Antrim Senior Footballer CJ McGourty has hit out at GAA officials in the county, after he was axed from the Saffrons line-up, after featuring in a club hurling game on Friday night.

Fermanagh 1-13 Antrim 0-08: They struggled with the favourites tag, but Fermanagh finally got to grips with their nerves and kicked 1-3 in the dying minutes to get past 14-man Antrim yesterday.

Offaly 1-13 Antrim 1-07: “We do things the hard way here by the looks of things.” That was the verdict of Offaly manager Pat Flanagan after the Faithful County secured their promotion out of Division 4 with a win over Antrim at O’Connor Park yesterday afternoon.

Antrim 1-12 London 1-8

Allianz FL Division 4 Round 2: Longford 0-14 Antrim 0-13: A free from the boot of Brian Kavanagh helped Longford to a narrow win over Antrim in their Division 4 clash played in foggy conditions at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park.

McKenna Cup

Down 1-12 Laois 1-08

Down 1-12 Laois 1-8

Cork 1-12 Down 2-06

Cork produced a storming last quarter to deny Down in a pulsating Irish Daily Star Camogie League Division 2 final in Clane.

Drumshanbo in Leitrim may seem “a tidy, quiet, and even sleepy place” but “certainly was not such” around 3.30am one Sunday in September when a Garda claimed to find several people drinking in Monica’s pub, sparking off events ultimately leading to his dismissal, a Supreme Court judge said yesterday as he overturned that dismissal.

Corofin (Galway) 2-6 St Gall’s (Antrim) 1-8

Tempo (Fermanagh) 0-09 St Gall’s (Antrim) 1-15

Reigning Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup champions Derry claimed their second win in the competition, beating UUJ 1-16 to 0-14, as substitute Paddy Bradley marked his return from injury with the only goal of the Celtic Park encounter.

JIM McGUINNESS feels because colleges have priority over county players in the Dr McKenna Cup, Donegal will be at a disadvantage when the National Football League starts next month.

ANTRIM advanced through their All-Ireland SHC qualifier with Westmeath at Casement Park on Saturday night but the game was not as comfortable as the final score line would suggest.

Antrim 2-25 Westmeath 1-19

Donegal, Antrim, Derry and Armagh claimed opening round wins in the Dr McKenna Cup tonight.

BOB DYLAN may have recorded the album The Times They Are a Changin’ in 1963 and released the title single the following year, but the sentiment continues to be appropriate, even in the world of Ulster football.

THE incredible success story that is St Gall’s continued at Glenalbyn on Saturday, as the All-Ireland club champions added the oneills.com Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland senior football sevens title to their list of achievements.

Kildare 0-15 Antrim 0-15 aet

GALWAY hurlers last night cancelled a training session as their mounting injury crisis left them with just 12 fit players a week and a half before the championship opener against Wexford.

CJ McGourty has become the first player from St Gall's All-Ireland Club Championship-winning side to return to training with the Antrim senior football panel.

ST GALL’S captain Colin Brady believes their All-Ireland club title success will have massive repercussions for Antrim football.

St. Gall's 0-13 Kilmurry-Ibrickane 1-5

St Gall’s 1-15 Corofin 1-11 (aet)

FOUR points in the final six minutes at the Moorefield grounds in Newbridge yesterday fired Cork IT into a mouth-watering Sigerson Cup quarter-final with O’Byrne Cup finalists DCU.

Newtownshandrum ace Ben O'Connor received a record number of nominations as the winners of the 2009 AIB Provincial Club Player of the Year awards were announced today.

St. Gall's forward Conor McGourty is hoping to break his way back into the Antrim senior football set-up 'sooner rather than later', with an obvious eagerness to build on the progress made by the Saffrons in 2009.

Cavan Gaels 1-10 St. Gall’s 1-12 AET

Kilkenny 2-22 Antrim 2-7

Antrim 1-19 Derry 0-09, Casement Park, Belfast

WERE it not for a quirk of fate, instead of watching last Sunday’s exciting Tipperary/Cork Munster championship match on TV in his native Dublin, David ‘Dotsie’ O’Callaghan could well have been a central part of the action in Thurles.

Tyrone 3-9 St Mary’s 2-11

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

Cavan Gaels (Cavan) 1-07 St. Gall's (Antrim) 0-07, Casement Park

Scotland 1-10 Ireland 1-09, Nowlan Park

Antrim 3-19 Down 2-15

Cavan 1-19 Antrim 1-13

Bright prospect CJ McGourty is keen to dismiss the 'hangover' of Antrim's loss to Waterford in the National Football League and focus on moving forward in the Saffron jersey by claiming victory over Cavan in tomorrow's Ulster SFC opener.

Having lost their last two league games against Tipperary and Waterford, Antrim are determined to hit the ground running when the Ulster championship gets underway this weekend.

Teenage star CJ McGourty is expected to rejoin the Antrim panel for their Tommy Murphy Cup stint after a viral infection cut short his stay in America.