The Longford SFC could be delayed after Mullinalaghta objected to the result of their Group B clash with Carrickedmond last Saturday.

Carrickedmond came from behind to earn a 2-12 each draw with the former Leinster kingpins, but the validity of the result has been thrown into doubt amid claims that referee David Tiernan mistakenly added a point to Carrickedmond’s first half tally. The match official had the half-time score as 2-6 to 0-6 in Mullinalaghta’s favour which didn’t correspond with the 2-6 to 0-5 on the scoreboard or with the notes of reporters who covered the game in Ballymahon.

Regardless of the outcome of the objection, which will be heard by Longford CCC tomorrow night, Mullinalaghta are through to the knockout stages, but Carrickedmond will be eliminated and consigned to a relegation playoff if it succeeds. A successful appeal would also leave St Columba’s top of the group which would see them play Granard instead of Colmcille in the quarter-finals.

Dromard would also be back in the Connolly Cup race and would face champions Killoe in the last-eight after initially being knocked out on scoring difference.

As it stands, the Longford SFC quarter-final pairings are:

Killoe Emmet Óg v Carrickedmond

Abbeylara v St Mary’s, Granard

Colmcille v Mullinalaghta

Clonguish v Rathcline

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