Game by game: Donegal’s Road to Croker

DONEGAL play their 11th championship game on Sunday as they enter the arena on the season’s biggest day.

Here is a look back at Donegal’s road to Croker…

ULSTER

Game 1

Ulster SFC Preliminary Round – April 6

Donegal 1-25 Derry 1-15

Donegal: Shaun Patton; Finnbarr Roarty (0-1), Brendan McCole, Peadar Mogan (0-2); Ryan McHugh (0-1), Caolan McGonagle, Odhran McFadden-Ferry; Hugh McFadden, Ciaran Thompson; Daire Ó Baoill (1-4, 2tp), Shane O’Donnell (0-2), Ciaran Moore (0-2); Patrick McBrearty (0-7, 3fs), Michael Murphy (0-2, 1f), Conor O’Donnell (0-2).
Subs: Mark Curran for McFadden-Ferry (Half-time), Oisin Gallen (0-1) for C.O’Donnell (50 mins), Jamie Brennan (0-1) for McBrearty (56 mins), Jason McGee for McFadden (60 mins), Niall O’Donnell for Roarty (66 mins).

Game 2

Ulster SFC Quarter-Final April 20

Monaghan 0-21 Donegal 0-23

Donegal: Shaun Patton; Finnbarr Roarty (0-1), Brendan McCole, Peadar Mogan (0-4); Ryan McHugh, Stephen McMenamin, Ciaran Moore; Hugh McFadden, Michael Langan (0-4); Dáire Ó Baoill (0-2), Ciaran Thompson (0-5, 1tp, 1f), Shane O’Donnell; Patrick McBrearty (0-1), Michael Murphy (0-3, 1tpf), Conor O’Donnell. Subs: Odhran McFadden-Ferry for McHugh (30 mins), Oisin Gallen (0-1) for C.O’Donnell (Half-time), Jason McGee for McFadden (47 mins), Jamie Brennan (0-2) and Aaron Doherty for McBrearty and Ó Baoill (52 mins).

Game 3

Ulster SFC Semi-Final – April 27

Donegal 1-19 Down 0-16

Donegal: Shaun Patton (0-1 ’45’); Finnbarr Roarty, Brendan McCole, Peadar Mogan; Ryan McHugh (0-1), Stephen McMenamin, Ciaran Moore (0-1); Ciaran Thompson, Michael Langan (0-2, 1tpf); Dáire Ó Baoill (0-3, 1tp), Conor O’Donnell (0-2), Shane O’Donnell; Patrick McBrearty (1-4, 1tpf, 1f), Michael Murphy (0-3, 1 ’45), Oisin Gallen (0-1).
Subs: Jamie Brennan (0-1) for C.O’Donnell (blood-sub), Brennan for Murphy (46 mins), Jason McGee for Gallen (50 mins), Odhran McFadden-Ferry for Roarty (52 mins), Niall O’Donnell for McBrearty (55 mins), Aaron Doherty for C. O’Donnell (58 mins).

Game 4

Ulster SFC Final – May 10

Armagh 0-28 Donegal 2-23 AET

Donegal: Shaun Patton; Finnbarr Roarty, Brendan McCole, Peadar Mogan (0-1); Ryan McHugh, Caolan McGonagle, Ciaran Moore (1-1); Hugh McFadden (1-0), Michael Langan (0-2); Daire Ó Baoill (0-1), Ciaran Thompson (0-4, 2tpfs), Shane O’Donnell; Patrick McBrearty (0-3, 3fs), Michael Murphy (0-3), Oisin Gallen (0-4).
Subs: Conor O’Donnell (0-1) for McBrearty (43 mins), Jason McGee (0-1) for McFadden (50 mins), Jamie Brennan for Ó Baoill (52 mins), Eoin McHugh for Moore (55 mins), Aaron Doherty for Gallen (65 mins), Odhran McFadden-Ferry, Niall O’Donnell (0-2), and Ciaran Moore for Brennan, Doherty and McGee (Start of Extra-time), Patrick McBrearty for Murphy (76 mins), Daire Ó Baoill for R.McHugh (79 mins), Stephen McMenamin for McCole (84 mins).

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Game 5

All-Ireland SFC Group 1 Rnd 1 – May 24

Donegal 0-20 Tyrone 2-17

Donegal: Gavin Mulreany; Brendan McCole, Eoghan ‘Ban’ Gallagher, Ciaran Moore; Ryan McHugh (0-1), Caolan McGonagle, Finnbarr Roarty; Hugh McFadden, Michael Langan (0-7, 1tp); Daire Ó Baoill, Ciaran Thompson (0-2, 1f), Shane O’Donnell; Conor O’Donnell, Michael Murphy (0-8, 3tpfs, 1f, 1 ‘45’), Oisin Gallen.
Subs: Odhran McFadden-Ferry for McGonagle (31 mins), Eoin McHugh for Ó Baoill (Half-time), Patrick McBrearty (0-2, 1tp) for McFadden (42 mins), Peadar Mogan for C.O’Donnell (50 mins), Odhran Doherty for Gallagher (60 mins).

Game 6

All-Ireland SFC Group 1 Rnd 2 – June 1

Cavan 1-13 Donegal 3-26

Donegal: Gavin Mulreany; Caolan McColgan (1-0), Brendan McCole, Peadar Mogan (0-1); Ryan McHugh (0-1), Eoghan ‘Ban’ Gallagher, Finnbarr Roarty (1-0); Hugh McFadden, Michael Langan; Shane O’Donnell (0-3), Ciaran Thompson (0-3, 2fs), Ciaran Moore (0-1); Patrick McBrearty (0-1, 1f), Michael Murphy (0-7, 1tp 2 ‘45’s, 1f), Conor O’Donnell (1-5).
Subs: Oisin Gallen (0-3) for McBrearty (Half-time), Daire Ó Baoill for Murphy (54 mins), Stephen McMenamin for Roarty (57 mins), Jamie Brennan (0-1) for Mogan (62 mins), Aaron Doherty for Gallagher (65 mins).

Game 7

All-Ireland SFC Group 1 Rnd 3 – June 15

Donegal 0-19 Mayo 1-15

Donegal: Shaun Patton; Finnbarr Roarty (0-1), Brendan McCole, Caolan McColgan (0-1); Peadar Mogan (0-2), Eoghan ‘Ban’ Gallagher, Ryan McHugh; Hugh McFadden, Michael Langan; Shane O’Donnell (0-1), Ciaran Thompson (0-2, 1f), Ciaran Moore (0-2); Conor O’Donnell (0-2), Michael Murphy (0-5, 1tpf, 1 ‘45’), Oisin Gallen (0-1).
Subs: Jason McGee and Daire Ó Baoill (0-2, 1tp) for McFadden and Gallen (52 mins), Patrick McBrearty for McHugh (58 mins), Eoin Mc Hugh for O’Donnell (68 mins).

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Game 8

All-Ireland SFC Preliminary Quarter-Final – June 22

Donegal 2-22 Louth 0-12

Donegal: Shaun Patton; Eoghan ‘Ban’ Gallagher, Brendan McCole, Caolan McColgan (0-1); Ryan McHugh, Peadar Mogan (0-1), Finnbarr Roarty (0-2); Jason McGee, Michael Langan (0-3, 1tp); Ciaran Moore, Ciaran Thompson (1-0), Shane O’Donnell (0-1); Conor O’Donnell (1-2), Michael Murphy (0-3, 1tp), Oisin Gallen (0-5).
Subs: Hugh McFadden (0-1) for McGee (Half-time), Daire Ó Baoill (0-2) for McHugh (49 mins), Patrick McBrearty for Murphy (51 mins), Odhran McFadden-Ferry and Niall O’Donnell (0-1) for Gallagher and C.O’Donnell (54 mins).

Game 9

All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final – June 28

Donegal 1-26 Monaghan 1-20

Donegal: Shaun Patton; Caolan McColgan, Brendan McCole, Peadar Mogan (0-2); Ryan McHugh (0-1), Eoghan ‘Ban’ Gallagher, Finnbarr Roarty; Hugh McFadden, Michael Langan (1-3, 1tp); Ciaran Moore, Ciaran Thompson (0-4, 2tp), Shane O’Donnell (0-3); Conor O’Donnell (0-4), Michael Murphy (0-4, 2fs), Oisin Gallen (0-3).
Subs: Daire Ó Baoill for McColgan (40 mins), Jason McGee for McFadden (45 mins), Patrick McBrearty (0-2) for Gallen (49 mins), Eoin McHugh for R.McHugh (56 mins), Niall O’Donnell for Murphy (67 mins).

Game 10

All-Ireland SFC Semi-Final – July 13

Donegal 3-26 Meath 0-15

Donegal: Shaun Patton (0-1, 1 ‘45’); Caolan McColgan, Brendan McCole, Peadar Mogan (0-1); Ryan McHugh (0-1), Eoghan ‘Ban’ Gallagher, Finnbarr Roarty; Hugh McFadden, Michael Langan (0-4); Shane O’Donnell (0-1), Ciaran Thompson (0-2), Ciaran Moore (1-1); Conor O’Donnell (1-3), Michael Murphy (0-6, 1f, 1 tpf), Oisin Gallen (1-2).
Subs: Patrick McBrearty (0-3) for Murphy (45 mins), Jason McGee for McFadden (50 mins), Caolan McGonagle for McColgan (52 mins), Daire Ó Baoill (0-1) for McHugh (55 mins), Odhran McFadden-Ferry for Mogan (59 mins).

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