Gaelic Games

Offaly sink Westmeath to retain Division Three status

Offaly take advantage of three Westmeath dismissals to secure victory in Mullingar

Peter Cunningham’s goal helped Offaly to victory over Westmeath. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho
Peter Cunningham’s goal helped Offaly to victory over Westmeath. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho
Sun Mar 25 2018 - 17:30

Offaly 1-20 Westmeath 1-14

Offaly retained their position in Division Three with a deserved win in Mullingar against a Westmeath side which finished with just 12 men.

The visitors led by 0-4 to 0-3 when midfielder Peter Cunningham scored a great solo goal in the 17th minute. Luke Loughlin cleverly found the net for Westmeath from a close-range free in added-time. At the break, Offaly led by 1-8 to 1-6.

Killian Daly picked up a straight red card for the home team less than a minute after the resumption of play. Westmeath went on to lose both Boidu Sayeh and John Connellan to second yellow cards in the 61st and 66th minutes respectively.

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Offaly: A Mulhall; D Hogan, P McConway, S Pender; D Dempsey, D Brady, N Darby (0-2); P Cunningham (1-2), M Brazil (0-1); C McNamee, A Sullivan (0-2), C Donohue (0-1); B Allen (0-3, one free), C Carroll (0-1), N Dunne (0-7, four frees). Subs: S Doyle for Brady (h-t), S Nally for Pender (54 mins), C Johnston (0-1) for Sullivan (67 mins), J Hayes for Brazil (67 mins).

Westmeath: K Fagan; M McCallon, K Daly, B Sayeh; R Wallace, J Gonoud, J Dolan; A Stone, D Corroon; L Loughlin (1-4, 1-1 frees), R O'Toole (0-1), A McGivney; J Connellan (0-5, two frees), C McCormack (0-1), T McDaniel. Subs: G Egan (0-1, free) for McDaniel (40 mins), K Martin (0-2) for McGivney (40 mins), D Whelan for O'Toole (63 mins), G Carr for Gonoud (63 mins).

Referee: J Henry (Mayo).