17/11/2019
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17/11/2019
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Soccer
Five Longford Town players selected on the First Division Team of the Year
Lee Steacy, Anthony Breslin, Conor Kenna, Shane Elworthy and Dean Byrne are all honoured. Longford Town finished third in the table, missing out on promotion to the Premier Division following the recent play-off defeat against Cabinteely. The First ...
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Cabinteely spot on in so unlucky defeat for Longford Town
Longford Town . . . 1 Cabinteely . . . 1 (After Extra-Time) 1-1 on aggregate Cabinteely win 3-1 on penalties The First Division rivals were clashing for the fifth time this year with Longford failing to win any of those fixtures but they ...
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Longford Town can get past Cabinteely in quest for promotion
A lot has been said and written about the first leg that took place in Stradbrook on Friday last. Some people will say that it's advantage the Town after a very creditable 0-0 draw up in Dublin but that is far off the mark. Admittedly the ...
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Daire Doyle looking for that ruthless streak in the Longford Town attack
Doyle couldn’t fault his side’s performance but would’ve liked if they had been rewarded with a goal. “We came into the dressing room slightly disappointed; not in the performance but in the result. In the first half I felt if we had to ...
Soccer
Scoreless at Stradbrook as Longford Town settle for a draw against Cabinteely
Cabinteely . . . 0 Longford Town . . . 0 With so much at stake for both sides it wasn’t a great game of football but there was a goal that appeared to be scored but wasn’t given for the Town. Cabinteely finished the game with 10 men ...
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Longford Town push for positive result away to Cabinteely in promotion play-off
After the final games in the First Division two weeks ago Drogheda were runners-up to champions Shelbourne and finished in second position by virtue of a better goal difference than the Town. A few recent bad results meant that ...
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Longford Town face final round league fixture away to Cobh Ramblers
Longford’s caretaker manager Daire Doyle locks horns with new Cobh manager Stuart Ashton who has been given the job down there after Stephen Henderson has left the club and has taken up a position with newly promoted Shelbourne....
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Longford Town away to Wexford in quest to consolidate promotion play-off place
Last week was a week to forget for Longford Town FC and its supporters, first of all the news of the departure of our manager to take up a new position at Cork City football club. There were days of uncertainty and when it ...
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