Eyebrows were raised after 60 minutes of yesterday's Louth FL 1 promotion play-off between St Mary's, Ardee and Cooley Kickhams at the Ramparts.

The scoreboard read Cooley 1-9, St Mary's 0-12 but as the teams gathered in their huddles to prepare for extra time, referee, Aidan Dunne, indicated that Cooley had won by a point.

As the celebrating Cooley players returned to the dressing rooms past an incredulous crowd, the stunned St Mary's camp remonstrated with the official.

After a quick recheck of the score, the error was corrected and the peninsula side returned to the field.

Perhaps that controversy proved to be a distraction for Cooley as the game was as good as over within six minutes of the restart.

A quick fire 1-2 put the Ardee men in pole position and they went on to secure promotion to the top flight.

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