Kevin Walsh surprised at comfort of Galway win

Derry 2-12 Galway 1-18: Galway manager Kevin Walsh admitted he was surprised at the ease with which his side recorded their second away win in three Division 3 games against Derry in Celtic Park yesterday.

Two late Derry goals from Emmett McGuckin and Niall Loughlin papered over a poor home performance which never looked like troubling the impressive Tribesmen who won with something to spare. “Of course you are surprised when you look up at the scoreboard and you are nine points up,” explained Walsh, “But even at half-time we felt the scoreline didn’t reflect where it should have been.”

“The two Derry goals at the end put a bit of a dampener on it which is something we can learn from as well.”