Tyrone and Donegal to meet in Final

Barrett Sports Lighting Dr McKenna Cup Semi Final:
Tyrone 1-20  Fermanagh 1-08

Tommy McGuigan was the star of the show in Healy Park, Omagh, as his personal tally of 1-06 saw Tyrone ease to a comfortable victory over Fermanagh.

The Erne men had taken the lead early on, but McGuigan responded with 6 points to give Tyrone a 0-13 to 0-05 lead at half time, the highlight being two excellent long range points, one from either boot.

In the second period McGuigan converted a penalty after he was fouled inside the large rectangle to put the game beyond doubt.

Fermanagh did score a goal in the dying stages through Damien Kelly but it was all too little too late.

Tyrone: J Curran; C McGurk, Justin McMahon, M Swift; Joe McMahon 0-1 (’45), C Gormley, D Carlin; A Cassidy 0-1, E McGinley; K Coney 0-2, T McGuigan 1-6 (1-0 pen, 0-3 f), P Harte 0-2; S O’Neill 0-5 (0-3f), M Penrose 0-3 (0-1f), G Devlin. Subs: N McKenna for O’Neill (52), G Teague for McGurk (60), M O’Neill for Curran (62), Mattie Donnelly for Cassidy (64), Mark Donnelly for Devlin (66).

Fermanagh: J McGrath; M Jones, S Burns, M O’Brien; P Sherry, B Mulrone, T McElroy; P Cosgrove, R Jones 0-3 (0-3f); D Kelly 1-0, M Keenan 0-4 (0-1f), C Flaherty 0-1; D Keenan, R Foy, A McCarron. Subs: S Lyons for Burns (h-t), C McElroy for Foy (h-t), J Conolly for McCarron (52), S Goan for Flaherty (52), S Goan for M Jones (62).

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Barrett Sports Lighting Dr McKenna Cup Semi Final:
Donegal 1-13  Down 1-12

Reigning Dr McKenna Cup champions Donegal secured themselves a final spot once again following a thrilling 1 point victory over Down at Brewster Park, Enniskillen.

Down got off to a dream start as Paul McComiskey netted following a mistake by Donegal goalkeeper Lee McFadden, however a slip in the Down defence allowed Donegal to cancel this out via Edward Kelly.

On the stroke of half time, Paul McComiskey sent over his third pointed free to give the Mourne men a 1-05 to 1-04 lead at the break.

Donegal stormed out of the blocks in the second half and 5 point in succession took them 4 points clear.  Down called in the services of Martin Clarke and Benny Coulter but Donegal held on for the narrowest of wins.

Donegal will now meet Tyrone in the final this Saturday 30^th January at 7.00pm in Brewster Park, Enniskillen.

Donegal: L McFadden; J Keaney, N McGee, P McDaid; E Waide, F McGlynn, K Cassidy 0-1; F McNulty, N Gallagher; E Kelly 1-0, D Walsh, L McLoone 0-1; A Hanlon 0-4, C McFadden 0-5 (0-3f), G Concarr 0-2 (0-2f). Subs: P Durcan for McFadden; C Dunne for N Gallagher; R Wherity for Concarr.

Down: B McVeigh; S Toner, C Garvey, M Cole; S Parr, B McArdle, K Duffin; P Fitzpatrick, C King; D Gordon 0-1, M Poland, R Murtagh 0-1; P McComiskey 1-5 (0-4f), J Clarke 0-3, R Sexton. Subs: A Rogers for Fitzpatrick; S Kearney for Toner; D Hughes for Parr; M Clarke 0-2 (0-1f) for Poland; B Coulter for Sexton

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Video:

Tyrone v Fermanagh Goals:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taNa0_UNKM0[/youtube]

Tyrone captain Stephen O’Neill looks ahead to the Dr McKenna Cup Final:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMr7T1JVxtw[/youtube]

Fantastic Tyrone move finishing with Tommy McGuigan point:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q91yEofyu7g[/youtube]

Fermanagh’s Best Bits:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO1Xa_AYjKQ[/youtube]

Donegal v Down Goals:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2OBzaEKoc4&feature=channel[/youtube]

Donegal v Down First Half Action:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9yAd2CzmEY&feature=channel[/youtube]

Down Comeback:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pgsy4PnfHA&feature=channel[/youtube]