2013 Donegal Senior Football Championship

The 2013 Donegal Senior Football Championship was contested by senior Gaelic football clubs under the auspices of Donegal GAA.

2013 Donegal Senior Football Championship
2013 Craobh Sinsear Peile
Dhún na nGall
Tournament details
CountyDonegal
Year2013
Winners
ChampionsGlenswilly (2nd win)
ManagerGary McDaid
CaptainJames Pat McDaid
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s)Naomh Mhuire
Relegated team(s)Cloich Cheann Fhaola

Brian McEniff managed Réalt na Mara in the competition, taking over from Joe Keeney after his resignation and filling the position in his 71st year.[1]

Format

The old format, which involved a two-legged first round, was scrapped in favour of an opening round containing four groups of four teams played out as a league and one team relegated.[2] Two of the four teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals after each have played the others once.[3]

Teams finishing bottom of their group played two relegation semi-finals. The losing relegation semi-final teams met in the relegation final. The losing team was relegated to the Donegal Intermediate Football Championship to be replaced either by the Intermediate Championship winning team or the team finishing seventh in the All-County League Division Two. The match schedule was released in March 2013 and matches began over the June Bank Holiday weekend.[4]

Donegal captain Michael Murphy begged the Donegal County Board to reconsider the scheduling of the Donegal Senior Football Championship as his team set out to defend the Sam Maguire Cup. Murphy described it as "probably not ideal from our situation" and despaired over "the hand we're dealt with" but said he would "like them to look after us in that way".[5] They didn't.[6]

Draw

The draw for the first round, made at the RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta studios in Derrybeg in February 2013, produced a "group of death" with only two from Glenwilly, Naomh Mícheál and Chíll Chartha progressing to the quarter-finals.[7][8] The 2012 finalists Naomh Adhamhnáin and Naomh Conaill were also placed in the same group.[9][10]

Results

Group stage

Four Masters, Naomh Mícheál and Naomh Conaill, considered "big guns", failed to progress from their respective groups.[11]

Qualifies for quarter-finals
Play-off for relegation to Intermediate Championship

A
Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Naomh Adhamhnáin 22004–272–15184
Malainn 21100–261–1583
Naomh Conaill 21112–162–21-53
Cloich Cheann Fhaola 20021–142–32-210

B
Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Seán MacCumhaills 00000–00–000
Ard an Rátha 00000–00–000
Four Masters 00000–00–000
Glenfin 00000–00–000

C
Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Gaoth Dobhair 00000–00–000
Na Cealla Beaga 00000–00–000
Termon 00000–00–000
An Clochán Liath 00000–00–000

D
Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Cill Chartha 22001–303–21+34
Glenswilly 21015–200–23+122
Naomh Mícheál 20111–242–23-21
Réalt na Mara 20111–163–23-131

Relegation semi-finals
Réalt na Mara v Glenfin
Cloich Cheann Fhaola v An Clochán Liath

Relegation final
v

Knock-out stage
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Seán MacCumhaills  
Na Cealla Beaga     Malainn  
Malainn     Na Cealla Beaga  
Naomh Adhamhnáin       Na Cealla Beaga
Gaoth Dobhair       Glenswilly
Ard an Rátha     Glenswilly
Glenswilly     Ard an Rátha    
Cill Chartha  

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta on 9 July upon the completion of the group stage.[12][13] All four group winners from the first round were defeated at the quarter-final stage, including defending champions Naomh Adhamhnáin.[14]

Malainn v Naomh Adhamhnáin
Cill Chartha v Glenswilly
Seán MacCumhaills v Na Cealla Beaga
Ard an Rátha v Gaoth Dobhair

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made in Letterkenny on 15 September 2013.[14]

Na Cealla Beaga 0-11 - 1-07 Malainn
Glenswilly 1-14 - 0-16 Ard an Rátha

Final

Ahead of the final Glenswilly player and Donegal captain Michael Murphy was named Ireland captain for the 2013 International Rules Series, creating a dilemma for the young pup and giving the Donegal County Board a headache due a fixture clash.[15][16] The Donegal County Board ultimately decided not to move the final.[17] Murphy did not captain Glenswilly - this honour fell to James Pat McDaid.[18] Séamus Coleman attended the final.[19]

20 October 2013
Final		 Na Cealla Beaga 2-6 - 3-19 Glenswilly Ballybofey
Referee: I Molloy (Glenties)
Man of the Match: Michael Murphy
H McFadden 1-3 (3fs), C Murrin 1-0, D Conwell, B Boyle, B Faherty 0-1 each Report M Murphy 1-5 (1-0 pen, 5fs), G McFadden 0-7 (5fs), C Bonner, N Gallagher 1-1 each, K McFadden 0-2, Caolan Kelly, R Crawford, D McGinley 0-1 each.

References
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  11. "Donegal Senior Championship Review". Highland Radio. 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2013. St.Eunan's, Malin, Ardara, McCumhaills, Kilcar and Glenswilly have all progressed while the big guns of St. Michael's, Four Masters and Naomh Conaill are included in the sides who have failed to reach the last eight.
  12. "Last eight places up for grabs". Hogan Stand. 5 July 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  13. "SFC quarterfinal draw made". Hogan Stand. 12 July 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  14. "Semi-final drawn in 'wide open' Championship". Donegal News. 15 September 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  15. Moran, Seán (8 October 2013). "Michael Murphy must wait to see if club versus country dilemma can be resolved: Donegal county board postpone for 24 hours decision on deferring county final". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  16. Keys, Colm (4 October 2013). "Captain Michael Murphy faces club v country dilemma". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  17. "Ireland captain Michael Murphy faces International Rules and Donegal final on same weekend". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 9 October 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  18. "No-one taking anything for granted in club semi-finals". Donegal Now. 5 October 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013. Glenswilly captain James Pat McDaid said he was impressed with the Ardara men and their quarter-final win over Gaoth Dobhair.
  19. Fennessy, Paul (20 October 2013). "Seamus Coleman was at the Glenswilly-Killybegs game today: The Irish soccer player will have been disappointed at the outcome of this afternoon's match". The Score. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
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