Dreams shattered as no more days out for Longford

Longford were forced to engage Kildare in battle in their surrogate home ground of Cusack Park in Mullingar on Saturday evening.

They had to decamp to Mullingar for what should have been a home game on the very compelling grounds that the ten-year-old stand on one side of Pearse Park is, in official speak, suffering from structural subsidence.

Pearse Park, despite its infrastructural woes, was deemed appropriate for the visit of Carlow, but Kildare, with their fans’ propensity for travelling to away games, necessitated a venue with a non-sinking stand.