Derry travel to Wexford in All Ireland Qualifiers
Damian McErlain will be relieved to have avoided an Ulster derby against the likes of Monaghan, Down or Fermanagh and while the logistics of the trip south will be daunting, Derry will travel as firm favourites having defeated Wexford as recently as the end of March .
That game in Bellaghy was effectively as 'dead rubber', arriving as it did with Derry already promoted and being played a week before the Division Four final against Leitrim. Both sides made plenty of changes for what turned into a score-fest with the Oak Leafers eventually running out 3-21 to 4-16 victors.
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Hide AdThe June 8 meeting in unlikely to be quite as open but following a vastly improved Ulster Championship performance against Tyrone in Healy Park, Derry will be keen to prove that display wasn't a 'flash in the pan' by building some momentum through the Qualifiers.
Elsewhere in the draw, the Ulster derby meeting of Monaghan and Fermanagh is the stand-out tie. Fermanagh ran Donegal reasonably close in Sunday's final Ulster quarter-final but this is a draw neither county will be overly thrilled about.
Other ties see Down travel to Tipperary, the winners of Kildare and Longford - who drew yesterday - heading to Carlow and Westmeath entertaining Waterford.
Times ,venues and dates will be confirmed by the CCCC on Tuesday with the first team out to play at home, except when a Division Three or Four side is drawn against a Division One or Two team. In these cases, the Division Three and Four sides will enjoy home advantage.
Full All Ireland SFC Qualifying draw
Louth v Antrim;
Tipperary v Down
Leitrim v Wicklow
Wexford v Derry
Offaly v London
Monaghan v Fermanagh
Carlow v Kildare/Longford
Westmeath v Waterford
All matches are due to take place on June 8/9