Longford target fifth place

National League: Having already captured the FAI Cup and the League Cup, Longford Town's next target is to finish in fifth spot…

National League: Having already captured the FAI Cup and the League Cup, Longford Town's next target is to finish in fifth spot in the National League's Premier Division.

And after Saturday night's scoreless result against Derry City at the Brandywell, that target remains in Longford's hands.

"Obviously we wanted to win this game and leapfrog Derry in the table, but I have to be happy with the clean sheet," declared Alan Matthews after Saturday night's game.

In the first division Finn Harps are on the verge of clinching their first ever championship.

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Late goals from Chris Breen and Kevin McHugh, his 20th of the league season, beat Kildare County 2-0 at Station Road on Saturday night as Finn Harps leap-frogged UCD to resume their one-point leadership of the first division.

Having been runners-up four times, Harps will be champions for the first time in their 50-year history if they beat Dundalk - or at least equal UCD's result against Kilkenny City - in Ballybofey next Saturday night.

Three points behind Bray Wanderers with a goal difference that is 12 worse off, Kildare's promotion aspirations are surely over, effectively putting faltering Bray Wanderers up along with Finn Harps and UCD with a game still to play.