Liam Bradley revealed that he had been "laughed at" by people in his native Derry when he became Antrim football manager last autumn. But the Glenullin man clearly had the last laugh after guiding the Saffrons to a famous Ulster SFC quarter-final victory over Donegal at Ballybofey yesterday. "Whenever I took this job, everybody laughed at me, especially people in my own county," he said. "They said I wasn't wise, but I knew the talent was in Antrim. "Never at any stage did I doubt taking this job because living in Derry and playing a lot of Antrim teams in challenge matches and St. Gall's in the Ulster club, I knew the talent was there. It was just getting they guys to believe in themselves. "We were 9/2 with the bookies and Donegal were 1/5. Everybody was expecting Donegal to win. There were about 40 people in Antrim who wholeheartedly believed we could win - and that was the coaching staff and the players." He continued: "I think the Antrim guys showed true belief in themselves, but we're not going to start talking about an Ulster final. We've beaten Donegal in the first round of the Ulster championship. "There may be some celebrating around Antrim tonight, but there won't be any among the players because we've to get these fellas ready for an Ulster semi-final (against Cavan) now." Tweet

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