Longford Football (& Hurling) Thread

[Billys Boots]

I think events subsequent to Killarney (nationally) may have convinced Blessed Luke that maybe things weren't so bad after all.  How wrong he was/is!

[LaurelEye]

Hastings Cup (Under-21)

Longford 1-7 Cavan 1-10

Cavan notched up a second win in wet and windy Mullahoran this morning. Cavan had the wind in the first half and were 0-7 to 0-1 ahead at one stage before Longford drew back some of the deficit to go in 0-7 to 0-4 at half time. Longford made some - but not enough - use of the wind in the second half to dominate the third quarter and led by 1-6 to 0-8 at one stage, but then faded out in the final quarter, with a mistake in defence leaving Cavan with only the goalkeeper to beat and a three point advantage that Longford were never able to close. Longford need to win their final match next weekend against Roscommon to have a chance of progressing to the tournament final.

Patrick Rogers (Mullinalaghta); Pádraig McGrath (Carrickedmond), Kevin Moran (Carrickedmond), Jody Connolly (Granard); Paul Kelly (Longford Slashers), Peter Foy (Cashel), Aidan Rowan (Cashel); Joe McCormack (Killoe, 0-1), John O'Shea (Carrickedmond); Gerard Dennigan (Cashel), Seán McCormack (Killoe, 0-1), Pádraig Berry (Abbeylara); Colin Smith (Longford Slashers, 1-4, 2 frees), Colm Flynn (Ballymahon, 0-1), Enda Gallagher (Fr Manning Gaels).

Subs: Diarmuid Masterson (Dromard) for Kelly, Shane Doyle (Kenagh) for Gallagher, James Hanley (Rathcline) for Dennigan, Mark Duffy (Fr Manning Gaels) for O'Shea.

[BallyhaiseMan]

Laurel you wouldnt happen to know what the Cavan team was would you?

[LaurelEye]

Laurel you wouldnt happen to know what the Cavan team was would you?

Sorry, the only one who I'd have known was Dermot Sheridan (neighbour's child). Numbers 10 and 14 were the main dangers, I thought.

[BallyhaiseMan]

Cheers mate...its been posted on the cavan thread anyway

[LaurelEye]

O'Byrne Shield, Round 1

Longford 2-16 UCD 0-10

Brian Kavanagh marked his return to a much-strengthened Longford team with ten points in a comfortable win in Pearse Park. The Longford goals came from a speculative shot by Noel Farrell in the first half that resulted in a UCD defensive mix-up and by Kenagh's Gary Murphy in the second half.

Starting Longford line-up:

Damien Sheridan (Dromard); Dermot Brady (Longford Slashers), Diarmuid Masterson (Dromard), Cathal Conefrey (Dromard); Declan Reilly (Colmcille - I assume this is "little" Declan), Shane Mulligan (Mullinalaghta), Noel Farrell (Colmcille); Liam Keenan (Ardagh), Paul O'Hara (Killoe); Trevor Smullen (Ballymahon), Paul Barden (Clonguish), Kevin Mulligan (Mullinalaghta); Gary Murphy (Kenagh), Brian Kavanagh (Ardagh), Padraic Davis (Fr Manning Gaels)

[LilyWhiteAllright]

will the kildare vs longford match be in pearse ya reckon?

[LaurelEye]

will the kildare vs longford match be in pearse ya reckon?

Depends on what the weather is like for the next week, I imagine. Today's match was switched from Ballymahon to Pearse Park on account of ground conditions. The previous week's match was at Longford Slashers' grounds.

[Billys Boots]

Any word on the meanderings of our peripatetic 'star' Laureleye?

[LaurelEye]

Any word on the meanderings of our peripatetic 'star' Laureleye?

Reported to have played well. Got the first point and one other.

[Billys Boots]

I was thinking more of news on job expectations for the put-upon panellists in our fair county. 

[LaurelEye]

I was thinking more of news on job expectations for the put-upon panellists in our fair county.

Well, we have so many put-upon peripatetic panellists in our fair county that it's easy for me to get confused, no?

No word. I'm sure Luke can surely fix him up with something, given his previous successes with unpromising material

[Billys Boots]

his previous successes with unpromising material

Does that include him getting a job for a man who didn't want one?

[LaurelEye]

his previous successes with unpromising material

Does that include him getting a job for a man who didn't want one?

I'd imagine the previously unpromising material was happy to accept the salary, though perhaps not the 8am starts and the resultant Coppers deficiency.

<Light dawns>

Ah well, sure it all worked out in the end, didn't it? 

[An Gaeilgoir]

Is big Niall Sheridan back on the squad?