| Competition: League of Ireland First Division Venue: The City Calling Stadium Attendance: 254 Referee: James McKell | ||
 Longford Town Gary Shaw - Goal (8') Daniel Purdy - Goal (15') William McDonagh - Yellow Card (45') Daniel Purdy - Yellow Card (48') Robert Bayly - Yellow Card (68') |
Sat 18 Aug 20122 - 0(Full Time) |
 Mervue United Marc Ludden - Yellow Card (72') Shane Keogh - Yellow Card (90' + 3') |
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Game Matchtracker
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United 90' + 3' - Yellow Card - Shane Keogh is booked for Mervue. 
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United 90' + 4' - Full Time - A much needed win for the Town.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United
90' - A minimum of four minutes additional time to be played at the end of this half. 
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United 86' - Substitution - Mervue double Sub - Jean Biansumba replaces Ethan Nkololo, while Brian Connolly comes on for Mike Elwood.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United
83' - As the clock ticks down Section 0 begin to serenade us..
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United 78' - Substitution - Longford Sub - Chris Deans comes on for Willo McDonagh.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United 76' - Substitution - Mervue Sub - Shane Keogh comes on for Noel Varley.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United 72' - Yellow Card - Mark Ludden is booked for Mervue United.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United 72' - Substitution - Longford Sub - Karl Bermingham comes on for Roberty Bayly.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United 69' - Substitution - Longford Sub - Thomas Crawley replaces Michael Lee.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United
69' - Daniel Purdy's effort just dips over the bar.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United 68' - Yellow Card - Another booking and it's another Longford player. This time Robert Bayly.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United
63' - Ethan Nkololo breaks down the wing, he crosses to Tom King who plays the ball back to Jason Molloy, Molloy hesitates a little and Michael Lee is able to block the ball, it falls to Molloy again but his effort is stopped by Craig Hyland.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United
57' - A neat one-two between Michael Lee and Alan Kirby, Kirby races down to the endline but there's no one in the box to meet his cross.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United
54' - Gary Shaw has a chance to make it 3-0 to the Town but completely misses. It was literally easier to score than miss.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United
50' - Mervue should've been awarded a free after Des Hope barged into the back of Tom King. The ball breaks for Longford but Tony Griffiths blasts his shot over the bar.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United
49' - Mervue have started this half with a purpose. They know they didn't perform too good in the first half. A goal would certainly give them some hope.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United 48' - Yellow Card - Daniel Purdy is booked for Longford Town.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United 46' - Second Half - And the second half is underway here. 
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United 45' + 1' - Half Time - Half-time here and the home side very much in control.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United 45' - Yellow Card - Longford's Willo McDonagh becomes the first player to get booked.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United
45' - There's going to be a minimum of one minute additional time to be played here.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United
42' - Tom King tries to pull a goal back for his side but his effort is way off target.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United
38' - Pat Hoban has a rare chance for the visitors but his effort goes wide.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United
37' - We've spotted a few more here so there's 254 in attendance. Very poor but Longford's a GAA county and there are a number of championship games on this evening.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United
35' - Daniel Purdy tries his luck from distance but it goes over. It'll be hard for him to repeat the earlier shot when he lobbed Conor Gleeson from about 30 yards out. It was speculative but it ended up in the net.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United
34' - Town are passing the ball around with ease. Mervue can only stand and watch.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United
30' - Well we've done a quick count of the disappointing crowd here and the attendance is 241.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United
27' - Tony Griffiths shrugs off the challenge of Ethan Nkololo but shoots straight at Conor Gleeson.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United
25' - Well we are not going to have 4 in 25 minutes but there could be more goals. Will Mervue do what Longford did in Fahy's field and come from behind to claim a dramatic win? Stay tuned because all will be revealed at about 20 past 9.
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United
17' - Town hit the post twice in quick succession. It's all happening here. The last game between the two sides here in Flancare Town raced into a 4-0 lead within the opening 25 minutes. 
Longford Town 2 - 0 Mervue United 15' - Goal - And Longford make it 2-0; Daniel Purdy with the goal.
Longford Town 1 - 0 Mervue United
13' - Well I was wrong about it possibly being a scoreless draw here.
Longford Town 1 - 0 Mervue United
9' - Just typical that Mervue have a chance which they miss and Town go down the other end and score.
Longford Town 1 - 0 Mervue United 8' - Goal - Gary Shaw breaks the deadlock here. There was a misunderstanding on Mervue's behalf and Shaw makes no mistake.
Longford Town 0 - 0 Mervue United
7' - Michael McSweeney plays the ball into Pat Hoban and with just the keeper to beat he puts his shot wide. Big let-off for the home side.
Longford Town 0 - 0 Mervue United
6' - In the last two games between these two sides there has been 15 goals. The Town winning both; 4-2 and 5-4.. What's the odds this game will probably be a scoreless draw.
Longford Town 0 - 0 Mervue United 1' - Kick-off - The home side get the game underway here. |
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90' - A minimum of four minutes additional minutes to be played at the end of this half..