Clontibret 1-14 

Scotstown 0-11

Conor McManus produced another man of the match performance as Clontibret put paid to Scotstown's bid for a five-in-a-row of Monaghan SFC titles at Clones.

The county star scored 0-6, including 0-4 from play, as the challengers ran out surprisingly comfortable winners. They led from start to finish and were full value for their 0-9 to 0-3 interval lead, although Scotstown did pass up on a couple of early goal-scoring opportunities.

The Saffrons added three more points without reply after the restart per McManus, Killian Lavelle and Pauric Boyle to extend their lead to nine before a Rory Beggan free sparked a Scotstown revival that saw them reduce the deficit to four points with five minutes of normal time to go.

No way through for Scotstown's Micheal McCarville. ©INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan.

But their long reign as county champions was ended when McManus set up substitute Ryan McGuigan for the only goal and Jack Gormley completed the scoring with a fisted point.

There were joyous scenes afterwards when Clontibret joint-captains Brian Greenan and Pauric Boyle were presented with the Mick Duffy Cup.

Clontibret - D McDonnell; C Doyle, C Boyle, L Savage; J Gormley (0-1), D Mone, C Greenan; F Hughes (0-2), K Lavelle (0-1); D Savage, P Boyle, B Greenan (0-1); MP O'Dowd (0-2), V Corey, C McManus (0-6, 1f, 1'45). Subs: R McGuigan (1-1) for L Savage, D Hughes for P Boyle, K Greenan for K Lavelle, E McGuigan for C Doyle, C Boyle for F Hughes.

Scotstown - R Beggan (0-2f); D McArdle, E Caulfield, M Duffy; R O'Toole, D Morgan, J McDevitt; K Hughes, J Turley; P Sherlock, C McCarthy (0-4, 2f), D Hughes (0-1); S Carey (0-3, 2f), M McCarville (0-1), J McCarey. Subs: F Caulfield for J McCarey, F Maguire for M Duffy.

Referee - S Hagan.

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