Kildare 1-16 Longford 1-13

Dublin 2-25 Longford 0-12

Magnificent Longford’s long wait for a Leinster championship win finally ended when they created a massive shock with a thoroughly deserved victory over 14-man Meath before an attendance of 5,591 at Pearse Park yesterday.

Armagh 1-11 Longford 1-10: This was the ultimate smash and grab operation.

Longford impressed throughout as they began their All-Ireland campaign, with a well-earned eight-point SFC Round 1 qualifier win against 13 men Louth at Drogheda's Gaelic Grounds.

Four goals in six minutes of devastation sent Longford packing and set Laois up for a Leinster quarter-final clash with bitter rivals Kildare.

Tipperary 3-17 Longford 0-18: It’s now two from four in the race for promotion from Division 3 of the Allianz Football League, according to Tipperary manager Liam Kearns.

Tipperary boss Liam Kearns believes the postponement of Sunday’s Allianz League Division 3 clash has “compromised” the Premier County’s chances of promotion.

Many coaches in sports these days talk about just being ‘figureheads’ for large management groups and facilitating the players’ efforts to improve and succeed as a team.

Experienced Longford forward Brian Kavanagh insists his team won’t freeze against Cork as they bid to produce another massive shock this weekend.

Five things we learned from the weekend...

Longford 2-13 Monaghan 1-13: Well, Monaghan can hardly say they weren’t forewarned. Twelve years ago, Denis Connerton brought an unfancied Longford outfit to Clones and plundered Monaghan’s home in the only previous championship meeting between these sides.

Longford have upset the form guide with a Qualifier win over a vulnerable Down side at Pairc Esler, striking two killer goals in extra-time to book their place in Monday’s Round 2 draw.

Longford County Board must decide whether or not to proceed with a round of upcoming league fixtures after the county’s football management issued a statement threatening to resign if the games are not postponed.

Eoghan Cormican says Cian O'Neill will deliver promotion for the Lilywhites.

Eamonn Fitzmaurice has challenged growing assertions that the demands placed on inter-county footballers are both unreasonable and unsustainable.

Jason Ryan last night stepped down as Kildare manager after two years in charge. Ryan had previously been coach and selector under Kieran McGeeney in 2013.

Longford GAA may have to foot a bill of over €3m after after an expert report recommended the demolition and rebuilding of Pearse Park’s covered stand areas. 

Longford man Sean Hagan has been announced as the new manager of the Leitrim senior footballers, following a special meeting of the County Committee last night.

Luke Dempsey is to continue as Longford senior football manager into next season after receiving the backing of the county's executive committee.

TREVOR GILES will appeal to the Leinster Council tonight against the four-week suspension that rules him out of Sunday’s Meath SFC final.

IT’S a little odd that people should be surprised by the presence of traditional heavyweights like Dublin and Derry in the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals.

DENIS CONNERTON has stepped down as Longford football manager in the wake of their All-Ireland qualifier defeat to Dublin.

Denis Connerton has resigned as Longford manager following his side's defeat to Dublin in the

Longford manager Denis Connerton has named an unchanged team from that which triumphed over

HAVING beaten the team with the lowest profile in football, Longford progress to a meeting with Dublin and the attention that goes with it.

Longford boss Denis Connerton is facing the prospect of a qualifier tie without his star forward Paul Barden.

Carlow 'advisor' Luke Dempsey admitted Sunday's Leinster championship defeat of Longford was perhaps his most satisfying win ever.

TWENTY-ONE days it’s taken Carlow football to catapult from a trough of depression onto the crest of a wave.

Carlow 4-15 Longford 1-16

KERRY boss Jack O’Connor remains in positive mood despite the traumatic start to his management career against Longford on Sunday.

IN Pearse Park on Sunday, among the large crowd braving the elements, there will be the old-timers evoking 1968, the year Longford footballers were feasting at the top table.

After a season of resignations, sackings and splits, the intercounty management landscape is dramatically reshaped. Brendan Larkin, Brendan Mooney and Mark Gallagher report.

Longford manager Denis Connerton insists the way forward for weaker counties to progress on the

Kildare 1-14, Longford 2-6

Longford boss Denis Connerton has named an unchanged side to face Wexford in Sunday's NFL clash with Wexford at Pearse Park.

Longford forward Niall Sheridan is back at full-forward ahead of Sunday's NFL Div 2B clash with Carlow at Dr Cullen Park.