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James McGurk: Lavey triumph down to great teamwork

fonaCAB Ulster Minor Football Tournament final: Lavey 0-9 Termon 0-8

Derry champions Lavey collected the first trophy of 2020 after beating Termon by 0-9 to 0-8 in the fonacab Ulster Minor Club Tournament final at St Paul's in Belfast on New Year's Day. 

Centre-half-forward James McGurk, son of Johnny McGurk who scored the famous left-footed winning point to beat Dublin in the 1993 All Ireland semi-final, was keen to praise all his team-mates after the game. 

''I know there's a lot of talk about the Downeys, McGurks and McGills but there's 10 other men on that pitch who don't have famous names and were brilliant today.''  

Video by Mark and Jerome Quinn. 

MATCH STATS

Lavey: J Scullion; Joe Duggan, S O’Neill, S Melaugh; E Downey; Rory McGill, R Farrell, Ryan McGill; C Collins, Jamie Duggan (0-2); P McGurk (0-1), J McGurk (0-2), N Duggan; C Downey (0-2), M Downey (0-2f)

Yellow cards: S O’Neill (48), M Downey (55)

Termon: E Maguire; M Trearty, J Grant, M Toye; C Cassidy; M Steele, C Gallagher, E Coleman; J Alcorn, R McFadden (0-5 frees); L McGarvey, S McDaid, A McElwaine; B McGettigan, M Gallagher

Subs: C Black for McGarvey (17), S Black for McElwaine (23), A Reid (0-2 frees) for Coleman (42), L McGarvey for McDaid (58), C McFadden for Gallagher (58)

Referee: G Finnegan (Down)