As a man with a keen eye for a score in almost 15 years operating at senior level for Louth, Colin Kelly was always going to attempt to make the county a force in an attacking sense once he took over the reins.

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.

Tyrone 2-21 Louth 0-10

Tyrone found their mojo at Healy Park, where they subjected Louth to a punishing and demoralising 17 points defeat in the All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers.

Louth 1-14 Westmeath 1-9

Seventeen-year-old Leaving Cert student Ryan Burns has been named on the bench for Louth's Leinster Championship opener against Westmeath on Saturday night.

Monaghan secured the result of the day in Allianz Football League Division 2 by hammering Meath by 0-20 to 0-8.

Louth 1-15 Wexford 2-13

Wexford 2-13 Louth 1-15

Louth 1-16 Laois 1-6, Portlaoise

Donie Kingston will start for Laois in Sunday's Leinster SFC first round match against Louth at O'Moore Park (throw-in 3pm).

Louth 1-14 Longford 1-8

Armagh 1-10 Louth 1-12

Louth 2-9 Wexford 2-13

Laois 1-17 Louth 2-14

Laois 1-17 Louth 2-14

Louth 0-17 Galway 0-11

Westmeath 0-16 Louth 2-9

Louth had 11 points to spare over Longford ( 1-17 to 0-9), as they set up a home semi-final against Dublin in the Bord na Mona O’Byrne Cup.

As if he was not under enough pressure following a heavy Leinster SFC defeat to Dublin, Louth manager Peter Fitzpatrick had to cancel training on Monday night due to 21 of his players being unavailable.

Westmeath 0-14 Louth 2-9

Monaghan 2-24 Louth 1-15

Allianz Football League Division 2: Galway 1-8 Louth 0-11

Stephen Fitzpatrick, son of manager Peter Fitzpatrick, has been drafted into the Louth team for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Meath at Kingspan Breffni Park (throw-in 7pm).

CARLOW celebrated like they had won the All-Ireland and were quite happy to tell you that it felt just as good.

Mick Fanning will make his seasonal debut for Louth in Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final against Carlow in Portlaoise (throw-in 3.30pm).

Louth 1-15 Westmeath 0-13

THE clash of Dublin and Louth looked like being the tie of the Qualifiers but it turned into a major anti-climax. Maybe we shouldn’t be that surprised.

All-Ireland SFC Qualifier Round 4

Louth manager Peter Fitzpatrick has named the same starting line-up for this weekend's Leinster SFC final, for the fourth game in succession.

IT is 53 years since Louth last claimed a senior Leinster title but there will be no sense of inferiority this Sunday when they face Meath in the 2010 provincial final. Not if Peter Fitzpatrick has anything to do with it.

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).

ONE can imagine the pundits dismissing this game as a carnival showpiece, such was the freedom afforded to the forwards on both sides, but you’d have to be a real crank not to have been entertained by this stupefying game.

Louth 1-22 Kildare 1-16

Louth are poised to field an unchanged team for their NFL Division 3 trip to Sligo on Sunday afternoon (Markievicz Park, throw-in 2.30pm).