2001 Ulster Senior Football Championship

2001 Ulster SFC
Tournament details
Province Ulster
Year2001
TrophyAnglo-Celt Cup
Date13 May 2001 - 8 July 2001
Teams9
Defending champions Armagh
Winners
Champions Tyrone (9th win)
ManagerEugene McKenna and Art McRory
CaptainSean Teague[1]
Runners-up
Runners-up Cavan
ManagerVal Andrews
CaptainPeter Reilly
Other
Matches played9
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The 2001 Ulster Senior Football Championship was the 113th installment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship organised by Ulster GAA. It was one of the four provincial competitions of the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Tyrone won their ninth title overall and their first title since 1995 beating Cavan in the final.[2]

Teams

General Information

Nine counties competed in the Ulster Senior Football Championship:

County Last Championship Title Last All-Ireland Title Position in 2000 Championship Sponsor
Antrim 1951 — Semi-finals Bushmills
Armagh 2000 — Champions Morgan Fuels
Cavan 1997 1952 Quarter-finals Kingspan
Derry 1998 1993 Runners-Up Sperrin Metal
Donegal 1992 1992 Quarter-finals Abbey Hotel
Down 1994 1994 Quarter-finals Canal Court Hotel
Fermanagh — — Semi-finals Tracey Concrete
Monaghan 1988 — Preliminary Round Harte Peat
Tyrone 1995 — Quarter-finals W.J. Dolan


Championship Draw

Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Antrim 0-09
Derry 1-11
Derry 0-14
Tyrone 3-07
Armagh 1-09
Tyrone 1-14
Tyrone 1-13
Cavan 1-11
Down 2-10
Cavan 1-14
Cavan 0-13
Donegal 0-11 Monaghan 0-11
Fermanagh 1-09 Fermanagh 0-14
Monaghan 2-10

Preliminary round

13 May 2001 Preliminary round Donegal 1-16 - 2-13 Fermanagh MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey
A Sweeney 1-3, B Devenney 0-6, M Hegarty 0-2, M Crossan 0-1, P McGonigle 0-1, J Gallagher 0-1, B Roper 0-1, T Boyle 0-1. S Maguire 1-5, Rory Gallagher 0-6, M O’Donnell 1-0, K Donnelly 0-1, S King 0-1. Referee: S Prior (Leitrim)
19 May 2001 Preliminary round replay Fermanagh 1-9 - 0-11 Donegal Brewster Park, Enniskillen
R Gallagher 0-7, M O’Donnell 1-0, T Brewster 0-1, K Donnelly 0-1. Report A Sweeney 0-3, B Roper 0-2, M Hegerty 0-2, J Gildea 0-1, P McGonigle 0-1, J McGuinness 0-1, B Devenney 0-1.

Quarter-finals

20 May 2001 Quarter-final Tyrone 1-14 - 1-9 Armagh St Tiernach's Park, Clones
S O’Neill 0-5, O Mulligan 1-0, B Dooher 0-2, Peter Canavan 0-2, Pascal Canavan 0-1, G Cavlan 0-1, D McCrossan 0-1, C McAnallen 0-1, B McGuigan 0-1. Report S McDonnell 1-2, O McConville 0-4, D Marsden 0-2, C O’Rourke 0-1. Referee: J Bannon (Longford)
27 May 2001 Quarter-final Down 2-10 - 1-14 Cavan Casement Park, Belfast
M Walsh 1-4, M Linden 1-1, L Doyle 0-2, S Ward 0-2, S Mulholland 0-1. Report P Reilly 0-4, J Reilly 1-0, M Graham 0-2, P Galligan 0-2, D McCabe 0-2, D McCrudden 0-1, E Jackson 0-1, F O’Reilly 0-1, L Reilly 0-1. Referee: S McCormack (Meath)
3 June 2001 Quarter-final Derry 1-11 - 0-9 Antrim Celtic Park, Derry
P. Bradley 1-3, E. Muldoon 0-4, G. Coleman 0-1, A. Tohill 0-1, D. Heaney 0-1, G. Diamond 0-1. Report P. Logan 0-8, K. Brady 0-1. Referee: P O'Toole (Longford)
10 June 2001 Quarter-final Fermanagh 0-14 - 2-10 Monaghan Brewster Park, Enniskillen
Rory Gallagher 0-8, T Brewster 0-4, K Donnelly 0-1, M O’Donnell 0-1. Report C Tavey 1-3, R Ronaghan 1-0, J McElroy 0-2, D Farmer 0-2, G Meehan 0-1, D Smyth 0-1, T Freeman 0-1. Referee: M Curley (Galway)

Semi-finals

17 June 2001 Semi-final Tyrone 3-7 - 0-14 Derry St Tiernach's Park, Clones
S O’Neill 1-2, G Cavlan 1-1, B Dooher 1-0, R McMenamin 0-1, C McAnallen 0-1, E Mulligan 0-1, Peter Canavan 0-1. Report P Bradley 0-5, G Diamond 0-3, A Tohill 0-3, E. Muldoon 0-2, P Murphy 0-1. Referee: P Russell (Tipperary)
24 June 2001 Semi-final Monaghan 0-11 - 0-13 Cavan St Tiernach's Park, Clones
T Freeman 0-4, G Meehan 0-2, D Smyth 0-2, D Farmer 0-1, P Duffy 0-1, C Tavey 0-1. Report F O’Reilly 0-5, D McCabe 0-3, A Forde 0-1, P Reilly 0-1, P Galligan 0-1, E Jackson 0-1, L Reilly 0-1. Referee: M Collins (Cork)

Final

8 July 2001 Final Tyrone 1-13 - 1-11 Cavan St Tiernach's Park, Clones
S O’Neill 0-4, C McAnallen 1-0, Peter Canavan 0-3, G Cavlan 0-2, D McCrossan 0-1, K Hughes 0-1, B Dooher 0-1, E Gormley 0-1. Report J Reilly 1-1, F O’Reilly 0-3, P Reilly 0-3, P Galligan 0-2, A Forde 0-1, D McCabe 0-1. Referee: M Collins (Cork)


Miscellaneous

  • This was the first year in which the All-Ireland Qualifier system was used, guaranteeing teams a second chance at progress in the All-Ireland Series.

See also

References

  1. ^ Teague revels in captain's role with Tyrone side Belfast Telegraph 13 June 2001 https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/tyrone-gaa-teague-revels-in-captains-role-with-tyrone-side/28267920.html
  2. ^ Tyrone are Ulster Champions Irish Examiner 8 July 2001 https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30017753.html