For the first time ever, a provincial final was settled on penalties and Derry achieve back to back Ulster titles.
FOR THE FIRST time ever, a provincial final was settled on penalties and Derry achieve back to back Ulster titles.
Armagh went two points clear of Derry with three minutes remaining of extra-time, but a series of heroics by Shane McGuigan in nailing pressure kicks and kickouts dragged Derry back level, before Lachlan Murray put them ahead with 30 seconds left. After that, it was the sickly and unfitting drama of penalties to decide one of the finest competitions in the GAA.
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