Allianz National Football League Division 3
Sligo 0-8
Fermanagh 0-13
Rory Gallagher’s Fermanagh made it three wins from three games in the league after a hard-fought defeat of Sligo at a wet Markievicz Park yesterday.
On a heavy pitch, Fermanagh wing-backs Barry Mulrone and Declan McCusker excelled throughout and hit five points between them as the Erne men joined Armagh at the top of the table.
But the Ulster side had to recover from a poor start that saw Sligo hit the opening three points without reply in the first three minutes.
Neil Ewing, Stephen Coen and Pat Hughes all pointed, but the visitors outscored their hosts by eight points to one for the remainder of the opening period.
Fermanagh’s first score of the game came from a McCusker goal effort that was brilliantly deflected over the bar by Sligo defender Eddie McGuinness on his own line.
Points from Seamus Quigley, Mulrone, Conall Jones and Paul McCusker took Fermanagh clear, as Sligo struggled to break down a Fermanagh system that regularly saw all 15 players defending inside their own half.
The Yeats men did start well in the second half with scores from Stephen Coen and the returning Adrian McIntyre.
Coen’s score came after Fermanagh keeper Patrick Cadden deflected his effort on goal over the bar.
But the home side failed to capitalise on some other scoring opportunities, twice dropping efforts short, when a point could have reduced the gap back to two.
Instead further scores from Mulrone, Declan McCusker and Quigley kept Fermanagh in the driving seat.
Eamon Maguire and Sean Quigley came off the bench to add further points for the visitors, and Sligo finished the game with 13 men as half-time substitute Cian Breheny was harshly shown two yellow cards followed by a red, and Ewing was black-carded in injury-time with Sligo having already used six subs.
SLIGO: A Devaney; R Donovan, L Nicholson, E McGuinness; E McHugh, A McIntyre (0-1), N Ewing (0-1); P O’Connor, D Cummins; F Cawley, P Hughes (0-1), S Carrabine; S Coen (0-2, 1f), N Murphy (0-1), A Marren (0-1).
Subs: C Harrison for Ewing (blood sub) 18, C Breheny for Cawley HT, K McDonnell for Carrabine 45, C Harrison for McHugh 51, L Gaughan (0-1, 1f) for Hughes 52, Kyle Cawley for Coen 53, J Clarke for McIntyre 66.
Scorers: S Coen 0-2 (1f), L Gaughan (1f), A Marren, N Murphy, P Hughes, A McIntyre, N Ewing 0-1 each
FERMANAGH: P Cadden; M Jones, C Cullen, C McManus; B Mulrone (0-2), L Cullen, D McCusker (0-3); E Donnelly, R Jones; P McCusker (0-1), C Corrigan, A Breen; D Teague, C Jones (0-2), Seamus Quigley (0-3, 2f).
Subs: R Corrigan for P McCusker 45, E Maguire (0-1) for Teague 50, R Lyons for C Corrigan 59, K Connor for McManus 66, Sean Quigley (0-1) for Seamus Quigley 68, E Courtney for Donnelly 70+4.
REF: J Hickey (Carlow)
Results
Sunday 18th February, 2018
Allianz Football League Div 1
Monaghan 1-13 0-14 Kerry
Allianz Football League Div 2
Cavan 2-14 1-12 Meath
Allianz Football League Div 3
Derry 1-15 0-13 Offaly
Sligo 0-08 0-13 Fermanagh
Current League Table Positions
Allianz Football League Div 1
P W D L For AG Diff Pts
- Dublin 3 3 0 0 4-50 3-36 17 6
- Galway 3 3 0 0 3-34 0-33 10 6
- 3. Monaghan 3 2 0 1 2-35 0-39 2 4
- 4. Kerry 3 2 0 1 3-47 6-36 2 4
- Mayo 3 1 0 2 2-33 2-40 -7 2
- Tyrone 3 1 0 2 2-35 3-40 -8 2
- Donegal 3 0 0 3 3-43 3-50 -7 0
- Kildare 3 0 0 3 2-40 4-43 -9 0
Allianz Football League Div 2
P W D L For AG Diff Pts
- Cavan 3 2 1 0 7-40 2-37 18 5
- Cork 3 2 0 1 4-40 3-36 7 4
- Down 3 2 0 1 1-36 1-31 5 4
- Meath 3 1 1 1 3-45 4-33 9 3
- Tipperary 3 1 1 1 6-36 2-44 4 3
- Roscommon 3 1 1 1 3-36 5-33 -3 3
- Clare 3 0 2 1 1-30 2-41 -14 2
- Louth 3 0 0 3 0-34 6-42 -26 0
Allianz Football League Div 3
P W D L For AG Diff Pts
- Armagh 3 3 0 0 5-45 2-30 24 6
- Fermanagh 3 3 0 0 5-31 3-19 18 6
- Longford 3 2 0 1 5-41 3-30 17 4
- Westmeath 3 2 0 1 3-44 5-41 -3 4
- Derry 3 1 0 2 4-35 3-43 -5 2
- Sligo 3 1 0 2 1-33 3-43 -16 2
- Wexford 3 0 0 3 4-28 4-39 -11 0
- Offaly 3 0 0 3 2-32 6-44 -24 0
Allianz Football League Div 4
P W D L For AG Diff Pts
- Carlow 3 3 0 0 6-36 2-28 20 6
- Laois 3 3 0 0 5-46 4-30 19 6
- Antrim 3 2 1 0 2-39 0-27 18 5
- London 3 1 1 1 5-33 4-32 4 3
- Wicklow 3 0 2 1 0-34 1-40 -9 2
- Limerick 3 0 1 2 2-31 6-31 -12 1
- Waterford 3 0 1 2 1-33 2-42 -12 1
- Leitrim 3 0 0 3 3-20 5-42 -28 0
Next Fixtures
Saturday 24 February, 2018
Allianz Football League Div 1
Mayo v Dublin
Monaghan v Tyrone
Allianz Football League Div 2
Tipperary v Meath
Allianz Football League Div 3
Fermanagh v Derry
Allianz Football League Div 4
Waterford v Carlow
Sunday 25 February, 2018
Allianz Football League Div 1
Donegal v Kildare
Kerry v Galway
Allianz Football League Div 2
Cork v Cavan
Down v Clare
Louth v Roscommon
Allianz Football League Div 3
Offaly v Armagh
Longford v Wexford
Westmeath v Sligo
Allianz Football League Div 4
Leitrim v Limerick
London v Antrim
Wicklow v Laois
Saturday 17th February 2018
Allianz Hurling League Div 1A
Tipperary 3-21 1-21 Wexford
Allianz Hurling League Div 1B
Laois 0-27 2-16 Antrim
Limerick 1-26 0-17 Dublin
Allianz Hurling League Div 2A
Meath 1-18 1-19 Westmeath
Sunday 18th February 2018
Allianz Hurling League Div 1A
Clare 0-23 0-19 Cork
Waterford 1-12 1-20 Kilkenny
Allianz Hurling League Div 1B
Galway 2-19 0-14 Offaly
Allianz Hurling League Div 2A
Kildare 0-10 1-23 Kerry
London 0-15 3-23 Carlow
Allianz Hurling League Div 2B
Derry 0-10 0-13 Mayo
Down 3-15 0-13 Armagh
Wicklow 2-21 0-21 Donegal
Allianz Hurling League Div 3A
Louth 1-16 1-16 Warwickshire
Monaghan 0-17 2-15 Tyrone
Roscommon 1-25 1-10 Longford
Allianz Hurling League Div 3B
Fermanagh 1-11 2-12 Leitrim
Lancashire 2-18 1-12 Cavan
Current League Table Positions
Allianz Hurling League Div 1A
P W D L For AG Diff Pts
- Clare 3 3 0 0 3-62 1-56 12 6
- Tipperary 3 2 0 1 4-60 3-53 10 4
- Wexford 3 2 0 1 3-62 4-54 5 4
- Kilkenny 3 1 0 2 2-62 4-54 2 2
- Cork 3 1 0 2 2-57 0-68 -5 2
- Waterford 3 0 0 3 2-42 4-60 -24 0
Allianz Hurling League Div 1B
P W D L For AG Diff Pts
- Limerick 3 3 0 0 3-75 0-45 39 6
- Galway 3 3 0 0 5-56 1-47 21 6
- Laois 3 1 0 2 0-62 5-59 -12 2
- Offaly 3 1 0 2 2-49 4-58 -15 2
- Dublin 3 1 0 2 1-55 3-73 -24 2
- Antrim 3 0 0 3 3-54 1-69 -9 0
Allianz Hurling League Div 2A
P W D L For AG Diff Pts
- Westmeath 3 3 0 0 2-58 3-44 11 6
- Kerry 3 2 0 1 4-64 2-41 29 4
- Carlow 3 2 0 1 4-56 1-45 20 4
- Meath 3 2 0 1 3-58 2-49 12 4
- Kildare 3 0 0 3 2-37 3-59 -25 0
- London 3 0 0 3 2-42 6-77 -47 0
Allianz Hurling League Div 2B
P W D L For AG Diff Pts
- Down 3 3 0 0 6-56 1-43 28 6
- Mayo 3 3 0 0 5-44 3-32 18 6
- Wicklow 3 2 0 1 6-57 2-57 12 4
- Donegal 3 1 0 2 5-47 6-46 -2 2
- Derry 3 0 0 3 3-33 6-47 -23 0
- Armagh 3 0 0 3 3-38 10-50 -33 0
Allianz Hurling League Div 3A
P W D L For AG Diff Pts
- Roscommon 3 2 1 0 5-56 2-32 33 5
- Warwickshire 3 2 1 0 5-46 3-41 11 5
- Monaghan 3 1 1 1 0-49 3-40 0 3
- Louth 3 1 1 1 6-34 4-54 -14 3
- Tyrone 3 1 0 2 4-49 7-45 -5 2
- Longford 3 0 0 3 1-33 2-55 -25 0
Allianz Hurling League Div 3B
P W D L For AG Diff Pts
- Lancashire 3 3 0 0 4-58 2-37 27 6
- Leitrim 3 2 0 1 3-35 1-34 7 4
- Sligo 2 1 0 1 2-27 1-13 17 2
- Fermanagh 2 0 0 2 2-22 4-37 -21 0
- Cavan 2 0 0 2 1-16 4-37 -30 0
Next Fixtures
Sunday 25th February, 2018
Allianz Hurling League Div 1A
Wexford v Clare
Kilkenny v Tipperary
Cork v Waterford
Allianz Hurling League Div 1B
Antrim v Limerick
Dublin v Galway
Offaly v Laois
Allianz Hurling League Div 2A
Kerry v Meath
London v Westmeath
Carlow v Kildare
Allianz Hurling League Div 2B
Mayo v Wicklow
Donegal v Down
Derry v Armagh
Allianz Hurling League Div 3A
Tyrone v Roscommon
Longford v Louth
Warwickshire v Monaghan
Allianz Hurling League Div 3B
Sligo v Lancashire
Cavan v Fermanagh
