Enniskillen Gaels 0-08 Roslea 0-04
Roslea’s relegation back to Division Two was confirmed with a four-point defeat at Brewster Park on Friday evening.
Belcoo’s win over Derrylin also confirmed Sean Donnelly’s side will join Roslea in dropping down.
Roslea gained promotion alongside Devenish last season, but their hopes of staying up came to an end after just one win in eight league games.
Meanwhile, Enniskillen Gaels learned their league final opponents as Derrygonnelly solidified their place in the top two with a comfortable win over Devenish.
Gaels boss Simon Bradley recognised Friday’s encounter wasn’t pretty, however, it’s job done for his team.
“Happy to get two points which with other results puts us into the league final,” he said.
“Not a game for the purists but Roslea certainly tested our patience with a very well-organised defence.
"Defensively we were sound again which is pleasing. We just missed too many opportunities up front and, moving forward, we will need to address that.”
Enniskillen led by 0-03 to 0-02 at halftime in a game that never really got going scoring-wise with Roslea aiming to limit their opponent's chances with a strong backline.
Conor Love watched his kick sail over for the first score of the game with less than five minutes played and their second point came less than a minute later as the home side recovered possession following the Shamrocks kick-out and John Reihill steadied himself to place over a second point.
Niall Cosgrove reduced the lead when he kicked over a free just shy of the 15-minute mark.
Enniskillen were struggling to break down their opponents in a tactical game of chess as the away side drew level on 20 minutes when they were awarded a free that was put over by Cosgrove.
Love split the posts just three minutes later and there would be no more scores in the final seven minutes of the first-half.
Niall McMahon added an early point for Roslea in the second half with Callum Jones responding via a free kick to restore the Gaels’ one-point advantage.
Jamie Steele and Jones would tag on two more points to open up a three-point lead with just under ten minutes to go.
Jones quickly responded with a free to Adam Treanor’s point at the other end and despite Roslea pushing men forward in the final moments searching for a goal, Enniskillen would close out the win, as Love both opened and concluded the scoring with a point, to make it 0-08 to 0-04.
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