2011–12 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

2011–12 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
Dates	16 October 2011 – 31 March 2012
Teams	32
Sponsor	Allied Irish Bank
Champions	Crossmaglen Rangers (6th title); Stephen Kernan (captain); Tony McEntee (manager)
Runners-up	Garrycastle; Darragh Donnelly (captain); Anthony Cunningham (manager)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Dessie Dolan (0-29)
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The 2011–12 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 42nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1970-71. The championship began on 16 October 2011 and ended on 31 March 2012.

Crossmaglen Rangers entered the championship as the defending champions.^[1]

On 31 March 2012, Crossmaglen Rangers won the championship following a 2-19 to 1-07 defeat of Garrycastle in the All-Ireland final replay at Kingspan Breffni Park.^[2] It was their sixth championship title overall and their second title in succession.

Garrycastle's Dessie Dolan was the championship's top scorer with 0-29.

Results

Connacht Senior Club Football Championship

Quarter-final

16 October 2011 Quarter-final	Glencar–Manorhamilton	2-07 - 1-15	Tourlestrane	Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
	J Glancy (0-7, four frees), A Croal (1-0), A Hickey (1-0).		Brian Egan (0-6, three frees), G Gaughan (1-0); G McGowan (0-2), S Dunne (0-2), J Marren (0-1); D Dunne (0-1); A McIntyre (0-1), J Leonard (0-1); A Dunne (0-1).

Semi-finals

6 November 2011 Semi-final	St. Brigid's	0-16 - 0-10	Tourlestrane	Markievicz Park
	S Kilbride (0-6, 0-3 frees), F Dolan (0-4, 0-3 frees), D Kelleher (0-2), C McHugh (0-1), P Domican (0-1), K Mannion (0-1), D Dolan (0-1).		B Egan (0-3), J Quinn (0-2 frees), G Gaughan (0-2), A Dunne (0-1), D Dunne (0-1), B Egan (0-1).

6 November 2011 Semi-final	Ballintubber	2-07 - 1-11	Corofin	McHale Park
	C O'Connor 2-3 (2f), M Hoban, A Dillon, D McGing J Gibbons ('45') 0-1 each.	Report	A O'Donovan 0-8 (7f), G Sice 1-1, M Lundy, K Comer 0-1 each.

Final

20 November 2011 Final	St. Brigid's	0-11 - 0-10	Corofin	Kiltoom
	F Dolan 0-6 (4f, 1'45'), S Kilbride 0-4 (3f), C McHugh 0-1.	Report	A O'Donovan 0-4 (3f), M Farragher, K Comer 0-2 each, J Burke , M Lundy 0-1 each.

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

First round

13 November 2011 First round	Summerhill	0-11 - 2-15	St. Brigid's	Páirc Tailteann
	B Ennis (0-4, all frees), S Dalton (0-2); P Rispin (0-1), A Kenny (0-1), M Byrne (0-1, free), C Gillespie (0-1); B Lyons (0-1).		P Ryan (0-5), P Andrews (0-5, one free), K Kilmurray (1-0), B Cahill (1-0), Mark Cahill (0-2, both frees); K Darcy (0-1), A Daly (0-1), L McCarthy (0-1 free).

13 November 2011 First round	Athy	1-08 - 1-05	Edenderry	St. Conleth's Park
	D O'Keeffe 1-0, D Mulhall, P Dunne, C Reynolds (2f) 0-2 each, K Brophy, K Feely 0-1 each.	Report	K McGuinness 1-2, S Cullen, S Guing, D Kelly 0-1 each.

13 November 2011 First round	Portlaoise	2-12 - 1-14 (aet)	St. Patrick's	O'Moore Park
	C Rogers 2-0 (1-0pen), B Fitzgerald 0-5 (4f), C Boyle 0-2, C Healy, T Fitzgerald, A Kelly, H Coughlan, P Cahillane (1f) 0-1 each.	Report	P Keenan 0-7 (6f), K White 1-0, R Finnegan 0-3, E Carroll 0-2, E O'Connor, D O'Connor 0-1 each.

Quarter-finals

13 November 2011 Quarter-final	Garrycastle	4-11 - 1-06	Longford Slashers	Cusack Park
	J Dolan (2-1), J Duignan (1-1, 1-0 free), A Daly (1-0), D Dolan (0-3, 0-1 free), D O’Shaughnessy (0-2); K Henson (0-1); T McHugh (0-1), D Harte (0-1), C Cosgrove (0-1).		M Nevin (1-1), M Smith (0-3, 0-2 frees), C Smith (0-2, 0-1 free).

20 November 2011 Quarter-final	Athy	1-13 - 1-03	Old Leighlin	St. Conleth's Park
	J Eaton 1-1 (1-0p), L McGovern, C Reynolds (1f) 0-3 each, R Bell 0-2, K Feely, T Gibbons, D Mulhall, D O’Keeffe 0-1 each.	Report	S Kinsella 1-2 (1f), C Coughlan 0-1(f).

20 November 2011 Quarter-final	Portlaoise	1-14 - 0-12	Rathnew	O'Moore Park
	P Cahillane (3f), C Rogers (2f), 0-4 each, C Parkinson 0-3, B Gaynor 1-0, B McCormack 0-2, B Smith 0-1.	Report	L Glynn 0-6 (4f), T Gill 0-4 (3f), N Mernagh 0-2.

20 November 2011 Quarter-final	St. Brigid's	1-20 - 3-08	Horeswood	Parnell Park
	P Ryan 0-6, P Andrews 1-3, K Kilmurray 0-4, K Darcy 0-2, C Mullins, M Cahill (f), L McCarthy ('45'), O McCann, B Cahill 0-1 each.	Report	D Shannon 1-7 (0-4f); D Murphy 1-0; P J Banville 1-0; C Deely 0-1.

Semi-finals

4 December 2011 Semi-final	St. Brigid's	2-16 - 1-15	Portlaoise	Parnell Park
	P Andrews (1-4), K Darcy (0-4, three frees), P Ryan (1-0), J O'Loughlin (0-2); Mark Cahill (0-2, frees); B Cahill (0-1), C Mullins (0-1), A Daly (0-1), L McCarthy (0-1).	Report	B McCormack (0-4), A Kelly (0-4), C Parkinson (1-0); P Cahillane (0-3, frees), H Coghlan (0-1), C Rogers (0-1), B Fitzgerald (0-1, free), I Fitzgerald (0-1).

4 December 2011 Semi-final	Athy	1-06 - 1-10	Garrycastle	St. Conleth's Park
	J Eaton 1-3 (2f); L McGovern, P Dunne, D Mulhall 0-1 each.	Report	D Dolan 0-4 (4f); G Dolan 1-0; J Dolan 0-2; P Mulvihill, T McHugh, S O 'Donohue, A Daly 0-1 each.

Final

18 December 2011 Final	St. Brigid's	0-10 - 1-08	Garrycastle	O'Connor Park
	P Andrews (0-5, one free), J O’Loughlin (0-2); K Darcy (0-2, frees), G McIntyre (0-1).		D Dolan (0-5, one free), G Dolan (1-1), K Henson (0-1), A Cosgrove (0-1, free).

Munster Senior Club Football Championship

Quarter-finals

6 November 2011 Quarter-final	Ballinacourty	0-07 - 3-13	Dr. Crokes	Fraher Field
	G Hurney 0-3 (1f), S Briggs, C Keane, M Ferncombe, J Hurney 0-1 each.	Report	C Cooper 2-3 (1f), A Kenneally 1-1, D Casey 0-4 (1f), B Looney, J Doolan, J Buckley, C Brady, J Jones 0-1 each.

6 November 2011 Quarter-final	University College Cork	1-19 - 2-15	Monaleen	Cloughduv
	P Geaney 0-7 (0-4f), G O’Grady 1-4 (0-2f), J O’Sullivan 0-3 (0-2 ‘45), S O’Brien 0-2, M Hickey, D O’Sullivan, JB Spillane 0-1 each.		M Gavin 0-5 (0-2f), L Kavanagh 1-1, M Crowley 0-3 (0-1f), D Burke 1-0, G Collins (0-1f), J O’Brien 0-2 each, S Hickey, P Russell 0-1 each.

Semi-finals

20 November 2011 Semi-final	Dr. Crokes	0-12 - 0-09	Kilmurry-Ibrickane	Fitzgerald Stadium
	C Cooper 0-4 (1f), K O’Leary, D Casey (1f) 0-3 each, J Buckley, C Brady 0-1 each.		E Coughlan, N Downes, J Daly (1f) 0-2 each, E Talty, M Hogan, I McInerney (1f) 0-1 each.

20 November 2011 Semi-final	Moyle Rovers	1-05 - 5-12	University College Cork	Ned Hall Park
	P Acheson 1-0, L Boland 0-2 (1f), A Campbell, S Carey andB Mulvihill 0-1 each.		P Geaney 2-5 (0-2f), S O’Brien 2-1,G O’Grady (0-5, 2f), G Ryan 1-0, M Griffin 0-1.

Final

4 December 2011 Final	Dr. Crokes	3-14 - 2-10	University College Cork	Fitzgerald Stadium
	D Casey (2-3, three frees); B Looney, C Cooper (0-4 each); K. O’Leary (1-1); E Brosnan and A O’Donovan (0-1 each).		P Geaney (1-2, 2 frees), S O’Brien (1-0), B Coughlan (0-2), N Daly, S Kiely, W Kennedy, J O’Sullivan, M. Griffin, G. O’Grady (free) (0-1 each).

Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

Preliminary round

16 October 2011 Preliminary round	Cavan Gaels	0-10 - 1-08	Glenswilly	Kingspan Breffni Park
	C McClarey (0-2), S Johnston (0-2, 2f), M Lyng (0-2), N Murray (0-1); K Meehan (0-1), D Sexton (0-1), E Reilly (0-1).	Report	M Murphy (1-2, 1 pen, 2f), G McFadden (0-3, 2f), D McGinley (0-1), K McFadden (0-1), C Bonner (0-1).

Quarter-finals

30 October 2011 Quarter-final	Dromore St. Dympna's	0-12 - 1-11	Ballinderry	Healy Park
	E McCusker (0-7, 0-4 frees), P Montague (0-4, 0-2 frees); N Sludden (0-1).	Report	C Gilligan (0-6, 0-3 frees), M McIver (1-0), A Devlin (0-2), R Wilkinson (0-1); R Scott (0-1); E. Muldoon (0-1).

30 October 2011 Quarter-final	St. Gall's	2-05 - 3-09	Crossmaglen Rangers	Casement Park
	K Stewart (1-1), M Pollock (1-0), CJ McGourty (0-3, 2f), K Niblock (0-1).	Report	A Cunningham (1-1), A Kernan (0-3, 2f), J Clarke, O McConville (1-0 pen, each), S Finnegan, J Hanratty, D McKenna, T Kernan ('45), S Kernan (0-1 each).

13 November 2011 Quarter-final	Roslea Shamrocks	2-05 - 1-15	Burren	Brewster Park
	Séamus Quigley (1-4, 1-0 pen, four frees), D Reilly (1-0), L Lynch (0-1).	Report	D O'Hare (0-5, three frees), P Poland (1-1), J McGovern (0-2), A McArdle (0-2); C McGovern (0-2), S Murdoch (0-2), C Murdoch (0-1);

13 November 2011 Quarter-final	Latton O'Rahilly's	0-10 - 0-09	Glenswilly	MacCumhaill Park
	S Coyle (0-3, one free), H McElroy (0-2, one free), O Lennon (0-2), A Farmer (0-1); O Duffy (0-1), S Fitzpatrick (0-1).		J Gibbons (0-2), N Gallagher (0-2); M Murphy (0-2), C Kelly (0-1); G McFadden (0-1),B Farrelly (0-1).

Semi-finals

13 November 2011 Semi-final	Ballinderry	1-10 - 0-17	Crossmaglen Rangers	Casement Park
	C Gilligan (1-5, 1-0 pen, 3f), R Wilkinson (0-3), A Devlin (0-1), R Bell (0-1).	Report	A Kernan (0-5, 4f), O McConville (0-4, 2f), S Kernan (0-3), M McNamee (0-2), T Kernan (0-2, 1f), J Clarke (0-1).

20 November 2011 Semi-final	Burren	1-10 - 0-11	Latton O'Rahilly's	Morgan Athletic Grounds
	S McArdle (1-1, 0-1 45), Conal McGovern (0-3), P Poland (0-2), S Murdock (0-1), A McArdle (0-1), K McKernan (0-1), D O'Hare (0-1 free).		S Coyle (0-3 frees), H McElroy (0-2 frees), O Lennon (0-2), N Duffy (0-2), D O'Brien (0-1), S Fitzpatrick (0-1).

Final

27 November 2011 Final	Crossmaglen Rangers	2-11 - 0-10	Burren	Morgan Athletic Grounds
	O McConville (1-2, 0-2 frees), T Kernan (1-1, ‘45’), A Kernan (0-2, both frees), A Cunningham (0-2); J Clarke (0-2), S Kernan (0-1, free), D McKenna (0-1).	Report	D O’Hare (0-7, 0-6 frees), K McKernan (0-1), C McGovern (0-1), J McGovern (0-1).

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

Quarter-final

4 December 2011 Quarter-final	Fulham Irish	0-07 - 1-12	St. Brigid's	Emerald GAA Grounds
	L Mulvey (2f), M Hughes 0-2 each, H Murphy (f), J Ryan, J Reilly 0-1 each.	Report	F Dolan 0-4 (2f), C McHugh 0-3, N Grehan 1-0, S Kilbride (2f), D Dolan 0-2 each, P Domican 0-1.

Semi-finals

18 February 2012 Semi Final	St. Brigid's	1-09 - 1-11	Garrycastle	Pearse Park
2:30pm	K Mannion (1-0), S Kilbride (0-3), Cathal McHugh (0-2), N Grehan, I Kilbride, Conor McHugh (0-1) each.	Report	D Dolan (0-7), J Dolan (1-1), J Duignan, P Dillon, G Dolan (0-1).	Referee: J McQuillan (Cavan)

18 February 2012 Semi Final	Dr Crokes	2-8 - 3-8	Crossmaglen Rangers	O'Moore Park
2:30pm	D Casey, C Brady (1-0) each, C Cooper (0-3), E Brosnan, A O'Donovan, A Kenneally, B Looney, J Doolan (0-1) each.	Report	A Kernan (1-3), S Kernan, M McNamee (1-0) each, O McConville (0-2), A Cunningham, J Clarke, D McKenna (0-1) each.

Finals

17 March 2012 Final	Garrycastle	1-12 - 0-15	Crossmaglen Rangers	Croke Park
3:30pm	D Dolan (0-6), P Mulvihill (1-1), J Dolan (0-2), P Dillon, J Duignan, A Browne (0-1) each.	and	O McConville (0-6), J Clarke (0-3), A Kernan, T Kernan (0-2) each, D McKenna, M McNamee (0-1) each.	Attendance: 25,412 Referee: R Hickey (Clare)

31 March 2012 Final replay	Garrycastle	1-07 - 2-19	Crossmaglen Rangers	Kingspan Breffni Park
3:30pm	D Dolan (0-4), G Dolan (1-0), C Cosgrove (0-2), D O'Shaughnessy (0-1).	Report	F Hanratty (2-1), O McConville (0-6), A Kernan, S Kernan (0-3) each, A Cunningham (0-2), J Hanratty, T Kernan, K Carragher (0-1) each.	Referee: M Duffy (Sligo)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Dessie Dolan	Garrycastle	0-29	29	6	4.83
2	Oisín McConville	Crossmaglen Rangers	2-20	26	6	4.33
3	Paul Geaney	UCC	3-14	23	3	7.66
4	Paddy Andrews	St. Brigid's	2-17	23	4	5.75
5	Aaron Kernan	Crossmaglen Rangers	1-18	21	6	3.50
6	Colm Cooper	Dr. Crokes	2-14	20	4	5.00
7	James Dolan	Garrycastle	3-06	15	6	2.50
7	Senan Kilbride	St. Brigid's	0-15	15	4	3.75
7	Conleith Gilligan	Ballinderry	1-11	14	2	7.00
7	Frankie Dolan	St. Brigid's	0-14	14	4	3.50

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Paul Geaney	UCC	2-05	11	Moyle Rovers
2	David Shannon	Horeswood	1-07	10	St. Brigid's
3	Cillian O'Connor	Ballintubber	2-03	9	Corofin
	Colm Cooper	Dr. Crokes	2-03	9	Ballinacourty
	Daithí Casey	Dr. Crokes	2-03	9	UCC
4	Conleith Gilligan	Ballinderry	1-05	8	Crossmaglen Rangers
4	Alan O'Donovan	Corofin	0-08	8	Ballintubber
5	James Dolan	Garrycastle	2-01	7	Longford Slashers
	Stephen O'Brien	UCC	2-01	7	Moyle Rovers
	Francis Hanratty	Crossmaglen Rangers	2-01	7	Garrycastle
	Paddy Andrews	St. Brigid's	1-04	7	Portlaoise
	Gavin O'Grady	UCC	1-04	7	Monaleen
	Séamus Quigley	Roslea Shamrocks	1-04	7	Burren
	James Glancy	Glencar-Manorhamilton	0-07	7	Tourlestrane
	Paddy Keenan	St, Patrick's	0-07	7	Portlaoise
	Paul Geaney	UCC	0-07	7	Monaleen
	Eoin McCusker	Dromore St. Dympna's	0-07	7	Ballinderry
	Donal O'Hare	Burren	0-07	7	Crossmaglen Rangers
	Dessie Dolan	Garrycastle	0-07	7	St. Brigid's

Miscellaneous

Garrycastle won the Leinster Club Championship for the first time in their history. They were also the first team from Westmeath to win the provincial title.

References

↑ "Clarke steers clinical Cross' to fifth crown". Irish Independent. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
↑ "Cross storm Castle to seal two-in-a-row". Irish Independent. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

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[1] "Clarke steers clinical Cross' to fifth crown". Irish Independent. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

[2] "Cross storm Castle to seal two-in-a-row". Irish Independent. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

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