Mixed fortunes for Loughran

Carrickmore won their 21st Tyrone senior football title at Omagh yesterday, dethroning champions Carrickmore in an absorbing …

Carrickmore won their 21st Tyrone senior football title at Omagh yesterday, dethroning champions Carrickmore in an absorbing contest.

And they did it with just 14 men, as Dermot Loughran turned from hero to villain, sent off just three minutes after scoring what was to be the match-winning goal.

Scorers: Errigal Ciarβn - Peter Canavan (0-3), E Gormley (0-2), Pascal Canavan, M Harte (0-1), McGinley,D Harte (0-1 each); Carrickmore - D Loughran (1-0), Conor McAleer, P Loughran (0-2 each); G McCallan, S McCallan, D McElroy (0-1 each)