Derry’s bid for an immediate return to Division One was boosted as they cruised to a third successive league victory with a 23-point hammering of Offaly in Celtic Park on Saturday evening.
It proved a nightmare return to the Oak Leaf County for former manager Mickey Harte who, along with his joint-manager Declan Kelly, must already be planning for life in Division Three next season following what was a fourth straight league defeat in four games.
After trailing by nine at half-time against Cork seven days previously, an understrength Offaly found themselves 20 points adrift of Ciaran Meenagh’s rampant Derry team who appear to gathering momentum with every passing week.
And even minus captain Conor…