Longford Football (& Hurling) Thread

[LaurelEye]

Draws made for 2021 Championship:

Senior:

Group A:

First round of matches:

Fr Manning Gaels v Killoe
Colmcille v Carrickedmond
Longford Slashers v Mostrim

Group B:

First round of matches:

Rathcline v Granard
Clonguish v Mullinalaghta
Dromard v Abbeylara

First round of 2021 matches will begin the week after the 2020 final.

[LaurelEye]

Sure we may as well disinter the 2020 Championship from its resting place for the last eleven months.

Semi-finals:

Killoe v Mostrim, Sat, 6pm
Longford Slashers v Mullinalaghta, Sun, 6pm

Paddy Power (https://www.paddypower.com/gaelic-games/longford-club-football?tab=outrights)

Mullinalaghta Evens 10/11 Evens
Killoe 7/2 6/4 13/8
Longford Slashers 7/1 4/1 6/1 5/1
Mostrim 28/1 20/1 10/1

Ladbrokes (https://sports.ladbrokes.com/competitions/gaa/gaelic-football/club-football)

Mullinalaghta 6/5 11/10
Killoe 3/1 11/4 13/8
Longford Slashers 7/1 9/2 5/1
Mostrim 33/1 20/1 10/1 8/1

BoyleSports (https://www.boylesports.com/sports/gaa/outrights)

Mullinalaghta 4/7 4/6 Evens
Killoe 7/2 4/1 5/2 6/4
Longford Slashers 9/1 5/1 6/1 9/2
Mostrim 100/1 20/1 15/2 16/1

Ladbrokes clearly know something about Mostrim that no-one else does; to be fair, Mostrim's first win last year came in the quarter-final against Abbey, so Killoe may be heading for a fall...

[LaurelEye]

Killoe 1-20 Mostrim 1-6

Killoe's greatest difficulty next Sunday is likely to be choosing which team to pick according to the commentators on Shannonside.

[LaurelEye]

Longford Slashers 1-9 Mullinalaghta 1-7

No complaints; we were off the pace and never seemed to develop the urgency required. The one consolation will be watching senior members of the county executive having to present the Connolly Cup to the club they spent most of last year trying to drive out of Longford football.

[LaurelEye]

2020 final:

Killoe v Longford Slashers, Sun, 3pm

Paddy Power (https://www.paddypower.com/gaelic-games/longford-club-football?tab=outrights)

Killoe 7/2 6/4 13/8 1/3
Longford Slashers 7/1 4/1 6/1 5/1 2/1

Ladbrokes (https://sports.ladbrokes.com/competitions/gaa/gaelic-football/club-football)

Killoe 3/1 11/4 13/8 4/11
Longford Slashers 7/1 9/2 5/1 2/1

BoyleSports (https://www.boylesports.com/sports/gaa/outrights)

Killoe 7/2 4/1 5/2 6/4 4/11
Longford Slashers 9/1 5/1 6/1 9/2 15/8

Will be closer than the odds might have it but still can't see Killoe not getting the last laugh on Derek, James Mel, and Albert. (But what, after all, do the bookies know?)

[LaurelEye]

Killoe 0-13 Longford Slashers 1-8

[Billys Boots]

Tighter than expected ...

[LaurelEye]

Off we go again:

Group A:

Colmcille v Carrickedmond, Sat, 5.30pm, Granard
Longford Slashers v Mostrim, Sat, 5.30pm, Ardagh
Fr Manning Gaels v Killoe, Sat, 7.30pm, Newtownforbes

All looks straightforward enough for the first weekend unless Mostrim can mount a backlash or Killoe have spent the entire week on the sauce (and Kiernan's Forge was closed by Tuesday night so they'd have to have migrated to Begley's).

Group B:

Clonguish v Mullinalaghta, Sun, 5.30pm, Ballinalee
Rathcline v Granard, Sun, 5.30pm, Edgeworthstown
Dromard v Abbeylara, Sun, 6pm, Carrickadorish

Granard and Abbey should probably be strong enough.

Paddy Power odds (https://www.paddypower.com/gaelic-games/longford-club-football?tab=outrights):

Mullinalaghta 15/8 (eh?)
Killoe 5/2 (lads, they've been champions for the last two and a bit years, they should be comfortable favourites by now)
Longford Slashers 13/2
Colmcille 9/1
Abbeylara 9/1 (these three should be a lot closer than this)
Dromard 10/1
Clonguish 12/1
Mostrim 16/1
Granard 20/1
Fr Manning Gaels 33/1
Carrickedmond 50/1
Rathcline 50/1

[Shamrock Shore]

unless Mostrim can mount a backlash

Backlash - LOL.

Slashers will ate us.

[Shamrock Shore]

unless Mostrim can mount a backlash

Backlash - LOL.

Slashers will ate us.

My account was hacked

Mostrim 2-19
Slashers 0-10

Colmcille 1-14
Carrickedmond 1-06

a good evening for the red and greens

[LaurelEye]

Killoe 3-15 Fr Manning Gaels 0-7

Celebrations obviously kept within limits.

[LaurelEye]

Mullinalaghta 3-12 Clonguish 2-8
Granard 1-16 Rathcline 0-11
Abbeylara 5-11 Dromard 3-16

[seafoid]

unless Mostrim can mount a backlash

Backlash - LOL.

Slashers will ate us.

My account was hacked

Mostrim 2-19
Slashers 0-10

Colmcille 1-14
Carrickedmond 1-06

a good evening for the red and greens

To go with Portugal and Mayo?

[LaurelEye]

This week's fixtures:

Group A

All matches on Friday at 8pm:

Carrickedmond v Fr. Manning Gaels, Kenagh
Killoe v Longford Slashers, Cashel
Mostrim v Colmcille, Newtownforbes

Form teams Killoe and Mostrim facing tests.

Group B:

Abbeylara v Rathcline, Sun, 1.30pm, Carrickedmond
Granard v Clonguish, Sun, 3pm, Farneyhoogan
Mullinalaghta v Dromard, Sun, 5.30pm, Abbeylara

Updated odds:

Paddy Power odds (https://www.paddypower.com/gaelic-games/longford-club-football?tab=outrights):

Mullinalaghta 15/8 13/8
Killoe 5/2 9/4
Abbeylara 9/1 15/2
Colmcille 9/1 8/1
Longford Slashers 13/2 9/1
Mostrim 16/1 9/1
Granard 20/1 14/1
Dromard 10/1 16/1
Clonguish 12/1 16/1
Carrickedmond 50/1 66/1
Fr Manning Gaels 33/1 100/1
Rathcline 50/1 100/1

Ladbrokes (https://sports.ladbrokes.com/competitions/gaa/gaelic-football/club-football):

Killoe 2/1
Mullinalaghta 2/1
Abbeylara 7/1
Colmcille 8/1
Mostrim 8/1
Dromard 10/1
Longford Slashers 10/1
Clonguish 12/1
Granard 16/1
Fr Manning Gaels 50/1
Carrickedmond 150/1
Rathcline 150/1

[LaurelEye]

Carrickedmond 1-9 Fr Manning Gaels 0-10
Killoe 0-11 Longford Slashers 0-9
Mostrim 0-13 Colmcille 0-13

Killoe 4pts +19
Mostrim 3pts +15
Colmcille 3ps +8
Carrickedmond 2pts -6
Longford Slashers 0pts -17
Fr Manning Gaels 0pts -19

Abbeylara 1-16 Rathcline 1-13
Granard 1-12 Clonguish 2-9
Mullinalaghta 2-17 Dromard 2-6

Mullinalaghta 4pts +18
Abbeylara 4pts +4
Granard 3pts +8
Clonguish 1pt -7
Rathcline 0pts -11
Dromard 0pts -12