John Deighan

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.

John Deighan
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Goalkeeper
Born (1982-12-19) 19 December 1982
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).

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.

Championship matches' details
  • A. ^ Result column lists Derry's score first
  • Statistics accurate as of 17 January 2009

Limavady Wolfounds G.A.C.

Honours

Inter-county

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

References
  1. "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.
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