Longford Football (& Hurling) Thread

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Week 5:

Group A:

Ardagh/Moydow v Rathcline, Saturday, 7pm, Farneyhoogan
Dromard v Killoe, Saturday, 7pm, Monaduff
Mullinalaghta v Abbeylara, Saturday, 7pm, Higginstown

Abbeylara 6pts +18
Killoe 6pts +18
Dromard 5pts +6
Mullinalaghta 4pts -1
Ardagh/Moydow 3pts -12
Rathcline 0pts -29

Abbey and Killoe already through here, Abbey having the advantage for the moment on the head-to-head. Dromard - who could have qualified in the match against Abbey by taking their final free outside rather than inside the arc - need a point against Killoe to ensure qualification. Mullinalaghta need to beat Abbey to be certain of going through, a result that would also automatically put Dromard through at the expense of Ardagh/Moydow regardless of the result in Monaduff. A point would do Ardagh if Mullinalaghta lose. In the event of all three ending up on five points then we go into the weeds of championship regulations.

Group B:

Longford Slashers v Granard, Sunday, 2.30pm, Ardagh
Colmcille v Clonguish, Sunday, 2.30pm, Ballyboy
Carrickedmond bye

Clonguish 6pts +25
Granard 4pts +6
Colmcille 4pts -5
Longford Slashers 2pts -2
Carrickedmond 0pts -24

All about placings and head-to-heads in the final round here.

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

Clonguish 6/4 5/6 8/11
Killoe 15/8 9/4 3/1
Colmcille 15/8 5/1 13/2
Granard 16/1 15/2 13/2
Abbeylara 16/1 10/1 15/2
Mullinalaghta 12/1 8/1
Dromard 20/1 10/1
Longford Slashers 33/1 12/1
Rathcline 16/1 20/1 33/1 25/1
Ardagh/Moydow 33/1 50/1 25/1 33/1
Carrickedmond 20/1 50/1

Paddy Power not only still offers bets on two teams that are out of the championship, but actually moves one of them in on the betting.

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Intermediate Championship:

Group A:

Grattans 4-11 Ballymahon 1-15
Killashee v Killoe 'B' not played

Grattans top the group with Ballymahon second.

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Senior Championship:

Group A:

Ardagh/Moydow 0-14 Rathcline 1-11
Dromard 1-16 Killoe 1-14
Mullinalaghta 1-15 Abbeylara 1-16

Abbeylara 8pts +19
Dromard 7pts +8
Killoe 6pts +16
Ardagh/Moydow 4pts -12
Mullinalaghta 4pts -2
Rathcline 1pt -29

Mullinalaghta lose out on the head-to-head and miss out on the quarter-finals for the first time since 2011.

Group B:

Longford Slashers 0-10 Granard 0-16
Colmcille 2-13 Clonguish 2-14

Clonguish 8pts +26
Granard 6pts +12
Colmcille 4pts -6
Longford Slashers 2pts -8
Carrickedmond 0pts -24

Quarter-final line-up:

Abbeylara v Longford Slashers
Granard v Killoe
Clonguish v Ardagh/Moydow
Dromard v Colmcille

Should be relatively easy progressions for Abbey and Clonguish. Killoe will find it tighter and Dromard/Colmcille looks like a genuine toss-up.

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Intermediate Championship:

Group B:

Seán Connollys 1-21 Fr Manning Gaels 0-9
Cashel 0-12 Mostrim 1-18

Semi-Finals:

Grattans v Mostrim
Seán Connollys v Ballymahon

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God be with the days when Cashel v Mostrim was likely to have been the county final.

I dunno if we'll beat The Grattans. The Connollys should easily beat Ballymahon.

Meanwhile Columba's are in a dogfight. 2 out of 3 go down.

There will be nervous moments in all 3 parishes.

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There is a club there that were meant to go down two years ago but didn't.