Tommy Murphy Cup
2005
Longford ease into Murphy semi-final
Longford 2-15
Waterford
0-7
Showing just one change from the team that started in the win
over Wicklow in the opening round, with full-back Donnacha
Corcoran ruled out due to injury, Longford experienced little
difficulty in reaching the Tommy Murphy Cup semi-final at the
expense of a poor Waterford outfit at the Ballymahon grounds.
Luke Dempsey's men were well on the road to their expected
victory at half-time, at which stage they had built up a
comfortable 0-9 to 0-3 lead with the points coming from Jamsie
Martin (3), Paul Barden (3), Brian Kavanagh, Kevin Mulligan and
Kevin Smyth.
Things went from bad to worse for Waterford in the second half
and after Seán Hearne was sent-off with three minutes gone on
the changeover, another red card was issued to Andy Hubbard who
saw red in the 51st minute and both were for robust tackles.
At
that stage, Longford were leading by 1-11 to 0-5 with
corner-forward Jamsie Martin putting wing back Shane Mulligan
clean through for a well-taken goal in the 45th minute and
Waterford's tale of woe was complete in the 59th minute when
Paul Barden planted a penalty in the back of the net.
SCORERS: Longford
- P Barden (1-3, two frees), J Martin (0-4), K Mulligan
(0-3), S Mulligan (1-0), K Smith (0-2), B Kavanagh, D Glennon
and D Brady (0-1 each).
Waterford:
N Curran (0-5, all frees), L Ó Lionnáin and G Power (0-1 each).
Longford: D Sheridan; D Brady, C Conefrey, E Ledwith; S Lynch, A O'Connor, S
Mulligan; P Barden, L Keenan; K Smith, K Mulligan, D Reilly; J
Martin, B Kavanagh, T Smullen.
Subs: F McGee for D Reilly (inj., 39 mins); J Nally for
E
Ledwith (60 mins); D Glennon for S Lynch (61 mins); D Masterson
for P Barden (64 mins); C Flynn for B Kavanagh (70m)
Waterford: T Wall; P Ogle, A Hubbard, N Hennessy; A Heffernan, M
Ahearne, T Costelloe; S Hearne, R Power; W Hennessy, G Power, S
Cunningham; N Curran, G Hurney, L Ó Lionnáin.
Subs: R Hennessy for P Ogle (18 mins); K O'Keeffe for T Costelloe (26 mins);
L Hurney for
N Hennessy;
S Wall for L. Ó Lionnáin (61 mins); S Dempsey for A Heffernan
(63m).
Referee:
E Whelan
(Laois)
Winning start for Longford in Tommy Murphy Cup
Longford 1-13 Wicklow 0-10
A
goal from a penalty by midfielder Paul Barden after just two
minutes proved to be the decisive score as Longford overcame
Wicklow in a very keenly contested Tommy Murphy Cup first round
tie played in glorious conditions at the excellent Ballymahon
grounds.
It
was a first win for Luke Dempsey's side since they beat Carlow
in Division 2A of the National League on March 6 and Leinster
regular Barden was particularly prominent in the first half as
he also fired over three points as Longford led 1-7 to 0-6 at
the break.
Even though the home county suffered a big blow when Barden was
forced to retire with an ankle injury just before the half time
whistle, their solid defence hardly put a foot wrong in the
second half with corner-backs Enda Ledwith and Dermot Brady most
impressive in keeping the opposing attack at bay.
Forwards Brian Kavanagh, Kevin Mulligan and Jamsie Martin also
played a part, scoring ten points between them and from the
moment they hit the front early on, Longford never really looked
like letting victory slip from their grasp against a
disappointing Wicklow outfit who were reduced to 14 players in
the 57th minute when substitute Dave Fenton was sent off for a
second yellow card offence.
SCORERS - Longford:
P Barden 1-3 (1-0 pen, 1f); B Kavanagh(0-4 (3f), K Mulligan,
J Martin (1f) 0-3 each. Wicklow: J Daniels 0-4 (3f); JP
Davis, T Harney 0-2 each; W O'Gorman, L Glynn (f) 0-1 each.
Longford:
D Sheridan; D Brady, D Corcoran, E Ledwith; C Conefrey, A
O'Connor, S Mulligan; P Barden, L Keenan; K Smyth, K Mulligan, D
Reilly; J Martin, B Kavanagh, T Smullen.
Subs:
D Glennon (for Barden inj 35 mins); S Lynch (for Reilly 67 mins); P
O'Hara (for Smyth 71 mins).
Wicklow:
I Burke; A Halpin, B Daly, C Davis; K Manning, W Callaghan, B O hAnnaidh;
G Duffy, J Stafford; D Smullen, L Glynn, T Harney; JP Davis, W
O'Gorman, J Daniels.
Subs:
D Dillon (for Halpin 23 mins); D Fenton (for Smullen 36 mins); G Doran
(for
Davis
44 mins); A Ellis (for Daniels 57 mins); D O'Sullivan (for
Callaghan 68 mins).
Referee:
S Doyle (Wexford).
Report by Irish Independent ©
All Ireland
Football Qualifiers 2005
Longford's championship campaign
over for another year
Sligo 0-18 Longford 0-16
Sligo claimed their first championship win since 2002 when they
staged a stirring comeback to beat Longford in an action-packed
qualifier at Markievicz Park on Saturday.
Sligo, who had lost to Leitrim in the
Connacht championship, looked to be heading for yet another
defeat as they played second fiddle to Longford for long periods
and didn't get their noses in front until man of the match Mark
Breheny pointed in the 61st minutes.
Longford led by 0-9 to 0-7 at the break thanks to a dominant
display from captain Paul Barden, who hit two points from play
and two from frees, while also drawing a great save from Sligo
goalkeeper Phillip Greene.
Greene also had to make a fine save after just 30 seconds from
Kevin Mulligan, and the 'keeper earned rich praise from manager
Dom Corrigan, who said: "The saves were absolutely crucial and
we could have gone in at the break eight points down instead of
two."
"Both teams came into the game on the back of a bad performance
and a bad start would have left a team with the difficult task
of regrouping," added Corrigan who was pleased that all three of
the forwards - Dara McGarty, Dermot McTernan and Dessie Sloyan -
introduced to the team after the loss to Leitrim managed to get
on the scoresheet.
Longford selector Declan Rowley was not too downbeat despite the
defeat. "They were very strong in the middle and hit seven
points from play, but we scored 16 points and had one of the
goal chances gone in it could have given us a great chance," he
said.
SCORERS - Sligo:
M
Breheny 0-5 (2f); S Davey, E O'Hara 0-4 each; B Phillips, D
Sloyan, D McGarty, J McGowan 0-1 each. Longford: B
Kavanagh 0-5 (4f); P Barden 0-5 (2f); J Martin 0-2 (1f); T
Smullen, K Mulligan, P Dowd, P Davis 0-1 each.
SLIGO -
P
Greene; P Naughton, N McGuire, B Phillips; P Doohan, J Martyn, J
Davey; S Davey, E O'Hara; B Egan, J McPartland, D McGarty; D
Sloyan, M Breheny, D McTernan (G McGowan 51).
Subs: K Sweeny for McPartland (43), B Curren for Egan (51),
G McGowan for McTernan (51), M Munds for Sloyan (71).
LONGFORD -
D
Sheridan; D Brady, D Corcoran, E Ledwith; A O'Connor, C
Conefrey, D Riley; P Barden, L Keenan; T Mullan, K Mulligan, P
Dowd; J Martyn, B Kavanagh, P Davis.
Subs: N Sheridan for Davis (47), K Smith for K Mulligan
(55), B McElvany for Martyn (58, S Mulligan for Dowd (62).
REF
-
R
Donnell (Donegal).
Leinster Football
Championship 2005
Leinster
senior football Championship Longford v Dublin Croke park
MATCH
PHOTOS
Dublin hammer poor Longford at Croker
RAY DONLON AT CROKE PARK
Dublin
2-23 Longford 0-10
It
was all too easy for Dublin as they recorded a massive 19 point
victory over Longford in their 2005 Leinster Senior Football
Championship opener at Croke Park.
The provincial championship favourites moved up through the
gears in the second half, going on a scoring spree to completely
annihilate a Longford side clearly out of their depth.
The Sky Blues were full value for their nineteen-point victory.
The only downside is that perhaps they could have done with a
sterner examination with Meath waiting in the long grass. The
old rivals go head to head at HQ in three weeks and the Royals
are unlikely to be as generous as Longford were today.
The match had a lively start with Alan Brogan (Dublin) and
Padraig Davis exchanging points inside the first two minutes.
The midlanders were no way in awe of the metropolitans early on
and Dublin keeper Stephen Cluxton had to be sharp to deny Niall
Sheridan a goal. Davis added his second point and Mossie Quinn
replied for the Dubs.
Eventually, however, the home side pulled away for a comfortable
and comprehensive triumph.
The first goal arrived in the 21st minute courtesy of the
impressive Conal Keaney, who finished the evening with 1-4 to
his credit. That score made it 1-5 to 0-3.
All six of
Dublin’s
starting forwards scored and the game was over as a contest long
before Brogan added their second goal four minutes from the end.
Bryan Cullen (2) and Collie Moran had late points in the first
half as the favourites took a commanding 1-8 to 0-5 interval
lead.
Keaney opened the second half with three successive points and
Quinn’s fourth point in the 47th minute made it 1-14 to 0-7.
A crowd of almost 40,000 looked on in admiration as Dublin put
on an exhibition of scoring. But Paul Caffrey won’t be losing
the run of himself. His first championship match in charge of
Dublin has been a resounding success, but the Dubs boss knows
that much of this is down to the startling limitations of
today’s opposition. Longford go into the qualifiers on a very
low ebb.
DUBLIN -
S Cluxton; P Griffin, P Christie, S O'Shaughnessy; P Casey, B
Cahill, C Goggins (0-1); C Whelan (0-1), S Ryan (0-2); C Moran
(0-1), A Brogan (1-3), B Cullen (0-2); J Sherlock (0-1), C
Keaney (1-4), T Quinn (0-5; 3f, 1 s/l).
Subs -
M Vaughan (0-2; 1f) for Moran (50 mins), D O'Mahony for
Whelan (59 mins), D O'Callaghan (0-1) for Quinn (59 mins), D
Homan for Keaney (64 mins), S Connell for Brogan (68 mins).
LONGFORD
- D Sheridan; D Brady, C Conefry, E Ledwith; A O'Connor, D
Glennon, D Reilly; P O'Hara, B McElvaney; J Martin (0-1), P
Barden, P Dowd; B Kavanagh (0-1), N Sheridan (0-1), P Davis
(0-7; 6f).
Subs -
M O'Connor for McElvaney (41 mins), T Glendenning for O'Hara
(58 mins), M Lennon for Martin & D Corcoran for Lynch (59 mins).
REFEREE:
Paddy Russell (Tipperary).
WIDES:
Dublin
8, Longford 8.
BOOKINGS: P
Griffin,
P Christie (Dublin).
ATTENDANCE: 39,852
.
Action From
The Longford & Dublin Mismatch At Croker
Dubs signal intent in score-fest
BY RTÉ.IE
Bank of
Ireland Leinster senior football championship favourites
Dublin eased past Longford on a 2-23 to 0-10 scoreline to set up
a rumble with the Royal County on June 5.
The Dubs
crushed Longford with 19 points to spare to ensure a first
meeting with bitter rivals Meath since 2002.
Incidentally, that's when Dublin won the last of their 44
Leinster crowns and if this is a barometer of their credentials
they'll go far again.
It was a
perfect start to championship management for boss Paul Caffrey
whose players put on a master class in finishing.
In front of
39, 852 fans and a packed out Hill 16 the Dubs displayed a
ruthless streak in front of goal. Each of the forward sextet was
on the mark, from open play, with former hurling All-Star
nominee Conal Keaney notching 1-4 in all.
Caffrey
could even afford to bring on the likes of David O'Callaghan,
Declan O'Mahony and Mark Vaughan for vital championship
experience.
Against
Meath it'll be a different kettle of fish and the big win will
play right into the Royals hands - but Dublin could do no more.
Longford
were a shadow of the side that almost achieved promotion from
Div 2A with Padraic Davis, 0-7, their sole outlet up front.
Even at that
six of his points came from frees and Luke Dempsey's men only
managed 0-4 from play in the whole game.
It was one
of those days and though they shared parity at 0-1, 0-2 and 0-3
apiece early on Dublin quickly moved away.
Dublin's
21st minute goal from Keaney put them 1-5 to 0-3 ahead and well
in the clear, Collie Moran laying off for Keaney to drill home
low. Two points from Bryan Cullen and another from Moran himself
put Dublin 1-8 to 0-5 at the break.
Longford
needed a miracle but all they got was a giant kick in the teeth
as Dublin's forwards went to town after the restart.
Where to
start? Keaney was certainly their inspirational forward with
three points in a row to push them further ahead. Free-taker
Mossie Quinn punched over four dead balls on the day too to ease
their worries from placed kicks. The last of his points came
after 47 minutes to put Dublin 1-14 to 0-7 ahead and it was a
case of how much they could score now.
The Hill
cheered each pass as the Blues turned on the style with Longford
only registering the odd point at the Canal End.
Jason
Sherlock, Keaney, Brogan and even wing-back Coman Goggins
notched more points before Dublin's second goal four minutes
from time.
Brogan hit
the net this time, outwitting Enda Ledwith under the dropping
ball before racing in from the right and driving home.
That put
Dublin 2-20 to 0-10 ahead but there was still time for points
from O'Callaghan, Vaughan and Shane Ryan.
Dublin:
S Cluxton; P Griffin, P Christie, S O'Shaughnessy; P Casey, B
Cahill, C Goggins (0-1); C Whelan (0-1), S Ryan (0-2); C Moran
(0-1), A Brogan (1-3), B Cullen (0-2); J Sherlock (0-1), C
Keaney (1-4), T Quinn (0-5; 3f, 1 s/l).
Subs:
M Vaughan (0-2; 1f) for Moran 50, D O'Mahony for Whelan 59, D
O'Callaghan (0-1) for Quinn 59, D Homan for Keaney 64, S Connell
for Brogan 68.
Longford:
D Sheridan; D Brady, C Conefry, E Ledwith; A O'Connor, D
Glennon, D Reilly; P O'Hara, B McElvaney; J Martin (0-1), P
Barden, P Dowd; B Kavanagh (0-1), N Sheridan (0-1), P Davis
(0-7; 6f).
Subs:
M O'Connor for McElvaney 41, T Glendenning for O'Hara 58, M
Lennon for Martin & D Corcoran for Lynch 59.
Referee:
Paddy Russell (Tipperary).
Longford
Battle Against All The Odds Against The Dubs At Croke Park
Dublin dominate poor Longford
By gaa.ie
It
was all so easy for Dublin as they coasted to the most
comfortable of 2-23 to 0-10 victories over a very disappointing
Longford outfit in this opening round Leinster SFC game at Croke
Park.
Team manager Paul Caffrey summed it up: "It all fell into place
for us in the second half but it will not be so easy against
Meath. I suppose it's nice to get a first-round victory but we
still have much work to do."
"We don't have any excuses," said Longford boss Luke Dempsey,
adding: "We were simply not good enough."
After the sides had traded early points through Alan Brogan and
Padraic Davis, Longford got the ideal boost playing into the
breeze when Davis pointed his second free after just nine
minutes to edge his side into a 0-2 to 0-1 lead.
Dublin's
response was swift with corner forward Tomas Quinn swinging over
a 35-metre sideline kick, while he followed almost immediately
with a pointed free to edge his side into a single point lead.
By the 15th minute Longford were back on level terms, which they
fully merited through a further Davis pointed free, but it was
following this that the Dublin machine began to move into top
gear.
Towering midfielder Ciaran Whelan lofted over a huge point,
while Quinn was on target from a free. With Whelan and Shane
Ryan now gaining a firm grip in midfield, the all-important
breakthrough arrived in the 21st minute.
Colin Moran picked out Conal Keaney with a delightful ball, and
the full forward turned inside full back Cathal Conefrey before
powering a low left-footed drive into the opposite corner of the
net leaving his side 1-5 to 0-3 in front.
Dublin may have been a little fortunate to have been five points
in front as Longford missed out on a couple of point
opportunities. Bryan Cullen sparked into the game with two fine
white flags from play, while a Padraic Davis point in between
kept Longford in touch.
Paddy Christie and Barry Cahill put in some excellent defending
before Colin Moran kicked a great point that left Dublin with a
commanding six-point interval lead, 1-8 to 0-5.
Questions were being asked of the Longford defence, as Ciaran
Whelan and Shane Ryan continually made inroads out of midfield,
while the half forward line of Colin Moran, Alan Brogan and
Bryan Cullen looked hugely impressive as they continually found
themselves in quality attacking positions.
Inside three minutes of the restart Dublin signalled their
intentions when Conal Keaney increased their lead with a point.
He was to follow with two further points while Tomas Quinn also
got in, with Padraic Davis pointing a free in between.
It was now becoming somewhat of a leisurely stroll for the Dubs
as Shane Ryan pointed them into a 1-13 to 0-6 lead after
forty-four minutes.
Davis with two and Niall Sheridan responded with Longford points
but it mattered little as Dublin continued to pick off scores
with the utmost ease with Keaney, Jason Sherlock and Alan Brogan
all on target as they eased into an 1-19 to 0-10 lead by the
fifty-fifth minute.
That left
Dublin
to use their full compliment of substitutes as they simply
strolled through the remainder of the game setting up a
mouth-watering clash with Meath. The Dubs were given an added
boost as Alan Brogan crashed home his side's second goal five
minutes from the end.
SCORERS: Dublin - C Keaney 1-4, A Brogan 1-3, T Quinn
0-4, S Ryan 0-3, B Cullen 0-2, C Goggins 0-1, C Whelehan 0-1, C
Moran 0-1, J Sherlock 0-1, M Vaughan 0-2, D O'Callaghan 0-1.
Longford - P Davis 0-7 (5f), J Martin 0-1, B Kavanagh 0-1, N
Sheridan 0-1.
WIDES:
Dublin
8, Longford 8.
BOOKINGS: P
Griffin,
P Christie (Dublin).
ATTENDANCE: 39,852.
Longford
Clear Another Dublin Attack On Goals In Leinster Championship
Opener
Dubs totally outclass limited Longford
Dublin
2-23 Longford 0-10
BY HILL16.IE
Dublin got their Leinster Championship off to an impressive
start when they left Longford trailing in their wake in Sunday’s
SFC first round clash at Croke Park.
It’s the Dubs v Meath in three weeks time in GAA’s HQ and Dublin
will be hoping they can continue in the same scoring vein.
However, on Sunday Dublin's cause was helped by the fact that
several of the Longford players had 'given up' well before the
finish as Dublin turned on the style.
It took Dublin a while to settle an there were a few nervy
moments early on with Brian Kavanagh in particular causing
problems for the Dubs defence.
Stephen Cluxton also had to be alert to deny Niall Sheridan at
the expense of a ‘45’ in the sixth minute after the big
full-forward had muscled his way inside Paddy Christie.
However, Conal Keaney’s goal in the 22nd minute put the Dubs on
the road to success as Ciaran Whelan and Shane Ryan held total
sway at midfield and Bryan Cullen was bolstering that sector
productively.
Keaney took his goal with clinical precision. His Ballyboden St
Enda’s club-mate Colin Moran curled a ball into his path and
when Keaney rounded Cathal Conefry he had only one thing on his
mind. His low arrowed effort hit the inside side-netting to put
Dublin 1-5 to 0-3 clear.
Tomas Quinn hit two first half frees and a sideline from the
Cusack Stand side while Moran concluded the first half scoring
with a massive point from 50 metres as the Dubs led 1-8 to 0-5
at the break.
Dublin drove hard at Longford on the restart and points from
Keaney (three), Quinn and Ryan had them 1-13 to 0-6 up by the
44th minute.
Dublin moved Jason Sherlock to centre-forward with Alan Brogan
going inside as Dublin moved further out of sight.
With four minutes to go Brogan fired to the Longford net after
sub Mark Vaughan found him in behind the cover and the
Plunkett’s flyer raced through on goal before finding the corner
of the net.
SCORERS – Dublin: C Keaney 1-4, A Brogan 1-3, T Quinn 0-5
(0-3f, 0-1 sline), S Ryan, B Cullen, M Vaughan (0-2f) 0-2 each,
C Goggins, C Whelan, C Moran, J Sherlock, D O’Callaghan 0-1
each. Longford: P Davis 0-7 (0-6f), B Kavanagh, J Martin,
N Sheridan 0-1 each.
DUBLIN –
S Cluxton; P Griffin, P Christie, S O’Shaughnessy; P Casey, B
Cahill, C Goggins; C Whelan, S Ryan; C Moran, A Brogan, B
Cullen; J Sherlock, C Keaney, T Quinn.
Subs:
M Vaughan for Moran, D O’Callaghan for Quinn, D O’Mahony for
Whelan, S Connell for Brogan.
LONGFORD
- D Sheridan; D Brady, C Conefrey, E Ledwith; D Glennon, D
Reilly, A O’Connor; P O'Hara, B McElvaney; J Martin, P Barden, P
Dowd; B Kavanagh, N Sheridan, P Davis.
Subs:
S Lynch for Glennon, M Connor for McElvaney, T Glendenning for
O’Hara, M Lennon for Martin, D Corcoran for Lynch.
REF –
P Russell (Tipperary).
Match Reaction: Dempsey tips Dubs for Leinster glory
Luke Dempsey believes Dublin are good enough to lift the
Leinster SFC title later this summer after they inflicted a
19-point defeat on his Longford team.
"They were awesome and I think they can go all the way in
Leinster," the former Westmeath boss said.
"If they keep up the pace and if they get a good run going they
can got the whole way and win the All-Ireland - they’re
certainly as good as what’s out there.
"In the end, it turned out to be an embarrassing result for
Longford. It just goes to show the difference between the top
teams in Division 1 and the rest of us. For all of our diligent
work and training sessions, we’re still off the pace."
Dublin
manager Paul Caffrey wasn’t getting carried away with the result
as his team gear up for a June 5 meeting with old rivals Meath.
"I would have preferred a tougher test, but we had no influence
over Longford’s performance," he observed.
"How do we bring them back to earth? Just say the name Meath,
because a game with them always takes on a life of its own.
Today’s result will certainly have no relevance going forward.
"There was a lot of anxious faces in the dressing-room
beforehand. A lot of lads had bad memories about performances in
Croke Park over the last few years. They remembered that so it
was good to get a win under their belts," Caffrey added.
Longford's
Paul O'Hara & Paddy Dowd Trying To Win The Breaking Ball
Match Photos From Croke Park
