ALLIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION FOUR Limerick 1-13 London 1-7:IAN RYAN scored 1-6 as Limerick proved too strong for London at the Gaelic Grounds. The visitors were reduced to 14 men after only four minutes when Lorcan Mulvey was shown a straight red card.

Despite this, the teams were level at the interval 0-7 to 1-4, London’s goal coming from a penalty converted by Pádraig McGoldrick.

Ryan’s goal after 44 minutes made it an uphill task for London.

LIMERICK: B Scanlon; D Quaide, J McCarthy, L O'Dwyer; J Riordan, B Fitzpatrick, P Ranahan; S Buckley, S Lucey; D Treacy, E O'Connor (0-3), J Cooke; G Collins (0-2), J OMeara (0-1), I Ryan (1-6, 2f). Subs: S Lavin for Quaide, I Corbett for Treacy (both half-time); M OKeeffe for ODwyer (37 mins); G OConnell (0-1) for Cooke (58); S Nix for Lucey (63).

LONDON: D Traynor; S Hannon, S Bradshaw, D McGreevey; A Gaughan, S Mulligan, J Scanlon; S McVeigh (0-1), M Gottsche; C McCallion, L Mulvey, M Mullins; P McGoldrick (1-4, 1-0 pen, 4f), S Kelly, E O'Neill (0-2). Subs: P McDermott for Kelly (48 mins); S Doolin for Scanlon (52); F Niblock for O'Neill (58); F McVey for Mullins (60); B Kerr for Gaughan (65).

RefereeK O'Brien (Tipperary).