Galway Utd 2 v 0 Longford Town
Details
Date | Time | League | Season |
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2 May 2022 | 5:00 pm | LOI Men's First Division | 2022 |
Match Report
Tribesmen down Longford
Second half goals from David Hurley and Max Hemmings earned Galway as the Tribesman kept the pressure on First Division leaders Cork City.
Hurley scored from the penalty spot in the 51st minute after Ed McCormack was hauled down by Mick McDonnell. The home side made it 2-0 in the 73rd minute when Max Hemmings scored from inside the box. Town were reduced to 10 men in the 82nd minute when Dean McMenamy received a second yellow card.
It was a tightly contested first half where Town had several chances but couldn’t put them away. The home side upped their game in the second half and were able to claim the three points.
MORE TO FOLLOW
Timeline
Francely Lomboto Edward McCarthy | 23' | |
10. David Hurley | 51' | |
Gary Boylan Conor O'Keeffe | 69' | |
Wilson Waweru Ronan Manning | 70' | |
27. Max Hemmings | 73' | |
74' | Ryan Graydon | |
77' | 27. Dean McMenamy | |
82' | 27. Dean McMenamy | |
David Hurley Charlie Lyons | 85' | |
Stephen Walsh Jordan Adeyemo | 85' | |
85' | Eric Molloy Matthew O'Brien | |
85' | Karl Chambers Joe Power | |
90' | Ryan Graydon Cristian Magerusan | |
91' | 9. Cristian Magerusan |
Past Meetings
(Round 7)
2 - 1LOI Men's First Division
Bishopsgate, Longford Longford Town v Galway United |
(Playoff Final)
1 - 2LOI Men's Promotion / Relegation Playoffs
UCD Bowl Galway Utd v Longford Town |
(Series 15)
2 - 6LOI Men's First Division
Bishopsgate, Longford Longford Town v Galway United |
(Series 6)
0 - 1LOI Men's First Division
Eamonn Deacy Park Galway United v Longford Town |
7:45 pmLOI Men's Premier Division
Eamonn Deacy Park Galway United FC v Longford Town FC |
1 - 1LOI Men's Premier Division
Bishopsgate, Longford Longford Town FC v Galway United FC |
2 - 2LOI Men's Premier Division
Eamonn Deacy Park Galway United FC v Longford Town FC |
4 - 2LOI Men's Premier Division
Eamonn Deacy Park Galway United FC v Longford Town FC |
1LOI Men's Premier Division
Bishopsgate, Longford Longford Town FC v Galway United FC |
1 - 2LOI Men's Premier Division
Eamonn Deacy Park Galway United FC v Longford Town FC |
Ground
Eamonn Deacy Park |
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Eamonn Deacy Park, Dyke Road, Terryland, Menlough, Galway City, County Galway, Connacht, H91 ET6N, Ireland |
A win for the home side as they keep the pressure up on leaders Cork City
Crisitian Magerusan is booked
Ryan Graydon the player to go off
Ryan Graydon the player to go off
Cristian Magerusan is on for Longford
Ryan Graydon forces Conor Kearns into a great save
Eric Molloy off
Joe Power is on
Karl Chambers is off
Matthew O'Brien on for Longford
Jordan Adeyemo is on
David Hurley makes way
Charlie Lyons on for the home side
Sam Verdon unlucky with his effort
Killian Brouder just heads the ball wide
Dean McMenamy receives a second yellow
Dean McMenamy is booked
The changes Galway have made have made a huge difference.
Graydon the first player to get booked
A first goal for the club for Max Hemmings
Ronan Manning wins a free for Galway
Wilson Waweru the player to go off
Third change for Galway as Ronan Manning comes on
Gary Boylan goes off
O'Keeffe is on for Galway
Alex Murphy breaks and plays the ball out to Gary Boylan, the balls has too much power on it and goes too far away from Murphy
Portilla does very well for his side as the visitors try to get back into this game
Ed McCarthy has done very well for the home side since he came on as a sub
Harsh on the visitors to be trailing here but they have missed opportunities. Been a story so far for them this season
David Hurly tucks it away
Penalty to Galway. Mick McDonnell brings down Ed McCarthy
We're back underway at Eamon Deacy Park
Scoreless at half-time and an enjoyable first half. Town probably had the best of them with Galway scoring but it was offside.
We're into additional time and Galway have a free.
Lovely move from Longford ends with Sam Verdon just heading over the bar.
Some of the Town balls into the box have been very poor.
Galway manager John Caulfield is getting quite animated on the sideline.
All ok now.
Aaron Robinson is down injured for the Town and receiving treatment.
Aaron Robinson is down injured for the Town and receiving treatment.
For the disallowed goal Wilson Waweru was offside when Ed McCarthy broke, the ball was played back to Stephen Walsh, his effort was blocked with Waweru finishing to the net.
Galway win a corner which Gary Cronin is happy about because it didn't look like one
The home side think they have opened the scoring but it\'s ruled out for offside. Wilson Waweru looked to have put the home side ahead.
Francely Lomboto is off injured
Edward McCarthy is on for Galway
Header by Karl Chambers is just wide. Town creating a few chances now
Dean McMenamy bursts through and avoids a number of challenges. His shot is tipped away for a corner by Kearns
Eric Molloy with a ball into the box but out comes Kearns to gather
Good play from Karl Chambers, played ball to Eric Molloy but his cross is stopped from reaching Sam Verdon by Kearns.
Both sides enjoying good passages of play.
A great cross from Elworthy into Graydon and Galway keeper Conor Kearns get a deft touch to put it out for a corner.
Stephen Walsh nearly catches out the Town defence. He is one player Town need to keep an eye on this evening
Galway opening the Town up quite easily there
Alex Murphy with an early chance. The ball was too fast as it met the head of Murphy and he directs it over the bar
Probing ball in and Shane Elworthy is in a good position for the Town to clear
Free whipped in but Stephen Walsh is able to clear.
Town win a free
And we are underway here at Eamon Deacy Park
Late change for the Town. Karl Chambers is in, Michael Barker is out
Both sides have changes from those games on Friday. 3 changes for Galway - in come Gary Boylan, Francely Lomboto and Max Hemmings, Conor O'Keeffe, Ed McCarthy and Manu Dimas drop to the bench. Darren Craven went off injured in Cork on Friday night so Mick McDonnell starts for Town.
Differing results for these two sides on Friday evening. Galway came from 2-0 down away to Treaty Utd to defeat them 3-2 while down at Turner's Cross Town went 1-0 up against Cork but the Rebel Army levelled soon after and added three more goals to their tally to win 4-1
The last meeting between these sides ended in a 2-1 win for Town. Galway had taken an early lead through a bizarre own goal but Town hit back with goals from Sam Verdon and Darren Craven.
Galway Utd welcome Longford Town to Eamon Deacy Park this evening. I'm Deniese O'Flaherty and will be keep you updated on proceedings.