O’Byrne Cup - Offaly 0-13 Louth 1-9: A late Louth rally came up short as Offaly rang in the new year with a win in Darver. 

Tyrone goalkeeper Niall Morgan has failed to overcome a groin injury and will sit out their Ulster football championship preliminary round clash away to Donegal on Sunday.

Allianz FL Division 3

louth 3-11, Tipperary 4-16:

Sligo 2-26, Louth 2-9 Sligo kick-started their faltering Division 3 campaign with a sparkling defeat of Louth at Markievicz Park, their first win in four league outings.

Allianz FL Division 3 Round 2: Louth 1-16 Clare 0-13: Yesterday’s surprise but thoroughly deserved Division Three win over Clare at Drogheda was Louth’s first in the league in two years.

Fermanagh 0-16 Louth 0-7: Allianz Football League Division 3: Fermanagh began their Division Three campaign with a resounding home victory over Louth on Saturday night.

Martin O’Neill thinks Shane Long will take the pressure associated with his €15 million move to Southampton in his stride but believes setting a target for the season would help the Tipperary man bridge the gap from being a scorer of great goals to a great scorer of goals.

Tyrone 2-21 Louth 0-10

Kildare belied much of the pre-match portents of doom to crush Louth in Croke Park and cruise to a Leinster semi-final date with either Meath or Carlow.

Jim McGuinness admits he had to reverse his training methods to cut out the number of injuries which plagued Donegal’s 2013 campaign.

Louth 1-14 Westmeath 1-9

Lar Corbett has handed Tipperary a massive pre-championship boost by returning to action with the Premier County.

Monaghan 2-14 Louth 0-12

Robbie Keane has been left out of the Republic of Ireland squad to face Serbia in a friendly in Dublin on March 5.

Kerry pair Eoin Brosnan and Jonathan Lyne are unlikely to be fully fit in time for Kerry’s Munster SFC quarter-final clash with Tipperary at Fitzgerald Stadium on Sunday (2pm).

Louth 1-14 Longford 1-08

Eamonn Fitzmaurice has named just four recognised forwards in his attack for tomorrow’s trip to Ballybofey.

Laois 1-17 Louth 2-14

Conor Counihan will be without his three U21 players for Sunday’s Division One trip to Newry.

Louth 0-17 Galway 0-11

Louth 0-17 Galway 0-11

Westmeath 0-16 Louth 2-09

Dublin 4-15 Louth 0-10

Bryan Sheehan, Anthony Maher and Aidan O’Mahony make their first starts of the year for Kerry in tomorrow’s McGrath Cup semi-final against Limerick at Fitzgerald Stadium.

Louth 2-15 UCD 1-13

Westmeath 1-15 Louth 0-12

Dublin 2-22 Louth 0-12

John Brennan blamed some rash decision-making by his players in the last five minutes and a dubious point for Louth as the reasons why Derry failed to hang on in Celtic Park.

It’s three from three for Tyrone in Division 2 but this wasn’t the most convincing of performances.

Louth 0-13 Tyrone 2-13

This was a strange encounter at Pearse Stadium yesterday.

Mickey Harte has blamed “media hysteria” for ensuring All-Ireland Club JFC finalisists Derrytresk “couldn’t get a fair trial”.

Paddy Keenan was central to Louth winning this low-key Division 2 tie at Haggardstown yesterday.

Dublin goalkeeper Shane Supple claims he was approached by Kildare management about transferring to the county last year after missing out on the Blues panel.

Meath 5-8 Louth 2-8

THERE is a temptation to portray Saturday night’s Division 3 league final victory in Croke Park as a moment of redemption for Louth footballers.

KEITH CRIBBIN struck at the death for Kildare to dramatically deny Louth silverware for the second time in six months.

Louth 2-10 UCD 0-15

Centre back Mick Fanning is expected to line out for Louth in tomorrow evening's All-Ireland SFC fourth round qualifier against Dublin.

AT the home of Munster rugby last night, Sunderland’s Premier League class proved the difference against a local XI — but Limerick city picked up a bonus point on a good night for the city.

Louth manager Peter Fitzpatrick has named an unchanged side for Sunday's Leinster SFC semi-final against Westmeath at Croke Park (throw-in 5.50pm).

Shane Lennon has been named to start for Louth in tomorrow's Leinster SFC quarter-final against Kildare, despite suffering a broken thumb against Longford last time out.