Ulster MFC - Fermanagh 1-9 Derry 0-7:FERMANAGH produced a super display at Celtic Park yesterday afternoon to secure the county's first championship win at this grade since 2003.

Derry had been fancied to make a run at provincial honours this year but they were completely outplayed by a Fermanagh side who held them scoreless to the interval at which stage they led by 0-4 to 0-0, thanks to three frees from Eddie Courtney and a point from Ruairí McGrade.

Derry probably weren’t overly worried at that stage as they had played into a gale in the first half and, with corner forward Antony O’Neill kicking four points, they had closed the gap to a single point with 10 minutes to go.

But Fermanagh rocked Derry with a superbly finished goal from Louis Leonard to lead by four and points from Shane Lynch and Courtney saw them lead by double scores at 1-9 to 0-6 with four minutes to go.

There was no way back for the Oak Leaf lads and the best they could muster was a late point from Antone McElhone as the Erne youngsters claimed a famous win.

FERMANAGH: B McAleer; L Cullen, C Cullen, L Leonard (1-0); N Began, N Shannon, N McMahon; P McMahon, R Hyde; R McGrade (0-3, two frees), R Corrigan, S Lynch (0-1); B Owens, P Leonard, E Courtney (0-4, three frees). Subs: J Duffy (0-1) for Leonard, T McCaffrey for McGrade (55 mins), S Swift for Owens (60 mins).

DERRY: C Bradley; G McKinless, J Morgan (0-1), M Breen; N Higgins, N Rocks, Rory Moore; E Bradley, B Og McGilligan; C McFaul, R Bell, Fergal Duffin; A O’Neill (0-4), C McAtamney, N McNicholl (0-1). Subs: P McGroogan for McAtamney (ht), Ryan Moore for Higgins (44 mins), A McElhone (0-1) for McNicholl.

Referee: M McNally (Monaghan).

Armagh meet Down next Saturday, with the winner taking on Fermanagh in the semi-final on June 19th. On the other side of the draw, next Sunday Tyrone take on Monaghan and Cavan play Antrim.