Offaly boss hoping for promotion run

London 1-2 Offaly 0-9: Allianz Football League Division 4: New Offaly manager Pat Flanagan expects the Faithful County to embark on a promotion-winning campaign after holding off a spirited London revival at Ruislip to claim a perfect league start in Allianz NFL Division 4.

Leading 0-2 to 0-1 after a tight opening half, the visitors reeled off six points on the spin, before a Lorcan Mulvey penalty in the 64th minute gave London hope.

Flanagan was satisfied his young team survived a tricky assignment: “I expect us to get out of this division. I think Offaly are good enough. We didn’t play particularly good football but I think there is an awful lot more in us.