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Students no match for Louth

Louth 2-15 Athlone IT 0-4: LOUTH were much too strong for outclassed Athlone IT in a one-sided clash in Drogheda.

Mon Jan 10 2011 - 00:00

Louth 2-15 Athlone IT 0-4:LOUTH were much too strong for outclassed Athlone IT in a one-sided clash in Drogheda.

The hosts opened their account with a Páraic Smith goal in the eighth minute and added four more before the students got off the mark two minutes before the break.

Louth led 1-5 to 0-2 at the interval and Athlone were reeling after 38 minutes as substitute Adrian Reid applied the finishing touch to a flowing home move.

The strike was sandwiched by points from Derek Crilly and Shane Lennon and it was plain-sailing for Louth thereafter.

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LOUTH: N Gallagher; P Rath, A Hoey, G Hoey; R Finnegan (0-1), D Finnegan, P Fitzpatrick; P Keenan (0-1), R Carroll (0-4); D Crilly (0-2), A McDonnell, B Donnelly; P Smith (1-2), S Lennon (0-4, two frees), D Maguire. Subs: R Greene for P Rath (33); J Murray (0-1) for B Donnelly, A Reid (1-0) for D Maguire (both half-time); S Connor for Gallagher (46); D Byrne for D Finnegan (57).

ATHLONE IT: G Connaughton; C Duggan, F O’Reilly, C Garvey (0-1); M McCallion, M Mitchell, A Rowan; G Dennigan, P Bannon; M Lundy (0-1), D Egan, E Clarke; C Shine, F Burke (0-1), I Coffey (0-1 free). Subs: C Curley for Clarke (26); C Clarke for Rowan, F O’Reilly for Lundy (both 51).

Referee: G McCormack (Dublin).