Damian Barton

Damian Barton
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Centre Forward
Born	(1962-05-19) 19 May 1962 Derry, Northern Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation	Teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Newbridge
Club titles
Derry titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1981-?	Derry
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	2
All-Irelands	1
NFL	2

Damian Barton (born 19 May 1962) is a former Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Derry in the 1980s and 1990s. He is currently manager of Derry Senior football team. He was part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Championship winning side, also winning Ulster Senior Football Championships in 1987 and 1993. He usually played in the half-forward line. Barton played club football with Seán O'Leary's GAC Newbridge, where he won a Derry Senior Football Championship in 1989. He also writes for The Irish News.

Football career

Inter-county career

Barton captained Derry to Ulster Minor and Ulster Under-21 Football Championship successes. Both team went on to be runners-up in the All-Ireland Minor and All-Ireland Under-21 Championships.^[1]

Barton made his Senior Championship debut in 1981 against Down.^[1] He won an Ulster Senior Championship medal with Derry in 1987. Barton added a second Ulster Senior Championship medal in 1993, before going on to win the 1993 All-Ireland Championship after a semi-final victory over Dublin and final defeat of Cork.

Club career

Barton was part of Newbridge's 1989 Derry Senior Football Championship winning side.

Management career

Barton has managed a number of club sides since his retirement from football, including Ballinderry in the late 1990s and An Lúb in 2007. Ballinderry were runners-up in two consecutive Derry Championships while Barton was manager. He was named manager of the UUJ in November 2001.^[2] He has also managed Tyrone side Donaghmore.^[3] In late 2005 he applied for the position of Derry manager, but the County Board opted for Paddy Crozier instead.^[4] He managed Down side Burren in 2008 and Robert Emmet's Slaughtneil in 2010.^[5] He was appointed Derry senior manager in September 2015, on a 2-year term.

References

1 2 "Derry Pen Pics". 1994 Ulster Championship Quarter Final Programme. 29 May 1994.
↑ "Allstars left out of Railway Cup". BBC. 2001-11-06. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
↑ "McCloy in big drive to land a new boss". The Belfast Telegraph. 2005-10-05. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
↑ Campbell, John (2005-10-06). "Crozier is new Derry manager". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
↑ "Paddy Crozier replaces McElhom as Omagh St Enda's boss". BBC Sport Online. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2009.

External links

Official Derry GAA website

Derry – 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (1st title)

1 D. McCusker 2 K. McKeever 3 T. Scullion 4 F. McCusker 5 J. McGurk 6 H. Downey 7 G. Coleman 8 A. Tohill 9 B. McGilligan 10 D. Heaney 11 D. Barton 12 D. Cassidy 13 J. Brolly 14 S. Downey 15 E Gormley Subs used 18 D. McNicholl for D Cassidy 20 É. Burns for S Downey Subs not used 16 D. Kelly 17 D. Quinn 19 Karl. Diamond 21 D. Bateson 22 B. McCormick 23 R. Ferris 24 S. Mulvenna D. O'Neill C. McGurk C. Rafferty H. M. Tohill E. Kelly Manager E. Coleman Backroom team M. Moran (coach) H. Gribben D. McKeever

(Team as of 19 September 1993 versus Cork)

Derry – 1994–95 National Football League Champions (3rd title)

1 D. McCusker 2 K. McKeever 3 T. Scullion 4 G. Coleman 5 J. McGurk 6 H. Downey 7 F. McCusker 8 A. Tohill 9 B. McGilligan 10 D. Heaney 11 D. Barton 12 E. Burns 13 J. Brolly 14 S. Downey 15 E. Gormley Subs used D. Bateson for Brolly Manager Mickey Moran

(Team as 1994-95 NFL final versus Donegal)

Derry – 1995–96 National Football League Champions (4th title)

1 J. Kelly 2 K. McKeever 3 G. Coleman 4 T. Scullion 5 K. Diamond 6 H. Downey 7 F. McCusker 8 A. Tohill 9 B. McGilligan 10 E. Burns 11 D. Barton 12 S. M. Lockhart 13 J. Brolly 14 S. Downey 15 E. Gormley Subs used 18 D. Dougan for Burns 22 G. McGill for S. Downey Subs not used 16 D. McCusker 17 A.N. Other 19 J. McGurk 20 S. McLarnon 21 D. Quinn 23 C. McEldowney 24 D. Bateson D. Cassidy C. McGurk D. McNicholl D. O'Neill Manager Brian Mullins Backroom team F. Kearney A. McGurk E. Young

(Team as 1996 NFL final versus Donegal (5 May 1996))

Derry senior football team – managers

É. Coleman (1991–1994) M. Moran (1994–1995) B. Mullins (1995–1998) É. Coleman (1998–2002) M. Moran (2002–2005) P. Crozier (2005–2008) D. Cassidy (2008–2010) J. Brennan (2010–2012) B. McIver (2012–2015) D. Barton (2015–)

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