1971–72 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

Champions

Bellaghy (1st title)
Larry Diamond (manager)

Runners-up

University College Cork

Provincial Champions

Munster

University College Cork

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The 1971–72 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the second staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1970-71.

On 12 May 1972, Bellaghy won the championship following a 0-15 to 1-11 defeat of University College Cork in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. It remains their only championship title.

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

University College Cork v Claremorris

23 April 1972 Semi-final

University College Cork

3-12 - 1-07

Claremorris

Cork Athletic Grounds

Bellaghy v Portlaoise

23 April 1972 Semi-final

Bellaghy

1-13 - 1-10

Portlaoise

Rossa Park

All-Ireland final

Bellaghy v University College Cork

12 May 1972 Final	Bellaghy	0-15 - 1-11	University College Cork	Croke Park
	F O'Loane 0-7, B Cassidy 0-3, T Quinn 0-2, P Doherty 0-1, F Downey 0-1, T Diamond 0-1.		D Coffey 0-5, D Kavanagh 1-1, P Lynch 0-2, B Lynch 0-2, N Sullivan 0-1.	Referee: D Guerin (Dublin)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Portlaoise won the Leinster Club Championship for the first time in their history. They were also the first team from Laois to win the provincial title.
Claremorris won the Connacht Club Championship title for the first time in their history.

References

"UCC: champions in an alien Kingdom". Killarney Today. 20 February 2000. Retrieved 17 November 2019.

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