Match Preview: Wexford FC v Longford Town FC

Thu Apr 4th 2019

Match Preview by James Donnelly

Wexford FC v Longford Town FC
SSE Airtricity League First Division
Friday 5^th April 2019
Ferrycarrig Park | Kick-off 7.45pm

Longford Town make the long trip down to Wexford on Friday night, just three days after travelling to Derry City and bowing out of the EA Sports Cup, and just six days after a fantastic 2-0 win at home to Shelbourne in the league.

De Town go into the game unbeaten in the league and having only conceded one goal so far. Wexford haven’t had the best of starts to the league campaign but have shown great improvement in recent weeks narrowly losing out to Drogheda United through an injury time winner last week and then defeating Bray 2-0 the week before.

Neale Fenn’s side should be confident ahead of the encounter in the sunny south east with the Red and Black emerging victorious in 6 out 7 past league games between the two sides.

There are no injury concerns for Longford and Carlton Ubaezuonu has resumed training with the team after his injury and should be match fit within a number of weeks.

Longford Town FC Player Tristan Noack-Hofmann pictured during last years 2-0 over Wexford FC at Ferrycarrig Park. Pic: Ken Keenan

Wexford have the services of Danny Furlong to rely on this season and will no doubt be looking to their talisman to get them up and running. Chris Kenny is out injured for Brian O’Sullivan’s side and Sean Callan is out through suspension.

Neale Fenn spoke to LTFC.ie this week ahead of the game. “We’ve always found it difficult to go down there, the couple of times I’ve been down there, it’s been a dry pitch, and it’s been very slow, you know, we know what we’ve got to do. Wexford have been on a decent run the last couple of games and even though they lost to Drogheda, it was in the last minute, so they’ve improved but you know, we’re not scared, we’re gonna go down there full of confidence.”

Kick off at Ferrcarrig Park is at 7.45pm on Friday.

C’mon De Town!

Check out the highlights of last year’s 2-0 win away to Wexford by clicking the link below:

Wexford FC v Longford Town

MATCH REPORT | Longford Town 2-0 Shelbourne

Sat Mar 30th 2019

Town up to second after victory over Shels

Match Report by Tony Ghee

Goals from Peter Hopkins and Karl Chambers helped Longford Town to a two-nil victory over title favourites Shelbourne at the City Calling Stadium, a result that moves the ‘Red & Black’ up to second in the table just one point behind leaders Bray.

The Town took the lead on nineteen minutes after a dreadful mistake by Shelbourne keeper Delany. The visiting goalie’s throw was intercepted by Town winger Peter Hopkins, he waltzed past the challenge of central defender Luke Byrne, and drilled a low shot into the bottom right corner of the Shel’s net from the edge of the box.

It was almost two-nil to the home side just sixty seconds later, only for Delany to superbly tip-over Dean Zambra’s twenty-five yard thunderbolt.

MATCH PICTURES BY KEN KEENAN

Nine minutes into the second-half, a superb pass from the right from Shane Elworthy picked out Dobbs just inside the Shel’s box but his angled shot was well saved by Delany.

Shelbourne almost levelled the contest on fifty-eight minutes when Ryan Brennan’s downward header from a Lorcan Fitzgerald corner was headed off the line by Town winger Hopkins.

The visitors put the Town under severe pressure for the rest of the second-half but failed to test home keeper Steacy and deep into injury time, substitute Chambers sealed the three points with a fine strike that went in off the post.

TEAM LINE-UPS

Longford Town: Steacy, Elworthy, Kenna, McDonnell, Breslin, Zambra, Hopkins, Dervin, Verdon, Byrne, Dobbs.

Substitutes: Chambers for Hopkins (79′), Doyle for Dobbs (81′), O’Connor for Verdon (89′).

Shelbourne: Delany, Ross-Wilson, David Byrne, Luke Byrne, Fitzgerald, Oscar Brennan, Conan Byrne, Noone, Ryan Brennan, Moore, Kilduff.

Substitutes: Rooney for Conan Byrne (19′), English for Noone (59′)

MATCH POSTPONED: Longford Town v Galway United

Sat Mar 16th 2019

MATCH POSTPONED

Tonight’s SSE Airtricity League game v Galway United has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch at the City Calling Stadium.

The game will be rescheduled to a later date.

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UEFA Under 17 Championship | See Tomorrow’s Stars Today!

Wed Mar 13th 2019

The Republic of Ireland will host the UEFA Under-17 Championship Final from May 3th-19th across seven different stadiums in Dublin, Longford, Waterford and Wicklow.

This Tournament provides a unique opportunity for your school to get involved and see tomorrow’s stars today!

We are delighted to announce a range of different opportunities for your school to avail of…

Early kick off times and tickets

The City Calling Stadium will host 4 group games.

At least one match in each stadium will be an early kick-off at 2.00pm to encourage local schools to attend. And to make it even easier for your school to get involved we are offering your teachers tickets for just €2 and pupils tickets on a complimentary basis.

Free coach transfers and competitions

Submit your school orders by Friday, March 29th and be in with the chance to avail of a €500 voucher towards your coach transfers on match day.

(*Limited number of vouchers available – requests will be treated on a first come, first served basis).

Adopt a Nation

Once we know which nations will face each other after the draw takes place on Tuesday April 4th, we will assign a team to each school so that you can get behind them when playing at your closest stadium. Pupils will be encouraged to embrace their new nation by designing flags and banners to represent their country on match day.

Mascot and Trophy Tour

Opportunity for the Tournament Mascot and Trophy to visit your School.

The attached tournament guide includes the full fixture schedule along with some fun facts to share with your pupils. We have also included a link for you to download your dedicated School Booking Form.

PDF Download: UEFA Under 17 Championship Tournament Guide