Longford Town 1; Cork City 1: Cork City came away from Flancare Park with a share of the spoils but will feel aggrieved they did not win.

Neither side offered anything in the middle of the park and perhaps a draw was a fair result.

A poor first half provided little by way of goalmouth action. Shane Barret and Dessie Baker had half chances for Longford while Neale Fenn and Kevin Doyle went close for city.

Doyle opened the scoring for City just two minutes after the break.

He latched onto Danny Murphy's terrific pass before rounding home goalkeeper Stephen O'Brien and shooting into the empty net.

Longford only had to wait seven minutes for their equaliser after referee Ian Stokes spotted that Shane Barrett had his jersey tugged by a Cork defender in the penalty area.

Stokes awarded the spot kick and Vinnie Perth drilled the ball home to give Longford their first home point of the season.

LONGFORD TOWN: O'Brien, Murphy, Prunty, Dillon, Gartland, Keogh, Kirby, Perth, Keegan, Barrett, Baker. Sub: Francis for Barrett (82).

CORK CITY: Devine, Murphy, Horgan, Fenn, Byrne, Murray, O'Brien, Sweeney, Doyle, O'Callaghan, Kearney.

Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)