Ryan McCarthy gave an exceptional display of accuracy from placed balls, the Killeagh man firing 12 points from frees and a superb sideline cut.

Shane McGuigan helped fire Derry to their first Allianz Football League Division 4 title, at Croke Park this afternoon.

James Horan wants to make history in his second stint as Mayo manager but little did he think that a nugget of it would come in his first match back as they advanced to a FBD League semi-final showdown with Galway on the back of a penalty shootout.

Scotstown survived a black card for Kieran Hughes, 13 first-half wides and a penalty shout at the death to eventually squeeze past Burren, but if luck was a finite resource, they can expect little of it in the upcoming semi-final against Eoghan Ruadh Coleraine.

Leitrim 0-25 Louth 1-12

Leitrim 0-10 Roscommon 0-24

Leitrim couldn’t live with the tempo of the Rossies.

Owen Mulligan’s London debut ended in disappointment as Leitrim escaped from McGovern Park with a narrow victory.

Sligo 3-10 Limerick 1-12: Limerick’s relegation to Division Four of the AFL was confirmed following their four-point loss to Sligo, 3-10 to 1-12, at Markievicz Park.

Sligo 2-15 Kildare 2-14: Sligo boss Niall Carew came back to haunt his home county as his side ended Kildare’s perfect run in this Division 3 campaign at St Conleth’s Park yesterday.

Sligo 1-11 Westmeath 1-10: Teenager Kyle Cawley’s cool 54th-minute goal inspired Sligo to a one-point win over Westmeath to kick-start the county’s league campaign.

St Brigid’s 3-12 St Faithleach’s 0-7

Kildare booked their place in Round 3B of the All-Ireland football qualifiers thanks to a 1-18 to 0-11 victory over Down in Newry.

Sligo 0-12 Wicklow 0-10

Sligo prevailed in their qualifier clash with Wicklow in Aughrim after they came late with a strong burst to send them through to the next stage.

Sligo 0-11 Galway 0-16

Brian McIver last night closed the door on Eoin Bradley returning to the Derry squad for this summer’s championship.

Laois 1-16 Down 2-10

Galway 1-12 Down 0-08

Donegal 0-12 Down 0-9

Derry 1-15 Down 2-17

Tipperary manager Eamon O’Shea concedes Lar Corbett is facing a race against time to be fit to start Sunday week’s Munster semi-final against Limerick.

Down 0-13 Monaghan 1-12

Mayo 3-17 Down 2-8

Mayo 0-12 Sligo 0-10

Influential midfielder Ambrose Rogers has been chosen as captain of the Down senior footballers for the 2012 Championship.

John Evans admitted last night that a disappointing run of results was a major factor in his decision to step down as Tipperary boss.

Promotion-chasing Longford maintained their 100% record with a very impressive eight-point defeat of struggling Sligo at Markievicz Park.

Cavan mixed the sublime with the ridiculous before securing their first points of the Division 3 season.

Corner-forward Adrian Marren netted an astonishing 3-5 as Sligo picked up their first league win with a six-points defeat of Wexford at Markievicz Park — although the home side almost threw away a seemingly unassailable lead in this thriller.

Sligo boss Kevin Walsh described aspects of his side’s display as “scandalous” after Saturday night’s opening round defeat to Antrim at Casement Park.

CORNER-FORWARD Michael Martin fired two excellent goals as Galway wrapped up their FBD League campaign with a win over Sligo at Tuam Stadium yesterday.

A SECOND-HALF goal from debutant Shane Maughan put Galway on the road to victory in the opening FBD League tie of the season in Ballyhaunis last night to ensure a winning start to Alan Mulholland’s reign in charge of the Tribesmen.

THEY may have missed out on the trip of a lifetime to Australia, but Mark Kerins couldn’t be happier to have another Galway hurling final to look forward to.

Down 3-13 Antrim 0-10

Down 1-16 Leitrim 1-08

Down 1-13 Clare 1-12

Armagh 1-15 Down 1-10

Sligo 0-10 Leitrim 1-10

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.

SLIGO almost produced a great escape but in the end, it was results on other days that manager Kevin Walsh was ruing as his side were relegated in Newbridge yesterday.

Kildare 0-16 Sligo 1-12