Tyrone draw Derry in Ulster C'ship '06
Today's draw for the 2006 Ulster Senior Football Championship has paired All-Ireland champions Tyrone with Derry in a mouth-watering quarter-final.
Derry will be hoping for revenge over the Red Hands, who lost last season's provincial final in a replay to Armagh.
2004 was the last time Derry played Tyrone in the Ulster Championship, when, as holders of the Sam Maguire Cup, Mickey Harte's Tyrone side ran riot in a 1-17 to 1-6 win.
Provincial champions Armagh, meanwhile, will open their 2006 championship campaign against Monaghan.
Armagh also met Monaghan in the opening round of the 2004 Ulster Championship, scoring a landslide 2-19 to 0-10 win over the Farney men.
The 2006 Ulster Championship will be kickstarted with a preliminary-round clash between Cavan and Down on May 7. The winners of that fixture will face Donegal in the last eight.
The other set quarter-final involves Fermanagh and Antrim . Whoever comes through that tie will have to beat Armagh or Monaghan for a place in the Ulster final.
No team outside of Tyrone and Armagh has lifted Ulster's Anglo Celt Cup since Derry did so in 1998.
2006 BANK OF IRELAND ULSTER SFC DRAW:
Preliminary Round -
May 7: Down v Cavan
Quarter-finals -
Armagh v Monaghan
Fermanagh v Antrim
Tyrone v Derry
Down/Cavan v Donegal
Semi-finals -
Armagh/Monaghan v Fermanagh/Antrim
Tyrone/Derry v Down/Cavan/Donegal.
