Ardagh Moydown caused a massive upset in the Longford SFC last Saturday evening when they saw off former Leinster kingpins Mullinalaghta in Granard.

Last year’s intermediate champions claimed a famous 0-23 to 2-15 victory to put themselves in contention for the knockout stages after losing narrowly to Dromard and drawing with Abbeylara in the first two rounds. The south Longford underdogs boomed over six two-pointers through Jamie Connor (two), Emmet Donlon, Conor Hogan, Daryl Carrigy and Dylan Coady in the first half to open up a 0-15 to 0-3 lead before Emmet Brady and Jayson Matthews got two goals back to leave St Columba’s trailing by 2-8 to 0-18 at the break.

Mullinalaghta reduced the deficit to two points after the restart, but Liam Keenan’s men held firm to give themselves a great chance of reaching the quarter-finals ahead of their remaining group games against Killoe and Rathcline. Mullinalaghta, who were without the injured Cian Mackey, will probably need to win their remaining fixtures against Rathcline and Abbeylara to avoid an early exit from the Connolly Cup race.

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