WHEN the fixtures for Division 2 of the National Football League were released late last year, the back to back Saturday night trips to Derry and Tyrone stood out like a sore thumbs as ones fraught with danger, presenting the possibility of a morale damaging beating. That was before Offaly’s prospects of survival were devastated with a string of injuries to key players and it was not a huge surprise that their worse nightmare unfolded in Derry’s Celtic Park on Saturday evening when they were unmercifully put to the sword by a very impressive, fast moving, high scoring home side.
Allianz National Football League Division 2 Round 4
Derry 2-25
Offaly 0-8
With so many players out, Offaly were sitting ducks here but no one…