London unlucky

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION FOUR:Carlow 2-14 London 0-14

TWO GOALS from Brian Murphy ensured that Carlow took the points against London at Dr Cullen Park yesterday.

London were dealt a cruel blow in the 63rd minute when Carlow were awarded a soft free which Johnny Kavanagh knocked over to to give Carlow the lead when the game looked to be going away from them.

Trailing by 1-8 to 0-7 at half-time, the visitors knocked over seven magnificent points in quick succession to take a two-point lead by the 46th minute.

CARLOW:J Clarke; K Nolan (0-1), L Murphy, V Kavanagh; B English, J Hayden, E Nolan; D Byrne, R Walker; B Murphy (2-1), J Murphy (0-1), W Canavan; P Broderick (0-2), M Carpenter (0-3), J Kavanagh (0-5, four frees). Subs: A Curran for English (24 mins), S Curry for Canavan (half-time), S Redmond for L Murphy (half-time), E McCormack (0-1) for Broderick (56 mins), E Doyle for E Nolan (69 mins).

LONDON:B McBrearty; D Conlon, P Malone, B Comer; C Beirne, E O'Cuiv, J Callery; P Geraghty, D Hogan; J Cott (0-2), P Duffy (0-3, one free), O Coffey; M Hughes (0-3), A Casey (0-2, one free), C Eastwood (0-4). Subs: K McBreen for Malone (26 mins), B Quinn for Coffey (53 mins), E Gallagher for Eastwood (55 mins, yellow), A Murray for Cott (65 mins), D Keating for Duffy (67 mins, yellow).

Referee:E Craul (Wicklow).