2012 Ulster Senior Football Championship

Championship venues
Celtic Park in the City of Derry
Healy Park in Omagh
St Tiernach's Park in Clones
and others elsewhere...

The 2012 Ulster Senior Football Championship was the 124th[1] installment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Ulster GAA. It was won by Donegal who defeated Down in the final to retain the title they won the previous year. The winning Donegal team received the Anglo-Celt Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. They progressed from there to the semi-final then on to the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final where they claimed the Sam Maguire Cup.[2][3][4][5][6]

Bracket

Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Cavan 1-10
Donegal 1-16 Donegal 2-13
Derry 0-09
Donegal 0-12
Tyrone 0-10
Tyrone 0-19
Armagh 1-13
Donegal 2-18
Down 0-13
Monaghan 1-12
Antrim 1-09
Monaghan 1-13
Down 1-14
Down 2-10
Fermanagh 1-08

Preliminary round

Preliminary Round
Cavan1-10 - 1-16Donegal
N McDermott 1-1 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), E Keating 0-5, D Givney 0-2, G McKiernan, J Brady 0-1 each Report C McFadden 1-6 (1-0 pen, 0-5f), R Kavanagh 0-3, M McHugh, L McLoone 0-2 each, N McGee, F McGlynn, N Gallagher 0-1 each
Attendance: 12,847
Referee: C Reilly (Meath)

Quarter-finals

Quarter Final
Monaghan1-12 - 1-9Antrim
K O'Connell 1-0, C McManus (2f), T Freeman, K Hughes (1f), D Clerkin 0-2 each, P Finlay (1f), O Lennon, D Mone, P Dooney 0-1 each Report P Cunningham 0-4 (2f), J Loughrey 1-0, M McCann 0-2, A Gallagher, M Magill, M McAleese 0-1 each
Attendance: 8,804
Quarter Final
Fermanagh1-8 - 2-10Down
D. Kelly 1-1, D. Kille 0-3 (2f), S. Quigley 0-2 (2f), T. Corrigan, P. Ward 0-1 each. Report D O'Hare 1-1, C Laverty 1-0, C Maginn, A Carr (f), A Rogers, K King, K McKernan, D McCartan, B McArdle, D O'Hagan, K Duffin 0-1 each.
Attendance: 12,435
Referee: S Doyle Wexford
Quarter Final
Armagh1-13 - 0-19Tyrone
J Clarke 0-5 (1f), A Forker 1-1 (1f), B Mallon 0-4 (4f), G McParland 0-2, K Dyas 0-1 Report M Penrose 0-8 (5f), Stephen O'Neill, O Mulligan (1f), C Cavanagh, P Harte all 0-2 each, M Donnelly, Joe McMahon, D Carlin all 0-1 each
Attendance: 16,418
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Quarter Final
Donegal2-13 - 0-9Derry
C McFadden L McLoone 1-0, M Murphy 0-3 (3f), P McBrearty, D Walsh 0-2 each, R Bradley, N Gallagher, A Thompson, F McGlynn 0-1 each. Report P Bradley 0-6 (5f), M Lynch, SL McGoldrick, E Bradley ('45) 0-1 each.
Attendance: 11,207
Referee: M Duffy (Sligo)

Semi-finals

Semi Final
Monaghan1-13 - 1-14Down
P Finlay (3f), C McManus (3f) 0-5 each, T Freeman 1-0, D Hughes 0-2 (1f, 1 45), D Clerkin 0-1 Report D O'Hare 0-5 (5f), A Carr 1-2, (1-0 pen, 1f), C Laverty 0-2, A Rogers (f), D O'Hagan, K Duffin, L Doyle (f), B Coulter 0-1 each
Attendance: 11,149
Referee: M Duffy (Sligo)
Semi Final
Tyrone0-10 - 0-12Donegal
Stephen O'Neill, J McMahon (2f) 0-2 each, C Clarke, C Gormley (45), D Carlin, Sean O’Neill; Mark Donnelly, M Penrose 0-1 each Report M Murphy (3f), C McFadden (2f) 0-3 each, R Kavanagh 0-2, R Bradley, K Lacey, P McBrearty, M McHugh 0-1 each
Attendance: 17,730

Final

Final
Down0-13 - 2-18Donegal
L Doyle (2f) 0-4 , D O'Hare (1f) 0-2 , C Laverty, A Rogers, K McKernan, A Brannigan, C Maginn, D Hughes, E McCartan 0-1 each Report L McLoone, F McGlynn 1-0 each, C McFadden (3f) 0-6 , Declan Walsh, R Bradley, M McHugh, M McElhinney 0-2 each, David Walsh, D McLaughlin, P McBrearty, M Murphy 0-1 each
Attendance: 34,696
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Clerkin, Malachy (27 December 2012). "Donegal take a listing vessel and refloat it on a wave of thrilling proportions". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Donegal Topple Kerry to Set up Semi with Cork". 98FM. 5 August 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2012. Karl Lacey's injury-time point booked a date with Cork for the Ulster champions, who handed Kerry only their second-ever All-Ireland quarter-final defeat.
  4. ^ "Donegal annihilate Cork in All-Ireland Football semi-final". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  5. ^ Breheny, Martin (24 September 2012). "Murphy rocket sees Donegal strike gold". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  6. ^ "DDTV Video: Murphy strike against Mayo named Goal of the Championship". Donegal Daily. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.