The 2008 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship was the 41st staging of the annual Ulster Senior Club Football Championship which is administered by Ulster GAA. Nine GAA county boards compete for the Séamus McFerran Cup. The championship started on 19 October 2008 and concluded with the final replay on 14 December 2008.
Crossmaglen Rangers won the competition, beating Ballinderry Shamrocks in the final, after a replay. Crossmaglen therefore went on to compete in the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.
Draw
Source: Hogan Stand website.
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Ballinderry Shamrocks:1 Michael Conlan2 Declan Bell3 Niall McCusker4 Conor Wilkinson 5 Michael McIver6 Kevin McGuckin 7 Conor Nevin 8 James Conway 14 Enda Muldoon (c)10 Martin Harney 11 Darren Conway? Coilin Devlin13 Raymond Wilkinson? Brian McGuckin 15 Conleith Gilligan Substitutes:?? Ronan McGuckin ?? Michael Bell ?? James Bateson ?? Gerard Cassidy Manager: Martin McKinlessCrossmaglen Rangers:1 Paul Hearty2 Brendan McKeown7 Paul Kernan4 P McKeown5 Aaron Kernan 3 Francie Bellew 6 John Donaldson (c)8 Tony McEntee9 David McKenna10 Michael McNamee 11 John McEntee 12 Stephen Kernan 13 Tony Kernan 14 Cathal Short 15 Oisín McConvilleSubstitutes:?? Johnny Murtagh ?? Jamie Clarke ?? Stephen Finnegan ?? Rico Kelly Manager: Donal Murtagh MATCH RULES 60 minutes. Replay if necessary. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of 5 substitutions.
Replay
Ballinderry Shamrocks: Michael Conlan Declan Bell Niall McCusker Conor Wilkinson Kevin McGuckin Ronan McGuckin Michael Bell James Conway Kevin 'Moss' McGuckin Darren Conway (c) Conleith Gilligan Raymond Wilkinson Coilin Devlin Martin Harney Brian McGuckin Substitutes: James Bateson Paul Wilson Ryan Scott Shane Rocks Manager: Martin McKinlessCrossmaglen Rangers: Paul Hearty Brendan McKeown Paul Kernan P McKeown Aaron Kernan Francie Bellew John Donaldson (c) Tony McEntee David McKenna Stephen Kernan John McEntee Michael McNamee Jamie Clarke Johnny Murtagh Oisín McConvilleSubstitutes: Tony Kernan Kyle Carragher Johnathon Hanratty Manager: Donal Murtagh MATCH RULES 60 minutes. Extra-time if necessary. Further replay if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of 5 substitutions.
References
External links Ulster GAA website