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CRAOBH PEILE ULADH2O2O ARD MHACHA DÚN VERSUSNA NGALL SEMI FINAL SATURDAY 14TH NOVEMBER KINGSPAN BREFFNI - 1.15 PM AN CABHÁN ANVERSUS DÚN SEMI FINAL SUNDAY 15TH NOVEMBER ATHLETIC GROUNDS - 1.30PM RÚNAI: ULSTER.GAA.IE 8 Official Banking Partner of the GAA. Backing Club and County. “ That one day is what you live for. Winning the whole thing“ is what you dream of. Brendan Lowry, All-Ireland winner, 1982. eir, Ireland’s No.1 Broadband Provider Proud371 Sponsor of the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. CRAOBH PEILE ULADH2O2O 04617RO AIB GAA 165x237 Prog Ad.indd 1 07/09/2016 14:37 THIS WEEKEND’S (ALL GAMESGA ARE SUBJECTMES TO WINNER ON THE DAY) @ VERSUSKINGSPAN BREFFNI, CAVAN SATURDAY 14TH NOVEMBER WATCH LIVE ON Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship Semi Final (1:15pm) Réiteoir: David Coldrick (An Mhí) Réiteoir ar fuaireachas: Barry Cassidy (Doire) Maor Líne: Barry Judge (Sligeach) Oifigeach Taobhlíne: John Gilmartin (Sligeach) Maoir: Seamus McCormack, Joseph Curran, Ronan Garry and Pat Darby @ ATHLETICVERSUS GROUNDS, ARMAGH SUNDAY 15TH NOVEMBER WATCH LIVE ON Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship Semi Final (1:30pm) Réiteoir: Martin McNally (Muineachán) Réiteoir ar fuaireachas: David Gough (An Mhí) Maor Líne: Niall Cullen (Fear Manach) Oifigeach Taobhlíne: Niall McKenna (Muineachán) Maoir: Ben Woods, Mark Gilsenan, Dylan Finnegan & Anthony Marron 832 CRAOBH PEILE ULADH2O2O 57 CRAOBH PEILE ULADH2O2O 11422 - UIC Ulster GAA ad.indd 1 10/01/2020 13:53 PRESIDENT’S FOREWORD Fearadh na fáilte romhaibh chuig deireadh seachtaine eile de Chraobhchomórtas Sinsir Uladh 2020. Tá ceithre seachtaine ramhra againn agus game. Tyrone and Derry would then return to the muid amach i ndeireadh an Fhómhair gan lucht draw for 2022 while Monaghan and Cavan will return féachana ag ar gcluichí. Is aisteach an bhliain í. I for the 2023 draw. ndiaidh na gcluichí a bhí againn le cúpla deireadh In 2020, Prostate Cancer has again been chosen seachtaine anuas, táimid anois ag amharc ar as the charity for Ulster GAA and we look forward cheithre fhoireann atá ina seasamh go fóill. Sa to supporting this very worthy cause. I acknowledge bhabhta leathcheannais an deireadh seachtaine and thank all the Ulster Council and the three host seo, tá Ard Mhacha ag imirt in aghaidh Dhún na counties’ personnel involved in hosting today’s nGall, agus An Cabhán ag imirt in aghaidh An Dúin. games. Everyone plays their part; stewards, Welcome to another weekend of the 2020 Ulster medics, match officials and players, sponsors, Senior Football Championship. We are in the midst local authorities, media, County Boards and of a hectic four week period in late Autumn with no Provincial Council. spectators at our games. It really has been a surreal I also wish all four teams, their County Boards and year so far. After two weekends, we are now down management every success in their respective to the last four as our Semi Final line up Ard Mhacha outings this weekend and the match officials whose V Dún na nGall and An Cabhán V An Dún takes place role should never be overlooked. Finally, to the this weekend. supporters. Your support and attendance has always We have already been treated to five really been highly valued and we hope that the absence of competitive games in extremely testing conditions. supporters at games is a rare sight. We long for the I commend all players and management teams for day that we can gather to support our native county their input into what already is another compelling in their quest to lift the Anglo Celt but for now, on Ulster Senior Football Championship, albeit at a behalf of Ulster GAA, I encourage all members to different time of year, without supporters and in a continue to follow the guidelines which have been straight knockout format. provided by the relevant health authorities. I want to take this opportunity to thank our counties Stay safe! and clubs for the support they have given our local Oilibhear Ó Gealagain, Uachtarán Chomhairle Uladh. communities during this Covid-19 pandemic. It has been an extremely difficult time for us all and the absence of our games has made it all the harder. We continue the Ulster Senior Football Championship this weekend in very different circumstances as the absence of supporters at our games will leave Amhrán na bhFiann: a feeling of emptiness on our terraces. Sinne Fianna Fáil, Changes have been introduced to the Ulster Senior Atá faoi gheall ag Eirinn, Football Championship by the Ulster Competitions Buíonn dár slua, thar toinn do ráinig chugainn, Control Committee recently. As the two counties Faoi mhóid bheith saor, seantír ár sinsear feasta which were drawn to play in the Preliminary Round Ní fhágfar faoin tíorán ná faoin tráill; in 2019, Tyrone and Derry did not feature in the Anocht a théam sa Bhearna Baoil Preliminary Round draw for the 2020 nor will they Le gean ar Ghaeil chun báis nó saoil, for the 2021 Championships. Seven counties were le gunnaí scréach, trí lámhach na bpiléar, included in the Preliminary Round draw for the 2020 Championship from which Monaghan and Cavan Seo dhíbh canáigh, Amhrán na bhFiann were drawn to meet in the Preliminary Round. They will be precluded from the 2021 and 2022 Preliminary Amhran na bhFiann will be sang by Cian Murray Round draw. Subsequently, in 2021, just five counties at Kingspan Breffni and Muireann O’Kane at the will be included in the draw for the Preliminary Round Athletic Grounds. 85 11422 - UIC Ulster GAA ad.indd 1 10/01/2020 13:53 MATCH PREVIEW CRAOBH PEILE ULADH2O2O ARD MHACHA VERSUS DÚN NA NGALL And so, in the space of a fortnight, Ulster’s nine runners have become four, and by late tomorrow afternoon just two will remain. This whistle-stop Ulster Championship now picks up speed as we enter into the third of its four- weekend lifespan, and today’s meeting of Armagh and reigning champions Donegal begins the final four action. Both these teams have had just shy of two weeks to prepare for this fixture, double the turnaround for tomorrow’s semi-finalists, Cavan and Down. That extra week of breathing space will have been precious to managers Kieran McGeeney and Declan Bonner after arduous quarter-finals over Derry and Tyrone respectively, both hard-fought two-point wins in the swirling rain and biting wind of a harsh Sunday afternoon on November 1st . Tyrone came crashing up against Donegal at Páirc MacCumhaill, and went crashing out. It was a dogged the sideline bidding to return his county to their first encounter, a slugfest in boxing parlance with the Ulster final since 2008. atrocious conditions having a huge bearing on the In Celtic Park two Sundays ago Armagh were made state of play. The home side though executed their to work hard to withstand a gutsy Derry fightback. teak-tough game plan that bit better to showcase Much like Ballybofey, weather conditions in Derry city why they are still top of the tree in the province. were akin to a monsoon, but Armagh fared better in While Michael Murphy and Jamie Brennan didn’t the opening stages and established a six-point lead chalk up their usual scoring totals, the winning at half-time. numbers came from elsewhere as a Michael Langan They came by their scores easier than the Oakleafers, goal and seven Ciaran Thompson points helped with Oisin O’Neill and Jamie Clarke both hitting Donegal over the line in the end. two from play while free-taker Rory Grugan helping Bonner can bring in Paddy McBrearty to boost the himself to three first half points. Donegal firepower, with the Kilcar man named When Derry mounted a resurgence in the second half to start against Tyrone but not risked on the day. through Shane McGuigan’s free-taking brilliance, it Defensive veteran Neil McGee shipped a knock in the was Armagh’s own set piece expert Rian O’Neill who first half but should be up for the task again today. guided them home with a series of faultless strikes. The knockout nature of this year’s Football His final free in injury time cut through the falling Championship elevated the stakes even higher for rain and soared high and true between the posts to an opening game between what are arguably two of guarantee the victory. the top sides in the country. Donegal prevailed and Throughout an ultimately successful Division 2 remain on course for a third successive provincial League campaign Armagh had been guilty of letting title, a feat not achieved since Armagh themselves their performance dip in the latter stages of games in 2006. and allowing teams to come back at them. That year it was McGeeney as centre-back and Whilst they held out against Derry last day out to captain who lifted the Anglo Celt for the third year in record the win, their performance against a more- a row for the Orchard County, a 1-09 to 0-09 win over fancied Donegal today simply has to last the full Donegal at Croke Park. Fourteen years on he is on duration if they are to upset the odds. 67 CRAOBH PEILE ULADH2O2O 87 ARD MHACHA Bainisteoir: Kieran McGeeney B Ó hAodha Blaine Hughes 1 Carraig Chropain P Ó Broin R Ó Cinnéide S Ó Muireagáin Paddy Burns Ryan Kennedy James Morgan 2 Foirceal 3 Baile Mhic an Aba 4 Raonaithe Na Croise C Ó Néill A Mac Fearchair M Ó Siail Conor O’Neill Aidan Forker Mark Shields 5 Cill Sleibhe 6 An Machaire 7 An Chrois Bhán O Ó Néill S Ó Síreadáin Oisin O’Neill Stephen Sheridan 8 Raonaithe Na Croise 9 Foirceal R Ó Gruagáin C Mac Cumascaigh S Mac Cathmhaoil Rory Grugan Callum Cumiskey Stefan Campbell (C) 10 Baile Mhic an Aba 11 Raonaithe Na Croise 12 Clan na Gael S Mac Cléirigh R Ó Néill Niall Ó Garmaile 13 Jamie Clarke 14 Rian O’Neill 15 Niall Grimley Gaeil Neasden Raonaithe Na Croise Na Madain FIR IONAID SUBSTITUTES 16.