No fairytale finale for Leitrim as Derry crowned champions

For a while there on Saturday, it was as if Leitrim had misunderstood the instruction to put the clock forward and had instead wound it all the way back to 1994, when they won the Connacht title.

Leading by 0-6 to 0-3 with 21 minutes elapsed, and having also shot six wides in that period, the tiny Connacht county was on a roll and fans were having a party at Croke Park.