Loughmacrory: Manager Marty Boyle hails his team’s character

Loughmacrory manager Martin Boyle felt his team “refused to be beaten” as they claimed the Tyrone SFC title for the first time in the club’s history.

Their 0-18 to 2-11 win over Trillick came courtesy of Gareth Donaghy’s injury-time winner in what Boyle felt was a “rollercoaster” of a game.

Underdogs before the throw-in, Loughmacrory again proved their worth after coming through in a semi-final replay against parish rivals Carrickmore and Boyle beamed with pride as his team again found the answers.

“It’s all about the players, there were questions makes throughout that second half, but they responded brilliantly,” he told BBC Sport NI’s Odhran Crumley.

“Trillick got it back level and I’m sure everyone thought they would kick on with the sizeable breeze and get the winner, but they just refused to be beaten and you can’t buy that character.

“That was a real rollercoaster of a game, but every championship match we have played this year has been a real rollercoaster and we didn’t expect anything else.

“People probably thought this day would never come but when you have that much talent when you have in our changing room amazing things can happen.”