St. Mary’s Granard caused a small upset in the second round of games in the Longford senior football championship as they downed Abbeylara 1-12 to 1-6 in their group four encounter.
The victory means Granard now progress to the quarter-final stage and Abbeylara will need to beat Dromard next weekend to take second place.
It had looked like going to form at the break as Abbeylara led 1-3 to five points their goal coming from Cian Brady on 14 minutes.
But Granard rallied and Liam Sullivan’s 40th minute goal moved them three points clear 1-7 to 1-4 with Abbeylara adding just two further points as Granard recorded a surprise victory.
| Group Four | ||||||||
| Team | Pl | W | D | L | For | Against | Difference | Pts |
| Granard | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 3 |
| Dromard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Abbeylara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 0 |
Elsewhere it was as expected as championship favorites St. Columba's Mullinalaghta romped home to a 4-14 to 1-10 win over Rathcline in group two.
Liam Connerton scored an early goal for Rathcline but goals from Donnie McElligott helped the sides go in level at 1-7 each at the break.
Second half goals from Paddy Fox and John Keegan with the fourth goal, saw Mullinalaghta to victory and a place in the quarter-finals.
| Group Two | ||||||||
| Team | Pl | W | D | L | For | Against | Difference | Pts |
| Mullinalaghta | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 3 |
| Colmcille | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Rathcline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 26 | -13 | 0 |
