Club Football: Glen win third straight Derry SFC title as Trillick clinch Tyrone honours

Glen clinched a third straight Derry Football title as Trillick won the Tyrone SFC Final by beating Errigal Ciaran after extra time.

Magherafelt led 0-5 to 0-2 but the loss of injured keeper Odhran Lynch rattled them as Cathal Mulholland's goal contributed to Glen's 1-13 to 0-7 win.

Cathal Daly's first-half goal helped Trillick lead by six before Errigal Ciaran fought back to force extra time.

However, Trillick regained their composure to win 1-13 to 0-13 at Omagh.

Errigal finished with 13 players at Healy Park after Padraig McGirr and Peter O'Hanlon were sent off in injury time right at the end as Trillick's victory set up an Ulster Club Championship contest with Crossmaglen.

Magherafelt fade at Celtic Park

At Celtic Park, Lynch got on a lot of ball for Magherafelt early on along with midfielder Danny Heavron before pulling up injured in the 20th minute and while he attempted to play on, he was replaced five minutes later by substitute goalkeeper Conor McLarnon.

By half-time, Glen were level at 0-5 to 0-5 with wing-back Eunan Mulholland having kicked three points for the champions, who won last year's Ulster title before suffering a controversial defeat by Kilmacud Crokes in the All-Ireland Club Final.

Robbed of Lynch's play-making abilities, Magherafelt never looked as comfortable thereafter as they appeared to go into their shells while the holders, in contrast, grew in confidence.

Mulholland bundled in a 33rd-minute goal to put Malachy O'Rourke's side four up and they bossed the remainder of the game.

Glen goalkeeper Conlann Bradley was even able to saunter up the field unchallenged to score in the second half to further emphasise the enforced absence of Derry keeper Lynch, who appeared to have suffered a hamstring injury.

Early on, points from Ciaran McFaul and Eunan Mulholland helped Glen lead 0-2 to 0-1 off but after a brilliant interception by Magherafelt defender Conall Herron prevented Mulholland going for goal, the O'Donovan Rossa outfit hit four unanswered scores which included efforts from play by Cormac Murphy, Derry star Eoin McEvoy and Paddy McLarnon.

However as Lynch was already showing signs of distress, Magherafelt wasted a glorious chance to go further ahead as Shane Heavron hit the upright when there was the sniff of a goal chance and was also off-target with the follow-up from close range.

Within 20 seconds, Eunan Mulholland had replied at the other end and after Lynch departed, a Danny Tallon free and Mulholland's third score had the sides level by the interval.

The first of several attacking bursts by Glen corner-back Michael Warnock set up Emmett Bradley's first score of the contest after the resumption and the Watty Grahams outfit were suddenly four ahead in the 33rd minute as Cathal Mulholland bundled to the net from close range after Magherafelt had failed to deal with a high ball into the square.

Thereafter it was one-way traffic as Glen outscored their opponents 0-7 to 0-2.

Warnock's run set up a converted Bradley free before acting as the provider once more for Conleth McGuckian's 40th minute score.

Glen's other corner-back Connor Carville was also among their late scores as Magherafelt - who last clinched the title in 2019 when they beat Maghera side by a point - looked thoroughly dispirited in the closing stages.

Seanie O'Donnell, Niall Donnelly, Daniel Donnelly and Darragh McQuaid celebrate after Trillick's Tyrone SFC Final win

Trillick by far the better team at Healy Park

A tight tussle was expected in the Tyrone Final and while it was very tactical and cagey at times, Trillick were by far the better team.

They bossed the first half and while Errigal edged the second, the Ballygawley men were always chasing the game.

Sub Odhran Robinson landed the equaliser in the fifth minute of stoppage time to take the game to extra time.

However the only time the outgoing champions were in front over the 80-plus minutes was for a brief 20 seconds early in extra time, but two excellent scores from Richie Donnelly slammed the door on their hopes of a fightback.

Seanie O'Donnell, Richie Donnelly, Rory Brennan, Ciaran Daly and Ryan Gray were among the Reds' best performers and they opened up a 1-5 to 0-3 at the break.

Trillick finished the half very strongly with an unanswered 1-2, Ciaran Daly with the goal after half an hour.

O'Donnell and Garrity pointed before Daly's low finish, after good awareness from Daley Tunney, saw Errigal concede their first goal of this year's Tyrone SFC.

Errigal Ciaran's star forward Darragh Canavan was well contained for most of the contest by the Trillick defence

When O'Donnell scored his second point just after the restart to stretch the lead out to 1-6 to 0-3, it seemed like a really significant lead in a low-scoring game.

But Errigal began to play with a lot more urgency, upped the tempo and players who had been well held in the first half started to find some room.

The hit four points in a row in a devastating six-minute spell, Ruairi and Darragh Canavan getting their names on the scoresheet with the latter scoring two from play off his left foot.

Richie Donnelly scored a trademark long-range boomer when Trillick badly needed it but it was now a well-balanced game with both sides trading blows in the final quarter.

Ciaran Daly exchanged passes with Seanie O'Donnell to put Trillick four points up with 10 minutes to go, but it was their last point of normal time with holders Errigal not prepared to give up their title without a fight.

Trillick show resolve in extra time

Skipper Thomas Canavan pulled one back with a free before a grandstand finish inspired by Peter Harte. He decided to take a point rather than a risky goal option and then followed it up with another in the fourth minute of stoppage time before Robinson's equaliser took it to extra time, 0-11 to 1-8.

Given how they had let a big lead slip, Trillick's heads could have dropped but they were the dominant force in extra time.

Ciaran Quinn and Mark Kavanagh got the first and last scores of extra time for Errigal but the five in between were all scored by Trillick.

Richie Donnelly (two), James Garrity, Ryan Gray and Lee Brennan were all on target as Trillick clinched a third Tyrone title in eight years.