GLEN EMMETS 1-14

NA PIARSAIGH 3-7

Ronan Grufferty and James Butler pointed in injury-time as Glen Emmets snatched a dramatic win over Na Piarsaigh in the Intermediate Championship relegation play-off at Darver on Friday evening.

The Dundalk side looked to be on course to claim victory when they edged ahead in the closing moments but the Emmets refused to give up and fired over two late points to send Na Piarsaigh down to the Junior ranks.

It had been looking very promising for Na Piarsaigh in the opening stages as goals from Alan McCartney in the 7 th and 19 th minutes helped his team into a six-point lead.

However, the Tullyallen side gave themselves a lifeline as a goal from Keith Lynch helped cut the gap to just 2-3 to 1-4 at the break.

With Butler and Grufferty in fine form in front of the posts, the Emmets seemed to have taken control of the game as they edged ahead at the end of the third quarter. However, Na Piarsaigh were not finished and they hit the net for the third time through Niall Franklin.

It looked as if that score would be enough to secure Intermediate football for another year but the Emmets had the final say as Grufferty levelled before Butler slotted over the dramatic winner.

GLEN EMMETS: Conor Kelly; Evan English, Tom Grimes, Keith Boylan; Evan Lynch, Stephen Healy, Niall Hackett; Mark Garvey, Sam Kenny; James Butler 0-5, Keelan O’Neill 0-2, Ronan Grufferty 0-5; Keith Lynch 1-1, Isaac Walsh 0-1, Ben Hilliard. Subs: David Bracken for E English, Jamie Farnan for E Lynch

NA PIARSAIGH: Adam Molloy; Fearghal Mulholland, Jarlath Lyons, Shane Roddy; Ciaran Murphy, Joe Woods 0-1, Conall Shields; Michael Woods, Gerard Smyth 0-2; Niall Franklin 1-0, Ronan McCartney, Robbie Murphy 0-2; Mark Larkin 0-2, Alan McCartney 2-0, Eamonn McAuley. Subs: Stephen Arrowsmith for E McAuley, Tommy Muckian for R McCartney.

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