Tomás Corrigan drags Fermanagh to victory over Antrim in Ulster

Corrigan kicked nine points in an excellent display of score-taking as the Erne men advanced to the last eight of Ulster.

Fermanagh 1-12

Antrim 0-9

FERMANAGH WRAPPED UP a third championship win over Antrim in the space of 12 months with a six point victory in the Ulster SFC preliminary round at Brewster Park.

Pete McGrath’s side booked a quarter-final date with Donegal after seeing off a mini-fightback from Antrim in the second-half.

Sean Quigley’s 69th minute goal settled Fermanagh’s nerves after Antrim had cut an eight-point deficit down to three in front of 9,124 in Brewster Park.

Fermanagh led by 0-9 to 0-2 at the interval but Antrim set their stall out in the second-half by hitting five unanswered scores.

Fermanagh’s well-drilled defence prevented Antrim scoring from play until the 47th minute of the game, when Tomas McCann slotted over.

Tomas Corrigan top-scored for the Erne men with nine points, including two excellent sideline kicks.

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“For long periods in the second half we were sleepwalking,” Fermanagh boss McGrath said after the game.

“It was a nervous time for us. We let Antrim back into it and that is a concern.

“The result was satisfactory but the performance overall you have to say we did OK but can do better.”

Scorers for Fermanagh: T Corrigan 0-9; S Quigley 1-0; D Mc Cusker 0-1; A Breen 0-1; S Quigley 0-1

Scorers for Antrim: B Neeson 0-2; T McCann 0-3; M Sweeney 0-1; J Carron 0-1; R Murray 0-1

Fermanagh

C Snow

M Jones
C Cullen
M O’Brien

D McCusker
J McMahon
B Mulrone

E Donnelly
A Breen

P McCusker
R Jones
R Lyons

R Corrigan
S Quigley
T Corrigan

Subs

C Flaherty for Lyons (46)
D Teague for R Corrigan (56)
D Kelly for Breen (67)
P Cadden for P McCusker (70)

Antrim

C Kerr

K O’Boyle
R Johnston
N Delargy

P McBride
M Johnston
J Laverty

M Sweeney
C Murray

M Fitzpatrick
K Niblock
J Carron;

B Neeson
T McCann
M McCann