Fermanagh 1-12 Antrim 0-9: The first championship game of summer is not the worst time of year to win ugly and, after toiling to an unconvincing preliminary round win over Antrim yesterday, Fermanagh will feel the only way is up.

Tyrone and Fermanagh both made it three wins from three outings on Wednesday evening.

Michael McCann has confirmed he was bitten during Sunday’s Ulster Club SFC quarter-final defeat by Crossmaglen.

Crossmaglen (Armagh) 2-15 Cargin (Antrim) 0-13: Allegations that Cargin midfielder Michael McCann was bitten during a second-half row overshadowed Crossmaglen’s AIB Ulster club SFC quarter-final victory at the Athletic Grounds yesterday.

Two penalties from Ger Collins in the second-half saw Limerick work their way into the third round of the qualifiers after a battle against Antrim at the Gaelic Grounds.

Fermanagh 3-13 Antrim 2-18

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All fixtures are tomorrow unless stated

Laois County Board secretary Niall Handy revealed there is no great rush to fill the managerial post vacated by Justin McNulty.

Frank Dawson and Kevin Ryan have been reappointed for another year as the Antrim senior football and hurling managers respectively.

High-profile property developer Treasury Holdings is expected to have joint liquidators appointed next week, making it one of the biggest casualties of the property crash.

Tipperary’s senior footballers know they face an ongoing battle to win over the sceptics in a traditional hurling county.

Tipperary -10 Antrim 0-08

Antrim manager Liam Bradley is pleased to have avoided the 'big three' - Kerry, Kildare and Tyrone - in the draw for the third round of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers.

Galway should have seen this coming.

Liam Bradley hopes the public will have greater appreciation for the Antrim footballers after Saturday’s defeat of Galway.

Antrim 0-11 Galway 0-10

Antrim’s decent record in the back door has given midfielder Michael McCann the belief they can cause an upset against Galway.

Tipperary GAA chiefs could face a number of fines for Lar Corbett’s pitch encroachment in Sunday’s Munster SFC quarter-final.

The game needed a dramatic intervention from somebody and Tommy Freeman was the man to provide it.

Monaghan 1-12 Antrim 1-9

Three of Monaghan's most influential players will be missing from their starting line-up when they play Antrim in Clones on Sunday (throw-in 3.30pm).

A three-point win and promotion for Wexford in yesterday’s shootout in the sunshine at Casement Park, but the final score belies the story of the game and does the winners s scant justice.

Wexford and Longford confirmed their places in the Football League Division 3 final, while there were wins for Connacht sides Sligo and Roscommon.

Tipperary’s promotion ambitions are hanging by a thread following this second successive league defeat at Semple Stadium yesterday.

WESTMEATH began in whirlwind fashion in Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC qualifier at Casement Park, but the storm died down as quickly as it began as Antrim pushed on to the next round.

The Antrim team for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier against Westmeath at Casement Park (throw-in 2pm) has been named.

The killers of Pc Ronan Kerr have no support in the Gaelic Athletic Association, the chairman of his former club said today.

Lory Meagher Cup

THERE are any number of ways to deal with defeat.

CAPTAIN Brian Dooher will return to the Tyrone line-up for the first time since last August’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Cork for Sunday’s Ulster SFC quarter-final against Antrim.

Sligo 0-19 Antrim 1-11

Sligo, Cavan, Wexford and Louth have all won their NFL Division Three matches today.

Antrim 2-14 Louth 2-6

Antrim manager Liam Bradley put one over on his son Eoin as the Saffrons battled their way to a 3-7 to 0-15 win over Derry at Casement Park today.

All-Ireland champions Kerry dominate the nominations for this year's All Star football awards.

KERRY may have spent vast tracts of the summer struggling to find their form but they have earned their most All Star football nominations since 2004.

All Ireland and National League Champions Kerry have been rewarded for another memorable season, with all bar three of the team that started in Sunday’s final win over Cork nominated for 2009 GAA Football All Stars, sponsored by Vodafone.

THEY started the summer as the two clear favourites for the All-Ireland title and Antrim forward Michael McCann believes we may still witness a Tyrone-Kerry final come September despite the latter’s well-documented problems.

SO, why all the fuss? Here August comes and with it another Kerry team preparing for an All-Ireland quarter-final.

Kerry 2-12 Antrim 1-10

IT is only six years since Tyrone themselves were the ultimate fairytale story, emerging from the shadows to secure their first ever All-Ireland senior title, but Mickey Harte’s side have long left sentimentality to one side.

Tyrone crushed Antrim’s dream at Clones, where a crowd of 32,632 watched the All-Ireland champions claim a 12th Ulster SFC crown.

TONY SCULLION is one of those guys who would tell you that pressure is for tyres.

IN this strange period of intransigence towards the broadcast media from GPA members and in light of the banalities being uttered by many inter-county players in the build-up to big matches, it was rather refreshing to hear the opinions of injured Tyrone midfielder Enda McGinley in an interview earlier this week.

Antrim manager Liam Bradley has named the same team that beat Cavan for Sunday's Ulster SFC final against All-Ireland champions Tyrone in Clones (throw-in 2pm).

Antrim captain Paddy Cunningham is hoping to lift the Anglo Celt Cup this Sunday in Antrim's first Ulster Senior Football Championship final appearance since 1970.c

THE novel Ulster football final pairing of Antrim and Tyrone on Sunday week will literally pit family against family.