Men’s Match Preview: Longford Town (H)

SSE Airtricity Men’s First Division: Athlone Town AFC v Longford Town

Date: July 12th, 2024

Kick-off: 7.45pm                          

Venue: Athlone Town Stadium

High flying Athlone Town welcome bottom of the table side Longford Town in tonight’s latest edition of the Midlands ‘El Clasico’.

Team News

Athlone Town AFC Amardo Oakley is back and available for selection for tonight’s game. Enda Minogue is still out for the next couple of weeks.

Past Encounters

The Town are unbeaten against Longford in the last eight league games. A run that strecthes back as far as May 2022. The most recent meeting was a 1-1 draw in Bishopsgate following a dramatic 3-3 draw last time here at Athlone Town Stadium where Athlone managed to comeback from 3-0 at half-time to rescue a point.

Match Tickets
Tickets for the game can be purchased by clicking here.

Live Coverage:

The game will be streamed live on LOITV. Individual match passes can be purchased for €5 or viewers can purchase a season pass which will give them access to all games across the League of Ireland.

Referee Team
Referee: Daryl Carolan
1st Assistant Referee: Richard Storey
2nd Assistant Referee: Ciaran O’Reilly
4th Official: Glen Geraghty