| DIVISiON 2a ROUND-UP Wins
for rivals prove ominous for London
Roscommon 1-10
Monaghan 2-11
Everywhere fans of the London football team looked on Sunday there were
ominous signs for the remainder of the Exiles’ league campaign.
Promotion favourites Monaghan were very impressive in recording a 2-11
to 1-10 win over Roscommon at Hyde Park.
First-half goals from Tomas Freeman and Ciaran Hanratty ensured victory
for the Ulstermen.
Paul Finlay was the star of the show on an impressive day for Monaghan
as they picked up a couple of points unexpectedly.
Roscommon were no pushovers however and they got stronger as the game
went on.
They might have got something from the game had they not missed a first-half
penalty.
The introduction of Seamus O’Neill roused Roscommon in the second-half.
The midfielder is returning from injury and bagged 1-2 in the dying minutes
to ensure a few nervous moments for Monaghan fans.
Leitrim 0-11
Offaly 0-10
Another emerging Connacht county, Leitrim, showed their mettle as they
edged past Leinster finalists Offaly at Cloone by the narrowest of margins.
Dessie Dolan’s men who play London in the preliminary round of this
year’s Connacht Championship raced into an early lead thanks to
the efforts of the returning Ciaran Duignan who kicked five points on
the day.
Niall McNamee was in excellent form for Offaly but his scores weren’t
enough to prevent Leitrim leading by 0-8 to 0-5 at the interval.
Offaly fought back in the second-half and briefly levelled matters only
for Shane Foley to pop up with the winning point in the closing minutes
of the match.
Carlow 1-9
Clare 0-17
Paidi O Se’s managerial reign in the Banner got off to the best
possible start at the weekend when his Clare side picked up the points
at lowly Carlow.
However the Barrowmen made Clare fight all the way for the win and only
for a flurry of late points by the Clare forwards the finish could have
been a lot more tense for Paidi.
division 2a table
| |
P |
W |
D |
L |
+/- |
Pts |
| Longford |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
2 |
| Clare |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
| Monaghan |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
| Leitrim |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Offaly |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
| Roscommon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
-4 |
0 |
| Carlow |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
-5 |
0 |
| London |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
-26 |
0 |
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