Longford have been promoted to Division Three after beating twelve-man Offaly by 0-13 to 0-10 at Pearse Park.

The Faithful County will now face Antrim in a winner-takes-all promotion decider next Sunday to determine who joins Jack Sheedy's men in the Division Four final.

For their part, the Saffrons maintained their promotion push with a narrow 1-10 to 0-12 victory over Wicklow at Corrigan Park today.

Meanwhile, Leitrim defeated Carlow by 1-12 to 0-6 at Dr Cullen Park and London and Waterford played out an unbelievable 5-6 to 2-15 draw at Ruislip.

Longford - P Collum; D Brady, B O'Farrell, P Foy; C P Smyth, D Masterson, E Williams; B Gilleran, K Diffley; M Quinn, P McKeon (0-4, 2f), R McEntire; B Kavanagh (0-3f), S McCormack (0-2), F McGee (0-1). Subs: F Battrim (0-1) for B O'Farrell, L Connerton for S McCormack, R McNerney (0-2f) for P McKeon, P Gill for F McGee, S Doyle for R McEntire (BC).

Offaly - A Mullhall; B Darby, P McConway, J O'Connor; D Brady, J Maloney (0-1), N Darby; G Guilfoyle, N Smith; E Carroll (0-1), N McNamee (0-3, 1f), A Sullivan; B Allen (0-5, 2f), N Dunne, W Mullhall. Subs: J Ledwith for N Dunne, N Bracken for E Carroll, J Evans for B Allen, P Cunningham for A Sullivan, D Hogan for D Brady.

Referee - B Crawley.

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Antrim - C Kerr; J Laverty, S McVeigh, D Lynch; R Johnston, J Crozier, T Scullion; B Hasson, M McCann; C Murray (0-1), J Carron, P McBride; R Murray, M Pollock (0-3, 1f), CJ McGourty (1-6, 0-6f). Subs: O Gallagher for P McBride, M Fitzpatrick for R Murray, C McGuinness for M McCann, R McGrady for M Fitzpatrick (BC).

Wicklow - W Philips; P Cunningham, A McLoughlin, A Murphy; C Murphy, P McLoughlin, K Murphy; N Gaffney, D Healy; M Kenny (0-1), J McGrath (0-5, 2f), D Hayden (0-1); D Odlum (0-3, 2f), T Kelly (0-1), S Kelly (0-1). Subs: R O'Brien for P Cunningham, J Stafford for N Gaffney, B McCrea for T Kelly, M Mangan for K Murphy, B Kennedy for C Murphy, P Dalton for M Kenny.

Referee - N Cullen.

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Leitrim - C McCrann; M Murphy, R Gallagher, N Woods; S McWeeney, G Reynolds, J Connolly; P McGowan, S Moran; D Beck, F Clancy (1-0), K Conlan (0-7, 4f); R Kennedy (0-4), J McGrail (0-1), R Flynn. Subs: D Moran for P McGowan, D Wrynn for R Flynn, B Prior for M Murphy, T Mulvey for J Connolly, C Clinton for S Moran.

Carlow - R Molloy; BJ Molloy, S Redmond (0-1), K Nolan; M Fitzgerald, D St Ledger, B Kavanagh; S Gannon (0-1f), H Gahan; C Moran (0-1), Brendan Murphy (0-1), D Bambrick; E Finnegan, J Murphy, D O'Brien. Subs: A Kelly (0-1) for D Bambrick, D Hayden for D O'Brien, D Foley for H Gahan, E Ruth for C Moran, Brian Murphy (0-1) for J Murphy.

Referee - N Ward.

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London - D Traynor; D McGreevy, P Butler, P Galvin; M Carroll, T Gaughan, D McCarthy; C Og Greene, S Curran; P McGoldrick (1-0), M Gottsche (0-1), S Conroy; A O'Hara (1-4, 0-4f), L Mulvey (3-0, 1-0pen), B Smith (0-1). Subs: P O'Shea for C Og Greene, C Carty for S Conroy, S Finn for B Smith, A Moyles for A O'Hara, S Buckley for P McGoldrick, S Devine for D McCarthy.

Waterford - S Barron; D Crowley, M O'Gorman, T O hUallachain; R O Ceallaigh, T O'Gorman, S Prendergast; S Briggs, T Prendergast; JJ Hutchinson (0-1), M Curry, P Hurney (1-8, 0-6f); D Grey, M Ferncombe (0-3), J Veale (1-2, 0-1sl). Subs: M O'Halloran (0-1) for M Curry, C Phelan for D Grey, L O Lionain for JJ Hutchinson.

Referee - N Mooney.

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