Back catalogue helping Glen and Emmet Bradley tune up for Kilcoo contest

When Watty Graham's Glen were pushing the eventual All-Ireland club champions Kilcoo to the limit in last year's Ulster semi-final, it was pretty clear that the band of Derry men weren't going to be one-hit wonders.

They have dealt admirably with the notoriously difficult second album, following up their first ever senior county title in 2021 with another triumph this year.

And after navigating their way through the rounds in the AIB Ulster Club championship, they will get a second bite at the cherry against Kilcoo, this time in a provincial final on Sunday.

Emmet Bradley has been at the core of the club's irrepresible rise within Derry and winning back-to-back county titles has only stiffened their steely determination to push on further.

"To back it up was huge for us because Malachy (O'Rourke) had set out at the beginning of the year that it was something like a 100 years since a first-time winner had backed it up," the midfielder said.

"So that was a huge incentive for us and a huge goal for us at the beginning of the year. It was probably a lot more difficult moving through the campaign this year. Last year things fell into place and we got momentum and it was really difficult to stop for ourselves and for other teams and things just panned out really nicely.

"This year we faced a lot more challenges and we're really proud to have overcome them. I would imagine there were plenty of people who doubted us to see if we could get a back-to-back but we're delighted that we've got to this stage.

"We're only one step further than where we were last year and we know no Ulster championship match is easily won, never mind coming in against All-Ireland champions. So we know we need to be at our best to give ourselves a crack."

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