Drogheda United 0 Longford Town 5It was all too easy for Longford Town as they put five goals past a hapless Drogheda United at O2 Park last night.

Graham Gartland opened the scoring on 26 minutes - prodding the ball home from an Alan Kelly corner after goalkeeper Gary Rogers had parried Eric Lavine's header. Sean Francis added a second and an Lavine tap-in gave the visitors a commanding 3-0 lead at the break.

Drogheda's night of misery was confirmed when Andy Myler missed a penalty seven minutes into the second half and goals from Sean Purdy and Liam Kelly completed the rout.

DROGHEDA UNITED: Rogers, Gray, Molloy (O'Connor 64 mins), Lynch, Jones, Scully, Cronin, Quinless, O'Brien (Quinn half-time), Myler (Gallagher 53 mins), Tierney.

LONGFORD TOWN: O'Brien, Murphy, Dillon, McGovern, Ferguson, Perth, Kirby, Gartland, Lavine (Kelly 84 mins), Francis (Mulvihill 80 mins), Prunty.

Referee: Jim O'Neill (Waterford)