2011 Ulster Senior Football Championship
The 2011 Ulster Senior Football Championship was the 123rd[1] installment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Ulster GAA. It was won by Donegal who defeated Derry in the final. It was their first Ulster title since 1992.[2] The winning Donegal team received the Anglo-Celt Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
Donegal's semi-final defeat of Tyrone and Derry's semi-final defeat of Armagh brought about the end of a long period of dominance by these two counties.[3] Armagh and Tyrone had shared the previous eleven Ulster senior titles between them in a run stretching back to 1999. It also brought a first major trophy for Jim McGuinness's famed Donegal team, who would go on to consign the decade-long dominance of those two counties to history.[4][5]
Bracket
| Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Derry | 1-18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fermanagh | 1-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Derry | 3-14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Armagh | 1-11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Armagh | 1-15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Down | 1-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Derry | 0-08 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donegal | 1-11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tyrone | 1-13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Monaghan | 1-11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tyrone | 0-9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donegal | 2-6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cavan | 1-8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donegal | 1-10 | Donegal | 2-14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Antrim | 0-7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Preliminary round
| Donegal | 1-10 - 0-7 | Antrim |
|---|---|---|
| M McHugh 1-1, M Murphy 0-3 (3f), R Bradley, C McFadden (1f) 0-2 each, D Molloy, A Hanlon 0-1 each | Report | T McCann, P Cunningham (1f), K Niblock (2f) 0-2 each, M Dougan 0-1 |
Quarter-finals
| Derry | 1-18 - 1-10 | Fermanagh |
|---|---|---|
| E Bradley 1-4, C Gilligan 0-3, E Muldoon, J Diver, M Bateson, G O'Kane 0-2 each, M Lynch, SL McGoldrick, C Kielt 0-1 each | Report | D Kille 0-5 (3f, 1 '45), J Woods 1-0, R Jones 0-2, T Flanagan, C O'Brien , B Mulrone 0-1 each. |
| Armagh | 1-15 - 1-10 | Down |
|---|---|---|
| J Clarke 1-2, A Kernan 0-5 (3f), BJ Padden 0-3, M Mackin 0-2, K Dyas, T Kernan S McDonnell (f) 0-1 each | Report | M Clarke 0-5 (4f), M Poland 1-1, P McComiskey 0-2, D Rooney, D Hughes 0-1 each. |
| Tyrone | 1-13 - 1-11 | Monaghan |
|---|---|---|
| B McGuigan 1-1, S Cavanagh 0-4 (0-2f), S O'Neill 0-3, M Penrose (2f), P Harte (1f, 1 '45) 0-2 each, O Mulligan 0-1 | Report | C McManus 0-6 (5f), D Hughes 1-1 (1-0 pen), P Finlay 0-4 (3f). |
| Donegal | 2-14 - 1-8 | Cavan |
|---|---|---|
| P McBrearty 1-3 (1f), C McFadden 0-5 (2f), R Kavanagh 1-0, D Molloy 0-2, K Cassidy, K Rafferty, L McLoone and M Murphy 0-1(f) each | Report | M Brennan 1-1, N McDermott 0-4 (3f), G McKiernan, F Flanagan and S Johnston 0-1 (f) each. |
Semi-finals
| Derry | 3-14 - 1-11 | Armagh |
|---|---|---|
| E Bradley (0-2f), C Gilligan (0-5f) 1-5 each, M Lynch 1-2, SL McGoldrick, C Kielt 0-1 each | Report | S McDonnell (3f, 1 '45) 0-6, M O'Rourke 1-1, J Clarke, P Duffy, A Kernan, C Vernon 0-1 each |
| Tyrone | 0-9 - 2-6 | Donegal |
|---|---|---|
| S O'Neill 0-2, S Cavanagh 0-2 (1f), P Jordan, B Dooher, O Mulligan, M Penrose and P Harte (f) 0-1 each | Report | C McFadden 1-1 (1f), D Molloy 1-0, M Murphy 0-2 (1f), K Cassidy, K Rafferty and P McBrearty 0-1 each |
Final
| Derry | 0-08 - 1-11 | Donegal |
|---|---|---|
| J Kielt 0-04 (2f), C Kielt 0-02, C Gilligan (f), M Donaghy 0-01 each | Report | M Murphy 1-02 (1-00 pen), C McFadden 0-04 (2f), M Hegarty, A Thompson 0-02 each, R Bradley 0-01 |
References
- ^ "Summer begins with the Ulster GAA Championships". 1 May 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
2013 marks the 125th Anniversary of the Ulster Football Championship and the Ulster Museum in Botanic Gardens was transformed into an exhibition of Ulster's finest memories over those 125 years.
- ^ "Donegal end 19-year wait for Ulster title". Irish Independent. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ "Ulster the hardest province to win - Harte". The Irish Times. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
- ^ Breheny, Martin (20 July 2011). "Donegal the shut-out kings". Irish Independent. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ Duggan, Keith (29 September 2012). "Fearless Donegal ready to shift axis of power". The Irish Times. Retrieved 29 September 2012.