Captain Tomas Quinn | ||
Champions St. Vincent's (Dublin) (2nd win) | ||
The 2007–08 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football tournament played between senior football clubs from all over Ireland.
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The 2007–2008 champions were Crossmaglen Rangers from Armagh, who defeated Dr. Crokes from Kerry on 17 March 2007 to win their second title. This year they bowed out at the semi-final stage to eventual champions St. Vincent's.
The winners of the competition were St. Vincent's from Dublin who defeated Nemo Rangers from Cork on 17 March 2008 to win their second title.
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Each of Ireland's 32 counties play their own championship between all the senior Gaelic football clubs in the county — depending on the county, it can be league,knockout or a mixture of both. The 32 county champions play in the 4 provincial championships, with the four winners of these advancing to the All-Ireland Semi Final/Quarter Final. The All-Ireland Final was played in Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day (17 March 2008).
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Leinster Senior Club Football Championship
Wexford champions Clongeen forfeited home advantage in their preliminary round tie with Moorefield in order to get the game brought forward by a week to facilitate star player Paddy Colfer’s stag party in Edinburgh.
Wicklow champions Baltinglass did not compete this year due to the late finish of their county championships. Hence, St. Vincent's were awarded a walkover.
The Leinster Club SFC quarter=finals brought a bizarre refereeing gaffe which brought a premature end to the match between St Vincent’s and Seneschalstown in Parnell Park. The Dublin champions equalized in the final minute of normal time, before referee Eugene Murtagh blew for full-time shortly afterwards although extra-time had been scheduled. Both teams left the field and the spectators departed, and though a prominent refereeing official attempted to signal the mistake to Murtagh, the message wasn’t delivered in time. With the other quarter-final clash of Moorefield and Dromard at St. Conleth’s Park going to extra-time, the error was accentuated.
After their Leinster Club SFC quarter final second replay tie with Dromard, Moorefield were hit with three player bans and stripped of home advantage in their next two Leinster club matches for their part in a brawl which broke out on the pitch towards the end of their tie. The first of these two matches were against Tyrrellspass and the next was in 2010 against Portlaoise, the next time they qualified for the Leinster SFC.