Longford set to give Cork walkover in 'dead rubber' league fixture

A decision on whether the game will be played as scheduled on Sunday (2pm) at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park is expected this afternoon.

Pearse Park is due to host the Division 3 clash. Picture: Laszlo Geczo

Cork’s footballers are set to have no more competitive matches until their Munster Championship semi-final against Kerry after Longford put in a request to concede this weekend’s National League clash between the counties.

With the match declared a “dead rubber” by Longford boss Pádraic Davis, the Leinster county felt there was no need to fulfill the fixture amid the pandemic. However, the county board says that Monday’s announcement that the country would move to Level 5 restrictions didn’t affect the decision to try and concede the tie - the call had been made before Micheál Martin’s announcement.