Antrim manager Liam Bradley is confident that his side can beat hot favourites Donegal in their own backyard of Ballybofey on Sunday. The Derryman led the Saffrons to promotion from Division 4 of the NFL in the spring, and feels they are now ready to prove themselves in the championship. "I think we're ready for it and hopefully on the day the players don't let themselves down because they've worked very hard since January," he said. "The past few years, a lot of people have said Antrim teams didn't have the belly for it. Me and Niall (Conway) hope we've turned that around a wee bit. "There have been a few tight games this year - the Sligo game in Belfast, the game down in Leitrim and the Wicklow game at home. We were getting beaten with five or six minutes to go in those games and we came back and got something out of them. "We've been working hard on that aspect, so hopefully that will stand us in good stead." He added: "We're massive underdogs and we know that. "It's a two-horse race and we're something like 9/2 for it and they're 1/5. They're something like 5/1 to win the Ulster championship and we're something like 50/1. "I don't know whether the fact we're underdogs will have much of a bearing on the match, but the pressure is all on Donegal. It's probably the equivalent of Man United playing Southampton in an FA Cup tie. Donegal have it all to lose and we have it all to gain." Tweet

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