NFL DIVISION FOUR: SLIGO 2-8 CARLOW 0-8: DAVID KELLY'S two-goal blast rescued a shaky Sligo side at Markievicz Park yesterday.

Kelly scored from a penalty in the 27th minute to give the home side a 1-5 to 0-3 lead and they were 1-6 to 0-5 up at half-time.

Kelly put the game out of the visitors’ reach two minutes into the second half after beating goalkeeper James Clarke.

SLIGO:P Greene, C Harrison, N McGuire, R Donovan, M McNamara, B Phillips, J Davey, E Mullen, T Taylor, D McTernan (0-2, one free), A Costello (0-3, two frees), S Davey, S Stenson, J Scanlon, D Kelly (2-3, three frees, 1-0 penalty). Subs:G Gaughan for S Davey (62 mins), S Gilmartin for Taylor (65 mins), P McGovern for McNamara (69 mins).

CARLOW: J Clarke, E Doyle, J Hayden, K Nolan, A Curran, B English, J Gannon, J Murphy (0-1), D Phelan, B Murphy, JJ Smith (0-1), W Canavan, E McCormack (0-5, four frees), W Minchin (0-1), M Carpenter. Subs: S Rea for Murphy (52 mins), D Molloy for Minchin (58 mins), S Kavanagh for Canavan (64 mins).

Referee: B Crowe (Cavan).