2008 Kerry Senior Football Championship
Dates | 17 May - 30 November 2008 |
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Teams | 20 |
Sponsor | Allied Irish Bank |
Champions | Mid Kerry (4th title) Mike Burke (captain) James Sheehan (manager) |
Runners-up | Kerins O'Rahilly's Declan Quill (captain) Jack O'Connor (manager) |
Relegated | John Mitchels |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 33 |
Goals scored | 63 (1.91 per match) |
Points scored | 695 (21.06 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Declan Quill (1-33) |
The 2008 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 108th staging of the Kerry Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889.[1] The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 15 March 2008. The championship ran from 17 May to 30 November 2008.
Feale Rangers entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by South Kerry in the quarter-finals.[2]
The final replay was played on 30 November 2008 at FitzGerald Stadium in Killarney, between Mid Kerry and Kerins O'Rahilly's in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Mid Kerry won the match by 1-07 to 0-09 to claim their fourth championship title overall and a first title in 16 years.[3] [4]
Declan Quill was the championship's top scorer with 1-33.
Team changes
[edit ]To Championship
[edit ]Promoted from the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship
- None
From Championship
[edit ]Relegated to the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship
Results
[edit ]Preliminary round
[edit ]Round 1
[edit ]Round 2
[edit ]Relegation playoffs
[edit ]Round 3
[edit ]- Dingle received a bye in this round.
Quarter-finals
[edit ]Semi-finals
[edit ]Final
[edit ]Championship statistics
[edit ]Top scorers
[edit ]- Overall
Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
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1 | Declan Quill | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 1-33 | 36 | 8 | 4.50 |
2 | Mike Frank Russell | Laune Rangers | 0-28 | 28 | 5 | 5.60 |
3 | Kieran Foley | Mid Kerry | 3-17 | 26 | 6 | 4.33 |
4 | Barry John Walsh | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 4-12 | 24 | 8 | 3.00 |
5 | Bryan Sheehan | South Kerry | 0-23 | 23 | 5 | 4.60 |
6 | Paul O'Connor | Kenmare | 1-16 | 19 | 3 | 6.33 |
7 | Tommy Walsh | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 2-12 | 18 | 8 | 2.25 |
8 | Ronan Hussey | South Kerry | 0-17 | 17 | 5 | 3.40 |
9 | Colm Cooper | Dr. Crokes | 2-10 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |
Tom McGoldrick | St. Kieran's | 1-13 | 16 | 4 | 4.00 | |
David Moran | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 1-13 | 16 | 8 | 2.00 |
- In a single game
Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Damian Wallace | Ardfert | 2-05 | 11 | John Mitchels |
Tom McGoldrick | St. Kieran's | 1-08 | 11 | Laune Rangers | |
3 | Mike O'Donoghue | East Kerry | 2-04 | 10 | St. Brendan's |
4 | Colm Cooper | Dr. Crokes | 2-03 | 9 | Kerins O'Rahilly's |
Niall O'Mahony | East Kerry | 2-03 | 9 | St. Brendan's | |
Mike Frank Russell | Laune Rangers | 0-09 | 9 | St. Kieran's | |
7 | Kieran Foley | Mid Kerry | 2-02 | 8 | Kerins O'Rahilly's |
Tom O'Connor | St. Kieran's | 1-05 | 8 | St. Brendan's | |
Paul O'Connor | Kenmare | 1-05 | 8 | Mid Kerry | |
Bryan Sheehan | South Kerry | 0-08 | 8 | Feale Rangers | |
Ronan Hussey | South Kerry | 0-08 | 8 | St. Kieran's | |
Paul O'Connor | Paul O'Connor | 0-08 | 8 | Austin Stacks |
Miscellaneous
[edit ]- Mid Kerry win a first title in 16 years.
- Mid Kerry qualify for the final for the first time since 1992.
- Kerins O'Rahilly's qualify for the final for the first time since 2002.
- The final goes to a replay for the first time since 2003.
- Kerins O'Rahilly's play in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship.
- Ten time winners John Mitchels are relegated from senior level for the first time.
- Despite winning the 2007 Intermediate Championship Annascaul choose not to move up to senior.
References
[edit ]- ^ "The beginning". Laune Rangers GAA website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Rangers savour that special feeling". Irish Examiner. 12 November 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Mid Kerry crowned SFC champions". Irish Examiner. 30 November 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Last-gasp O'Shea penalty snatches title for Mid Kerry". Irish Examiner. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2022.