Cobh Ramblers continue unbeaten run with Longford Town stalemate

STALEMATE: Cobh Ramblers' Callum Honohan looks for a penalty as Longford's Pharrell Manuel clears the ball. Pic: Howard Crowdy.

Cobh Ramblers 0 Longford Town 0

An uneventful match between Cobh Ramblers and Longford Town ended as a scoreless draw on Friday evening at St. Colman’s Park.

Clear-cut chances were a rarity as the home side increased their unbeaten run in the league to four games, after recording three successive league wins in recent weeks.

The Ramblers did get forward when space allowed, with an early effort by Oran Crowe flashing just wide at the back post. Dylan McGlade also stepped up to take a free kick at the start of the second half, and the winger stung the palms of Kian Moore.

Longford Town held their own in response, but failed to get through a backline marshalled by Garry Buckley.

The Ramblers eventually went to their bench in an attempt to change things up, replacing their forward line with Kai O’Neill and Wilson Waweru coming on for Rhys Kelly Noonan and McGlade.

Still, nothing came together for either team despite the substitutes, even with four minutes added on.

Cobh Ramblers: Timothy Martin; Callum Honohan, Breandán Frahill (Shane Griffin HT), Garry Buckley, Lucas Curtin (Brian Lenihan 82); Oran Crowe, Mikey Carroll; Rhys Kelly Noonan (Wilson Waweru 77), Rhys Gourdie; Dylan McGlade (Kai O’Neill 67), Rhys Brennan.

Longford Town: Kian Moore; Conor Errity (Jake Hough 12), Daniel McKenna, Taylor McCarthy, Osaze Irhue; Sultan Adenekan, Dean Williams (Daragh Murtagh 77); Andy Paraschiv, Pharrell Manuel (Francis Campbell 80), Alex O'Brien; Aaron Doran.

Referee: Declan Toland.