney, Dermot McNicholl, Eamonn Murphy, Brendan Mason

1987

Hugh Martin McGurk, Danny Quinn, Jim Reilly, Greg Blaney, Enda Gormley, Brendan Mason, Dermot McNicholl

1988 1989

Ciaran Murray, Tony Scullion

1990

John Joe Doherty, Conor Deegan, John Cunningham, Martin Shovlin, Ambrose Rodgers, Mickey Linden

Aidan Skelton, John McGoldrick, Donal Reid, Ciaran Corr, Martin McHugh, Joyce McMullan

NOTES ■ 'Ulster claimed a record 28 of the total of 45 nominations for the 2003 All Stars. The previous Ulster record haul was 20 in both 1992 and 1993. All Ireland champions Tyrone made up exactly half of the 28, which equals Down's record of 14 nominations in 1994.

Neil Collins, Kieran McKeever, Matt Gallagher, DJ Kane, Plunkett Donaghy, Gary Mason, Mickey Linden, Peter Withnell, James McCartan

1992

Henry Downey, Kieran McKeever, Noel Hegarty, Donal Reid, Martin Shovlin, Brian Murray, Brian McGilligan, Manus Boyle, Declan Bonnar, Damien O’Reilly

1993

Damien McCusker, Matt Gallagher, Barry McGowan, John Rafferty, Brian Murray, Joe Brolly, Dermot Heaney, Ray McCarron, James McHugh, Martin McHugh, Neil Smyth

1994

Neil Collins, Barry Breen, Brian Burns, Fay Devlin, Conor Deegan, Ross Carr, Aidan Farrell, Ger Houlahan, Diarmaid Marsden, Gary Mason

1995 1996

Finbarr McConnell, Seamus McCallan, Sean McLaughlin, Fergal Logan, Ciaran Corr, Ciaran McBride

1997

Paul O’Dowd, Gerry Sheridan, Kieran McKeever, Gary Coleman, Anthony Tohill, Ronan Carolan, Damien O’Reilly, Peter Reilly, Joe Cassidy, Raymond Gallagher

1998

Kieran McGeeney, Barry McGowan, Brendan Devenney, Paul Brewster

Fay Devlin, Paul Devlin, Kieran McKeever, Tony Scullion, Pascal Canavan, Greg McCartan, Anthony Tohill, Tony Boyle, Gerard Cavlan, Brian Dooher, Raymond Gallagher, Dermot McCabe

The lowest number of nominations for Ulster was four in 1988. ■ Anthony Tohill has been nominated seven times, more than any other Ulster player. Tony Scullion has been nominated six times, and there are five players on five nominations each - Greg Blaney, Peter

Benny Tierney, Justin McNulty, Enda McNulty, Kieran Hughes, Andrew McCann, Jarlath Burns, Oisin McConville, Paddy McKeever, Anthony Tohill, Shane Mulholland

2000

Sean McGreevy, Andrew McCann, Ger Reid, Sean M Lockhart, Paul McFlynn, John McEntee, Paul McGrane, Cathal O'Rourke, Enda Muldoon, Rory Gallagher

2001

Gareth Doherty, Fergal Doherty, Sean Martin Lockhart, Declan McCrossan, Cormac McAnallen, Paddy Bradley, Brendan Devenney.

2002

Enda McNulty, Aidan O’Rourke, Kieran McGeeney, Paul McGrane, John McEntee, Oisin McConville, Stephen McDonnell, Ronan Clarke, Diarmaid Marsden, Chris Lawn, Brian Robinson, Peter Canavan, Kevin Cassidy, John Gildea, Michael Hegarty, Adrian Sweeney, Rory Gallagher.

2003

Francie Bellew, Enda McNulty, Andrew McCann, Kieran McGeeney, Paul McGrane, Philip Loughran, John McEntee, Steven McDonnell, Diarmaid Marsden; Cormac McAnallen, Ryan McMenamin, Ciaran Gourley, Conor Gormley, Philip Jordan, Sean Cavanagh, Kevin Hughes, Brian Dooher, Brian McGuigan, Stephen O'Neill, Ger Cavlan, Enda McGinley, Peter Canavan, Owen Mulligan; Niall McCready, Raymond Sweeney; Kevin Cassidy, Adrian Sweeney; Barry Owens.

Canavan, Kieran McGeeney, Kieran McKeever and Martin McHugh. ■ IT’S A FACT ... Eugene McKenna won his three All Stars in three different positions; three Ulster winners were named in both the backs and the forwards - Nudie Hughes, Paddy Moriarty and Anthony McGurk.

“How many All Stars have you got?!” Kieran McGeeney with Steven McDonnell.

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SENIOR COUNTY MANAGERS (Some dates are approximate)

ANTRIM Paddy O'Hara (Player-manager) ..................1956-57 Sean Gallagher, Harry O'Neill ..........................1960s Jimmy Ward / Bro.Joe McKeever ....................1970s Kevin Armstrong ................................................1978 Bro.Laurence Ennis........................................1980-82 Phil Stuart ......................................................1982-83 Frank Fitzsimmons ........................................1983-86 Eamonn Grieve..............................................1986-90 Hugh Murphy ................................................1990-91 Paul O'Hare with Gerry Higgins ..................1991-95 John Morrison ......................................1995-Feb’ 97 Paul McCormac / Peter McCann / Raymond Graffin ..................................March 1997 Ray McDonnell ..................................March-June‘97 Aidan Thornbury ......................................1998-1999 Brian White with Hugh McGettigan and JC Devlin ............................................1999-2002 Paul O’Hare ......................................................2002-

ARMAGH John Vallely ..................................................1953-54 Malachy McEvoy............................................1955-62 John McBreen ....................................................1963 Paddy O'Hara ................................................1965-66 Jimmy Whan..................................................1967-69 Gerry O'Neill..................................................1970-72 Fr.Sean Hegarty / John Morrison ......................1974 Gerry O'Neill..................................................1975-81 Peter Makem ................................................1982-83 Fr.Sean Hegarty with Eamonn Coleman......1983-88 Paddy Moriarty..............................................1988-91 Jim McCorry ..................................................1991-95 Brian Canavan / Brian McAlinden............1995-2001 Joe Kernan ........................................................2001-

CAVAN Hughie O'Reilly ............................................1945-57 Simon Deignan..............................................1958-61 Mick Higgins..................................................1962-69 Jim McDonnell ..............................................1970-72 Fr.Benny Maguire ..........................................1973-79 PJ Carroll ............................................................1979, Gabriel Kelly ..................................................1980-83 Eugene McGee ..............................................1983-88 Gabriel Kelly ..................................................1988-90 Eamonn Curley ..............................................1990-92 PJ Carroll........................................................1992-94 Martin McHugh ....................................1994-Aug‘97

Michael Graham / Donal Donohoe........Sept/Oct‘97 Damien O’Reilly ..............................................Nov’97 Liam Austin ..........................................Jan‘98-Jan‘99 Val Andrews ..........................................Feb‘99-2001 Mattie Kerrigan ........................................2001-2003 Eamonn Coleman with Martin McElkennon ..2003-

DERRY John L.Fay ..........................................................1947 Roddy Gribben ..............................................1958-59 Paddy O’Hara......................................................1963 Jim McKeever ................................................1967-71 Paddy O'Hara ................................................1971-72 Harry Cassidy ................................................1972-74 Frank Kearney ..............................................1975-79 Mickey Moran ..............................................1980-84 Tom Scullion ......................................................1985 Tom Scullion / Jim McKeever / Phil Stuart ..1986-88 Tommy Diamond ..........................................1989-90 Fr.Sean Hegarty with Eamonn Coleman ..........1990 Eamonn Coleman..........................................1991-94 Mickey Moran ..............................................1994-95 Brian Mullins ................................................1995-98 Eamonn Coleman / Adrian McGuckin ........1998-99 Eamonn Coleman with Damian Cassidy......1999-02 Mickey Moran ..................................................2002-

DONEGAL Frank Muldoon ..................................................1958 Paddy O’Hara ....................................................1960s Brian McEniff (player-manager) ..................1972-76 John Hannigan ..............................................1976-77 Sean O'Donnell ............................................1977-80 Brian McEniff ................................................1980-86 Tom Conaghan ..............................................1986-89 Brian McEniff ................................................1989-94 PJ McGowan ..................................................1994-97 Declan Bonnar & Matt Gallagher ........Aug‘97-2000 Mickey Moran ..............................................2000-02 Brian McEniff ....................................................2003-

DOWN Barney Carr....................................................1959-63 Kevin Mussen/ Brian Denvir ........................1963-64, Paddy O'Hara ................................................1964-65 Gerry Brown ......................................................1968 Paddy Doherty (player-manager) ................1970-71 Jackie Fitzsimons ..........................................1972-73 Sean Smith ....................................................1973-76 Jackie Fitzsimons ..........................................1976-77 James McCartan / Val Kane ..........................1977-79

Gerry Brown ..................................................1979-80 Joe Lennon ....................................................1980-82 James McCartan / Val Kane ..........................1982-84 Sean Smith ....................................................1984-87 Jackie McManus ............................................1987-89 Peter McGrath ..........................................1989-02 Paddy O’Rourke ............................................2002-

FERMANAGH Paddy O'Hara ................................................1958-59 John Vesey ........................................................1970s John Donnelly ..............................................1974-75 John McElroy ..........................................1976-Jan‘86 Peter McGinnity (player-manager) ..............1986-87 Peter Greene ................................................1988-89 PJ McGowan ..................................................1990-91 John Vesey ..........................................................1991 Hugh McCabe................................................1992-94 Terry Ferguson ..............................................1994-96 Pat King ....................................................1996-2000 John Maughan with Dominic Corrigan ..2000-01 Dominic Corrigan..........................................2001-

MONAGHAN Sean McCague ..............................................1977-80 Tony Loughman ....................................1980-Dec‘82 Sean McCague ..............................................1983-86 Fr.McQuaid ....................................................1986-87 Sean McCague ..............................................1988-89 Paddy Kerr ....................................................1990-91 Liam Stirrat ........................................................1992 Selection Committee with Sean McCague ......1993 Michael McCormick ......................................1993-96 Sean McCague / Eamonn McEneaney ........1996-97 Eamonn McEneaney ................................Aug‘97-99 Jack McCarville..........................................1999-02 Colm Coyle ....................................................2002-

TYRONE Jody O'Neill ..................................................1970-75 Tom McKeagney............................................1976-78 Jody O'Neill ..................................................1978-79 Art McCrory ..................................................1980-87 Donal Donnelly ............................................1987-89 John Donnelly ..............................................1989-92 Eugene McKenna / Art McCrory ..................1992-96 Danny Ball ....................................................1996-99 Eugene McKenna / Art McCrory ..........1999-2002 Mickey Harte ................................................2002-

6. RAILWAY CUP FINALS 1927-2003 1928 1936 1939 1942 1943 1944 1947 1948 1950 1956 1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1970 1971 1975 1978 1979

Ulster..............2-4 Ulster..............2-3 Ulster..............3-3 ULSTER ..........1-10 ULSTER ..........3-7 Ulster..............1-3 ULSTER ..........1-6 Ulster..............2-6 ULSTER ..........4-11 ULSTER ..........0-12 ULSTER ..........2-12 Ulster..............0-11 ULSTER ..........2-8 ULSTER ..........0-12 ULSTER ..........0-19 ULSTER ..........2-5 Ulster..............0-11 ULSTER ..........1-10 ULSTER ..........2-11 ULSTER ..........3-11 Ulster..............0-15 Ulster..............0-19 ULSTER ..........1-7

Leinster ..........1-8 Connacht........3-11 Leinster ..........3-8 Munster..........1-5 Leinster ..........2-9 Leinster ..........1-10 Leinster ..........0-3 Munster..........4-5 Leinster ..........1-7 Munster..........0-4 Munster..........3-8 Leinster ..........1-11 Leinster ..........1-9 Leinster ..........1-6 Connacht........0-15 Munster..........1-5 Connacht........1-9 Leinster ..........0-8 Connacht........0-10 Connacht........2-11 Munster..........6-7 Munster..........4-12 Munster..........0-6

1980 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1998 2000 2002 2003

ULSTER ..........2-10 ULSTER ..........0-24 ULSTER ..........1-12 Ulster..............1-9 Ulster..............1-9 Ulster..............0-12 ULSTER ..........1-11 No competition ULSTER ..........1-11 ULSTER ..........2-7 ULSTER ..........1-12 ULSTER ..........1-6 ULSTER ..........1-9 ULSTER ..........0-20 ULSTER ..........1-9 Ulster..............2-9 Ulster..............0-14

Munster..........1-9 Leinster ..........2-10 aet. Connacht........1-7 Leinster ..........3-6 Munster..........3-12 Leinster ..........2-9 Munster..........1-8 Munster..........1-8 Munster..........0-8 Leinster ..........0-12 Munster..........1-4 Leinster ..........0-8 Leinster ..........0-17 aet. Connacht........0-3 Leinster ..........1-14 Connacht........0-9

ROLL OF HONOUR Leinster & Ulster ......................................26 Munster ....................................................14 Connacht ....................................................9 Universities ................................................1

NOTES Sean O’Neill won his eighth winners medal in 1971 and played for Ulster 26 times. Colm McAlarney won medals in three different decades. John Joe Reilly captained Ulster to three Railway Cups from 1942-50, while Peter McGinnity led the winning sides in 1980 and 1983. In 1989, Jim McConville of Armagh scored 43 in a 4-8 to 0-7 semi-final victory over Connacht.

MANAGERS Mick Higgins and Jody O’Neill managed Ulster before Sean O’Neill took over from 1976-81. Brian McEniff has been in charge since 1982, assisted by Art McCrory for all of that time, and by Martin McHugh for the 2000 competition.

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RAILWAY CUP WINNING TEAMS (Armagh), V.Sherlock, Roddy Gribben (Derry). Subs: George Lavery, Paddy Doherty (Down).

(Note: Christian names and counties can be found under previous appearance)

1942

Brendan Kelly (Cavan), Eddie McLoughlin (Armagh), Barney Cully, Big Tom O'Reilly, Gerry Smith (Cavan), Jim McCullagh (Armagh), Vincent O'Duffy (Monaghan), Columba McDyer (Donegal), John Joe O'Reilly (Cavan), Kevin Armstrong (Antrim), Alf Murray (Armagh), T.P.O'Reilly (Cavan), Brian Cullen (Tyrone), Simon Deignan (Cavan), Hudy Beag Gallagher (Donegal).

1943

Dessie Benson (Cavan), E.McLoughlin, B.Cully, T.O'Reilly, G.Smith, J.McCullagh, V.O'Duffy, J.J.O'Reilly, C.McDyer, K.Armstrong, A.Murray, Paddy Maguire (Derry), Peter McCarney (Monaghan), S.Deignan, H.Gallagher. Sub: Tom McCann (Down).

1947

John O'Hare (Down), Billy Feeney, George Watterson (Antrim), J.McCullagh, Eugene McDonnell (Monaghan), J.J.O'Reilly, S.Deignan, Harry O'Neill, Sean Gallagher, K.Armstrong, Mick Higgins (Cavan), Frank Niblock (Derry), Sean Gibson, Brian McAteer, Joe McCallin (Antrim). Sub: Harry Brown (Down).

1950

J.O'Hare, J.J.O'Reilly, Mickey Moyna (Monaghan), Paddy Smith, P.J.Duke (Cavan), Pat O'Neill, Sean Quinn (Armagh), Phil Brady (Cavan), Bill McCorry (Armagh), Tony Tighe, M.Higgins, Victor Sherlock (Cavan), K.Armstrong, Peter Donohue (Cavan), Hughie McKearney (Monaghan). Sub: Sean Gallagher (Antrim) for Sherlock.

1956

Seamus Morris, Noel O'Reilly (Cavan), Jack Bratten, John McKnight (Armagh), Kevin Mussen (Down), John Rice (Monaghan), Jim McDonnell (Cavan), Jim McKeever (Derry), Tom Maguire (Cavan), Kieran Denvir (Down), Jackie Taggart (Tyrone), John Cunningham, Pat Campbell

1960

Thady Turbett (Tyrone), Gabriel Kelly (Cavan), Hugh Francis Gribben (Derry), Pat Rice (Down), Patsy Breen (Derry), T.Maguire, J.McDonnell, Joe Lennon (Down), Jody O'Neill (Tyrone), Sean O'Neill (Down), J.McKeever, P.Doherty, Jimmy Whan (Armagh), James Brady (Cavan), Tony Hadden (Down). Subs: K.Mussen, Patsy O'Hagan (Down).

1963

T.Turbett, G.Kelly, Leo Murphy, P.Rice (Down), P.J.Flood (Donegal), T.Maguire, J.McDonnell, Sean Ferriter (Donegal), Ray Carolan (Cavan), S.O'Neill, Frank McFeeley (Donegal), P.Doherty, J.Whan (Armagh), P.T.Treacy (Fermanagh), Brian Morgan (Down). Subs: J.O'Neill, Jim McCartan (Down).

1964

Seamus Hoare (Donegal), G.Kelly, L.Murphy, Bernard Brady (Donegal), Dan McCartan (Down), T.Maguire, J.McDonnell, J.Lennon, S.Ferriter, S.O'Neill, J.McCartan, P.Doherty, J.Whan, P.T.Treacy, Frankie Donnelly (Tyrone). Subs: Charlie Gallagher (Cavan), J.O'Neill.

1965

S.Hoare, G.Kelly, B.Brady, Tony Morris (Cavan), D.McCartan, T.Maguire, Paul Kelly, S.Ferriter (Donegal), R.Carolan, Sean O'Connell (Derry), J.O'Neill, P.Doherty, C.Gallagher, S.O'Neill, P.T.Treacy. Sub: Joe Carroll (Monaghan).

1966

S.Hoare, P.Kelly, Tom McCreesh (Armagh), Tom O'Hare, Patsy O'Hagan, D.McCartan (Down), P.J.Flood (Donegal), R.Carolan, J.O'Neill, J.Lennon, J.McCartan, P.Doherty, C.Gallagher, S.O'Neill, P.T.Treacy. Subs: Tony Morris (Cavan), S.O'Connell.

1968

S.Hoare, G.Kelly, B.Brady, T.O'Hare, J.Lennon, D.McCartan, Peter Pritchard, R.Carolan (Cavan), Colm McAlarney (Down), Mickey Niblock (Derry), John J.O'Reilly (Cavan),

Railway Cup winning captain in 1998, Peter Canavan.

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Neilly Gallagher (Donegal), S.O'Connell, S.O'Neill, C.Gallagher. Sub: Declan O'Carroll (Donegal).

1970

Anthony Gallagher (Tyrone), Andy McCabe (Cavan), T.McCreesh, T.O'Hare, Brian McEniff (Donegal), Malachy McAfee (Derry), Enda McGowan, R.Carolan (Cavan), Tony McAtamney (Antrim), John Murphy (Down), M.Niblock, Steve Duggan, Gene Cusack (Cavan), S.O'Neill, S.O'Connell.

1971

Paul McCarthy (Monaghan), John Burns (Antrim), Henry Diamond (Derry), A.McCabe, B.McEniff, M.McAfee, E.McGowan, R.Carolan, Frank Fitzsimmons (Antrim), S.O'Connell, C.McAlarney, M.Niblock, G.Cusack, S.O'Neill, Andy McCallin (Antrim). Subs: Eamonn Coleman (Derry), J.Murphy.

1979

Brian McAlinden, Denis Stevenson (Armagh), Tommy McGovern (Down), Finian Ward (Donegal), Kevin McCabe (Tyrone), Paddy Moriarty (Armagh), Mickey Moran (Derry), Peter McGinnity (Fermanagh), Liam Austin, C.McAlarney (Down), Joe Kernan (Armagh), Brendan Donnelly (Tyrone), Peter Loughran (Armagh), Peter Rooney (Down), Sean Devlin (Armagh). Subs: Cathal Digney (Down) for Moran, Paddy McNamee (Cavan) for Loughran, Jimmy Smyth (Armagh) for Donnelly.

1980

B.McAlinden, Nudie Hughes (Monaghan), T.McGovern, F.Ward, K.McCabe, P.Moriarty, Sean McCarville (Monaghan), P.McGinnity, L.Austin, C.McAlarney, J.Kernan, Eugene Young (Derry), P.McNamee, P.Rooney, P.Loughran. Sub: M.Moran for Loughran.

1983

B.McAlinden, Paddy Kennedy (Down), Gerry McCarville (Monaghan), Joe Irwin (Derry), N.Hughes, P.Moriarty, Jim Reilly (Cavan), L.Austin, Fran McMahon (Armagh), P.McGinnity, Greg Blaney, John McCartan (Down), John Corvan (Armagh), Eugene McKenna (Tyrone), Martin McHugh (Donegal). Subs: Paddy O'Rourke (Down) for McCarville, P.McNamee for McCartan, Denis Stevenson (Armagh) for Hughes, McCarville for McHugh.

1984

B.McAlinden, P.Kennedy, G.McCarville, J.Irwin, Michael Carr, Michael Lafferty (Donegal), J.Reilly, L.Austin, E.McKenna, P.McGinnity, J.Kernan, G.Blaney, M.McHugh, Frank McGuigan (Tyrone), N.Hughes. Subs: Tommy McDermott (Donegal) for Irwin, F.McMahon for Austin, P.O'Rourke for Carr.

1989

Paddy Linden (Monaghan), Ciaran Hamill (Antrim), Gene Sherry (Monaghan), Tony Scullion (Derry), Martin McQuillan (Armagh), Declan Loughman (Monaghan), J.Reilly, Plunkett Donaghy (Tyrone), Mark Grimley (Armagh), M.McHugh, E.McKenna, G.Blaney, Joyce McMullan (Donegal), Damien Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hagan (Tyrone), Jim McConville

1991

1992

1993

1994

(Armagh). Subs: Paul McErlean (Antrim) for McMullan, Anthony Molloy (Donegal) for Donaghy.

1995

Gary Walsh, John Joe Doherty (Donegal), Conor Deegan (Down), T.Scullion, M.McQuillan, D.Loughman, Martin Shovlin (Donegal), Brian McGilligan (Derry), P.Donaghy, Adrian Cush (Tyrone), Neil Smyth (Armagh), Declan Bonnar (Donegal), Peter Canavan (Tyrone), G.Blaney, James McCartan (Down). Subs: Dermot McNicholl (Derry) for Cush, Enda Kilpatrick (Tyrone) for Deegan, Ciaran McGurk (Armagh) for Bonnar.

Finbarr McConnell (Tyrone), K.McKeever, T.Scullion, M.Gallagher, M.McQuillan, DJ Kane, F.Devlin, Paul Brewster (Fermanagh), B.Murray, R.Carolan, G.Blaney, J.McCartan, M.Linden, T.Boyle, Peter Canavan. Subs: H.Downey for McQuillan, A.Tohill for Brewster, R.Carr for Boyle.

1998

F.McConnell, JJ Doherty, Chris Lawn, Paul Devlin (Tyrone), Kieran McGeeney (Armagh), H.Downey, N.Hegarty, Jarlath Burns (Armagh), A.Tohill, Jim McGuinness (Donegal), Gerard Cavlan (Tyrone), Paul McGrane (Armagh), Dermot McCabe (Cavan), T.Boyle, Peter Canavan. Subs: Gary Coleman (Derry) for Lawn, P.Brewster for Burns, M.Linden for McGuinness. Extra-time subs: J.McGuinness for McGrane, Diarmaid Marsden (Armagh) for Boyle, Bernard Morris (Cavan).

Neil Collins (Down), Matt Gallagher (Donegal), C.Deegan, T.Scullion, M.McQuillan, E.Kilpatrick, Barry Breen (Down), Stephen King (Cavan), Pauric Brogan (Donegal), Ross Carr (Down), N.Smyth, A.Cush, Mickey Linden (Down), Tony Boyle (Donegal), Ronan Carolan (Cavan). Subs: B.McGilligan for Brogan, M.McHugh for Cush. Damien McCusker, Kieran McKeever (Derry), M.Gallagher, T.Scullion, M.McQuillan, Noel Hegarty (Donegal), DJ Kane (Down), Anthony Tohill (Derry), B.McGilligan, Dermot Heaney (Derry), M.McHugh, N.Smyth, J.McCartan, Ger Houlahan (Armagh), Enda Gormley (Derry). Subs: Fintan Cahill (Cavan) for McHugh, Fay Devlin (Tyrone) for McQuillan. D.McCusker, JJ Doherty, M.Gallagher, T.Scullion, M.McQuillan, D.Loughman, DJ Kane, A.Tohill, B.McGilligan, James McHugh (Donegal), N.Smyth, R.Carr, G.Houlahan, D.Heaney, J.McCartan. Subs: Henry Downey (Derry) for Loughman, Peter Canavan for McHugh, Brian Murray (Donegal) for Heaney.

2000

(Down), P.Brewster, Gregory McCartan (Down), J.McGuinness, Shane Mulholland (Down), Oisin McConville (Armagh), Brendan Devenney (Donegal), Eoin Gormley, Peter Canavan. Subs: D.Heaney for McGuinness, Tony Blake (Donegal) for McConnell, Pascal Canavan (Tyrone) for McConville, Brian Dooher (Tyrone) for Mulholland, Raymond Gallagher (Fermanagh) for Gormley. ■

2003

F.McConnell, Mark Crossan (Donegal), Sean Martin Lockhart (Derry), G.Coleman, Paul McFlynn (Derry), H.Downey, Michael Magill

Michael McVeigh (Down), Enda McNulty (Armagh), Niall McCusker (Derry), Niall McCready (Donegal), Anthony Forde (Cavan), Barry Monaghan (Donegal), Ryan McMenamin (Tyrone), G.McCartan, P.McGrane, Tom Brewster (Fermanagh), Sean Cavanagh (Tyrone), Liam Doyle (Down), Steven McDonnell (Armagh), Enda Muldoon (Derry), Kevin Brady (Antrim). Subs: Thomas Freeman (Monaghan) for Brady, Christy Toye (Donegal) for Doyle, Philip Loughran (Armagh) for Brewster, Michael Lilly (Fermanagh) for McMenamin.

RAILWAY CUP WINNING ULSTER CAPTAINS 1942 1943 1947 1950 1956 1960 1963 1964 1965 1966 1968 1970 1971 1979 1980 1983 1984 1989 1991 1992 1993 1994

John Joe O'Reilly............................(Cavan) John Joe O'Reilly............................(Cavan) Kevin Armstrong ..........................(Antrim) John Joe O'Reilly............................(Cavan) Tom Maguire..................................(Cavan) Paddy Doherty ..............................(Down) Jim McDonnell ..............................(Cavan) Paddy Doherty ..............................(Down) Charlie Gallagher ..........................(Cavan) James McCartan ............................(Down) Joe Lennon ....................................(Down) Ray Carolan ....................................(Cavan) Sean O'Connell ..............................(Derry) Colm McAlarney ............................(Down) Peter McGinnity ....................(Fermanagh) Peter McGinnity ....................(Fermanagh) Eugene McKenna..........................(Tyrone) Jim Reilly ........................................(Cavan) Tony Scullion ..................................(Derry) Martin McQuillan ......................(Armagh) Martin McHugh ........................(Donegal) Brian McGilligan ............................(Derry)

1995 1998 2000 2003

Mickey Linden ................................(Down) Peter Canavan ..............................(Tyrone) Henry Downey ................................(Derry) Paul McGrane ............................(Armagh)

APPEARANCES IN WINNING FINALS Sean O’Neill ..........................................................8 Tony Scullion, Martin McQuillan, Paddy Doherty, Ray Carolan................................6 Jody O’Neill, Tom Maguire, Gabriel Kelly, Sean O’Connell, Martin McHugh, Greg Blaney, Peter Canavan................................5 Seamus Hoare, Brian McAlinden, Peter McGinnity, Liam Austin, Brian McGilligan, Matt Gallagher, James McCartan, Anthony Tohill, Henry Downey ..........................4 Note: Some players have more winners medals for being part of the squad in any given year

7. Dr McKENNA CUP FINALS 1927-2003 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1934 1935 1936 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954

Monaghan......2-7 Monaghan......3-6 Armagh ..........4-4 Fermanagh ....2-7 Armagh ..........0-9 Monaghan......0-7 Fermanagh ....2-5 Monaghan......1-6 Monaghan......2-7 Cavan..............3-9 Monaghan......2-8 Armagh ..........2-8 Armagh ..........3-8 Cavan..............3-5 Antrim ............3-7 Antrim ............3-8 Cavan..............4-8 Down ..............2-9 Antrim ............1-10 Antrim ............2-11 Derry ..............6-1 Monaghan......5-9 Armagh ..........1-9 Armagh ..........2-10 Cavan..............3-5 Monaghan......2-7 Cavan..............2-9 Derry ..............1-8

Donegal..........2-3 Antrim ............0-6 Monaghan......2-7 Derry ..............0-3 Fermanagh ....0-3 Armagh ..........0-3 Monaghan......1-7 Armagh ..........1-5 Cavan..............1-7 Monaghan......0-4 Armagh ..........1-9 Cavan..............1-1 Antrim ............0-4 Tyrone ............1-4 Tyrone ............2-6 (R,aet) Fermanagh ....0-8 Armagh ..........3-4 Tyrone ............1-2 Down ..............1-5 Down ..............2-4 Armagh ..........2-7 Down ..............0-10 Monaghan......0-3 Antrim ............1-3 Antrim ............1-8 Armagh ..........0-7 Tyrone ............1-5 Armagh ..........2-4

1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982

Cavan..............3-6 Cavan..............1-9 Tyrone ............3-12 Derry ..............2-10 Down ..............1-7 Derry ..............2-5 Down ..............2-10 Cavan..............0-9 Donegal..........2-8 Down ..............1-12 Donegal..........w.o. Antrim ............1-10 Donegal..........0-12 Cavan..............1-10 Derry ..............0-14 Derry ..............0-10 Derry ..............3-6 Down ..............2-13 Tyrone ............0-13 Derry ..............4-5 Donegal..........0-14 Monaghan......2-11 Fermanagh ....1-8 Tyrone ............3-7 Monaghan......1-7 Monaghan......1-8 Antrim ............3-5 Tyrone ............1-7

Derry ..............0-9 Donegal..........0-9 Derry ..............1-10 Armagh ..........0-1 Monaghan......1-5 Cavan..............1-5 Monaghan......1-6 Armagh ..........0-2 Cavan..............0-5 Derry ..............0-2 Cavan Tyrone ............1-6 Down ..............1-7 Down ..............1-9 Tyrone ............0-8 Down ..............1-4 Down ..............1-8 Derry ..............1-6 Down ..............0-5 Monaghan......2-10 Derry ..............2-7 Armagh ..........0-8 Donegal..........1-7 Fermanagh ....0-15 Armagh ..........1-6 Cavan..............0-7 Armagh ..........0-7 Cavan..............0-8

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2003

Monaghan......0-9 Tyrone ............3-7 Donegal..........0-13 Armagh ..........3-7 Down ..............2-9 Cavan..............0-14 Down ..............3-9 Armagh ..........1-11 Donegal..........0-11 Down ..............1-11 Derry ..............2-6 Armagh ..........3-9 Monaghan......1-12 Down ..............0-14 Fermanagh ....2-11 Down ..............1-12 Derry ..............0-11 Cavan..............1-18 Monaghan......1-11

Down ..............0-4 Donegal..........1-4 Cavan..............0-8 Antrim ............1-8 Cavan..............1-10 Derry ..............1-8 Derry ..............1-11 Tyrone ............0-13 Tyrone ............1-6 Cavan..............0-7 Down ..............0-7 Down ..............1-14 Derry ..............0-11 Armagh ..........1-5 Tyrone ............3-4 Armagh ..........2-8 Armagh ..........1-7 Tyrone ............2-9 Tyrone ............0-12

ROLL OF HONOUR Monaghan ..........................................................14 Cavan ..................................................................11 Derry & Down ....................................................10 Armagh ................................................................9 Antrim & Donegal................................................6 Tyrone ..................................................................5 Fermanagh ..........................................................4

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8. 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980

ULSTER CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS 1968-2003

Bellaghy..........0-8 Bryansford......1-10 Bryansford......0-6 Bellaghy..........1-11 Clann na Gael 0-8 Clann na Gael 1-10 Clann na Gael 1-7 St Josephs ......3-6 Ballerin ..........2-8 St Johns ..........2-10 Scotstown ......1-8 Scotstown ......0-9 Scotstown ......1-4

St Josephs ......0-5 Crosserlough ..1-9 Newbridge ....0-3 Clann na Gael 0-5 Ardboe ..........1-3 St Josephs ......0-3 Trillick ............1-4 Castleblaney ..1-8 Clann na Gael 2-3 Cavan Gaels....2-2 St Johns ..........1-4 Carrickcruppin0-8 St Johns ..........1-3

1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

Ballinderry......2-3 St Galls............0-15 Burren ............1-4 Burren ............0-10 Burren ............0-6 Castleblaney ..0-4 Burren ............0-8 Burren ............0-8 Scotstown ......2-9 Lavey ..............2-10 Castleblaney ..0-8 Lavey ..............0-11 (R: 0-10 0-10)

Burren ............0-5 Roslea ............2-5 St Galls............0-5 St Johns ..........2-2 Scotstown ......1-2 Burren ............0-3 Kingscourt ......0-6 Pearse Og ......0-3 Coalisland ......0-5 Kingscourt ......0-4 Killybegs ........0-6 Burren ............1-5

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Errigal Ciaran 3-7 Bellaghy..........0-11 Mullaghbawn 1-11 Crossmaglen ..2-5 (R: 1-7 1-7) Dungiven........0-14 Crossmaglen ..1-11 Crossmaglen ..0-10 Bellaghy..........1-10 Ballinderry ....1-10 Errigal Ciaran 0-8 – Loup .............. …

Downpatrick ..1-8 Clontibret ......0-10 Bailieboro ......2-5 Bellaghy..........0-8 Errigal Ciaran 1-8 Bellaghy..........1-10 Enniskillen ......0-9 Errigal Ciaran ..1-4 Mayobridge ..1-7 Enniskillen ....1-3 St Galls/Four Masters ...

ULSTER IN ALL IRELAND CLUB FINALS 1971-2003 1971 1972 1974 1977 1978 1979 1986

Bryansford ..........................2-7 BELLAGHY ..........................0-15 Clann na Gael ....................1-4 Ballerin ................................2-7 St Johns ..............................1-3 Scotstown ..........................1-3 BURREN ..............................1-10

East Kerry............................5-9 UCC......................................1-11 UCD ....................................0-14 (R) Austin Stacks ......................1-13 Thomond Coll ....................2-14 Nemo Rangers ....................2-9 C’island Desmonds (Kerry) ..1-6

1988 1990 1995 1997 1999 2000 2002

BURREN ..............................1-9 LAVEY..................................2-9 Bellaghy ..............................0-5 CROSSMAGLEN ..................2-13 CROSSMAGLEN ..................0-9 CROSSMAGLEN ..................1-14 BALLINDERRY ....................2-10

Clann na Gael (Roscommon) 0-8 Salthill (Galway) ................0-10 Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) ..0-8 Knockmore (Mayo) ............0-11 Ballina (Mayo) ....................0-8 Na Fianna (Dublin) ............0-12 Nemo Rangers (Cork) ........0-9

WINNING TEAMS FROM ULSTER

1972

BELLAGHY: Paddy McTaggart, Tom Scullion, Austin Mulholland, Frankie Cassidy, Tommy Diamond, Hugh McGoldrick, Chris Browne, Larry Diamond (c), Peter Doherty, Francis Downey, Brendan Cassidy, Frankie O'Loane, Hugh Donnelly, Tom Quinn, Kevin Cassidy.

1986

BURREN: Declan Murdock, Brendan McKernan, Aidan Murdock, Malachy Murdock, Ciaran McConville, Willie McMahon, Brendan McGovern, Tommy McGovern (c), Paddy O'Rourke, Larry Fitzpatrick, John Treanor, Pat McKay, Jim McGreevy, Vincent McGovern, Tony McArdle. Sub: Charlie Doyle.

1988

BURREN: D.Murdock, B.McKernan, A.Murdock, M.Murdock, C.McConville, L.Fitzpatrick, B.McGovern, Brian Laverty, T.McGovern, T.McArdle, J.Treanor,

The Loup reached their first Ulster Club final in 2003. Johnny McBride helped them get to grips with former champions Ballinderry in the Derry final.

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P.McKay, Ronan Fitzpatrick, V.McGovern (c), Tom Fegan. Sub: Paul Fegan.

1990

LAVEY: Brendan Regan, Damien Doherty, Anthony Scullion, Brian Scullion, John McGurk (c), Henry Downey, Ciaran McGurk, Damien O'Boyle, James Chivers, Fergal Rafferty, Brian McCormack, Hugh Martin McGurk, Don Mulholland, Seamus Downey, Collie McGurk. Sub: Anthony McGurk for Collie McGurk.

1997

CROSSMAGLEN: Jarlath McConville, Martin Califf, Donal Murtagh, Paddy McKeown, Joe Fitzpatrick, Francie Bellew, Gary McShane, John McEntee, Anthony Cunningham, Cathal Short, Tony McEntee, Oisin McConville, Jim McConville (c), Gavin Cumiskey, Colm O’Neill. Sub: Michael Moley for J.McEntee.

1999

CROSSMAGLEN: Paul Hearty, M.Califf, D.Murtagh, Colm Dooley,

Frank Shields, F.Bellew, J.Fitzpatrick; J.McEntee (c), A.Cunningham, C.Short, T.McEntee, O.McConville, J.McConville, G.Cumiskey, C.O'Neill. Subs: G.McShane for Califf, M.Moley for O'Neill.

2000

CROSSMAGLEN: P.Hearty, M.Califf, D.Murtagh, G.McShane, J.Fitzpatrick, F.Bellew, John Donaldson, J.McEntee, A.Cunningham (c), C.Short, T.McEntee, O.McConville, J.McConville, G.Cumiskey, C.O'Neill. Sub: M.Moley for J.McConville.

2002

BALLINDERRY: Michael Conlan, Kevin McGuckin, Niall McCusker, Jarlath Bell, Paul Wilson, Ronan McGuckin, Darren Crozier, Sean Donnelly, Enda Muldoon, Barry McCusker, Conleth Gilligan, Darren Conway, Declan Bateson, Adrian McGuckin (c), Gerard Cassidy. Sub: Martin Harney for B.McCusker.

9. 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942-44 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Armagh ..........3-4 Tyrone ............0-7 Antrim ............2-7 Antrim ............2-7 Tyrone ............1-4 Void ................ Antrim ............2-7 Cavan..............1-10 Cavan..............2-7 Monaghan......1-8 Monaghan......0-8 Antrim ............4-7 Abandoned .... Monaghan......1-7 Tyrone ............1-4 Tyrone ............3-6 Tyrone ............5-6 Armagh ..........4-6 Antrim ............1-9 Armagh ..........3-1 Cavan..............1-5 Armagh ..........2-15 Armagh ..........2-8 Antrim ............4-3 Donegal..........2-5 Armagh ..........3-6 Down ..............3-9 Cavan..............2-11 Down ..............2-7 Armagh ..........3-8 Down ..............2-5 Down ..............4-6 Antrim ............2-10 Derry ..............3-11 Down ..............1-12 Tyrone ............0-16 Armagh ..........4-8 Derry ..............0-9 Derry ..............1-14 Tyrone ............0-19 Tyrone ............3-6 Tyrone ............1-13 Cavan..............2-9 Tyrone ............0-10 Tyrone ............5-7 Down ..............0-11 Tyrone ............3-11 Down ..............1-5 Derry ..............3-14 Derry ..............0-11 Antrim ............2-9 Derry ..............3-9 Derry ..............1-14 Donegal..........2-11 Derry ..............1-12 Down ..............1-7 Tyrone ............2-7 Derry ..............2-15 Derry ..............2-10 Donegal..........1-10 Armagh ..........0-13 Tyrone ............1-9 Armagh ..........3-13 Derry ..............2-12 Donegal..........0-9 (R: 0-9 0-9) Tyrone ............3-13 Tyrone ............4-9 Down ..............2-7 (R: 0-10 0-10) Derry ..............2-11 Tyrone ..........2-13 Derry..............0-12 Tyrone ..........3-9

ULSTER MINOR FINALS 1930-2003 Monaghan......0-10 Armagh ..........0-4 Tyrone ............1-2 Armagh ..........1-2 Down ..............1-3 ........................ Tyrone ............2-4 Armagh ..........0-3 Armagh ..........2-4 Cavan..............1-7 (R) Antrim ............0-4 Cavan..............1-8 ........................ Down ..............0-7 Monaghan......0-5 Armagh ..........2-3 Monaghan......2-3 Donegal..........1-4 Armagh ..........1-1 (R) Cavan..............1-5 Down ..............1-3 Tyrone ............3-2 Down ..............0-9 Cavan..............2-6 Armagh ..........0-6 Donegal..........0-10 Cavan..............3-1 Antrim ............2-7 Monaghan......1-4 Monaghan......1-4 Armagh ..........0-8 Donegal..........2-11 Cavan..............0-6 Cavan..............2-4 Derry ..............1-9 Fermanagh ....2-5 Derry ..............1-7 Tyrone ............0-5 Fermanagh ....0-11 Fermanagh ....0-7 Cavan..............1-6 Down ..............0-9 Derry ..............1-4 Cavan..............0-7 Cavan..............1-9 Armagh ..........1-6 (R) Monaghan......2-9 Tyrone ............0-2 Armagh ..........1-2 Armagh ..........1-2 Down ..............3-5 Monaghan......0-4 Armagh ..........0-3 Cavan..............1-3 Down ..............0-10 Armagh ..........0-4 Cavan..............0-3 Armagh ..........2-3 Down ..............2-8 Tyrone ............1-9 Donegal..........0-9 Derry ..............1-5 Down ..............1-7 Down ..............1-7 Derry ..............1-5

Derry have won the Ulster Minor Champioship on thirteen occasions. Sean McKenna (left) in 2000 and Gerard Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Kane in 2002 are their last two winning captains.

Antrim ............2-10 Antrim ............2-2 Donegal..........0-9 Tyrone ............1-10 Monaghan ....0-13 Tyrone ..........0-11 Fermanagh....0-9

ROLL OF HONOUR Tyrone ................................................................18 Derry ..................................................................13 Armagh ..............................................................10 Down ....................................................................9 Antrim ..................................................................8 Cavan ....................................................................5 Donegal ................................................................4 Monaghan ............................................................3

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1965 1966 1969 1972 1973 1975 1977 1980 1981 1983 1987 1988 1989 1992 1995 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002

DERRY ............2-8 Down ..............1-8 Derry ..............0-11 Tyrone ............2-11 TYRONE ..........2-11 Tyrone ............0-4 DOWN ............2-6 Derry ..............0-11 Derry ..............2-7 DERRY ............0-8 DOWN ............1-12 Tyrone ............0-10 DERRY ............3-9 Armagh ..........0-10 Derry ..............0-11 Tyrone ............1-14 TYRONE ..........2-11 DOWN ............1-14 TYRONE ........2-11 (R: 0-15 1-12) DERRY ..........1-12

Kerry ..............2-4 Mayo ..............1-12 Cork ................2-7 Cork ................3-11 Kildare ............1-6 Kerry ..............1-10 Meath ............0-4 Kerry ..............3-12 Cork ................4-9 Cork ................1-3 Cork ................1-5 Kerry ..............1-8 Offaly..............1-6 Meath ............2-5 Westmeath ....1-10 Laois................3-11 Laois................0-11 Mayo ..............0-14 Dublin............0-6 Meath............0-8

ROLL OF HONOUR Derry Minors, 2002 All Ireland Champions.

ULSTER IN ALL IRELAND MINOR FINALS 1937 1938 1939 1947 1948

CAVAN ............1-11 CAVAN ............3-3 Monaghan......1-7 TYRONE ..........4-4 TYRONE ..........0-11

1937

Wexford..........1-5 Kerry ..............0-8 Roscommon....1-9 Mayo ..............4-3 Dublin ............1-5

1949 1951 1952 1957 1959

ARMAGH ........1-7 Armagh ..........1-5 Cavan..............1-6 Armagh ..........0-4 Cavan..............1-4

Kerry ..............1-5 Roscommon....2-7 Galway............2-9 Meath ............3-9 Dublin ............0-11

WINNING ALL IRELAND MINOR TEAMS 1998

CAVAN: John Joe Brady, Mick Argue, Barney Cully, Tom Cully, Patsy Fay, Patsy Clarke, Mickie O'Reilly, Donal Brady, T.P.O'Reilly, Paddy Conaty, Micheal Farrell, Harry Bouchier, P.A. O'Reilly, Patsy McDonnell, Jim McCormack.

1938

CAVAN: Dessie Benson, Willie Doonan, B.Cully, Peter Paul Galligan, M.Reilly, Paddy Coyle, Simon Deignan, Seamus Maguire, Jim McCormack, Kevin O'Reilly, P.Conaty, Michael Fitzsimons, Felim Coyle, John Johnson, Peadar Doyle.

1947

TYRONE: Michael Bradley, Liam Campbell, Robert McNulty, Vincent Cullen, Michael Vaughan, Eddie Devlin, Mick Cushnahan, Sean McGrath, Jack Poyntz, Harry Hartop, Malachy Dargan, Jackie McConnell, Dan McCaffrey, Tom Sullivan, Paddy Donnelly.

TYRONE: Pascal McConnell, Gavin Devlin, Michael McGee, Fran Loughran, Ciaran Meenagh, Darren O’Hanlon, Peter O’Neill, Cormac McAnallen, Kevin Hughes, Gavin Wylie, Martin Hughes, Stephen O’Neill, Aidan Lynch, Enda McGinley, Eoin Mulligan. Subs: Brian McGuigan for M.Hughes, Ryan O’Neill for K.Hughes.

1999

DOWN: John Sloan, John Clarke, Brendan Grant, Mark Doran, Brendan Kearney, Liam Doyle, Colm Murtagh, Louis Sloan, Brendan Coulter, Damien McGrady, Michael Walsh, Ronan Murtagh, PJ.McAlinden, John Fegan, Ronan Sexton.

2001

TYRONE: Jimmy McGahern, D.Donnelly, Mal Connolly, Eddie Knox, Louis Campbell, E.Devlin, Pat O'Hanlon, S.McGrath, H.Hartop, John O'Reilly, M.Dargan, Barney Eastwood, Leo Devlin, John Joe O'Hagan, Jack Twomey. Sub: Sean Donnelly.

TYRONE: John Devine, Ryan O’Neill, Dermot Carlin, Martin McStravock, Joe McMahon, Kieran McCrory, Paul Quinn, Peter Donnelly, Sean Cavanagh, Colm Donnelly, Barry Mulligan, Tommy McGuigan, Leo Meenan, Martin Penrose, Gerard Toner. Subs: Austin Donaghy for Mulligan, Paul Rafferty for Toner. REPLAY: No changes to the starting fifteen; the only sub used was Niall Gormley for Meenan.

1949

2002

1948

ARMAGH: Liam McCorry, Eddie McCann, Jack Bratten, John McKnight, Frank Kernan, Brendan O'Neill, Thomas McConville, Eugene Mee, Sean Collins, Tony Connolly, Sean Blaney, Joe Cunningham, Sean Smith, Paddy Joe McKeever, Brian McGrane. Sub: Mickey McKnight.

1965

DERRY: Eoin McNicholl, Michael McGoldrick, Gerard O’Kane, Joe Keenan, Ciaran McCallion, Mark Lynch, Paul O’Hea, Patsy Bradley, Ruairi Convery, Barry McGoldrick, Cathal O’Kane, Conleth Moran, James Bateson, Paul Young, Ciaran Mullan.

DERRY: Eugene McCall, Anthony Burke, Tom Quinn, Michael P.Kelly, Colm Mullen, Malachy McAfee, Adrian McGuckin, Tommy Diamond, Seamus Lagan, Brendan Mullan, Mickey Niblock, Eamonn Coleman, John Joe Kearney, Seamus McCloskey, Phil Friel.

WINNING CAPTAINS

1973

TYRONE: Barry Campbell, Gerry Goodwin, Martin Lennon, Hugh Mooney, Seamus Gormley, Colm McAleer, Justin O'Doherty, Patsy Kerlin, Dessie McKenna, Sean O'Kane, Eugene McKenna, Joe Cunningham, Mickey Quinn, Bosco O'Neill, Kieran Currie. Sub: Seamus Coyne.

1977

DOWN: Pat Donnan, Sean McNulty, Adrian McAulfield, Shane Brunker, Paddy O'Rourke, Michael Sands, Brendan McGovern, John McCartan, Paddy Kennedy, Eamonn Toner, Ambrose Rodgers, Martin McCann, Tommy Bradley, Brendan Loughran, Jarlath Digney. Subs: Emmett McGivern, Francis Rooney.

1983

DERRY: Don Kelly, Patrick O'Donnell, Paul Bradley, Raymond Conway, John McGurk, Brian Kealey, Niall Mullan, Peter Young, Ciaran Barton, Dermot McNicholl, Eddie McElhinney, Damien Cassidy, Cathal McNicholl, Eamonn Lynch, Tony McKiernan.

1987

DOWN: Dermot Hawkins, Neil Caulfield, Larry Duggan, Martin McGivern, Mark Quinn, Conor Deegan, Collie Mason, Brian McCartan, Pat Hannaway, Cathal Murray, Raphael Haughian. Geoffrey Breen, Ronan Fitzpatrick, Tom Fegan, James McCartan.

1989

DERRY: Martin O'Connor, Jarleth Martin, Paddy McAllister, Gregory Simpson, Barry McGonigle, Gary Coleman, Roderick Skelly, John Mulholland, Anthony Tohill, Rory McEldowney, James Lynn, Eamonn Burns, Eunan O'Kane, Dermot Heaney, Declan Bateson. Subs: Karl Diamond and Ryan Murphy.

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Kerry ........................................................11 Dublin ......................................................10 Cork ............................................................8 Mayo ..........................................................6 Galway & Tyrone........................................5 Derry ..........................................................4 Down, Meath, Laois & Roscommon..........3 Cavan & Louth ..........................................2 Armagh, Clare, Offaly, Tipperary & Westmeath ............................1

1937 1938 1947 1948 1949 1965 1973 1977 1983 1987 1989 1998 1999 2001 2002

Harry Bouchier..................................................(Cavan) Paddy Conaty....................................................(Cavan) Eddie Devlin ....................................................(Tyrone) Eddie Devlin ....................................................(Tyrone) Sean Blaney ..................................................(Armagh) Tommy Diamond ..............................................(Derry) Dessie McKenna ..............................................(Tyrone) John McCartan..................................................(Down) Dermot McNicholl ............................................(Derry) Mark Quinn ......................................................(Down) Gary Coleman ....................................................(Derry) Cormac McAnallen..........................................(Tyrone) Liam Doyle ........................................................(Down) Peter Donnelly ................................................(Tyrone) Gerard O’Kane ..................................................(Derry)

10. 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

Donegal..........3-6 Donegal..........2-14 Down ..............0-9 Donegal..........1-11 Derry ..............1-11 Derry ..............4-9 Antrim ............2-8 Fermanagh ....0-13 Fermanagh ....2-12 Tyrone ............3-13 (R: 1-7 1-7) Tyrone ............2-14 Antrim ............2-6 Antrim ............2-7 Derry ..............1-6 Down ..............3-5 Down ..............0-11 Down ..............1-9

ULSTER UNDER-21 FINALS 1963-2003 Cavan..............1-3 Monaghan......0-4 Cavan..............1-2 Monaghan......1-4 Monaghan......1-4 Monaghan......2-4 Down ..............1-9 Cavan..............0-8 Tyrone ............1-8 Derry ..............1-6 Monaghan......2-5 Tyrone ............1-8 Tyrone ............0-7 Down ..............1-4 Cavan..............0-10 Cavan..............1-6 Tyrone ............0-5

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

Tyrone ............4-4 Monaghan......0-8 Donegal..........0-10 Derry ..............3-13 Down ..............1-10 Down ..............3-7 Derry ..............4-7 Donegal..........1-11 (R: 0-7 1-4) Cavan..............3-10 Antrim ............1-6 Tyrone ............2-8 Tyrone ............3-10 Tyrone ............0-14 Derry ..............1-9 Fermanagh ....2-8 Donegal..........3-11 (R: 1-9 1-9)

Down ..............2-5 Donegal..........0-6 Derry ..............1-5 Donegal..........1-3 Antrim ............1-8 Tyrone ............0-7 Donegal..........0-6 Monaghan......0-8 Antrim ............0-6 Down ..............1-5 Down ..............0-11 Down ..............0-8 Monaghan......2-6 Down ..............1-8 Derry ..............0-8 Cavan..............1-11

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Cavan..............1-11 Derry ..............1-12 Armagh ..........1-8 Monaghan......0-12 Tyrone ............1-18 Tyrone ..........1-19 Tyrone ..........0-13 Tyrone ..........2-8

Derry ..............1-5 Fermanagh ....1-6 Derry ..............0-10 Donegal..........1-8 Donegal..........1-4 Fermanagh....0-10 Cavan ............1-7 Monaghan ....0-11

ROLL OF HONOUR Tyrone ................................................................10 Derry ....................................................................7 Donegal & Down ................................................6 Antrim ..................................................................4 Fermanagh ..........................................................3 Cavan & Monaghan ............................................2 Armagh ................................................................1

Harte to Harte - Mark and Mickey after the 2000 Ulster Minor Final.

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ULSTER IN ALL IRELAND FINALS 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1974 1977 1979 1982 1983 1985 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1996 1997 2000 2001 2003

DERRY ............3-9 ANTRIM ..........1-8 Fermanagh ....0-9 Fermanagh ....0-3 Tyrone ............1-9 Antrim ............2-8 (R: 0-9 0-9) Down ..............1-5 DOWN ............1-9 DONEGAL ......0-8 Derry ..............1-5 (R: 1-8 2-5) Derry ..............1-8 DONEGAL ......1-12 (R: 1-7 0-10) Cavan..............0-9 Tyrone ............2-11 TYRONE ..........4-6 TYRONE ..........1-10 Cavan..............2-10 DERRY ............1-12 TYRONE ..........3-12 TYRONE ..........0-13 TYRONE ..........0-12

Offaly..............1-9 Roscommon....0-10 Cork ................2-11 Cork ................3-10 Galway............4-5 Mayo ..............2-10 Kerry ..............1-11 Cork ................0-7 Roscommon....0-5 Mayo ..............1-8 Cork ................0-14 Kerry ..............2-4 Offaly..............0-11 Kerry ..............5-12 Kerry ..............1-5 Galway............1-7 Kerry ..............1-17 Meath ............0-5 Limerick ..........0-13 Mayo ..............0-10 Dublin ............0-7

WINNING TEAMS

1968

DERRY: John Somers, Matt Trolan, Tom Quinn, Michael P.Kelly, Tommy Diamond, Malachy McAfee, Gerry O'Loughlin, Tom McGuinness, Seamus Lagan, Eamonn Coleman, Mickey Niblock, John Joe Kearney, Adrian McGuckin, Seamus McCloskey, Kevin Teague.

Tyrone have ruled the roost at Under-21 level Right: Cormac McAnallen with the All Ireland cup in 2001. Below: Richard Thornton celebrates after scoring a goal against Limerick in the 2000 All Ireland Final.

1969

ANTRIM: Ray McIlroy, Donal Burns, Seamus Killough, Martin McGranaghan, Jim Mullan, Billy Millar, Mick Colbert, Liam Boyle, Terry Dunlop, Aidan Hamill, Gerry McCann, Gerry Nellis, Andy McCallin, Gerry Dillon, Din Joe McBrogan. Subs: Gerry Pollock for Colbert.

1979

DOWN: Pat Donnan, Ned King, Adrian McAulfield, Michael Sands, Gerry Murdock, Paddy O'Rourke, Brendan McGovern, Paddy Kennedy, Liam Austin, John McCartan, Malachy Burns, Greg Blaney, Peter Donnan, Gervase O'Hare, Jarlath Digney. Sub: Martin McCann for O'Hare.

1982

DONEGAL: Michael Kelly, Michael McBrearty, Sean Bonner, Matt Gallagher, Eunan McIntyre, Tommy McDermott, Brian Tuohy, Anthony Molloy, Donal Reid, Martin McHugh, Charlie Mulgrew, Joyce McMullan, Seamus Meehan, Paul Carr, Patrick McGroarty. Subs: Pauric Gallagher for Bonner, Sylvester Maguire for McGroarty.

1987

DONEGAL: Danny Gallagher, John Joe Doherty, John Connors, Thomas Maguire, Diarmuid Keon, John Cunningham, Paul Carr, Barry Cunningham, John Ban Gallagher, Paddy Hegarty, Tommy Ryan, Barry McGowan, Dermot Ward, Manus Boyle, Luke Gavigan. Subs: Conor White, Joey McDermott. Replay Sub: Seamus Ward.

1991

TYRONE: Cathal Blee, Damien Hagan, Chris Lawn, Fay Devlin, Paul Donnelly, Barry McGinn, Terence O'Neill, Adrian Kilpatrick, Danny Barr, Adrian Cush, Eamonn McCaffrey, Peter Canavan, Ciaran Loughran, Ciaran McBride, Brian Gormley. Subs: Stephen Lawn for Donnelly, Joe Cassidy for Blee.

1992

TYRONE: Brian McConnell, Eamonn Martin, C.Lawn, F.Devlin, S.Lawn, Jody Gormley, Ciaran Hughes, A.Kilpatrick, Seamus McCallin, E.McCaffrey, Colm Donnelly, P.Canavan, C.Loughran, C.McBride, B.Gormley. Sub: Michael Slevin for C.Lawn

1997

DERRY: Shane O’Kane, Sean Donnelly, David O’Neill, Michael Kelly, Paul McFlynn, Sean Martin Lockhart, Emmet McGilloway, Enda Muldoon, Gary Doyle, Benny Murray, Johnny McBride, Seanie McGuckin, Joe Cassidy, Adrian McGuckin, Michael Gribben.

2000

TYRONE: Pascal McConnell, Gavin Devlin, Darren O’Hanlon, Michael McGee, Cormac McGinley, Ciaran Gourley, Declan McCrossan, Cormac McAnallen, Kevin Hughes, Joe Campbell, Brian McGuigan, Stephen O’Neill, Mark Harte, Richard Thornton, Eoin Mulligan. Subs: Adrian Ball for McCrossan, Enda McGinley for McAnallen.

2001

TYRONE: P.McConnell, Conor Gormley, D.O’Hanlon, M.McGee, Ciaran Meenagh, G.Devlin, Philip Jordan, Peter Donnelly, C.McAnallen, Ryan Mellon, B.McGuigan, S.O’Neill, E.McGinley, K.Hughes, E.Mulligan. Sub: Gavin Wylie for Donnelly.

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NOTE Peter Canavan scored 2-3 in the 1990 final, 2-5 in the 1991 final and 0-7 in the 1992 final.

WINNING CAPTAINS 1968 1969 1979 1982 1987 1991 1992 1997 2000 2001

Tommy Diamond ..............................................(Derry) Billy Millar ......................................................(Antrim) Ned King ..........................................................(Down) Brian Tuohy ..................................................(Donegal) John Cunningham ........................................(Donegal) Peter Canavan ................................................(Tyrone) Peter Canavan ................................................(Tyrone) Johnny McBride ................................................(Derry) Cormac McAnallen..........................................(Tyrone) Cormac McAnallen..........................................(Tyrone)

11.

SIGERSON CUP FINALS 1935-2003

(Ulster Winners in bold) Queens ..........0-1 UCD ................2-3 Queens ..........2-6 UCD ................4-5 Queens ..........0-10 UCD ................0-9 (R: 2-7 2-7) 1964 Queens ..........3-5 UCD ................0-8 1970 Queens ..........1-5 UCC ................1-10 1971 Queens ..........0-7 UCC ................0-6 1975 Queens ..........0-10 UCD ................0-18 1982 Queens ..........0-12 UCG ................1-7 aet 1983 Queens ..........2-5 UCG ................2-8 1985 Queens ..........0-5 UCD ................0-10 1986 UUJ ................1-9 UCC ................1-5 1987 UUJ ................0-6 UCC ................0-4 1989 St.Marys........3-13 UCC ................1-5 1990 Queens ..........3-8 St.Marys..........1-9 1991 UUJ ................0-7 UCG ................0-6 1992 Queens ..........0-11 UCG ................2-8 1993 Queens ..........1-12 St.Marys..........0-4 1994 Queens ..........2-5 UCC ................1-9 1998 UUJ ................0-8 ITT (Tralee) ....0-10 2000 Queens ..........1-8 UCD ................0-8 aet 2001 UUJ ................1-14 UCD ..............1-9 2002 Sligo IT ..........0-6 UCD ..............0-5 (Ulster Winners in bold) 1935 1945 1958

■ NOTE: UUJ first entered the competition in 1985, followed by St Marys in 1987.

WINNING TEAMS

1958

QUEENS: John O'Neill (Fermanagh), Christy Mallon (Tyrone), Mick Brewster (Fermanagh), Charlie Murphy (Antrim), Leo O'Neill (Derry), Brendan Donaghy (Armagh), Peter Smith, Phil Stuart (Derry), Hugh O'Kane (Antrim), Tom Scullion (Derry), Frank Higgins (Tyrone), Sean O'Neill (Down), Barney McNally (Antrim), Seamus Mallon, Kevin Halpenny (Armagh). QUEENS: Des Sharkey (Antrim), Pat Loughran, Leonard McEvoy (Armagh), Niall McEnhill (Tyrone), Paddy Diamond (Antrim), James McKenny (Down), Phil McCotter (Derry), Terry Gilmore (Antrim), Jimmy Hughes (Tyrone), Oliver McDonald (Armagh), Gerry McCrory (Antrim), Jackie Fitzsimmons (Down), Jimmy Beggs (Tyrone), Sean O'Neill (Down), Eamonn Flannigan (Fermanagh). Subs: Stephen Fitzpatrick (Antrim) for Loughran. QUEENS: Ciaran Lewis (Armagh), Liam Murphy (Derry), Seamus Killough, Malachy Duffin, Donal Laverty (Antrim), Maurice Denvir (Down) Kevin Stevenson (Armagh), J.J.O'Reilly (Fermanagh), Pat Turley (Down), Paddy Park, Kevin Teague (Tyrone), Fionn Sherry (Fermanagh), Martin McAleese (Antrim), Anthony McGurk (Derry), John Rainey (Antrim). Sub: Seamus Mullan (Derry) for O’Reilly. QUEENS: Paddy Mahon (Down), Joe Fearon, Sean Gordon (Armagh), Donagh O'Kane, Gerard Rodgers (Down), Joey Donnelly (Armagh), Martin Small, John McAleenan (Down), Sean McAuley (Antrim), Brian McErlean (Derry), Dermot Dowling, Aidan Short (Armagh), Seamus Leonard (Fermanagh), Greg Blaney (Down), Donal Armstrong (Antrim). Subs: Eamonn Larkin (Down) for Leonard, Seamus Boyd (Antrim) for McAleenan, John Mackle (Derry) for Mahon. McAleenan for Donnelly in extra time. UUJ: Fergal Harney (Armagh), DJ Kane (Down), Martin Lennon (Armagh), Paul Mahon (Down), Barry Young (Derry), Colin Harney (Armagh), Barry Breen (Down), Cahal Glass (Derry), Stephen Conway (Tyrone), Dermot McNicholl (Derry), Ger Houlihan (Armagh), Enda Gormley (Derry), Stephen Rice (Tyrone), Donal Durkan (Down), Cathal McNicholl (Derry). Subs: Mal O'Hare, Mark Bohill (Down), Donal Armstrong (Antrim). UUJ: Cathal Canavan (Armagh), DJ Kane, Padraig O'Neill (Armagh), Seanie Meyler (Tyrone), B.Young, B.Breen, Gary McConville (Tyrone) , S.Conway, C.Glass, D.McNicholl, E.Gormley, Declan Canavan (Armagh), Thomas Maguire (Fermanagh), C.McNicholl, Rory Scullion (Derry). Subs: M.Bohill, Peter Young (Derry), Conal Heatley (Antrim).

1964

1971

1982

1986

1987

1989

ST MARYS: Benny Tierney (Armagh), Malachy O'Rourke (Fermanagh), Martin McNally (Armagh), Pascal Canavan (Tyrone), John Rafferty (Armagh), Danny Quinn (Derry), Cathal Murray (Down), John Reihill (Fermanagh), Jarlath Burns (Armagh), Seamus Downey (Derry), Olly Reel (Armagh), Paddy Barton (Derry), Martin Houlihan (Armagh), Fergal McCann (Fermanagh), Iggy Gallagher (Tyrone). Subs: Conrad McGuigan (Derry) for Gallagher, Eamonn Shannon (Fermanagh) for Houlihan. QUEENS: Eamonn Connolly (Down), Shane O'Neill (Armagh), Paul O'Neill (Tyrone), Mark McNeill (Armagh), Fergal Logan (Tyrone), Colm Hanratty (Armagh), Mickey Quinn (Down), Danny Barr (Tyrone), Liam Conneally (Clare), Collie McGurk (Derry), Paul McErlean (Antrim), Damien Devine (Tyrone), Hugh Tohill (Derry), Tony McMahon, James McCartan (Down). Subs: Declan Conlon (Down), Iggy McGowan (Fermanagh), Keith Quigley (Armagh). UUJ: Hugh Fitzpatrick (Fermanagh), Aidan Morris (Tyrone), Gareth O'Neill, P.O'Neill (Armagh), Gary Lyons (Down), Noel Donnelly (Tyrone), Paddy Tinnelly (Down), D.McNicholl, Gerard Colgan (Down), Laurence Strain (Tyrone), Gary Mason, Conor Burns (Down), Brian Carty (Fermanagh), Alan Downey, Collie Burns (Down). Subs: Mark Gallagher (Fermanagh) for Strain, Niall McGuinness (Tyrone) for Downey. QUEENS: E.Connolly, Gary McGirr (Tyrone), Paddy McGuinness (Fermanagh), Paddy McGeary (Armagh), Stephen

1990

1991

1993

WINNING CAPTAINS 1958 1964 1971 1982 1986 1987 1989 1990 1991 1993 2000 2001

Hugh O’Kane ..............(Queens & Antrim) Des Sharkey ................(Queens & Antrim) Paddy Park ..................(Queens & Tyrone) Seamus Boyd ..............(Queens & Antrim) Colin Harney....................(UUJ & Armagh) DJ Kane ..............................(UUJ & Down) John Reihill ........(St.Marys & Fermanagh) Fergal Logan................(Queens & Tyrone) Noel Donnelly....................(UUJ & Tyrone) Paul Brewster ......(Queens & Fermanagh) Diarmaid Marsden ....(Queens & Armagh) Jim McGuinness ..............(UUJ & Donegal)

Walls (Derry), Ciaran McGeeney (Armagh), Paul Brewster (Fermanagh), Anthony Tohill (Derry), Cathal O'Rourke, Paddy McGeeney (Armagh), Brian McCormack (Derry), Paul McGrane (Armagh), Dennis Holywood (Armagh), Paul Greene (Fermanagh), J.McCartan. Subs: John Hanna (Fermanagh) for Greene, Paul Burns for McGrane. QUEENS: Aidan Quinn (Down), Paddy Campbell (Donegal), Peter Quinn (Fermanagh), Brian Robinson (Tyrone), Simon Poland (Down), Enda McNulty (Armagh), Philip Jordan (Tyrone), Conall Martin (Tyrone), Joe Quinn (Antrim), Tom Brewster (Fermanagh), Cormac McAnallen (Tyrone), Karl Oakes (Down), Paddy McKeever (Armagh), Liam McBarron (Fermanagh), Philip Oldham (Armagh). Subs: Diarmaid Marsden (Armagh) for Martin, Barry Ward (Donegal) for Oakes, Peter Campbell (Tyrone) for Oldham, Adrian Scullion (Derry) for Poland, Kevin McElvanna (Armagh) for Jordan. NB: Tom Brewster won Player of the Tournament. UUJ: Ronan Gallagher (Fermanagh), Cormac McGinley (Tyrone), Enda McNulty (Armagh), Paul McGurk (Tyrone), Raymond Johnston (Fermanagh), Aidan O’Rourke (Armagh), Declan McCrossan (Tyrone), Liam Doyle (Down), Kevin Hughes (Tyrone), Martin O’Rourke (Armagh), John Toal (Armagh), Michael Walsh (Down), Paddy Bradley (Derry), Kevin Brady (Antrim), Jim McGuinness (Donegal). Subs: Kieran Donnelly (Fermanagh) for M.O’Rourke, Enda McGinley (Tyrone) for Toal, Ronan Sexton (Down) for Michael Walsh.

2000

2001

WINNING MANAGERS Paddy O'Hara ..........................................1958 / 1964 Jimmy Beggs ......................................................1971 Sean O'Neill ........................................................1982 Charlie Sweeney & Eamonn Coleman ........1986-87 Jim McKeever and Peter Finn............................1989 Dessie Ryan ........................................................1990 Val Kane & DJ Kane ..........................................1991 Dermot Dowling ................................................1993 Dessie Ryan ........................................................2000

WINNING CAPTAINS OUTSIDE ULSTER Mick O’Gorman (UCD & Monaghan) ................1930 PJ Duke (UCD & Cavan) ....................................1947 Kieran Denvir (UCD & Down)............................1955 Jim McDonnell (UCD & Cavan)..........................1956 Felix McKnight (UCD & Armagh) ......................1957 James Brady (UCD & Cavan) ..............................1959 Paddy Kerr (UCD & Monaghan) ........................1974 Jim McGuinness (Tralee & Donegal) ................1999

TOP SCORERS IN FINALS Sean O’Neill 2-2..................................................1964 Martin Carney 2-1 ..............................................1972 Greg Blaney 0-5..................................................1982 Enda Gormley 0-5 & Ger Houlahan 1-2 ............1986 Enda Gormley 0-3 ..............................................1987 Fergal McCann 2-1 ............................................1989 James McCartan 1-3 ..........................................1990 Anthony Tohill 0-6..............................................1993 Brian McGuckin 0-3............................................1998 Liam McBarron 1-1............................................2000. ■ Fermanagh’s Rory Gallagher and Paul Finlay from Monaghan were on the Sligo team that won the Sigerson in 2002. Enda McNulty won successive Sigersons with Queens in 2000 and UUJ in 2001. Tom Brewster won the Player of the Tournament Award in 2000, followed by Liam Doyle in 2001.

Queens last won the Sigerson in 2000 when Diarmaid Marsden was their captain.

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12.

MACRORY CUP FINALS 1923-2003

(Played on a league basis from 1923-34) 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963

St Pats............................................................................................Armagh St Pats............................................................................................Armagh Shared - St Pats ............................................................................Armagh & St Macartans ......................................................................St Malachys St Pats............................................................................................Armagh St Pats............................................................................................Armagh St Pats............................................................................................Armagh St Malachys ....................................................................................Belfast St Macartans ............................................................................Monaghan St Pats............................................................................................Armagh St Macartans ............................................................................Monaghan St Macartans ............................................................................Monaghan Shared - St Macartans ..................................................................Armagh St Pats............................................................................................Armagh St Pats, Cavan ........................7-11 Monaghan CBS ........................0-0 St Pats, Cavan ..........................3-3 St Pats, Armagh ......................1-7 St Pats, Cavan ..........................2-6 St Marys, Dundalk ..................1-6 St Marys, Dundalk ..................4-6 St Pats, Armagh ......................0-4 St Pats, Cavan ..........................2-7 St Marys, Dundalk ..................1-1 St Macartans, M’han ................bt St Marys, Dundalk ........................ (R) St Marys, Dundalk ..................7-6 St Pats, Cavan ..........................3-5 St Macartans, M’han ................bt St Pats, Cavan .............................. St Pats, Cavan ........................2-12 St Pats, Armagh ......................1-3 St Pats, Armagh ....................5-11 Abbey CBS ..............................0-9 St Pats, Armagh ......................4-9 St Colmans, Newry ................0-12 St Pats, Armagh ........................bt St Marys, Dundalk ........................ St Pats, Armagh ....................5-11 Abbey CBS ..............................0-2 St Pats, Cavan ..........................7-8 St Malachys, Belfast ................1-7 St Colmans, Newry ................5-11 St Malachys, Belfast ................0-7 St Colmans, Newry ................2-11 St Pats, Armagh ......................3-7 St Pats, Cavan ........................1-11 St Pats, Armagh ......................2-2 St Macartans, M’han ..............2-8 St Pats, Armagh ......................1-4 St Pats, Armagh ....................2-10 St Macartans, M’han ..............1-6 Abbey CBS ............................0-11 St Pats, Cavan ..........................1-5 (R) St Pats, Cavan ..........................2-8 St Malachys, Belfast ................0-2 St Macartans, M’han ..............2-7 St Eunans, L’kenny ..................2-6 St Colmans, Newry ..................0-8 St Pats, Armagh ......................1-2 St Colmans, Newry ................4-11 St Pats, Cavan ..........................1-1 Abbey CBS ..............................3-7 St Eunans, L’kenny ..................1-3 St Colmans, Newry ..................2-6 St Pats, Cavan ..........................0-4 St Pats, Cavan ........................1-13 St Eunans, L’kenny ..................0-5 St Pats, Cavan ........................2-11 Abbey CBS ..............................2-6 St Colmans, Newry ..................2-8 St Pats, Cavan ..........................0-2

1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 *

Abbey CBS ..............................3-8 St Pats Cavan ..........................2-5 St Columbs, Derry....................1-3 St Michaels, Enniskillen ..........0-4 St Columbs, Derry....................3-5 De La Salle, D’patrick ..............3-3 St Colmans, Newry ................2-10 St Pats, Armagh ......................1-4 St Colmans, Newry ..................6-4 St Michaels, Enniskillen ..........1-3 St Colmans, Newry ..................1-9 St Michaels, Enniskillen ..........1-6 St Malachys, Belfast ................2-6 St Michaels, Enniskillen ..........0-6 St Marys CBS, Belfast ............1-11 Abbey CBS ..............................1-7 St Pats, Cavan ..........................1-9 Abbey CBS ..............................2-4 St Michaels, Enniskillen ........1-10 Omagh, CBS ..........................0-10 Omagh CBS ............................1-11 St Michaels, Enniskillen ........0-12 (R: 0-6 0-6) St Colmans, Newry ..................2-7 St Pats Cavan ..........................1-8 St Colmans, Newry ..................1-4 St Pats, Maghera ....................0-4 St Pats, Maghera ....................1-7 Abbey CBS ..............................0-8 St Colmans, Newry ................1-10 St Pats, Maghera ....................1-3 St Colmans, Newry ..................0-7 St Pats, Maghera ....................0-5 St Pats, Maghera ....................3-9 Abbey CBS ..............................3-6 St Colmans, Newry ..................1-3 St Pats, Maghera ....................0-5 St Pats, Maghera ....................1-7 Abbey CBS..............................1-6? St Pats, Maghera ..................2-10 Abbey CBS ..............................0-8 St Pats, Maghera ....................1-9 St Marys CBS, Belfast ..............0-6 St Pats, Maghera ....................2-9 St Michaels, Lurgan ................1-1 St Marys CBS, Belfast ..............1-8 St Pats, Maghera ....................0-6 Abbey CBS ..............................2-6 St Colmans, Newry ..................0-8 St Colmans, Newry ..................3-5 St Pats, Maghera ....................1-9 (Rs: 0-5 0-5; 2-7 2-7) St Pats Maghera ....................4-10 St Colmans Newry ..................4-9 St Pats Maghera ......................3-6 St Colmans, Newry ..................1-5 (R: 0-6 0-6) St Pats, Dungannon ................2-7 St Colmans, Newry ..................1-9 St Michaels, Enniskillen ..........1-8 St Pats, Dungannon ................0-9 St Colmans, Newry ................0-10 St Pats, Maghera ....................1-5 St Pats, Maghera ..................0-12 St Pats, Armagh ......................0-8 St Pats, Maghera ..................1-14 St Colmans, Newry ..................1-5 St Pats, Maghera ..................0-12 St Marys. M’felt ......................1-6 St Pats Dungannon ................2-9 St Pats, Armagh ....................1-10 St Colmans, Newry ................2-14 St Pats, Maghera ....................2-7 St Michaels, Enniskillen ........4-11 St Colmans, Newry ................0-12 St Pats, Armagh ......................3-6 St Michaels, Enniskillen ..........1-9 Omagh CBS ........................1-11 St Michaels, Enniskillen ........2-8 Omagh CBS ..........................1-5 St Michaels, Enniskillen ......1-12 St Pats, Maghera ..................1-9 St Marys Magherafelt ..........1-4 The replay was not played in 2001 because of the Foot and Mouth crisis. The Cup was shared between the schools.

Maghera supporters enjoyed the 2003 MacRory Cup final.

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ROLL OF HONOUR St Colmans, Newry......................................................17 St Pats, Armagh (& two shared) ................................12 St Pats, Cavan & St Pats, Maghera ............................12 St Macartans (& two shared) ......................................7 Abbey CBS & St Michaels, Enn. (& one shared)..........4 St Malachys (& one shared) ........................................3 St Pats, Dungannon, St Columbs, Derry & St Marys, Dundalk ....................................................2 Omagh CBS, St Marys, Belfast (& one shared) ..........1

WINNING CAPTAINS 1970-2003 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

Basil McClean ..............................(St Malachys) Gerry McHugh ..................................(St Marys) Niall Brennan ..........................(St Pats, Cavan) Hugh O’Neill ................................(St Michaels) Colm McAleer ..............................(Omagh CBS) Declan Rodgers ............................(St Colmans) Jim McCartan ................................(St Colmans)

13. 1946 1947 1948 1957 1965 1967 1970 1971 1972 1975 1978 1980 1984 1986 1988 1989

ST PATS, ARMAGH ..............3-11 St Pats, Armagh ....................3-8 St Pats, Cavan ........................3-3 St Colmans, Newry ................0-4 ST COLUMBS ........................0-11 (R: 0-9 0-9) ST COLMANS ..........................1-8 St Malachys, Belfast ............1-13 ST MARYS CBS ....................1-13 ST PATS, CAVAN ..................2-11 ST COLMANS ..........................1-7 St Colmans, Newry ................2-4 St Pats, Maghera....................1-8 St Pats, Maghera....................2-3 ST COLMANS ........................3-10 ST COLMANS ........................1-11 ST PATS, M’HERA ................2-15 (R: 1-5 0-8)

Terence Laverty ..................(St Pats, Maghera) Pat Donnan ..................................(St Colmans) Peter Donnan................................(St Colmans) Paddy Mackle ......................(St Pats, Maghera) Greg Blaney ..................................(St Colmans) Martin Tully ........................(St Pats, Maghera) Dermot McNicholl ..............(St Pats, Maghera) Dermot McNicholl ..............(St Pats, Maghera) Danny Quinn ......................(St Pats, Maghera) Conal Heatley....................................(St Marys) Tony McMahon..............................(Abbey CBS) Ollie Reel ......................................(St Colmans) Terry Bradley ......................(St Pats, Maghera) Paddy McAllister ................(St Pats, Maghera) Patrick McCartan............(St Pats, Dungannon) Declan O’Brien..............................(St Michaels) Ronan Hamill ................................(St Colmans) Ronan McGuckin ................(St Pats, Maghera) Sean Martin Lockhart ........(St Pats, Maghera) John Heaney........................(St Pats, Maghera) Paul McGurk ..................(St Pats, Dungannon) Declan Morgan ............................(St Colmans) Ciaran Smith ................................(St Michaels)

2000 2001 2002 2003

Kevin Beagan........................(St Pats, Armagh) Cormac McAleer..............................(Omagh) & Paul Gunn..............................(St Michaels) Ryan Keenan ............................(St Michaels) Gerard O'Kane ................(St Pats, Maghera)

IGGY JONES TROPHY WINNERS (for Man of the Match in the Final) 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Ronan Hamill ..................................St Colmans Sean McGuckin ..................................Maghera Adrian McGuckin................................Maghera Niall Farren ........................................Maghera Martin Earley ................................Dungannon Aidan Fegan ....................................St Colmans Colm Bradley ..................................St Michaels Liam O’Hare ............................St Pats, Armagh Ciaran O’Reilly ............................St Michaels Shaun Doherty ............................St Michaels Mark Lynch......................................Maghera

HOGAN CUP FINALS 1946-2003 St Jarlaths, Tuam....................4-7 St Jarlaths, Tuam..................4-10 St Mels, Longford ..................4-7 St Nathys (B’dereen)..............1-7 Belcamp OMI (Dub) ..............1-7 St Jarlaths, Tuam....................1-7 Col. Chriost Ri ........................4-5 Col. Chriost Ri ........................1-7 St Brendans (K’arney)............1-5 Carmelite (Moate) ................2-3 St Jarlaths, Tuam..................2-11 Carmelite (Moate) ..............0-12 St Jarlaths, Tuam..................0-10 St Davids (Artane)..................0-7 St Mels, Longford ..................1-7 Col Chriost Ri ........................1-6

WINNING TEAMS IN FINALS

1946

ST PATS, ARMAGH: Eamon Caherty, Benny Dargan, Jim Devlin, Brendan O'Neill, Pat O'Neill, Eddie Devlin, Felix O'Kane, Malachy Dargan, Larry Higgins, Sean McGrath, Iggy Jones, Gerry O'Neill, Pat Smith, Larry Donegan, Tom Gribben. Subs: Kevin Moran, Vincent Cullen, Brian O'Kane. Special Note: Iggy Jones scored 3-4 in the final.

1965

ST COLUMBS, DERRY: Joe Cassidy, Michael Trolan, Brendan Dolan, Michael P.Kelly, Colum Mullan, Malachy McAfee, Tom Quinn, Harry McGill, Peter Stevenson, Chris Browne, Paddy McCotter, Tony O'Doherty, Eamonn Small, Seamus Lagan, Brendan Mullan.

1967

ST COLMANS, NEWRY: Ciaran Lewis, John Gribben, Sean J.Moore, Sean McCann, Jimmy Smyth, Noel Moore, Jimmy Donnelly, Tony Quinn, Paddy Turley, John Purdy, Peter Rooney, Con Davey, Martin Murphy, Sean McMullan, Des Rice.

1971

ST MARYS CBS, BELFAST: Kevin O'Loan, Paul McKiernan, Gerry Cullen, Conor Smith, Gerry McHugh, Sean Sands, John McKiernan, Phil Shephard, Pat Armstrong, Frank Toman, Paul Growcott, Ciaran Donnelly, Canice Ward.

1972

ST PATS, CAVAN: Aidan Elliott, Pat McGill, Eamonn Gillic, John Sweeney, Ollie Brady, Gerry Smith, Ciaran O'Keeffe, Sean Leddy, Charlie O'Donoghue, Niall Brennan, Brian Brady, Hugh Reynolds, Michael English.

1975

1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

ST COLMANS: Pat Donnan, Michael Connolly, Pat McGivern, Michael Sands, Jim McCartan, Declan McConville, Cathal Strain, John McCartan, Tom Treanor, Noel Rodgers, Declan Rodgers, Jim McIlroy, Michael McDonald.

1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 2000 2002 2003

ST PATS, M’HERA ................1-11 (R: 1-4 0-7) ST COLMANS ........................2-10 St Pats, Maghera....................0-9 ST PATS M’HERA ..................2-11 St Pats, Maghera..................1-14 ST PATS, D’GANNON............1-10 ST COLMANS ........................2-14 St Pats, Armagh ....................1-6 St Pats, Armagh ..................1-6 St Michaels, E’killen ............0-6 St Pats Maghera ..................1-9

St Jarlaths, Tuam....................1-9 St Jarlaths, Tuam..................3-11 Good Counsel, New Ross ......1-6 Killorglin (Kerry) ....................4-8 St Geralds, C’bar ....................0-3 Colaiste Eoin ..........................1-7 St Pats Navan ......................0-11 St Pats Navan ....................0-11 St Jarlaths, Tuam ..............3-11 St Jarlaths, Tuam ................2-4

ROLL OF HONOUR St Jarlaths, Tuam ............................................................................................12 St Colmans, Newry ............................................................................................6 St Mels, Longford, St Pats Maghera & Col Chriost Ri ....................................4 Carmellite ..........................................................................................................3

1986

ST COLMANS: Brendan Tierney, Mark Mooney, Larry Duggan, Mark Matthews, Peter Morgan, Martin Magee, Stephen McGrane, Ian Hall, Brian McCartan, Martin Burns, Ollie Reel, Cathal Murray, Ronan Fitzpatrick, Paul Fegan, James McCartan.

McKeown, Gary Hetherington, Conall Martin, Jarlath Quinn, Darren Somerville, Brian McGuigan, Kevin Corry, Michael Rea, Richard Thornton, Martin Early. Subs: Willie Lyons for Hetherington, Niall Quinn for McGuigan, Brendan Early for Thornton.

1988

1998

1989

2003

ST COLMANS: Eamonn Connolly, Barry Hynes, L.Duggan, Barry Fearon, Pat Tinnelly, Mark McNeill, M.Matthews, Gerard Reid, Eamonn McKay, Paul McCartan, J.McCartan, Paul O'Hare, O.Reel, Tom Fegan, Gareth McCaugherty. ST PATS, MAGHERA: John Murtagh, Gregory Simpson, Paddy McAllister, Dermot O'Neill, Barry McGonigle, Terry Bradley, Karl Diamond, Anthony Tohill, Joe McCullough, Roderick Skelly, Brian McCormick, Dermot Dougan, Ryan Murphy, Eamonn Burns, Eunan O'Kane.

1990

ST PATS, MAGHERA: J.Murtagh, Kevin Bateson, Ronan McCloskey, G.Simpson, Martin McGonigle, B.McGonigle, K.Diamond, B.McCormick, Hugh Mullan, E.O'Kane, D.Dougan, E.Burns, Geoffrey McGonigle, R.Murphy, Philip McGuigan. Sub: Kevin Ryan for McGuigan.

1993

ST COLMANS: Martin Doyle, Kevin O'Reilly, Ronan Hamill, Sean Cunningham, Finbar Caulfield, Mark Rowland, Gary Farrell, John Morgan, Paul McShane, Aidan McGivern, Diarmaid Marsden, James Byrne, David McCall, Martin Sherry, Des French.

1995

ST PATS, MAGHERA: Danny McGrellis, Ronan Lynch, Niall Farren, Michael Kelly, Conleth Murphy, John Heaney, Paul Diamond, Brian Tohill, Gary Doyle, Michael Gribben, Damien McErlean, Paul Wilson, Gary Cushnahan, Adrian McGuckin, Aengus Murphy.

1997

St Jarlaths, Tuam..................0-13

ST PATS, DUNGANNON: Seamus Donaghy, Ciaran Gormley, Paul McGurk, Ciaran O’Hagan, John P.McGeough, Conor

ST COLMANS: Ronan McGivern, Brendan Kearney, Michael Feeney, Eddie O’Hare, Kieran O’Hare, Tom Grant, Dermot Mackin, John Fegan, Liam Doyle, Barry McKeown, Declan Morgan, Aidan Fegan, Conor McCoy, Aidan Cole, Noel McIlvanna.

ST PATS MAGHERA: Eoin McNicholl, Ryan Dillon, Joe Keenan, Paul Donnelly, Gavin Scullion, Gerard O’Kane, Philip O’Connell, Jonathan Bradley, Liam Hinphey, Dermot O’Hagan, Jonathan Nelson, Mark Lynch, Charlie Kielt, Michael McCann, Brendan Mullan. Subs: Michael Friel for McCann, Michael Drumm for O’Hagan.

WINNING HOGAN CUP CAPTAINS 1946 1965 1967 1971 1972 1975 1986 1988 1989 1990 1993 1995 1997 1998 2003

Pat O'Neill ........................(St Pats, Armagh) Paddy McCotter ........................(St Columbs) Noel Moore ..............................(St Colmans) Gerry McHugh ..............................(St Marys) Niall Brennan........................(St Pats, Cavan) Declan Rodgers ........................(St Colmans) Paul Fegan ................................(St Colmans) Ollie Reel ..................................(St Colmans) Terry Bradley....................(St Pats, Maghera) Eamonn Burns ................(St Pats, Maghera) Ronan Hamill ............................(St Colmans) Conleth Murphy ..............(St Pats, Maghera) Paul McGurk ..............(St Pats, Dungannon) Declan Morgan..........................(St Colmans) Gerard O’Kane ................(St Pats, Maghera)

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TOP 100 CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER TOTALS 1945-2003 (FOR THE ULSTER SFC, THE ALL IRELAND SERIES AND QUALIFIERS)

Name ..............................County ............Scores ..........Total........Career ..Qualifiers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62

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Paddy Doherty ............Down ............15-159 ........204 ........1954-71 Peter Canavan ............Tyrone ..........7-172 ..........193 ........1990- ..........0-17 Peter Donohoe............Cavan ............17-133 ........184 ........1945-55 Sean O’Neill ................Down ............17-125 ........176 ........1959-75 Charlie Gallagher ........Cavan ............10-142 ........172 ........1956-69 Oisin McConville ........Armagh ........7-138 ..........159 ........1997- ..........1-28 Sean O’Connell ..........Derry ............11-118 ........151 ........1957-75 Ronan Carolan ............Cavan ............2-138 ..........144 ........1986-99 Anthony Tohill ............Derry ............4-121 ..........133 ........1991- ..........4-21 Enda Gormley ............Derry ............2-119 ..........125 ........1986-2000 Martin McHugh ..........Donegal ........4-100 ..........112 ........1981-94 Frankie Donnelly ........Tyrone ..........3-95 ............104 ........1952-65 Eamonn McEneaney ..Monaghan....6-85 ............103 ........1981-92 Adrian Sweeney ........Donegal ........3-91 ............100 ........1997- ..........0-48 Manus Boyle ..............Donegal ........3-84 ............93 ..........1987-98 Ray McCarron..............Monaghan....4-80 ............92 ..........1983-94 Mickey Linden ............Down ............9-64 ............91 ..........1982- ............1-0 Joe McCallin ................Antrim ..........9-59 ............86 ..........1943-51 Brendan Devenney ....Donegal ........4-72 ............84 ..........1998- ..........2-30 Ger Houlahan..............Armagh ........13-43 ..........82 ..........1984-00 Steve Duggan ............Cavan ............4-70 ............82 ..........1967-77 Stephen McDonnell ....Armagh ........9-53 ............80 ..........2000- ..........6-26 Mick Higgins ..............Cavan ............3-70 ............79 ..........1943-53 Rory Gallagher ............Fermanagh 5-64 ..............79 ..........1998- ............0-8 Brendan Kelly..............Derry ............4-62 ............74 ..........1975-81 Raymond Gallagher....Fermanagh4-62................74 ..........1993- ..........1-15 Peter Loughran ..........Armagh ........3-63 ............72 ..........1970-81 Brian Gallagher ..........Cavan ............2-63 ............69 ..........1952-59 Diarmaid Marsden ......Armagh ........5-54 ............69 ..........1993- ............0-7 Declan Bonnar ............Donegal ........0-68 ............68 ..........1987-97 PT Treacy......................Fermanagh ..11-32 ..........65 ..........1960-73 Adrian Cush ................Tyrone ..........4-53 ............65 ..........1990-00 Ross Carr......................Down ............1-61 ............64 ..........1986-99 Martin Carney ............D’gal/Mayo ..3-55 ............64 ..........1971-89 Paddy Bradley ............Derry ............6-46 ............64 ..........2000- ..........3-14 Tony Boyle ..................Donegal ........5-48 ............63 ..........1990-01 ........0-4 Joe Brolly ....................Derry ............5-47 ............62 ..........1990-00 James McCartan Snr ......Down ............13-22 ..........61 ..........1958-67 Damien O’Hagan ........Tyrone ..........6-43 ............61 ..........1980-92 Peter McGinnity ..........Fermanagh ..2-53 ............59 ..........1971-88 John Treanor ..............Down ............3-49 ............58 ..........1984-98 Jimmy Smyth ..............Armagh ........6-40 ............58 ..........1969-82 Kieran Finlay ..............Monaghan....1-55 ............58 ..........1976-82 Gary Mason ................Down ............1-53 ............56 ..........1991-97 Joe Stafford ................Cavan ............12-19 ..........55 ..........1943-49 Tony Tighe ..................Cavan ............10-25 ..........55 ..........1944-52 Donal Donohoe ..........Cavan ............2-47 ............53 ..........1977-85 Mickey McLoone ........Donegal ........5-37 ............52 ..........1964-70 Willie Walsh ................Down ............4-40 ............52 ..........1972-79 Patsy Hetherington ....Tyrone ..........1-49 ............52 ..........1972-80 Peter Reilly ..................Cavan ............5-36 ............51 ..........1994- ............1-4 Gene Cusack................Cavan ............5-35 ............50 ..........1968-76 Damien Cassidy ..........Derry ............5-35 ............50 ..........1984-95 Declan Smyth ..............Monaghan....2-44 ............50 ..........1994-01 Enda Muldoon ............Derry ............5-34 ............49 ..........1997- ............1-1 Gregory McCartan ......Down ............3-39 ............48 ..........1994Brian Morgan ..............Down ............10-17 ..........47 ..........1959-64 Greg Blaney ................Down ............2-41 ............47 ..........1981-97 Frank McGuigan..........Tyrone ..........2-40 ............46 ..........1973-84 Stephen Conway ........Tyrone ..........1-43 ............46 ..........1986-89 Stephen O’Neill ..........Tyrone ..........1-43 ............46 ..........2000- ..........0-14 Art O’Hagan ................Armagh ........6-27 ............45 ..........1949-57

63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

Joe Kernan ..................Armagh ........7-24 ............45 ..........1975-87 Paddy O’Hara ..............Antrim ..........9-17 ............44 ..........1946-55 John Corvan ................Armagh ........2-38 ............44 ..........1978-85 Tony Tighe ..................Cavan ............9-16 ............43 ..........1945-52 Seamie Granaghan ....Donegal ........4-31 ............43 ..........1964-74 Andy McCallin ............Antrim ..........5-28 ............43 ..........1970-75 Kieran McGurk ............Armagh ........8-19 ............43 ..........1983-94 Gerry O’Neill ..............Armagh ........0-42 ............42 ..........1949-53 Peter Rooney ..............Down ............3-32 ............41 ..........1968-78 Seamus Bonnar ..........Donegal ........8-17 ............41 ..........1972-85 Eugene McKenna........Tyrone ..........2-35 ............41 ..........1976-90 Brendan Mason ..........Down ............5-26 ............41 ..........1982-88 John Toner ..................Armagh ........0-40 ............40 ..........1989-93 Victor Sherlock............Cavan ............5-24 ............39 ..........1948-57 Con Smith....................Cavan ............2-33 ............39 ..........1956-62 Colm McAlarney ........Down ............2-33 ............39 ..........1966-81 Nudie Hughes ............Monaghan....2-33 ............39 ..........1979-89 Mickey Lynch ..............Derry ............0-39 ............39 ..........1975-83 Joyce McMullan ..........Donegal ........3-29 ............38 ..........1983-94 James McCartan Jnr....Down ............7-17 ............38 ..........1990Neilly Gallagher ..........Donegal ........1-34 ............37 ..........1969-76 Kevin McCabe ............Tyrone ..........2-31 ............37 ..........1977-92 Cathal O’Rourke..........Armagh ........1-34 ............37 ..........1991Malachy McAvoy ........Armagh ........4-24 ............36 ..........1949-59 Eamonn Burns ............Derry ............3-27 ............36 ..........1991Fintan Cahill ................Cavan ............4-23 ............35 ..........1988-01 Jimmy Whan ..............Armagh ........6-16 ............34 ..........1957-65 Mickey Cunningham ......Down ............4-21 ............33 ..........1971-78 Tony Hadden ..............Down ............4-21 ............33 ..........1958-64 Mickey Darragh ..........Antrim ..........4-19 ............31 ..........1977-89 Derek McDonnell ........Cavan ............6-13 ............31 ..........1982-90 Roddy Gribben............Derry ............4-18 ............30 ..........1952-58 Gerry Brennan ............Monaghan....2-24 ............30 ..........1953-58 Joe Winston ................Donegal ........0-30 ............30 ..........1972-74 Shane King ..................Ferm/Down ..2-24 ............30 ..........1995Jim O’Donnell..............Cavan ............4-17 ............29 ..........1964-68 Seamus Downey ........Derry ............3-20 ............29 ..........1988-00 Kevin Armstrong ........Antrim ..........2-22 ............28 ..........1943-56

Top Five Ulster SFC Totals 1 2 2 2 5 5

Peter Canavan ........(Tyrone) ............1-38 Charlie Gallagher ....(Cavan) ..............2-29 Peter Donohoe ........(Cavan) ..............3-18 Oisin McConville ....(Armagh) ..........3-18 Joe Winston ............(Donegal) ..........0-26 Brendan Mason ......(Down) ..............3-17

(41) ......in (37) ......in (27) ......in (27) ......in (26) ......in (26) ......in

2003 1965 1950 1999 1972 1986

Notes ■ Peter Canavan is the biggest mover in the Top Ten, jumping up five places from seventh to second thanks to his tally of 1-48 in Tyrone’s run to the All Ireland title. He scored 1-38 in the Ulster SFC, which is a new record, and added 0-10 in three games in Croke Park. ■ Canavan is now second on the list only to Down great Paddy Doherty, but with a mere eleven points separating them, the Errigal Ciaran forward is likely to claim top spot in 2004. ■ Other big movers are the Armagh pair of Oisin McConville and Stephen McDonnell. The former has leapt into the Top Ten with 233 in 2003, while McDonnell has shot up 51 places from 73rd to 22nd with his haul of 5-23. ■ Donegal’s Adrian Sweeney has joined the ‘100 Club’ on 3-91 and has overtaken 1992 hero Manus Boyle in the process.

17th - Mickey Linden scored in every championship from 1986-02.

20th - Ger Houlahan scored 13 goals in his championship career.

22nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Steven McDonnell has moved up 51 places.

32nd - Adrian Cush scored 4-53 for Tyrone in ten years at the top.

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FACTS ■ Paddy Doherty is the only man to have scored more than 200 points in his Championship career ■ Peter Donohoe and Sean O’Neill have scored the most goals: 17 each ■ Ger Houlahan’s total of 13 goals is easily the best in modern times (since 1975) ■ Declan Bonnar is the only player in the Top 60 not to have scored a Championship goal ■ Kieran McGurk scored all eight of his goals from penalties, including three against Tyrone ■ Seamus Bonnar scored four goals in one game, against Antrim in 1974 ■ Charlie Gallagher scored more in one Ulster SFC than anyone else: 2-29 in 1965

The art of free-taking Oisin McConville with another clean strike and another score for Armagh.

ULSTER FINALS ■ Peter Donohoe is the only man to have scored goals in three consecutive Finals, from 1947-49 ■ Sean O’Neill has scored more goals in Ulster Finals than anyone else: 14 ■ Paddy Doherty has scored the most goals and points together in Ulster Finals: 6-41 ■ Oisin McConville has scored more in one Ulster Final than anyone else: 2-7 in 1999

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NEW RECORD FOR RORY GALLAGHER In 2002, Rory Gallagher broke a 52-year-old record by amassing a personal tally of 3-9 in the First Round defeat of Monaghan at Clones. The great Peter Donohoe held the previous record from the 1950 SFC, when he scored 3-5 for Cavan against Tyrone. Gallagher’s goals came from two penalties (one to either side of the goalkeeper) and a punched effort, while his points were kicked of both his right and left boots. ■

BEST EVER ULSTER SFC MATCH TOTALS 1 Rory Gallagher (Fermanagh) 3-9 (18) 2002 v Monaghan 2 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) 3-5 (14) 1950 v Tyrone 3 Oisin McConville (Armagh) 2-7 (13) 1999 v Down 4 Seamus Bonnar (Donegal) 4-1 (13) 1974 v Antrim 5 Kieran Finlay (Monaghan) 1-9 (12) 1979 v Donegal

ULSTER SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS 1900-2003

1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914

Antrim ............ Antrim ............bt Derry ..............2-7 Antrim ............2-4 Antrim ............0-12 Antrim ............ Donegal ..........5-21 Antrim ............4-17 Derry ..............2-8 Antrim ............bt Antrim ............bt Antrim ............w.o. Antrim ............bt Antrim ............3-33 Monaghan ......4-3 (R: 2-0 2-0) 1915 Monaghan ......1-5 1916 Antrim ............3-1 1917-22 Abandoned .... 1923 Donegal ..........7-1 1924 Antrim ............5-3 1925 Antrim ............5-4 1926 Antrim ............4-3 1927 Antrim ............5-4

unopposed...... Derry .............. Antrim ............2-5 Donegal ..........0-5 Armagh ..........0-4 ........................ Antrim ............0-1 Derry ..............1-6 Cavan ..............0-2 Donegal .......... Donegal .......... Monaghan ...... Monaghan ...... Monaghan ......0-0 Antrim ............1-0 Antrim ............1-2 Monaghan ......1-1 ........................ Antrim ............3-0 Donegal ..........4-0 Donegal ..........4-5 Cavan ..............3-1 Cavan ..............3-3

1928 1929

Antrim ............4-5 Antrim ............ ........................ 1930 Antrim ............10-4 1931 Antrim ............4-10 1932 Donegal ..........5-4 1933 Antrim ............1-7 1934 Antrim ............3-4 1935 Antrim ............7-9 1936 Antrim ............2-10 1937 Antrim ............6-7 1938 Antrim ............3-5 1939 Antrim ............9-8 1940 Antrim ............4-4 1941 Down ..............5-3 1942 Abandoned 1943 Antrim ............6-8 1944 Antrim ............7-3 (R: 5-7 6-4) 1945 Antrim ............8-2 1946 Antrim ............6-3 1947-50 Antrim unopposed 1950-88 No final ..........

WINNING TEAMS 1989-2003 1989

ANTRIM: Niall Patterson, Ger Rogan, Terence Donnelly, Dessie Donnelly, James McNaughton, Dominic McKinley, Gary O'Kane, Paul McKillen, Terence McNaughton, Brian Donnelly, Aidan McCarry, Sean Paul McKillop, Donal Armstrong, Ciaran Barr, Danny McNaughton. Subs: Ger Holden for O'Kane, Dominic McMullan for McKillen, Aidan Murray for Rogan. ANTRIM: N.Patterson, G.Holden, D.Donnelly, D.McKinley, John Carson, Declan McKillop, A.Murray, Jim Close, P.McKillen, B.Donnelly, A.McCarry, S.P.McKillop, Alistair McGuile, C.Barr, Olcan McFetridge. Subs: Noel Murray for McGuile, G.O'Kane for D.McKillop, Mickey Sullivan for McKillen. ANTRIM: N.Patterson, Paul Jennings, D.McKinley, D.Donnelly, G.Rogan, J.McNaughton, D.McKillop, S.P.McKillop, P.McKillen, J.Carson, C.Barr, D.Armstrong, A.McCarry, T.McNaughton, J.Close. Sub: G.O'Kane for Close. DOWN: Noel Keith, Kevin Coulter, Gerard Coulter, Paddy Braniff, Martin Mallon, Paul McMullan, Dermot Woods, Danny Hughes, Gary Savage, Gerard McGrattan, Greg Blaney, Paul Coulter, Michael Blaney, Martin Bailie, Noel Sands. Subs: Chris Mageean for M.Blaney, Philbin Savage for P.Coulter. ANTRIM: Pat Gallagher, Seamus McMullan, D.McMullan, Eoin McCloskey, Ronan Donnelly, D.McKinley, J.McNaughton, P.McKillen, P.Jennings, Alastair Elliott, Gary O’Kane, SP McKillop, J.Close, T.McNaughton, Gregory O’Kane. ANTRIM: Brendan Prenter, S.McMullan, D.McKinley, Frankie McMullan, SP McKillop, P.Jennings, Joe McCaffrey, P.McKillen, Jim Connolly, J.Carson, Gary O’Kane, Paddy Walsh, Conor McCambridge, Gregory O’Kane, A.Elliott. Subs: T.McNaughton for Gary O’Kane, Aidan McAteer for McCaffrey, Brendan McGarry for Gregory O’Kane. DOWN: N.Keith, K.Coulter, G.Coulter, P.Braniff, M.Mallon, P.McMullan, D.Woods, D.Hughes, G.Savage, M.Blaney, P.Coulter, Dermot O’Prey, Conor Arthurs, Hugh Gilmore, N.Sands. Subs: Sean Mallon for Blaney, Michael Braniff for McMullan, G.McGrattan for Arthurs. Replay: John McCarthy replaced O’Prey. Subs: B.Coulter for Woods, M.Braniff for McMullan, S.Mallon for Gilmore. ANTRIM: B.Prenter, E.McCloskey, Eoin Colgan, Sean McElhatton, P.Jennings, T.McNaughton, R.Donnelly, J.Connolly, P.McKillen, Aidan McCloskey, Gary O’Kane, Gregory O’Kane, Paul Graham, SP McKillop, A.Elliott. Subs: S.McMullan for Donnelly, J.Carson for McKillop, Paul Donnelly for R.Donnelly. DOWN: Graham Clarke, Barry Smith, Stephen Murray, Barry Milligan, M.Braniff, M.Mallon, Tom Coulter, N.Sands, P.Coulter, B.Coulter, M.Bailie, G.Savage, Martin Coulter, Jerome McCrickard, G.McGrattan. Sub: Brian Braniff for McCrickard.

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

1906 1907 1908

Down ..............2-0 Monaghan ......0-1 Donegal ..........2-4 Armagh ..........2-1

Ulster SHC re-started 1989 Antrim ............2-16 1990 Antrim ............4-11 1991 Antrim ............3-14 1992 Down ..............2-16 1993 Antrim ............0-24 1994 Antrim ............1-19 1995 Down ..............1-19 (R: 3-7 1-13) 1996 Antrim ............1-20 1997 Down ..............3-14 1998 Antrim ............1-19 1999 Antrim ............2-19 2000 Derry ..............4-8

2001 2002 2003

Down ..............0-9 Down ..............2-11 Down ..............3-10 Antrim ............0-11 Down ..............0-11 Down ..............1-13 Antrim ............2-10 Down ..............2-12 Antrim ............0-19 Derry ..............2-13 Derry ..............1-9 Antrim ............0-19

Derry..............1-17 Down ............3-10 Antrim ..........3-16 Down ............1-18 Antrim ..........3-21 Derry..............1-12

ROLL OF HONOUR Antrim ......................................................................45 Down & Derry ............................................................4 Donegal ......................................................................3 Monaghan ..................................................................2

1998

ANTRIM: Shane Elliott, R.Donnelly, E.Colgan, F.McMullan, S.McMullan, Gary O'Kane, Ciaran Kelly, P.McKillen, Joe O'Neill, J.Carson, Colm McGuckian, John McIntosh, A.Elliott, Gregory O'Kane, Liam Richmond. Subs: Ciaran McKiernan for O'Neill, O'Neill for McKiernan, Jarlath Elliott for McIntosh. ANTRIM: S.Elliott, Ciaran McCambridge, E.McCloskey, Sean Mullan, S.McMullan, Gary O'Kane, R.Donnelly, Conor Cunning, J.Close, L.Richmond, C.McGuckian, Brendan McGarry, J.Carson, Gregory O'Kane, A.Elliot. Subs: SP McKillop for McGarry, F.McMullan for Carson, Johnny Flynn for Elliott. DERRY: Kieran Stevenson, Collie McGurk, Conor Murray, Niall Mullan, Benny Ward, Colin McEldowney, Declan Cassidy, Ollie Collins, Michael Conway, Kevin McCloy, Kieran McKeever, Ronan McCloskey, Gary Biggs, Michael Collins, John O'Dwyer. Sub: Gregory Biggs for Conway. DERRY: K.Stevenson, Emmett McKeever, C.Murray, Ryan Lynch, C.McEldowney, M.Conway, B.Ward, R.McCloskey, O.Collins, Gary Biggs, K.McKeever, Gregory Biggs, M.Collins, Geoffrey McGonigle, J.O’Dwyer. Subs: Padraig Kelly for Lynch, Seamus Downey for Gary Biggs, Fergal McEldowney for M.Collins. Blood sub: Danny McGrellis for O.Collins. ANTRIM: DD Quinn, Mickey Kettle, Kieran Kelly, Eoin McCloskey, Karl McKeegan, Ronan Donnelly, Ciaran Herron, Conor Cunning, Jim Connolly, Liam Watson, Colm McGuckian, Liam Richmond, Aidan Delargy, Gregory O’Kane, Conor McCambridge. Subs: Brian McFall for Delargy, Michael McCambridge for McCloskey, Sean Delargy for McFall, John Campbell for Donnelly. ANTRIM: DD Quinn, M.Kettle, K.Kelly, J.Campbell, M.McCambridge, K.McKeegan, C.Herron, C.Cunning, J.Connolly, Paddy Richmond, C.McGuckian, L.Richmond, L.Watson, Ggy O'Kane, B.McFall. Subs: A.Delargy for O'Kane, Paul Close for McFall.

1999

2000 2001 2002 2003

WINNING CAPTAINS 1989-2003 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Ciaran Barr..........................................................................................(Antrim) Dominic McKinley ..............................................................................(Antrim) Dominic McKinley ..............................................................................(Antrim) Noel Sands............................................................................................(Down) Dominic McMullan ............................................................................(Antrim) Dominic McKinley ..............................................................................(Antrim) Dermot O’Prey ....................................................................................(Down) Gary O’Kane ......................................................................................(Antrim) Martin Mallon ......................................................................................(Down) Alistair Elliott......................................................................................(Antrim) Gary O'Kane ......................................................................................(Antrim) Conor Murray ...................................................................................... (Derry) Colin McEldowney ................................................................................(Derry) Colm McGuckian ................................................................................(Antrim) Colm McGuckian ................................................................................(Antrim)

ULSTER IN THE ALL IRELAND SERIES (Semi-final except where marked)

1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905

Down ..............1-5 Donegal .......... ( disqualified ) Down ..............2-0 Derry ..............0-1 Antrim ............4-5 Donegal ..........2-1 Donegal ..........2-2 Donegal ..........1-2 Cavan ..............3-2 Donegal ..........3-2 Donegal ..........2-2 Down ..............4-2 Down ..............1-3 Antrim ............2-5

Antrim ............0-1 Antrim ............1-2 Derry ..............0-6 Antrim ............3-2 Antrim ............2-3 QF Antrim ........3-13 Antrim ............1-9 QF Antrim ........1-3 Antrim ............2-5 Cavan ..............0-3

Galway ............3-17 * Wexford ..........4-9 Dublin ............6-19 Kilkenny ..........6-29 Cork ................4-18 Glasgow ..........3-11 Dublin ............5-8 Kilkenny ..........7-21 Dublin ............5-10 Dublin ............4-12

1909 1910 1911 1912 1923 1924 1925 1943

Derry ..............0-3 Kilkenny ..........3-17 Donegal withdrew from Quarter-final Antrim ............0-7 Glasgow ..........1-13 Antrim ............1-1 Kilkenny ..........5-5 Antrim ............2-0 Limerick ..........11-3** Donegal ..........0-1 Limerick ..........7-4 Antrim ............3-1 Dublin ............8-4 Antrim ............2-3 Tipperary ........12-9** QF Antrim ........7-0 Galway ............6-2 SF Antrim ........3-3 Kilkenny ..........1-6 FINAL Antrim ....0-4 Cork ................5-16

1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1954

Antrim Antrim Antrim Antrim Antrim Antrim Antrim

............3-1 ............1-6 ............0-7 ............0-5 ............2-6 ............1-4 ............2-3

1971 1972 1978

Antrim ............1-8 Antrim ............4-7 Antrim ............3-10

Dublin ............6-12 Tipperary ........5-9 Kilkenny ..........7-11 Cork ................7-10 Dublin ............8-13 Tipperary ........6-18** Wexford ..........12-17

Quarter-finals, 1971-82 Galway ............7-24 Galway ............7-16 Galway ............4-19

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1981 1982 1983

1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

Antrim ............3-11 Antrim ............3-12 Prelim Round Antrim ............3-13 QF Antrim ........2-5

Galway ............6-23 Galway ............6-19 Kerry................2-10 Galway ............3-22

Semi-finals Antrim ............2-5 Cork ................3-26 Antrim ............0-12 Offaly ..............3-17 Antrim ............1-24 Cork ................7-11 QF Antrim ........3-14 London............1-15 Antrim ............2-11 Kilkenny ..........2-18 Antrim ............2-10 Tipperary ........3-15 QF Antrim ........4-14 Kildare ............0-7 SF Antrim ........4-15 Offaly ..............1-15

1943

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

FINAL Antrim ....3-9 Antrim ............1-13 QF Antrim ........5-11 Antrim ............1-19 Down ..............1-11 QF Antrim ........3-27 Antrim ............1-9 Antrim ............0-11 QF Down..........0-16 Down ..............2-8 Prelim Round New York ........4-16 Antrim ............0-13

Donegal ..........6-2 Armagh ..........2-3 Donegal ..........3-3 Down ..............3-1 Armagh ..........4-7 Down ..............3-3 Antrim ............8-8 Donegal ..........2-3 Antrim ............7-1 Tyrone ............2-1 Antrim ............4-6 Down ..............0-2 Antrim ............2-11 Donegal ..........1-3 Antrim ............7-3 Down ..............1-3 Antrim ............4-15 Down ..............0-4 (R) Down ..............4-6 Donegal ..........3-5 Antrim ............7-11 Down ..............3-5 Antrim ............3-4 Down ..............1-3 Antrim ............8-7 Donegal ..........3-2 Down ..............5-2 Antrim ............1-7 Antrim ............4-7 Down ..............1-3 Down ..............3-7 Donegal ..........2-2 Antrim ............6-12 Armagh ..........2-4 Down ..............9-7 Antrim ............4-7 Armagh ..........3-7 Down ..............4-2 Antrim ............3-13 Down ..............6-3 Down ..............6-6 Monaghan ......1-5 Antrim ............5-8 Donegal ..........0-3 Antrim ............5-16 Donegal ..........3-8 Monaghan won a league system Donegal ..........2-7 Derry ..............0-5 Donegal ..........5-3 Monaghan ......5-1 Armagh ..........3-10 Down ..............1-6 Derry ..............3-5 Armagh ..........1-7 Derry ..............0-4 Armagh ..........0-3 Played as Division 4 of NHL Cavan ..............2-11 Donegal ..........2-6

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Tipperary ........3-24 Offaly ..............2-18 Offaly ..............4-22 Offaly ..............2-23 Galway ............4-23 Tipperary ........1-25 Wexford ..........2-18

All Ireland Qualifiers Down ............0-13 Galway ..........7-15 Derry..............1-16 Kerry..............2-15

ANTRIM: Niall Patterson, Gary O'Kane, Terence Donnelly, Dessie Donnelly, James McNaughton, Dominic McKinley, Leonard McKeegan, Paul McKillen, Dominic McMullan, Ciaran Barr (c), Aidan McCarry, Olcan McFetridge, Donal Armstrong, Brian Donnelly, Terence McNaughton. Subs: Danny McNaughton for McMullan, Declan McKillop for O'Kane, Mickey Sullivan for McKinley.

1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Derry ..............2-12 Cavan ..............4-7 Monaghan ......1-14 Monaghan ......5-9 Monaghan ......2-12 Donegal ..........3-12 Armagh ..........3-7 Armagh ..........2-7 Down ..............1-9 Down ..............2-9 Fermanagh......4-20 Tyrone ............5-11 Tyrone ............4-15 Monaghan ......3-12 Monaghan ......3-16 Tyrone ............1-15 Armagh ..........bt Donegal ..........1-10 Antrim ............2-10 Donegal ..........5-13

Monaghan ......1-7 Derry ..............0-5 Fermanagh......1-10 Fermanagh......2-10 Cavan ..............2-8 Monaghan ......0-9 Fermanagh......1-10 (R) Fermanagh......1-4 Fermanagh......0-8 Tyrone ............1-11 Cavan ..............3-2 Monaghan ......5-9 Donegal ..........2-13 Fermanagh......3-8 Donegal ..........1-5 Down ..............0-6 Down .............. Antrim ............1-9 Down ..............1-11 Down ..............2-11

ULSTER IN ALL IRELAND JUNIOR HOME FINALS Winners of Home Final qualified to play English winners, from 1931-74 1931 1938 1952 1954

Antrim Antrim Antrim Antrim

............0-3 ............2-4 ............2-5 ............1-8

Waterford ......6-7 Cork ................6-5 Dublin ............4-10 Limerick ..........3-5

1958 Antrim ............2-5 Cork ................3-16 1959 Antrim ............3-4 Cork ................2-3 Antrim 2-10 ................London ......................5-10 From 1961-73, stronger counties played in the Intermediate Championship 1963 1964 1965 1969

Antrim ............8-8 Antrim ............3-6 Down ..............9-5 DOWN ............3-2 Armagh ..........1-3 Antrim ............2-10

Westmeath......6-3 London............4-7 Kerry................2-7 London............1-3 Roscommon ....6-8 Kerry................6-11

From 1974-82, this was run in conjunction with NHL Division 3 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1982

Derry ..............2-9 DERRY ............5-12 Fermanagh......2-4 ARMAGH ........5-15 ARMAGH ........2-13 Monaghan ......0-7 DERRY ............1-10

Roscommon ....2-11 Louth ..............3-5 Louth ..............1-14 Mayo ..............2-6 Derry ..............2-1 Mayo ..............2-13 Monaghan ......0-6

Original format resumed, without Home Finals and with stronger counties, until 1997 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

MONAGHAN ..3-11 Monaghan ......1-9 Tyrone ............0-9 Armagh ..........1-11 Roscommon ....1-18 Antrim ............2-7

Meath..............0-11 Meath..............1-14 Meath..............2-11 Meath..............1-4 Donegal ..........2-3 Meath..............1-6

RAILWAY CUP 1944-2003

(Semi-finals except where marked) Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster Ulster

Derry ..............0-13 Limerick ..........1-17

Down ..............3-8 Antrim ............2-9 QF Antrim ........0-12 QF Derry ..........2-17 QF Derry ..........1-11 QF Antrim ........2-12 QF Antrim ........2-12

ULSTER JUNIOR FINALS

4. 1944 1945 FINAL 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1960 1961 1963 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

‘Back Door’ system introduced Ulster in Quarter finals

ULSTER TEAMS IN ALL IRELAND FINALS 1989

ANTRIM: John Hurl, John Currie, Kevin Murphy, Willie Graham, Paddy McGarry, Jimmy Walsh (c), Pat McKeown, Jackie Bateson, Noel Campbell, Danny McKillop, John Butler, Joe Mullan, Kevin Armstrong, Danny McAlister. Sammy Mulholland. Sub: John McNeill for Walsh. Note: The opposition included Jack Lynch at midfield and the great Christy Ring at centre-half-forward.

1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976-82 1983

Tipperary ........4-24 Cork ................2-20 Westmeath......1-5 Kilkenny ..........2-18 Cork ................2-17 Meath..............4-10 Kilkenny ..........4-18 Limerick ..........2-23 London............0-9 Offaly ..............2-19

..............3-1 ..............3-1 ..............2-0 ..............1-7 ..............0-0 ..............4-2 ..............2-7 ..............3-2 ..............0-2 ..............3-0 ..............1-5 ..............1-1 ..............2-4 ..............2-6 ..............2-5 ..............3-3 ..............5-3 ..............1-2 ..............3-5 ..............3-2 ..............3-7 ..............2-6 ..............3-8 ..............3-6 ..............3-6 lost in Prelim lost in Prelim lost in Prelim lost in Prelim

Munster ..........9-3 Leinster ..........2-3 Munster ..........6-8 Connacht ........4-14 Munster ..........9-7 Leinster ..........5-5 Connacht ........5-7 Munster ..........9-4 Leinster ..........7-9 Connacht ........7-6 Munster ..........8-6 Leinster ..........8-7 Connacht ........5-10 Munster ..........5-13 Leinster ..........7-7 Leinster ..........8-10 Leinster ..........8-6 Munster ..........3-13 Munster ..........9-7 Munster ..........3-11 Leinster ..........6-14 Munster ..........6-11 Leinster ..........5-10 Munster ..........6-14 Munster ..........6-14 Round Round Round Round

1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1991 1992 FINAL 1993 FINAL 1994 1995 FINAL 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Ulster ..............2-5 Ulster ..............0-12 Ulster ..............3-6 Ulster ..............1-13 Ulster ..............0-11 Ulster ..............1-10 Ulster ..............1-8 Ulster ..............2-5 Ulster ..............1-8 Ulster ..............1-7 Ulster ..............2-6 Ulster ..............0-11 Ulster ..............0-15 Ulster ..............1-8 Ulster ..............1-22 Ulster ..............1-6 Ulster ..............2-6 Ulster ..............1-8 Ulster ..............0-21 Ulster ..............2-6 Ulster ..............0-8 Ulster ..............2-10 Ulster ..............1-9 Ulster ..............0-7 Ulster ..............1-9 Ulster ..............1-12 Ulster ..............3-14 no competition Ulster ..............1-9 Ulster ..............0-10 Ulster ..............2-10

Munster ..........4-16 Leinster ..........6-15 Munster ..........3-17 Leinster ..........3-17 Leinster ..........1-19 Munster ..........4-16 Munster ..........5-13 Leinster ..........3-15 Leinster ..........3-16 Munster ..........3-21 Munster ..........3-16 Munster ..........1-19 Connacht ........5-13 Leinster ..........1-13 Munster ..........3-31 Connacht ........1-11 Connacht ........0-7 Munster ..........3-12 Munster ..........0-18 Leinster ..........1-15 Leinster ..........2-17 Connacht ........0-14 Munster ..........0-13 Munster ..........5-13 Leinster ..........2-16 Connacht ........3-18 Munster ..........0-29 Connacht ........4-16 Munster ..........5-18 Leinster ..........5-16

ULSTER TEAMS IN FINALS

1945

Michael McKeown, Billy Feeney, John Butler (Antrim), E.O'Toole (Monaghan), Pat McKeown (Antrim), Brian Denvir (Down), M.Butler (Antrim), Oliver Keenan (Down), Noel Campbell, Dessie Cormican, Kevin Armstrong, Larry McGrady (Antrim), John White (Down), Chris Mullan, Sammy Mulholland (Antrim). Subs: Danny McAllister for O'Toole, John Butler (Mitchells) for White.

1992

Pat Gallagher, Kevin Coulter, Dominic McKinley, Paddy Braniff, Martin Mallon, Paul Jennings, James McNaughton, Paul McMullan, Chris Mageean, Danny Hughes, John Carson, Aidan McCarry, Olcan McFetridge, Seamus Downey, Ciaran Barr, Noel Sands. Subs: Noel Keith for Gallagher, Martin Bailie for Carson, Gary O'Kane for Coulter, Declan McKillop for McCarry.

1993

N.Keith, Seamus McMullan, Gerard Coulter, P.Braniff, M.Mallon, D.McKinley, Ronan Donnelly, P.McKillen, C.Mageean, Dermot O’Prey, G.O’Kane, J.Carson, Alastair Elliott, M.Bailie, N.Sands. Sub: Sean Paul McKillop for Bailie.

1995

N.Keith, Kevin Coulter, Eoin Colgan, P.Braniff, M.Mallon, Gary Savage, SP McKillop, P.McKillen, Conor McCambridge, Terence McNaughton, Ollie Collins, D.O’Prey, Vinnie Owens, Hugh Gilmore. Subs: Barry Coulter for Owens, R.Donnelly for Gilmore.

5. 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974-96 1997 1998 1999

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS

Antrim ..........3-11 Antrim ..........6-13 Down ............4-5 Antrim ..........5-6 Antrim ..........5-10 Down ............5-8 Down ............2-9 Antrim ..........3-11

Down ............4-5 Down ............2-7 Antrim ..........2-9 Down ............3-9 Down ............3-13 Antrim ..........1-12 Antrim ..........1-10 (R) Down ............1-6

ANTRIM: J.Coyles, C.Elliott, K.Donnelly, Eamonn Hamill, Niall Wheeler, T.Connolly, Aidan McCamphill, , S.Burns (c), Sean Collins, Seamus Richmond, Eddie Donnelly, Aidan Hamill, B.McGarry, P.McShane, Andy McCallin. Subs: A.Connolly for T.Connolly, JP McFadden for A.Connolly.

Competition discontinued with re-introduction of the B Championship - see below for results.

Derry..............6-18 Armagh ........1-6 Down ............3-11 London ..........2-12 No competition

ANTRIM TEAM IN 1970 ALL IRELAND FINAL Antrim ..................................................4-18 Warwickshire ..........................................3-6

SENIOR TEAM MANAGERS

ALL IRELAND B CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS 1974 1978 1981 1982 1983 1984

ULSTER ALL STAR NOMINEES

FIRST ANTRIM TEAM TO WIN B CHAMPIONSHIP

1978

ANTRIM: Jim Corr, Sean Collins, Eamonn Hamill (c), Frank Ward, Canice Ward, Seamus Donnelly, Dessie Donnelly, Jim Fegan, Danny McNaughton, Peter Boyle, John Crossey, Mick O’Connell, Shane McNaughton, Randal McDonnell, P.McIlhatton. Subs: PJ O’Mullan for McIlhatton, Aidan Hamill for O’Connell, John O’Neill for D.Donnelly. (Managed by Gilly McIlhatton with Neilly Patterson, and coached by Jim Nelson). NOTE: By virtue of winning two All Ireland B finals in-a-row in the early eighties, Antrim were admitted to the Senior competition.

1996 Noel Keith, Terence McNaughton, Ollie Collins 1997 Noel Sands 1998 Ollie Collins, Gregory O’Kane 1999 None 2000 Kieran McKeever 2001 None 2002 Brian McFall 2003 Ciaran Herron

ULSTER ALL STAR REPLACEMENTS

(not including winners) 1984 Brian Donnelly 1987 Paul McKillen, Dessie Donnelly 1988 Paul McKillen, Olcan McFetridge, Martin Bailie 1989 Terence Donnelly, James McNaughton, Paul McKillen, Ciaran Barr, Terence McNaughton 1990 Dessie Donnelly, Niall Patterson 1991 Dominic McKinley, Ciaran Barr 1992 Martin Bailie, Noel Sands 1993 Noel Keith 1994 Noel Sands 1995 Kevin Coulter, Noel Sands

DOWN: Hugh Dorrian (July 1972), then a Selection Group, with a representative from each of the three clubs, was the norm until Joe McCrickard from Leitrim was appointed manager. The post stayed out of the Ards with Sean Holywood 1984-89 and Sean McGuinness 1989-95. Then another triumvirate from the Ards took over for one year, followed by Frank Dawson from 1996-99, and Jimmy O'Reilly 1999-2003, John Crossey 2003-.

Down ............1-13 Meath............3-18 Down ............1-7 London ..........2-6 Derry..............1-14 Wicklow ........0-10

ULSTER ALL STARS

1988 Ciaran Barr CHF ........................(Antrim) 1989 Dessie Donnelly LCB ..................(Antrim) Olcan McFetridge LHF ..............(Antrim) 1991 Terence McNaughton MF..........(Antrim) 1992 Gerard McGrattan RHF ..............(Down) 1993 Paul McKillen ............................(Antrim)

DERRY: Tom McGill, Liam Hinphey, Sean Sands, Hugo McOscar-99, Kevin McNaughton 1999-01, Dominic McKinley 2001-.

1930 1931 1932 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

Kildare ..........1-26 Down ............2-6 London ..........3-7 London ..........3-14 London ..........2-14 Kerry..............3-16 Kerry..............1-16

ANTRIM: Danny McAllister 1960s, Frank Smith, Joe Duffy, Neilly Patterson, Gilly McIlhatton 1970s, Gilly McIlhatton with Neilly Patterson and Jim Nelson 1980s, Sean McGuinness 1984 November 1986, Jim Nelson 1986-94, Dominic McKinley 1994-97, Sean McGuinness 1998, Seamus Elliott 1999, Sean McNaughton 2000-01, Dinny Cahill 2001-.

Antrim ..........3-13 Antrim ..........1-10 ANTRIM ........1-16 ANTRIM ........3-17 ANTRIM ........2-16 Down ............2-13 Down ............1-9

1985 1988 1996

1972 1976 1975 1977 1985 1987 1988

Niall Wheeler ............................(Antrim) Jim Corr ......................................(Antrim) Eddie Donnelly ..........................(Antrim) Eddie Donnelly ..........................(Antrim) Brian Donnelly ..........................(Antrim) Dessie Donnelly..........................(Antrim) Martin Bailie ................................(Down) Paul McKillen ............................(Antrim) 1989 Danny McNaughton ..................(Antrim) Olcan McFetridge ......................(Antrim) 1990 Terence McNaughton ................(Antrim) 1991 Ciaran Barr ................................(Antrim) Olcan McFetridge ......................(Antrim)

ULSTER MINOR FINALS 1930-2003

Down ..............9-7 Antrim ............5-0 Down ..............3-5 Antrim ............7-7 Antrim ............6-3 Antrim ............5-7 Antrim ............bt Antrim ............11-2 Antrim ............bt Antrim unopposed Antrim ............11-6 Antrim ............8-7 Antrim ............10-4 Antrim ............15-6 Antrim ............13-6 Antrim ............4-3 Antrim ............12-2 Antrim ............8-8 Antrim ............11-14 Antrim ............9-9 Antrim ............5-4 Antrim ............7-4 Down ..............4-1 Antrim ............10-5 Antrim ............11-6 Antrim ............16-4 Antrim ............11-5 Antrim ............12-7 Antrim ............6-12 Antrim ............11-11 Antrim ............7-3 Antrim ............6-6 Down ..............5-2 Antrim ............w.o. Antrim ............2-11

Monaghan ......0-6 Down ..............3-1 Antrim ............2-1 Down ..............3-1 Down ..............3-0 Donegal ..........2-2 Donegal .......... Down ..............0-0 Derry .............. Donegal ..........1-1 Donegal ..........0-2 Down ..............0-0 Donegal ..........0-0 Donegal ..........1-1 Armagh ..........1-3 Down ..............0-1 Down ..............1-1 Donegal ..........1-0 Down ..............1-3 Armagh ..........2-2 Down ..............1-3 Antrim ............3-3 Down ..............0-2 Donegal ..........0-2 Donegal ..........1-0 Donegal ..........4-4 Donegal ..........2-3 Donegal ..........1-1 Armagh ..........0-0 Armagh ..........0-1 Tyrone ............1-3 Tyrone ............4-2 ........................ Down ..............4-3

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Antrim ............4-12 Down ..............5-11 Down ..............2-8 None Derry ..............3-6 Armagh ..........3-8 Down ..............5-12 None Down ..............4-9 Derry ..............3-8 Derry ..............1-5 Derry ..............3-6 Derry ..............1-14 Derry ..............5-10 Down ..............3-6 Down ..............5-4 Antrim ............2-9 Antrim ............6-9 Antrim ............2-10 Down ..............3-8 Derry ..............4-11 Derry ..............3-10 Antrim ............0-12 Antrim ............2-13 Down ..............3-11 Antrim ............2-17 Antrim ............3-13 Antrim ............3-14 Antrim ............3-9 Antrim ............2-13 Antrim ............2-11 Derry ..............0-13 Antrim ............1-11 Antrim ............2-11

Down ..............0-5 Derry ..............4-4 Armagh ..........2-4 Armagh ..........2-8 Down ..............3-6 Tyrone ............1-3 Derry ..............1-11 Monaghan ......2-4 Armagh ..........1-4 Armagh ..........1-4 Armagh ..........2-2 Monaghan ......0-6 Antrim ............1-11 Antrim ............2-9 Derry ..............1-10 Down ..............0-6 Down ..............2-8 Antrim ............2-8 (R) Antrim ............1-8 Antrim ............2-11 Down ..............0-7 Down ..............1-9 Antrim ............3-10 Derry ..............1-4 Derry ..............2-10 Down ..............1-10 Derry ..............0-8 Down ..............0-3 Derry ..............1-9 Antrim ............2-5 Derry ..............0-4 Derry ..............2-9

ALL IRELAND MINOR SEMI-FINALS (Semi-finals unless otherwise stated) 1936 1940 1948 1950 1957 1959 1969 1970 1972 1973 1989 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Antrim ............1-2 FINAL: Antrim2-4 Antrim ............1-7 Antrim ............1-2 Antrim ............1-0 Antrim ............3-1 Antrim ............1-7 Antrim ............0-7 Antrim ............3-2 Antrim ............2-3 Down ..............1-5 Antrim ............1-5 Down ..............2-1 Antrim ............0-12 Antrim ............3-3 QF: Antrim......0-4 QF: Antrim......1-9 QF: Antrim......1-9 QF: Antrim......0-11 QF: Derry ........1-4 QF: Antrim......2-10 QF: Antrim......2-7

Kilkenny ..........9-9 Limerick ..........6-4 Kilkenny ..........2-11 Kilkenny ..........8-11 Kilkenny ..........14-11 Kilkenny ..........6-5 Kilkenny ..........3-9 Cork ................6-16 Cork ................13-14 Kilkenny ..........5-15 Offaly ..............1-11 Kilkenny ..........5-21 Cork ................2-20 Kilkenny ..........1-16 Tipperary ........2-25 Clare ................1-13 Wexford ..........2-14 Wexford ..........2-17 Dublin ............3-13 Galway ............4-24 Wexford ..........3-10 Galway ............5-19

NOTE: In the late seventies, the Ulster champions entered the Leinster Championship. Antrim lost the 1979 final to Kilkenny, and beat the Cats in the Second Round in 1980. Antrim then lost to Wexford in the final.

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ULSTER CLUB FINALS 1970-2003

Loughgiel........6-14 Loughgiel........3-8 Rossa ..............2-9 St Johns ..........w.o. Balllycran ........3-5 Ballygalget......4-6 Ballycran ........0-8 Rossa ..............1-13 Ballycastle ......2-14 Ballycastle ......0-11 Ballycastle ......1-20 Cushendall ......7-19

Ballygalget......2-5 Portaferry........1-12 Ballycran ........3-2 Dungiven ........ Sarsfields ........3-2 Ballycastle ......1-9 Rossa ..............0-7 Ballycran ........2-6 Portaferry........2-7 Ballycran ........0-8 Ballycran ........0-13 Portaferry........3-5

1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

Loughgiel........1-9 Ballycastle ......4-11 Ballycastle ......1-14 Cushendall ......0-19 Ballycastle ......1-14 Cushendall ......3-10 Rossa ..............0-13 Loughgiel........1-14 Dunloy ............0-17 Cushendall ......1-16 Cushendall ......2-12

ULSTER IN ALL IRELAND SERIES 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

Semi-Final: Semi-Final: Semi-Final: Semi-Final: Semi-Final: Semi-Final: Semi-Final: Quarter-Final: Semi-Final: Semi-Final: Semi-Final: Final: Quarter-Final: Semi-Final: Semi-Final: Semi-Final: Final: Quarter-Final: Semi-Final: Semi-Final: Semi-Final: Quarter-Final:

Loughgiel ........................2-8 Loughgiel ........................2-4 Rossa ................................2-8 St Johns ............................1-5 Ballycran ........................3-10 Ballygalget ........................1-7 Ballycran ..........................0-7 Rossa ..............................2-11 Rossa ..............................1-16 Ballycastle ........................2-6 Ballycastle ........................3-9 Ballycastle ........................1-8 Ballycastle ......................1-14 Ballycastle ......................0-12 Cushendall........................1-8 Loughgiel ........................2-7 LOUGHGIEL ....................2-12 (R: 1-8 2-5) Ballycastle ........................3-7 Ballycastle ......................2-10 Ballycastle ........................2-7 Cushendall........................0-5 Ballycastle ......................4-14

Roscrea ..........................6-10 Rathnure ........................5-26 St Rynaghs........................5-9 Blackrock ........................5-12 St Finbarr’s........................8-8 James Stephens 4-15 Camross ..........................3-12 St Gabriels ........................1-9 St Finbarr’s......................6-12 Blackrock ........................5-12 Crumlin ............................0-8 Castlegar ........................1-11 Brian Borus ......................2-4 Ballyhale Shams 2-11 Mount Sion ....................1-14 Moycarkey-Borris 1-6 St Rynaghs......................1-12

Ballygalget......0-9 Ballygalget......2-3 Ballycran ........1-3 Ballycran ........0-10 Lavey ..............1-8 Ballycran ........1-6 Lavey ..............0-11 Portaferry........2-9 Ballygalget......2-4 Portaferry........2-4 Ballygalget......1-10 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996: 1997 1998 1999 2000

Desmonds ........................0-8 Ballyhale ........................3-14 St Martins ......................3-15 Buffers Alley ..................1-10 St Gabriels ........................1-6

Semi-Final: Semi-Final: Semi-Final: Final: Quarter-Final: Semi-Final: Semi-Final: Semi-Final: Quarter-Final: Semi-Final: Semi-Final: Final: Quarter-Final: Semi-Final: Final: Semi-Final: Semi-Final: Quarter-Final: Semi-Final: Semi-Final:

2001 2002 2003

Semi-final: Semi-final: Semi-final: Final:

TEAMS IN ALL IRELAND FINALS 1980

BALLYCASTLE: Paul Smith, Kevin Boyle, Kevin Donnelly, Gerard McAuley, Seamus Donnelly (c), Terence Donnelly, Dessie Donnelly, Terence Barton, Stephen Boyle, Brian Donnelly, Phelim Watson, Peter Boyle, Peter Dallat, Eddie Donnelly, Olcan Laverty. Sub: Michael Dallat.

1983

LOUGHGIEL: Niall Patterson (c), Martin Carey, P.J. O'Mullan, Sean Carey, Eamonn Connolly, Paddy McIlhatton, Aidan McNaughton, Mick O'Connell, Gerard McKinley, Paddy Carey Jnr, Dominic McKinley, Brendan Laverty, Paddy Carey Snr, Aidan McCarry, Seamus McNaughton. (Note: Martin Coyle and Brendan McGarry started the

10. 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 (R) 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

drawn match and were substituted by P.Carey Snr & Jnr, who retained their places for the replay).

Down ..............4-7 Down ..............0-8 Down ..............2-7 Armagh ..........2-9 Antrim ............2-11 Down ..............2-10 Antrim ............2-9 Down ..............1-11 Down ..............3-3

Antrim ..........3-8 Down ............3-10 Antrim ..........1-8 Down ............3-7 Antrim ..........5-18 Antrim ..........9-13 Antrim ..........4-16 Antrim ..........2-9 Antrim ..........9-14 Down ............2-7 Down ............1-14

Down ..............0-3 Antrim ............1-3 Down ..............0-5 Antrim ............0-9 Down ..............3-9 Down ..............2-2 Down ..............0-9 Down ..............1-5 Down ..............4-5 Antrim ............0-7 Antrim ............0-15

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Ballycran ........2-10 Dunloy ............3-9 Dunloy ............2-18 Cushendall ......3-9 Dunloy ............3-16 Ballygalget......1-14 aet (R: 1-13 3-7) Cushendall ......1-12 Dunloy ............4-14 Dunloy ............3-11 Dunloy ............0-12 Dunloy ............3-19

Ballycastle ........................3-8 Cushendall........................2-5 Rossa ................................2-9 Rossa ..............................0-12 Loughgiel ......................3-12 Loughgiel ........................0-8 Dunloy ............................1-10 Cushendall........................1-6 Cushendall........................1-8 Ballycran ..........................1-5 Dunloy ............................2-11 Dunloy ..............................2-3 (R: 0-9 0-9) Dunloy ............................1-16 Dunloy ............................2-13 Dunloy ..............................2-6 Cushendall......................1-10 Dunloy ............................1-11 (R: 4-11 3-14) Ballygalget ......................1-9 Ballygalget ......................1-8 Cushendall........................1-8 (R: 1-12 1-12) Dunloy ............................1-10 Dunloy ............................1-11 Dunloy ............................1-14 Dunloy ............................0-11

1989 1995

2002

DUNLOY: Shane Elliott, Brian Og Cunning, Seamus McMullan, Sean McIlhatton, Frankie McMullan, Gary O’Kane, Sean Mullan, Tony McGrath, Colm McGuckian, Nigel Elliott

1985 1986 (R) 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Down ............1-12 Antrim ............1-10 Derry ............3-9 Down ..............1-2 Derry ............2-7 Antrim ............0-9 Antrim ..........6-11 Down ..............1-4 Antrim ..........4-18 Down ..............0-4 Down ............2-9 Antrim ............2-6 Antrim ..........2-19 Down ..............2-6 Antrim ..........3-11 Down ..............3-4 Derry ............2-13 Antrim ............1-8 Antrim ..........1-20 Down ..............1-4 Antrim ..........2-18 Derry ..............1-7 Antrim ..........1-13 Down ..............1-12 Derry ............0-22 Antrim ............1-16 (after extra time) (R) Antrim ..........3-20 Down ..............4-8 Antrim ..........2-14 Derry ..............0-12 Antrim ..........2-14 Derry ..............0-3 Antrim ........2-18 Derry ............1-16 Antrim ........2-13 Down ............0-6 Antrim ........1-8 Derry ............0-10

Ballygalget......1-8 Slaughtneil......0-9 Lavey ..............1-6 Portaferry........1-6 Dungiven ........0-9

Borrisoileigh ..................3-16 Middleton ......................3-11 Patrickswell ......................2-8 Buffers Alley ..................2-12 Desmonds ......................2-10 Ballybrown ......................0-9 Glenmore ......................1-17 Birr ....................................2-8 Desmonds ........................2-7 Toomevara......................1-13 Athenry ..........................1-11 Birr ..................................2-13 St Gabriels ........................0-9 Glenmore ........................0-7 Sixmilebridge ................5-10 Wolfe Tones ....................2-8 Sarsfields ........................1-15 Bros Pearse ......................0-4 Rathnure ........................2-19 St Josephs ......................1-14 Athenry ..........................3-20 Birr ..................................2-12 Mount Sion ....................1-13 Birr ..................................1-19

DUNLOY: S.Elliott, Niall McCamphill, P.Molloy, S.McIlhatton, S.McMullan, Gary O’Kane (c), S.Mullan, F.McMullan, C.McGuckian, N.Elliott, T.McGrath, J.Elliott, E.McKee, Gregory O’Kane, A.Elliott. Sub: B.Cunning for McCamphill, Malachy Molloy for J.Elliott, L.Richmond for S.McMullan). DUNLOY: G.McGee, D.McMullan, S.Mullan, F.McMullan, M.Molloy, Gary O’Kane, P.McMullan, C.Cunning, C.McGuckian, L.Richmond, Gregory O’Kane, N.Elliott, P.Richmond, A.Elliott, M.Curry. Sub: E.McKee for Cunning.

11.

FITZGIBBON CUP FINALS 1953

QUEENS 1-3

UCD 0-5

QUEENS: Brendan Trainor, Vincent Kelly, John Butler, John Flanagan, Danny Gilmartin, Des Cormican, Paddy Duggan, Seamus ‘Stout’ McDonald, Jack Savage, Ted McConnell (c), Bobby McMullen, Brendan McAleenan, Paul Crilly, Donal Anglin, Gerry Treacy. Top Scorer in Final Seamus McDonald, 1-1.

1986 Queens 0-12

UCC 3-10

QUEENS: Conor McGurk, Peter Flynn, Ciaran Cooper, Bernard McKay, Collie McGurk, Padraig Devlin (c), Joe McClintock, Ciaran Barr, Liam Coulter, Joe Cunningham, David Ross, Henry Downey, David Maguire, Declan McLoughlin, John McGurk.

176

Cushendall ......0-12 Lavey ..............1-12 Ballycran ........0-9 Portaferry........2-8 Lavey ..............4-10 Ballycastle ......1-12

(c), Paul Molloy, Jarlath Elliott, Eamonn McKee, Gregory O’Kane, Alastair Elliott. Sub: Jarlath Cunning for Molloy. (Same team for drawn game, with these subs: Liam Richmond for J.Elliott, Seamus Boyle for McKee, Jarlath Cunning for Molloy).

1996

ROSSA: Paddy Quinn, Ger Rogan, Damien Murray (c), Mark Barr, Adrian Murray, Mark Reynolds, Sean Collins, Jim Fagan, Jim Close, Donal Armstrong, Ciaran Barr, Paul Ward, Noel Murray, Jim Reilly, Collie Murphy. Subs: Sean Shannon for Ward, Paddy Rogan for Close, Chris Condon for Collins.

ULSTER UNDER 21 FINALS 1964-2003

Antrim unopposed Antrim ..........5-8 Antrim ..........4-5 Antrim ..........3-8 Down ............7-6 Down ............5-17 Antrim ..........6-12 Down ............5-11 Antrim ..........4-9 Antrim ..........3-19

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Bank of Ireland Football Championship Final 28th September