Wexford tried to take the steam out of the game from half-time onwards and invited Longford to come at them. On seven minutes, Wexford had a goal disallowed for offside as a far-post header was converted from a free. On the hour mark, Longford hit the post with a header but it stayed out and Paddy Cahill had a drive over the Longford bar from 30 yards out. Just as Wexford looked like getting to the final whistle, Longford equalized when Verdon found himself free inside the Wexford penalty area, and he couldn’t miss from eight yards. 1-1 at this stage. However, the momentum was with Longford from then until the end and, with five minutes to go, a shot from Hopkins looped with the aid of a deflection over Chambers in the Wexford goal to put Longford ahead. Wexford pushed hard to get an equalizer in the few minutes that remained but couldn’t manage one. Best for Wexford on a night when the efforts of the home-team were appreciated by the Wexford fans were Jack Doherty, Owen McCormack, Darragh O’Connor and Emmet Nugent. Maybe, 200 at the game in really tough conditions.
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