Derry fight back to beat Donegal

Sunday, MacCumhaill Park, full-time

Donegal 1-12 1-14 Derry

Minute-by-minute action from Sunday's Ulster Football Championship clash.

Full-time: Donegal 1-12 1-14 Derry

70 mins: Donegal 1-12 1-14 Derry Kevin Rafferty points in the opening seconds of injury-time.

70 mins: Donegal 1-11 1-14 Derry Paddy Bradley hits his 10th point and with only two minutes of added-time, Donegal need a goal.

68 mins: Derry are showing off their basketball skills to run down the clock as time runs out for Donegal.

63 mins: Donegal 1-11 1-13 Derry Paddy Bradley hits his ninth point to double Derry's lead.

59 mins: Donegal 1-11 1-12 Derry Paddy Bradley wins a ball that should have been Donegal's and he shakes off Karl Lacey to put Derry into the lead.

57 mins: Donegal introduce Kevin Rafferty for Christy Toye in an attempt to stop Derry's increasing midfield dominance.

55 mins: Donegal introduce Brian Roper for Rory Kavanagh.

54 mins: Donegal 1-11 1-11 Derry To compound McFadden's annoyance, Paddy Bradley levels for Derry with a similar free seconds later.

53 mins: Colm McFadden misses a straightforward free for Donegal. Will it prove crucial.

52 mins: Fergal Doherty appears lucky to avoid an early bath after he strikes Rory Kavanagh in the face in retaliation.

49 mins: Derry do make a change with James Conway on for Paul Murphy.

48 mins: Donegal 1-11 1-10 Derry Conleith Gilligan appears likely to be replaced but Derry win a free and he hammers over a glorious strike from near the sideline. Gilligan wins a stay of execution.

46 mins: Donegal 1-11 1-9 Derry Paddy Bradleys hit a Derry free from 40 metres. The match is coming to the boil.

45 mins: Donegal 1-11 1-8 Derry Barry Monaghan hits another Donegal free to put the home side three ahead again.

44 mins: Donegal 1-10 1-8 Derry Michael Murphy strokes a glorious point with the outside of his right foot.

43 mins: Donegal 1-9 1-8 Derry Eoin Bradley's fine point leaves the minimum between the teams.

42 mins: Donegal 1-9 1-7 Derry Francis McEldowney sets up Paddy Bradley for another Derry point.

40 mins: Donegal 1-9 1-6 Derry Paddy Bradley's free leaves a kick of the ball between the teams again.

39 mins: Donegal 1-9 1-5 Derry McFadden fires over a glorious free after he is fouled by Kevin McCloy.

37 mins: Donegal 1-8 1-5 Derry McFadden wins a close-range free after being fouled by John Deighan and the Donegal forward takes the score.

36 mins: Donegal 1-7 1-5 Derry Enda Muldoon strokes over a superb long-range point for Derry

Second half: Derry introduce Paul Cartin for Michael McIver in the Derry defence.

Half-time: Donegal 1-7 1-4 Derry

35 mins: Donegal 1-7 1-4 Derry Paddy Bradley replies for Derry in injury-time after Karl Lacey conceded a silly free.

35 mins: Donegal 1-7 1-3 Derry Fergal Doherty is robbed by David Walsh in midfield and Rory Kavanagh is content to fist his point - even though there is another goal chance.

33 mins: Donegal 1-6 1-3 Derry Conleith Gilligan ends a 20-minute barren spell for Derry by stroking over a close-range free.

32 mins: Donegal 1-6 1-2 Derry McFadden has another sniff of a goal chance but he wisely fists the ball over the bar for his fourth score.

30 mins: Donegal 1-5 1-2 Derry Donegal win a controversial penalty after Kevin McGuckin's challenge on Christy Toye is adjudged to be inside the large parallelogram. Schoolboy Michael Murphy coolly hammers the penalty past John Deighan.

27 mins: Paddy Bradley has two misses in quick successions which brings Derry's tally of wides up to a somewhat worrying 10.

22 mins: Donegal 0-5 1-2 Derry McFadden fires over a great point from play to bring the sides level after Christy Toye's midfield fetch.

20 mins: Donegal 0-4 1-2 Derry Colm McFadden wins a free and he strokes the ball over the bar from 45 metres.

13 mins: Donegal 0-3 1-2 Derry Kevin Cassidy replies immediately for Donegal with a fine point.

13 mins: Donegal 0-2 1-2 Derry A mistake by Eamonn McGee allows Eoin Bradley to hammer in a goal for the Oak Leafers.

12 mins: Paddy Bradley appears to be suffering with an ankle injury which is worrying for Derry.

9 mins: Donegal 0-2 0-2 Derry Paddy Bradley levels for Derry with a 13-metre free.

7 mins: Donegal 0-2 0-1 Derry Paddy Bradley arrows over a great opening score for Derry.

6 mins: Donegal 0-2 0-0 Derry Colm McFadden swings over another Donegal point.

6 mins: Mark Lynch creates a goal chance for himself after a great run but his weak shot is easily saved by Paul Durcan.

5 mins: Donegal 0-1 0-0 Derry David Walsh opens the scoring for Donegal after a neat lay-off by Christy Toye.

3 mins: Eoin Bradley hits another Derry wide.

1 min: Mark Lynch and Paul Murphy miss early chances for Derry.

Team news: Both teams are forced to make late changes. Derry's Sean Marty Lockhart is ruled out by a virus so Francis McEldowney, who played in the National League final, comes into the Derry team. Paddy McDaid, who was scheduled to make his Championship debut for Donegal, is out because of an reputed ankle injury so Barry Monaghan comes into the team.

Donegal: P Durcan, K Lacey, N McGee, P McDaid, F McGlynn, E McGee, B Dunnion, K Cassidy, N Gallagher, C Toye, M Hegarty, R Kavanagh, M Murphy, C McFadden, D Walsh. Subs: M Boyle, N McCready, B Monaghan, P McConigley, S McGowan, D Walsh, K Rafferty, B Roper, K McMenamin, R Bradley, M Doherty, C Dunne, L McLoone, S Griffin, L Thompson.

Derry: J Deighan, K McGuckin, K McCloy, SM Lockhart, G O'Kane, N McCusker, M McIver, F Doherty, J Diver, M Lynch, P Murphy, E Muldoon, C Gilligan, P Bradley, E Bradley. Subs: B Gillis, Patsy Bradley, P Cartin, J Conway, C Devlin, R Dillon, J Keenan, M McBride, Francis McEldowney, R McElhone, B McGoldrick, M McGoldrick, C Mullan, P O'Hea, R Wilkinson.