Longford Town 2-3 Finn Harps
Mark Mbuli hit a dramatic late winner on his debut as Finn Harps fought back from two goals down to claim three points against Longford Town at Bishopsgate this evening.
Longford had the better of the first half with Chris Lyons scoring twice inside the opening 12 minutes.
Harps lost Aaron McLaughlin to injury but did a pull goal back from Success Edogun in the 28th minute.
HT: Longford Town 2-1 Finn Harps
Harps drew level in the 67th minute when Jamie Watson fired a brilliant shot to the net.
Tim Hiemer was forced into one great save after that, and Harps felt they had a decent shout for a penalty but the referee didn’t agree.
Darren Murphy’s Harps kept going and Mark Mbuli hit the winner in injury-time.
The Ballybofey side will play Cork City at home next Friday.
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