Derry Senior Football Championship

For the hurling equivalent see Derry GAA Senior Hurling Championship

Derry Senior Football Championship
Current season or competition: 2016 Derry Senior Football Championship
Irish	Craobh Sinsear Peile Dhoire
Founded	1907
Trophy	John McLaughlin Cup
Title holders	Slaughtneil (4th title)
Most titles	Bellaghy (21 titles)
Sponsors	M & L Contracts

The Derry Senior Football Championship is an annual gaelic football club competition between the top Derry GAA clubs. The winners receive the John McLaughlin Cup and qualify to represent Derry in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.

Bellaghy have won the competition more than any other club with 21 titles. Bellaghy's Tom Scullion has more senior football championship medals than anyone in Derry, winning medals between 1956 and 1971.

Slaughtneil are the current Derry senior champions, winning their fourth title on 16 October 2016 by defeating Loup 2-11 to 0-6 at Celtic Park in Derry City.

Format

Current Format

In 2016, the championship reverted to its traditional format. All fixtures are determined by an initial open-draw, are knock-out and are played at neutral venues, mainly Owenbeg, Dungiven.

Historical Formats

Before 1958, three regional tournaments were played to help determine the Derry Senior Football Championship finalists - the South Derry Senior Football Championship, the North Derry Senior Football Championship and the Derry City Senior Football Championship. Of the three winners, one received a bye to the final (in alternating years) and the other two played a semi-final to determine who qualified for the Derry Senior Football Championship final.

From 1958 to 2006 the championship took the form of an open-draw knock-out.

From 2007 to 2008 the championship was altered to include a round-robin group stage with the 16 teams divided into four groups. Each club in a group played each other once with the top two in each group advancing to the quarter-finals. From the quarter-finals onwards the competition was knock-out.

In 2009 a "backdoor" system was introduced -

The 16 clubs all play in the first round.
In the second round winners section the eight winning teams from round one play against each other with the four winners going into the quarter-final draw. In the second round losers section the eight beaten teams from round one play against each other.
In round three (also referred to as the quarter-final qualifiers) the four beaten teams from the round two winners section play the four winning teams from the round two losers section.
In the quarter-finals the four teams who have won their first two matches in rounds one and two play the four winners of round three.
The quarter-finals, semi-finais and final are knock-out.

Trophies

The winning team is presented with the John McLaughlin Cup, which they hold until the following year. Since 1988 the player who scores the most in that year's championship is presented with a trophy. Since 1989 the man of the match in the final is also presented with a trophy.

Wins Listed By Club

	Team	Wins	Winning Years
1	Bellaghy	21	1956 1958 1959 1960 1961 1963 1964 1965 1968 1969 1971 1972 1975 1979 1986 1994 1996 1998 1999 2000 2005
2	Ballinderry	13	1927 1974 1980 1981 1982 1995 2001 2002 2006 2008 2011 2012 2013
3	Newbridge	10	1937 1940 1945 1948 1950 1955 1966 1967 1970 1989
4	Lavey	8	1938 1943 1954 1977 1988 1990 1992 1993
5	Dungiven	7	1947 1951 1983 1984 1987 1991 1997
6	Magherafelt	6	1939 1942 1944 1946 1949 1978
7	Ballinascreen	4	1934 1935 1941 1973
8	Glenullin	3	1928 1985 2007
	Slaughtneil	4	2004 2014 2015 2016
	An Lúb	3	1936 2003 2009
11	Ballerin	2	1957 1976
11	Éire Óg	2	1907 1952
13	Ballymaguigan	1	1962
	Clan Chonail	1	1914
	Sarsfield’s*	1	1916
	St Patrick’s	1	1917
	Emmett’s	1	1918
	Derry Guilds	1	1921
	Buncrana	1	1930
	Burt	1	1931
	Desertmartin	1	1953
	Eoghan Rua, Coleraine	1	2010

Notes:

1914 Clan Chonail are a Donegal team.
1916 Sarsfield's are now defunct. They were a Derry City club, a fore-runner to the modern-day Doire Colmcille club.
1930 Buncrana are a Donegal team.
1931 Burt are a Donegal team.

Finals Listed By Year

Year	Winner	Score	Runners-up	Score	Match report (final)	Man of the match	Winning captain	C'ship top scorer
2016	Slaughtneil	2-11	An Lúb	0-6	^[1]		Francis McEldowney
2015	Slaughtneil	1-7	Eoghan Rua, Coleraine	0-9	^[2]		Francis McEldowney
2014	Slaughtneil	1-8	Ballinderry	0-9	^[3]		Francis McEldowney
2013	Ballinderry	3-10	Ballinascreen	2-7	^[4]			Benny Herron
2012	Ballinderry	1-10	Slaughtneil	0-10	^[5]	Enda Muldoon	Ryan Scott	Christopher Bradley
2011	Ballinderry	2-5	Kilrea	0-6	BBC Sport,	Martin Harney	Kevin McGuckin	James Kielt
2010	Eoghan Rua, Coleraine	2-11	Ballinderry	0-15		Declan Mullan	Richard Carey	Cailen O'Boyle
2009	An Lúb	1-8	Dungiven	0-10		Joe O'Kane	Joe O'Kane	Cathal Grieve
2008	Ballinderry	0-10	Slaughtneil	0-8	Official Derry website, BBC Sport, Belfast Telegraph, Irish Independent	Raymond Wilkinson	Enda Muldoon	Paul Bradley
2007	Glenullin	0-10	Bellaghy	1-6		Gerard O'Kane	Paddy Bradley	Conleith Gilligan (1-26)
2006	Ballinderry	2-11	An Lúb	0-9		Conleith Gilligan	Conleith Gilligan	Conleith Gilligan & Paddy Bradley (0-18)
2005	Bellaghy	2-7	An Lúb	1-6		Joe Diver	Joe Cassidy	Joe Cassidy (0-21)
2004	Slaughtneil		Bellaghy			Padrig Kelly	Shane Kelly	Jim Kelly (3-12)
2003	An Lúb	0-11	Ballinderry	0-7		Padraig O'Kane	Johnny McBride	Jim Kelly (1-15)
2002	Ballinderry	1-11	An Lúb	0-6		Conleith Gilligan	Gerard Cassidy	Gerard Cassidy (0-26)
2001	Ballinderry	1-9	Bellaghy	0-11		Gerard Cassidy	Adrian McGuckin	Gerard Cassidy & Gavin Diamond (1-26)
2000	Bellaghy		Ballinderry			Gareth Doherty	Ciaran McNally	Seanie McGuckin (2-28)
1999	Bellaghy		Ballinderry			Damian Cassidy	Karl Diamond	Gerard Cassidy (3-22)
1998	Bellaghy		Lavey			Gavin Diamond	Kevin O'Neill	Gavin Diamond (1-21)
1997	Dungiven		Castledawson			Joe Brolly	Emmett McKeever	Joe Brolly (1-25)
1996	Bellaghy		Dungiven		The Irish News	David O'Neill	Gareth Doherty	Éamonn Burns (2-24)
1995	Ballinderry		Bellaghy			Gerard Cassidy & Adrian McGuckin	Raymond Bell	Karl Diamond (1-18)
1994	Bellaghy		Ballinascreen			Damian Cassidy	Danny Quinn	Karl Diamond (0-24)
1993	Lavey		Swatragh			Colm McGurk	Anthony Scullion	Anthony Tohill (2-26)
1992	Lavey		Ballinascreen			Seamus Downey	Anthony Scullion	Eamonn Burns (2-17)
1991	Dungiven		Newbridge			Shane Heavern	Plunkett Murphy	Damian Cassidy (4-6)
1990	Lavey		Ballinascreen			Brian McCormick	Johnny McGurk	Eamonn Burns (0-24)
1989	Newbridge		Castledawson			Liam Devlin	Damian Barton	Fergal Kearney (1-14)
1988	Lavey		Newbridge				Henry Downey	Hugh Martin McGurk (1-19)
1987	Dungiven						Liam McElhinney
1986	Bellaghy		Ballinderry				Tommy Doherty
1985	Glenullin		Ballinderry Shamrocks				Dermot McNicholl
1984	Dungiven		Castledawson				Plunkett Murphy
1983	Dungiven		Magherafelt				Colm McGuigan
1982	Ballinderry		Dungiven				Dessie Rocks
1981	Ballinderry		Banagher				Pat McGuckin
1980	Ballinderry		Lavey				Sean McIvor
1979	Bellaghy		Magherafelt				Hugh McGoldrick
1978	Magherafelt		Banagher				Gerry O'Loughlin
1977	Lavey		Ballinderry Shamrocks				Niall Hurley
1976	Ballerin	0-9	Dungiven	0-3			Eamon Moloney
1975	Bellaghy		Magherafelt				Frankie O'Loane
1974	Ballinderry		Banagher				Sean McGuckin
1973	Ballinascreen		Bellaghy				Tommy McKenna
1972	Bellaghy		Ballerin				Larry Diamond
1971	Bellaghy		Lavey				Larry Diamond
1970	Newbridge		Bellaghy				Patsy McLarnon
1969	Bellaghy		Slaughtneil				Tom Quinn
1968	Bellaghy		Newbridge				Tom Scullion
1967	Newbridge		Magherafelt				Brian Devlin
1966	Newbridge		Dungiven				Mickey Gribben
1965	Bellaghy		Ballerin				Tom Scullion
1964	Bellaghy		Ballerin				Tom Scullion
1963	Bellaghy		Newbridge				Tom Scullion
1962	Ballymaguigan		Castledawson				Denis McKeever
1961	Bellaghy		Ballymaguigan				Gerry McCann
1960	Bellaghy		Dungiven				Gerry McCann
1959	Bellaghy		Desertmartin				Peter Kearney
1958	Bellaghy		Ballymaguigan				Peter Kearney
1957	Ballerin	3-8	Ballymaguigan	2-6
1956	Bellaghy		Drum
1955	Newbridge
1954	Lavey		Ballinderry
1953	Desertmartin		Ballerin
1952	Éire Óg, Derry		Desertmartin
1951	Dungiven		Desertmartin
1950	Newbridge		Bellaghy
1949	Magherafelt
1948	Newbridge
1947	Dungiven		Newbridge
1946	Magherafelt		Drum
1945	Newbridge
1944	Lavey		Mitchels
1943	Lavey		Faughanvale
1942	Magherafelt
1941	Ballinascreen		O'Connor's Limavady
1940	Newbridge
1939	Magherafelt
1938	Lavey		Pearses
1937	Newbridge		Lavey
1936	An Lúb		Park
1935	No championship
1934	Ballinascreen
1933	Ballinascreen
1932	No championship
1931	Burt	2-4	Wolfe Tones	0-1			John Kavanagh
1930	Buncrana
1929
1928	Glenullin
1927	Ballinderry		Drumsurn
1926
1925
1924
1923
1922
1921	Derry Guilds
1920
1919
1918	Emmet's
1917	St. Patrick's
1916	Sarsfield's
1915
1914	Clann Chonail
1913
1912
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907	Éire Óg, Derry

Notes:

1907 - Éire Óg club is now defunct.
1938 - Pearse's was a Derry City club, now defunct.
1944 - Mitchel's was a Derry City club, now defunct.

References

↑ "Derry SFC final: Slaughtneil ease to 'treble treble'". Hogan Stand. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
↑ "Derry SFC final: Slaughtneil do the 'double double'". Hogan Stand. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
↑ "Last-gasp Bradley goal secures title for Slaughtneil". Irish Examiner. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
↑ "Ballinderry repeat hat-trick". Irish Examiner. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
↑ "Derry SFC final: Devlin's goal sinks Slaughtneil". Hogan Stand. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.

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Senior Football Championship	Ballinascreen Ballinderry Banagher Bellaghy Claudy Dungiven Eoghan Rua Glen Glenullin Greenlough Kilrea Lavey The Loup Magherafelt Newbridge Slaughtneil Swatragh

Intermediate Football Championship	Ballerin Ballymaguigan Castledawson Craigbane Desertmartin Doire Trasna Drumsurn Faughanvale Foreglen Lissan Moneymore Slaughtmanus Steelstown

Junior Football Championship	Ardmore Doire Colmcille Drum Glack Limavady Magilligan Ógra Colmcille Seán Dolans

Senior Hurling Championship	Ballinascreen Banagher Kevin Lynch's Lavey Slaughtneil Swatragh

Intermediate Hurling Championship	Eoghan Rua Na Magha

Camogie clubs	Ardboe Ballerin Ballinascreen Ballinderry Banagher Bellaghy Castledawson Drum Drumsurn Dungiven Eoghan Rua Foreglen Glack Glen Glenullin Greenlough Kilrea Lavey Limavady Magherafelt Na Magha Newbridge Slaughtneil Swatragh

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