Dubs take first Ulster Minor League

Ulster Minor Football League Final:
Dublin 2-14  Tyrone 0-08

Dublin captured their first ever Ulster MFL title when a strong first half performance saw off Tyrone in the final at Breffni Park on Tuesday evening.

Two goals inside a minute by Fearghal Duffy early in the first half did the damage as the Dubs led 2-9 to 0-7 after playing against the wind in the opening half.

Duffy used his pace to carry him past the Tyrone defence in the ninth and again in the tenth minute and finished well on both occasions as the Dubs opened up a 2-3 to 0-1 lead.

Harry Dawson also brought his shooting boots and he finished the night with five points, including one free with his unfavoured right boot.

Centre-back Michael Gibbs caused problems for Tyrone with his forward forays which reaped two impressive points.

Tyrone put Dublin under considerable pressure on the restart but a succession of wides did not aid their cause.

They were awarded a penalty in the second minute of the second half but goalkeeper Colin Murphy parried the spot kick of Conan Gruggan and then reacted well to bat away the ball as Gruggan raced to the rebound. Dublin face Kildare in the Leinster MFC quarter-final while Tyrone take on Antrim in the Ulster MFC Quarter Final.

SCORERS

Dublin: F Duffy 2-1, H Dawson 0-5 (0-1f), A Caffrey 0-3 (0-1f), M Gibbs 0-2, J Russell OCarroll, A Fallon, D Mylod (0-1f) 0-1 each.

Tyrone: C Gruggan 0-3 (0-1f), J McCullagh 0-2, D Donnelly, C McCullagh, R ONeill 0-1 each.
DUBLIN – C Murphy; M Durkan, D Shatwell, J Small; P Maguire, M Gibbs, S Fitzsimons; P OCurry, JJ Martin; J Russell OCarroll, F Duffy, A Fallon; A Caffrey, H Dawson, D McCabe. Subs: D Mylod for Russell OCarroll (41), N McGovern for Small (48), N OFlynn for Fallon (52), G Heavey for Maguire (57), K Doyle for Dawson (59).

TYRONE – M McReynolds; S McGarrity, C Clarke, HP McGeary; N Studden, M Donaghy, C ONeill; C Gruggan, D Donnelly; M Carberry, D McCurry, C McCullagh; K Morgan, J McCullagh, R ONeill. Subs: E Deeney for McGeary (24), E McGahan for Donaghy (29), A McNulty for Donnelly (ht), S Tierney for Carberry (41), R Loughran for C ONeill (48)

Ulster Minor Football League (47)

Armagh (5)
Cavan (1)
Derry (5)
Donegal (6)
Down (14)
Dublin (1)
Meath (2)
Monaghan (1)
Tyrone (12)