Classy Clonguish conquer Killoe to retain the Longford U-21 ‘A’ championship title
Under 21 ‘A’ Football Championship Final
Clonguish . . . 0-25 Killoe Emmet Og . . . 1-6
In capturing the U-21 county title for the second year in succession, the Clonguish club came out on top by the wide margin of 16 points in the finish with senior players Jack Duggan (0-9) and Matthew Carey (0-5) inflicting most of the damage in a sharp attack.
Minus the injured Darren Moffett, outclassed Emmet Og were no match for the rampant Newtownforbes outfit who were denied a goal when the man of the match award winner Duggan struck a cracking shot against the crossbar in the early stages of the second half.
Killoe got off to a brilliant start when Colm Coyle sent Cormac Harte racing through for a fabulous goal with less than two minutes gone in the game but Clonguish then took over completely to build up a commanding 0-12 to 1-3 lead at the break.
There was no way back for Killoe who were reduced to 14 players when Bernard Borland received a black card in the 47th minute and there was just no stopping Clonguish who added another 13 points to their most impressive tally in the second half.
CLONGUISH: James Quinn; Adam Shields, Conor Flynn, Cian Sutton; Conor Smith, Andrew Flynn, Matthew Flynn (0-3); Jonathan Burke (0-3), Jack Duggan (0-9, 6 frees); Jamie Dorr (0-2), Matthew Carey (0-5, 1 free), Jason Glancy (0-1); Michael Flynn (0-2), Josh Sorohan, Cormac Flynn.
Subs:- Kevin Baskett for A Shields (45 mins); Daniel Carey for J Dorr (45 mins); Sean McGoey for Cormac Flynn (47 mins); Dara Belton for J Glancy (48 mins); Robert Smith for Conor Flynn (52 mins).
KILLOE EMMET OG: Zac McKeon; Ryan Keogh, Adam Donnelly, Daniel Lee; Mark Rowley, Gavin Farrelly, David Moorhead; Shane Donohoe, Cormac Harte (1-0); Colm Coyle, Paddy Moran (0-5, 3 frees), Terry Reynolds; Eamon Igoe, Darragh Maguire, Bernard Borland.
Subs:- Shane Gilna for E Igoe (half-time); Shane Dooner for D Moorhead (35 mins); Enda Quinn for C Harte (40 mins); Jack Fitzpatrick (0-1) for M Rowley (44 mins); Francis Rowley for T Reynolds (45 mins).
Referee: Patrick Maguire (St Mary’s Granard).