ULSTER SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

The 'Ulster Senior Football Championship' (known for sponsorship reasons as the 'Bank of Ireland Ulster Championship') is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of football played in the province of Ulster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Ulster Council and are played during the summer months, and all the counties participate.
The Ulster football Final is played in July normally in St. Tiernach's Park, Clones however since 2003 it has been staged in Croke Park, Dublin. The final between Monaghan and Tyrone in 2007 returned to Clones with Tyrone lifting the cup.
The Ulster Football Championship is run on a knock-out basis in which once a team loses they are eliminated from the competition, and so compete in the All-Ireland Qualifier Series. The winner of the Championship goes on to play in the All-Ireland quarter final. Before the introduction of the qualifier series, in 2001, the winner of the Ulster Championship would compete, along with the other three provincial winners, in the All-Ireland semi-finals, and then the two winners would compete in the All-Ireland final.
Cavan are the most successful team in Ulster, having won the championship on 39 occasions. In recent years, Armagh have become the dominant force in Ulster, winning six titles in seven years between 1999 and 2006. Fermanagh remain the only team to not have won an Ulster title.
For many decades, winning the Ulster Championship was considered as much as a team from Ulster could hope for, as the other provinces would usually be much stronger than their Ulster opposition. In the 1990's however, a significant sea change took place, as the Ulster Champions won the All-Ireland four years in a row from 1991-1994. Now the Ulster Championship is considered one of the toughest provinces to compete in, and Ulster teams have gained considerable dominance on the All-Ireland scene, having won three All-Irelands from four in the early 2000's, including in 2003 when for the first time ever, the All-Ireland final was competed for by two teams from one province - Ulster.

Contents

2007 Championship

Top Scorers

Top Winners

Roll of Honour

Top Ulster Scorers

Ulster top scorers by year

See also

2007 Championship

The encounters have all produced close matches so far. It took a replay for Down to get past Cavan in the preliminary round, and both Fermanagh and Armagh only lost their matches by a single point.
Ulster's representatives in the draw for the All-Ireland Qualifier Series are;

★ Cavan eliminated by Mayo - Round One

★ Fermanagh eliminated by Meath - Round Two

★ Armagh eliminated by Derry - Round One

★ Down eliminated by Meath - Round One

★ Donegal eliminated by Monaghan - Round Three

★ Derry - successfully reached All-Ireland Quarter final

★ Monaghan - successfully reached All-Ireland Quarter final


★ Antrim are a Division Four team in the National Football League (Ireland), and as such, are entered straight into the Tommy Murphy Cup, rather than go into the qualifiers.

Top Scorers

This is a list of the top scorers of the championship, as well as the top scorer in each individual county.

'Rank'	'Name'	'County'	'Tally'	'Total'
1	T Freeman	Monaghan	0-12	12 points
2=	C Hanratty	Monaghan	2-01	7
2=	D McCabe	Cavan	0-07	7
2=	J McGovern	Down	0-07	7
2=	C McFadden	Donegal	0-07	7
...
8=	C O'Reilly	Fermanagh	0-05	5
8=	O McConville	Armagh	1-02	5
8=	C Gilligan	Derry	0-05	5
8=	B Dooher	Tyrone	0-05	5
...
=18	CJ McGourty, P Cunningham	Antrim	0-04	4

Top Winners

	'Team'	'Winner'	'Winning Years'
1	Cavan	39	1891, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1915, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1997.
2	Armagh	13	1890, 1902, 1950, 1953, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
2	Monaghan	13	1888, 1906, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1921, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1938, 1979, 1985, 1988
4	Down	12	1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1991, 1994.
5	Tyrone	11	1956, 1957, 1973, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2007
6	Antrim	10	1900, 1901, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1946, 1951
7	Derry	7	1958, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1987, 1993, 1998
8	Donegal	5	1972, 1974, 1983, 1990, 1992
9	Fermanagh	0	N/A

Roll of Honour

'Year'	'Winner'	'Opponent'
2007	Tyrone	Monaghan
2006	Armagh	Donegal
2005	Armagh	Tyrone
2004	Armagh	Donegal
2003	Tyrone	Down
2002	Armagh	Donegal
2001	Tyrone	Cavan
2000	Armagh	Derry
1999	Armagh	Down
1998	Derry	Donegal
1997	Cavan	Derry
1996	Tyrone	Down
1995	Tyrone	Cavan
1994	Down	Tyrone
1993	Derry	Donegal
1992	Donegal	Derry
1991	Down	Donegal
1990	Donegal	Armagh
1989	Tyrone	Donegal
1988	Monaghan	Tyrone
1987	Derry	Armagh
1986	Tyrone	Down
1985	Monaghan	Derry
1984	Tyrone	Armagh
1983	Donegal	Cavan
1982	Armagh	Fermanagh
1981	Down	Armagh
1980	Armagh	Tyrone
1979	Monaghan	Donegal
1978	Down	Cavan
1977	Armagh	Derry
1976	Derry	Cavan
1975	Derry	Down
1974	Donegal	Down
1973	Tyrone	Down
1972	Donegal	Tyrone
1971	Down	Derry
1970	Derry	Antrim
1969	Cavan	Down
1968	Down	Cavan
1967	Cavan	Down
1966	Down	Donegal
1965	Down	Cavan
1964	Cavan	Down
1963	Down	Donegal
1962	Cavan	Down
1961	Down	Armagh
1960	Down	Cavan
1959	Down	Cavan
1958	Derry	Down
1957	Tyrone	Derry
1956	Tyrone	Cavan
1955	Cavan	Derry
1954	Cavan	Armagh
1953	Armagh	Cavan
1952	Cavan	Monaghan
1951	Antrim	Cavan
1950	Armagh	Cavan
1949	Cavan	Armagh
1948	Cavan	Antrim
1947	Cavan	Antrim
1946	Antrim	Cavan
1945	Cavan	Fermanagh
1944	Cavan	Monaghan
1943	Cavan	Monaghan
1942	Cavan	Down
1941	Cavan	Tyrone
1940	Cavan	Down
1939	Cavan	Armagh
1938	Monaghan	Armagh
1937	Cavan	Armagh
1936	Cavan	Monaghan
1935	Cavan	Fermanagh
1934	Cavan	Armagh
1933	Cavan	Tyrone
1932	Cavan	Armagh
1931	Cavan	Armagh
1930	Monaghan	Cavan
1929	Monaghan	Cavan
1928	Cavan	Armagh
1927	Monaghan	Armagh
1926	Cavan	Antrim
1925	Cavan	Antrim
1924	Cavan	Monaghan
1923	Cavan	Monaghan
1922	Cavan	Monaghan
1921	Monaghan	Derry
1920	Cavan	Armagh
1919	Cavan	Antrim
1918	Cavan	Antrim
1917	Monaghan	Armagh
1916	Monaghan	Cavan
1915	Cavan	Monaghan
1914	Monaghan	Fermanagh
1913	Antrim	Monaghan
1912	Antrim	Armagh
1911	Antrim	Cavan
1910	Antrim	Cavan
1909	Antrim	Cavan
1908	Antrim	Cavan
1907
1906	Monaghan	Antrim
1905	Cavan
1904
1903	Cavan	Armagh
1902	Armagh	Antrim
1901	Antrim	Armagh
1900	Antrim
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891	Cavan	Armagh
1890	Armagh	Tyrone
1889
1888	Monaghan	Cavan

Top Ulster Scorers

Player	County	Score
Oisin McConville	Armagh	10-190 (220)
Peter Canavan	Tyrone	9-191 (218)
Paddy Doherty	Down	15-159 (204)
Paddy Donohoe	Cavan	17-133 (184)
Seán O'Neill	Down	17-125 (176)
Charlie Gallagher	Cavan	10-142 (172)
Paddy Bradley	Derry	12-125 (161)
Seán O'Connell	Derry	11-118 (151)
Rónán Carolan	Cavan	2-138 (144)
Stephen McDonnell	Armagh	14-100 (142)
Anthony Tohill	Derry	4-121 (133)
Stephen O'Neill	Tyrone	7-112 (133)

★ Scores include Ulster Championship, All-Ireland Championship and Qualifiers. Correct as of 18th July 2006.

Ulster top scorers by year

★ 2006 Oisin McConville (Armagh) 3-25

★ 2005 Stephen O'Neill (Tyrone) 1-26

★ 2004 Colm McFadden (Donegal) & Oisin McConville (Armagh) 1-13

★ 2003 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) 1-38

★ 2002 Rory Gallagher (Fermanagh) 4-12

★ 2001 Rory Gallagher (Fermanagh) 0-16

★ 2000 Rory Gallagher (Fermanagh) 1-19

★ 1999 Oisin McConville (Armagh) 3-18

★ 1998 Joe Brolly(Derry) & Tony Boyle (Donegal) 0-13

★ 1997 Joe Brolly (Derry) 3-15

★ 1996 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) 3-13

★ 1995 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) 0-20

★ 1994 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) 1-17

★ 1993 John Toner (Armagh) 0-23

★ 1992 Enda Gormley (Derry) 0-25

★ 1991 Ross Carr (Down) 0-21

★ 1990 Manus Boyle (Donegal) 1-16

★ 1989 Martin McHugh (Donegal) 2-16

★ 1988 Stephen Conway (Tyrone) 0-17

★ 1987 Enda Gormley (Derry) 0-20

★ 1986 Brendan Mason (Down) 3-17

★ 1985 Eamon McEneaney (Monaghan) 3-16

★ 1984 Frank McGuigan (Tyrone) 0-19

★ 1983 Derek McDonnell (Cavan) 4-11

★ 1982 John Corvan (Armagh) & Peter McGinnity (Fermanagh) 1-9

★ 1981 E McEneaney (Monaghan) & Brendan McGovern (Down) 1-17

★ 1980 Patsy Hetherington (Tyrone) & Patsy Kerlin (Tyrone) 4-3

★ 1979 Kieran Finlay (Monaghan) 1-18

★ 1978 Donal Donohoe (Cavan) 0-12

★ 1977 Brendan Kelly (Derry) 2-10

★ 1976 Steve Duggan (Cavan) 1-22

★ 1975 Willie Walsh (Down) 3-8

★ 1974 Seamus Bonnar (Donegal) 6-4

★ 1973 Patsy Hetherington (Tyrone) 0-17

★ 1972 Joe Winston (Donegal) 0-26

★ 1971 Sean O'Connell (Derry) 1-18

★ 1970 Andy McCallin (Antrim) 3-15

★ 1969 Sean Woods (Monaghan) & Gene Cusack (Cavan) 3-7

★ 1968 Paddy Doherty (Down) 1-17

★ 1967 Charlie Gallagher (Cavan) 0-
★ 19

★ 1966 PT Treacy (Fermanagh) 4-13

★ 1965 Charlie Gallagher (Cavan) 2-29

★ 1964 Charlie Gallagher (Cavan) 0-
★ 19

★ 1963 Harry Laverty (Donegal) 2-10

★ 1962 Seamus McMahon (Cavan) & Frankie Donnelly (Tyrone) 0-11

★ 1961 Paddy Doherty (Down) 1-16

★ 1960 Con Smith (Cavan) 1-17

★ 1959 Paddy Doherty (Down) 1-17

★ 1958 Paddy Doherty (Down) 3-14

★ 1957 Frankie Donnelly (Tyrone) 1-14

★ 1956 Frankie Donnelly (Tyrone) & Victor Sherlock (Cavan) 2-7

★ 1955 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) 0-14

★ 1954 Brian Gallagher (Cavan) 0-14

★ 1953 Art O'Hagan (Armagh) 3-4

★ 1952 John Joe Cassidy (Cavan) 1-7

★ 1951 Joe McCallin (Antrim) 3-14

★ 1950 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) 3-18

★ 1949 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) 4-10

★ 1948 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) 3-12

★ Scores only include Ulster Championship. All-Ireland Championship and Qualifiers are not included.

See also

★ Connacht Senior Football Championship

★ Leinster Senior Football Championship

★ Munster Senior Football Championship