Search

05 Sept 2025

McHugh magic fires Kildrum Tigers to Area Shield win

Former Finn Harps striker nets winner against Convoy Arsenal

Kildrum Tigers 2021/22

Kildrum Tigers celebrate winning the Area Shield.

Veteran Kevin McHugh clipped a fabulous late winner as Kildrum Tigers won the Lifford Area Shield of the Brian McCormick Cup on Sunday.

Kildrum Tigers 1

Convoy Arsenal 0

McHugh fired to the top corner ten minutes from the end of a tense game.

The bad weekend rainfall rendered Station Road Park unplayable. As a result, Convoy had home advantage and they made life difficult for Shane McGinty’s charges.

Matthew Crossan almost gave Kildrum the lead with a thunderous shot that cannoned off the crossbar.

Brian Breslin was denied in two one-on-one scenarios and the clock was ticking towards its conclusion when McHugh conjured up the winner.

The former Finn Harps star picked his spot from 20 yards, giving the goalkeeper no chance and sending the Cup holders through to the semi-finals.

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.