Armagh minor footballer, Fergus Toale.
Electric Ireland All-Ireland minor football quarter-final
Armagh 1-16 Longford 1-3
Armagh are through to the Electric Ireland All-Ireland minor football semi-final after a hugely impressive victory over Leinster champions Longford.
The Orchard County put their best foot forward from the very start of the match and opened up an early 0-4 to 0-1 lead with Conall Wilson, Diarmuid O’Rourke (0-2), and Ross Marsden landing the scores.
Longford managed to get back on level terms thanks to a goal and point in quick succession by Luke Donnelly, but that’s as good as it would get for the Mildanders.
Armagh took control of the contest to kick 1-4 without reply with the goal coming from Shea Loughran.
That put the Ulster side 1-7 to 1-2 ahead at the break and already looking good for the win.
Further points from O’Rourke, Fionn Toale, and Keelan McEntee stretched their lead early in the second half and it was plain sailing from there with Longford only managing a single point in reply before the final whistle.
Scorers for Armagh: Diarmuid O’Rourke 0-6 (3f), Shea Loughra 1-2, Conall Wilson 0-3, Fionn Toale 0-2, Keelan McEntee, Aaron Garvey, Ross Marsden all 0-1
Scorers for Longford: Luke Donnelly 1-1, James Hagan 0-2 (1f)
Armagh: Michael Finnegan; Tomas Fox, Gavin O’Rourke, Conall Wilson; Fergus Toale, Sean Woods, Diarmuid O’Rourke; Jack Loughran, Daithi O’Callaghan; Ross Marsden, James McCooe, Keelan McEntee; Fionn Toale, Eoin Duffy, Shea Loughran. Subs: Aaron Garvey for R. Marsden, Oisin Gribben for E. Duffy, Danny McGee for T. Fox, Lewis Bellew for J. McCooe.
Longford: James Ross, Alan Mimnagh, Conor McHugh, Darragh Mulligan, Conor Doherty, Mark Cooney, Ben Blessington, Sean Fagan, Peter Farrell, Oisin Kane, Cian O’Donnell, James Shannon, Luke Donnelly, Joshua Marsh, James Hagan . Subs: Cormac Flynn for B. Blessington, Karl O’Hare for P. Farrell, Michael Gleenon for J. Marsh, Keelan Hudson for O. Kane, Liam Greene for J Shannon.
