Madden focused on job in hand

HE spent 10 years leading Antrim’s attacking line and has been a Derry selector for just 20 months but Kevin Madden’s focus is centred on just one game this weekend and it isn’t the Ulster final.

Madden’s Derry side face Donegal in a third round All-Ireland qualifier in Ballybofey tomorrow evening and he has parked any show of sentimentality even though he will be making his way to Clones the following day.

“It is certainly a big week in terms of preparation for the Derry-Donegal game. My focus right now is solely on Derry. I obviously still have ties to Antrim having played with them for 10 years and you would be wanting them to do well Sunday and pull off a shock result.