Down 1-14 Monaghan 1-13

Monaghan 1-12 Antrim 1-9

Eamonn McEneaney has revealed he is tempted to throw Tommy Freeman into battle at Clones tomorrow.

Limerick manager John Allen has handed championship debuts to Conor Allis and Shane Dowling for Sunday’s Munster SHC quarter-final against Tipperary in Semple Stadium.

Galway finished with a flourish to claim a vital victory at Pearse Park in Longford, but Monaghan manager Eamon McEnaney labelled the decision to stage this game at a neutral venue as farcical.

Monaghan bounced back dramatically from their disappointing performance against Derry last weekend to run out comfortable winners over Louth in a dramatic tie in Clones yesterday.

Monaghan 2-24 Louth 1-15

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

An exhibition of long-range shooting from Monaghan would have been the talking point from this Division 2 affair were it not for two ugly melees.

Seamus McEnaney got one over his former charges as Meath had a winning start to the Allianz Football League Division 2 at the expense of his native Monaghan at Navan on Saturday night.

Dublin goalkeeper Shane Supple claims he was approached by Kildare management about transferring to the county last year after missing out on the Blues panel.

LATTON were crowned Monaghan champions for the third time in six years after a disappointing SFC final in Inniskeen yesterday.

Tyrone 1-13 Monaghan 1-11

ULTIMATELY they went down anyway — but not without a fight.

DUBLIN boss Pat Gilroy insists there’s no guarantee any of the county’s big-name players will force their way back into his team between now and the start of the championship.

Armagh 1-11 Monaghan 0-13

QUB 1-9, UUJ 1-8