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You're In Division 1 Now So Y'are: The Berserk Reaction As Cavan Earn League Promotion

You're In Division 1 Now So Y'are: The Berserk Reaction As Cavan Earn League Promotion
Gavan Casey
By Gavan Casey
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Having spent two decades in the doldrums, Cavan have been promoted to Division 1 of the National Football League following a rip-roaring 1-16 to 1-12 victory over Galway.

Cavan led by 1-8 to 1-5 at half-time after a David Givney goal, but nine first half wides kept the Tribesmen in touch at the break.

It took some colossal defending and a couple of beautiful scores on the break by captain Gearoid McKiernan and Liam Buchanan to see Terry Hyland's men over the line, sparking joyous scenes in Breffni as recorded by fan Elaine Cully:

The only way it could have gone better for Cavan fans would have been if Monaghan got relegated, but the friendly neighbours will face off next year, as will Cavan and Kerry a full 70 years on from the only All-Ireland football final ever to take place abroad.

Over on Twitter, the future was looking particularly blue, as countless supporters and pundits paid tribute to a historic league campaign for the Ulstermen.

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Speaking to the Anglo Celt after the game, Shercock's Killian Clarke said:

We were ecstatic there after the game, you could see the celebrations there. It was a goal we set ourselves two or three years ago and it's all coming together now.

The pressure was on there in the last five or 10 minutes but we were happy with the win in the end. We were struggling to get our hands on the ball but with a bit of hard running, we got men up and we picked off a couple of points there at the end.

A cracking day for the Breffni men as the rejoin the big-time for the first time in 20 years. You're in Division 1 now so y'are!

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