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January 4, 2009
MacCumhaill Park
Donegal 3-14
UU Jordanstown 0-13
John Joe Doherty’s tenure as Donegal senior football manager began with a comfortable victory for his experimental outfit in their Dr McKenna Cup opener against UUJ at cool Ballybofey.
Goals from Brian Roper, Stephen Griffin and Ross Wherity helped the new-look side to a 10-point win on January’s first Sunday. Doerhty’s Donegal lifted the trophy with victory over Queen’s, with Barry Monaghan lifting the trophy after captain Rory Kavanagh was bizarrely prevented from collecting the silverware having picked up a yellow card.
Donegal: Paul Durcan; Frank McGlynn, Eamon McGee, Paddy McDaid; Charlie Byrne, Barry Monaghan, Shane McGowan; Neil Gallagher, Brendan Boyle (0-1); Ciaran Bonner (0-3), David Walsh, Brian Roper (1-2); Leon Thompson (0-1), Ryan Bradley, Stephen Griffin (1-7, 1pen, 2f). Subs: Eoin Waide for McGowan (43); Michael Doherty for Bradley (49); Ross Wherity (1-0) for Walsh (49); Raymond Sweeney for McDaid (59); Kevin McMenamin for Thompson (67); Odhran Doherty for Roper (69).
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