Louth 1-15 Westmeath 0-13

The Westmeath team selected for tomorrow's Allianz Football League Division 3 final against Louth shows one change to the side that beat Offaly most recently.

A STRONG finish to both halves enabled Longford to bridge a five-year gap when edging out Westmeath — who finished with 14 men — in last night’s Leinster Under-21 FC semi-final clash at Páirc Tailteann.

WESTMEATH qualified for the Leinster Under-21 football semi-final after a hard earned six-point victory over Offaly in very windy conditions in Páirc Ciaran, Athlone, last night.

WESTMEATH finally claimed an Allianz NFL victory, at the 17th time of asking, with a three-point win over Tipperary at Semple Stadium yesterday.

Reigning Cadbury All-Ireland Under-21 Football champions Dublin fell at the first hurdle as Meath claimed an extra-time win at Pairc Tailteann tonight.

A severely under strength Wexford side fell at the first hurdle in this season's O'Byrne Cup as a determined DIT outfit, who have one eye on the Sigerson Cup, handed them a heavy beating.

Westmeath manager Pat Flanagan and his Derry counterpart Damien Cassidy have announced their teams for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier in Mullingar (throw-in 5pm).

Dessie Dolan has been handed a starting role by Westmeath manager Pat Flanagan for their Leinster SFC semi-final clash against Louth on Sunday at Croke Park (throw-in 5.50pm).

DENIS GLENNON marked his latest return to the Westmeath fold by augmenting a selfless performance with an injury-time point to snatch victory for the 13-man Lakesiders.

Westmeath 0-15 Wicklow 1-11

Dessie Dolan is poised to make his long-awaited return for Westmeath in their Leinster SFC quarter-final against Wicklow at Tullamore on Sunday (throw-in 3.30pm).

Dublin 1-12 Westmeath 0-9, Parnell Park

GALWAY footballers received a huge boost with news the knee injury Michael Meehan sustained against Kerry on Sunday is not as serious as first feared.

WESTMEATH SFC FINAL:

SO much for early season form not counting for much in the championship. Well, it certainly held true in Croke Park yesterday when Dublin’s near-perfect display in the Leinster SFC semi-final saw them beat Westmeath by the same margin of 27 points they had inflicted on them in the last round of the League.

Dublin 4-26 Westmeath 0-11, Croke Park

ONE can only surmise how either Westmeath or Wicklow would have fared in the Leinster SFC semi-final, but on the basis of the regulation 70 minutes yesterday, not very well.

Westmeath 0-16 Wicklow 1-10 (aet)

Kerry 1-12 Westmeath 0-6

THE GAA dual player may be considered a dying breed but Brian Fox is doing his best to buck that trend. Three months into the season and the Éire Óg-Annacarty man has been dividing his time in a three-way fashion.