John Deighan

Derry Gaelic footballer

John Deighan
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Goalkeeper
Born (1982-12-19) 19 December 1982 (age 41)
Limavady, County Londonderry,
Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nickname Diggsy
Occupation Chartered Accountant[1]
Club(s)
Years Club
?–present
 Limavady
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
2008–present
 Derry 2 (0–00)
Inter-county titles
NFL 1
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 02:58, 18 January 2009 (UTC).

John Deighan (born 19 December 1982)[1] is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Derry county team, with whom he has won a National League title. He plays his club football for Limavady Wolfhounds GAC. He plays as goalkeeper for Derry.

Playing career

Donegal's Michael Murphy scores a penalty against Deighan in the 2008 Ulster Championship

Inter-county

Deighan was called up to the Derry Senior panel in 2008. He helped Derry reach the 2008 Dr McKenna Cup final, where they were defeated by Down.[2] He was part of the Derry panel that won that year's National League where Derry beat Kerry in the final.[3] The league success saw Derry become favourites to win the Ulster Championship[4] and one of the top few for the All-Ireland. However, despite a good opening victory over Donegal,[5] Derry exited the Ulster Championship against Fermanagh at the semi-final stage[6] and were defeated by Monaghan in the first round of the Qualifiers.[7] The Donegal match saw Deighan make his Championship debut. He missed the Fermanagh game through injury, but returned for the Monaghan match.[citation needed]

Championship matches' details

# Date Competition Venue Opponent Result[A] Score Match report
1 1 June 2008 Ulster SFC QF MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey Donegal 1-14 : 1-12 0-00 RTÉ, BBC, Derry GAA
2 19 July 2008 Qualifiers Round 2 St Tiernach's Park, Clones Monaghan 1-12 : 1-13 0-00 RTÉ[permanent dead link], BBC, Derry GAA
  • A. ^ Result column lists Derry's score first
  • Statistics accurate as of 17 January 2009

Limavady Wolfounds G.A.C.

Honours

Inter-county

  • National Football League:
    • Winner (1): 2008
  • Dr McKenna Cup:
    • Runner up: 2008

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

References

  1. ^ a b "Derry player profiles 2008". Official Derry GAA website. 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Down secure McKenna Cup". BreakingNews.ie. 17 January 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report - Derry GAA website". Derry GAA website. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
  4. ^ "Monaghan 1-13 1-12 Derry - Match report (BBC)". BBC Sport Online. 19 July 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  5. ^ "Donegal 1-12 Derry 1-14 - Match report". RTÉ. 1 June 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
  6. ^ "Fermanagh 1-11 Derry 1-09 - Match report". RTÉ. 21 June 2008. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
  7. ^ "Monaghan 1-13 Derry 1-12 - Match report (RTÉ)". RTÉ. 19 July 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2008.[permanent dead link]

External links

  • Player profiles on Official Derry GAA website
  • Limavady Wolfhounds GAC website
  • v
  • t
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Derry – 2008 National Football League Champions (6th title)
Subs used
21 S. M. Lockhart for F. McEldowney
26 P. Murphy for E. Bradley
3 K. McCloy (capt.) for L. Hinphey
20 J. Keenan for M. McIver
25 C. Mullan for C. Gilligan
Subs not used
16 J. Deighan
17 Patsy Bradley
18 P. Cartin
19 R. Dillon
22 M. McBride
24 R. McElhone
27 P. O'Hea
28 C. O'Kane
29 R. Wilkinson
J. Conway
C. Devlin
M. Friel
E. Lynn
S. L. McGoldrick
E. O'Kane
Manager
P. Crozier
Backroom team
Peter Doherty
Martin Heaney
Bernie Henry
John McCloskey
(Team as 2008 NFL final versus Kerry (27 April 2008))
  • v
  • t
  • e
Derry – 2009 National Football League runners-up
Subs used
22 J. Kielt for Paddy Bradley
14 Paddy Bradley for B. Mullan
25 D. McBride for G. O'Kane
24 S. Bradley for P. Murphy
27 R. Dillon for D. McBride
Subs not used
16 S. McGuckin
17 B. Óg McAlary
20 E. Muldoon
21 J. Conway
23 P. Young
26 J. Keenan
Patsy Bradley
Paul Bradley
E. Brown
P. Cartin
J. Deighan
C. Devlin
S.M. Lockhart
N. McCusker (vice-c.)
B. McGoldrick
J. O'Kane
Manager
D. Cassidy
Backroom team
K. Madden
M. O'Connell
B. McRory
(Team as 2009 NFL final versus Kerry (26 April 2009))