Derry Junior Football Championship

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Derry Junior Football Championship
Current season or competition:
File:Current event clock.svg Derry Senior Football Championship 2007
IrishCraobh Soísear Peile Dhoire
Founded1950
Title holdersBallymaguigan (3rd title)
First winnerDesertmartin
Most titlesDrum (7 titles)
SponsorsPremier Electrics[1][2]

The Derry Junior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Premier Electrics Derry Junior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Derry clubs.

The competition receives coverage in the national media.[3]

Ballymaguigan are the title holders (2023) defeating Moneymore in the Final.

History

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It was once (around 2011) The Derry Credit Union Derry Junior Football Championship for sponsorship reasons but no more. It had, by 2015 at the latest, become the Premier Electrics Derry Junior Football Championship.[4]

2018 champions Limavady faced losing Callum Brown to the Australian Football League (AFL), the professional Australian rules football competition.[5]

In 2022, Craigbane bridged an eleven-year gap to win.[6]

The final has been played at Celtic Park[7] and at Owenbeg.[8]

Honours

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The trophy presented to the winners is the Joe Brolly Cup. The winners of the Derry Junior Football Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Junior Club Football Championship. They often do well there, with the likes of Limavady (2018),[9][10] Faughanvale (2015),[11][12] Lissan (2008), Limavady (2003)[13][14] and Ballerin (2002)[15] among the clubs from Derry to play in at least one Ulster Championship final after winning the Derry Junior Football Championship. The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship.

List of finals

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Year Winner Score Opponent Score
1950 Desertmartin[16] Eoghan Rua
1951 Ballymaguigan[17]
1952 Banagher[18]
1953 Greenlough[19]
1954 Ballinascreen[20]
1955 Swatragh[21]
1956 Slaughtneil[22]
1957 Sarsfields[23]
1958 Castledawson[24] An Lúb
1959 Glen[25] 2-09 Faughanvale 1-07
1960 Magherafelt[26] An Lúb
1961 Swatragh[27]
1962 Bellaghy II[28]
1963 Magherafelt[29]
1964 Glen[30] Ógra Colmcille
1965 Greenlough[31] Ógra Colmcille
1966 Glen[32] An Lúb
1967 Sarsfields[33]
1968 Desertmartin[34]
1969 Aghadowey[35]
1970 Ballymaguigan[36] Greenlough
1971 Kilrea[37]
1972 Glack[38]
1973 Drum[39] Craigbane
1974 Doire Colmcille[40]
1975 Faughanvale[41]
1976 Mullaghbuoy[42] An Lúb
1977 Drum[43]
1978 Mullaghbuoy[44]
1979 Ballinascreen B[45]
1980 Ardmore[46]
1981 Glack[47]
1982 Drum[48]
1983 Claudy[49]
1984 An Lúb[50]
1985 Limavady[51] Glack
1986 Greenlough[52]
1987 Dungiven Thirds[53] Lissan
1988 Magilligan[54]
1989 An Lúb[55]
1990 Foreglen[56] Lissan
1991 Ballinascreen Thirds[57]
1992 Dungiven Thirds[58]
1993 Ballinderry Thirds[59]
1994 Drum[60] Eoghan Rua
1995 Moneymore[61]
1996 Drum[62]
1997 Eoghan Rua[63] Lissan
1998 Lissan[64] Seán Dolan's
1999 Limavady[65] Moneymore
2000 Ardmore[66] Eoghan Rua
2001 Ógra Colmcille[67] Ardmore
2002 Ballerin[68] Limavady
2003 Limavady[69][70] Drumsurn
2004 Glen Thirds[71] Ógra Colmcille
2005 Glen Thirds[72] Steelstown
2006 Drum[73] Lissan
2007 Lissan[74] Drum
2008 Lissan[75] Glack
2009 Seán Dolan's[76] Drum
2010 Ardmore[77] 2–07 Doire Trasna Na Piarsaigh 1–08
2011 Doire Trasna Na Piarsaigh Drum
2012 Drum
2013 Ardmore[78] Doire Trasna Na Piarsaigh
2014 Moneymore 1-09 Glack 0-11
2015[79] Faughanvale[80][81][82] 2–09 Drum 1–05
2016 Magilligan 0-12 Drum 0-11
2017 Doire Trasna Na Piarsaigh 2-11 Limavady 0-09
2018 Limavady[83][84] 1-19 Moneymore 2-06
2019[85] Glack 1–14 Drum 1–06
2020[86] Desertmartin 1–11 Craigbane 1–09
2021[87] Desertmartin 0–12 Seán Dolans 0–02
2022[88][89] Craigbane 1–11 Ballerin 1–06
2023 Ballymaguigan 2-15 Moneymore 0-07
2024 Craigbane 1-11 Ballymaguigan 0-10
2025 Slaughtmanus 2-15 Doire Trasna Na Piarsaigh 1-10

Wins listed by club

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# Club Wins Years won
1 Drum
7
1973, 1977, 1982, 1994, 1996, 2006, 2012
2 Glen
5
1959, 1964, 1966, 2004, 2005
3 Limavady
4
1985, 1999, 2003, 2018
Ardmore 1980, 2000, 2010, 2013
4 Lissan
3
1998, 2007, 2008
Ballinascreen 1954, 1979, 1991
Greenlough 1953, 1965, 1986
5 Glack
2
1972, 1981
Doire Trasna Na Piarsaigh 2011, 2017
Faughanvale 1975, 2015
Swatragh 1955, 1961
Dungiven 1987, 1992
An Lúb 1984, 1989
Desertmartin 1950, 1968
Mullaghbuoy 1976, 1978
Ballymaguigan 1951, 1970
Sarsfields 1957, 1967
Magilligan 1988, 2016
Moneymore 1995, 2014
Magherafelt 1960, 1963
6 Doire Colmcille
1
1974
Ógra Colmcille 2001
Kilrea 1971
Ballerin 2002
Banagher 1952
Slaughtneil 1956
Castledawson 1958
Aghadowey 1969
Bellaghy 1962
Eoghan Rua 1997
Claudy 1983
Foreglen 1990
Ballinderry 1993
Seán Dolan's 2009

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