eircom league: Longford Town 3 Waterford United 0

Shay Kelly made an impressive debut in the Longford goal and twice denied John Lester, in the 6^th and 23^rd minutes, from giving Waterford the lead.

Longford got better as the half wore on and took a deserved lead in the 44^th minute. A long ball from Sean Prunty found Dave Mooney inside the penalty area and after some fancy footwork he struck the ball home for his first goal for the club.

Longford’s dominance grew in the second half and they extended their lead in the 68^th minute when Sean Dillon scored a cracker from 30 yards.

One minute later they scored their third when Paul Keegan took a quick free-kick and set John Martin free to slot the ball past Holden.

Waterford almost got a consolation in the 87^th minute but Paul Crowley’s effort hit both uprights before being cleared by the Longford defence.

Longford Town: Kelly; Gough, O’Connor, Paisley, Dillon; Baker, Martin, Byrne (Fitzgerald 87), Prunty (Cawley 82); Keegan, Mooney (Kirby 77).

Waterford Utd: Holden; Hayes (Andrews 76), Doherty, Purcell, Finn; Kavanagh (Waters 76), Grant, Crowley, Heffernan; Jack (Sullivan 64), Lester.