Derry star Conor Glass says the Oak Leafers were determined to bounce back from their opening round loss to Meath in yesterday evening’s derby clash against Tyrone.

Ciaran Meenagh’s men got up and running in Division 2 of the Allianz Football League thanks to a hard fought 1-15 to 1-12 victory over the Red Hands at Celtic Park.

The win also marked Derry’s first win in 13 competitive outings and, speaking to RTE Sport afterwards, Glass said that they weren’t going to be bullied by their old rivals.

"It probably means everything to this group this year. We're doing everything right behind the scenes. We're sticking together,” he stated.

"It's been a hard 18 months for this team but we knew it was going to come good at some stage.

"A lot of players lost confidence but we just had to rely on each other and stick together. We knew it was going to come, it was just a matter of when and thankfully it came tonight.

"It's only the end of January so there's a hell of a lot of long season to go."

The midfielder added: "We didn't hold our heads up high against Meath last week. I think a lot of our boys backed out of a few challenges and we were just bullied around the pitch. We weren't going to do that tonight.

"One thing we challenged ourselves was our character, our grittiness and sticking together. So I thought we did that in spades today but we have a hell of a lot to improve on as well."

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