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Fermanagh 1-9 – 1-11 Laois

Barry Guides Laois To Quarter Final Berth

Two late points from Mark Barry saw Laois tiptoe past a fiery fourteen-man Fermanagh as the visitors booked their quarterfinal slot in the Tailteann Cup. 

Inside a tense Brewster Park, both sides needing to win to remain in the Tailteann Cup.

Thus ensued a cagey start, Che Cullen’s opening Fermanagh point three minutes not levelled for Laois until ten minutes had gone, Mark Barry pointing.

That, comparatively, opened the floodgates as quickfire scores from Paul Kingston and Shane McGullion followed leaving it 0-2 apiece after twelve minutes.

Laois then seized the initiative and steadily shifted the scoreboard their way, in a five-minute spell, they had struck thrice from the boots of Evan O’Carroll, Mark Timmons and Colm Murphy to pull three points ahead.

Despite Ryan Lyons hitching one back for Fermanagh, their heads were down, and the home faithful had more woe when injury forced off Tommy McCaffrey and Aidan Breen in quick succession.

O’Carroll’s second point deepened the dreary mood and Ryan Jones then made it worse, seeing a straight red card for a moment of angry recklessness, leaving his team with it all to do.

The hosts did though reduce the arrears on half time, McGullion’s well-struck second point leaving it a two-point match, 0-4 to 0-6.

That score, though, seemed to spark Fermanagh’s fight and they flew fantastically out of the traps after the break.

Four unanswered points saw them turn the tables and the score around so that they now led, with a man less too, by two points.

Luke Flanagan, substitute Conor McGee, Lyons’ second strike and Brandon Horan all transforming the mood in Brewster Park. 

Laois looked shell-shocked but turned the tie upside-down again, Timmons sauntering up field and caressing a calm finish beyond Sean McNally for the game’s opening goal.  The visitors in front once more, this time by one point, setting up a grandstand final twenty minutes.

Moments later, Fermanagh struck back devastatingly, Sean Quigley scoring their first goal with a well-taken effort before O’Carroll’s third point made it a nip-and-tuck, one-point margin once more, Fermanagh 1-8 to 1-7 up.

Kingston’s second point saw us at stalemate entering a nail-biting final ten minutes.

He made another decisive contribution with his third point, but Lyons repelled it with his own hat trick of points.

Barry, though, who opened the Laois scoring looked destined to be the match hero, his sixty-sixth minute strike sailing over the bar as Laois tiptoed ahead by a point.

With injury time nerves high, Barry had the last word, poetically rounding off proceedings with his third point as Laois’ scorers came full circle.

Of more significance to them will be the win that secures them a quarterfinal in the Tailteann Cup this year, despite being under the cosh, Laois very much kept their cool to advance.

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Fermanagh 1-13 – 1-13 Wexford

Brooks secures draw for Wexford in Fermanagh

Wexford keeper Darragh Brooks pointed an injury time 45' to secure a draw for Wexford in their opening Tailteann Cup clash with Fermanagh in Brewster Park.

The game had been a tight affair with little to separate the sides and the keeper's intervention was a fair reflection on a pulsating 70 minutes of action between the two sides.

Fermanagh were first to score with early points from Aidan Breen and Ultan Kelm giving them a 0-2 score inside six minutes.

Kevin O’Grady got Wexford on the board but when Conor McShea was taken down, Fermanagh had a penalty which defender Luke Flanagan calmly converted for a five-point buffer.

Ryan Lyons and Garvan Jones struck points which extended the lead to seven.

Although Ben Brosnan struck twice (and the woodwork) for Wexford, two more points from Lyons on the verge of half time sent Fermanagh in ahead by 1-7 to 0-4.

With Flanagan’s goal still looking decisive, the teams traded a further three points apiece, Eoghan Nolan with a quickfire Wexford brace preceding Lyons’ fourth point of the day.

Robbie Brooks was then denied by the crossbar but eventually some luck shone on the visitors.

Home goalkeeper Sean McNally was shown the black card and although his replacement Jack Kelly initially repelled Brosnan, the Wexford was alert to gobble up the rebound and leave just two points separating the sides entering the final fifteen.

Calmly taken points from Cathal Walsh and Niall Hughes' second of the game brought Wexford within one point.

Lyons’ third brace of the day though made it 1-12 to 1-10 going into seven additional minutes.

Substitute Conor Kinsella halved the deficit before Brosnan, fittingly seemed to be the match-levelling Wexford hero.

Yet another action substitute had a late impact, Fermanagh’s Sean Quigly firing over what looked like being the point that sealed victory.

But not to be denied, in the final play, Brooks struck that fantastic late 45 to level up an exhilarating encounter that finished 1-13 apiece and saw the spoils shared in this Group 4 Talteann Cup game.

Wexford host Antrim next weekend while Fermanagh make the short journey to Carrick on Shannon to face Leitrim.

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