Article: Monaghan heroics leave boss McEnaney purring.(SPORT)

Byline: PADDY HICKEY

THEIR defeat of Down raised a lot of eyebrows, but now Monaghan will be taken very seriously by the football world after defeating Derry in a Championship tie for the first time in 22 years.

And yesterday's Ulster SFC semi-final success at Casement Park was additionally noteworthy, as it was achieved without the service of ace centre-forward Paul Finlay, who was ruled out because of a virus.

The final scoreline tells only two points separated the sides. But for a large part of a contest watched by an estimated 12,000 attendance, Derry just couldn't cope with the intensity, fire and passion of Monaghan's performance, which ...

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