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AFL Division 2 final recap: Derry 0-11 Dublin 4-06 (RTE.ie)

Dublin will return to the top-flight of the Allianz Football League as Division 2 champions following a seven-point victory over Derry.

Dublin 4-6 Derry 0-11 Dubs crowned Div Two champions in chaotic ... (Irish Mirror)

Dublin have been crowned Division Two champions after a chaotic final clash with Derry at Croke Park this afternoon. It may have been a cracking day for ...

Somehow Dublin are denied a second goal. Gannon sends one into the mixer and O'Gara plucks it from the skies. Derry so open at the back today which is quite hard to believe. I think he's going for a point, but he's just bent one into the top corner. Con O'Callaghan, who was quiet in the first-half, suddenly burst into life and started terrifying the Derry full-back line. First it was Killian O'Gara, who expertly palmed the ball into the net after a fine Brian Fenton pass.

Allianz FL D2 Final: Dublin net four second half goals to defeat Derry (GAA.ie)

Allianz Football League Division Two Final Dublin 4-6 Derry 0-11 By Paul Keane at Croke Park A glut of second-half goals did the trick for Dublin who came ...

It was tight, tense and tactical with a number of intriguing matchups developing. It took Dublin 20 minutes or so before they finally built up any momentum in the game. Two minutes later, O'Dell and Tom Lahiff combined to play in Small who smashed a left footed shot to the Derry net. Dublin briefly got it back to level terms at 0-4 apiece but back to back Derry points, both from McGuigan following good work in the buildup by Glass and Ben McCarron, left the Division 2 table toppers with a 0-6 to 0-4 half-time lead. A couple of plays later, Dublin did the exact same with a snapshot of the exchanges showing every single blue jersey back in their own half. The terms of engagement became clear in the opening passages of play when Derry pulled everyone back into their own half to defend a Dublin attack.

Lorcan O'Dell scores goal of season as Dublin find Derry's net four ... (SportsJOE.ie)

Derry went in at half time with a two point lead and looked to be controlling the game with Shane McGuigan playing particularly well for the ulster side. Dean ...

BEO/LIVE ar [Dublin](https://cms.sportsjoe.ie/gaa/darran-osullivan-stephen-cluxton-285710) manage to find the back of Derry's net four times to win the Division Two league title. Lorcan O'Dell has scored the goal of the season as

Dublin claim Division 2 title after goal glut sees off Derry (Irish Examiner)

Rory Gallagher's charges came into this final boasting the meanest defence in the league. Their average concession per game was 0-10.

Glass’ turnover was the latest in a string of plays where Derry were uncharacteristically loose in their use of possession. In the ensuing passage, Ethan Doherty kicked a percentage pass that was taken by a blue shirt. The opening for Lahiff had its roots in a Conor Glass turnover down the opposite end. Con mightn’t have ended up on the Dublin scoresheet, but his was a busy assists sheet. John Small and Tom Lahiff both failed to convert the chances put on a plate for them in the opening half. Ten scores was again the total conceded in Sunday’s decider.

Surprise feast of goals for Dublin against Derry as Con O'Callaghan ... (Independent.ie)

Make sense of that if you will. Dublin 'only' scored six points in Croke Park while inflicting a second-half hammering on would-be All-Ireland rivals Derry.

O’Callaghan was key to it all, skipping past Conor McCluskey along the endline and coaxing a push in the back. Derry regathered themselves before the break, however, with a McGuigan brace leaving the 0-6 to 0-4 ahead. The last laugh belonged to O’Dell on 67 minutes, his looping right-footed effort finding the top left corner via an upright. One of those errant soloes – this one from All Star midfielder Glass – launched a Dublin counter-attack that left Derry badly exposed, O’Callaghan feeding Lahiff racing through the central corridor. The answer was no: David O’Hanlon started once more, even though Dessie Farrell made the obligatory three late changes, with Cian Murphy, Tom Lahiff and Killian O’Gara promoted at the expense of Eoin Murchan, Ross McGarry and (most surprisingly) Ciarán Kilkenny. Perhaps the strangest stat of all?

Division Two final: Second-half goalscoring spree sees Dublin past ... (The Irish Times)

Dubs trailed by two points at half-time but scored four goals after the break at Croke Park.

The pick of the goals was Lorcan O’Dell’s 68th-minute strike, his effort nestling near the top corner of Lynch’s goal, bouncing in off the stanchion. John Small smacked home the third after a great run by Lahiff, who harnessed his inner Owen Mulligan with the amount of dummies he was selling. However, that all changed in the second half. They had conceded just three goals in the competition prior to this game. “I think you’re definitely trying to play with a bit of a higher tempo, particularly against teams with that type of really disciplined set defence,” said Farrell. Dublin outscored Derry 4-2 to 0-5 in the second half.