DRUMOGHILL’s veteran striker Liam O’Donnell beamed with delight after helping his club to promotion on Sunday.
O’Donnell celebrated with his family afterwards and hailed the youthful exuberance from his side which made all the difference.
“It’s unbelievable,” he told the Donegal News.
“Our young boys really turned up and they made it easier for us older boys because they worked hard and that’s what it takes.
“I was saying to them if we had done that consistently we would have been competing for the league.
“It’s a tough division to get out of. We have been there or thereabouts but we were just missing out in those last couple of games.
“After Christmas, we always seemed to drop points, and we lost a couple of bad games this year which put us into this position.
“I think we were comfortably the second best footballing team this year but Raphoe were that wee bit better because they were together longer.
“This is a new team. They are all very good individually, it’s just getting them combined.
“There’s goals from all over the pitch and they are mad to score. It took that hunger today.”
O’Donnell got one goal on the day as he was set up by Ben Cassidy and the playmaker was awesome on the day for Drumoghill.
“He’s different class.
“Work commitments don’t always allow him to play and he missed a few games this year but other than that, I think he would have scored a lot more goals.
“He’s just unbelievable on the ball.
“Everybody mucks in to be fair.
“It’s up to the young boys to kick on now next year. They are the next generation and I think they will compete because it’s a better league.”
Drumoghill’s season isn’t finished yet as they have a Brian McCormick Cup Area Shield Final on Wednesday night.
They will be underdogs against Kildrum Tigers but are hoping to make the most of their home advantage at the Moss.
“It will be a bit of fun.
“We’re going up two divisions and Kildrum are on a bit of a run.
“I do believe we will go out and give them a game, there’s no pressure on us.
“We’re home and we don’t like getting beat at home.”