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Longford survive poor start

Under-21 Football Championship: Longford overcame a poor start to upset Kildare at Newbridge on Saturday

Mon Mar 27 2006 - 01:00

Under-21 Football Championship: Longford overcame a poor start to upset Kildare at Newbridge on Saturday. Playing with a strong first-half breeze, Kildare, with Padraig O'Neill in excellent form, scored seven of their nine points in 17 minutes to lead 0-7 to 0-1.

Soon afterwards Paddy Dowd put Peter Foy through for Longford's first goal, and points from Dowd and Brian Kavanagh reduced Kildare's advantage to 0-8 to 1-3 at the interval.

When Pauric Berry turned a Kavanagh free-kick into the net, Longford drew level (2-3 to 0-9).

Three points from Francis Magee finished it.

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LONGFORD: D O'Connor; N Farrell, B Gilleran, K Moran; S Mulligan, D Masterson, P Foy (1-0); B MacElvanney, E Farrell; K Smith, P Dowd (0-2), P Berry (1-0); S McCormack, B Kavanagh (0-1), F Magee (0-3). Subs: E Gallagher for Smith (36 mins), D Casserley for Farrell (38 mins).

KILDARE: S MacCormack; C Fadian, E Naughton, I Lonergan; M Scanlon, R Galvin, E Bolton; J Kavanagh (0-1), R Kelly (0-1); T O'Connor, R Dunne, G White; A Smyth (0-1), P O'Neill (0-5), M O'Sullivan (0-1). Subs: K Kelly for Dunne (47 mins), D Brennan for Lonergan (50 mins), P Golden for O'Connor (55 mins).