Cavan cherish first Royal win in 50 years

AFTER an up and down season Cavan find themselves in the last 12 at the business end of the Bank of Ireland football championship while Meath, for a third successive season, have had the back door slammed in their face by an Ulster team.

“It is a great position to be in. Nobody will be worried about us going into the next game,” Cavan Manager, Martin McElkennon, said. “We are only cannon fodder for the rest of the year. We have another day and we will just go out there, enjoy ourselves, have another day and see what happens.”

As a Down man McElkenon was somewhat divorced from the Cavan-Meath rivalry.