RESULT: Longford Town 2-0 Development Team

Longford Town got their League of Ireland campaign off with a win on Saturday evening over Shamrock Rovers II.

Goals from both Aodh Dervin and Rob Manley earned a hard-fought win for the Midlander’s over the Hoops second string.

Full match report by Andrew Dempsey on https://www.extratime.ie/articles/24501/league-report-longford-town-2---0-shamrock-rovers-ii/

PICTURES BY KEN KEENAN

TEAM LINE-UPS

Longford Town: Lee Steacy, Shane Elworthy, Joe Gorman, Dylan Hand, Aaron McNally, Aodh Dervin, Dylan Grimes (James English '81), Sam Verdon (Jack Doherty '77), Dean Zambra ; Dean Byrne (Niall Barnes '65), Rob Manley.

Subs not used: Karl Chambers, Luke Dennison, James English, Adam Evans, Joseph Manley.

Booked: None.

Sent off: None.

Shamrock Rovers II: Leon Pohls, Cole Omorehiomnan, Alex Dunne, Sean Callan, Peter Adigun, Adam Wells (Aidomo Emakhu '76), Darragh Nugent, Brandon Kavanagh, Sean Brennan (Conan Noonan, 86), Thomas Oluwa (Dylan Duffy '59), Sinclair Armstrong.

Subs not used: Jordan Tallon, Darren Prendergast, Kian Clarke, Danila Bogdanov.

Booked: Adam Wells (54), Sean Callan (69).

Sent off: None.

Referee: Alan Patchell

Attendance: 450 (Estimate).