The Roscommon footballers have been forced to concede home advantage for Sunday’s league fixture against Down owing to an unplayable pitch at Hyde Park and a Croke Park ruling the game could not be staged at Kiltoom.

Cavan 1-11 Derry 1-12: Derry boss Damien Barton saw his flair team produce a five-star defensive display to leave hosts Cavan still pointless in the league.

Derry 3-13 Fermanagh 1-10: Derry boss Damian Barton admitted his side had suffered a McKenna Cup ‘hangover’ in the first half of Sunday’s nine-point Division 2 victory over Fermanagh at Celtic Park.

Tyrone 1-22 Derry 1-17 (AET): Derry assistant manager Tony Scullion defended Damian Barton after the Oak Leaf boss was sent to the stand for getting involved in a brawl during Saturday night’s dramatic McKenna Cup final.

Cavan 1-10 Derry 1-17: Damian Barton’s promise to get Derry taking a more attacking approach looks to be bearing some early season fruit - his newlook side producing the goods in the Athletic Grounds yesterday to reach the McKenna Cup final.

Derry 4-6 Tyrone 1-16: Derry boss Damian Barton was left bemused after a controversial second-half red card helped Tyrone to victory in an pulsating McKenna Cup clash before before 5,179 spectators at Owenbeg.

Derry 1-13, Mayo 2

Paul Galvin’s return to action for Kerry will have to wait for at least another week, as he wasn’t included in the squad to face Cork in Division 1 of the Allianz Football League at Páirc Uí Rinn on Sunday (2pm).

Derry were denied a first NFL win of the season by Tyrone’s late surge at Healy Park.

Tommy Walsh will make his first start for Kerry since the 2009 All-Ireland SFC final when he lines out at midfield against Derry at Celtic Park on Sunday (2pm).

Donegal got their Division 1 campaign and Rory Gallagher's reign off to a winning start with a storming second half that swatted Derry aside at Ballybofey tonight.

Tommy Walsh is likely to make his return to competitive football for All-Ireland champions Kerry off the substitutes’ bench, after he was kept in reserve for Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 opener against Mayo at Fitzgerald Stadium (2pm).

Fermanagh 1-09 Derry 1-07: Seamus Quigley’s goal five minutes from time gave Fermanagh a surprise win over Derry in yesterday’s Dr McKenna Cup tie at Brewster Park.

McKenna Cup

Derry 2-14 Longford 2-16

Limerick GAA chiefs revealed they took the county senior hurling management to task following a below-par performance in Division 1B of the Allianz Hurling League.

Mayo 2-12 Derry 1-7

The Cork senior hurling management have made a number of alterations to their squad for the forthcoming championship.

ALLIANZ FL DIV 1:

As Cork make the long trip to Ballycastle on Sunday in the search for a handsome win over Antrim to boost their scoring difference, Jimmy Barry-Murphy has made six changes to the side that beat Offaly last weekend.

Cork 2-18 Derry 3-14

Cork were put to the pins of their collars by Derry in Division 1 of the Allianz Football League at Páirc Uí Rinn today, but by the end their 100% record was still alive.

Derry 3-16 Westmeath 0-12

Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice believes a win over Mayo tomorrow would throw his side right back into contention for the Allianz Football League Division 1 title.

Tyrone 2-13 Derry 0-13

Derry 1-17 St Mary’s 0-14

Armagh 2-15 Derry 2-16 (aet)

Derry 1-16 Down 0-25

Down 0-25 Derry 1-16, Athletic Grounds

After the mauling they got from Limerick last weekend, the Antrim senior hurlers were out to redeem themselves yesterday at Casement Park in the Ulster SHC final.

Antrim 3-18 Derry 0-9

Donegal 2-13 Derry 0-09

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

Derry eased their relegation fears with a significant, if hardly stylish, victory over out-of-sorts Meath in Navan.

Kildare finally got amongst the goals, conceded two more and Johnny Doyle showed he is still a key cog in the Kildare machine as they pushed themselves into promotion contention with a hard-fought victory over Derry at St Conleth’s Park yesterday.

Kildare 2-13 Derry 2-8

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

Tyrone’s foundations for a serious push for promotion at the second attempt have been solidly laid.

Tyrone 1-14 Derry 2-8

DOWN’S hurlers strolled to an Ulster SHC semi-final, hammering Derry by 16 points at Casement Park yesterday.

Tyrone 0-6 Derry 2-13

SATURDAY was a very satisfying day for Kieran McGeeney.