The 2007–08 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 38th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship since its establishment by the

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in 1970-71. The championship began on 14 October 2007 and ended on 17 March 2008. Crossmaglen Rangers entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by St. Vincent's in the All-Ireland semi-final. On 17 March 2008, St. Vincent's won the championship following a 1-11 to 0-13 defeat of Nemo Rangers in the All-Ireland final at

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. It was their second championship title overall and their first title since

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of the St. Vincent's club was the championship's top scorer with 3-22.

Results

Connacht Senior Club Football Championship The Connacht Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between senior clubs in Connacht, with one qualifying from each of the five individual county championships. The winners of the Connacht football champ ...

Quarter-final Semi-finals Final

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship The Leinster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played on a knockout basis between the senior club championship winners of the competing counties in Leinster. The current holders of the Leinster title are Ba ...

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final

Munster Senior Club Football Championship

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final

Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

Quarter-final Semi-finals Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Overall ;In a single game

Miscellaneous

* 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

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. * Wicklow champions

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did not compete this year due to the late finish of their county championships. * 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

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. 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

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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.

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