Fermanagh 0-13 Derry 2-08: Derry oust hosts Fermanagh but both sides face the drop
Fermanagh and Derry will both play in Division Three next year with a Carlus McWilliams point in the fifth minute of injury time securing the win for the visitors.
Fermanagh and Derry will both play in Division Three next year with a Carlus McWilliams point in the fifth minute of injury time securing the win for the visitors.
Fermanagh and Derry will both play in division three next year with a Carlus McWilliams point in the 5th minute of injury time securing the win for the visitors. Failing to win sealed Fermanagh’s fate while an equalising point for Down against Cork condemned Derry to the drop.
Three Ulster sides will fight for their Division Two lives on Sunday in the Allianz Football League - and two of them will go head-to-head in a desperate bid to regain a modicum of credibility.
Fermanagh may previously have lost three in a row but after this victory their Division Two future is still very much in their own hands.
Derry ended Monaghan's reign as Ulster Under-21 champions with a 3-10 to 1-11 win in their quarter-final clash at Inniskeen. A goal by Jamie Donaghy got the Oak Leafs going after a slow start and they were never behind once they moved ahead as half-time approached, going...
Fermanagh were blown away by the pace and power of Kildare in Newbridge yesterday as Pete McGrath's side suffered a third successive defeat in Division Two.
A dominant display from Galway in the second half saw them emerge as six-point winners in what was at times a fiery affair in Brewster Park.
Enniskillen schoolteacher Malachy O'Rourke is poised to engage in what is expected to prove a fascinating meeting of minds with another member of his profession on Sunday.
Fermanagh manager Peter McGrath is hoping to have full-back Tiarnan Daly back on board after the two-week break in the Allianz League in the latter half of next month.
Prior to the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup competition getting under way, Fermanagh manager Peter McGrath lamented what he felt were potentially serious handicaps that encumbered his side.
Fermanagh cruised into the semi-finals - against Tyrone in Clones on Sunday - with an easy win against an Antrim side that were listless and second best for almost the entire game.
Fermanagh were good value for their six-point win over St Mary's as they were able to shift through the gears when needed over the course of the 70 minutes and they still hold an outside chance of making the McKenna Cup semi-final.
Monaghan had just enough about themselves to secure an opening-day McKenna Cup victory over Fermanagh at St Tiernach's Park, Clones yesterday.
Fermanagh manager Peter McGrath believes that Ulster's success in the recent inter-provincial football championship has not only provided a shot in the arm for the sport in the province but has also offered the Erne county a further helping of belief in their bid to land silverware.
Fermanagh manager Peter McGrath is hoping to have his university players on board for the Dr McKenna Cup competition - and with good reason.
The only county never to have won an Ulster senior football title has been dealt something of a setback in its bid to end a famine that has spanned decades.
The belief that an exciting corps of youthful football talent is beginning to emerge in Fermanagh will be put to the test tomorrow when Enniskillen Gaels confront Cavan champions Crosserlough in the Ulster Minor Club tournament at Woodlands Playing Fields, Belfast.
It was back to back Fermanagh championship titles for Derrygonnelly as they came from two points down with nine minutes left to play to claim the New York Cup at Brewster Park.
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Derrygonnelly Harps took a decisive step towards retaining their Fermanagh senior football championship title yesterday when they beat Devenish by 2-13 to 0-9.
Fermanagh's Niall Cassidy has told the Belfast Telegraph that he is retiring in the wake of Saturday's 2-14 to 1-12 All-Ireland qualifier defeat to Mayo, and has urged the county board to do all in their power to retain the services of manager Pete McGrath.
Fermanagh manager Pete McGrath was in no doubt about the decisive moment of the game as his side made their exit from this year's championship at the hands of Mayo in Castlebar on Saturday.
Fermanagh are scheduled to meet Sligo in the semi-final of the All-Ireland U21 Hurling 'C' Championship on Saturday - but they are taking nothing for granted.
A dominant second-half performance saw Fermanagh overcome Wexford at Innovate Wexford Park on Saturday.
The worst fears of Fermanagh joint hurling boss Seamus McCusker have been realised but he's not about to immerse himself in an 'I told you so' mantra.
Fermanagh defender Barry Mulrone refuses to shy away from his manager Pete McGrath's assertions that an Ulster title is within the capabilities of this present group of Ernemen.
Championship begins, but only in stutters as Fermanagh roused themselves from what their manager Pete McGrath termed a severe "power-cut" to see off an Antrim challenge that had narrowed a gap from eight point to three with five minutes remaining.
"Mediocrity. Major power cut. Slipped dramatically." Fermanagh manager Pete McGrath is already laying the foundation of what will become his side's motivation as they get set for an Ulster quarter-final against Donegal on June 12 in Ballybofey.
Fermanagh captain Eoin Donnelly finds himself facing a double-pronged challenge as he prepares to lead his side into the Ulster senior football championship.
Fermanagh captain Declan McGarry has accused the GAA of doing little to help hurling's cause in weaker counties and states that unless something drastic is done to restart clubs, the code will be gone within a decade in his county.
Despite being four points up with five minutes remaining, Fermanagh managed to throw away a glorious chance of promotion against rivals Tyrone in Ballyshannon on Saturday, losing 1-24 to 1-19.
Pete McGrath cut his usual composed self as he spoke about the need - or lack of need - required to get his Fermanagh side motivated for their draw against Tyrone that kept them in Division Two on Sunday.
Fermanagh produced a battling second-half display as they hit two points in added-on time to snatch a draw in a thrilling encounter at Tuam Stadium.
If a record is going to go, it better go in some style.
Tomas Corrigan landed 1-11 as Fermanagh cruised to a comfortable 10 point victory over a disappointing Laois team at Brewster Park yesterday.
Fermanagh's record in Brewster Park faces its stiffest test this Sunday, with Laois coming to town in a real relegation four-pointer.
Rome, Prague and Venice are destinations that would hold particular allure for many people. And they are among the cities that several Fermanagh players visited during their break from Allianz League action.
Until his red card on Sunday, Fermanagh captain Eoin Donnelly was the pick of the players in his side's McKenna Cup semi-final defeat to Tyrone.
When it was confirmed that five Ulster teams would be lining up in Division Two of the Allianz League which gets under way at the end of this month, the competition was immediately branded by several managers as a mini-Ulster Championship.
The final whistle at Brewster Park was greeted with a hearty cheer by a boisterous Fermanagh support, fired by their side's vast improvement in the second half to outscore their more illustrious neighbours 7-3 after going in at the break 0-5 apiece.
Fermanagh came from five points down with half an hour left to produce a spell of what manager Pete McGrath termed "grit" to beat St Mary's in the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup, a game in which Maggie Farrelly made history as the first woman to referee a match involving a county side.
Fermanagh midfield ace Richard O'Callaghan can't wait for the 2016 action to commence.
The 2015 All-Ireland football Championship's top scorer has refuted the claims of RTÉ pundit Joe Brolly that his team danced "a merry jig" after their defeat to Dublin in the quarter-final.
Fermanagh illuminated the summer sporting calendar by thundering into the All-Ireland football quarter-finals where their charismatic odyssey was halted by Dublin, but it appears that the Erne County has no intention of slipping into the shadows as domestic fare replaces high-...
There may not have been much uptake in the Fermanagh Under-21 club Championship when it was in operation, but for those who were involved, they were in it to win it.
Fermanagh may be out of the race for the All-Ireland football title but full-forward Sean Quigley still sits proudly at the top of the Championship scoring chart with an impressive 3-36 to his credit.
A proposal that may wrap up club league activity in Fermanagh over the next couple of weekends, prior to the commencement of the club championship campaign, has been met with deep anger in the county.
Fermanagh forward Tomás Corrigan has described Jim McGuinness' comments about his county as "unfair" and "contradictory".
Numbers can be bent to suit any argument, but Fermanagh will be happy with those that emerged from their highly-credible defeat to Dublin in the All-Ireland quarter-final.
When the man doing the talking is as eloquent as Pete McGrath, sometimes you let the words do the work.
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