Ballinderry will have to wait to see who they face in the Derry SFC final after two contrasting semi-finals at the weekend.

Conor McAtamney has taken cruciate victim PJ McCloskey's place at midfield in the Derry team to play Cavan in tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier at Celtic Park (throw-in 5pm).

Derry are planning without midfielder PJ McCloskey for Saturday's all-Ulster clash with Cavan in the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers.

Derry 0-16 Armagh 0-16

Galway 1-15 Derry 0-15

Drama. Controversy. Finger-pointing.

Longford 0-17 Derry 2-8

Derry's John McCamley and Eugene Scullion will have their first taste of SFC action in Saturday's Ulster SFC quarter-final against Donegal.

Derry manager John Brennan has handed championship debuts to John McCamley and Eugene Scullion for Saturday’s Ulster quarter-final against Donegal.

Westmeath turned in an inspirational second-half performance to maintain their Division 2 status at Cusack Park, Mullingar, yesterday.

Westmeath 1-15 Derry 0-10, Cusack Park

A hungrier Derry secured their first points of this League campaign in this disappointing encounter in Celtic Park on Saturday night.

Derry 0-14 Monaghan 0-8, Celtic Park

You know that old chestnut about the attendance of your funeral being largely dependent on the weather?

DERRY

Kildare 0-19 Derry 0-13

CONOR O’MAHONY returns to the Tipperary lineup for Sunday’s Munster SHC semi-final against Clare in the Gaelic Grounds in the only change from the side that defeated Cork last month. O’Mahony is named at centre-back with Padraic Maher moving to half-back and John O’Keeffe to the full-back line in place of Paddy Stapleton.

There will be a number of players enjoying their first taste of the Ulster SFC when Derry and Fermanagh lock horns tomorrow.

EOIN Brosnan will make his first appearance in championship football since the 2009 Munster semi-final replay, in next Sunday’s provincial quarter-final against Tipperary after being named at centre-back in the Kingdom starting fifteen last night.

Barry McGoldrick is a major injury concern for Derry ahead of their Ulster SFC quarter-final against Fermanagh at Celtic Park on Sunday.

Down champions Burren became the last club to earn a semi-final place in the AIB Ulster Club Senior Football Championship, while in Connacht Killererin and St. Brigid's of Roscommon advanced to the AIB Connacht Club SFC final.

UNTIL this year, I had always believed that there were only two ways for a club to win a Championship.

Westmeath manager Pat Flanagan and his Derry counterpart Damien Cassidy have announced their teams for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier in Mullingar (throw-in 5pm).

JOHN MISKELLA has been recalled by Cork for tomorrow’s All-Ireland second round football qualifier against Cavan in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

KERRY football boss Jack O’Connor has named ten of last September’s All-Ireland winning team for the opening clash of their All-Ireland title defence in Sunday’s Munster SFC quarter-final against Tipperary in Semple Stadium.

SEAN CAVANAGH will return to the Tyrone starting line-up for the first time since last August’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Kildare for tomorrow night’s crunch NFL Division 1 showdown against Kerry in Healy Park, Omagh.

Donegal 2-13 Derry 0-18

Monaghan 0-20 Derry 3-16

Tyrone 0-15 Derry 0-7

Derry manager Damien Cassidy has been forced to name a rejigged side for Sunday's clash with Tyrone at Casement Park tomorrow.

DERRY manager Damien Cassidy last night made no apologies for the physicality of their Ulster SFC victory over Monaghan claiming “we are not in the business of entertaining people”.

FOLLOWING their outstanding display in the floodlit game in Croke Park which marked the inauguration of the 125th year celebrations, All-Ireland champions Tyrone looked a good bet to be involved in the concluding stages of the NFL.

“Ill habits gather by unseen degrees as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas” (John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel)

NO place for Tadhg Kennelly, and a experimental midfield partnership of Anthony Maher and Mike Quirke, might suggest Kerry are half-hearted about tomorrow’s Allianz Football League final.

Derry 0-14 Donegal 0-10

Derry 0-13 Galway 2-7

Derry 1-09 Mayo 0-10

Monaghan 1-10 St. Mary's 1-13, Emyvale,

St Mary’s 0-10 Down 3-16

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 forward Paddy Bradley accused the GAA of “shooting themselves in the foot” by not playing yesterday’s NFL final at Croke Park.

Derry will field an unchanged team for tomorrow night's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier against Laois (Breffni Park, throw-in 7pm).

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

Magherafelt net minder Barry Gillis has been drafted into the Derry team for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier against Mayo (Celtic Park, throw-in 3.30pm).