2009 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

For a history of the Ulster Club Championship see Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. For the hurling equivalent see Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Winners

The 2009 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship was the 42nd staging of the annual Ulster Senior Club Football Championship which is administered by Ulster GAA. Nine GAA county boards compete for the title. The winners were awarded the Séamus McFerran Cup and went on to compete in the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The championship started on 18 October 2009 and concluded with the final on 29 November 2009.

Crossmaglen were the current holders - beating Ballinderry in the 2008 final at Brewster Park in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.

Format

The championship took the structure of an open-draw knock-out.

Competing teams

Each county in Ulster holds its own County Championship. The winner of the nine championships qualify for the Ulster Club Championship.

Team	Qualified as	Last appearance	Notes
St. Galls	Antrim Champions	2008
Pearse Óg	Armagh Champions	1992	Knocked out at the quarter final stage by St Galls of Antrim.
Cavan Gaels	Cavan Champions	2008	Knocked out in the first round by St Galls of Antrim.
An Lúb	Derry Champions	2003
Naomh Adhamhnáin	Donegal Champions	2008
Derrygonnelly Harps	Fermanagh Champions	2004	Knocked out at the quarter final stage by An Lúb of Derry.
Clontibret O'Neills	Monaghan Champions	2007
Dromore	Tyrone Champions	2007	Knocked out at the quarter final stage by Clontibret of Monaghan.
Kilcoo	Down Champions	First Club Championship

Draw

The draw for the (whole) competition took place in August 2009, along with the draws for the Ulster Senior Hurling, Intermediate Football and Junior Football championships.^[1]

Match schedule

^[1]

Preliminary round - 18 October
Quarter-finals - 1 November
Semi-finals - 15 November
Final - 29 November

Preliminary round

18 October 2009	Cavan Gaels (Cavan)	1-10 – 1-12 (a.e.t.)	St Galls (Antrim)	Kingspan Breffni Park Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo)
		BBC report		Kingspan Breffni Park Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo)

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were originally schedules to take place on 1 November, but they were all postponed for a week due to adverse weather conditions.

8 November 2009	An Lúb (Derry)	1-10 - 1-06	Derrygonnelly Harps (Fermanagh)	Celtic Park, Derry
		BBC report		Celtic Park, Derry

8 November 2009	Kilcoo (Down)	0-13 - 0-09	Naomh Adhamhnáin (Donegal)	Páirc Esler, Newry
		BBC report		Páirc Esler, Newry

8 November 2009	Clontibret (Monaghan)	0-10 - 0-08	Dromore (Tyrone)	St Tiernach's Park, Clones
		BBC report		St Tiernach's Park, Clones

8 November 2009	Pearse Óg (Armagh)	0-08 - 0-10	St. Gall's (Antrim)	Casement Park, Belfast
		BBC report		Casement Park, Belfast

Semi-finals

15 November 2009	An Lúb (Derry)	1-12 - 1-11	Kilcoo (Down)	Casement Park, Belfast
		BBC report		Casement Park, Belfast

15 November 2009	Clontibret (Monaghan)	0-11 - 2-15	St. Gall's (Antrim)	Athletic Grounds, Armagh
		BBC Report		Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Final

29 November 2009 1430 GMT	An Lúb (Derry)	0-05 - 0-16	St. Gall's (Antrim)	Páirc Esler, Newry
		BBC Report		Páirc Esler, Newry

References

1 2 "Repeat on the cards". The Irish News. 20 August 2009. p. 57. Retrieved 20 August 2009.

External links

Ulster GAA website

Ulster Club Championships

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