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Down ended up the victors against Leitrim in Newry today scoring 1:16 to Leitrim's 1:8 with Benny Coulter scoring Seven points from play.
A few miles up the road though tension was most certainly in the air at the Morgan Athletic Grounds tonight when Armagh took on Wicklow in their first qualifier game of the All Ireland Senior Football Championship in front of a sizeable crowd and a large contingent of traveling Wicklow supporters.
For the first 20 minutes of the game Wicklow ran away with the game while Armagh scarcely seemed there at all, going in at half time with Wicklow 0:9 to Armagh's 0:4.
All changed though in the second half as Armagh clawed their way back into the game and were leading by two points in the later stages of the game and looked like they were home and dry.
It was a game of twists and turns though and with about five minutes to go Wicklow's Seanie Furlong sent the ball to the back of the net putting them in the lead again, though Armagh managed a last ditch come-back with a point from Substitute Gavin McParland to ensure that extra time was needed.
Extra time again was fought tooth and nail and in a repeat of his normal time trick, Wicklow's Seanie Furlong again put the ball in the back of the net coming up to the end of extra time.
Luckily Armagh had one more score in store and Aaron Kernan stepped up to the mark and put a point over in the dying seconds to ensure a draw and a replay next Saturday.
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