2006 Tommy Murphy Cup

2006 Tommy Murphy Cup

Tournament details
Date	22 July 2006 — 27 August 2006
Teams	13
Winners
Champions	Louth (1st win)
Manager	Eamonn McEneaney
Captain	Martin Farrelly
Runners-up
Runners-up	Leitrim
Manager	Dessie Dolan
Captain	Dermot Reynolds

The Tommy Murphy Cup 2006 began on July 22, 2006. It was the third year that this element of the Bank of Ireland Football Championship was played.

Teams

General information

Thirteen counties competed in the Tommy Murphy Cup:

County	Last Cup title	Last Provincial Title	Last All-Ireland Title	Position in 2005 Championship	Appearance
Antrim	—	1951	—	Quarter-finals	3rd
Carlow	—	1944	—	Preliminary round	2nd
Cavan	—	1997	1952	Round 4 (All-Ireland SFC)	1st
Clare	2004	1992	—	Round 3 (All-Ireland SFC)	2nd
Kilkenny	—	1911	—	Preliminary round	2nd
Leitrim	—	1994	—	Preliminary round	2nd
London	—	—	—	Quarter-finals	3rd
Louth	—	1957	1957	Round 3 (All-Ireland SFC)	2nd
Monaghan	—	1988	—	Round 4 (All-Ireland SFC)	1st
Tipperary	2005	1935	1920	Champions	2nd
Roscommon	—	2001	1944	Semi-finals	2nd
Waterford	—	1898	—	Quarter-finals	2nd
Wicklow	—	—	—	Preliminary round	2nd

Results

Game	Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Preliminary	July 22	Dr Cullen Park, Carlow	Carlow	1-10	Wicklow	0-11
Preliminary	July 22	Dungarvan	Tipperary	0-12	Waterford	1-07
Preliminary	July 23	Casement Park, Belfast	Antrim	1-23	Kilkenny	1-08
Preliminary	July 25	Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan	Cavan	2-12	Roscommon	0-14
Preliminary	July 25	Cusack Park, Ennis	Louth	2-14	Clare	3-09
Quarter-Final	July 29	Semple Stadium, Thurles	Leitrim	0-14	Tipperary	1-06
Quarter-Final	July 29	Casement Park, Belfast	Antrim	2-14	Cavan	2-09
Quarter-Final	July 29	Dr Cullen Park, Carlow	Carlow	1-11	London	0-07
Quarter-Final	August 4	Dundalk	Louth	3-13	Monaghan	1-13
Semi-Final	August 12	Dundalk	Louth	0-22	Antrim	0-08
Semi-Final	August 13	Birr	Leitrim	2-12	Carlow	0-08

Final

27 August 2006

2pm

Louth	3-14–1-11	Leitrim
Clarke (0-7, 1f), Lennon (1-1), White (1-1), Rooney (1-0), Carroll (0-2), Keenan (0-1), Finnegan (0-1), Mark Brennan (0-1)		Duignan (0-6f), Maxwell (0-3), Doonan (1-0), Prior (0-1), Glancy (0-1)

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: J. McKee (Armagh)

GK 1 Stuart Reynolds (O'Connells) RCB 2 David Brennan (Mattock Rangers) FB 3 Colin Goss (St Patrick's) LCB 4 John O'Brien (Seán O'Mahony's) RHB 5 Peter McGinnity (Dundalk Gaels) CHB 6 Mick Fanning (Naomh Máirtín) LHB 7 Ray Finnegan (St Patrick's) MF 8 Martin Farrelly (St Joseph's) MF 9 Paddy Keenan (St Patrick's) RHF 10 Brian White (Cooley Kickhams) CHF 11 Mark Brennan (Mattock Rangers) LHF 12 Ronan Carroll (St Mary's) RCF 13 Darren Clarke (St Mary's) FF 14 Shane Lennon (Kilkerley Emmets) LCF 15 JP Rooney (Naomh Máirtín) Substitutes: 16 Alan Page (Cooley Kickhams) for Goss 17 Mark Stanfield (Killeavy, Armagh) for Lennon 18 Christy Grimes (Mattock Rangers) for Farrelly 19 Trevor O'Brien (Glyde Rangers) for White 20 Colm Judge (Newtown Blues) for Clarke

GK 1 Cathal McCrann (Gortletteragh) RCB 2 Dermot Reynolds (St Mary's) FB 3 John McKeon (Drumreilly) LCB 4 Michael McGuinness (Mohill) RHB 5 Barry McWeeney (Aughnasheelin) CHB 6 Francis Holohan (Drumreilly) LHB 7 Shane Foley (Kiltubrid) MF 8 Gary McCloskey (Bornacoola) MF 9 Chris Carroll (Kiltubrid) RHF 10 Colin Regan (Melvin Gaels) CHF 11 Michael Foley (Drumkeerin) LHF 12 Barry Prior (Aughawillan) RCF 13 James Glancy (St Mary's) FF 14 Donal Brennan (Cloone) LCF 15 Ciarán Duignan (Fenagh St Caillin's) Substitutes: 16 Declan Maxwell (Drumreilly) for Regan 17 David McHugh (Annaduff) for Foley 18 Noel Doonan (Carrigallen) for Carroll 19 Ronan Gallagher (Mohill) for Glancy 20 Michael Greene (St Mary's) for McWeeney