If Fermanagh were going to cause an upset on Saturday, they needed the kind of start Derry made in Brewster Park.
Within 45 seconds, Eoin McEvoy fisted the ball over Sean McNally’s crossbar. With five minutes gone, Derry were 0-4 to no-score ahead with Padraig McGrogan, goalkeeper Odhran Lynch and Paul Cassidy adding further points from play.
Even before the goals came, there was a sense that Derry were always going to have too much for Fermanagh and so it proved.
