Connacht League - Mayo 1-6 Leitrim 0-3: Mayo comfortably beat Leitrim in the Connacht FBD League at Charlestown yesterday in a dull game before 400 supporters.
Mayo led by 0-4 to 0-1 at the interval thanks to two points from frees by Conor Mortimer and one each from David Tiernan and James Gill. Leitrim had a chance to take the lead earlier in the half but Jimmy Holohan's penalty kick hit the bottom of the post.
Nine minutes into the second half a quick counter-attack saw Mayo split the Leitrim defence and Aidan Higgins was instrumental in placing Conor Mortimer for a superb goal.
MAYO: D Clarke; K Mortimer, G Mullins, G Ruane; A Higgins, D Higgins, N Connelly; S Trench, D Tiernan (0-1); T Mortimer (0-2), S Carolan, J Gill (0-1); M McNicholas, J Horan, C Mortimer (1-2). Subs: M Moyles, M Mullins, A Roche.
LEITRIM: K Ludlow; T Kelleher, A Charles, M Greene; O McGuinness, C Murray, J McKeon; G McCloskey, M McCarron; M Duignan, J Guckian, M Maguire (0-1), J Holohan, O Maguire (0-2), J Cullen. Subs: D Brennan, S Foley, P McGarry, D McGovern, J McGuinness.
Referee: B McCormack (Roscommon).
PLAYED SATURDAY: Galway 1-11 (K Comer 1-3, J Bergin, D Cronin 0-2 each, P Clancy, D Savage, J Donnellan, T Joyce 0-1 each), Leitrim 1-9 (F McBrien 1-6, J Cullen 0-2, O Maguire 0-1).
