Longford 0-13
Athlone IT 1-9

Francis McGee scored 0-5 as Longford staged a comeback victory over Athlone IT in Ballymahon.

The students were much sharper in the opening half and opened up a 1-4 to 0-4 lead after full forward Frank Burke scored the only goal in the 21st minute. But Longford - who had lost heavily to Westmeath in a midweek challenge - responded with points from McGee and Brian Kavanagh to trail by the minimum at half-time, 0-7 to 1-5.

Points from Adam Caul and Anton Sullivan put daylight between the sides once again on the restart, but the Division 4 champions stormed back with efforts from McGee (two), JJ Matthews, Sean McCormack and Shane Mulligan to take the spoils.

Longford - J McKenna; P Foy, F Battrim, D Reilly; C P Smyth, S Mulligan (0-1), P Brady; J Keegan, J O'Shea; M Quinn, D McElligott, D Barden; F McGee (0-5), B Kavanagh (0-2), S McCormack (0-4). Subs: K Diffley for J O'Shea, JJ Matthews (0-1) for D McElligott, E Williams for P Brady, J McGivney for J Keegan.

Athlone IT - G Connaughton; R Dunne, C Duignan, D Maleady; A Rowan, M McCallion, L Murphy; G Egan, P Bannon (0-1); A Caul (0-1), D Cash, E Clarke (0-2); P Masterson, F Burke (1-0), A Sullivan (0-5). Subs: O Sheridan for E Clarke, T Rahill for R Dunne, P McGee for A Rowan, D McGovern for A Caul.

Ref - F Smyth (Offaly). Tweet

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