BACK IN THE DAY
Sunday November 1 2009: Ulster Club Junior Football Championship quarter-final: Shane O’Neill’s (Armagh) 2-12 Sean Dolan’s (Derry) 0-9
Derry’s Sean Dolan’s began the game all guns blazing and were 0-3 to 0-1 ahead at the end of the first quarter, but their challenge disintegrated as a methodical Shane O’Neill’s side dominated key areas.
So superior were the O’Neill’s forwards that goals were inevitable and they arrived in style in the final minutes from corner-forward Neil Paul Lennon and target man Patrick Gregory.
Half-time substitute Kieran Murphy also made a sizeable contribution to the victory, weighing in with 0-4.
The best player on view was the winning captain Brendan Mackin, the orchestrator in chief whose boundless energy and football brain was a treat to watch.
O’Neill’s led 0-6 to 0-4 at the break and went on to control most of the second period, outscoring their opponents 2-6 to 0-3.
O’Neill’s manager Martin Lynch was “over the moon” afterwards, yet also concerned about how his team had taken time to get into the match.
“If you give a team a head-start, the chances are you are not going to get back and that is something we will have to learn,” said Lynch.
Shane O’Neill’s: C Duffy; D Doyle, D Fearon (0-1), D Brady; M Brady, P Doran, S Austin (0-1); R Fitzpatrick (0-1), J Lennon; P Donaghan, B Mackin (0-1), P O’ Brien; NP McLennon (1-2), P Gregory (1-2), L Lennon.
Sub: K Murphy (0-4) for L Lennon (h/t)
Sean Dolan’s: C Carlin; R Sheeran, C Thompson, D McLaughlin; R McGurk, S Robinson (0-1), B Dobbins; C Wilkinson, A Grant; J Gallagher (0-2, 0-1 free), M McLaughlin, P Loughrey (0-2 frees); C McConomy (0-1), D McCready (0-1), K Nixon.
Subs: G Cassidy (0-1) for McCready (37); M Loughrey (0-1) for McConomy (45); G Murray forMMcLaughlin (48).
Referee: E McConnell (Tyrone)
BIRTHDAYS
Gary Player (golf) - South African winner of nine majors, born 1935.
Alfio Basile (soccer) - former Argentina manager, born 1943.
Sharron Davies (swimming) - Olympic 400 metres silver medallist at the Moscow Games in 1980 and now TV commentator, born 1962.
Mark Hughes (soccer) - Ex-Southampton manager and former Manchester United and Wales striker, born 1963.
Matt Elliott (soccer) - former Leicester and Scotland defender, born 1968.
Paul Dickov (soccer) - former Manchester City striker, born 1972.
Geoff Horsfield (soccer) - former Birmingham and West Brom striker, born 1973.
VVS Laxman (cricket) - former India batsman, born 1974.
Jon Wilkin (rugby league) - former St Helens second-rower who now plays for Toronto Wolfpack, born 1983.
Jiang Yuyuan (gymnastics) - Chinese retired Olympic gold medallist caught up in the Beijing 2008 age controversy, born 1991.
James Ward-Prowse (soccer) - Southampton and England midfielder, born 1994.
QUICK QUIZ
1. Who is Liverpool's leading scorer this season in all competitions?
2. How tall is South Africa lock Eben Etzebeth, who will face England in Saturday's World Cup final?
3. Borussia Dortmund's Jadon Sancho was a youth player with which Premier League team?
4. What was the ring-name of Italian heavyweight fighter Primo Carnera?
5. What county won the 2001 Ulster GAA Club Football Senior Championship?
(See quiz answers at bottom)
ON THIS DAY
1894: Airdrieonians beat Dundee Wanderers 15-1 in a Scottish Second Division game to record the biggest win in British league football.
1987: New Zealand established what was then a world-record score for a rugby union international when they won 106-4 against Japan in Tokyo.
1997: Former Rangers and Liverpool boss Graeme Souness was appointed manager of Portuguese giants Benfica. He stayed at the club for less than two years.
2000: Alec Stewart was one of nine former Test captains named in a match-fixing report published by India's Central Bureau of Investigation. Former England skipper Stewart was later cleared of all allegations by the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit.
2004: Berti Vogts resigned as Scotland manager after a disappointing two and a half years in charge.
2006: Pakistan bowler Shoaib Akhtar was banned for two years by a doping tribunal after testing positive for nandrolone during the ICC Champions Trophy. Team-mate Mohammad Asif was banned for one year for testing positive for nandrolone. Both were later cleared on appeal.
2007: Former champion Martina Hingis revealed she tested positive for cocaine at Wimbledon earlier in the year. She denied taking the drug and announced her immediate retirement from professional tennis. In January 2008 she was handed a two-year ban. She returned as a doubles specialist in 2013 and retired again in October 2017.
2011: Former Pakistan Test cricket captain Salman Butt was found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of conspiring to fix parts of the 2010 Lord's Test against England. Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif was also found guilty of conspiring to accept corrupt payments. Butt was later jailed for 30 months and Asif for 12 months. Mohammad Amir, who pleaded guilty and did not go to trial, was sentenced to six months in a young offenders' institute.
2011: The Metropolitan Police launched a formal investigation into allegations that Chelsea captain John Terry racially abused QPR defender Anton Ferdinand during a Barclays Premier League match between the sides. Terry was later cleared at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
2012: South Africa Test cricket captain Graeme Smith signed a three-year deal with Surrey.
2016: Manchester City came from behind to beat Barcelona 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium in the Champions League, with Ilkay Gundogan scoring twice.
2017: Sergio Aguero broke Manchester City's goalscoring record after netting his 178th for the club in a 4-2 Champions League win at Napoli.
2018: Simone Biles won her fourth all-around gymnastics world title in Doha.
SPORT ON TV
Today (Friday, November 1)
SOCCER: Championship, Barnsley v Bristol City - Sky Sports Main Event 1900; Ligue 1, Nice v Bordeaux - BT Sport 2 1930; A-League, Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets - BT Sport/ESPN 0830; Cymru Premier, Connah's Quay Nomads v The New Saints - S4C 1955.
RUGBY UNION: World Cup third-place play-off, New Zealand v Wales - S4C 0815, ITV 0830, eir Sport 1 0830; Gallagher Premiership, Northampton v Harlequins - BT Sport 1 1900; PRO14, Leinster v Dragons - eir Sport 1 1915.
CRICKET: Women's Big Bash League, Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Renegades - BT Sport 2 0930; Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Sixers - BT Sport/ESPN 0400 (Sat); T20 World Cup Qualifying semi-finals, Ireland v Holland - Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket 1000 & 1520; Papua New Guinea v Namibia - Sky Sports Main Event 1530.
RUGBY LEAGUE: New Zealand v Great Britain - BBC Two 0330 (Sat).
GOLF: WGC, HSBC Champions - Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Golf 0600 & 0230 (Sat); PGA Tour, Bermuda Championship - Sky Sports Golf 1630.
MOTORSPORT: F1, United States Grand Prix practice - Sky Sports F1 1545 & 1945.
TENNIS: WTA Finals - BT Sport 1 1015.
DARTS: PDC, World Series - ITV4 1845.
SNOOKER: World Open - Eurosport 1 0625 & 1225.
HOCKEY: New Zealand v Korea - BT Sport 1 0200 (Sat).
MOTORCYCLING: MotoGP, Malaysia practice and qualifying - BT Sport 2 0100 (Sat).
BASKETBALL: NBA, Brooklyn Nets v Houston Rockets - Sky Sports Main Event 2330.
Tomorrow (Saturday, November 2)
SOCCER: Premier League, Bournemouth v Manchester United - BT Sport 1 1200, Watford v Chelsea - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League 1700; Championship, Wigan v Swansea - Sky Sports Main Event 1200; Betfred Cup, Hibernian v Celtic - BT Sport 1 1700; Bundesliga, Union Berlin v Hertha Berlin - BT Sport 2 1715; A-League, Western Sydney v Brisbane Roar - BT Sport 1 0600; Melbourne Victory v Western United - BT Sport 2 0830, Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix - BT Sport/ESPN 0500 (Sun).
RUGBY UNION: World Cup final, England v South Africa - ITV 0800, eir Sport 1 0800, S4C 0815; Gallagher Premiership, Leicester v Gloucester - BT Sport 2 1430; PRO14, Scarlets v Cheetahs - eir Sport 1 1455, Cardiff Blues v Munster - eir Sport 1 1930.
CRICKET: T20 International, New Zealand v England - Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Cricket 0030 (Sun); Women's Big Bash League - Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars - BT Sport/ESPN 0745; World T20 Qualifiers, third-place play-off and final (teams TBC) - Sky Sports Cricket 1000 & 1520.
GOLF: WGC, HSBC Champions - Sky Sports Main Event 0600 & 0500 (Sun), Sky Sports Golf 0600 & 0230 (Sun); PGA Tour, Bermuda Championship - Sky Sports Golf 1730.
MOTORSPORT: F1, United States Grand Prix practice and qualifying - Sky Sports F1 1745 & 2055.
DARTS: PDC, World Series - ITV4 1900.
SNOOKER: World Open - Eurosport 1 1125.
BOXING: Fight Night including Katie Taylor v Christina Linardatou - Sky Sports Action 1900, Sky Sports Main Event 2030.
UFC: UFC 244 including Jorge Masvidal v Nate Diaz - BT Sport 1 2330.
HOCKEY: Great Britain women v Chile - BT Sport/ESPN 1400, Great Britain men v Malaysia - BT Sport/ESPN 1630.
HORSE RACING: Wetherby - ITV4 1300; Breeders' Cup - Eurosport 2 1135.
BASKETBALL: NBA, Oklahoma City Thunder v New Orleans Pelicans - Sky Sports Arena 2100.
QUICK QUIZ answers: 1. Sadio Mané (nine); 2. 6ft 8in; 3. Manchester City; 4. The Ambling Alp (Height: 197cm, 6ft 5.5ins); 5 Ballinderry (Derry) 1-10 Mayobridge (Down) 1-7.
