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eircom league stories: Longford Town
Cup night: Longford go for glory
- February 27, 2001
St. Pat's v Longford 19:45
Premier new boys Longford Town and St. Pat's meet head-on tonight off the back of excellent weekend wins. The Saints had that amazing 4-1 destruction of leaders Shelbourne, while Longford rediscovered their winning form with a 2-0 victory over UCD.
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Longford back to wining ways
- February 26, 2001
Longford Town 2 UCD 0
Longford Town arrested their new-year slump with a comfortable win over UCD at Flancare Park - but for the Students there was no relief from their nightmare.
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Hoops stay in touch
- February 19, 2001
Shamrock Rovers 3 Longford 1
Shamrock Rovers stayed very much in touch in the race for a Euro place with an ultimately comfortable win over Longford Town. Rovers now lie fourth, level on points with St. Pat's and just a point behind second-placed Bohs.
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Business as usual for Shels
- February 12, 2001
Longford Town 0 Shelbourne 1
It was one of those nights for Shelbourne - another early strike and another tenacious grapple as the champions slipped into their 'what-we-have-we-hold' mode.
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Weather hits Cup games
- February 6, 2001
Gale-force winds and driving rain have wreaked havoc with tonight's schedule of FAI Cup third-round replays.
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FAI Cup: it's Big Tuesday
- February 6, 2001
It's Big Tuesday in the FAI Cup, with five third-round replays down for decision. And there can be no repeat of the weekend's stalemate, as all five must finish on the night.
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Rovers land plum draw
- February 5, 2001
Shamrock Rovers landed the plum draw when the FAI Cup quarter-final pairings were decided at Belfield yesterday evening.
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Saints favourites to advance
- February 4, 2001
Longford Town 0 St. Patrick's Athletic 0
For Premier division new boys Longford, this was a big improvement on the last time the teams met at Flancare Park - but the Saints must now be favourites to finish the job at the Stadium of Light Tuesday night and advance to the quarter-finals.
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Transfer mayhem as Eircom deadline falls
- February 1, 2001
They'll tell you the Eircom League is in cash crisis, with Finn Harps, Derry City and Kilkenny City in trouble and players at Galway United and now Waterford United taking big pay cuts - but that didn't stop yesterday from being one of the busiest transfer days ever as clubs raced to beat the Eircom League deadline.
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Riordan joins Longford
- January 31, 2001
St. Pat's unsettled midfielder Paul Byrne has quit the club at his own request. Byrne hasn't featured in the team since the FAI Cup win over Wayside Celtic at the beginning of January and has been frozen out for the last four games.
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Longford check stripes
- January 28, 2001
Derry City 0 Longford Town 0
Longford made it seven points out of a possible nine against Derry this season when they halted the Candystripes' mini-run at the Brandywell yesterday.
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Longford hit Harps for four
- January 21, 2001
Longford Town 4 Finn Harps 1
Longford emphatically stopped the slump that had seen them slip from second place in the division over Christmas - and in doing so more or less sealed Finn Harps' relegation fate.
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Cork out of Cup
- January 15, 2001
Cork City 1 Longford Town 2
What a result for Longford Town, who looked dead and buried in the drawn game. Two superb goals, both in the second half, including a fairy-tale 80th-minute winner from young Niall Byrne.
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Bray fight back to go third
- January 13, 2001
Bray Wanderers 3 Longford Town 1
Bray went behind to a first-half Eric Smith goal but fought their way back for a convincing win leapfrog Shamrock Rovers into third place in the table.
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Bray can go third with win over Longford
- January 12, 2001
Bray Wanderers v Longford Town 19:45
With recent wins over championship contenders Shelbourne and Bohemians already in the bag, Bray can claim another top-five scalp tonight against Longford.
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Cork denied in injury time
- January 7, 2001
Longford Town 1 Cork City 1
Eircom Premier newboys Longford Town kept their hopes of a double alive - just about - when they scraped a last-gasp draw with Cork City at Flancare.
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Longford sign Prunty
- January 5, 2001
Eircom Premier high-flyers Longford Town have swooped to sign Irish youngster Sean Prunty.
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Bohs back on title track
- December 22, 2000
Bohemians 1 Longford Town 0
Bohemians turned in another duffer last night - but they still managed to bag the points to keep themselves in the title race. The Gypsies have temporarily lost their football - but not their resilience.
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Bohs wide-boy worries continue
- December 21, 2000
Bohemians v Longford Town 19:45
Bohemians' problems out wide have just got even worse - and that could be good news for Longford Town.
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Longford's Flancare fanfare!
- December 19, 2000
Eircom Premier newboys Longford Town have stolen a march on Shelbourne by becoming the first Irish club to sell the naming rights for their ground.
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Longford hit the wall
- December 16, 2000
Galway United 1 Longford Town 0
Longford Town's brave title challenge is beginning to run out of steam after successive defeats to St. Pat's and now Galway.
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Longford can leapfrog Bohs
- December 15, 2000
Galway United v Longford Town 19:45
Longford 'keeper Stephen O'Brien will take the field at Terryland tonight with the praise of Ireland's soccer writers ringing in his ears. O'Brien yesterday picked up the Eircom Player of the Month award for November - the first-ever Longford player to win the honour.
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Longford and Cork meet in cup crunch
- December 12, 2000
High-flying Longford will entertain Eircom Premier rivals Cork City in the plum tie of the FAI Cup second round.
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Longford falter on the brink
- December 10, 2000
Longford 0 St. Pats 3
Having climbed to dizzying heights in the Eircom Premier division, promoted Longford made the mistake of looking down last night - and St. Patrick's Athletic profited handsomely from the Midlanders' severe attack of vertigo!
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Longford miss out
- December 6, 2000
Finn Harps 2 Longford Town 2
Longford Town missed the chance to go top of the Eircom League for the first time in their history when they were held to a draw at Ballybofey last night.
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Longford can go top
- December 5, 2000
Finn Harps v Longford Town
Longford Town can complete a fairy-tale transformation tonight by beating second-from-bottom Finn Harps at Ballybofey.
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Mountfield fury over referee
- December 3, 2000
Longford Town 2 Cork City 1
Cork City boss Derek Mountfield claims there isn't a decent referee in the entire Eircom League - and if this display was the yardstick, he could be right!
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Longford consolidate
- November 27, 2000
UCD 0 Longford Town 2
Longford Town again underlined their title credentials yesterday with another impressive win against Dublin opposition. Of the top three or four teams in the Eircom Premier division, the Midlanders are currently the only one consistently winning.
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Longford move up to fourth
- November 20, 2000
Longford Town 2 Shamrock Rovers 1
Rovers had the chance to go third in the Eircom Premier League table yesterday when they took on Longford at Strokestown Road - instead it was the newcomers who took the points and rode the escalator up to fourth.
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Shels' late, late show
- November 11, 2000
Shelbourne 1 Longford Town 1
Champions Shelbourne just about hung onto top spot on the Eircom Premier League - but it took them until six minutes from the end against brave Longford.
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Cup kings Harps advance - November 8, 2000
Longford Town 0 Finn Harps 2
Cup specialists Finn Harps once again put a tough league campaign behind them to take another step forward in the Eircom League Cup last night.
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Derry pay Longford penalty
- November 5, 2000
Longford Town 1 Derry City 0
A 64th minute Stephen Kelly penalty was all
that separated the sides when Derry visited Longford Town.
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Longford's home hell - October 22, 2000
Longford Town 0 Bray Wanderers 1
Longford Town's home hoodoo struck again, with Bray the latest
beneficiaries. The result sees the Midlanders drop below the
Seasiders in the table.
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Longford back on course - October 15, 2000
Kilkenny City 0 Longford Town 1
Hammered 6-1 by Bohs last time out, Longford got their season back on track in the battle of the new boys at Buckley Park.
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Draw made for League Cup quarters - October 11, 2000
The draw for the quarter-finals of the Eircom League Cup was made last night and it threw up some interesting ties.
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Crowe can't be stopped - October 9, 2000
Longford Town 1 Bohemians 6
What looked like a tough assignment for Bohemians was turned into a stroll at Strokestown Road as Glen Crowe kept up his wonderful goalscoring record with three of the Dubliners' goals in a 6-1 victory against Longford.
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Longford fight back for point - October 1, 2000
Longford Town 2 Galway United 2
Understrength Longford twice came from behind to salvage a pint
at Strokestown Road.
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Longford and Limerick through to cup quarters - September 25, 2000
Two teams have booked their place in the Eircom League Cup quarter-finals even though the group stage is not even over yet.
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Longford end Athlone run - September 20, 2000
Longford Town 2 Athlone 0
Longford faced a stiff League Cup task against unbeaten Athlone Town at Strokestown Road but an own goal by Colin Frawley set them on their way.
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Longford hammer
nail in Saints coffin - September 15, 2000
St. Pat's 2 Longford 4
Newboys Longford firmly established their Premier division
credentials with a convincing win over the 1999 champions - and at
the same time cast the Stadium of Light into even deeper gloom.
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Pressure mounts on Pat's - September 15, 2000
St. Pats are the only Eircom Premier club still without a win this season and are under real pressure from their fans to finally deliver the football they are capable of.
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Cork join Shels on top - September 11, 2000
Cork City 0 Longford 0
Cork City joined Shelbourne at the top of the Eircom League premier division yesterday, despite being held to a scoreless draw at Turners Cross by newboys Longford.
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Wheels come off for Students - September 4, 2000
Longford Town 2 UCD 0
UCD, who are playing competitive football since mid-July, seem to be gone off the boil somewhat. While everybody else was on holidays, UCD were battling away in the InterToto Cup. Then they had games at the end of July in the FAI Supercup, which they won.
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Rovers chase first win - August 25, 2000
The Stadium of Light becomes Shamrock Rovers home ground for tonight's Premier League game against newly promoted Longford Town and Damien Richardson will be hoping that his team can register their first win after drawing their opening two games.
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Longford have come a long way - August 13, 2000
Derry City 0 Longford Town 1
Longford Town made a great start to their Premiership campaign on Saturday night, with a 1-0 win over Premier veterans Derry City at the Brandywell.
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No pre-season luck for Irish clubs - July 18, 2000
Last night was one to forget for Eircom League clubs. Four went into pre-season friendlies against English opposition and only one, Bray Wanderers, came out with any sort of positive result. Wanderers faced Northampton Town at the Carlisle Grounds and earned a 0-0 draw.
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