Liam Bradley has agreed to continue as Antrim football manager for a third year.

Confirmation of Bradley's decision finally brings an end to speculation that he will replace Damian Cassidy in his native Derry. Speaking after he guided his home club of Glenullin to narrow victory over Dungiven in the Derry SFC on Saturday, Bradley said: "Look, I'll honour what I said I'd do with Antrim. At the start, I got a three-year contract with them - if you want to call it a contract - and I intend to stay the three years."

Bradley was interested in taking the Derry job two years ago, but was overlooked in favour of Cassidy. He subsequently took charge of Antrim and has since guided them to back-to-back promotions as well as to a first Ulster final appearance in 39 years last year.

'The Baker' added: "I want to see Derry doing well. But at the end of the day, I'm building a team in Antrim. I'm not going to walk away from something I've started to build. It's not that I don't want to manage Derry. But it's not for me at this present time." Tweet

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