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London 2-11 Leitrim 1-13

Even if this game was played in the other Hyde Park — the big one beside Buck House rather than the Roscommon version — London couldn’t, in their wildest dreams, have envisaged enjoying a 14 points lead in a Connacht SFC semi-final.

Not only that, but they were worth every bit of their remarkable lead. And yet they almost blew it all, hanging on in the end as Leitrim, who reduced the deficit to just a point, wasted two good chances at the death to force extra-time.