For the second time this season, Treaty United and Longford Town played out a stalemate.

The sides struggled to create clear cut openings during this contest and the result cements Longford’s place in fourth, with Treaty satisfied with fifth.

Marc Ludden went closest for hosts while Matthew O’Brien almost opened the scoring for Longford.

This game, coming off the back of two tense contests last Friday, did little for the small band of paying spectators, with Treaty failing to attract the numbers they’d wished for earlier in the season.

These sides drew 0-0 in Longford last month and once again they cancelled each other out. There were opening half chances for Matthew O’Brien for Longford, but ex-Town keeper Jack Brady thwarted him with a find one handed save from close range.

Gary Cronin’s Longford will be happy with the result, but they were chasing three consecutive wins following their win over Athlone on Friday.

Treaty went close through Joe Gorman, another ex-Longford man, but his header was never likely to beat Luke Dennison.

Shane Elworthy hit the crossbar within seconds of the restart, the fullback cutting through the defensive cover but hit his shot too high and the crossbar saved Treaty.

The lack of attacking quality was not helped by Treaty’s lack of attacking trio Stephen Christopher, Enda Curran and Joel Coustrain. The latter was only able to play 15 minutes and he almost made an immediate impact, sending an effort narrowly wide from just outside the area.

The chances came in the closing stages with Joe Doyle wasting an effort before Luke Dennisson denied Treaty captain Marc Ludden with his only notable save of the evening.

The sides remain seven points apart with Longford looking in a strong position to finish fourth. Treaty will be hopeful of fending off Wexford and Bray but they’ll need more attacking quality to do so.