HOLDERS Derry booked their place in the Dr McKenna Cup final at the Athletic Grounds, where six Conleth Gilligan points helped secure victory.

KILDARE selector Niall Carew has warned that Derry may see Saturday’s fourth-round All-Ireland qualifier as a shot at redemption.

WATCHING Derry’s kick-outs in last month’s semi-final, it was striking just how little strategy was put into Danny Devlin’s punts.

SPEAKING to the Irish Examiner last week, John Brennan jovially looked for the promise of a gin and tonic were Derry to overcome their Ulster semi-final hoodoo.

WINNING a provincial semi-final is no place to declare a famine is over but a millstone was lifted from the neck of Derry football yesterday.

Five players struck down with the injury.

Laois 1-21 Derry 1-7

CONLETH GILLIGAN showed Derry fans what they’ve been missing by turning in a brilliant performance as the Oak Leafers maintained their unbeaten run in Kildare.

Kildare 0-11 Derry 0-13

Antrim secured a semi-final berth, while there were also wins for Tyrone, Down and Derry in the Dr McKenna Cup this afternoon.

Donegal, Antrim, Derry and Armagh claimed opening round wins in the Dr McKenna Cup tonight.

Ronan Gallagher’s return to arms is one of a myriad of plots surrounding Fermanagh’s progress to Sunday’s Ulster final. Brendan O’Brien explains.

TO BORROW the words of a famous fictional Roman general: ‘Are you not entertained?’ Ulster has shone like a beacon in what has been a mediocre championship but never so bright as on Saturday evening.

Sean Marty Lockhart comes in as one of four changes to the Derry team for Sunday's Ulster SFC quarter-final tie with Donegal (Ballybofey, throw-in 4pm).

Derry have enhanced their giant-killing reputation with a battling win over Mayo at Celtic Park.

Derry 1-9 Monaghan 0-14

Antrim 0-10 Derry 1-13

FIRST Omagh and now Crossmaglen. For eight years, Armagh and Tyrone have held Ulster football in their vice-like grips but the twin towers of the northern game both came a cropper on home soil against their provincial brethren this weekend.

In a game of bizarre goals, Derry emerged as five-point victors as some excellent shooting from centre forward Conleth Gilligan propelled them past Armagh.

Derry were left ruing some poor shooting as Kildare notched the final four points at Newbridge to take the Division 1B spoils by 0-10 to 0-07.

Liam Bradley has left his post as selector to the Derry senior football team, due to other commitments.

Galway 0-7 Derry 0-12

The line-up for the semi-finals of the 2007 Dr McKenna Cup has been confirmed today, after the final group games.

Tyrone stayed on course for a place in the Gaelic Life Dr. McKenna Cup semi-finals as they chalked up their second win of the 2007 competition by dominating Derry in Omagh.

New Derry senior football manager Paddy Crozier has confirmed his panel for the opening months of the 2006 season.

Derry 0-13 Limerick 0-9

Derry 0-12 Fermanagh 0-08

Derry 1-14 Queen's University 1-08

Colm O’Connor and Mark Gallagher examine the media policies and structures of the remaining counties in this year’s football and hurling championships.

Corner forward Paddy Bradley was the toast of Derry this evening as he hit 3-9 in his side’s 5-17 to 0-4 defeat of luckless Waterford in Ballinascreen.

COMPETING counties in this year’s All-Ireland senior finals can look forward to receiving an extra 1,500 tickets each, but the general allocation to counties will be reduced by approximately 5%, the GAA’s Central Council has agreed.

Ulster semi-finalists Tyrone have lost influential player Gavin Devlin through suspension.

Paul McFlynn has been moved into a more accustomed attacking role for tomorrow night's Ulster SFC replay against Tyrone at Casement Park.

DERRY’S cover may have been blown, but the Oak Leafers have a few extra tricks up the sleeve, according to coach John Morrison.

Derry 1-9 Tyrone 0-12

AS the supporters flood out from Clones to drown the bile of their rivalry in the local bars, the scene on the pitch is a tale of two Micheals.

Tyrone 0-12 Derry 1-9

DERRY are without their Ballinderry contingent for the trip to Cusack Park on Sunday to play Clare.

USED to be that when a club would win the All-Ireland title, the town and village would go on the beer for a year, and the next thing we would hear was the defending All-Ireland champions were knocked out by a team from a small parish of 300 houses and a 15-year old as a corner forward in the first round of the championship.

Donegal's reward for a display of passion and tireless endeavour at Clones is a place in the Ulster Football Championship final for the first time since 1998.

Ballinderry defeated Tir Chonaill Gaels 3-14 to 0-06 in a one-sided All-Ireland Club Championship quarter-final at Ruislip today.

Derry's Ballinderry have won the Ulster club final at Casement Park.