Kevin McStay admits that Roscommon were extremely lucky to have an avoided a shock defeat to New York last night.

The Exiles came within a whisker of causing one of the biggest upsets in football championship history when losing by a point at Gaelic Park.

Relief was the over-riding feeling in the Roscommon camp as they did just enough to set up a Connacht SFC quarter-final meeting with Leitrim in Carrick-on-Shannon on May 22.

"New York did everything but win the match. They had a goal chance which went over the bar. If that had gone in the net, we were goosed," the Roscommon joint-manager told TG4.

"Fergal [O'Donnell] and I were in their dressing room and we said 'fair play to them'. They put in a massive, massive shot."

"We got the fright of our lives. With a few minutes to go, we were under sever pressure and saw our lives flash in front of us as management and players."

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