Jimmy wins match as Derry press backfires | Derry 0-17 Donegal 4-11 | Ulster SFC highlights

Derry's two-year reign as Ulster Senior Football champions was ended by a Jim McGuinness' ambush as Donegal hit four goals in front of 14, 714 at Celtic Park on Saturday evening.


The Tir Chonaill men fully deserved the victory, fighting back from a slow start to take control thanks to Daoire O'Baoill's first-half goal. The strike breathed life in Donegal's challenge with their ability to win breaks on a superb long kick-out routine, designed to expose Derry's high press. It brought countless goal opportunities with three of the four goals arriving off long kick-outs.


For Derry, this was a day to forget. The alarm bells won't exactly be ringing after what was only Derry's second defeat of 2024 but there will be plenty of soul searching ahead of the All Ireland Series.