mccusker out for season

... better news for the oak leaf county is that fergal doherty and brian mullan are available again following suspension

bradley leaves derry panel

... monaghan will also be missing a star forward with tommy freeman still suspended but derry welcome back fergal doherty and brian mullan, who had their eight-week bans halved on appeal

monaghan and derry to meet again

... the first meeting of the ulster rivals was a bad tempered, fractious affair, with tommy freeman, fergal doherty and brian mullan handed eight-week bans in the aftermath ... the derry pair of doherty and mullan since had their bans halved on appeal, and will be available as damien cassidy’s side embark on their qualifying campaign, but freeman failed in his bid on friday night and will remain suspended

derry make three changes

... with fergal doherty suspended, barry mcgoldrick moves from centre-back to the engine room, with barry mcguigan reverting from the half-forward line to take the number six jersey

lockhart returns to face tyrone

... mark lynch comes into the full forward line for james kielt, who suffered a broken jaw during a recent club game, while barry mcgoldrick moves from the half back line into midfield to cover for the suspended fergal doherty

tyrone unchanged for ulster semi-final

... ” derry’s fergal doherty and brian mullan have already had their proposed eight-week bans, arising from the same bad tempered match, halved on appeal by the chc

freeman to appeal ban

... derry captain fergal doherty, whose two yellow cards were upgraded to a straight red card after video footage showed him kicking out at monaghan’s dick clerkin, had his eight-week suspension halved by the (chc) last night ... doherty relied on video evidence in his defence and will be available for the ulster final on july 19th if his teammates can overcome tyrone on june 21st

eight-week bans for celtic park trio

... derry footballers fergal doherty and brian mullen and monaghan's tommy freeman have all been handed proposed eight-week suspensions

derry win despite doherty dismissal

... derry may have lost their influential skipper fergal doherty after a second yellow card offence but they still had enough in reserve to deny monaghan by three points in today’s ulster championship quarter-final clash at celtic park ... both sides were level when doherty was given his marching orders but derry still finished stronger and crucial points from james kielt, joe diver and paddy bradley sealed the win ... doherty was sent-off for charging into gary mcquaid after play had already stopped

nfl div 1 final preview: derry v kerry

... derry will be boosted by the return of midfielder fergal doherty and star attacker paddy bradley