Brawl mars Carrickmore club win

Slaughtneil captain Co McEldowney and Padraig Kelly celebrate

An ugly mass brawl marred Sunday's Ulster Club Football Championship game at Enniskillen where Carrickmore hammered Derrygonnelly 3-11 to 0-5.

Derrygonnelly's Paul Greene and Carrickmore's Gabriel McCallan were sent off after the row but video evidence may identify other culprits.

At Maghera, Slaughtneil claimed their first Derry Football title with a deserved 1-8 to 0-9 win over Bellaghy.

Crossmaglen beat Mullabawn 1-9 to 0-6 to win a ninth straight Armagh title.

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Carrickmore 3-11 0-5 Derrygonnelly
Carrickmore progressed to an Ulster Club Quarter-Final meeting with St Gall's but this game is likely to be largely remembered for disgraceful scenes which broke out near the end of the contest.

All 30 players plus several substitutes got involved in the brawl which broke out after Carrickmore's Brian Gormley had produced a heavily tackle on a Derrygonnelly player.

Donegal referee Jimmy White, after consulting with his officials, sent off Gabriel McCallan and Paul Greene but in truth several other players were extremely lucky to avoid the same fate.

In particular, Carrickmore face the prospect of losing other players for the Ulster Club game against St Gall's and perhaps beyond that, if video evidence is used in any investigation by the provincial authorities.

Earlier, McCallan had produced a moment of tremendous skill to backflick Carrickmore's opening goal in the first half.

With Brian Gormley looking very lively, Carrickmore led 1-5 to 0-3 at the interval with Paul Greene having notched a couple of the Fermanagh side's points.

Carrickmore hit the opening two scores of the second half and by the 45th minute they had stretched their lead to 1-10 to 0-5.

Oisin McConville helped Crossmaglen defeat Mullabawn

One of the third quarter scores came from a Peter Loughran penalty which was brilliantly tipped over by Derrygonnelly goalkeeper Patrick Murphy.

A Stephen Burns mistake gifted Carrickmore's second goal to Brian Gormley in the 47th minute.

After the brawl, Derrygonnelly were further reduced to 13 players when a second of the Greene brothers, Martin, was given a straight red for another dreadful challenge.

Late on, Peter Loughran scored Carrickmore's third goal.

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Slaughtneil 1-8 0-9 Bellaghy
Slaughtneil claimed their first ever Derry Senior Football title by earning a victory at Maghera which they just about deserved.

The key to Slaughtneil's victory was an early blast of an unanswered 1-3 with three Paul Bradley points followed by an 11th minute Jim Kelly goal.

Bellaghy didn't open their account until Francis Glacken notched a 16th minute point.

The Wolfe Tones outfit cut Slaughtneil's lead to 1-4 to 0-4 at the interval.

However, Fergal McEldowney and Padraig Kelly points put five between the teams shortly after the re-start and although Bellaghy chipped away at the lead, Slaughtneil always looked like hanging on.

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Crossmaglen 1-9 0-6 Mullabawn
Crossmaglen claimed their ninth successive Armagh football title with a comfortable six-point win over neighbours Mullabawn.

The winners always held the edge in the contest although it took a scrappy goal from Colm O'Neill in the final quarter to make the game safe.

Crossmaglen led 0-5 to 0-3 at the interval with John Murtagh, John McEntee and Oisin McConville getting on the scoresheet for the winners.

Mullabawn had to rely on freetaker Donal Ferris for their three first half scores with the Crossmaglen defence giving little away.

Crossmaglen's lead was reduced to a point early in the second half but Oisin McConville then added two points to put more daylight between the teams.

O'Neill's goal came after a goal by Mullabawn defender Ciaran O'Brien.

Late on, Mullabawn's best forward Paul Kelly had a great goal chance but county goalkeeper Paul Hearty made a tremendous save.

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