U20 Football wrap: Swan and Archer ease Dublin past Wicklow

Two years ago Wicklow’s minor footballers secured a famous win over Dublin in the Leinster championship, so a large crowd made their way to Joule Park in Aughrim on Saturday, hoping for a repeat in the first round of this year’s Eirgrid Leinster U20 football campaign.

Those who failed to arrive in plenty of time paid a heavy price for their tardiness as there was an explosive start to the game. Tinahely’s Eoin Darcy picked the pocket of a Dublin defender and toe- poked the ball into the corner of the net for a Wicklow goal in the first minute, only for the Dubs to win the subsequent kickout and reply in kind through wingback Adam Fearon.