Smooth ride for Longford after early Francis goal

Longford Town 1 Cork City 0

Longford defended a goal from Sean Francis with a degree of comfort for 88 minutes and would not have been flattered had the scoreline reflected a more generous winning margin. Their superiority was beyond question.

Full credit to Longford, with little more than pride to motivate them. There was the outside risk of being sucked into relegation trouble had they lost but Cork appeared to have the more substantial incentive.