Rollicking second-half display sees Cavan become Division Three champions against Fermanagh via IrishTimesSport
These sides have no secrets from each other, bound as they are by history and geography. They share a border and a hinterland, some of them live in the same towns. On top of all that, they played out a tight encounter in Cavan just last week, with Fermanagh coming out on top by a couple of points.
After 26 minutes, we’d seen just a single score that wasn’t from a placed ball. Cavan were 0-3 to 0-1 ahead but not only had not scored from play, they hadn’t even chanced a shot from play. They finally brought the unpleasantness to an end when Ryan O’Neill skated in along the endline and fisted a score to put them 0-4 to 0-2 ahead.
If there was a hint of fortune about it – Killian Clarke got a touch to a Luke Flanagan cross that only succeeded in putting it on a plate for Darragh McGurn – the Fermanagh full-forward’s finish was all class. He jinked inside Clarke, opened up his body and rolled his shot inside the left-hand post.
And so it proved. Cavan were much the better side after the break, giving Fermanagh no outlet from their kick-out and finding their range in front of goal. Galligan kicked the first of his four second-half points in the 43rd minute, using the wind to pop over a free from just outside the Fermanagh 45. It drew Cavan level, 0-7 to 1-4, and from there to the end they were never behind again.
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