Donegal 1-11 Cavan 0-10: DONEGAL RELIEVED Cavan of their Ulster MFC crown at Breffni Park yesterday. The game was delicately balanced with the visitors leading by just the odd point in 15 when they nicked the only goal.

Cavan’s defence were caught ball-watching when Brendan McNelis scored a goal in the 38th minute.Cavan led by 0-3 to 0-0 after five minutes but Donegal reeled in their opponents and McNelis pointed to put his side 0-8 to 0-4 in front at the interval.

DONEGAL: D Mullarkey; G Kelly, C Parke, J Rose; S McBrearty, M Gallagher, D Mulgrew (0-2); B McNelis (1-1), R McNamee; C Harkin (0-1), J McGarvey, A McGinley (0-1); R McHugh (0-4, 0-2 frees), W Gillespie (0-2), E McHugh. Subs: H McFadden for B McNelis (44 mins), C Gallagher for A McGinley (50 mins,N Breslin for M Gallagher (53 mins), S Fitzgerald for C Harkin (62 mins).

CAVAN:S Rooney; A Watson, C Smith, F Reilly; B Fortune, C Brady, G Smith; M Argue, S Gilcreest (0-1); A Brown, J McCabe, E Flanagan (0-1); N Walsh (0-1), C Madden (0-3), A Graham (0-2, both frees). Subs: V Coyle (0-1) for A Brown (14 mins), L Buchanan for J McCabe (half-time), B Kiernan (0-1) for S Gilcreest (half-time), P Faulkner for B Fortune (42 mins).

Referee:N Cullen (Fermanagh).