LONDON’S opener in Division 4 of the Allianz Football League ended with a comprehensive 11-point defeat at the hands of Wicklow.
The Exiles were beaten by 3-13 to 1-08 at Aughrim with Wicklow’s Leighton Glynn marking his first competitive start of the year for the Garden County with a first-half hat-trick.
London opened the scoring through Marcus Miskelly, but Wicklow netted four minutes later through Glynn.
Wicklow held a 1-04 to 0-03 advantage entering the second quarter, but two goals from Glynn, including a penalty kick, helped the hosts to a 3-09 to 0-04 lead at half-time.
Aided by a strong wind, the Exiles outscored their opponents by 1-04 to 0-04 in the second half, with Adrian Moyles netting London's goal.
Scorers - Wicklow: L Glynn 3-02 (1 pen); S Furlong 0-05 (2f); R Finn 0-02; C McGraynor 0-01; P McWalter 0-01; A McLoughlin 0-01; K Murphy 0-01.
London: A Moyles 1-03; M Miskelly 0-02; S Kelly 0-01; J Feeney 0-01; M Gottsche 0-01 (f).
Wicklow: Robert Lambert; Ciaran Hyland, Damien Power, Alan Byrne; Kevin Murphy, Paul Mcloughlin, Dean Healy; Niall Gaffney, Anthony McLoughlin; Darren Hayden, Patrick McWalter, Rory Finn; Seanie Furlong, Conor McGraynor.
London: Evan Byrne; Philip Butler, Stephen Curran, Stephen Walsh; Seamus Hannon, Shane Mulligan, Cathal McCarron; Mark Gottsche, Martin Carroll; Barry Mitchell, Sean Kelly, Joe Feeney; Adrian Moyles, Cathal McGee, Marcus Miskelly.
Full match report, photographs and reaction to follow in this Wednesday’s Irish Post print edition
