With neither sides getting any points in their first round of games the meeting of Drumkeen and Erne played at St. Patrick's Park promised to be a tightly contested match and from the start both teams showed exactly what it meant to play in the competition, Drumkeen playing in front of the home crowd showed Erne they were willing to attack with early chances falling to both Kevin Bonner and Sean Peoples. The visitors responded well and attacked strongly. Niall Carr was excellent at left back and spurred his back line on to thwart Drumkeen's efforts but after some great play between Kevin Bonner and Lee Kennedy, Kennedy managed a low cross to Sean Peoples who fired low into the bottom corner and opened the scoring for Drumkeen. Erne pushed for an equiliser but Drumkeen rode out the pressure. The second half opened with Drumkeen pressing hard for a second and they were rewarded when they stole possession from Erne and Kevin Bonner struck from distance, the shot deflecting and falling to Peoples to double the lead. Erne did not give up, however, and after the goal took the game by the horns and pushed hard to half the deficit and after 20 minutes of the second half the breakthrough came by the means of a Cian McEniff shot. With the momentum going the visitors way it was end to end action right to the whistle with hotly contested battles being fought in the middle of the field. As Marty Quinn blew his whistle for the last time on the night. Drumkeen took the points and now travel to Illistrin in a must win for both teams whereas Erne host group leaders Keadue at the Lakeside.