MICKEY HARTE HAS guided Louth to the semi-finals of the Division 4 Allianz football league in his first year in charge after an impressive second-half display against Sligo.<\/p>\n
The pairings for the final-four ties in the competition have now been confirmed with Louth facing Carlow while Antrim will take on Waterford in the hunt for promotion.<\/p>\n
Louth registered a 10-point victory against Sligo to secure their passage to the knockout stage. After trailing the visiting side by three points at half-time, Harte\u2019s charges took control on the resumption.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sam Mulroy levelled the tie with a goal right from the throw-in to make it 1-9 apiece.<\/p>\n
Mulroy found the net again less than 10 minutes later to push Louth into a four-point lead with Ciar\u00e1n Keenan extending their advantage to nine points with a goal on 51 minutes.<\/p>\n
From there, Louth controlled the tie with Declan Byrne grabbing the final score from a free to send the Wee County to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nDivision 4 semi-finals confirmed:<\/p>\n
Antrim v Waterford
Louth v Carlow#GAA<\/p>\n— Fintan O'Toole (@fotoole13) May 30, 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Elsewhere, a last-minute point secured a win for Antrim against Leitrim today while Louth\u00a0 accounted for Sligo with an impressive second-half display.<\/p>\n
Enda McGinley\u2019s Antrim had already progressed to the final-four of the competition following their win over Sligo, and looked to be heading for a draw after Leitrim rallied from 11 points down in Corrigan Park.<\/p>\n
Goals from Conor Stewart and Connor Murray pushed the Saffrons into the ascendancy and were 2-13 to 0-9 in front in the second half.<\/p>\n
But Leitrim mustered a late fightback as Evan Sweeney and Keith Beirne combined for 1-4 to help reduce the deficit to four points.<\/p>\n
Niall Mc Govern then hit the equalising point on 70 minutes to set-up a grandstand finish. But it was Antrim who squeezed over the line thanks to a late point from Tom\u00e1s McCann to give them a 2-17 to 1-19 victory.<\/p>\n
\nWell done Tomas pic.twitter.com\/QsqT4I2tZe<\/p>\n
— Antrim GAA (@AontroimGAA) May 30, 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Division 4 Results:<\/p>\n
Antrim 2-17 Leitrim 1-19<\/p>\n
Louth 3-18 Sligo 1-14<\/p>\n
Division 4 Semi-Final Pairings\u00a0<\/p>\n
Antrim v Waterford<\/p>\n
Louth v Carlow<\/p>\n
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