Kilcoo

Provincial decider threatens to boil over on several occasions at the Athletic Grounds.

Off went the green flares in the stand as a new name was added to the list of Ulster club senior football champions. As Kilcoo swept forward they left gaps at the back and Glen were able to exploit the space. Had Kilcoo gone in with the lead – having been five points adrift and down a man for 10 minutes – it would have been a huge psychological shift in the psyche of both teams. Their last score of the game was in the 47th minute. Ward was constantly in the face of Conor Glass but it was Paul Devlin who received a first black card. It had been a fiery, abrasive affair that continuously threatened to boil over, a match in which pockets of wrestling bouts were constantly breaking out all over the pitch.

Glen were crowned Ulster champions when they defeated Kilcoo in the Ulster senior club football final on Sunday in Armagh.

He was the man that went down in front of that famous Ruairi Canavan dummy a few weeks ago but he was on the right side of history today. Kilcoo hung in there, mainly through the brilliance of the Branagan brothers Aaron and Darryl, but Glen just seemed to be that little notch sharper, that little bit faster to the breaks, that little bit harder in the tackle. He hammered it out in the hope that a Kilcoo man would win it but Ryan Dougan leapt highest, and he punched the ball a good 35 yards back down the field. His old fist-pass over the head and into his own path was one of the highlights of the day late on. As a Glen fan, you'd have been fearing that Kilcoo could come and snatch this but it wasn't going to happen. This was a team who'd won every under-age title under the sun, not just in Derry, but in Ulster too.

Alex Doherty plunders a late goal for the Derry champions who progress to an All-Ireland semi-final meeting with Moycullen next month.

Glen are 0-5 to no-score ahead of the champions after 10 minutes. This wasn't in the script! Danny Tallon takes this one and makes no mistake as Glen move three ahead early in the second half He then passes inside to corner-back Aaron Branagan who palmed into the net! Kilcoo’s first score was a major and brought them back into contention as Paul Devlin’s sideline found Dylan Ward in space. The Derry champions made a blistering start and were 0-5 to no-score after 10 minutes.