Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship Round 3B

Latton 0-9 Castleblayney 0-8                                               10/9/17

Latton qualified for the SFC semi-finals for the first time since 2012 when they edged past Castleblayney in a low-scoring qualifier played in difficult conditions at Scotstown last Sunday. The sides were level at 0-3 apiece at half-time and although Dermot Malone moved Blayney ahead after the restart, Latton hit five of the last seven points to set up a clash with Magheracloone on Sunday week (September 24).

Latton: S Farmer; E Lennon, D Duffy, C Lynch; S Fitzpatrick, K Duffy (0-2), S McCabe (0-1f); T Connolly, A Farmer (0-1); D McElroy (0-1), O Duffy, T Lynch; O Coyle; H McElroy (0-2f), B O’Brien (0-1).

Subs: C McCabe for T Connolly (40 mins), C Rice (0-1) for O Duffy (inj., 49).

Castleblayney: P McBennett; P Treanor, D McArdle (0-1), E McCann; J Walsh, P Finnegan, M Kelly; B Hanratty, M Treanor; P Tavey, D Malone (0-4f), D McMahon (0-1); J Beattie, D Daly (0-1), C Hanratty (Capt., 0-1).

Subs: F Rafter for Tavey (22), K Mackin for Beattie (51), B Flanagan for Kelly (54), M Gurn for B Hanratty (inj., 57).

Referee: C Mulligan (Aghabog).