Fermanagh face Armagh this weekend just six weeks on from their league meeting at Brewster Park where Kieran McGeeney’s side came out on top by four points in a 0-15 to 0-11 win.

Ederney man Sean Cassidy added his name to the scoresheet that day and has enjoyed a fruitful return to county level after being held back with injuries over the last couple of years.

Cassidy netted three goals in Fermanagh’s Allianz League campaign racking up his total to 3-13 and scoring in all seven games in Division Two.

Cassidy says he is just enjoying his football since being called back into the side by manager Kieran Donnelly.

“Since I’ve come back, I've been loving it, you're given a freedom to play by this current team, by KD and Ronan (O’Neill), so, everyone is just out there playing good expansive football and it’s really good to be a part of,” he said.

“I’ve definitely enjoyed coming back in. It was tough over the last few years, I wasn’t really putting my hand up for selection a lot of the time through injuries and different things, just not being available, not being the fittest or just not looking after myself at the best of times.

"But I suppose, coming back in this year, with the year out with the hip (injury), and getting a good club season under the belt, I thought I need to test myself at this level and thankfully it’s been going well so far but there’s still loads to go.”

Despite a win over Cavan at Kingspan Breffni Park in their final league fixture, a heavy defeat to Louth the game beforehand meant that Fermanagh’s stay in Division Two would only last a year as they return to Division Three football next year, an outcome that Cassidy described as devastating.

“Relegation was tough considering we played so well throughout the league, minus the Louth game, which was a bad performance, and probably the second half of Donegal. They were probably the only real times you thought we’re not mixing it here with the good teams but apart from that, we were in every game and competing well,” he added.

“Some results just happened to go against us like Cork in the last minute where we were leading for nearly the whole game and playing some really good stuff and that’s more frustrating than anything to let games like that slip away.

"The Louth game we didn’t give a proper good account of ourselves and that’s probably the most frustrating thing to look back on.

"We were devastated after that Louth game, it was more a feeling of letting people down more than anything. It was more shame nearly. Embarrassment.

"You felt you had let your coaches down, the supporters who travelled down to Louth, but I suppose you have to deal with that then you have good days and bad days and that was definitely a bad day.

"I thought the reaction then, against Cavan, was what we set out to do after that Louth game. In the changing room, we said, ‘This can go one of two ways, we can let it define our season or we can knuckle down and put in a performance against Cavan’.

"Thankfully, we were able to do that in the Cavan game.”

With the league campaign done, Cassidy and his teammates have turned their full attention to Armagh on Sunday and said there are plenty of reasons they can cause an upset at Brewster.

“If we are at ourselves and get our matchups right because obviously, they have key players, there’s no reason why we can’t turn them over in Brewster, it’s been done before, a few years ago,” he continued.

“There shouldn’t be anyone thinking that is impossible. Armagh are going well, but hopefully, we can do it again.

"It's definitely a game to look forward to. A championship game, the weather has been good although inconsistent but, it’s definitely a game you’ve thought about playing for years.

"A championship game in Brewster Park, very much looking forward to it and it should be a great opportunity.”