The 2008

Dublin Senior Football Championship The Dublin Senior Football Championship (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the '' Go-Ahead'' Dublin Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top Dublin GAA clubs. The winners of the ...

is the inter club

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

competition between the top teams in

Dublin GAA The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Átha Cliath) or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in the Dublin Regi ...

. The 2008 competition opened with group stages. The first round of the group stages began on May 8, 2008. Kilmacud Crokes finished as the 2008 champions and went on to qualify for the

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 against

Celbridge Celbridge (; ) is a town and townland on the River Liffey in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is west of Dublin. Both a local centre and a commuter town within the Greater Dublin Area, it is located at the intersection of the ...

. Tomas Quinn finished the season as highest scorer with 5-34 (0-24f, 0-1 sline 0-1 pen). Dublin Champions Kilmacud Crokes progressed from the Dublin championship to win both the

and the

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament which began in season 1970–71. It is the top-tier competition for the senior football clubs of Ireland and London. The current champions are Kilcoo of ...

Group stages

The winning team in each group qualify for a place in the quarter finals of the competition. The team that finish in second and third position go on to the

Dublin Senior B Football Championship The Dublin Senior Football Championship (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the '' Go-Ahead'' Dublin Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top Dublin GAA clubs. The winners of the ...

. The teams that finish on the bottom contend the relegation championship.

Group One

Fixtures

Group Two

Kilmacud Crokes Kilmacud Crokes ( ir, Cill Mochuda Na Crócaigh) is a large Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Stillorgan, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Background Kilmacud GAA club was formed in 1959 following a historic public meeting in Saint ...

went on to qualify for the quarter final of the

while second place Round Towers and third place Raheny went on to the

. Naomh Olaf went on to fight for survival in the relegation playoffs.

Fixtures

Group Three

Fixtures

Group Four

Fixtures

Group Five

Fixtures

Group Six

Fixtures

Group Seven

Fixtures

Group Eight

Fixtures

Relegation Playoff

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals + Final

Dublin Senior Football Final Replay

Dublin Senior B Championship

The

is at the Semi-final stage of the competition with 4 teams remaining.

References

External links

First round ResultsGroupings for 2008 Competition
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Dublin Senior Football Championship