Championship 2014: Longford

Manager: Jack Sheedy (1st year).Titles: 1 Leinster (1968); 0 All-Ireland2014 league: Won two matches and relegated to Division Four. Odds and Ends: All-Ireland 500/1; Leinster 75/1.Bookies say: Leinster quarter-final and qualifier second round.What the bookies said in 2013: Leinster quarter-final and qualifier second round. 2013 championship: Lost Leinster first round to Wicklow 0-16 to 1-15, and qualifier second round after extra time to Wexford, 0-16 to 2-15.First outing: v Offaly, Pearse Park, 18th May.

Longford’s Paul Barden: back from injury

Thu May 15 2014 - 12:41

Sombre season so far with a second successive relegation sending Longford all the way back to Division Four. Jack Sheedy hasn’t been able to field his strongest team although Paul Barden recently returned from injury and there is a promising cohort of under-21s. With home draws against Offaly and if they win, Wexford the semi-finals aren’t impossible.

Last good day: Beat Derry in the 2012 qualifiers.

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