Carlow outlast Longford to secure historic Division 4 crown 

Not since 1944, when Carlow won the Leinster SFC, had they managed to win a spring or summer title with their only other significant win in that period coming in the pre-season O'Byrne Cup competition, in 2002.

Mikey Bambrick creates history as the first captain of a Carlow senior football team to lift silverware at Croke Park. Pic: Nick Elliott/Inpho

Division 4 final: Carlow 1-24 Longford 2-18 After extra time

No great surprise that Carlow required extra time to finally shake off Longford at Croke Park and land the NFL Division 4 title, they'd been waiting over 80 years for a piece of League or Championship silverware after all.