2019 Ulster Senior Football Championship

2019 Ulster SFC

Tournament details
Year	2019
Trophy	Anglo-Celt Cup

The 2019 Ulster Senior Football Championship is the 131st instalment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship organised by Ulster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The winners receive The Anglo-Celt Cup. The draw for the championship was made on 12 October 2018.

BBC Northern Ireland will air four Ulster Championship games live: the Antrim–Tyrone quarter-final, the two semi-finals, and the final.

Teams

The Ulster championship is contested by the nine counties in the Irish province of Ulster. Ulster comprises the six counties of Northern Ireland as well as Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.

Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Captain	Most recent success
					All-Ireland	Provincial
Antrim	Saffron and white	Creagh Concrete	Lenny Harbinson	Kevin O’Boyle		1951
Armagh	Orange and white	Simply Fruit	Kieran McGeeney	Rory Grugan	2002	2008
Cavan	Royal blue and white	Kingspan Group	Mattie McGleenan	Dara McVeety	1952	1997
Derry	Red and white	H&A Mechanical Services	Damian McErlain	Enda Lynn	1993	1998
Donegal	Gold and green	KN Group	Declan Bonner	Michael Murphy	2012	2018
Down	Red and black	EOS IT Solutions	Paddy Tally	Darren O'Hagan	1994	1994
Fermanagh	Green and white	Tracey Concrete	Rory Gallagher	Eoin Donnelly
Monaghan	White and blue	Investec	Malachy O'Rourke	Colin Walshe		2015
Tyrone	White and Red	Tyrone Fabrication	Mickey Harte	Mattie Donnelly	2008	2017

Championship draw

	Preliminary round 12 May 2019					Quarter-finals 18, 19, 25, 26 May 2019					Semi-finals 2 & 8 June 2019					Final 23 June 2019
						Cavan		1-13
						Monaghan		0-12
											Cavan (R)		0-17 0-23
											Armagh (R)		1-14 0-17
						Down		3-13
						Armagh		2-17
																Cavan		2-16
																Donegal		1-24
						Fermanagh		0-09
						Donegal		0-15
											Donegal		1-16
											Tyrone		0-15
						Antrim		2-09
	Tyrone		1-19			Tyrone		2-23
	Derry		1-13

Matches

Preliminary Round

Tyrone v Derry

BBC Northern Ireland deferred

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12) 16:00 IST (UTC+1) Preliminary Round

Report

Tyrone	1-19 (22) – (16) 1-13	Derry
(HT: 0-10 – 0-7)
Gls: D McCurry 1 Pts: C McShane 7 (2f), P Harte 3 (3f), R Donnelly 2, M Cassidy 2, P Hampsey 1, M McKernan 1, HP McGeary 1, F Burns 1, C McAliskey 1		Gls: S McGuigan 1 Pts: S McGuigan 6 (5f), R Bell 3 (3f), C Bradley 2, C McAtamney 1, C McFaul 1

Healy Park, Omagh Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon) Attendance: 10,116

Quarter-Finals

Cavan v Monaghan

Sky Sports

18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 19:00 IST (UTC+1) Quarter-Final A

Report

Cavan	1-13 (16) – (12) 0-12	Monaghan
(HT: 1-08 – 0-04)
Gls: Martin Reilly Pts: Gearoid McKiernan (4, 2f), Niall Murray (2), Cian Rehill, Conor Brady, Dara McVeety, Conor Madden, Chris Conroy		Pts: Conor McManus (4, 3f), Rory Beggan (2, '45, f), Shane Carey (2), Kieran Hughes (f), Conor Boyle, Conor McCarthy

Breffni Park, Cavan Referee: Conor Lane (Cork) Attendance: 13,496

Down v Armagh

BBC NI

19 May 2019 (2019-05-19) 16:00 IST (UTC+1) Quarter-Final B

Report

Down	3-13 (22) – (23) 2-17 (a.e.t.)	Armagh
(HT: 1-05 – 0-07) (FT: 2-10 – 1-13)
Gls: Donal O'Hare, Paul Devlin, Pat Havern Pts: Donal O'Hare (2, 2f), Paul Devlin (2, 2f), Pat Havern, James Guinness (2), Jerome Johnston (2, f), Conor Poland, Conor Francis, Connaire Harrison, Barry O'Hagan		Gls: Mark Shields, Andrew Murnin Pts: Rian O'Neill (8, 4f), Jamie Clarke (2), Ryan Kennedy (2), Stefan Campbell (2), Aidan Nugent, James Morgan, Andrew Murnin

Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow) Attendance: 15,116

Fermanagh v Donegal

BBC NI

26 May 2019 (2019-05-26) 14:00 IST (UTC+1) Quarter-Final C

Fermanagh	0-09 (09) – (15) 0-15	Donegal

Brewster Park, Enniskillen Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

Antrim v Tyrone

BBC NI

25 May 2019 (2019-05-25) 18:00 IST (UTC+1) Quarter-Final D

Antrim	2-09 (15) – (29) 2-23	Tyrone
Pts: Ryan Murray 0-6 (4fs), Matthew Fitzpatrick, Patrick McCormick 1-0 each, Patrick McBride 0-2, James McAuley 0-1		Pts: Cathal McShane 0-6 (4f), Connor McAliskey 1-2 (1f), Tiernan McCann 1-0, Richard Donnelly, Mattie Donnelly 0-3 each, Ronan McNamee, Rory Brennan, Michael Cassidy, Niall Sludden, Frank Burns, Kyle Coney, Darren McCurry 0-1 each, Niall Morgan 0-1 (45).

Athletic Grounds, Armagh Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Semi-Finals

Cavan v Armagh

BBC NI

2 June 2019 (2019-06-02) 16:00 IST (UTC+1) Semi-Final 1

Cavan	0-17 (17) – (17) 1-14	Armagh

St Tiernach's Park, Clones Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary)

Cavan v Armagh

BBC NI deferred

9 June 2019 (2019-06-09) 16:00 IST (UTC+1) Semi-Final 1 Replay

Report

Cavan	0-23 (23) – (17) 0-17	Armagh
(HT: 0-11 – 0-08)
Pts: Niall Murray 0-5 (4fs), Dara McVeety 0-4, Raymond Galligan 0-3 (3f), Gearoid McKiernan 0-3, Conor Moynagh 0-2, Martin Reilly, Killian Clarke, Conor Rehill, Oisin Kiernan, Oisin Pierson, Cian Mackey 0-1 each.		Pts: Jamie Clarke 0-7 (3fs), Rian O’Neill 0-6 (4fs), Stefan Campbell 0-2, Mark Shields, Rory Grugan 0-1 each

St Tiernach's Park, Clones Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon) Attendance: 21, 192

Donegal v Tyrone

RTÉ BBC NI

8 June 2019 (2019-06-08) 17:00 IST (UTC+1) Semi-Final 2

Donegal	1-16 (19) – (15) 0-15	Tyrone

Breffni Park, Cavan Referee: David Gough (Meath)

Final

Donegal v Cavan

RTÉ BBC NI

23 June 2019 (2019-06-23) 14:00 IST (UTC+1) Final

Donegal	v	Cavan

St Tiernach's Park, Clones

See also

• 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  • 2019 Connacht Senior Football Championship
  • 2019 Leinster Senior Football Championship
  • 2019 Munster Senior Football Championship

External links

• http://ulster.gaa.ie/