GREENFIELD FOODS SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Inniskeen 1-12

Latton 0-11

A hungrier, more economical Inniskeen booked their place in the next round of the senior football championship at the expense of a wasteful Latton, who now exit the series, in this entertaining and at times exciting contest that built to a nerve tingling finish in St Mary's Park, Castleblayney.

Inniskeen were only headed twice in the entire contest, in the opening minute and that after 7 minutes when Latton took a one point lead but thereafter Inniskeen always held a slight edge and made better use of the chances that came their way, while Latton were wasteful in their finishing, hitting a total of 13 wides in all, 8 in the 1st half.

Inniskeen led at half-time by 1-6 to 0-5 and withstood strong Latton pressure during the 2nd half, although at times, their goal did enjoy something of a charmed life, but striking on counter attacks, they had opened a 5 points lead by the 22nd minute and while Latton got it down to 3 with just minutes remaining, Inniskeen defended stoutly and sealed the issue with a breakaway .8 minutes into stoppage time.

Inniskeen: S Martin, M Fitzpatrick 0-1, J Butler, A Keenan, S Kindlon, C Meegan, M McKenna , G McArdle, H Monaghan, C McNulty, P Meegan 0-1, C Boylan, D Meegan 0-4 ('45, 1f), Andrew Woods 0-3 (1f), Aidan Woods 1-0. Subs: R Meegan 0-2 for Aidan Woods, TJ Byrne for G McArdle, T Hilliard for M Fitzpatrick  R Lorenz for C Boylan.

Latton: C Black, C Lynch, O Coyle, E Lennon, S Fitzpatrick, K Duffy, C Rice, S McElroy 0-1, O Duffy 0-2 (1f), S McCabe, D McElroy 0-1, T Lynch 0-1, B O'Brien 0-3 (2f), T Connolly 0-1, D Quinn. Subs: C McCabe for D  Quinn, S Coyle for S McCabe, J McElroy fot T Connolly, H McElroy for T Lynch, L Quinn for S Fitzpatrick.

Referee: B Finnegan (Donaghmoyne).

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