Fitzpatrick content as Louth advance

IT certainly wasn’t a game for the ages or anything like that but Louth boss Peter Fitzpatrick cared not a jot, satisfied that his side had realised their goal.

The target was a victory, by any means, and that was achieved but there is no doubt that the Wee County men will have to be a lot better in a fortnight when they cross swords with Kildare in the quarter-final.

Longford shot 14 wides, many of them from good opportunities but in truth, Louth were probably the more deserving winners, dominating much of the possession thanks to the ball-winning of captain, Paddy Keenan, and Brian White.