Ulster Senior Football Championship Preliminary Round
Monaghan 1-20 Fermanagh 1-11 20/5/17
Monaghan started the Ulster SFC with a nine-point win over Fermanagh in the preliminary round at Clones on Saturday evening. Monaghan were 1-8 to 1-6 up at the end of a competitive first half, but they pulled away with ten unanswered points after the restart. Conor McManus led 13 Monaghan scorers with 1-3, while their bench made an impact in their second-half surge, particularly Owen Duffy, who weighed in with three points from play. Monaghan’s win sees them advance to another local derby away to Cavan in the Ulster quarter-finals on Sunday, June 11.
Monaghan: R Beggan; R Wylie, D Wylie, F Kelly (0-1); K O’Connell (0-1), V Corey, C Walshe (Capt., 0-2); N McAdam (0-1), K Hughes (0-1); G Doogan (0-1), S Carey (0-1), D Ward; C McCarthy (0-2), J McCarron (0-2, 1f), C McManus (1-3, 0-1f).
Subs: R McAnespie for Hughes (black card, 8 mins), O Duffy (0-3) for Carey (41), D Malone (0-1) for Ward (49), K Duffy for Corey (57), D Mone (0-1) for Kelly (62), M Bannigan for McCarthy (67).
Fermanagh: T Treacy; M Jones, C Cullen, C McManus; A Breen (0-2), R McCluskey, C Murphy; E Donnelly (Capt.), L Cullen (0-1); B Mulrone, R Lyons (1-0), P McCusker; K Connor, S Quigley (0-2, 1f), T Corrigan (0-5, 4f).
Subs: R Jones for Connor (49), E Courtney (0-1) for Quigley (56), C Beacom for Lyons, D Keenan for McCusker (58).
Referee: D O’Mahoney (Tipperary).
By cshalvey Sun 21st May
