Fermanagh find winning formula

NFL DIVISION THREE/Sligo 0-14 Fermanagh 0-17: FERMANAGH ARE still riding high at the top of the table after this impressive…

 NFL DIVISION THREE/Sligo 0-14 Fermanagh 0-17:FERMANAGH ARE still riding high at the top of the table after this impressive three-point win over relegation-threatened Sligo at Markievicz Park yesterday.

Sligo trailed by just 0-9 to 0-6 at the interval. But Fermanagh were a transformed side in the second half running Sligo ragged with free-flowing football.

Forwards Matt Keenan and Damien Kelly masterminded their team's path to victory with defenders Ryan McCluskey at full back and Shane Goan at right-corner back standing out in a rock -solid defence. Points by Mark Breheny and Dermot McTernan inside a minute at the start of the second half gave the Yeatsmen some hope but they failed to raise a flag for 15 minutes as the tabletoppers raced into a five-point lead.

FERMANAGH: F Murphy; S Goan, S Lyons, D O'Reilly; D Kelly (0-3), R McCluskey, T McElroy; M Murphy (0-3, one free), J Sherry (0-3), C McElroy, M Keenan (0-5, three frees), M Little (0-1), P Ward, N Keenan, E Maguire (0-1). Subs: S McDermott for C McElroy (29 mins); J McGurn for M Murphy (33 mins); L McBarron (0-1) for Ward (33 mins); B Keenan for Little (48 mins); S Doherty for N Keenan (57 mins).

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SLIGO: P Greene; C Harrison, P Naughton, R Donovan; J Davey, M McNamara (0-1), P McGovern; N McGuire (0-1), K Quinn (0-1); K Byrne (0-1), M Breheny (0-2), B Kivlehan (0-1); D McTernan (0-3), K Sweeney (0-2), E O'Hara. Subs: D Kelly for McGovern (44); S Flannery (0-2 frees) for Byrne (53); D O'Grady for Breheny (58).

Referee: S White (Donegal).