Longford Town 5
Finn Harps 0
Finn Harps suffered a 5-0 defeat against Longford Town at Bishopsgate on Monday evening in the League of Ireland First Division.
The home side hit the front just after the half hour mark, with a quickly taken free-kick from Daniel McKenna releasing Dean Williams through on goal who lofted the ball over Lorenzo Piaia.
Just before the break, Finn Harps were reduced to ten men when referee Ryan Maher displayed a red card in Bridel Bosakani’s direction following an off-the-ball incident with Sean Moore.
Half-time: Longford Town 1-0 Finn Harps
The Longford men made a bright start to the second stanza, netting two goals in the first seven minutes courtesy of Daniel McKenna and Daragh Murtagh to stretch their cushion to three.
As we entered the final ten minutes, the hosts found the back of the net for the fourth time courtesy of Alex O’Brien.
Shortly afterwards, the visitors were reduced to nine players as Shaunie Bradley was shown a second yellow card by referee Ryan Maher.
As the clock entered red, the Bishopsgate residents scored goal number five as James Bailey rifled the ball past Lorenzo Piaia to cap off an evening to forget for the Navenny Street club.